40 combat engagements between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place on 4 July – General Staff report

A total of 40 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s defence forces and Russian occupation forces on four key fronts over the course of 4 July.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 5 July

Quote: "Over the course of the past day, enemy forces carried out a missile strike on the city of Pervomaiskyi and the village of Bilyi Kolodiaz in Kharkiv Oblast. They also conducted 47 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) in 59 further attacks on positions of [Ukrainian] troops and on civilian settlements. Russia’s terrorist attacks left several civilians injured, and damaged residential buildings, outbuildings, and administrative facilities, as well as privately owned vehicles.

There is a high ongoing threat of missile and airstrikes across Ukraine.

[Russia] is focusing its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts, where fierce battles are being fought. A total of 40 combat engagements occurred [between Russian and Ukrainian forces on these fronts over the course of the day]."

Details: The operational situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts remains much the same as before.

Russia continues to maintain its forces on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, with Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups active in the areas near the Ukrainian border. Russian forces deployed mortars and artillery to fire on more than 15 civilian settlements, including Hirsk, Karpovychi, Mykhalchyna Sloboda, Chaikyne (Chernihiv  Oblast); Seredyna-Buda, Vovkivka, Myropillia, Riasne (Sumy Oblast); and Odnorobivka, Udy, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, Zemlianky (Kharkiv Oblast).

On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces attempted to advance to the south of Novoselivske (Luhansk Oblast), but Ukraine’s forces held the line and repelled all Russian assaults. Russian forces also deployed mortars and artillery to fire on Odradne, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupiansk, Masiutivka and Kyslivka (Kharkiv Oblast) came under Russian fire.

On the Lyman front, Russian forces, with the support of aircraft, attempted to push Ukrainian forces out from the positions they captured to the west of Novovodiane and to the south of Dibrova (both in Luhansk Oblast). They were unsuccessful. More than 10 civilian settlements came under Russian fire, including Nevske and Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Verkhnokamianske, Berestove, Vesele and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Bakhmut front, Ukraine’s forces successfully repelled Russian assaults in the vicinity of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bohdanivka (Donetsk Oblast). Ukrainian forces also continued to conduct offensive operations to the south and the north of Bakhmut, and are consolidating the positions they have captured. More than 15 civilian settlements came under Russian fire, including Vasiukivka, Markove, Bohdanivka, Khromove, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne and Pivnichne (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Avdiivka front, Ukraine’s defence forces continued to hold back the Russian offensive in the vicinity of Avdiivka (Donetsk Oblast). Russian forces shelled over 10 civilian settlements, including Ocheretyne, Berdychi, Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenke and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast).

Despite Russian airstrikes and shelling on the Marinka front, Ukraine’s defence forces repelled all Russian assaults in the vicinity of the city of Marinka. The Russians shelled more than 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Hostre, Marinka and Pobieda (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian forces conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Vuhledar (Donetsk Oblast) and shelled Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Makarivka and Zelene Pole (Donetsk Oblast), among other civilian settlements.

Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts are focusing their efforts on preventing the advance of Ukrainian forces. They carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Rivnopillia (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) and shelled over 30 civilian settlements, including Levadne, Olhivske, Malynivka, Huliaipole, Bilohiria (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) and Zmiivka, Lvove, Tokarivka, Antonivka, Veletenske, Stanislav and Kherson (Kherson Oblast). Meanwhile, Ukraine’s defence forces continued to conduct an offensive on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts and are consolidating their recently captured positions, deploying artillery to strike Russian military targets, and engaging in counter-battery fire.

Over the course of the day, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 13 airstrikes on areas where Russian military personnel were concentrated, 3 on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, and 1 on a Russian command post. Ukraine’s defence forces also downed 5 Russian operational-tactical reconnaissance drones.

Units of Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck 1 cluster of Russian military personnel and equipment, 4 ammunition storage points, 18 field artillery units, 3 anti-aircraft systems and 2 electronic warfare systems.

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