Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:19 Deputy head of the Mykolaiv OVA Valentin Gaidarzhi said that the region was the first to complete the construction of fortifications. According to him, the task of building fortification structures has been completed 100%.
20:57 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that Russians continue to advance in New York in Donetsk Oblast and will likely be able to capture it in the near future. In particular, analysts cite footage of the raising of the Russian flag over the educational building of the New York Special General Education Boarding School No. 38 in the northwestern part of the settlement. According to analysts, this footage indicates a deterioration in the tactical situation in the settlement and the risk of its loss by the Defense Forces.
20:30 In Sumy Oblast, Defense Forces today destroyed an enemy helicopter, as well as a ballistic missile and two UAVs, OVA reported.
19:41 NATO showed a video about the training of Ukrainians on F-16 fighters, the first of which are already operating in the Ukrainian skies:
19:34 In Kharkiv, the number of victims as a result of today's Russian strike has risen to 12, one person has died, Zelensky said in an evening video address. According to him, there are more people under the rubble.
The president also emphasized that in July, the Defense Forces used more drones than the Russians: "This should be a sustainable trend on the front - in relation to all types of drones that our units have. From FPV to all the others, including our long-range drones, which already have a strategic impact on the war. And our Ukrainian leadership in drones can be the factor that not only brings a fair end to the war closer, but also makes Ukraine a security provider for other states." According to Zelensky, the state has contracted a million drones to Ukrainian manufacturers for 2024.
19:23 Russia continues to attack Ukraine with North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles. Tonight, a missile with markings typical of missiles from the DPRK disintegrated in the air over Brovary, writes the specialized publication Defense Express.
19:20 The Russian Foreign Ministry called the words of Deputy Minister Sergei Ryabkov "incorrect interpretation" of media reports that Kiev was preparing an assassination attempt on Putin and Belousov at the Navy parade. The Foreign Ministry said that Ryabkov did not answer affirmatively the question of whether such an action was being prepared at the parade. The Deputy Minister only acknowledged the presence of "a certain connection with this kind of event."
19:08 The powers of the US Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, who is leaving her post, will be transferred to Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma, Blinken said.
17:19 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with a force of up to 300 people, supported by 11 tanks and 22 armored vehicles, allegedly attacked Russian positions in the Kursk region from 8 a.m. Border guard troops and border troops are repelling the attacks, and reserves have been deployed to the area of the clash, the Russian Defense Ministry added.
17:03 Russians have repeatedly attacked Kherson from drones during the day - currently, eight casualties are known, OVA reported. As a result of the Russian drone attacks, a resident of Berislav was also killed, two residents of Stanislav and one resident of Belozerka were wounded.
16:22 Ukraine's international partners are raising the issue of lowering the draft age below 25, said Fedir Venislavsky, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence: "They believe that the age of 18-25 is the most optimal and effective for citizens to be able to actively fight due to their physical and psychological qualities. However, there are no initiatives at the level of our state, at the level of the executive and legislative branches."
15:40 Zelensky reported that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where a decision was made to allocate additional funding to the missile program. "There will be more missiles of our own production," the president announced.
The meeting participants discussed the situation at the front, in particular the Pokrovskoe, Toretskoe and Kharkov areas. Syrsky reported via video link from the scene. "Another report from Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is about the saturation of additional brigades with weapons and equipment. We are actively working with partners," Zelensky said.
15:26 Kursk Region Governor Alexey Smirnov stated that as a result of today's massive shelling allegedly from Ukraine, one person was killed and 13 were wounded.
15:18 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are creating a unified system for working with family members of killed, missing and captured servicemen - a patronage service, the General Staff reported. The corresponding concept and roadmap were approved by Commander-in-Chief Syrsky. The main goal of creating such a system is to care for the families of servicemen and provide them with general information, accompany the wounded in healthcare institutions, coordinate and communicate with the families of prisoners, missing and killed.
First of all, social support services will be staffed by servicemen released from captivity and servicemen who, due to injury or health reasons, cannot participate in combat operations. It is expected that soon the patronage services will become regular units in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:07 Russians launched a missile attack on the infrastructure of the Sumy region, according to preliminary information, no one was hurt, OVA reported.
14:59 The Council of the European Union has approved the allocation of 4.2 billion euros in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the form of grants and loans under the Ukraine Facility program, the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council reported.
14:08 The number of victims as a result of the morning Russian attack on Kharkiv has risen to eight, including an eight-month-old child, the National Police reported.
13:56 The FSB has reported an "armed provocation" on a section of the Russian state border within the Kursk region. The agency claims that border settlements were shelled, and border guards, together with attached units of the Russian Armed Forces, "took measures to repel armed aggression."
13:42 Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andrey Kovalenko stated that Russian war correspondents are lying about the controllability of the situation in the Kursk region, while in fact “Russia does not control the border.”
12:57 As a result of today's Russian Iskander strike on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, five people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
12:11 Since the launch of the Ukrainian state project I Want to Find in January 2024, 20,098 requests have been received to search for missing servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. The project has found 588 people, of whom 533 are prisoners of war and 55 are dead. Of the living, 100 have already returned home as part of prisoner of war exchanges, 433 are in Ukraine as prisoners of war, the project reported.
11:55 Ukraine was unable to destroy dozens of Russian Su-34s due to the US ban on strikes on Russian territory, Forbes writes. The publication found out that at the beginning of the summer, Russia deployed dozens of Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Malshevo airbase. Since this base is well protected, Ukraine asked the US for permission to strike it with ATACMS missiles, which are difficult to intercept. However, Washington refused due to fears of escalation of the war. Russia, meanwhile, moved most of the aircraft away from the border with Ukraine, which made them out of reach of ATACMS.
10:58 Russians have struck the center of Kharkiv, according to preliminary information - with an Iskander, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Civilian premises, including a clinic, housing infrastructure, cars were damaged. Two people sought help with an acute stress reaction, there may be people under the rubble.
10:19 Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly tried to break through to the region's territory, and the FSB Border Service and Russian Armed Forces prevented the breakthrough. Meanwhile, Z-publics write that tanks entered Kursk Region. The units operating on the border received their own tactical sign - a triangle.
09:53 In Kiev, as a result of falling rocket debris, a parking lot in the Desnyansky district was damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. There were no casualties or damage to buildings.
08:52 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, a police officer was wounded as a result of shelling by an FPV drone, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:28 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 5, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed - in Toretsk. Two more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:24 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and five were injured. A critical infrastructure facility, an administrative building, eight multi-story buildings and 13 private houses were damaged, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:20 In the Kiev region, during a night attack, debris damaged an apartment building, two gas stations and an office center, no one was hurt, said the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko.
08:16 At night, Russia attacked the Kiev region with four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, two Kh-59 guided air missiles and 16 Shahed-type attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. Two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, two Kh-59 guided air missiles and 15 attack UAVs were shot down in the Kiev, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Khmelnytskyi regions.
07:54 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 6:
- personnel - about 585,140 (+1050) people,
- tanks - 8421 (+4),
- combat armored vehicles - 16,294 (+8),
- artillery systems - 16,384 (+39),
- MLRS - 1138 (+0),
- air defense systems - 910 (+0),
- aircraft - 365 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,158 (+36),
- cruise missiles - 2420 (+6),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,148 (+54),
- special equipment - 2738 (+1).
07:25 In the Zaporizhia region, over the past day, two people were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the Vasilievsky district, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
07:13 Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov announced the shelling of Sudzha, five people were injured, including three children. According to him, 26 aircraft-type UAVs were shot down in the region overnight. At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry claims that air defense forces destroyed 12 drones over the territories of Kursk and Belgorod regions overnight.
06:40 Russian propaganda media write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly used ATACMS cluster missiles for the first time to shell Lugansk, which are capable of striking at a distance of up to 300 km.
02:39 The presence of F-16 fighters does not change the US position on strikes on Russian territory, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller: "My response has not changed, which is that we continue to look at the needs of the Ukrainian military, assess the security situation, and try to respond to their needs. And that is a process that has been going on from the very beginning to this day. So we make appropriate decisions on the weapons that we provide to Ukraine, as well as the limitations, if any, that we impose on the use of those weapons."
00:21 Trump again promised to bring Kiev and Moscow to the negotiating table: "I will contact Putin, I will contact Zelensky - I know both of them very well - and I will make sure that they start negotiations for peace. This is the first thing I will do when I become president."