Ukraine and Russia war news from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of August 9, 2021 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.
(1) Russian hybrid forces launched 4 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine during the day of August 2, 2021. The enemy used of the following weaponry:
easel anti-tank grenade launchers – near Svitlodarsk,
manual anti-tank grenade launchers – near Surokino, Novooleksandrivka,
automatic easel grenade launchers – near Surokino, Novooleksandrivka,
high caliber machine guns – near Svitlodarsk, Zolote-4, Novooleksandrivka,
UAVs – in
small arms – near
(2) 1 Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action and 2 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in actions in the war zone in eastern Ukraine over the last 24 hours.
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