Combined Russian attack: Ukrainian air defenses down 478 enemy targets
Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 478 Russian aerial targets including two Iskander-K cruise missiles, during a large-scale combined air attack.
04 July 2025
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.
As of the morning of July 4, Kyiv is experiencing high levels of air pollution following a large-scale Russian airstrike, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
Russian forces killed eight civilians and wounded 11 others in the Donetsk region on July 3.
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.
A total of 23 people were injured in a Russian airstrike on Kyiv, with 14 requiring hospitalization, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
A total of 23 people were injured in a Russian airstrike on Kyiv, with 14 requiring hospitalization, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
The aftermath of the Russian night attack continues to be cleared up in Kyiv.
In Kyiv, as a result of the nighttime Russian attack, traffic on Zhmerynka Street, Yakuba Kolasa Street, and Vidradne Avenue has been partially blocked.
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.
In the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, residential and industrial sectors suffered significant destruction and damage as a result of a Russian missile attack.
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.
In the settlements of Donetsk region, where forced evacuation of children is being carried out, there are still 38 families with 46 children.
An important positive outcome of Poland's EU presidency for Ukraine was the approval of a substantial security package expected to boost military aid to Ukraine, as well as the agreement on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia on the final day of Poland's term.
On July 1, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal supported the position of Oschadbank JSC, having rejected Russia’s appeal and upheld the decision of the Paris Arbitration Tribunal, dated November 26, 2018, ordering Russia to compensate the bank for losses following the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.
In the Donetsk region, Ukraine's SBU State Security Service has detained two more Russian agents who were preparing missile and aerial strikes on Kramatorsk.
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.
As a result of shelling by Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast on July 3, five people were killed and 12 wounded.
Air defense forces shot down an enemy drone in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv.
The Russian army has increased the number of drone attacks on Zaporizhzhia and communities in the region. Air defense forces are not always able to shoot down UAVs because the enemy is constantly improving them.
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.
The European Union has already agreed to allocate an additional EUR 24 billion in military support to Ukraine since the beginning of this year, but this assistance could still be increased.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that since all decisions in Russia are made solely by Vladimir Putin, achieving peace will require a meeting between the leaders — the presidents of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.
In Kyiv, a farewell ceremony was held for F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko, a Hero of Ukraine, who was killed while defending the country during a large-scale Russian air attack on the night of June 29.
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.
In Russian-occupied Luhansk, a collaborator and former "head of the city administration," Manolis Pilavov, was killed in an explosion.
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.