Ukraine signs deals with U.S., Denmark to boost joint weapons and drone production – Zelensky
Ukraine and its partners are scaling up the production of long-range weapons and interceptor drones.
05 July 2025
Ukraine and its partners are scaling up the production of long-range weapons and interceptor drones.
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.
In the first half of 2025, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense codified and approved a range of new domestically produced weapons, ammunition, and optical devices for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The Ukrainian government is significantly increasing the number of pyrotechnic (explosive ordnance disposal) units within the State Emergency Service (SES) in response to widespread contamination from explosive devices.
Latvia has delivered a batch of Patria 6x6 armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of a new military aid package.
Newly elected President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Pere Joan Pons Sampietro, has condemned Russia's recent missile and drone strike on Kyiv and called on Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine.
Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger has called for increased pressure on Russia to stop its attacks on Ukrainian cities and to compel it to engage in genuine peace efforts.
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.
In Kherson region, 11 people were injured over the past day, July 4, due to enemy shelling.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region, where Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM aircraft are based.
Over the past day, July 4, a total of 183 combat engagements took place between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invading troops.
Russian forces carried out 469 attacks on 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past day, resulting in one fatality and two injuries.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained an agent of the Russian FSB — a 17-year-old high school graduate — who coordinated missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.
The Kyiv community has handed over another major batch of drones—2,350 in total—to some of the hottest sectors of the frontline.
The prayer book for Ukrainian intelligence officers was published by military chaplains of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
04 July 2025
As many as 136 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines as of 22:00 on July 4, with Russian forces launching 42 assaults on Ukrainian forces' positions in the Pokrovsk sector. Eight battles in this sector are still ongoing.
Eight people were injured in a Russian Shahed drone attack on Kryvyi Rih on the evening of Friday, July 4.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike using a guided aerial bomb on the village of Prymorske in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing a civilian.
During Russia’s overnight attack, dozens of Shahed drones were shot down by Ukrainian interceptor drones.
Enemy drones struck civilian infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, injuring two people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described his conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump as “important and fruitful”, highlighting that the key issues discussed were the situation on the front lines, Russian airstrikes, the supply of air defense systems, and the future of a peace agreement.
Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have found components manufactured in the People’s Republic of China inside the Russian version of the Shahed attack drone known as the Geran UAV.
Ukraine’s army aviation has become the first in the world to systematically use helicopters to intercept enemy drones, particularly during air attacks involving Shahed loitering munitions.
Ukraine’s army aviation has become the first in the world to systematically use helicopters to intercept enemy drones, particularly during air attacks involving Shahed loitering munitions.
Berlin is engaged in intensive consultations with partners, particularly the United States, on how to bolster Ukraine’s air defense amid ongoing Russian aerial attacks.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that following the Russian attack, a component of an UAV manufactured in China was found in Kyiv, while the Chinese Consulate General in Odesa sustained damage.
Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region using a tactical aircraft, likely a Su-34. The target traveled over 100 kilometers in 13 minutes.