[NewsFront] 20:36 Artillerymen of the Vostok group smashed to pieces strongholds and control points for enemy "birds".
19:42 Drone drivers of the "Center"destroyed fortified positions and shot down Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Dobropillya direction.
Operators of attack drones from the Vostok and Dnepr groups burned Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, disrupting the transfer of enemy personnel in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Zapad's FPV interceptor crews landed R-18 drones in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Sever fighters used a strike drone to intercept a mobile group of Ukrainian drones in the Sumy region.
19:02 Volunteer detachment BARS "Kherson" improves counter-UAV skills to strengthen regional defense
Soldiers practice reaction speed, precision, and teamwork at the training ground. When fighting drones, every second counts, so good training and confident use of the equipment are essential.
18:07 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued attacks on ports and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of strikes by high-precision ground-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, the following were damaged:
- fuel pumping station and fuel distribution unit in the village of Novi Belyary, Odessa region;
- four dry cargo ships with military cargo, including one each in the ports of Odessa and Yuzhny, and two on sea passage (south of the settlement of Odessa).
17:50 Drone operators of the "Southern" group of forces burned Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in the Kramatorsk direction.
16:57 Over the past 24 hours, as a result of terrorist attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region suffered eight wounded and one person killed.
In Energodar, another strike damaged a grocery store, but there were no casualties.
In the Tokmak district, near the village of Vinogradnoye, a drone struck a private home: an outbuilding caught fire, and one person was injured (he is also receiving medical assistance).
In Vasilyevka, three outbuildings and a garage were damaged, but the most serious damage was recorded as a result of the attack on a five-story apartment building: the facade was destroyed, windows were broken, a second-floor apartment caught fire, and a car was damaged.
In the Melitopol district, near the village of Novobogdanovka, a truck caught fire after a drone attack (the fire was extinguished), and near the village of Shirokiy Lan, a hit was recorded on a private residential building, injuring one person.
In the Akimov district, in the village of Vladimirovka, a drone attacked a passenger car. Two people were injured and are receiving emergency medical assistance.
High drone activity was also recorded in the area of the village of Mikhailovka, in the Primorsky and Priazovsky districts.
16:01 Orlan-10 combat crew liquidated Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in a forest belt in the Zaporizhzhia direction
The target was detected by UAV operators during combat duty. The coordinates were transmitted to the command post, where the decision was made to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' equipment using Krasnopol artillery rounds.
15:42 Russian drone pilots are en masse are destroying gas stations are in many enemy-controlled areas. It was recently reported that more than 160 gas stations have been destroyed in Ukraine.
15:13 Drone drivers worked out "Geraniums" at enemy positions in Andreevka:
A precision strike targeted a large UAV warehouse on the premises of a logistics center. High-voltage power line supports were also severed.
14:53 Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a kindergarten in the village of Blagoveshchenka in the Zaporizhzhia region was hit. The building sustained significant damage, but no one was injured.
14:25 The Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in Russian regions
According to local authorities, five people were killed as a result of Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strikes on civilian targets in Oleshky and on the Skadovsk-Kalanchak highway, and ten civilians were injured in Ukrainian UAV attacks in several districts of the Kherson region.
In the Kuibyshevsky municipal district of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used a drone to strike a passenger car at the entrance to the village of Smyrnovo, killing one person. Eight civilians in the region were injured or wounded as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks.
In Luhansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) struck a civilian truck with a drone, killing the driver. Three people were also injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in several districts of the LPR.
As a result of a massive attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the Udmurt Republic, one civilian was killed.
In the village of Volna in the Temryuk district of Krasnodar Krai, four people required hospitalization as a result of strikes by Ukrainian drones.
Two civilians were injured in a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack in Horlivka, a Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
In the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, a Ukrainian drone struck a car on the premises of a business, injuring a woman.
13:40 UAV operators of the Dnepr group of forces stopped rotation of the enemy
Drone operators located and destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer, several pickup trucks, a ground robotic system, strongpoints, and fixed-wing drones. Some targets were targeted with fiber-optic FPV drones, as enemy electronic warfare was no longer effective.
12:51 Summary of the Russian Armed Forces on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 30, 2026
As a result of active operations, units of the North military group established control over the settlements of Yurchenkovo in the Khar'ov region, Mogritsa and Malaya Slobodka in the Sumy region.
The manpower and equipment of the motorized infantry and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Ulanovo, Ryzhevka, Ivolzhanskoye, Ugroedy in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.
In the Khar'kov region, the formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Karasevka, Ivashkino, Tsupovka, Kolodeznoye, Prikolotnoye, Petrovpavlivka and Bely Kolodez in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and four cars.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Shchurovka, Arkadevka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Raigorodok, Donetskoye, Yatskovka, and Stary Karavan in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 220 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, 18 cars, a field artillery gun and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Molocharka, Nikolaevka, Nikanorovka, Verolyubovka, Nikolaypolye, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In one day, the enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and 31 cars.
Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Krasnoyarsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades and three National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Novonikolaevka, Annovka, Vodyanskoye, Matyashevo, Sergeyevka and Dobropolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 350 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles and 11 cars.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Malynivka, Romanki, Podgavrilovka, and Kolomiytsi in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Zarnitsa, Dolinka, and Chervony Yar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 375 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 11 cars and an artillery piece.
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 Orekhov, Malokaterynivka and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 military personnel, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
12:11 Five civilians died, another nine were wounded in the past 24 hours by attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kherson region.
According to Governor Vladimir Saldo, two women and two men were killed in Oleshki as a result of drone strikes on residential buildings. A woman was killed and two others were injured in an attack on a car on the Skadovsk-Kalanchak highway.
In Mykhailivka, a child born in 2013 and two women were injured when a car struck a mine. Four civilians were also injured by Ukrainian Armed Forces shelling in Oleshki, Azovskoye, Vinogradovo, and Novaya Mayachka. The injured received medical assistance.
11:52 Our Geranium-4 Seeker UAVs intercepted ships with military cargo:
In the port of Yuzhny, two dry cargo ships were attacked simultaneously.
A dry cargo ship heading to Odessa was caught in the open sea northwest of Zmeiny Island.
In the port of Odessa itself, a large fuel tank for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by a precise strike.
11:25 In the DPR taken out a verdict in absentia in a criminal case against a mercenary from Georgia
Evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was deemed sufficient by the court for the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic to render a verdict in absentia in the criminal case against Georgian citizen Akaki Vardanashvili. He was found guilty under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict).
10:10 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes of Ukrainian armed groups in the Donetsk People's Republic
According to local authorities, one person was killed in the DPR, and fourteen civilians were injured due to attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drones.
9:41 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 134 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on July 29 and 9:00 a.m. on July 30. The enemy used artillery 131 times on evacuated areas. Drones attacked our territory 15 times using explosive devices.
9:29 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with long-range air, land, and sea-based precision weapons, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against military industrial enterprises, telecommunications and logistics centers in the cities of Kyiv, Lviv, and the Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, against dry cargo ships in the port of Yuzhny and on sea passages delivering military cargo.
Affected in the city of Kyiv:
Kyiv artillery and small arms industry assembly plant (Mayak Plant JSC), which produces components, warheads, detonators and ammunition, as well as boosters for long- and medium-range attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the FP-1, -2 type;
An industrial enterprise in Kyiv (PJSC Electrotechnical Plant) that produces medium-range reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, including multicopter-type ones.
Affected in the city of Lviv:
Lviv Aviation Industry Repair Enterprise (LLC Lviv Aviation Plant LDARZ), which is engaged in the production, repair and maintenance of turbojet engines used in FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles, as well as long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles;
Lviv-1 Missile Assembly and Component Plant (Lviv State Plant LORTA), which produces on-board electronics for missiles of various modifications, as well as radar systems for the Neptune-MD long-range guided missiles and an analogue of the S-300 air defense system (the Clone project).
Affected in Ivano-Frankivsk region:
the Kalush industrial enterprise (OOO SKB OVT), which is involved in the production and storage of FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles, FP-7, -9 operational-tactical missiles and Neptune-MD long-range guided missiles, and also carries out testing of warheads for Grom-2 operational-tactical missiles;
The Kalush industrial enterprise (OOO NEFTEMASH), which is involved in the production of FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles, and also carries out the storage and distribution of components for them, including those supplied by Western countries.
In the Rivne region it was struck
The Rivne Chemical Plant (OJSC RIVNOAZOT), which produces component parts and rocket fuel components for the FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles, the FP-7, -9 operational-tactical missiles, and the Grom-2 operational-tactical missiles.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region it is affected
Kryvyi Rih's shipbuilding industry assembly and components company (Kryvyi Rih Turbofan Plant "Akvaplast" LLC), which develops, assembles, modernizes, and stores attack unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats. In cooperation with Energomekhkomplekt LLC, it manufactures and repairs towed and self-propelled howitzers, including those made from foreign components.
A dry cargo ship carrying military cargo was damaged in the Yuzhny port in the Odessa region.
In addition, two dry cargo ships delivering weapons and military equipment to the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk were damaged to the south and east of Odessa.
8:58 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 12 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
- Alyoshki - Three;
– Novaya Mayachka – Four;
– Sofievka – Three;
– Tavriysk – Two.
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 12 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Oleshky, Tavriyske, Velyki Kopani, Hola Prystan, Sofiyivka, and Kozachi Lagerya.
8:08 Frontline summary on the morning of July 30, 2026
Zaporizhzhya Front
In the Kamensk direction, fighting continues in the area of Plavni and Stepnogorsk.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the Dolinka area and are clearing out Ternovatoye.
Donetsk Front
The clearing of Belitske continues in the Dobropillya sector. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported establishing control in Svetly and Vodyanske, with fighting ongoing.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, Russian troops are aligning the front along the pond line in the Dolgaya Balka-Osykovo area.
Russian forces have reached the outskirts of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka. On the eastern flank, fighting continues near the villages of Stenki and Izhevka.
The mop up operation continues in Krasny Liman. Fighting continues in Vasyutinskoye in the Seversky sector.
Russian forces are advancing from Malinovka along the Belenkaya River.
Khar'kov Front
In the Kupyansk direction, fighting continues along the previous lines.
In the Borovsk direction, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Shiykovka and Borovaya.
In the Volchansk direction, fighting continues in Bely Kolodez, as well as in Beksheyevka and Ivanovka.
Russian forces have advanced near Ivashkino and are occupying a forest belt west of the village.
There is also progress in Kazachya Lopan.
Sumy Front
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of Nova Sich. Fighting continues in Zapselye and near Khotyn.
In the Glukhovsky district, Russian forces have improved their positions near Ulanovo.
7:55 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by land, air, and sea-based high-precision weapons, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles, damaged military airfields, military-industrial complex enterprises, military telecommunications and logistics centers of Ukraine in the cities of Kyiv, Lviv, and the Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Vinnytsia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, involved in the production, storage, and delivery of missile weapons for various purposes and unmanned aerial vehicles, and in ensuring the operation of the air situation monitoring system. A dry cargo ship in the port of Yuzhny and two dry cargo ships east and south of Odessa, which were delivering weapons and military equipment, were also damaged.
7:42 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 258 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Penza, Rostov, Tambov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Adygea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.