[NewsFront] 21:53 During the day, in the period from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 116 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Oryol, Tver regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.
20:43 Air cover groups of the "Vostok" group fended off attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on positions of our troops in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Kostroma paratroopers destroyed an aircraft-type attack drone in the skies over the Kherson region with a precise hit from a Yolka interceptor UAV.
FPV interceptor operators from the Zapad group shot down several Ukrainian Armed Forces hexacopters in the Krasny Liman area.
19:02 Operators of attack UAVs from the Sever group destroyed strongholds and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kolv region.
Drone operators of the Vostok group hit enemy manpower in the forest belts of the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone crews from the Center group burned down a UAV control center and the equipment located in it in the Dobropillya direction.
16:43 July 4, 2026 Russian Ministry of Defense issued statement proposing a humanitarian action to hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian army servicemen located in the city of Konstantinovka after Russian troops have finally taken control of the town and the fighting there has ceased.
During the discussions with the intelligence services on this issue, the Ukrainian side rejected this proposal.
Thus, the Kyiv regime did absolutely nothing to ensure that the bodies of fallen Ukrainian servicemen were given a dignified burial by their families. The Ukrainian authorities once again demonstrated their attitude toward fallen soldiers as expendable material, primarily conscripted to the front lines through forced mobilization.
16:39 Rubicon drone operators continue destruction of automotive equipment, NRTK, elements of the communication system, firing positions, field ammunition storage points, drone control points, as well as enemy reconnaissance and attack UAVs.
15:02 Naval infantry of the Center group before leaving for a combat mission pass training at the training ground.
The fighters practice their skills in movement, continuous monitoring of the situation in the sky, and clearing enemy trenches as part of combat teams of twos and threes.
Training takes place in conditions as close to combat as possible. To this end, the training ground has been equipped with training facilities that replicate enemy positions: dugouts, approaches, access roads, trenches, and covered slits.
14:29 Mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces worked out copter and FPV drone operators from the 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" destroyed an enemy weapon with several precision strikes.
13:08 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of July 5, 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' airmobile brigade and two territorial defense brigades near the villages of Zorino, Kiyanitsa, Malaya Slobodka, Tolstodubovo, and Khmelevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, two heavy mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Velykyi Burluk, Martovoe, Nesternoye, Petrovka, Polnaya and Staryi Saltov in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, and three artillery pieces.
Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Kutkovka, Nizhneye Solenoye, and Pristen in the Khar'kov region and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, the 25th Army's reinforcement units continue to clear mines and clear the town of small groups and isolated Ukrainian fighters. Assault units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division are advancing toward the Blue Lakes.
In order to disrupt the rotation of personnel and the supply of weapons and ammunition to units of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade, an air strike destroyed the embankment crossing over the Seversky Donets River near the village of Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past 24 hours, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV combat armored vehicle, two pickup trucks, three remotely controlled robotic systems, and 11 unmanned aerial vehicle control stations have been destroyed in the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the "West" group of forces, the enemy lost more than 220 servicemen, six combat armored vehicles, 17 cars and a launcher of a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, Orekhovatka, Pershomaryovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In one day, the enemy lost over 220 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, four field artillery pieces, a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a heavy mechanized assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two naval infantry brigades near the settlements of Annovka, Dobropillya, Novofedorivka, Raiske, Rubizhne, Sergeyevka, and Toretskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka, Novopavlivka, and Novopidgorodnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 300 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, six cars, four field artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and two electronic intelligence stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Kolomiytsy, and Mechetne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Volnyanka, Novosoloshino, Rozovka, Chervonaya Krynytsia, and Chervony Yar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 470 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and eight vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the heavy mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Balabyne, Verkhnyaya Khortytsia, Kushugum and Novooleksandrivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, 12 vehicles, four electronic warfare stations and an electronic reconnaissance station were destroyed.
12:34 Crews of the Geran-2 Seeker and Geran-4 Seeker unmanned aerial vehicles inflicted strikes on gas stations, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces actively used to refuel vehicles.
11:04 Crew of the Geran-2 Siker drone attacked on the railway infrastructure behind enemy lines.
As a result of a precise hit, a train carrying cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was damaged.
10:32 As a result of the strike by the Geran-2 Siker UAV destroyed gas distribution station in the village of Gazoprovodnoye, Chernihiv region.
10:06 UAV "Geranium-4 Siker" hit at the 110 kV substation in the village of Dyakovka, Sumy region.
As a result of the target being hit, a number of facilities used by Ukrainian armed forces were de-energized.
07:43 During the night, from 20:00 Moscow time on July 4 to 7:00 Moscow time on July 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 71 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
05:45 Artillerymen from the Southern Group of Forces carried out a targeted strike on Ukrainian militants who had taken refuge in a building in the private sector of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
122mm D-30 howitzer crews of the Vostok group destroyed strongholds and a network of fortified dugouts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.