The two hundred-third (203) day of the heroic resistance to the russian military invasion continues.
The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy Donetsk Region, hold the captured territories and disrupt the active actions of our troops in certain areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says.
Shelling of the positions of our units along the contact line continues, the enemy is trying to take measures to regroup his troops in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The enemy did not stop attacks on the homes of civilians and civil infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war. The infrastructure of more than 33 settlements was damaged by air strikes, missile strikes, and shelling from anti-aircraft missiles, including Kharkiv, Lozova, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Mykolaivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Yuryivka, New York , Pervomaiske, Kamianka, Vremivka, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki, Suhy Stavok, Kostromka, Bila Krynytsia and Myrne.
Over the past 24 hours, the russian occupiers have launched 3 missile strikes, 33 air strikes and fired 58 rocket artillery strikes at military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.
In other areas, the enemy fired at the infrastructure from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Siversky area – near the settlements of Senkivka in Chernihiv Region and Stepne of Sumy Region;
in the Kharkiv area - Basove and Kupyansk;
in the Kramatorsk area - Yaremivka, Tetyanivka, Raihorodok, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Kryva Luka, Spirne, Verkhnokamianske, Dronivka, Hryhorivka and Zvanivka;
in the Bakhmut area - Yuryivka, New York, Mykolaivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Zaitseve, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiyivka area - Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pervomaiske and Novomykhailivka;
in the Novopavlivsk area – Velyka Novosilka, Novodonetske and Vremivka;
in the Zaporizhzhya area - Novopil, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Chervone;
in the South Buh area - Tavriyske, Myrne, Ternovi Pody, Partyzanske, Chervona Dolyna,
Bilohirka, Novohrednyeve, Bezymenne, Sukhy Stavok, Bila Krynytsia, Olhyne, Visokopillya, Kam'yane.
Russian occupiers are staying in the homes of residents in the settlements of Chaplin District of Kherson Region, in some places evicting the owners from the house.
The russian army suffers significant manpower losses every day and tries to compensate them in different ways. The military leadership continues to search for those willing to fight among prisoners, in particular in the colonies of the Tula region. Recruiters promise convicts to have their criminal records removed in exchange for 3 months of service, for recidivists or those convicted of particularly serious crimes, the term of service will be 6 months.
However, no contracts are signed with interested parties. Recruitment of so-called "reservists" to the 3rd Army Corps is also ongoing. Among the already recruited personnel, there is a large number of people with drug and alcohol addiction. Also, the fact of forced mobilization in the city of Horlivka shows the problems with staffing units, local so-called "military commissars" were tasked with the "militia" to recruit 6,000 people by August 19. The search and arrest of men continues in the city, which in turn causes mass dissatisfaction among residents.
Defence forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Spirne, Mayorsk, Odradivka, Vesela Dolyna, Vodyane, Avdiivka, Bezimenne and Novohrihorivka settlements.
During the day, in order to support the actions of the land groupings, the aviation of the Defence Forces made 12 strikes on the places of concentration of the enemy's manpower and equipment.
In addition, air defence units of our troops destroyed two enemy aircraft (Su-25 and Su-24M), one Mi-8 helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle in various directions.
Units of the Missile Forces and artillery inflicted damage on 9 command and control points of the brigade and battalion levels and on 3 areas of concentration of manpower and combat equipment of the enemy.
The losses of the russian occupiers are currently being determined.