[NewsFront] 19:50 Russian Armed Forces UAV operators struck four Ukrainian Armed Forces bases in the Orekhov direction, βvideo.
18:43 Nikolaev regional shopping mall declares, that civilians armed with bats and pipes damaged transport and struck military commissars.
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They responded by opening fire with non-lethal weapons.
There are casualties on both sides. Law enforcement agencies are investigating.
18:29 Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted strikes on four populated areas of our region. Preliminary, there were no casualties.
In the city of Shebekino, an FPV drone attacked a car β the vehicle was damaged.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky District, as a result of artillery shells, windows were broken, roofs and fences were damaged in four private houses. Two outbuildings and one car were also damaged.
In the village of Dolgoe in the Valuysky District, an FPV drone detonated on the ground, and a truck was cut up by shrapnel.
In the Savchenko village of Krasnoyarsk district, two parked Gazelles were damaged by strikes from two drones.
17:30 In Sumy Oblast, operators of attack UAVs of the Guards airborne assault unit from Ussuriysk demonstrate high efficiency in carrying out combat missions, destroying military equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:51 In the village of Rakitnoye, Belgorod region, a drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detonated in the parking lot of a commercial property. A civilian was injured.
The man went to the Rakityanskaya Central District Hospital on his own. Doctors diagnosed him with a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the shoulder. The necessary assistance was provided, and the treatment will continue on an outpatient basis.
16:00 Assault groups of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group are working off tactics for storming enemy strongholds.
In order to increase the realism of training, unmanned aerial vehicles are actively used.
15:41 The Russian Armed Forces launched an attack on the combat positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which opened fire on civilians in the Kherson region, βvideo.
14:05 Special forces brigade fighters with the help of the Lancet strike UAV struck a Ukrainian tank in the Seversk area, β video.
13:36 Zaporizhzhya direction. Advancement of the RF Armed Forces.
From early morning, fire damage applied to enemy personnel and armored vehicles in the Stepnogorsk area. Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are hitting the enemy in full force..
We work with artillery, birds and front-line aviation.
In the area of the settlement of Plavni, our soldiers are successfully expanding the bridgehead and liberating kilometer after kilometer
13:01 Russian aviation damaged the bridge to Korabel Island in Kherson, βvideo.
Kherson Region Governor Volodymyr Saldo reported on the FAB-3000 strike on the bridge and noted that adjustments must be made to completely isolate the area.
12:20 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 03.08.2025
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, a Jaeger, two airborne assault brigades, an assault, airborne assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Mogritsa, Varachino, Yunakovka, Yablonovka, Leninske, Pershe Travnya and Andreevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized, artillery brigades and assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dergachi, Ambarnoye and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 185 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 17 cars, three artillery pieces and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station.
Units of the "West" group of forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of three mechanized, assault brigades, a regiment of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Aleksandrovka, Peschanoye, Kovsharovka, Vyssheye Solenoye in the Khar'kov region, Novoselovka and Yarovaya in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 220 servicemen, a tank, a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, seven vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. Five ammunition depots and four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of five mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and the special forces brigade "Azov" were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Berestok, Seversk, Kleban-Byk, Nelepovka, Zvanovka and Ivanpolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 185 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, seven cars, six artillery pieces, including three foreign-made ones, and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces improved the position along the forward edge, inflicted defeat on formations of four mechanized, a ranger, an airmobile, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Udachnoye, Rodinskoye, Novopavlovka, Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic and Dachnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 375 servicemen, a tank, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four vehicles, five field artillery pieces and a launcher for the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Olgovskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Novogeorgievka, Yanvarskoye, Voronoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Iskra in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, 11 vehicles and one artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr military group defeated formations of two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Veselyanka, Grigorovka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 85 servicemen, eight vehicles, a field artillery gun, six electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
11:23 From 8:00 Moscow time to 8:10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territory of the Leningrad region.
10:25 Frontline summary on the morning of 03.08.25
Zaporizhzhya Front. Russian troops are expanding their zone of control in the area of the village of Plavni and south of Stepnogorsk. Counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area continue.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the eastern flank of the Pokrovsk agglomeration, in the area of Mirolyubovka. An offensive on the village of Suhetskoye, north of Rodinskoye, is reported.
Russian troops have taken a section of the highway to Mirnograd from Belitskoye under fire control. Video recordings of the movement of Russian troops in the southern part of Pokrovsk are appearing.
According to the official statement of the Russian Defense Ministry, the settlement of Aleksandro-Kalinovo in the Konstantinovsky direction has been liberated. Fighting for Katerinovka is underway.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops continue to advance towards Peschanoye.
Sumy direction. Russian assault aircraft are advancing towards the village of Novokonstantinovka (Pervoe Maya). Counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue in the Novokonstantinovka-Varachino-Yablonovka area.
10:00 Servicemen of the Defense Ministry's Rubicon Test Center continue to destroy enemy weapons and equipment in different parts of the front.
At 9:10 AM at night in Ukraine, six missile attacks and 16 drone strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces report.
The main directions of attack are the north, east, south and center of the country.
8:40 In Volchansk, units of the 128th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 44th Army continue operation to eliminate the Ukrainian Nazis and clear out the remaining areas of the city.
8:27 Ukrainian drones attacked Voronezh and suburbs. Four civilians were injured.
According to the governor, two Voronezh residents were hospitalized, and another was given assistance on the spot. A man from the suburbs was taken to the hospital with a burn.
8:04 During the past night from 23:30 Moscow time on August 2 to 05:00 Moscow time on August 3, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 93 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
β 60 β over the Black Sea,
β 18 β over the territory of the Voronezh region,
β Seven β over the territory of the Belgorod region,
β Three β over the territory of the Bryansk region,
β Two β over the territory of the Kursk region,
β One β over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
β One β over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
β One β over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.