February 4, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  Some 810 Russian troops were killed or wounded in the past 24 hours

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of 10.00 04 February 2024 on the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Pavlo Kovalchuk

Glory to Ukraine! Seventy-hundred eleven era of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.

During the past day, there have been 66 battles. In total, the enemy carried out 2 missiles and 65 air strikes, carried out 53 shelling from the volcano fire jet systems on the positions of our troops and settlements. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded among the civilian population. Destruction and damage to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.

Air strikes were experienced: Budarki, Kolodyazne, Grigorivka, Kupiansk, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Tabayivka, Pishtenni Kharkiv region; Terni, Alexandropil, Avdiyivka, Novomykhlivka, Vugledar, Staromayorskke, Urozhayne Donetsk region; Novodarivka Zaporizhia region; Red Lighthouse, Krinki, Zmiyivka Kherson region.

More than 110 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts were under artillery fire.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “North” in the Volyn and Polish directions, the operating environment remains without significant changes.

In the Siver and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive fences along the state border in the Belgorod region.

In the area of responsibility of the osuv “Khortytsia” in the kupâns льноkomu direction, 5 attacks of the enemy near syn зоkívka and ívanívka of the kharkiv region.

In the Limans ськіkomu direction Ukrainian soldiers repelled 8 attacks of occupiers in the areas of Serebryans .kogo forestry, Bilogorivki Luhansk region, Terniv and Yampolivki Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmuts облаkomu direction of the Defense Forces repelled 3 attacks of the enemy near Bogdanivka and Klishchiaivka Donetsk region.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “Tavria” in the Avdiyiv direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy who does not abandon attempts to surround Avdiyivka. Our soldiers are steadfastly holding the defense, causing zagarbnikam significant losses. Yes, the Defense Forces over the past day repelled 27 attacks of the enemy near Novokalinovo and Avdiyivka and 3 more attacks near the Pervomaisky Donetsk region.

In the Marins коїkomu direction, Ukrainian soldiers continue to restrain the enemy near Krasnogorívka, Georgíivka and Novomyhajlívka Donetsk region, where 7 attacks were repelled.

In the Shakhtar direction, our defenders repelled 3 attacks south of the Golden Niva of Donetsk region.

In the direction of the Defense Forces repelled the attack of the enemy in the area of robotinogo zaporizhia region.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “Odessa” in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to maintain positions and repel attacks of the occupation troops. Despite the significant losses, the enemy does not give up its attempts to knock our units out of their occupied positions. Yes, within the past day, the enemy carried out 5 failed assaults.

At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers actively cause the occupation troops losses in live force and equipment, exhaust the enemy along the entire front line.

During the past day, the Defense Forces aviation has struck 12 areas of enemy personnel concentration. The forces and means of air defense of Ukraine destroyed one kerovanu aviation missile H-59, 10 attack bpla type “shahed-136/131” and 3 reconnaissance bpla enemy.

The missile troop units attacked 1 area of focus and 1 enemy artillery.

Estimated losses of the enemy last day were: 810 invaders, 2 tanks, 13 combat armored vehicles, 31 artillery systems, 12 BpLA operational-tactical level, 1 winged rocket, 41 vehicles and 6 special equipment units

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