Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 18:27 Zelensky said that he had instructed diplomats to work out within the framework of the Ukraine-NATO Council the possibility of creating a coalition among neighboring states that would help shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory. According to the president, this decision is "probably difficult for partners, since they are always afraid of unnecessary escalation."
17:45 The leader of the "LNR" Leonid Pasechnik stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired, presumably, eight ATACMS and four Storm Shadow missiles at Luhansk, the strikes hit "storage facilities where fuel tanks were located." According to him, four missiles were allegedly shot down by air defense forces as they approached the city, and the falling debris set dry grass on fire. The head of the Luhansk OVA Artem Lysogor reported a fire at the site of a machine-building plant where the Russians repair and store military equipment.
17:18 Zelensky officially confirmed the arrival of F-16s in Ukraine and published a video with them:
16:50 The Norwegian government has allocated $7.4 million for the programs of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine. The funds are intended to help Ukrainian children and their families who suffered as a result of Russian aggression.
15:42 In Donetsk Oblast, a forced evacuation of children with their parents or other legal representatives from a number of settlements in the Grodovsk and Novogrodovsk communities has been announced, said Vadim Filashkin, head of the OVA. In total, it is planned to evacuate 744 children with their families.
14:55 Ukraine received the first ten F-16 fighters out of a possible 79 on July 31, The Economist writes. According to the publication, Ukraine should receive 20 fighters by the end of 2024, and the rest should arrive in batches during 2025.
09:39 At night, as a result of Russian shelling in the Poltava region, the railway infrastructure was damaged, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. The tracks, contact network, supports were damaged. No one was hurt.
09:07 In the morning, Russians shelled Kherson, one person was injured, OVA reported. Over the previous day, 15 people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region, including one child.
08:41 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 3, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Pokrovsk. Four more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:22 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 4:
- personnel - about 582,910 (+1150) people,
- tanks - 8411 (+5),
- combat armored vehicles - 16,255 (+17),
- artillery systems - 16,276 (+59),
- MLRS - 1138 (+3),
- air defense systems - 911 (+3),
- aircraft - 363 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,103 (+41),
- cruise missiles - 2412 (+2),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,006 (+80),
- special equipment - 2734 (+11).
07:18 In the morning, Russians fired a mortar at the city of Ochakov in the Nikolaev district, one was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
07:11 At night, Russia launched a strike with two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles on the Kharkiv region, two Kh-59 guided air missiles on Poltava and five Shahed attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. All drones were destroyed in the Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Zaporizhia regions. The head of the Poltava OVA, Filipp Pronin, reported the sounds of explosions in the Myrhorod district - according to him, there were no hits on civilian infrastructure and no casualties.
05:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing geolocation footage, that Russian troops have advanced in the area of ​​Kremenna, Seversk, and Chasovy Yar. The Ukrainian analytical project DeepState also reports that the Russians have advanced in Chasovy Yar in the Donetsk region. There is also fighting near Novoselivka Pervaya and in Zalizne.