36 combat clashes with Russians over last 24 hours – General Staff report
Thirty-six combat clashes took place between the Ukrainian Defence Forces and the Russian occupiers on 18 August. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 19 August 2023 Quote: "Last night, the Russian Federation launched another airstrike on Ukraine using Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 attack drones.
Information on the effects of this terrorist attack is currently being established. Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile attacks and 41 airstrikes, and fired 74 times from multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of our troops and settlements. Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian casualties.
Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure facilities have been damaged.
Advertisement:The possibility of missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains high. Thirty-six combat clashes took place over the past day." Details: The situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts remained unchanged.
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On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, the Russians carried out airstrikes near Chervona Zoria and Veterynarne in Kharkiv Oblast. They fired using mortars and artillery on more than 25 settlements, including Karpovychi and Hremiach in Chernihiv Oblast; Seredyna-Buda, Rozhkovychi and Vodolahy in Sumy Oblast; and Strilecha, Vovchansk, Krasnyi Yar and Zemlianky in Kharkiv Oblast. On the Kupiansk front, the Russians conducted unsuccessful offensives in the area of Synkivka, Kharkiv Oblast.
They carried out airstrikes in the areas of Kurylivka, Kyslivka and Hlushkivka in Kharkiv Oblast. The settlements that were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks were Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Masiutivka, Kyslivka and Berestove in Kharkiv Oblast. On the Lyman front, the Russians carried out airstrikes near Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast.
About 15 settlements came under Russian artillery fire, including Nevske, Kreminna and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, and Torske, Sviato-Pokrovske, Spirne and Rozdolivka in Donetsk Oblast. On the Bakhmut front, the Russians conducted unsuccessful offensives south of Bila Hora and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast. They carried out airstrikes near Klishchiivka and Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast.
More than 15 settlements came under Russian artillery shelling, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bila Hora, Dyliivka, Pleshchiivka and New-York in Donetsk Oblast. On the Avdiivka front, the Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Novokalynove and Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. More than 15 settlements came under Russian artillery fire, including Novokalynove, Tonenke, Sieverne, Nevelske, Netailove and Karlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Marinka front, Ukrainian Defence Forces continue to hold back the Russian offensive in the areas of Marinka and Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast. The invaders conducted an airstrike in the area of Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast. More than 10 settlements were shelled, including Hostre, Marinka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka and Antonivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russians carried out an airstrike near Staromaiorsk in Donetsk Oblast. More than 10 settlements came under artillery fire, including Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Velyka Novosilka, Blahodatne, Urozhaine and Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast. On the Zaporizhzhia front, the occupiers launched airstrikes near Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
More than 20 settlements came under Russian artillery fire, including Levadne, Zatyshshia, Novoandriivka, Stepove, Piatykhatky and Plavni in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On the Kherson front, more than 15 settlements came under Russian artillery fire, including Mykhailivka, Antonivka, Kherson and Dniprovske in Kherson Oblast, and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Oblast. At the same time, the Ukrainian Defence Forces are continuing to conduct offensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts, consolidating their positions and conducting counter-battery operations.
Over the past day, Ukrainian Defence Forces aircraft carried out 10 strikes on areas where the Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated, and one strike on their anti-aircraft missile systems. Over the past day, Rocket Forces and Artillery units struck two clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, four artillery systems at their firing positions, two command posts and two electronic warfare stations. Ukrainska Pravda is the place where you will find the most up-to-date information about everything related to the war in Ukraine.
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