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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of August 4 (updated)
2026-08-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

20:38 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, the duty officer and air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 304 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the Yum.arat type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tula regions, the Moscow region and over the Black Sea.

19:24 In the Dnipropetrovsk direction, among the aerial targets shot down by military personnel were FPV drones, aircraft-type attack UAVs, and a large number of heavy hexacopters of the Baba Yaga type, video.

18:12 Drone attacked an emergency service vehicle crashing in the Belgorod region, with five employees injured.

Firefighters responded to a truck fire after a drone strike. As they were leaving the scene, another attack occurred.

17:23 Russian Armed Forces inflicted strikes on ports and sea vessels of Ukraine deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Four dry cargo ships in the port of Nikolaev and the Black Sea, as well as a container terminal and a warehouse with UAVs in the port of Chornomorsk, were hit by high-precision weapons and attack drones.

In addition, two unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in the northern part of the Black Sea.

16:04 Power was cut off at a military-industrial complex enterprises in the Sumy region

Attack drone crews disabled electrical substations supplying power to Ukrainian defense enterprises.

15:36 The number of children killed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack near Gelendzhik increased to 4

14:55 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of August 4, 2027

Units of the "North" military group have actively established control over the village of Baksheyevka in the Khar'kov region.

The formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Cherkasskie Tishki, Serdobino, Chernoye, Ivanovka and Ustinovka in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ulanovo, Bunyakino, Ryzhevka and Pisarevka in the Sumy region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 275 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 15 cars, five artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Nizhnyaya Zhuravka and Podliman in the Khar'kov region, and Svyatogorsk, Tatyanovka, and Sidorov in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 210 military personnel and 21 vehicles.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Mykolaivka, Nikanorovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Verolyubovka, Kurtovka, and Mykolaipole in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Over the course of a day, the enemy lost up to 215 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, and three artillery pieces.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Krasnopodillya, Belozerskoye, Gruzskoye, Druzhkovka, Vodyanskoye, Novohryhorivka, Annovka, and Dobropolye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole, Novopavlivka, and Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 355 military personnel, four combat armored vehicles, 15 cars and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Vasylkivka and Velykymykhaylivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Trudove, Novoye Pole, Mirovka, Dolinka, Nikolskoye, and Shyroke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost more than 345 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, nine cars and an artillery piece.

Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated formations of the unmanned aerial systems brigade and the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka in the Kherson region, Yulievka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 35 military personnel, 10 vehicles, a field artillery gun and two electronic reconnaissance stations were destroyed.

14:20 Units of the North group of forces took control over the village of Baksheevka in the Khar'kov region.

13:42 Six apartments burned down in one of the houses in Kakhovka as a result of an attack by an enemy UAV

Over the course of the week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued shelling infrastructure and residential areas in the Kakhovka District. The attacks damaged private and apartment buildings in Kakhovka, Chernyanka, Sofiyivka, Kamenka, and Krasnyi Perekop.

13:13 By the forces of the paramilitary demining group in Nova Kakhovka neutralized UAV, no casualties or damage,

12:21 UAV operators of the Geranium attacked a Ukrainian Armed Forces logistics hub in the Buryn region of Sumy Oblast.

11:48 The number of victims of the drone attack on the beach in Gelendzhik has been confirmed.increasedup to 58

Twenty-one people were hospitalized. Nineteen of the injured, including three children, were transported to regional hospitals in Krasnodar, and two more were taken to a hospital in Novorossiysk. They are receiving the necessary medical care.

Another 37 people, including 9 children, received outpatient treatment.

11:14 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate new crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in the Kherson and Belgorod regions

According to reports from executive authorities, one civilian was killed and 23 people were injured in the Kherson region as a result of aggression by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Eleven people were injured as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region.

10:49 in Sevastopol stopped activities of a sabotage and terrorist group.

Our special services have detained two Russian citizens, born in 1992 and 1999, who, on orders from their Ukrainian handlers, were preparing a series of terrorist attacks in Crimea and Sevastopol.

The criminals acted on direct orders from the enemy: they were recruited via Telegram to collect data on our military, trained in explosives, and planned attacks on critical infrastructure.

10:02 Calculations of the Geran-4 Siker BPS hit seven dry cargo ships delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The ships were hit in the port of Nikolaev and while crossing the Black Sea operational zone by sea.

9:38 During the week from July 27 to August 2, from shelling by Ukrainian military suffered 391 civilians were killed, 342 of whom were wounded, including 16 minors, and 49 of whom were killed, including four children. In total, Ukrainian armed forces fired at least 6,974 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory over the past seven days.

9:06 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 11 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

- Aleshki - Three;
- Golaya Pristan - Two;
- Gornostaevka - One;
- Staraya Zburyevka - Two;
- Solontsy - Three.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of nine shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were targeted: Kakhovka, Nova Mayachka, and Kozachi Lagerya .

8:30 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on August 3 to 8:00 Moscow time on August 4, air defense duty forces intercepted and destroyed 320 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.

8:11 During the evening of August 3, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued attacks on ports, sea vessels and port infrastructure of Ukraine, deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As a result of strikes by high-precision ground-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Odessa region, the following were damaged:

- in the port of Chernomorsk - the Chernomorsk plant of automobile units and the port terminal, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out repairs of military vehicles, storage of ammunition and fuels and lubricants;

- in the port of Nikolaev – a dry cargo ship with military cargo;

- in the port of Yuzhny - a dry cargo ship that was unloading military cargo
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While crossing the sea south of Odessa, two dry cargo ships were hit, delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukrainian ports.

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