Chronicle of the war
September 03, 2022 (day 193)

 Defense forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks near the settlements of Dolyna, Soledar, Novobakhmutivka, Kodema, Zaitseve, Avdiivka, Mariinka.

The Ukrainian aviation carried out at least five strikes and destroyed combat equipment, electronic warfare equipment, anti-aircraft defense and a significant number of personnel in the Donetsk and South Buh directions.

Air defense forces destroyed one enemy helicopter, three UAVs and five Kalibr cruise missiles in various directions.

Missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine perform tasks of counter-battery combat, disrupt the management and logistical support systems of the Russians. Three enemy control points were destroyed.

One facility housing the personnel of the occupiers was liquidated - a unit of enemy special forces appeared in the affected area. Information on losses is being clarified.

The Electronic Warfare equipment and the ammunition warehouse were destroyed, which significantly reduced the capabilities of the Russians to conduct offensive actions. The current operational situation in the south of Ukraine: Ukrainian aviation has struck strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, command posts and transport routes.

In the Kherson region, as of the evening: in the area of the town of Oleshky, a Russian warehouse of ammunition and equipment was destroyed; in the Kherson district – hitting the base of the occupiers; in the city of Kherson – the base of the Russians in the hotel was targeted; in the area of the village of Antonivka - point hits by the occupiers’ equipment.

At night in Dnipropetrovsk region, units of anti-aircraft missile forces of the Eastern Air Command shot down all five Kalibr cruise missiles launched by the occupiers from the Black Sea.

At night, the Russians struck from the S-300 anti-aircraft complex in the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv. The school was damaged, a rocket hit the ground next to the administrative building, windows were broken. There are no casualties. During the day, the occupiers shelled Kharkiv, Izyum, and Bogodukhiv districts throughout the region. There are casualties among civilians, six people were hospitalized during the day.

Hanna Zamazeyeva, Head of the Mykolaiv Regional Council for Humanitarian Affairs, reported that heavy shelling of the region continues. There are victims: two wounded - in the city of Mykolaiv, four - in the village of Berezneguvate. Among the injured are two children. An eight-year-old child died.

Two shellings overnight in Dnipropetrovsk region. In the town of Nikopol, there were no casualties or damage. In the town of Marganets, the occupiers hit 20 rocket munitions from the "Grad" MLRS. There is damage to residential buildings, garage cooperative buildings, cars, gas and electricity networks. There are no casualties. This was announced by the Head of the Nikopol Regional Military Administration Yevhen Yevtushenko.

In Donetsk region, at night there were rocket attacks on the town of Sloviansk, the town of Bilbasivka and the town of Kramatorsk. Industrial facilities and private houses were damaged. In the region - three dead, three wounded. The region remains without gas and partly without water and electricity. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues.

Valentin Reznichenko, the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported the death of a nine-year-old boy in the town of Zelenodolsk from shelling. In the afternoon, the occupiers shelled the Zelenodolsk community twice with "Uragan" rocket launchers. According to preliminary data, 10 people were injured. In the town of Zelenodolsk, eight high-rise buildings, shops, a kindergarten, a lyceum and the National Academy of Medical Sciences were demaged. In the village of Velyka Kostromka houses were damaged .

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the National Police has recorded 22,000 enemy shellings, more than 7,000 Ukrainian civilians have died as a result of the occupation’s actions. Such figures were given by the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhenii Yenin.

The commander of the 831st tactical aviation brigade received a ribbon symbolizing the "For Courage and Bravery" award, which the military unit was awarded on June 15, 2022. It was in this aviation brigade that fighter pilots Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko and Major Stepan Choban served and received the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously.