Russians launch over 80 attacks on Pokrovsk and three other fronts – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 261 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the heaviest fighting reported on the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Sloviansk and Huliaipole fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 6 August
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, seven combat clashes occurred. The Russians launched two airstrikes, dropping four guided bombs, and conducted 75 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including 19 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces conducted 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Starytsia and Vovchansk and towards Khatnie, Ternova, Zemlianyi Yar and Ivashkyne.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops conducted 11 attacks towards the settlements of Kupiansk, Kindrashivka, Novoosynove and Shyikivka.
On the Lyman front, Russian soldiers conducted 14 attacks, trying to breach Ukrainian defences towards the settlements of Novoselivka, Lyman, Dibrova, Shyikivka and Ozerne.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians conducted 14 assaults near the settlements of Zakitne, Kryva Luka and Riznykivka and towards Pyskunivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces conducted two offensive actions near the village of Nykyforivka and towards Yurkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 29 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Stepanivka, Toretske and Sofiivka and towards Novopavlivka, Dovha Balka, Vilne and Nove Shakhove.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukraine's defence forces stopped 29 Russian assaults near the settlements of Dorozhnie, Kotlyne and Udachne and towards Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Vasylivka and Serhiivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted one offensive action towards the village of Oleksandrohrad.
On the Huliaipole front, Russian troops conducted 11 attacks towards the settlements of Dobropillia, Tsvitkove, Hirke and Staroukrainka and near Danylivka, Charivne and Novoselivka.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attempts to advance towards the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Pavlivka.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive operations over the past day.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian defenders continue to persistently inflict losses on Russian forces while mounting effective resistance across the entire line of contact.
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