War Update: Enemy Focusing Main Efforts On Five Areas, Heavy Fighting Ongoing
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Twenty combat engagements were recorded in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka sectors of the front over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the armed forces of Ukraine said this in a situation update published on facebook , Ukrinform reports.
In particular, the enemy carried out 42 air strikes and mounted about 30 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated localities.
The probability of missile and air strikes on targets across Ukraine remains high.
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It added that amid successful combat operations conducted by Ukraine's Defense Forces and significant enemy losses in manpower, the number of members of Russian occupation forces refusing to participate in combat operations has increased. In particular, in the area of the village of Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia region, about 20 Russian soldiers refused to carry out combat missions in forward positions. After that, they were taken into custody and moved to the building of the Rozivka district court.
In addition, the aircraft of the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched six strikes on the enemy's troop concentration areas, two on anti-aircraft missile systems and one on the enemy's command post. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed two Russian reconnaissance UAVs.
Throughout the day, Ukrainian rocket and artillery units hit a command post, seven artillery pieces and the enemy's electronic warfare station.
From February 24, 2022 to July 7, 2023, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated about 232,810 Russian invaders, including 510 in the past day alone.
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