Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast but did not advance.
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Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast on August 31 but did not advance.
On 31 August, the enemy carried out several attacks on the Lozova hromada.
A petrol station and a processing plant have been damaged.
Two people have been injured.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Ukrainian units repelled three enemy attacks. The invaders attempted to advance toward the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Volokhivka, and Rybalchyne.
In late August, a Russian drone struck a railway station in Lozova district where a train had stopped to evacuate people. The attack killed two women and injured five others.
Ukrainian Defense Forces seized forest terrain near Kupiansk from Russian forces.
Fighters from the ‘Khartiia’ made a breakthrough in the Kupiansk sector and drove Russian occupying forces out of their fortified positions.
The operation was planned by the regiment commander and the corps commander, Ihor Obolenskyi.
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