General Staff: Russian counter-attacks at Staromaiorske and around Bakhmut fail.

Russian forces made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions west of Staromaiorske on Aug.

2, according[1] to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Ukraine liberated the village of Staromaiorske[2] in Donetsk Oblast on July 27. The village is located near a group of settlements in the southeast of Ukraine that Ukraine liberated[3] in early June at the beginning of its counteroffensive.

The General Staff reported that more than 10 settlements in Donetsk Oblast were hit by artillery fire over the past day. The update noted that Russian forces were also unsuccessful in the Bakhmut direction, where the Russian military had been trying to restore positions lost to Ukrainian troops near Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Kurdyumivka. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said[4] 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. On the southern front in Zaporizhzhia, the General Staff stated that Russian troops are also focusing on stopping the Ukrainian advance. Over the past day, 33 combat clashes were recorded, and Russia launched five missile strikes and 86 air strikes on both civilian and military targets, according to the Ukrainian military.

UK Defense Ministry: Russian units 'struggling with battle fatigue' and ammunition shortages

Intense fighting in two sectors of Ukraine's southern front line is wearing down Russian defending forces, according to the U.K. defense ministry's daily intelligence report on August 1.

Elsa Court is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.

She was previously an intern at the Kyiv Post and has a Master's in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University.

Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked at the Netherlands Red Cross programme to arrange hosts for Ukrainian refugees and as a freelance writer and editor.

References

1. ^ according (www.facebook.com)
2. ^ Staromaiorske (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ liberated (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ said (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ UK Defense Ministry: Russian units 'struggling with battle fatigue' and ammunition shortagesIntense fighting in two sectors of Ukraine's southern front line is wearing down Russian defending forces, according to the U.K. defense ministry's daily intelligence report on August 1. (kyivindependent.com)