[Korrespondent] Fierce fighting continued in all 12 directions. While the Pokrovska area again became the hottest, the enemy launched 63 attacks there.
Since the beginning of the day, 283 clashes have occurred on the front, which is twice the number of the previous day. This is evidenced by the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, February 8.
The enemy carried out one missile strike using six missiles, 50 air strikes dropping 144 guided bombs. In addition, it used 2,211 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,061 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.
In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions today, Ukrainian soldiers repelled three enemy attacks, the enemy carried out 57 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including five from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Starytsia, Prylipka and towards Figolivka. Ukrainian units repelled seven attacks.
13 attacks were repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Kupyansk direction, towards Kupyansk, Podoliv, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Novoosynovo, Novaya Kruglyakivka, Novoplatonivka. Another combat clash is currently ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 22 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Drobysheve, Seredne, Zarichne and towards Druzhelyubivka, Stavki, Shyykivka, and Lyman.
In the Slavyansk direction, our defenders repelled 14 attempts by the occupiers to advance, in the area of ​​the settlement of Dronivka and towards Zakitne, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and Platonovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out one attack in the Orikhovo-Vasylivka area.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders stormed the positions of our defenders 30 times today near the settlements of Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka and towards Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Illinivka, Mykolaipilya, Stepanivka, Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 63 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Muravka, Myrnograd, Filiya and towards the settlements of Toretske, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Novooleksandrivka, Serhiivka, Novopidhorodne, Novopavlivka, Ivanivka, Hryshyne, Novyi Donbas. In some locations, fighting is still ongoing.
According to estimates, today in this direction our soldiers eliminated 146 occupiers and wounded 46; destroyed 32 unmanned aerial vehicles, 16 vehicles, a unit of special equipment, and also hit seven vehicles and four enemy personnel shelters.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian units stopped seven attacks by the invaders, in the Pryvillya area and towards the settlements of Andriivka-Klevtsove, Ivanivka, and Oleksandrograd. The settlement of Kolomiytsi was hit by guided bombs.
In the Hulyaipil direction, there were 26 attacks by the invaders - in the areas of Solodke, Hulyaipil, Dorozhnyanka, Myrne and towards Zaliznychne, Olenokostyantynivka. In some locations, fighting continues to this day. Enemy aircraft struck the settlements of Zelena Dibrova, Barvinivka, Nizhenka, Lyubitske, Vozdvizhivka, Kopany.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders five times in the area of ​​Kamiansky, Shcherbaky, and towards Lukyanivsky.
As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of February 7. Since the beginning of the Great War, Russian losses have approached 1.3 million people.