Over the past 24 hours, there were 273 firefights on the front lines
Over the past 24 hours, 273 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines. Ukrainian forces continue to repel the advance of Russian occupation forces, inflicting significant losses on the enemy in terms of personnel, equipment, and military infrastructure.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past day, the Russian army carried out two missile strikes using 75 missiles, as well as 101 airstrikes, during which it dropped 299 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, the occupiers deployed 10,168 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,149 shelling attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, including 46 strikes from multiple-launch rocket systems.
Areas near the settlements of Godunivka, Hirky, and Vilna Sloboda in Sumy Oblast came under enemy airstrikes.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Air Force, missile forces, and artillery successfully struck key enemy military targets.
In particular, Ukrainian defenders struck:
- four areas where Russian troops were concentrated;
- one radar station;
- one artillery system;
- one unmanned aerial vehicle command post;
- one logistics depot.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to inflict significant losses on the occupying forces, destroying key elements of their military infrastructure and halting attempts to advance along various sectors of the front.
Over the past day, six clashes took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors; the aggressor carried out three airstrikes using four guided bombs and fired on the positions of our troops and populated areas 61 times, including four attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Ukrainian units repelled 22 enemy attacks. The invaders attempted to advance near Izbytske and Starytsia, as well as in the direction of Volokhivka, Staryi Khutir, Hranova, Kudiivka, Symynivka, and Khatne.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy launched two attacks toward Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector, attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses were repelled. The occupiers launched seven attacks in the areas around the settlements of Dibrova and Lyman, as well as in the direction of Novoselivka.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy carried out thirty assault operations, attempting to advance in the areas around the settlements of Riznykivka, Zakytne, and Kryva Luka, as well as in the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy did not carry out any assaults over the past day.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out seventeen attacks in the areas around the settlements of Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Ivanopillia, Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, and in the direction of Raiske.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the highest number of assaults was recorded, where defenders repelled 39 attacks. The enemy was active near Novooleksandrivka, Bilytske, and Rodynske, as well as in the directions of Myrne, Toretsk, Shevchenko, Filiya, Kucherovyi Yar, Vilne, Dorozhne, Svitle, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, and Udachne.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the invaders carried out two attacks toward the settlements of Ternove and Yegorivka.
On the Huliaipole sector, the occupiers attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 32 times near Rybne, Dobropillia, Novoselivka, and Huliaipole, as well as in the direction of Rizdvyanka, Kopaniv, Shyroke, Tsvitkove, and Charivne.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated 1,250 Russian occupiers. Updated data on enemy losses was released on July 3 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the night of July 1, Russian troops launched a massive attack with strike drones on the Dnipropetrovsk region.
As a reminder, on the evening of June 30, Russian troops attacked an electric locomotive in the Dnipropetrovsk region with a drone. There were no casualties, as the locomotive crew was warned of the danger in time, and the workers managed to take cover.
Ukrainian drones struck eight of the ten largest Russian oil refineries by processing volume, with some facilities being hit multiple times.
