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[NewsFront] 21:37 Units of the "Center" group of forces continue to advance in the area of the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

20:15 Regiment Commander of the 98th Guards Airborne Division told about the liberation of Chasov Yar in the DPR.
19:39 Ministry of Defense RF:
UAV crews of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed two Western-made armored combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Drone operators of the Vostok group of forces shot down an enemy reconnaissance quadcopter, as well as heavy hexacopters near the village of Yanvarskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
FPV drone crews of the Dnepr group of forces hit up to 10 dugouts with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhia region.
Rubicon Center specialists destroyed the Malakhit radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a Lancet loitering munition.
17:22 Tankers of the Vostok group destroyed enemy firing positions in forest belts in the South Donetsk direction, –video.
16:32 UAV crews of the Southern group of troops destroyed Ukrainian BMP-2, dropping ammunition from a drone directly into the vehicle's hatch.
14:45 Defeats of strongholds of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using FPV drones in the area of the settlement of Katerynivka, –video.
14:20 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces communications equipment by the Sever FPV crew in the Khar'kov region, –video.
13:09 A drone of the 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Sever group records the consequences of a missile strike on a large stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, –video.
12:38 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 4, 2025
Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike using Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles and long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles against the infrastructure of military airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The strike target has been achieved, all designated objects have been hit.
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Alekseyevka, Varachino, Yablonovka and Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Okhrimovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 120 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 12 cars, five artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" group of forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Aleksandrovka, Peschanoye in the Khar'kov region and Novoselivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 225 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles and 19 cars. Three ammunition depots and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Seversk, Pleshcheyevka, Ivanopolye, Zvanovka and Berestok of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 150 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and an artillery piece.
Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. Formations of two mechanized, ranger, airmobile, two airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two brigades of the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novopavlovka, Dimitrov, Belitskoye, Rodinskoye, Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic and Dachnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 385 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two cars and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novogeorgievka, Berezove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Temirovka, Olgovskoye in the Zaporizhia region and Iskra in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 215 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, seven cars and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Up to 65 servicemen, three vehicles, three electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of supplies were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged a workshop for the production of unmanned boats, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
Air defense systems shot down a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 120 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
664 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
74,580 unmanned aerial vehicles,
625 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,442 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,584 multiple launch rocket systems,
28,160 field artillery pieces and mortars,
39,115 units of special military vehicles.
12:04 Footage of hits on the position of a mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
10:51 From 08:40 Moscow time to 09:45 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Three over the territory of the Republic of Crimea and
Two over the waters of the Black Sea.
09:26 Calculations of the Geranium-2 UAV struck temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit.
07:16 During the past night from 23:00 Moscow time on August 3 to 05:20 Moscow time on August 4, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 61 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
18 over the Black Sea,
12 over the territory of the Voronezh region,
11 over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Eight over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Six over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Rostov region,
One over the territory of the Moscow region,
One over the territory of the Ryazan region.
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