Ukrainian defenders strike 9 clusters of Russian military manpower – General Staff report
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked nine areas where Russian military personnel were concentrated from the air and ground over the past 24 hours.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 31 July
Details: During the past 24 hours, the Russian occupiers carried out four missile strikes, 42 airstrikes and 76 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and on settlements. There were casualties, both killed and wounded, among the civilian population, and residential buildings were destroyed.
There were over 20 combat clashes over the past day.
On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, the Russians carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 40 settlements, in particular, Senkivka and Buchky (Chernihiv Oblast); Seredyna-Buda and Prohres (Sumy Oblast); and Vovchansk and Budarky (Kharkiv Oblast).
On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders are holding the line. They successfully repelled Russian attacks east of Berestove in Kharkiv Oblast. The settlements of Fyholivka, Novomlynsk, Zapadne, Kindrashivka, Kupiansk and Kyslivka in Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian artillery and mortar fire.
On the Lyman front, the Russian troops launched airstrikes near Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Ivanivka, Serebrianka and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast. The settlements of Nevske, Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Torske, Spirne, Berestove and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast) were hit by artillery fire.
On the Bakhmut front, the Russians carried out airstrikes near Klishchiivka, Bila Hora and Kostiantynivka. They also bombarded more than 20 settlements, including Vasiukivka, Klishchiivka, Predtechyna, Kostiantynivka, Bila Hora and Pivnichne (Donetsk Oblast).
On the Avdiivka front, Russian troops launched an airstrike near Avdiivka. More than 10 settlements, including Oleksandropil, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Netailove and Nevelske in Donetsk Oblast, were hit by artillery fire.
On the Marinka front, the Ukrainian Defence Forces continue to hold back the Russian offensive in the area of Marinka and Pobieda. The Russians fired at over 10 settlements, particularly Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Heorhiivka and Hostre in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russian troops launched air strikes in the area of Staromaiorske and struck the settlements of Blahodatne, Vuhledar and Prechystivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts, the Russian forces are focusing their primary efforts on preventing the further advance of Ukrainian troops.
The Russian forces launched airstrikes near Zmiivka in Kherson Oblast. More than 25 settlements came under Russian artillery fire, including Levadne, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Bilohiria and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; and Dmytrivka, Beryslav, Vesele, Antonivka, Kherson, Berehove and Veletenske in Kherson Oblast. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defence Forces are maintaining their offensive on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts, consolidating their positions.
The Ukrainian Air Force launched seven airstrikes on clusters of Russian military personnel over the past 24 hours. Moreover, Ukrainian defenders also destroyed four Shahed-136 attack UAVs and four reconnaissance operational-tactical UAVs.
Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery destroyed one Russian anti-aircraft missile system, eight artillery pieces at their firing positions, two electronic warfare systems and two clusters of Russian military manpower.
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