Republican Wilson calls for air defense aid to Ukraine following Russian attack
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, responding to Russia's large-scale attack, has called for the transfer of air defense systems and other weaponry to Ukraine.
04 July 2025
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, responding to Russia's large-scale attack, has called for the transfer of air defense systems and other weaponry to Ukraine.
On the night of July 4, Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks on Ukraine, with air raid sirens sounding across the country shortly after media reports emerged about a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vvadimir putin.
Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 478 Russian aerial targets including two Iskander-K cruise missiles, during a large-scale combined air attack.
On July 3, a total of 148 clashes were recorded between Ukrainian defenders and Russian invaders along the frontline, with nearly a third concentrated in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, commenting on Russia's large-scale attack, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin deliberately did it after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The aftermath of the Russian night attack continues to be cleared up in Kyiv.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to July 4, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,024,210 people, including 1,120 people over the past day.
The US president confirmed that he discussed Russia's war against Ukraine with Russian leader Putin on Thursday, noting that no progress had been made.
03 July 2025
A married couple was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region.
Air defense forces shot down an enemy drone in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv.
The number of people injured as a result of Russian shelling of Poltava has risen to 59, with two people killed.
A Russian Nebo-M radar system worth around $100 million was struck in temporarily occupied Crimea, near the village of Maiak on the Tarkhankut Peninsula.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with King Frederik X of Denmark about Denmark's patronage over Ukraine's affected regions, cooperation in military medicine, and projects supporting veterans.
While in Denmark, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the "Future of Ukraine" award to 11-year-old volunteer Jens Fogh Thomsen.
The Coordination Committee of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has approved a project for the construction of a 1,435 mm gauge railway section between Sknyliv and Mostyska II. The project will receive EUR 76 million in grant funding.
Ukraine is a full-fledged member of the European family, and Europe — especially as the U.S. reduces its involvement — must step up its support in the fight against the aggressor.
Poland must not lose the opportunity to prepare for a potential future military confrontation, including by drawing on Ukraine’s combat experience, as such scenarios are being taken seriously.
Pope Leo XIV visited a children’s summer camp in the Vatican on Thursday, where he met with children, including a group of Ukrainian children.
Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was killed in the Kursk region.
Denmark aims to use its six-month presidency of the EU Council to put "maximum pressure" on Hungary to lift its unyielding veto on Ukraine's EU membership negotiations, which has triggered visible exasperation in Kyiv and Brussels.
Poland and Ukraine’s security is indivisible
The United States has paused weapons deliveries to Ukraine over concerns about U.S. military stockpiles falling too low.
Following another Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on international partners for urgent and decisive support to pressure the aggressor and bring the war to an end.
The United States has not stopped supplying all weapons to Ukraine, and the U.S. Department of Defense has many other reliable options for supporting the country.
Drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) have successfully targeted Russian ammunition depots in the village of Velyke Orikhove near Khartsyzsk, located in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region.
Russian forces carried out a drone strike on a medical institution in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, damaging multiple vehicles and shattering windows.
On the night of July 3, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces intercepted 40 out of 52 Russian drones launched across the eastern and southern regions of the country.
There were 185 armed clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders in the past 24 hours, with 58 taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russia’s casualty toll since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine has amounted to an estimated 1,023,090, including 1,000 killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.