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Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukraine's Defence Forces hold back Russian offensive in east and advance in south – General Staff report:

Ukrainian defenders are holding back the Russian offensive on the Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are maintaining their offensive on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 6 August

Details: During the day, Russian forces conducted 30 missile and 48 air strikes, carried out 32 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and on settlements. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, civilians have been killed and wounded, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure facilities have been destroyed.

A total of 30 combat clashes took place during the day.

The operational situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts remains much the same as before.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces launched attacks on over 30 settlements, including Buchky, Hremiach in Chernihiv Oblast; Bobylivka, Vyshenky, Svarkove, Tymofiivka, Pavlivka in Sumy Oblast and Odnorobivka, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve, Varvarivka and Khatnie in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian soldiers are firmly holding defence, successfully repelling Russian attacks east of Petropavlivka in Kharkiv Oblast. Russian forces conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Petropavlivka and Podoly in Kharkiv Oblast. Over 10 settlements, including Kamianka, Novomlynsk, Zapadne, Petropavlivka and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv Oblast, were hit by Russian artillery and mortar fire. --->READ MORE HERE

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Ukraine's Air Force: 30 missiles, 27 drones shot down overnight:

Ukraine's Air Force reported on Aug. 6 that 30 missiles and 27 kamikaze drones were shot down by air defense overnight during Russia's latest mass attack that came in several waves.

According to the Air Force, Russia launched 14 Kalibr missiles and three Kinzhal missiles in the first wave of the attack on the evening of Aug. 5. Twelve of the 14 Kalibr missiles were destroyed but no information has been provided on the Kinzhal missiles.

Russia continued its attack into the early hours of Aug. 6, launching Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the southeast, Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea, and Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-96 strategic bombers in the Caspian Sea.

In this second wave of attack, Ukraine's air defense destroyed all 27 Shahed drones, five out of the six Kalibr missiles, and 13 out of 20 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles.

Several regions were targeted during both waves. President Volodymyr Zelensky said aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich's facilities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as unspecified targets in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, came under attack.

The Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration wrote that the region was attacked three times overnight but "most of the missiles" were intercepted by air defense.

Russian forces were likely targeting the airport in the city of Starokostiantyniv, according to the administration.

In the Starokostiantyniv community, roofs, doors, and windows of several private residential buildings were damaged by explosion shock waves. Windows were also shattered in one of the public cultural establishments, the bus station, and a commercial building. --->READ MORE HERE