Rocket event in Donetsk, Vozdvyzhenka area, Ukraine on Wed 24th July 2024

Glory to Ukraine! The eight hundred and eighty-second day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Over the past day, 152 combat engagements were recorded. According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using two missiles, 41 air strikes (involving, in particular, 54 combat aircraft), carried out 4443 attacks, 120 of them using multiple launch rocket systems. The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, in the areas of Veterinary, Liptsy, Mali Prokhody, Rubizhne, Staritsa, Vesele, Sinkivka in Kharkiv region; Toretsk, Verkhnokamianske, Vovche, Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha in Donetsk region and Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region. Over the past day, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces conducted seven air strikes on enemy troop concentrations, destroying four artillery systems, three warehouses, two air defence facilities and two command posts of the Russian occupiers. In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued assault operations. There were 13 combat engagements in the vicinity of Hlyboke, Tykhove and Vovchansk. In the Kupyansk sector, the number of combat engagements increased to nine over the last day. Defence forces repelled enemy assaults near six different localities. The enemy focused its actions on Sinkivka, where it conducted four attacks with the support of aviation. In the Liman sector, our troops repelled 13 occupants' attacks in the vicinity of Makiivka, Terny and Nevske. In the Siverskyi sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks near Spirne, Verkhnekamianske, Pereyizne and Vyimka. In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops stopped 14 enemy attempts to break through our defences in the areas of Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Chasovyi Yar, Ivanivske, Stupochki, Bila Hora and Andriivka. The enemy made 18 attacks in the Toretsk sector. He concentrated his efforts near the settlements of Pivnichne and Zalizne, conducting almost 80 per cent of all combat engagements there. In addition, he attacked in the areas of New York and Toretsk. It actively bombed the city of Toretsk. In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders repelled 41 attacks in the areas of Panteleymonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Progress, Novoselivka Persha, Umanske and Yasnobrodivka, where the invaders tried to force Ukrainian units out of their positions. In the Kurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka and Paraskoviivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defences of our troops 10 times. In the Vremivsk sector, the occupants made an unsuccessful assault on our positions near Kostiantynivka. They fired uncontrolled aerial missiles at Vuhledar and the area of Urozhayne. In the Orikhivsk sector, two firefights took place near Mala Tokmachka. In the Prydniprovskyi sector, three Russian attacks on the left bank of the Dnipro River failed. In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs of enemy offensive groups were detected. The operational situation has not changed significantly. On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, firing from the territory of the Russian Federation, in particular, the settlements of Popivka, Volfine, Yastrubyne, Stepok and Kindrativka. Our soldiers continue to inflict significant losses in equipment and manpower on the occupation forces, depleting the enemy's offensive potential along the entire front line and in the rear. In total, the Russian invaders suffered 1140 casualties yesterday. Ukrainian servicemen also neutralised 14 tanks, 13 armoured combat vehicles, 65 artillery systems, an air defence system, a Su-25 aircraft, one missile, 33 tactical UAVs, 77 vehicles and 10 pieces of special equipment. Join the Defence Forces! The fight is on! Together we will win!