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Units from the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the defence forces, have attacked the Borisoglebsk air base in Russia's Voronezh Oblast on 5 July, where Su‑34, Su‑35S and Su‑30SM aircraft are based.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Special Operations Forces

Details: The General Staff reported that a depot of guided aerial bombs, a military training aircraft and, probably, other aircraft had been hit.

Information on the consequences of the strike is being confirmed.

Quote: "The defence forces continue to take all necessary measures to undermine the potential of the Russian occupiers to strike civilian infrastructure and compel Russia to end its armed aggression against Ukraine."

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Russia has lost 1,050 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day alone, bringing its total number of personnel losses to 1,025,260.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook

Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 5 July 2025 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.]:

approximately 1,025,260 (+1,050) military personnel;10,990 (+2) tanks;22,953 (+7) armoured combat vehicles;29,921 (+56) artillery systems;1,428 (+0) multiple-launch rocket systems;1,191 (+0) air defence systems;420 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft;340 (+0) helicopters;43,609 (+306) operational-tactical UAVs;3,439 (+3) cruise missiles;28 (+0) ships/boats;1 (+0) submarine;54,148 (+149) vehicles and fuel tankers;3,925 (+0) special vehicles and other equipment.

The information is being confirmed.

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Russian forces conducted a series of strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 4-5 July, using kamikaze drones and artillery. Four people have been injured and civilian infrastructure damaged in the attacks.

Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Details: Lysak said air defence forces had downed five Russian drones over the oblast.

Despite this, two women and a man have been injured in the Dniprovskyi district due to falling debris. In addition, five dachas were destroyed. [A dacha is a seasonal secondary residence, usually with a little plot of land, where people grow vegetables, fruit trees and berries or keep a garden - ed.]

Quote: "The Nikopol district suffered from drone and artillery attacks. The aggressor attacked the district centre [the city of Nikopol] as well as Myrove, Marhanets and Pokrovske hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A 43-year-old man has been injured. He is receiving outpatient treatment. Infrastructure, agricultural business premises, a house, an outbuilding, a hair salon and a car were damaged."

Details: Russian forces also attacked the Synelnykove district, including the Mezhova and Slovianka hromadas. Drones were used in this attack. A wheat field caught fire and a car was damaged.

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Russian troops have been attacking the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast throughout the day, mainly using FPV drones and artillery, resulting in the injury of a 39-year-old woman.

Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Details: Explosions were heard in the Nikopol, Pokrovsk and Marhanets hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Quote: "A 39-year-old woman was injured as a result of the attacks. She will be recuperating at home."

Details: Multi-storey buildings, houses, farm buildings, an abandoned building and solar panels were damaged.

Background: On the morning of 2 July, four people were injured as a result of a Russian FPV drone strike on the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Russia has lost 1,180 soldiers killed and wounded, an aircraft and 39 artillery systems over the past day.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook

Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 6 July 2025 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.]:

approximately 1,026,440 (+1,180) military personnel;10,992 (+2) tanks;22,956 (+3) armoured combat vehicles;29,960 (+39) artillery systems;1,430 (+2) multiple-launch rocket systems;1,192 (+1) air defence systems;421 (+1) fixed-wing aircraft;340 (+0) helicopters;43,825 (+216) operational-tactical UAVs;3,439 (+0) cruise missiles;28 (+0) ships/boats;1 (+0) submarine;54,252 (+104) vehicles and fuel tankers;3,925 (+0) special vehicles and other equipment.

The information is being confirmed.

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Partisans of the ATESH movement have said that they staged a sabotage by disabling a relay cabinet near Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast. [ATESH is a military partisan movement operating in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in Russia, created by Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in September 2022 following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine – ed.]

Source: ATESH on Telegram

Details: The partisans noted that their sabotage near Debaltseve disrupted logistics and delayed the supply of occupation troops on the Donetsk front.

Quote from ATESH: "This section of the road is important for providing troops on the priority front for the Russian occupiers.

It is not by chance that we chose this particular point for the strike, trains carrying fuel, ammunition and equipment regularly pass here.

Delays in supplies directly affect the reduction of the combat capability of the occupation army".

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Four members of the Bundestag from the Green Party have appealed to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to increase funding for aid to Ukraine.

Source: European Pravda, citing Bild

Details: MPs Robin Wagener, Sara Nanni, Sebastian Schäfer and Anton Hofreiter are calling on the German chancellor to "adjust the relevant budget items to support Ukraine and increase them for the next fiscal year".

In view of the latest Russian attacks, Green politicians are also demanding greater German assistance in the field of air defence, without which "Russian dictatorship over Ukraine will become more likely".

Quote from the MPs’ appeal: "The situation is critical. While Putin openly confirms that he will not negotiate and is fully committed to his military goals, while Putin terrorises the civilian population with increasingly large-scale air strikes, the US government refuses to provide the aid it has already promised."

Details: In the letter, the Green Party MPs also reminded Merz that it was thanks to their votes in the previous Bundestag that steps were taken to significantly increase defence spending.

The publication writes that in this way, the MPs gave the chancellor "room for manoeuvre to support Ukraine", which "has not yet been exhausted".

Background:

Under the previous government led by Olaf Scholz, Germany approved an additional €3 billion in military aid for Ukraine in 2025 and a further €8.3 billion for the years 2026-2029.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in June that Germany would provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth €1.9 billion.

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Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has published photos of firefighters dealing with the aftermath of a Russian attack on the night of 5-6 July in the Vyshhorod district of Kyiv Oblast.

Source: State Emergency Service

Quote from the State Emergency Service: "Another enemy attack caused destruction and fires in the industrial and residential areas of the Vyshhorod hromada." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town along with their adjacent territories – ed.]

Aftermath of the attackPhoto: Ukraine’s State Emergency ServiceAftermath of the attackPhoto: Ukraine’s State Emergency ServiceAftermath of the attack**Photo: Ukraine’s State Emergency ServiceAftermath of the attack**Photo: Ukraine’s State Emergency ServiceAftermath of the attack**Photo: Ukraine’s State Emergency Service

Background: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration reported that three people had been injured in Kyiv Oblast in the Russian drone attack, and that two high-rise buildings and houses had been damaged and four garages and a car destroyed.

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Three people have been injured in Kyiv Oblast as a result of a Russian drone attack. Two apartment buildings and several houses have been damaged, while four garages and a car have been destroyed.

Source: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: Three people were injured in the Vyshhorod district as a result of the Russian drone strike.

A 35-year-old man sustained shrapnel wounds to his back, arms and legs. A 79-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man suffered an acute stress reaction.

In addition, two apartment buildings were damaged. Four garages and a car were destroyed by fire. Another three cars were damaged.

*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Houses and outbuildings also sustained damage.

An 87-year-old woman was rescued from under the rubble in one of the houses.

*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

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Russian forces attacked three districts of Kharkiv with Geran-2 drones on the night of 5-6 July, with six strikes recorded, the prosecutor’s office reports.

Source: a statement by Dmytro Yatsychenko, a senior official at Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

Quote: "At night, Russian troops launched an attack on Kharkiv. Early reports indicate there were six strikes by Geran-type UAVs."

Details: Yatsychenko reported that the Kyivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Novobavarskyi districts of the city came under attack.

Quote: "The strikes occurred in densely built-up urban areas."

Details: Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office also published video footage showing the aftermath of the strikes on the Shevchenkivskyi and Novobavarskyi districts.

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Damage and fires have been reported and a woman has been injured in a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district.

Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration on Telegram

Details: Fedorov noted that the Russians had attacked Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district with Shahed drones.

Quote from Fedorov "A private business, a farm and storage facilities have been damaged. Several fires have occurred. Emergency services are working everywhere.

Early reports indicate that there are no casualties."

Details: At dawn, Fedorov posted a photo of the aftermath of Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia and the district.

Update: In the morning, Fedorov confirmed that the Russians had attacked Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district with six Shahed drones, injuring a woman.

Quote: "One of the strikes hit the village of Yurkivka. A house was damaged there.

An elderly woman was injured. She was provided with all the necessary medical treatment".

*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

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Explosions were heard in Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts amid the threat of Russian drones and ballistic missiles on the night of 5-6 July.

Source: Mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych; Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration; Suspilne Mykolaiv, a Mykolaiv-related branch of the Ukrainian public broadcaster; Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote from Sienkevych: "Explosions heard in Mykolaiv. The drone threat remains!"

Update: Fedorov said that explosions had also been heard in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

In addition, Suspilne reported multiple explosions in Mykolaiv.

Fedorov later added that air defence systems were responding in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and confirmed further explosions.

Early reports from Kim indicate that there were no casualties in Mykolaiv.

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The Security and Information Service of Czechia (BIS) will investigate Czech companies that may have exported equipment to Russia for weapons manufacturing.

Source: iRozhlas citing BIS spokesperson Ladislav Šticha, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The Czech news outlet reports that BIS will launch an investigation into companies named by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy has stated that eight Czech companies may be supplying Russia with machine tools intended for weapons production.

"As soon as we receive the list, we will investigate these companies and shops," Šticha said.

He noted that hundreds of companies are attempting to export goods to Russia.

"We have not yet received the official list of potential domestic exporters, so it is difficult to comment on which companies and goods are involved," Šticha said in response to a question about whether BIS already knows which companies Zelenskyy was referring to.

He added that a significant share of goods now subject to embargoes had been exported before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, when sanctions were not yet in place.

"However, almost certainly, this would not have been direct export from Czechia to Russia, as this is impossible without a licence and such goods could not have crossed the border legally," he explained.

Šticha highlighted that the goods in question may have been supplied before 2022 or re-exported through third countries.

He also noted that many companies apply for export licences to so-called safe countries, including EU states. While they are required to ensure that the buyer is the end-user, goods are sometimes resold and re-exported to Russia through intermediaries. "Companies often claim they were unaware of the resale, and it is very difficult to prove otherwise," Šticha said.

The spokesperson also pointed to a lack of funding and personnel to combat the export of embargoed goods.

"This area requires more and more financial and human resources. Right now, there are neither. Only a few dozen state experts are dealing with hundreds of companies trying to export goods to Russia," he concluded.

Background:

In early 2025, a scheme to supply sanctioned equipment to Russia was uncovered in Lithuania. Similar violations have been reported involving a German company.In late June, Finnish customs announced an investigation into suspected shipments of sanctioned goods to Russia between 2022 and 2023 involving a company from Finland's east.

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The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv on 4 July has risen to 32.

Source: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration

Details: A 40-year-old woman sought medical help.

Quote: "The number of people injured in yesterday’s attack has risen to 32. A 40-year-old woman went to hospital, where she received all the necessary medical treatment."

Background: On 4 July, Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine. In Kyiv, the strike killed two people and left more than 30 others injured.

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A 57-year-old man was killed in Kherson as a result of a Russian attack on Friday 4 July.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: Kherson Oblast Military Administration reports that a 57-year-old man was killed by explosives dropped from a Russian drone.

Quote: "We have discovered that another resident of Kherson was killed in yesterday's Russian attack. A 57-year-old man was killed as a result of explosives dropped from a drone."

Background: On the morning of 5 July, Russian forces attacked Kherson, injuring a 24-year-old woman.

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The Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Mykolaiv’s port infrastructure on the night of 5-6 July.

Source: Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Vitalii Kim on Telegram

Details: Kim noted that the Russians launched a massive attack on Mykolaiv with drones of the Shahed-131/136 type.

Quote from Kim: "The port infrastructure was under attack. As a result of the attack, warehouses and power grids were damaged. No casualties."

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Ukraine has brought back from Russian captivity a soldier of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Oleksandr Harnaha, also known as Robocop, who was convicted in the Russian Federation under the article on terrorism. The soldier spent 506 days in Russian captivity.

Source: Oleksandr’s girlfriend Yuliia Kobrynovych, as reported by hromadske

Details: Kobrynovych notes that Oleksandr is now safe, but she cannot tell where exactly. The other day, he was supposed to be transported from Yeniseysk to Krasnoyarsk, but it turned out that the man was included in the lists for the exchange of prisoners of war.

Yuliia says that mentions of her boyfriend’s court case, as well as many other Ukrainian servicemen, have disappeared from the website of the Russian court.

Oleksandr Harnaha is a lawyer by profession, who signed a contract with the Armed Forces even before the start of the full-scale war. In February 2022, he was transferred to a combat position. The defender was subsequently injured and faced prolonged treatment.

In the end, Robocop returned to the army, where he was transferred to the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade to the position of company commander. However, shortly after that he was captured by the Russians near Avdiivka.

Oleksandr’s relatives later learned that after an interrogation during the so-called investigation period, Oleksandr was held in a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov-on-Don. The Ukrainian was falsely convicted under the article on terrorism and sentenced to 18 years of penal colony.

To serve his sentence, the soldier was taken to the most brutal torture chamber of the Russian Federation, where most of the Azovites are held – SIZO No. 2 in Taganrog.

Background:

On 4 July, Kyiv and Moscow carried out another stage of the exchange of prisoners of war that had been agreed upon at a Russo-Ukrainian meeting of representatives in Istanbul. Civilians, severely injured and seriously ill defenders, and defenders under the age of 25 were brought back as part of the exchange.Among the liberated POWs are defenders of Mariupol whom the Russian Federation had held prisoner since 2022. The youngest soldier released in the exchange is 20 years old.

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The number of people injured in a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on the city of Kyiv on the night of 3-4 July has risen to 23.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from Klitschko: "As of now, 23 people are known to have been injured in the enemy attack on the capital. Fourteen of them have been hospitalised. The others have received treatment at the scene or on an outpatient basis."

Affected high-rise building**Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: The State Emergency Service wrote that a 10-year-old girl is among those injured.

Firefighter**Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The Russians attacked civilians and civilian infrastructure, damaging residential buildings as well as educational, medical and transport facilities.

Rescue worker reaching an apartment**Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The State Emergency Service and police officers continue working at the scenes.

Firefighter**Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Klitschko said five ambulances had been damaged during the attack while responding to calls from affected Kyiv residents.

Damaged ambulance**Photo: Klitschko on Telegram

Quote from Klitschko: "According to the information currently available, none of the medical workers were injured."

Background:

On the night of 3-4 July, Russian forces launched a large-scale strike on Kyiv with attack UAVs and ballistic missiles. Fires and damage to residential buildings have been reported in six of the city’s districts. Early reports indicate that 19 people have been injured.Railway infrastructure was damaged in the nighttime Russian attack on Kyiv. Passenger train traffic has been partially restricted, with some services delayed by up to two hours.Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with 550 drones and missiles since 18:00 on 3 July. Ukrainian air defence units successfully downed 478 aerial assets, but eight hits were recorded and debris fell in 33 locations. The city of Kyiv was the main target.

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Russia has lost 1,120 soldiers killed and wounded as well as more than 380 weapons and pieces of military equipment over the past day.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook

Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 4 July 2025 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.]:

approximately 1,024,210 (+1,120) military personnel;10,988 (+2) tanks;22,946 (+10) armoured combat vehicles;29,865 (+50) artillery systems;1,428 (+1) multiple-launch rocket systems;1,191 (+0) air defence systems;420 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft;340 (+0) helicopters;43,303 (+205) operational-tactical UAVs;3,436 (+0) cruise missiles;28 (+0) ships/boats;1 (+0) submarine;53,999 (+112) vehicles and fuel tankers;3,925 (+3) special vehicles and other equipment.

The information is being confirmed.

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Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, commenting on Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine, called for stopping Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and providing Ukraine with the necessary means of defence.

Source: European Pravda; Joe Wilson on X (Twitter)

Details: Joe Wilson says Putin is resorting to scorched soil tactics in Ukrainian cities.

"As Americans begin to enjoy the sounds of fireworks in celebration of our Nation’s Independence, war criminal Putin, who is losing his pathetic war, resorts to scorched earth tactics across Ukrainian cities that predate Moscow’s existence," Wilson said.

The Republican congressman expressed hope that Donald Trump's administration would send additional air defence equipment and approved weapons to "help stop this absolute depravity, as allies have and must continue doing at a rapid pace".

"Armed with cheap Iranian and North Korean weapons, Putin delights in fire bombing sleeping families and will continue his imperialist perversions until he is stopped," Wilson said.

Anothеr Republican Congressman, Don Bacon, commenting on Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine, called for stopping Putin and providing Ukraine with the necessary means for defence.

Mr President, your policy towards Russia is not working. While we negotiate, Putin bombs Ukrainian cities. Here is Kyiv today. It is time to change strategy. We and our allies must arm Ukraine to the teeth & we need the toughest sanctions. Putin is mocking you and America. pic.twitter.com/Jc7ShlrWIN

— Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ (@RepDonBacon) July 4, 2025

Background:

From 18:00 on 3 July, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with a record 550 aerial assets. Of them, 478 targets were destroyed, but there were strikes in eight locations and debris fell in 33 locations. Kyiv was the main target of the attack.On the evening of 3 July, Trump spoke with the Kremlin leader. Following the conversation, the US president said that he had not made any progress on the ceasefire in Ukraine.

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The Russians launched 322 UAVs against Ukraine on the night of 4-5 July, of which 292 were shot down.

Source: Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram

Details: According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the main direction of the attack was the city of Starokostiantyniv in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

It is noted that 157 UAVs were shot down and another 135 disappeared from radar.

The impact of the Russian means of aerial attack in four locations and the fall of debris in six locations were recorded.

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Russian troops launched a large-scale drone attack on the city of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast on the evening of 5 July, injuring 11 people, including two children.

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs; Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: Among those who were injured are a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl.

As of Saturday morning, firefighters are extinguishing a large-scale fire at one of the city's facilities.

At another location, the drone struck a post office and a non-operational building. A fire broke out. Houses and cars were damaged.

In total, one person was killed and 15 were injured in the oblast on 4 July, including two children.

Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration reported that a 55-year-old woman was killed in Kupiansk, and a 61-year-old and 70-year-old woman, as well as a 56-year-old and 57-year-old man, were injured.

Background: Russian troops struck the city of Chuhuiv with an attack drone.

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A total of 15 people were injured and two more were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts on 4 July alone.

Source: Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: On 4 July, Russians killed two residents of Donetsk Oblast: in Kostiantynivka and Torske.

Four more people were injured in the oblast during the day – two in Pokrovsk and two in Kramatorsk.

Meanwhile, 11 people were injured in Kherson Oblast as a result of Russian aggression.

It is known that the Russian military fired on residential areas of the oblast’s settlements, damaging two high-rise buildings and 26 houses. The Russians also destroyed a gas pipeline, a petrol station, a garage and cars.

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Russian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone on a street in the city of Kherson on the evening of 4 July, injuring an 84-year-old woman and two children.

Source: Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram

Quote: "The data obtained during the investigation indicates that Russian troops dropped an explosive device from a UAV on one of the streets of Kherson at around 17:00 on 4 July 2025."

Details: The explosion is reported to have injured an 84-year-old woman, a 17-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has expressed hope that the United States will show "flexibility" regarding arms supplies to Ukraine so that Kyiv has the necessary resources for self-defence.

Source: Bloomberg

Quote from Rutte: "The US has to make sure that the stockpiles are at the level we need for the US to have, because they are crucial for our collective defence. At the same time, of course, we hope for the flexibility, we have to make sure also that Ukraine can move forward."

Details: Rutte stated that he understands the US administration's desire to prioritise its own interests, but he also calls for continued military support for Ukraine.

Given Russia's clear unwillingness to work towards a ceasefire, allies must be sure that Ukraine "has what it needs to stay in the fight".

Background:

On 1 July, the White House confirmed that the Pentagon had paused the delivery of certain air defence missiles and other precision-guided munitions to Ukraine because of concerns over dwindling US weapons stockpiles.Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said it had not received any official notification regarding a suspension or revision of the delivery schedule for US military aid and has requested a phone call with its US counterparts.The US State Department has denied any involvement in decisions regarding the supply of military assistance to Ukraine.On Friday 4 July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump, seeking to convince the American leader to resume supplies and sell more weapons to Ukraine.

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