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Ukraine’s forces advance on Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts – General Staff report:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts; they defend reconquered areas and carry out counterbattery measures.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 9 July

Details: During the day, the Russians inflicted 27 air strikes and 37 attacks from multiple-launch missile systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements. There are dead and wounded among the civilians; residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged.

The Russian units focus their main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts, heavy battles continue. During the day, there were 27 combat clashes.

On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the operational situation didn’t change significantly. No signs of the formation of offensive groups were recorded.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, during the day, the occupying forces carried out attacks from mortars and artillery, targeting 10 settlements. In particular, amongst them were Vyntorivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Yastrubyne in Sumy Oblast, as well as Udy, Veterynarne and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian soldiers hold their defence steadfastly. The Russians landed air strikes in the areas of Kolodiazne and Kyslivka, Kharkov Oblat. Krasne Pershe, Fyholivka, Dvorichne, Kupiansk and Kyslivka were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks of the Russians.

On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted assault actions and tried to oust Ukrainian troops from their positions in the area west of Sprine, Donetsk Oblast, but had no success. They also delivered air strikes in the areas of Novosadova, Ivanivka, Serebrianka forest and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast. Over 10 settlements were subjected to artillery shelling, in particular Nevske, Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, as well as Torske, Spirne, Berestove, Vesele in Donetsk Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

Russian forces conduct unsuccessful offensive operations on 4 fronts – General Staff report:

On Saturday, 8 July, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Marinka and Shakhtarsk fronts; a total of over 25 combat engagements occurred between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 8 July

Details: During the day, the Russian occupiers launched another air and missile attack on the territory of Ukraine, using S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-made Shahed attack drones. As a result of combat work, the air defence units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces destroyed five Shahed attack drones. Some of them hit industrial facilities and infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad oblasts.

In addition, Russian forces carried out 34 airstrikes, deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to conduct 42 attacks. In particular, 8 civilians were killed and 13 wounded in Russian attacks on the city of Lyman. The probability of missile and air strikes throughout Ukraine remains high.

Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts. A total of 25 combat engagements occurred between Russian and Ukrainian forces over the course of the day.

The operational situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts remains much the same as before. There is no evidence that Russia is forming offensive units there. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus are performing tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.

Russian forces maintain a military presence on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts. During the day, they conducted an airstrike near Vovkivka in Sumy Oblast and deployed mortars and artillery to fire on over 25 settlements, in particular, Karpovychi in Chernihiv Oblast; Znob-Novhorodske, Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast and Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Varvarivka in Kharkiv Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

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