Ukrainian troops successfully repelled the attack of enemy units in the Avdiyivka direction

What happened? Ukrainian troops successfully repelled the attack of enemy units in the Avdiyivka direction in the vicinity of Opytne, Pervomayske and Nevelske settlements.

Source. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Details. On the Donetsk axis, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka directions. 

In the Kramatorsk and Novopavlivka sectors, he is trying to improve his tactical position, and is inflicting fire damage on Ukrainian troops. 

Units of the Defence Forces repelled the enemy's offensive in the direction of Bakhmutske and Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna and Mayorsk settlements.

The enemy's assaults, which he tried to carry out in the direction of Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, were also repelled.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy is concentrating his efforts on defending previously occupied lines and positions. He was stopped by the Defence Forces during offensive operations in the direction of Potiomkine. 

Defence forces continue to attack enemy targets. Thus, in Novoosynivka settlement, Kharkiv Oblast, as a result of effective fire damage inflicted by the Defence Forces on the night of September 1, the enemy's fuel and lubricant depot was destroyed. The number of destroyed equipment and personnel is still being clarified.

In the town of Tavriysk, Kherson Oblast, on August 30, as a result of the fire damage inflicted on the place of deployment of the enemy at the former motor-transport enterprise, the enemy lost more than 20 pieces of weapons and military equipment, the loss of manpower is to be clarified.