General Staff: Russia attempts counter-attacks near Klishchiivka, Staromaiorske.

Russian forces made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions near Klishchiivka and the recently liberated Staromairoske in Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported[1] on Aug.

2. "In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions north and west of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast," the General Staff commented on the situation. The village of Klishchiivka is located south of the Russian-held Bakhmut.

Russian forces also attempted counterattacking east of Staromaiorske, a village in southwestern Donetsk Oblast, liberated[2] by Ukrainian forces on July 27. Russia also targeted the vicinity of the settlement with airstrikes, the report added. Ukrainian troops are holding positions near Avdiivka and Mariinka, repelling Russian advances in the area, the General Staff said.

According to the report, Ukraine carries out offensive operations in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions along the southern front line. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russia is focusing its efforts to prevent Ukrainian advances, the General Staff informed. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said[3] on Aug.

1. that Russia is concentrating its forces along the eastern front line, namely in the Kupiansk, Lyman, and Svatove directions, trying to pull Ukrainian forces away from Bakhmut and stop their advance in that area.

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.

He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ reported (www.facebook.com)
2. ^ liberated (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ said (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine's defensesEditor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names or deployed positions of the Ukrainian soldiers interviewed in the story due to security concerns amid the ongoing war.

   Donetsk Oblast - The narrow, partly destroyed road through the Serebrianskyi Forest in the northern part of Do... (kyivindependent.com)