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Current information on the situation on the front line on August 5 (updated)
2025-08-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:52 Published footage of the work of the TOS on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Chervone in the Zaporizhia region.

21:03 Precise drone strikes disrupt enemy plans –video.

20:48 Drone operators of the 6th Army of the "North" group caught transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.

20:03 Published footage of our artillerymen suppressing enemy personnel at a strong point.

18:22 Coverage of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd fortified areais comingin full swing.

17:54 In Sumy region, intelligence of "Sever" group destroyed the position of the mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along with the ammunition.

17:11 Posted footage of the destruction of a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzer "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a Lancet-3 loitering munition near the settlement of Platonovka.

16:31 Between 10:15 and 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Two over the territory of the Kursk region,
One over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Bryansk region.

16:05 Posted footage of the work of the crew of the FPV drones of the aircraft type "Molniya-2".

15:53 Tor-M2 SAM system crews of the Center group of forces daily protect assault groups from air attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

15:07 Servicemen of the 1194th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher.

14:11 Coverage of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd fortified area is coming in full swing.

13:47 Tankers strike at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, destroying UAV control points, camouflaged strongholds and enemy manpower –video.

12:59 Footage has been posted, removed during the liberation of Yanvarskoye by fighters of the 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the East Forces Group.

12:21 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 5, 2025

Units of the North Forces Groupimprovedtactical position.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mogritsa, Alekseyevka, Varachino, Yablonovka and Andreyevka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Gatishche, Melove and Sinelnikovo in the Khar'kov region.

Units of the West group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.

They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Glushkovka, Aleksandrovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Krymki, Yarovaya and Kolodez in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their tactical position.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Nelepovka, Mayskoye, Nikolaevka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Konstantinovka and Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses.

They defeated the formations of four mechanized, infantry, assault, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Artemovka, Udachnoye, Yalta, Kutuzovka, Dimitrov, Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Dachnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Units of the "East" military group, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Yanvarskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belogorie, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Lvovo, Antonovka, Nikolskoye in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

12:04 Attack aircraft from one of the airborne forces units, with the support of an FPV crew, with more than enough completed the task at hand.

10:59 Khar'kov region. FPV from "Sever" group destroyed two pickups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:51 Operational information is coming in that Russian troops cut the railway line between the villages of Kleban-Byk and Pleshcheyevka, and reached the reservoir.

The Kleban-Bykskoye Reservoir is a key point for saving Gorlovka from dehydration.

10:45 RF Armed Forcesare moving forward to Nelepovka in the Konstantinovsky direction.

11:19 Serebryanskoye forestry. Fighters capture Ukrainian border guards.

"I don't want to fight, to kill anyone. And I don't want to die myself. I chose to live," says the Ukrainian prisoner of war.

10:12 The locals report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are surrounded in the area of the Kleban-Byk reservoir –MAP

08:38 "Severiane" hit and destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launch point in Khar'kov region.

08:30 "Geraniums" inflicted the most powerful blow to Lozovaya in the entire SVO

The city of Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region was subjected to the largest attack since the beginning of the Special Military Operation. Russian Geran-2 drones struck ammunition and military equipment depots, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations, so-called "drone laboratories" and other military facilities.

08:29 Tankers strike at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, destroying UAV control points, camouflaged strongholds and enemy manpower –VIDEO

The crew of the T-90M Proryv tank of the Zapad group of forces hit a strong point and the manpower of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit with fire from a closed firing position.

Fighters of the "Center" force group on a T-80BVM tank destroyed a temporary accommodation point for Ukrainian militants in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:35 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Russian Armed Forces take control of Verkhnekamenskoye and landings to the south
Russian Armed Forces approach Krasnolimanskaya mine east of Rodinsky➡️
Advance west of Konstantinovka.

07:11 During the past night from 22:00 Moscow time on August 4 to 01:40 Moscow time on August 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 24 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

13 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Seven – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Two – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two – over the territory of the Smolensk region.

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