Enemy storms in all frontline areas: where the situation is most difficult
31 July 2024 10:10
Over the past day, 144 combat engagements were recorded at the frontline. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed For ces of Ukraine in a morning report on Wednesday, 31 July, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements using one missile, as well as 85 air strikes, including 141 drones. In addition, it carried out 4352 attacks, 90 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Liptsy, Hlyboke, Vovchanski Khutory, Izbytske, Kreidyanka, Ternova, Vovchansk, Glushkivka, Kolesnikivka, Pishchane in Kharkiv region; Lyman, Siversk, Oleksandro-Shultine, Druzhba, Shcherbynivka, Toretsk, New York, Ivanivka, Novodonetske, Oleksandropil, Skuchne, Mykolaivka, Hrodivka, Ivanivka in Donetsk region; Omelnyk, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka in Zaporizhzhia region; Sukhanove, Virivka, Tyahyanka, Novotyahyanka in Kherson region.
Situation at the frontline
In theKharkiv sector, the enemy continued offensive (assault) actions, with a total of six combat engagements taking place. The fighting took place, in particular, near the towns of Tykhove and Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region.
In theKupyansk sector, the number of combat engagements over the day totalled seven. Defence forces repelled enemy attacks in the vicinity of Pishchane and Stelmakhivka in the Kharkiv region.
In theLiman sector, our troops repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske in Luhansk region and Serebryansky forest.
In theSiverskyi sector, the Ukrainian Defence Forces repelled four attacks near Verkhnekamianske, Pereizne and Vyymka.
In theKramatorsk sector, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 12 enemy attempts to break through the defences of our defenders in the area of Chasovyi Yar, Donetsk region.
The enemy tried 23 times to break into our defences in the Toretsk sector in the areas of Pivnichne, Toretsk, New York and Zalizne.
In thePokrovsk sector, our defenders repelled 48 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Vesele, Serhiivka, Zhelanne, Yasnobrodivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Ivanivka, Tymofiivka and Kalynove, where the enemy tried to force our units out of their positions.
In theKurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka and Paraskoviivka, where the enemy tried to break through Ukrainian defensive positions 16 times.
In theVremivsk sector, the enemy made five unsuccessful attempts to break through the defences of our troops in the direction of Stepova Novosilka, Donetsk region.
In theOrikhivsk sector, there were five combat engagements in the area of Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne and Novoandriivka in Zaporizhzhia region.
The situation in theVolyn and Polissya sectors remained unchanged. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, and shells settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Enemy losses
Yesterday, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces carried out seven strikes on the areas of concentration of enemy personnel, and also hit an air defence system, three ammunition depots and a logistics depot.
In total, the Russian invaders suffered 1,060 casualties over the past day. Ukrainian troops also neutralised nine tanks, 20 armoured combat vehicles, 30 artillery systems, one MLRS, an air defence system, 21 operational and tactical UAVs, a cruise missile, 52 vehicles and one piece of occupiers’ special equipment.
Between 24 February 2022 and 31 July 2024, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 578,120 people (1,060 per day).
In addition, since the beginning of the war, the following have been destroyed:
- 8390 (9) tanks
- 16161 (20) armoured vehicles
- 16086 (30) artillery systems
- 1131 (1) MLRS
- 907 (1) air defence systems
- 363 (0) aircraft
- 326 (0) helicopters
- 12853 (21) operational and tactical UAVs
- 2407 (1) cruise missiles
- 28 ( 0) ships/boats
- 1 (0) submarine
- 21739 (52) units of motor vehicles and tankers
- 2697 (1) units of special equipment.
