The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Russian troops began to use aviation more and more often, but they are not able to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian military.

" On August 2 alone, enemy airstrikes were carried out near eight settlements located on the administrative border of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions,"

According to him, the occupiers seek to tie up the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and prevent them from tipping over to other directions..

Over the past day, the Ukrainian military repulsed nine attempts to storm the occupiers, who were forced to retreat in the indicated areas.

Russian troops continue to shell settlements that are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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The occupiers, in an attempt to oust the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the occupied lines in the Bakhmut direction, shelled a number of settlements with the use of artillery. Among others, Bakhmutskoye, Oprosnoye Mayskoye, Vyemka, Berestovo fell under enemy attack. The enemy simultaneously launched airstrikes near Semigorye and Belogorovka.