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| Russia has intensified attacks near Pokrovsk - Ukrainian General Staff |
| 2026-07-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Korrespondent] No enemy offensive actions have yet been recorded in the North-Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kramatorsk, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovsk directions. Since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have attacked Ukrainian army positions 88 times. A third of the enemy assaults are concentrated in the Pokrovsk area, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational update on Tuesday, July 7. ![]() Thus, in the South Slobozhansk direction, the invaders tried seven times to break through the defenses in the areas of the settlements of Starytsia, Lyman, Artilne, and towards the settlement of Khatne. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out one attack in the direction of Kupyansk-Vuzlovye. In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled seven attempts by the invaders to advance towards the settlements of Borova, Lyman, Ozerne, and Dibrova. One attack is ongoing. In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy attacks towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and in the area of ​​Riznykivka and Zakytne. In the Kostyantynivka direction, our defenders repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka, and Ivano-Frankivsk, two attacks are still ongoing. In the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders tried to push our soldiers 29 times in the areas of the settlements of Ivanivka, Dorozhne, Hryshyne, Udachne, Muravka, Molodetske and towards the settlements of Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Novy Donbas, Shevchenko, Myrne, Serhiivka. Two clashes are ongoing. In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to advance four times in the Kalynivka area and towards Verbovye. In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces repelled 15 attacks towards the settlements of Dobropillya, Girke, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Vozdvizhivka, Verkhnia Tersa, Hulyaipilske, Charivne. Two clashes are ongoing. No enemy offensive actions have yet been recorded in the North-Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kramatorsk, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovsk directions. We remind you that two military-industrial complex enterprises in the Bryansk region were hit last night. Two railway bridges in the areas of the settlements of Rozdolne and Ichki in Crimea were also hit. And on July 6, the largest Russian refinery in Omsk was hit for the first time. According to preliminary information, the ELOU-AVT-11 primary oil refining unit with a capacity of 8.4 million tons of oil per year was damaged. |
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