Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of August 7
Photo: General Staff shows new battle maps for August 7 (Getty Images)
Over the past day, 147 combat clashes were recorded on the front line. The most intense direction remains Pokrovsk, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia carried out 87 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropping 157 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russia carried out 6,074 shellings, 111 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 4,073 suicide drones.
The Air Force, missile forces, and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck 2 Russian command posts, 3 artillery systems, and 7 areas where Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated.
Directions
Over the past day, 16 combat engagements took place in the North-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions. Russia carried out 13 air strikes, dropped a total of 15 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 328 artillery strikes, including 6 with MLRS.
In the South-Slobozhanskyi direction, 4 combat engagements took place in the area of the settlement of Vovchansk.
9 Russian attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk direction during the day. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled Russian assaults in the areas of the settlements of Nova Kruhliakivka, Holubivka, Tyshchenkivka, Zahryzove, in the direction of Kupiansk and Kurylivka.
In the Lyman direction, Russia attacked 21 times. It attempted to advance in the areas of the settlements of Ridkodub, Karpivka, Shandryholove, Serednie, and Torske, in the direction of the settlement of Hryhorivka.
In the Siversk direction, Russia attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 8 times near Hryhorivka, Pereizne, and Vyimka.
Over the past day, one combat engagement took place in the Kramatorsk direction in the area of the settlement of Novomarkove.
In the Toretsk direction, Russia carried out 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Katerynivka, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, and in the direction of the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne and Rusyn Yar.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 38 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Popiv Yar, Maiak, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Volodymyrivka, Novoeekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Lysivka, Myrnohrad, Zvirove, Udachne, and Novoukrainka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 13 Russian assaults in the areas of the settlements of Novopil, Zelenyi Hai, Piddubne, Tolstoy, Voskresenka, Maliivka, and in the direction of the settlement of Filiya.
In the Huliaipole and Orikhiv directions, Russia did not conduct any offensive actions.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 6 Russian attacks over the past day.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia's losses since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have already reached 1,060,310 people. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders eliminated 1,040 Russian troops.
The situation in Pokrovsk remains difficult. According to local authorities, it is almost impossible to enter the city or deliver humanitarian and medical aid.
