The enemy conducted defensive military operations in order to hold the occupied lines and prevent the offensive of Ukrainian units.

The enemy carried out remote mining of the area in the Slobozhansky direction.
About this on his page in Facebook reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy conducted defensive military operations in order to hold the occupied lines and prevent the offensive of Ukrainian units. He carried out remote mining of the area,” the report says.
Meanwhile, in the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, without any changes. The enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Gai and Mikhalchyna Sloboda in the Chernihiv region, as well as Novaya Guta in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, he fired from barrel and rocket artillery at the areas of Prudyanka, Slatino, Udelshchik, Petrovka, Korobochkino, Mospanovo and Zailovka. Inflicted air strikes at Upper Saltov and Lebyazhye.
He conducted aerial reconnaissance of UAVs in the areas of the settlements of Lesnoye, Pitomnik, Ryasnoye, Protopopovka, Prishib and Nortsovka.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy carried out fire damage from various types of artillery near Mazanivka, Krasnopolye, Suligovka, Karnaukhovka and Vernopolye.
War in Ukraine: current data
Over the past day, the Ukrainian military liquidated another 79 Russian invaders in southern Ukraine and destroyed a large amount of equipment.
This is stated in the summary of the operational command “South” for August 5.
It is noted that on Friday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched 4 air strikes on the enemy’s concentration, 2 strongholds and an ammunition depot in the Beryslav and Kherson regions. Also, their fire missions were carried out by rocket and artillery units.
The OK “South” also added that now in the Black Sea, 9 enemy warships and boats are maneuvering near the Crimean coast, the rest are hiding in base points.