Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of July 5
Photo: The General Staff spoke about the situation at the front (Getty Images)
Over the past day, Russian forces launched 183 combat clashes across the entire frontline. The heaviest activity was recorded in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Northern-Slobozhanskyi directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Details
According to updated information, Russia carried out:
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4 missile strikes
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74 airstrikes (using 117 guided aerial bombs)
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6,312 shellings, including 118 from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS)
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5,250 kamikaze drone attacks
Russian airstrikes targeted the following locations: Seredyna-Buda (Sumy region), Vilkhuvatka (Kharkiv region), Kryvyi Rih and Novopavlivka (Dnipropetrovsk region), Kostiantynivka, Andriivka-Klevtsove (Donetsk region), Kamianske, Veselianka, Prymorske, Mala Tokmachka, Stepnohirsk, Bilohiria (Zaporizhzhia region), and Odradokamianka (Kherson region).
Ukrainian defense forces responded with strikes on:
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10 areas of concentration of Russian troops and equipment
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3 artillery systems
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1 air defense system
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1 UAV command post
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1 ammunition depot
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5 other key enemy targets
Situation by directions
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions: 17 attacks, 13 airstrikes, and 290 shellings, including 9 from MLRS.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi direction – 10 attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Zelene, Kamianka and in the direction of Kutkivka.
Kupiansk direction – 8 attacks near Holubivka, Zahryzove, Zelenyi Hai.
Lyman direction – 27 attacks in the areas of Nadiia, Hrekivka, Karpivka, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Dibrova and Hryhorivka.
Siversk direction – 3 attacks in the areas of Verkhniokamianske and Vyimka.
Toretsk direction – 11 attacks near Romanivka, Rusyn Yar and Yablunivka.
Pokrovsk direction – the hottest direction. 66 attacks were repelled in the areas of Poltavka, Novotoretske, Razine, Myroliubivka, Promin, Novoukrainka, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Kotliarivka and Oleksiivka.
Novopavlivka direction – 17 attacks in the areas of Yalta, Zirka, Zaporizhzhia, Komar, Voskresenka, Shevchenko.
Orikhiv direction – 3 attacks near Kamianske and Novoandriivka.
Prydniprovskyi direction – 3 breakthrough attempts near the Antonivskyi bridge.
Kramatorsk and Hulyaipole directions – no combat clashes.
Volyn and Polissia directions – no enemy activity recorded.
Russian losses in the war
As of today, according to the General Staff, Russia has lost over one million military personnel since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
As reported, over the past day Russian losses amounted to 1,050 personnel.
Ukrainian forces also disabled two tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 56 artillery systems, 306 drones, three missiles, and 149 units of enemy vehicles.