Russians conduct unsuccessful offensive on Bakhmut and Kupiansk fronts – General Staff report

The Russians continued to make attempts to regain lost positions at the front, but they were unsuccessful in their offensive on the Bakhmut and Kupiansk fronts on August 11, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook.

"Today at night [11-12 August – ed.], the Russian Federation conducted another air attack with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs on Ukraine. Information on the aftermath of this terrorist attack is currently being established,” the report said, Ukrainska Pravda informs.

According to the information, over the past day, the Russians launched 5 missile strikes, 31 airstrikes and 49 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

“Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian casualties, both dead and injured, including children, as well as damage to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure,” the report added.

Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Air Force conducted a strike on the area where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated. They also shot down four reconnaissance operational-tactical UAVs. 

Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck a Strela anti-aircraft missile system over the past day.