Russian forces intensify assaults near Kherson’s island zone – military spox
Russian troops have significantly increased the number of assault operations around the islands near Kherson.
03 August 2025
Russian troops have significantly increased the number of assault operations around the islands near Kherson.
Early this morning, Russian forces shelled the town of Bilozerka in the Kherson region, injuring two civilians.
Russian forces have not fully captured the town of Kamianske, but have destroyed Ukrainian positions in the central part of the settlement.
Russian troops carried out an airstrike on Kherson, with a reported impact near a bridge in the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky extended his congratulations to pilots, engineers, technical specialists, and air defense crews on the occasion of the Ukrainian Air Force Day.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the Air Force is a source of professional pride for the Ukrainian military and a cornerstone of the country's future security.
The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration has released photos and video footage showing the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the city on August 2.
The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration has released photos and video footage showing the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the city on August 2.
Three people were injured in a Russian shelling attack on Kherson on the morning of August 3.
The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration has released photos and video footage showing the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the city on August 2.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has acquired confidential internal documents related to Russia's newest strategic nuclear submarine, the K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky, of Project 955A Borei-A class.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has acquired confidential internal documents related to Russia's newest strategic nuclear submarine, the K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky, of Project 955A Borei-A class.
Three people were injured in a Russian shelling attack on Kherson on the morning of August 3.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 60 Russian drones and one Iskander-M ballistic missile during a massive aerial assault overnight.
Drones targeted an oil depot in Russia's Sochi overnight on Sunday, August 3.
On August 2, Ukraine's Defense Forces engaged in 138 combat clashes with Russian invading forces. The most intense fighting was reported in the Pokrovsk, Northern Slobozhanshchyna, Kursk, and Lyman sectors.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to August 3, 2025, amount to approximately 1,056,130 people, including 920 people over the past day.
Ukraine's long-range operations on Russian territory will continue. As the aggressor state prolongs the war, it will face just responses.
In the first half of this year, border guards destroyed more than 6,500 pieces of equipment and 270 ammunition depots with the help of drones, and also hit more than 9,000 Russian shelters.
On the night of August 3, explosions were heard in Chuhuiv and Balakliia in the Kharkiv region due to enemy strikes, resulting in casualties and destruction.
Against the backdrop of the Kremlin's use of Iranian technology in the production of drones, which Russia is using to attack peaceful cities in Ukraine, activists staged a protest outside the Iranian embassy in London, demanding the expulsion of representatives of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and related organizations from Britain.
The International Atomic Energy Agency team at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant recorded explosions and smoke coming from one of the auxiliary facilities near the plant site on Saturday.
In Kharkiv, 179 buildings were damaged by Russian shelling in July, and nearly 4,700 windows were shattered.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has analyzed recent remarks by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko regarding the Oreshnik system and peace negotiations.
Russia's 247th Air Assault Regiment is experiencing mass desertion in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In July, demining units of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense cleared 5,136 hectares of territory liberated from Russian occupation.
Ten more civilians were evacuated from the Kostiantynivka community in Donetsk region on August 1, 2025, in a two-stage operation.
02 August 2025
Russian shelling has destroyed private homes and damaged apartment buildings in Mykolaiv.
Russian forces are ramping up their offensive to seize key urban areas in the Pokrovsk, Dobropillia, and Novopavlivka sectors, attempting to push into Pokrovsk by employing a "total infiltration" tactic and increasing sabotage activities behind Ukrainian lines.
Since the beginning of the day, 104 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian occupiers, with 28 of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.