35 combat clashes take place at front over past day − General Staff report

Over the past day, 35 combat clashes took place at the front. Ukrainian troops continue to advance on the Melitopol front. 

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 30 August

Details: During the day, the Russian army carried out 30 missile and 52 air strikes, as well as 35 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. 

The aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine carried out 10 strikes on personnel concentration areas and four strikes on the Russian anti-aircraft missile systems. 

Units of Rocket Troops and Artillery struck one area of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one command post and one station of the Russian electronic warfare system. 

The Russians conducted unsuccessful offensives on the Lyman front near Novoiehorivka and Bilohorivka, on the Bakhmut front near Kurdiumivka, and on the Zaporizhia front near Mala Tokmachka. 

The Defence Forces are holding back the advance of Russian troops near Marinka and Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast. 

Quote: "At the same time, the Defence Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Melitopol front, consolidating their positions and carrying out counter-battery combat measures."

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