Russian Ministry of Defense Situation Report as of 24:00 on August 2 (Translation)

▪️ In the Kherson direction, our forces improved the tactical situation and struck the Ukrainian mechanized brigade and coastal defense brigade. The enemy fired 66 projectiles at seven villages on the left bank of our country.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye sector, the enemy launched a counterattack in the Stepanovka-Pravynye area. Our forces repelled the counterattack and expanded their control area in Pravynye, as well as the area south of Stepanovka. Intense fighting is currently ongoing. Our forces are advancing towards the Olyekhovo suburb from the Nesteranka direction. The enemy again attacked the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant: a drone hit the plant area, and the fire has been controlled. A drone also attacked a civilian car, resulting in one passenger's death.

▪️ In the Ugledar direction, fighting is ongoing along the line from Temirovka-Kamyshyva Khata-Yanuvaryskoye-Aleksandrovka. In the northern part of this direction, Kiev authorities' militants have tried for three consecutive days to launch a counterattack from the northwest direction against Dachnoye. All attacks were repelled by our forces. Our forces have occupied new positions between Zelyonoye Kuty and Olyekhovo.

▪️ In the western part of the Kupiansk direction, our forces launched an attack along the forest belt bordering the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the south of Kupiansk, despite the enemy's fierce resistance, our infantry advanced beyond Troiany and engaged in combat in the Shakhtarsk area to level the front line and advance to the railway branch line. The enemy is retreating from the nearby Chunykhino. Our forces are advancing in the Myroliubovka area, cutting off the eastern supply line to Pokrovsk. When advancing north of Rodininske in the Sukhtske area, our forces cut off a very important supply line to the north of Kupiansk. Moreover, the loss of Rodininske will accelerate the collapse of the entire northern defensive line of the Krasnoarmeysk settlement.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka direction, our forces are advancing from the east of Vlasivka and the north of Portavka. In the southern part of this direction, the Ministry confirmed that Aleksandrovka had been liberated. Fighting is taking place 6 kilometers east of Aleksandrovka, Katerinovka. Along the line of Aleksandrovka-Katerinovka, there is a "pocket" pass where a large number of Ukrainian troops are trapped. The enemy cannot break out to the north towards Konstantinovka, as the Kleban-Bik River hinders their actions. In the northern part of this sector, our forces are advancing from the Stupochky area towards Predtechiino. From the large-scale strike on Druzhkovka, it can be inferred that after liberating Chasov Yar, our forces will not directly advance to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, but will instead bypass through Druzhkovka.

▪️ In the Seversky direction, our forces have leveled the front line to the line of Ivanivka-Verkhnye Kamenets and occupied the enemy stronghold northeast of Seversk.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, our forces are advancing from the west of Stepovaya Novoselka toward Pesyanoye.

▪️ In the Kharkiv front, our forces cleared the north of Volchansky and occupied several strongholds in the southwest suburbs of the city. With this, our forces have controlled the entire right bank of the Volchya River. Next is the south of Volchansky.

▪️ In the central part of the Sumy direction, the enemy attempted to break through in the Kondratovka-Alekseyevka area. The Ukrainian army launched a counterattack on the front line of Novokostyantynivka-Vorotyno-Yablunivka. In the southern part of this direction, our forces made slight advances near Yunakovka.

▪️ Over the night, the air defense forces shot down 112 Ukrainian drones in nine areas, as well as over the Black Sea and Azov Sea regions. The enemy attacked the oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast and Novokuybyshevsk. In the Penza Oblast, the "Electronic Instruments Factory" and "Radio Factory" were attacked, causing one death and three injuries. In the Rostov Oblast, the traction substation on the Likhaya-Zamchalovo railway section was attacked again. In the Bryansk Oblast, the enemy destroyed a bridge.

Yesterday marked the 1256th day of the special military operation.

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