In the past 24 hours, on August 3, 140 combat encounters were recorded on the front lines. The most intense situation remains in the Pokrovsk direction, with Russian activity also noted in the Toretsk and Kupiansk areas, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 45 assault attempts in the areas of Panteleimonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenska, Zhelanne, Novoselivka Persha, Kalynove, Mezheve, Karlivka, Svyrydonivka, Skuchne, Ivanivka, and Yasnobrodivka. In theKupiansk direction, there were 19 combat encounters, includ…