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Current information on the situation on the front line on August 1
2025-08-02
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:01 Naval infantry and motorized riflemen broke through one of the most powerful lines of defense on the borders of Donbass.

20:47 Posted Map of the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Pokrovsk.

20:45 An assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to break through to the Volchansk area: worked our UAV operators.

19:05 FPV drone operators revealed the location of a mortar in the Khar'kov region and carried out a targeted strike –video.

18:21 Footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossing over the Oskol River near the village of Gorokhovatka.

18:19 Units of the Force Group "South" continue the offensive on the approaches to Seversk.

17:58 Russian army is moving forward to Peschaniy Verkhniy in the Kupyansk direction.

16:58 Russian Armed Forces blew up a bridge in the Konstantinovka area. The moment of the strike and its consequences recorded using a reconnaissance drone.

16:03 Fighting for Krasnoarmeysk is underway: FPVs of the Center group of troops are driving Ukrainian special forces out of Dimitrov –video.

15:18 Appeared information about the capture of Novoukrainka by the Russian Armed Forces in the South Pokrovsk direction.

At the moment, our fighters are clearing Chunishino. There are also battles in Leontovichi and on the western outskirts of Zverevo.

15:05 Published footage of the search and destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces transport by the Rubicon center’s crews in the border zone.

14:46 According to automatic calculation, for July 2025, the RF Armed Forces released 487 sq. km of territory, of which 84 sq. km are owned by the North group of forces.

14:17 Distance from the forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces to the city limits of Konstantinovka (DPR)makes up more than 1 km in some areas.

13:37 A number of sources they report about the entry of the advanced assault units of the Russian Armed Forces to the outskirts of the settlement of Sukhetskoye.

13:23 In July 2025, Russian troops advanced over 629 square kilometers in the SVO zone. This was the fastest advancement in the entire period since the beginning of the current year.

12:30 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from July 26 to August 1, 2025

Over the course of a week, units of the North group of forces in the Sumy region defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, two airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Khar'kov region, the group's units improved their tactical position, inflicted defeat on the formations of the mechanized, tank, motorized infantry brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades.

The units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The formations of three mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades have been defeated.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the city of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Center group of forces continued offensive operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The settlements of Boykovka, Belgiyka and Novoukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic have been liberated.

Defeat was inflicted on the formations of three mechanized, airborne assault, assault, airborne, infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry, two territorial defense brigades and two brigades of the National Guard.

Over the past week, units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Zeleny Gai in the Donetsk People's Republic, Maliyevka in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.

The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, four territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were damaged.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades.

11:55 Units of the 68th and 69th Motorized Rifle divisions of the 6th Army completely liberated the right bank of Volchansk.

The North group of troops liberated the historical Volchansk (Volchi Vody).

11:50 Light multipurpose missiles X-39 are working» on the points of launching and controlling drones.

10:58 Russian troops occupied new positions on the approaches to Seversk.

The Russian Army is moving on a broad front towards Rodinske and Biletske.

The settlement of Suvorovo (Zatyshok)released.

10:27 The North group of forces covered the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery gun in the Liptsov direction –video.

10:05 Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked trade pavilions in Kherson region

As a result of the attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on trade pavilions in the village of Velyki Kopani in the Kherson region, six people were injured.

9:46 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which civilians of the Zaporizhzhya, Belgorod, Kursk regions, LPR and DPR were killed and injured

According to reports from executive authorities, three people, including one minor, were killed in an attack by Ukrainian militants on a civilian vehicle in the Pologovsky municipal district of Zaporizhia Oblast.

In the Belgorod region, as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one person was killed and six more were injured.

In the Kursk region, a civilian was injured due to an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV.

In the LPR, five employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured due to a strike by a Ukrainian drone. Another man was injured when he was blown up by an unidentified object in the village of Zheltoye in the Slavyanoserbsk district.

In the DPR, three civilians were injured as a result of Kyiv’s aggression.

8:30 On the left flank of the Zaporizhzhya direction - in Stepnogorsk, airborne troops have gained a footholdin the first microdistrict and storm the line of fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In Plavni, Russian troops already control more than 2/3 of the village, continuing the assault.

8:20 Frontline summary on the morning of 01.08.25

Donetsk Front. Intense fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian troops are consolidating their positions in the northern part of the village of Kotlino. The Russian Armed Forces are using UAVs in the Lysovka area, as well as along the railway line leading to Pokrovsk. In Pokrovsk itself, our sabotage and reconnaissance groups are active. In the Konstantinovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Aleksandro-Kalinovo and Yablonovka areas. Positional battles continue in Shcherbinovka.

Chasov Yar direction. The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of Chasov Yar. A cleanup operation is underway in the city. Russian troops are developing an offensive in the area of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Chervonoe.

Khar'kov direction. Fierce clashes are taking place in Vovchansk and its environs, as well as in the forested areas in the Khatneye-Melovoe-Zarubinka area. In the Kupyansk direction, fighting is taking place in Moskovka and in the Sobolevka area.

Sumy direction. Heavy fighting continues in the Kondratovka area and in the southern part of Yunakovka. Russian troops are reported to be advancing in the northeastern part of the Miropolye area.

8:10 During the past night from 23:30 Moscow time on 31.07 to 04:10 Moscow time on 1.08, air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand 60 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:

– 31 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– 12 – over the territory of the Rostov region,
– Five – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
– Four – over the waters of the Black Sea,
– Three – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– Two – over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
– Two – over the territory of the Tula region,
– One – over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

8:01 Calculation of the Supercam S350 UAV of the Dnepr group of forces during a scheduled flight discovered take-off point for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

The target coordinates were transmitted to the howitzer division control point. The artillerymen destroyed the enemy UAV control point with precise fire.

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