The Russian Ministry of Defense's news website released the frontline report as of 24:00 on August 5 (translation):

▪️ In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces are systematically attacking enemy communication facilities. In Antonovka, an Ukrainian air defense position was destroyed. The Ukrainian army fired 66 shells towards the left bank, and the consequences of the shelling are currently being verified.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye sector, the enemy launched a fierce counterattack and advanced to the outskirts of Kamenskoye, but was repelled. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian army succeeded in pushing our forces from parts of the positions in Stepnoye. The Pravnyi area is basically under our full control. In the Olykhov direction, there is positional warfare in the areas of Nesterianka, Novo-Danilovka, and Maly Tokmachevo.

▪️ In the Ugledar direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had liberated the village of Yavarske, from which our forces can launch an attack on the flank of the Ukrainian forces in Alexandrovsk. There is also fighting in this area. Intense fighting is taking place around the Iskra area. It has been reported that there was a firefight in the Zelenehaye area.

▪️ In the direction of Kupiansk (Pokrovsk), the battle in the New Pavlovka area was extremely intense. The Russian forces successfully advanced from the Olykhovo direction, but were met with strong resistance from the enemy and faced a counterattack. In the Chunihiino area, our forces are trying to break through the defenses and approach the border of Pokrovsk from the southeast. In the eastern front, our forces have successfully consolidated their positions in the eastern suburbs of Myrnohrad from the New Economic Zone direction. Intense fighting is ongoing in the areas of Hlukhiv and Rodynske. On the map slightly above, our soldiers are surrounding Belitske from the south. To the north of Novoshakhovo, the Russian forces have advanced to the suburbs of Novo Donetsk, Kutuzovka, Rubizhne, and Zolotoy Kolodiez. The distance from this line to the Kramatorsk-Dobropolye highway is less than 3 kilometers.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka sector, the Russian forces almost pushed the enemy out of Portavka and Rusin-Yar, and continued to advance eastward towards the main road between Dolgaya Balka and Sofiyevka. The Russian forces have reached the shore of the Klyban-Bik River from the east and west, and have practically encircled the southern part of the reservoir. Fighting continues in the Shcherbinyvka area, while the road to Katerinivka has been cut off. In the north of Dzerzhynsk (Toretsk), the enemy launched a counterattack in the Belaya Gora area, and our forces attacked the Ukrainian positions in the Aleksandrov-Shurtyno area and Predtechiino area. In the Chasiv Yar area, the Russian forces made progress north of Nikolaevka and along the railway line leading to Kramatorsk.

▪️ In the northern front, the Russian forces are advancing towards the city from the Verkhnye Kamenetske and Ivaniv-Daryivka directions.

▪️ In the Hlukhiv direction, the Russian forces have almost liberated Kologozhy. In the Shandryhovoe area, our forces have made progress. In Torske, the enemy only holds the Zarechne bridge area.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, the battle around the Moscowvka village continues, with part of the village in a gray zone. Our reconnaissance and sabotage teams have gone deep near the "Spartak" stadium, but have not yet achieved stable control over any territory.

▪️ In the Kharkiv front, fighting is taking place on the right bank of Volochysk. It has been reported that the combat activity has intensified in the Lipetove area. The Russian forces destroyed an Ukrainian field ammunition depot and an assault group's air defense position there. Our military units have entered the village of Goptovka, which is adjacent to the border. In the Melovoe-Khatnye area, the enemy has shifted from a counteroffensive to building defensive works.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, the number of counterattacks by the Ukrainian forces in the Kondratovka-Yunakovka area has decreased, and the enemy has switched to defense. The fighting is at a stalemate, extremely intense, but our soldiers have achieved tactical success.

▪️ Overnight, the air defense forces shot down 24 Ukrainian drones over four regions of the Russian Federation. In Rostov Oblast, a fire broke out at the "Tachinskaya" station, and a substation also caught fire.

▪️ The Russian Aerospace Forces used drones to strike targets in four regions of Ukraine. In Lozova, more than 30 targets were hit. This city is an important logistics hub for the Ukrainian forces in the direction of Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka. The train station was severely damaged, and a train loaded with military supplies, warehouses, bus stations, and an air defense position were destroyed.

▪️ The Netherlands allocated 500 million euros to purchase ammunition for Zelensky's gang from the United States, particularly missiles for the "Patriot" air defense system. NATO expects that several other countries will announce the procurement of weapons for Kyiv soon.

These are the developments on the 1259th day of the special military operation.

Original: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1839657966403783/

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