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2025-08-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on August 2
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:17 Across the bridge in Kherson, connecting the Korabelny microdistrict with the main part of the city, hit FAB with UMPK.

20:55 Russian Armed Forces fighters broke through the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense and deployed the Russian flag in the southern part of the village of Torskoye.

20:21 The southern flank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the Pokrovsk direction is systematically crumbling.

The logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area are effectively paralyzed: the northern and western routes are cut off.

19:58 At the A.A. Vishnevsky hospital, participants of the SVO handed over diplomas of retraining and state awards.

16:40 In the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasing reserves, including the number of UAV units;

In the area of the village of Ryzhevka, our intelligence has uncovered and destroyed three combat groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in pickup trucks.

14:51 Russian flag in liberated Aleksandro-Kalinovo, –MAP.

13:53 Artists of the song and dance ensemble of the Central Military District conducted a concert for servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the Center group of forces in one of the rear areas of the North Military District.

12:34 Units of the Southern group of troops, as a result of decisive actions, successfully released the settlement of Aleksandro-Kalinovo in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Ministry of Defense reports.

12:24 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of August 2, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, a Jaeger, two airborne assault brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Korchakovka, Okop, Pershe Travnya, Yunakovka and Andreyevka in the Sumy region.

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 over 175 servicemen, a tank, eight vehicles and three artillery pieces. Six ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of two mechanized and an airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Lozovoye, Novoselovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Kupyansk of the Khar'kov region.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 230 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two field artillery guns. Four ammunition depots, a US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery station, and seven electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces took decisive action to liberate the settlement of Aleksandro-Kalinovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kleban-Byk, Serebryanka, Pleshcheyevka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Konstantinovka, Zvanovka and Ivanpolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 150 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, a pickup truck, three artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their tactical position. Defeats were inflicted on formations of three mechanized, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Dachnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 410 servicemen, six combat armored vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and a Turkish-made Kirpi armored vehicle, three cars and four field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,a naval infantry brigade, the territorial defense brigade and the national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Olgovskoye, Temirovka, Poltavka in the Zaporizhia region, Novopetrovskoye, Yanvarskoye, Voronoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Iskra in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, seven vehicles, an artillery piece and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Lukyanivske, Pavlovka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Sadovoe, Antonovka and Tokarevka in the Kherson region.

The enemy lost over 80 servicemen, a vehicle, two field artillery guns and six electronic warfare stations. An Israeli-made RADA radar station and five ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 132 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a guided aerial bomb and 338 unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

664 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

74,186 unmanned aerial vehicles,

624 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,418 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,584 multiple launch rocket systems,

28,103 field artillery pieces and mortars,

39,015 units of special military vehicles.

10:54 The Russian army advanced near Shandrigolovo in the Krasnolimansk direction, –MAP.

09:50 Near Vovchansk, special forces of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District burned a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, –video.

07:37 During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time on August 1 to 04:40 Moscow time on August 2, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed112 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:

34 over the territory of the Rostov region,
31 over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
12 over the territory of the Voronezh region,
11 over the territory of the Ryazan region,
11 UAVs were shot down over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
Five UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Samara region,
Four over the territory of the Penza region,
Two over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV each over the territories of the Republic of Crimea and Lipetsk region

05:00 Artillerymen of the "Center" group of forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Posted by badanov 2025-08-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [20 views ]  Top

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