[Korrespondent] Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are exhausting the Russian occupiers along the entire line of combat contact and in their rear.
From the beginning of the day and as of 4:00 p.m., Russian aggressors attacked Ukrainian army positions 43 times. The intensity of fighting has halved compared to the previous day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary on Wednesday, April 8.
Thus, in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy once stormed the positions of our defenders.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy advanced four times in the areas of the settlements of Sinelnikovo, Prylipka, and Lyman.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice tried to improve its position towards the settlements of Novoosinove and Novoplatonivka.
In the Lymansky direction, one battle took place near Hrekivka.
On the Slavyansk direction, our defenders stopped one enemy attempt to advance in the direction of Riznykivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked once in the direction of Tikhonivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out eight attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders stormed 12 times in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Muravka, Filiya and towards the settlements of Bilytske, Novooleksandrivka, Serhiivka. Three clashes are still ongoing.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy once advanced towards Lisne.
In the Hulyaipil direction, nine enemy attacks were successfully stopped towards the settlements of Pryluky, Dobropillya, Tsvitkove, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipilske, and Varvarivka. One clash is ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted three futile assaults in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge.
As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of April 7. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.4 million people.