Sybiha unveils further agenda for Ukraine-Japan relations
In its relations with Japan, Ukraine will focus on strengthening political dialogue, expanding economic cooperation, and engaging Japan in post-war recovery and reconstruction efforts.
04 August 2025
In its relations with Japan, Ukraine will focus on strengthening political dialogue, expanding economic cooperation, and engaging Japan in post-war recovery and reconstruction efforts.
On August 2, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a precision strike using long-range firepower, destroying a Russian S-300 air defense system in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region.
The timing of the visit of newly elected Polish President Karol Nawrocki to Ukraine remains open, with Kyiv not tying the invitation to any symbolic dates.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not rule out the possibility of direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but believes such a meeting is not yet ready to take place.
Ukrainian forces have successfully struck the fuel and refueling facility at Sochi Airport in Russia's Krasnodar region.
A fire at the Vlasta hotel in Lviv has left six people injured, including two children.
Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit five Russian fighter jets at the Saky airbase in temporarily occupied Crimea, with one aircraft completely destroyed.
Russian forces have not captured the Hoptivka border checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, contrary to claims made by Russian propaganda.
Ukraine's Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have filed charges against several individuals involved in a corruption scheme related to the procurement of UAVs and electronic warfare (EW) systems. Among the suspects are a former head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration and an MP.
Kyiv has approached Warsaw with a request for a EUR 120 million loan to purchase military products from Poland's defense industry.
Russian troops continue active assault operations along the Pokrovsk axis, particularly in the area between Pokrovsk, Dobropillia, and Kostiantynivka, where they are attempting to establish a new foothold for further advances.
As of 11:30 on Monday, Ukraine's air defense units shot down or suppressed 161 Russian UAVs, including Shahed-type drones and various decoy drones, across northern, southern, eastern, and central regions of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian-Polish expedition has launched search and exhumation efforts at the site of a former cemetery in Lviv’s Zboishche district. The mission aims to locate and rebury the remains of Polish Army soldiers who died during the defense of Lviv in 1939.
Russian occupying forces have significantly tightened security measures in Sevastopol Bay, particularly in the Southern Bay and around a dry dock near the Sevastopol branch of Moscow State University.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a serviceman from the combat brigade of the State Special Transport Service, part of the Ministry of Defense, on charges of espionage for Russian military intelligence.
A 46-year-old man was killed in his own home on July 27 as a result of Russia’s artillery strike on the city of Beryslav in the Kherson region.
Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilians, as well as rescuers and medics who respond to attacks, using FPV drones.
Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilians, as well as rescuers and medics who respond to attacks, using FPV drones.
Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Khmelnytskyi region using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
Russian troops continue efforts to advance in the Novopavlivka sector, where intense fighting is ongoing.
A large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday, August 4, targeted Russia’s Volgograd region, damaging the Archeda railway station in the city of Frolovo.
Authorities in Kherson have evacuated 84 residents from the city's Korabelnyi district after recent Russian airstrikes damaged the bridge connecting the district to the rest of the city.
On the frontline yesterday, August 3, 183 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Yesterday, August 3, the Russian army killed two residents of the Donetsk Region.
In the Nikopol District of the Dnipropetrovsk Region, two women and a 4-month-old girl were wounded as a result of Russian strikes.
On the night of Monday, August 4, Russian troops attacked the Odesa Region with strike drones, causing large-scale fires to break out.
Drone operators from the Phoenix unit of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service successfully destroyed a Russian drone control center and its personnel in the Kupiansk sector.
On the night of Monday, August 4, Russian troops attacked the Odesa Region with strike drones, causing large-scale fires to break out.
One person was killed and five were wounded in the Russian strikes on the Kherson region over the past 24 hours.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to August 4, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,057,140 people, of which 1,010 were lost in the past 24 hours.