Nearly 260 combat clashes on battlefield: hardest on Pokrovsk and Sloviansk fronts

Battlefield sees 273 clashes over past day, 39 of them on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff

A total of 273 combat clashes were recorded along the line of contact on 2 July. Russian forces launched their highest number of attacks on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 39 assaults. Another 32 attacks were stopped on the Huliaipole front and 30 on the Sloviansk front.

War Update: 295 Combat Clashes on Frontline Over Past Day

On July 4, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 295 combat clashes along the frontline. Russian forces launched intense bombardments, deploying over 8,700 kamikaze drones and 252 guided aerial bombs. The heaviest ground assaults occurred in the Huliaipole (38 attacks), Pokrovsk (31 attacks), and Sloviansk (25 attacks) directions. Ukrainian aviation and artillery responded by striking multiple Russian command posts and troop concentrations.

Putin, 73, Humiliated in Colossal Attack on Moscow

Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/ReutersVladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he expected to end in a swift victory, has suffered one of its biggest setbacks in four years after Kyiv launched its largest drone attack yet across a dozen Russian regions.On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 660 Ukrainian drones overnight. The attacks prompted authorities in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula controlled by Russia, to declare a state of emergency.The barrage is the latest in a series of long-range Ukrainian strikes this month that have pushed the war deeper into Russian territory, raising the stakes for Moscow and bringing the conflict home to civilians far from the front lines.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Analysis: Russia breaks into Kostiantynivka, opening battle for Donbas fortress belt

Amid a wave of positive headlines about Russian refineries in flames and logistics crippled, the battle for the legendary fortress belt of Ukraine's Donbas region has begun in earnest, with Russian forces breaking into the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast and steadily overrunning the urban

Heated training-ground clash at crisis-hit IFK Göteborg: Baxter shouts at Jagne

Heated training-ground clash at crisis-hit IFK Göteborg: Baxter shouts at Jagne

Clashes renew on Yemen’s western coast, forcing Saudi-backed factions to withdraw

HODEIDA, July 06 (YPA) – Clashes and confrontations renewed on Monday between Sanaa forces and Saudi-backed factions on the Hays front along the Western Coast in Hodeida governorate. This followed an attempt by the latter to reclaim positions lost during Sunday’s clashes, which ultimately forced them to withdraw toward the southern part of the Western []

Ukraine rewrote the Patriot playbook—but it’s still running out of missiles

Single-shot intercepts. 30,000 decoys. Ukrainian crews training Gulf forces. Ukraine has become an air-defense innovator—and it is still losing the race against Russia's missiles.

Ukraine's drone campaign turning Russia's oil system into new frontline

The escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has taken a highly destructive turn along the frontlines and border zones, shifting the focus of tactical strikes heavily onto retail energy networks. In recent months, Russian forces have initiated a systematic campaign targeting civilian petrol stations within a 30 to 50-kilometer radius of the Ukrainian border. Utilizing a combination of kamikaze drones, heavy artillery, and precision guided missiles, these strikes have left hundreds of local distribution points in ruins across regions like Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv.

Intense battles along Russo-German front

June 26, 1941 – Fierce fighting persists across the 1,500-mile Eastern Front, with heavy aerial bombardments reported over Baltic and Black Sea ports. While German forces claim significant advancements, Soviet officials dismiss these reports as exaggerated and maintain that their troops are offering stiff resistance. The post Intense battles along Russo-German front appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

Russia tests strength of NATO alliance using shadow fleet of drones

Escalation of drone warfare in the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be top of the agenda when NATO allies meet in Turkey next week. Russia is testing the strength and responsiveness of the alliance after launching a shadow fleet of drones over treaty nations. Russia appears to have launched drones at European military bases and airports to test the reaction time of NATO allies and their air defences, according to a new report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Over 140 suspected drones were recorded near sensitive sites in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, and Denmark between 2024 and 2026.

[Video] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Aerospace Forces hit UAV command posts of the 1st Separate Special Op [...]

— Russian Aerospace Forces hit UAV command posts of the 1st Separate Special Operations Brigade (Ukrainian National Guard) near Kucherov Yar, Donetsk — five FAB-500 aerial bombs deployed in the strike.@IntelSlava

A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’

Russian forces hit Kyiv again overnight into July 8, even as Ukraine’s military launched a fresh wave of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones struck so-called shadow fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov, an industrial zone in Nizhnekamsk that’s home to two oil refineries, refineries in Saratov and Ufa, and a military airfield in Borisoglebsk, in the Voronezh region. One person was killed and at least eight were wounded. Meduza has put together footage of the night’s strikes on Russian cities.

Day 1,588 of WW3. Analysts report Best Korean troops fighting at Kursk suffered 70% casualties. Objective reality denies russia's claim of capturing Kupyansk, and new orc recruits last 20-35 minutes in combat. This is your Tuesday Ukraine War thread [News]

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Watch: 9-storey Kyiv apartment building partially collapses after Russian attack; residents trapped

Kyiv endured a devastating overnight missile and drone assault, with a residential building partially collapsing and multiple fires erupting. This follows Ukraine's own long-range strikes on Russian targets. The escalating conflict sees both sides intensifying attacks, as casualty figures in the war reportedly surpass two million. Russia, meanwhile, reiterates warnings against continued US military aid to Ukraine.

NATO Actively Using Offensive Scenarios During Drills Near Russia - Russian Diplomat

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The scale of NATO exercises near the borders of Russia is growing, and offensive scenarios are being used more and more actively, Vladislav Maslennikov, the chief of the Department of European Issues at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik.

‘Massive’ Russian missile and drone barrage pounds Ukraine capital

Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kyiv early Thursday, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack”. Russia has routinely launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, during its more than four-year invasion, which has become Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. The attack came after Ukraine’s air force warned that ballistic missiles were headed towards the...

Russia Targets Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Major Offensive

Russia is slowly advancing into Kostiantynivka, a strategic city in Ukraine, while its progress along the broader 1,200-km front has mostly stalled. Fighting has started in the city, with Russian soldiers trying to infiltrate its outskirts, indicating that close-quarters combat may soon occur. Kostiantynivka is vital as it forms part of Ukraine’s defensive line in [] The post Russia Targets Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Major Offensive appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Russia tries to jam Musk’s Starlink systems to counter Ukrainian drones

Kyiv's development of drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometers behind front lines, and are often flown via Starlink, has transformed the war in Ukraine.

Russia playing war games against UK goading warships until F-35s get involved

Russia playing war games against UK goading warships until F-35s get involved

Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Command Centers with Airstrikes

Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Command Centers with Airstrikes

Ukrainian troop rotation runs gauntlet of drones in Donetsk

Ukrainian National Guard troops rotating into frontline positions near the eastern city of Dobropillia navigated skies filled with drones as they moved to relieve exhausted comrades in the Donetsk region. #ukraine #russia #war #drone #donetsk

The current situation along the line of contact, as described by the President of RussiaLet us [...]

The current situation along the line of contact, as described by the President of RussiaLet us start in the north, meaning the North group of forces. You will recall that the goal for the Russian troops in the Sumy and Volchansk sectors is creating a security zone along our borders. This goal was set after the Armed Forces of Ukraine invaded the Kursk Region and due to the attacks on our border regions that persist to this day. The Ukraine regime will pay for its crimes in the Kursk Region by losing the territory that we need to secure our borders. By the way, the city of Sumy, which is a small regional centre with just over 30 thousand buildings in total, is just 10.5 kilometres away from our current positions.

Second Russian attack on Kyiv in less than a week kills 11, wrecks apartments

By Valentyn Ogirenko and Vladyslav SmilianetsKYIV, July 6 (Reuters) - Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least 11 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks, officials said, in an attack just a few days after the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital this year.The bombardment also comes ahead of a NATO summit in Turkey this week, where U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a renewed push to end the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.