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In Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, firefighting efforts lasted more than 24 hours following a large-scale blaze triggered by a Russian attack during the night of July 31 to August 1.
A Russian drone attacked an Ukrposhta postal service vehicle in a village of the Mykolaivka community in the Sumy region, leaving two people injured.
Defense industry plants in Penza, Russia, have once again come under attack.
A number of Russian regions were attacked by drones on the night of August 2, with industrial facilities targeted.
On August 1, Russian troops killed two residents of the Donetsk region and wounded ten others.
Since the evening of August 1, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces have destroyed 45 out of 53 drones launched by Russian forces against Ukraine.
On August 1, 172 combat engagements were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders along the frontline, with the majority occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where defenders successfully repelled 66 enemy assaults.
Russian forces launched drone and artillery attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region on August 1, injuring three civilians and causing widespread damage to infrastructure and residential areas.
On August 1, one person was killed and nine others wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian aggression.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to August 2, 2025 amount to nearly 1,055,210 invaders, including another 1,010 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
On August 1, Russian troops carried out 579 attacks across 11 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited the site of the Russian missile strike in Kyiv that occurred during the night of July 31.
On August 1, in the Donetsk region, Ihor Samofalov, a district officer with the Pokrovsk District Police Department, was killed in the line of duty during a Russian drone strike.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian forces are massively shutting down mobile phone networks and internet access.
01 August 2025
One more person has sought medical attention following the strike of a Russian UAV in Kharkiv.
Since the beginning of the day, 130 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders, 48 of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
Two women were injured as a result of a Russian shelling of the village of Antonivka in the Kherson Region.
On the evening of August 1, ten people were injured in the Kyivskyi District of Kharkiv as a result of a Russian drone strike, three of them were children.
Enemy drones have been detected in the airspace over the Kyiv Region, and Ukrainian air defense forces are actively hitting the targets.
A draft law will be prepared to define the procedure for the rehabilitation of Ukrainian citizens after their release from Russian captivity.
Russian invaders launched an attack on Kharkiv using a Molniya drone, resulting in one person being injured.
Ukraine is prepared to act with maximum urgency in the name of peace and therefore insists on holding a meeting at the level of heads of state.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated that approximately 112,500 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the year, while Ukrainian losses during the same period amount to around 8,000.
Russian forces carried out eight drone strikes on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, throughout the day. Injuries have been reported.
The Russian army struck the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging 15 houses and an agricultural company.
Russian forces launched a drone attack on the Sumy railway station on August 1, damaging a passenger train and targeting civilian infrastructure.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have been involved in 70 combat engagements with Russian troops, with hostilities still ongoing in six frontline sectors. The enemy remains most active in the Pokrovsk direction.
A Russian drone strike hit the city of Sumy, damaging a garage and a vehicle. Local police are documenting the aftermath of the attack.
Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and nearby settlements are located along the axis of Russia's primary offensive.