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Current information on the situation on the front line as of June 30
2026-07-01
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NEWS-FRONT.SU] 18:41 Operators of the Geran-2 Seeker and Geran-4 Seeker UAVs inflicted strikes on 154 kV power transmission line supports near the city of Zaporizhzhia knocked out power to industrial facilities and enterprises operating in the interests of Ukrainian armed forces.

16:42 Molniya-2 crew destroyed the control center for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones, and the FPV drone operators are the enemy's ground robotic systems.

14:46 FAB-3000 with universal planning and correction modules destroyed the temporary deployment point of a unit of the 65th separate separate brigade in the Orekhovo area in the Zaporizhzhia region;

Four FAB-500 with UMP Kdestroyed stronghold of the 13th separate brigade of the National Guard in the Krasnopolye region of the Sumy region.

12:36 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of June 30, 2026)

Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Luzhki, Sukhodol, and Krasnopolye in Sumy Oblast. In Khar'kov Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated formations of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Losivka, Starytsia, and Bugaivka in Khar'kov Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 service members, 11 vehicles, and an artillery piece.

Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.

They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Maleevka, Izyumske, and Chervony Stav in Khar'kov Oblast, and Vovchiy Yar and Piskunovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the settlement of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army continue to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the northwestern part of the settlement.

Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division captured four enemy strongholds and occupied 54 buildings. Over the course of 24 hours, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, four vehicles, two ground-based robotic systems, and 11 UAV control centers were destroyed in the city. In total, enemy losses in the "West" zone of operations amounted to 210 servicemen. Five Western-made armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, two self-propelled artillery units, and two "Damba" electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the village of Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of active military operations.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile, motorized infantry, and mountain assault brigades near the villages of Druzhkovka, Orekhovatka, Mykolaivka, and Nikanorivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the village of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the Southern Group of Forces continue to clear the southwestern part of the village of the enemy and liberated 30 buildings. Over the past 24 hours, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two artillery pieces, 21 vehicles, and 26 ground-based robotic systems have been destroyed. In total, the enemy lost more than 175 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four artillery pieces, a multiple launch rocket system, and 27 vehicles in the Southern Group of Forces' area of responsibility.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical position.

They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Vesele, Novopidgorodne, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Dobropillya and Svitloe in the Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian armed forces lost over 270 service members, two armored combat vehicles, and eight automobiles.

Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlements of Rivne and Lesnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.

They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Velykomykhailivka and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novoukrainka, Novoye Pole, Lyubitske, and Tymoshivka in Zaporizhia Oblast. The enemy lost over 455 service members, three armored combat vehicles, and 10 automobiles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized and a mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrovo, Kamyshevakha, and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region. Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, seven vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

12:30 Crews of unmanned aerial systems troops as part of units of the Center group of forces destroyed NRTK of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Dobropillya direction of the Northern Military District.

12:26 In the village of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the "Southern" group of troops continue mop up from the enemy in the southwestern part of the settlement and liberated 30 buildings.

Over the course of 24 hours, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two artillery pieces, 21 vehicles, and 26 ground-based robotic systems were destroyed.

09:23 UAV interceptor crews destroyed air targets in the skies over the Dnieper and the right bank of the Kherson region.

07:30 During the night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on June 29 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 30, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 419 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Rostov, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea.

06:30 Artillerymen from the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group covered Ukrainian militants with fire.

Calculation of UAVs of the troops of unmanned systems of the "Southern" groupdestroyedenemy UAV control center.

05:00 122mm D-30 howitzer crews from the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.

Using fire from the 120mm, 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled howitzer, Kostroma airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group eliminated enemy infantry in the shelters of a stronghold in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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