
Russian forces target rescue workers in Kharkiv and Kherson, fire trucks damaged
Russian troops launched repeated drone strikes on emergency responders in Kharkiv and Kherson as they were working to mitigate the aftermath of earlier attacks.
Russian troops launched repeated drone strikes on emergency responders in Kharkiv and Kherson as they were working to mitigate the aftermath of earlier attacks.
Russian shelling in the Kherson region has killed two people and left three others injured over the past 24 hours.
Russian forces launched a nighttime drone attack on Mykolaiv and the surrounding district using Shahed-131/136 drones, damaging port infrastructure, warehouses, power lines, 13 private homes, a branch of Ukrposhta, and buildings at several recreational facilities.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 117 out of 157 drones launched by Russia in an attack that began on the evening of July 5.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 200 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front on July 5.
Two people, including a toddler, were affected in a Russian drone attack that targeted Kharkiv in the early hours of Sunday.
Since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has seen an estimated 1,026,440 soldiers killed or wounded in action, including 1,180 in the past 24 hours.
Zaporizhzhia region was targeted in five Shahed UAV attacks overnight Sunday. Several warehouses and agricultural equipment sustained damage, and a private enterprise was partially destroyed as a result.
Three people were injured, buildings and cars were damaged, and fires broke out as a result of a drone attack targeting Kyiv region.
In the Sumy region, particularly near the Yunakivka and Khotin communities, Russian forces continue to use small assault groups in their attacks. However, this tactic has proven ineffective, as the enemy has been unable to advance deeper into Ukrainian territory or seize control of border areas.
In the Sumy region, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists destroyed the warhead of a Russian drone equipped with fragmentation mines.
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The number of people injured in Russia's July 4 missile and drone attack on Kyiv has risen to 32.
A 21-year-old woman has been injured in a Russian drone strike on the city of Kherson.
Heavy losses among senior officers are undermining command and control within the Russian military.
On July 5, Russian forces launched guided bomb airstrikes on the village of Prykolotne in Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region, destroying a warehouse building.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck a Russian defense industrial facility in Cheboksary, where adaptive antenna arrays were manufactured for Shahed-type drones and Iskander-K missiles.
Since the beginning of the day on July 5, there have been 91 combat clashes between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders, including 30 on the Pokrovsk front. Fighting is ongoing on five operational directions.
Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a unit operating under the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), captured a citizen of Nigeria who was fighting on the Russian side during assault operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
There are currently no active battles between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Latvia has delivered a batch of Patria 6x6 armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of a new military aid package.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the July 5 car explosion in Odesa's Kyivskyi district as an attempted terrorist attack.
In an effort to draw international partners into its war against Ukraine, Russian authorities plan to deploy a combined unit of engineering troops from the Lao People's Armed Forces to conduct mine clearance operations in Russia's Kursk region.
A car exploded in the Kyivskyi district of Odesa, injuring a man.
On July 4, Russian forces killed two civilians in the Donetsk region and wounded four others.
Ukraine's air defense forces have neutralized 292 out of 322 drones launched by Russia since the evening of July 4.
The number of people killed in Russia's July 4 missile and drone attack on Kyiv has risen to two.
Unmanned aerial vehicles carried out strikes on several sites in various Russian regions on Saturday night, July 5.
In Kharkiv region, on July 4, one person was killed and 15 others were injured, including two children, due to Russian shelling.