Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:51 The death toll from yesterday's attack on the Dnieper has risen to seven - another person has died in hospital. The number of injured has risen to 58, with 21 wounded remaining in hospital, OVA chief Serhiy Lysak reported.
21:46 Zelensky said in an evening video address that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, with drones and electronic warfare among the main issues. Following the reports, "very important decisions were made, time will show these decisions at the front," the president promised.
In addition, Syrsky reported on the situation in the main directions, the head of state said: "There are most of the battles in the Pokrovsky direction, but we are now strengthening each direction, from the Kharkov region to the southern ones."
Zelensky also announced "good things, including on air defense" following the NATO summit in Washington next week. In addition, according to him, a new security agreement has been prepared - "a strong agreement that will truly support our entire architecture of security agreements. And this is what will guarantee our security until Ukraine joins NATO - a decision that is irreversible."
21:40 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense attacked the Tambov Gunpowder Plant in the Russian city of Kotovsk with kamikaze drones, Ukrainian media reported, citing an intelligence source. One of the UAVs successfully hit the enemy's military-industrial complex, the consequences are being clarified.
21:37 Ukrainian fighters from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel showed a photo of the destroyed city of Chasov Yar in Donetsk Oblast: "Chasov Yar. Hell on earth. The Russians continue to destroy the city with all possible types of weapons... The Kanal microdistrict near the Seversky Donets Canal - Donbass has turned into a pile of ash - this is what it looks like now."
20:19 Russians launched a missile attack on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region, OVA head Oleg Kiper reported. As a result of the attack, one person was killed and seven were wounded. Port buildings and administrative and household premises were damaged.
19:31 Peskov said that Putin has repeatedly said that the Istanbul agreements could be the basis for dialogue with Ukraine, but this does not mean that they "will become the basis point by point." The Kremlin spokesman also noted that Erdogan cannot currently be a mediator because "Ukraine rejects any negotiations."
19:25 One of the Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups attempted to enter the village of Sotnitsky Kazachok in the Kharkiv region, located directly on the border line, and now the Defense Forces are carrying out measures to detect and destroy the remnants of the group, the Kharkiv operational-tactical group reported. They also noted that Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts in the areas of Vovchansk and Liptsy.
19:18 Putin said that a ceasefire on the contact line is impossible until peace talks with Ukraine begin. According to him, "Russia cannot declare a ceasefire because it is not sure of the Ukrainian side's response." In addition, "to ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to steps that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation," the head of the Kremlin said.
19:13 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to Moscow on Friday, July 5, after his visit to Kiev, journalist Szabolcs Pani reports, citing sources. According to him, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who was not in Orban's delegation in Kiev, will also travel to the Russian Federation.
19:02 On Friday, July 5, the hourly power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 00:00 to 03:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00, two stages of the outage schedules will be in effect, and during other hours, three stages.
18:54 As a result of shelling of the Novogrodivka community of Donetsk region, one person was killed and eight were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. Among the wounded are four children. In particular, in the village of Zavetnoye, Russians killed a woman with a drone, and in Novogrodivka they hit a two-story building with an FPV drone, and a little later they shelled the center with Uragans.
18:21 There are still about 10,000 local residents in the Toretsk community of the Donetsk region, said the head of the GVA, Vasyl Chinchik. He called for evacuation, since the enemy is using scorched earth tactics, carrying out 10-20 airstrikes on the community daily.
17:43 More than 60 foreign policy experts urged NATO countries to avoid moving toward Ukraine's membership at a summit in Washington, warning that it would endanger the U.S. and allies and tear apart the coalition. The letter, seen by Politico, warned that if Ukraine were admitted to NATO, Russia would attack it in the future, triggering Article 5.
Analysts believe that Kyiv's push for NATO membership could backfire by "turning Ukraine into a site of prolonged confrontation between the world's two leading nuclear powers" and playing into Putin's hands.
17:12 Russia is using the Kerch Bridge to transport stolen minerals from occupied Ukraine, British intelligence writes. According to analysts, one of the reasons why Russia is seeking to improve transport networks in the occupied part of Ukraine is that it wants to extract more Ukrainian minerals. For example, south of Dneprorudnoye in the Zaporizhia region, Russia continues to extract minerals, transporting ore by rail. Trains go through Crimea, across the Kerch Bridge to Russia.
16:38 Erdogan told Lukashenko that it is possible to stop the war in Ukraine if there is a "solid peaceful basis," the Turkish president's office reported. And in a conversation with Xi Jinping, Erdogan drew attention to the threat of the conflict spreading to a "global level."
16:23 Russians struck Russkaya Lozovaya in Kharkiv Oblast with a KAB - one person was killed, one was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
15:56 A powerful explosion has thundered in Sevastopol and a column of smoke is now visible in the area where the Russian electronic warfare unit is deployed on Cape Fiolent, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reports. The "governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev stated that the fleet allegedly conducted training in the area of the Northern Mole - one training shot was fired. The explosion occurred at the time when an air raid alarm was declared in the city.
15:11 Putin said that the Istanbul agreements remain "on the table." According to him, in 2022 they "suited Ukraine" and could form the basis of the negotiation process.
14:45 As a result of the Russian strike on Poltava Oblast on July 3, a Ukrgazdobycha facility was damaged, the company reported. As a result of the attack, a company employee was killed, and there are also other injured workers. Work is underway to localize and eliminate the consequences of the emergency. The Ministry of Energy specified that an Ukrgazdobycha electrician was killed, and three more employees were injured.
14:38 As of today, there are about 11.1 million men aged 25 to 60 in Ukraine who are potentially subject to mobilization. Of these, 565 thousand have been reserved, said MP Dmytro Natalukha.
13:57 The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution according to which the state will be able to purchase Ukrainian-made drones through the closed functionality of Prozorro, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. He called this "a logical step in developing transparency and increasing the efficiency of drone procurement." The minister explained that manufacturers will have equal access to government contracts, and thanks to competition, the state will be able to purchase drones more profitably. For manufacturers, this is an opportunity to develop more actively, create jobs and scale up production dozens of times.
13:09 Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive when the West helps staff 14 new Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades, Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg: "We have unarmed brigades. We have reserves. We have 14 understaffed brigades that do not have the appropriate weapons that we have already voted for, that we have already talked about. The packages should arrive, but they are, unfortunately, coming slowly."
13:03 Zelensky commented on the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO without occupied territories: "I am the president and the guarantor of the Constitution. And if we talk about any changes regarding our territories, these are changes to the Constitution and this is a crime. And therefore, if we are offered a German model or some other, Korean, etc., in any case, we must understand what is being offered to us, who is offering it to us, why it is being done. And after that, understand the opinion of all of us. Not only mine, but first of all the society, the people of Ukraine."
The president also believes that many would benefit from a weak Ukraine: "A Ukraine that no one talks about and no one hears about would satisfy many. A strong Ukraine is a problematic Ukraine, and many do not need it."
12:42 Zelensky said that it is impossible to simply talk about a ceasefire, a plan is needed. This is how he commented on Orban's proposal: "We cannot trust Putin in principle, because for us he is a murderer and an aggressor. It is important that Hungary recognizes that Russia is an aggressor, recognizes the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine." The President recalled that Ukraine had "hundreds of meetings" since the Minsk agreements with ceasefire agreements, but Russia violated these agreements each time.
The president also said in an interview with Bloomberg that Ukraine is striking Russian oil refineries in response to attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure: "Our position is simple: the world is hurt that we are striking at Russia's energy sector - make sure that Russia does not strike at our energy sector."
11:35 Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula arrived in Kiev. The Polish General Staff reported that the visit took place at the invitation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky.
11:29 Ukrainian presidential spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov denied information from scandalous American journalist Tucker Carlson that Zelensky would allegedly give him an interview: "Mr. Tucker Carlson should check his sources in the FSB more carefully. The Ukrainian president has a completely different schedule, and Tucker Carlson is not there."
11:16 Since May 2023, after Ukraine received the Patriot air defense system, not a single Russian Kinzhal has reached Kiev, Serhiy Yaremenko, commander of the 96th anti-aircraft missile brigade, told Ukrinform in an interview. According to him, all these missiles were successfully intercepted. In total, the enemy has already fired more than 20 Kinzhals at Kiev.
10:47 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's attack on the Dnieper has increased to 55, six people have died, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
10:36 In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, seven people were wounded as a result of today's shelling, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
10:32 Ukrainian troops have retreated from the Kanal microdistrict in Chasovy Yar, confirmed Nazar Voloshin, spokesman for the OSGV Khortitsa. According to him, it was inappropriate to hold the microdistrict, and the positions of the defense forces there were destroyed.
09:58 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and seven were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:27 In Donetsk region on July 3 as a result of Russian shelling three people were wounded - in Druzhkovka, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:46 In the Zaporizhia region, over the past day, two people were killed as a result of enemy shelling of the Vasilievsky and Pologovsky districts. Another person was wounded as a result of Russian attacks on the Zaporizhia district, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:40 In the Chernihiv region, during a night attack, an enemy "shahed" hit one of the objects, 5963 consumers were left without electricity, reported the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus.
08:31 Russians shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the evening and morning, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. In addition, a woman who was wounded during yesterday's attack on the city died in the hospital. In total, six people died as a result of the attack.
08:19 Over the past 24 hours, 161 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, the General Staff reported. The enemy has significantly increased its activity in the Toretsk direction - it has carried out 25 attacks, including in the areas of the settlements of Dilievka, Toretsk, Pivnichnoye and New York in the Donetsk region. Another 37 attacks have been repelled in the Pokrovsk direction - near the settlements of Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Vozdvizhenka, Evgenyevka, Progress, Yasnobrodovka, Umanskoye, Karlovka in the Donetsk region. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 32 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Makeyevka, Nevskoye in the Luhansk region, Terny in the Donetsk region and Serebryanskoye forestry.
According to the military public DeepState, Russian troops captured the villages of Sokol and Voskhod in the Pokrovsk direction, and in Toretsk they advanced in Pivnichnoye and in the Druzhby area. And in the north of the Kharkov region, according to analysts, the enemy almost completely captured the village of Sotnitsky Kazachok.
ISW analysts report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had success in Volchansk near Kremennaya, but the enemy is putting pressure on the Toretsk direction.
08:13 Air defense destroyed 21 of 22 Shahed-131/136 UAVs that Russia used to attack from the Kursk region at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down within the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhitomir, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions.
07:34 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 4:
personnel - about 547,470 (+1200) people,
tanks - 8132 (+9),
combat armored vehicles - 15,600 (+17),
artillery systems - 14,777 (+65),
MLRS - 1115 (+0),
air defense systems - 878 (+2),
aircraft - 360 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 11,694 (+26),
cruise missiles - 2342 (+6),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,923 (+73),
special equipment - 2468 (+4).
05:28 Russia attacked Kiev with drones. As the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko said, the attack drones approached in waves and from different directions, all of them were destroyed on the approaches to the capital. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties or damage.
02:56 At the NATO summit in Washington next week, Ukraine will be offered "concrete paths" to accelerate its future membership in the alliance, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Douglas Jones told Voice of America. The final declaration is expected to confirm Ukraine's membership in NATO.
01:22 American journalist Tucker Carlson, who interviewed Putin, said Zelensky agreed to talk to him. Carlson claims that he had been trying to invite Zelensky for an interview for two years, and "especially actively" after a conversation with Putin in February.
"It seems we got Zelensky's interview. The point is to provide the Americans with much-needed information about a conflict that is completely changing their country's position in the world. Hopefully it will be out soon," the journalist noted.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Defense Forces have withdrawn from the Kanal microdistrict of the city of Chasiv Yar, which is located west of occupied Bakhmut.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated to Chasovy Yar. According to Nazar Voloshin, a representative of the Khortitsa OSUV, the Ukrainian military left the Kanal microdistrict, which was inadvisable to hold due to the risk of major losses. “The positions of our defenders were destroyed, and the command decided to retreat to more protected and prepared positions,” Voloshin said. What risks does this create on this section of the front? BATTLE FOR CHASOV YAR
According to DeepState analysts, the occupiers have completely destroyed the Kanal (Novy) microdistrict, so the withdrawal of the Defense Forces from there is logical. According to Voloshin, the occupiers are trying to completely take the city in order to meet certain deadlines. In the Chasovy Yar area, 230 shellings from all types of weapons were recorded in 24 hours.
The situation in the Chasovy Yar area is critically grave, reported Ivan Petrichak, press officer of the 24th King Daniel Brigade, on July 3.
According to Petrichak, battles with the occupiers are taking place on the border of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. The Russians are attacking with forces of former prisoners from the Storm-V units, paratroopers and special forces.
“We do not see a decrease in the number of attacks, the enemy is using both artillery and multiple launch rocket systems... The situation remains tense, however, the 24th King Daniel Brigade is holding its lines,” he said.
As Petrichak added, the occupation army covers the assault operations with artillery shelling, drops from kamikaze drones and Lancets. He noted that the Russians' tactics have not changed - they are conducting "meat assaults".
"We have several armed formations of Russians here. These include special forces, airborne forces, and the first echelon against us is former prisoners... They are trying to advance in small groups," the brigade added.
ARE THE MAIN BATTLES AHEAD?
"The fighting gradually moved towards the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, because it is easier to defend from the Canal than to attack. And therefore the main fighting is still ahead," notes military expert Mikhail Zhirokhov.
He also said when the situation could be considered critical: “While the fighting continues up to the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass canal, it is very difficult, very unpleasant, but it only has tactical significance. If the Russians manage to cross the canal, to seize at least some bridgehead, then it will be close to a catastrophe.”
IMPORTANT POINT
If Russian troops manage to capture Chasov Yar, they will begin an offensive on Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, predicts Voloshin.
“This is a commanding height in the region, control over which will allow Russian occupiers, if they achieve it, to significantly simplify their advance in the direction of Konstantinovka, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk,” said OSUV spokesman Khortytsia.
He also added that these cities are the last stronghold of the Donetsk region, which is now under Ukrainian control.
NOT ENOUGH WEAPONS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not consider the situation on the front to be a stalemate, but at the same time notes that Ukraine’s counteroffensive and success on the battlefield depend on the supply of Western weapons.
"This is not a stalemate, this is a problematic situation. A stalemate is hopelessness, and the problem can be solved," Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg, which was published on Thursday, July 4.
He said that currently the Ukrainian Defense Forces have 14 under-equipped brigades because the weapons promised by the West are not arriving on time.
"We don't have the weapons that have already been voted on (in the US Congress), talked about, the packages are coming slowly. We are grateful to Congress for its support, but it all has to come," Zelensky said.
A lot of time passes from the decision to buy weapons to their actual delivery, which is “the greatest tragedy of war,” he stressed.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 125th, 127th Territorial Defence brigades, 13th, and 17th National Guard brigades near Volchansk, Veseloye, Russkaya Lozovaya, Neskuchnoye, and Tsirkuny (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 225 Ukrainian troops, one pickup truck, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, one 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery system, one 155mm U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 66th, 115th, 116th Mechanised brigades, 77th Airmobile Brigade, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Sinkovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 117th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 600 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer were destroyed.
Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 30th, 54th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, 5th, 80th Assault brigades, 109th, and 119th Territorial Defence brigades near Georgieyvka, Serebryanka, Minkovka, Spornoye, Krasnogorovka, Katerinovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 630 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and 12 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L119 howitzer, and two electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
Eleven AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed in that direction.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 41st Mechanised brigades, 109th, 129th territorial defence brigades, and 2nd National Guard Brigade near Mikhailovka, Novgorodskoye, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Six counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 31st, 47th mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two motor vehicles, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 116th, 120th, and 123th Territorial Defence brigades near Konstantinopol, Bogatyr, Neskuchnoye, Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novosyolovka (Zaporozhye region).
Moreover, three counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 108th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 35th Naval Infantry Brigade near Zherebyanka, Nesteriyanka (Zaporozhye region), and Tokaryovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, four U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 and one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzers.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force on the base airfield, two enterprises of military-industrial complex, one fuel refinery, one AFU POL depot, and one production and one storage facility of attack UAVs, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 128 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 37 unmanned aerial vehicles, one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, one U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missile, and 14 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 626 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,197 unmanned aerial vehicles, 537 air defence missile systems, 16,499 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,364 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,326 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,318 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04.07.2024 to 00:00 05.07.2024.
A total of 30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of a civilian death and three civilians were injured.
DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 21 artillery attack in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 89 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:14 Operational summary: Kherson direction.
It is reported that today, the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation worked on the identified enemy positions on the right bank. The M-777 gun crew and the engineering vehicle were destroyed. FAB-250 and FAB-500 with UPMK destroyed enemy fortified positions and deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
21:35 Drone operators of the Sever group, armed with the people's kamikaze drone Upyr, continue their hunt for important enemy targets –video.
20:28 Su-34 bombers hit enemy manpower and equipment in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces.
The strike was carried out using OFAB-250 unguided aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.
19:27 Arrival in Odessa.
Another explosion thundered. The enemy reports a missile strike.
18:31 Khar'kov direction (Kupyansk area).
It is reported, that our SAU 152mm "MSTA-S" worked on the enemy's fortified positions. The enemy howitzer 152mm D-20 and the ammunition for it were destroyed.
Currently, aerial reconnaissance is actively identifying new targets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike with artillery.
17:51 Special military operation. Situation as of July 4 –map.
17:01 The Russian Armed Forces have broken through to Petrovskaya Gora in New York (Novgorodskoye) and are fighting there –map.
16:53 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 4, 2024) –video.
15:42 The crews of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system and the S-350 anti-aircraft missile system are on combat duty in the Donetsk direction, covering Russian troops from air strikes –video.
15:11 Enemy admits significant advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of Krasnogorovka. The city continues to slowly but methodically come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. After the fighting moved to the private sector, things went a little faster.
13:44 Around 12:00 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
13:24 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces near Druzhba and in Kirovo –map.
12:54 Russian Army attacked on a new section of the border, occupying Sotnitsky Kazachok.
In the north of the Khar'kov region, the village of Sotnitsky Kazachok, near the border with Russia, but west of the current main theater of military operations (Volchanskoe and Liptsevskoe directions), has been almost completely captured.
12:12 Calculation of the Iskander OTRK of the Russian Armed Forces inflicted missile strike on aircraft parking lot at Dolgintsevo airfield in Dnepropetrovsk region.
A MiG-29 combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, air weapons and vehicles of the engineering aviation service were destroyed.
11:39 It is reported that the village of Voskhod in the Sokol area has come under the control of Russian troops –map.
11:11 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region, one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region and one UAV over the territory of the Tambov region.
10:47 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group –video.
Units of the "East" group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
During active operations, the group's units improved the situation along the forward edge, thwarted the enemy's attempts to reinforce the forward positions and rotate units of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade, the 120th, 125th and 128th Territorial Defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Velyka Novosilka, Ravnopolye, Vremivka and Novoukrainka. They repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the 108th and 123rd Territorial Defense brigades.
Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, six vehicles, a 155mm FH-70 howitzer, and a 155mm M198 howitzer.
10:08 Artemovsk direction.
Our stormtroopers were able to capture several Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds advanced deeper into the enemy positions.
09:44 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from barrel artillery:
-- Four shells in the village of Kokhany;
-- Three shells in the village of Podstepnoe;
-- in the village of Novye Lagerya three shells;
-- Five shells in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
-- by n.p. Tavriysk four shells;
-- by n.p. Sofievka three shells.
In addition, the UAV attacked the building of the bakery in the settlement of Aleshki, as a result of the attack two people were killed, one was injured. Also, the settlement of Raiskoye was attacked by the UAV. The victims and damage are being clarified.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Golaya Prystan, Aleshky, Dnepryany, Kakhovka, and Korobki, firing a total of 19 shells from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:23 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 04.07.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Here, mainly positional battles with the use of long-range weapons continue. LBS without significant changes.
- Donetsk Front. In Konstantinovka, fighting continues on the outskirts of the settlement, without significant advances. In Krasnogorovka, Russian troops continue to push the Ukrainian garrison to the outskirts of the city, there are further advances, and the occupied positions are being cleared.
Heavy fighting continues in the area of Karlovka, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting methodical offensive actions, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are stubbornly fighting back. There are also tactical successes in the area of Yevgenovka, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of this settlement. In the area of New York, the Russian Armed Forces continue to develop the offensive, there are successes.
- Chasov Yar direction. The fighting here is increasingly shifting to the area of ??the "Seversky Donets - Donbass" canal, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have retreated from the eastern suburb of Chasov Yar to previously prepared positions. Artillery and aviation of the Russian Armed Forces are actively working on Ukrainian positions.
- Khar'kov Front. LBS without significant changes. Counter battles continue in Volchansk and in the area of Glubokoe. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are sending reserves into battle and trying to dislodge Russian troops from their positions, but to no avail.
08:50 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 3, 2024
– Russian troops hit enemy industrial facilities in Dnepropetrovsk and destroyed a MiG-29 aircraft at the aircraft parking lot at the Dolgintsevo airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Ukrainian formations attempted to attack the bay in Novorossiysk with unmanned boats and continue to shell the border area.
– In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops have completely cleared the Kanal microdistrict in the eastern part of Chasov Yar.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions on the outskirts of Druzhba and have also occupied most of Artemovo (Pivdenne).
– In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops are advancing in the private sector to the west of the central park in Krasnogorovka, and have also expanded the zone of control on the approaches to Yasnobrodovka.
– In the Ugledar direction, assault groups have secured a foothold on the southern edge of the pond on the outskirts of Konstantinovka, and are also fighting in the Ikryanoy gully west of Sladkoye.
– In the Vremyevsk direction, Russian soldiers completely liberated Staromayorskoye, having advanced almost a kilometer in the direction of Makarovka.
08:00 Official summary of DPR Representative Offices in the JCCC:
A total of 30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There were reports of three civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Twelve residential buildings,
Four cars,
Five civil infrastructure facilities.
Eleven artillery attack incidents from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 19 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Horlivka direction.
A total of 88 units of various ammunition were fired.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The battle for the city of Chasov Yar, which has been going on for three months, is entering a new phase. Russian troops have driven out the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that were holding the line in the urban area and forced them to abandon the Kanal microdistrict. It is located on the left bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal and divides the city into two unequal parts. The retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was initially reported by unofficial sources on both sides of the conflict, and on July 3 the withdrawal was confirmed by the command of the Ukrainian army. Continued on Page 49
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The 235th Garrison Military Court in Moscow arrested the commander of the 83rd Separate Guards Airborne Assault Order of Suvorov Brigade, Guards Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, suspected of fraud, Interfax reports.
“To choose a preventive measure in relation to Gorodilov in the form of detention for a period until August 19, 2024,” the court’s decision states.
Gorodilov is charged with fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Gorodilov's arrest became known on July 4. According to Kommersant, the brigade commander was detained in Ryazan and then taken to Moscow. The case is being handled by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
On the same day, the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee asked the court to remand him into custody.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited by Andrey Musalov
[REGNUM] American strategic drones regularly circle over the Black Sea. They conduct reconnaissance and indicate targets for high-precision weapons that the West supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces for strikes on our country, the Russian Defense Ministry said. On June 28, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces to submit proposals for measures to promptly respond to provocations. At the same time, in addition to aircraft and drones, the Ukrainian side is also being assisted by a large satellite group of NATO countries.
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