Rocket event in Kharkiv, Tsyrkuny area, Ukraine on Mon 8th July 2024

Glory to Ukraine! The eight hundred and sixty-seventh day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the past 24 hours, 141 combat clashes were recorded.According to detailed information, over the past day, the enemy has launched a total of six missile strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas, using 51 missiles, 62 airstrikes (a total of 84 anti-aircraft missiles were dropped), carried out more than 4,000 attacks, 94 of them from rocket salvo systems . Areas of the settlements of Staritsa, Vovchansk, Vilcha, Tsyrkuny, Vovchanski Khutory, Hlyboke, Mali Prohody, and Pokalane of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy airstrikes; Makiiivka, Luhansk region; Mykolayivka, Katerynivka, New York, Toretsk, Oleksandropil, Myrolyubivka, Grodivka, Novoselivka Persha, Velyka Novosilka, Bogoyavlenka of the Donetsk region; Work in Zaporizhzhia and Olhivka, Kherson region. Yesterday, aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one artillery system and four enemy personnel concentration areas. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued active operations, a total of nine combat encounters took place. The fighting took place in the areas of Tyche, Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Staritsa and Sotnytskyi Kozachok settlements. In the Kupyan direction, the number of enemy attacks per day increased to seven. The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Berestovoy, Pischany and Stelmakhivka. In the Lyman direction, our troops repelled 14 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of Grekivka, Nevske, Makiivka in Luhansk region and Terna in Donetsk region. In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled seven assaults near Spirny, Verkhnyokamyanskyi and Vyimka of the Donetsk region. In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped 11 attempts by the enemy to break through the defenses in the Bohdanivka, Hryhorivka, Bila Hora, Andriivka, Vesely and Chasovoy Yar districts of the Donetsk region. In the Toretsk direction, with the support of aviation, the enemy carried out 19 attacks near the settlements of Dilyivka, Pivdenne, Pivdenne, Toretsk, and New York. In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 43 assaults and offensive actions in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvizhenka, Yevgenivka, Kalinove, Timofiivka, Novoselivka Persha, Yasnobrodivka, Karlivka, and Umanske settlements of the Donetsk region, where the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units from their occupied positions . In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of settlements of Netaylove, Georgiivka, Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka and Kostyantynivka, where the enemy tried nine times to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Vremivsk direction, the aggressor carried out 10 assaults on our positions near Vodyanyi, Kostyantynivka, Urozhayny, Rivnopol, Novosilka and Makarivka in the Donetsk region. Enemy aviation was active - dropped 14 guided air bombs and carried out three airstrikes by NARs. In the direction of Gulyaipil, the enemy launched 18 unguided air missiles in the area of ??Chumatsky, Zaporizhzhia region. On the Orihiv direction, nine combat clashes took place in the districts of Mala Tokmachka, Robotyny, Novoandriyivka, and Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhia region. In the Dnieper direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the Krynok area. Loss of positions is not allowed. On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of the formation of offensive groups of occupiers were found. On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle. Last day, the total losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,220 people. Our soldiers also destroyed seven tanks, 19 armored combat vehicles, 49 artillery systems, 36 missiles, 29 operational-tactical UAVs, 62 vehicles and 13 units of special equipment. Join the Defense Forces! The fight continues! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!