(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Russian Occupation forces have intensified assault operations in the Orikhiv sector, but there are no signs of the formation of offensive groups in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Dmytro Lykhoviy, spokesman for the Tavria operational group of troops, on the air of the United News nationwide telethon.
"Muscovites have intensified their actions in the Orikhiv sector. While yesterday four enemy assaults were repelled there, today there were five enemy attacks from the beginning of the day until the morning, all of them in the direction of the village of Mala Tokmachka, a ledge where Russians are trying to regain the positions de-occupied by our troops during the counter-offensive of 23rd of March. In doing so, they are using small infantry groups without heavy weapons, with up to one squad. They are mostly unsuccessful," said Lykhoviy.
He noted that the day before, the enemy launched 6 air strikes using 13 guided bombs from Su-34 aircraft in the area of Mala Tokmachka. This morning, four air strikes have already taken place, during which the enemy launched 9 guided missiles at the area of Mala Tokmachka and Tiahynky.
According to the spokesperson, the enemy's numbers remain relatively constant, but there is some rotation.
"Our army is inflicting significant losses in manpower, destroying and capturing the enemy," the spokesman said, adding that there are no signs of an offensive group of Russians forming in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
The spokesperson noted that the enemy has no shortage of artillery. Thus, 396 artillery attacks on the positions of the Defence Forces were registered over the last day, using 2,300 rounds of ammunition. The enemy also fired 27 times at 15 localities.
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Speaking about the situation in Kherson region, which is part of the Tavria operational area, Lykhoviy noted that in the Prydniprovsky sector on the left bank of the Dnipro River, where the Defence Forces are performing combat missions, 3 Russian tanks were destroyed in the previous days. In addition, 2 enemy surface-to-air missile systems - Tor and Buk M1 - were destroyed in the Orikhiv sector this week.
As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 26 July 2024 amounted to about 572,300 people, including 950 people over the previous day.
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