General Staff reports 70 enemy airstrikes on Ukraine in past 24 hours

12:49, 17.08.2024 1 min read

The Russian occupation forces launched seven missile attacks on Ukrainian defense positions and settlements in the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has said on Saturday morning, adding that the enemy fired nine missiles.

The occupiers also carried out 70 air raids on the territory of Ukraine to drop 94 guided air bombs, it said on Facebook.

"The Russian aggressor launched airstrikes particularly against the areas of Stepky, Myropillia, Mala Rybytsia, Kyianytsia, Krasnopillia, Lyptsi, Kupyansk-Vuzlovy, Osynove, Druzheliubivka, Serebrianka, Siversk, Chasiv Yar, Dachne, Toretsk, New York, Oleksandropil, Promin, Shevchenkove Pershe, Hrodivka, Mykhailivka, Kostiantynivka, Vuhledar, Novodonetsk, Neskuchne, and Odradokamyanka," the General Staff said in the update.

The enemy forces also mounted 4,698 attacks on Ukraine, including 109 using MLRS.