War update: 185 clashes recorded along the front in past day, 58 in Pokrovsk sector

This information was shared by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational update posted to Facebook at 08:00 on Thursday, July 3, according to Ukrinform.

"Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile strikes targeting Ukrainian positions and civilian settlements, deploying seven missiles in total. Additionally, 62 air strikes were carried out, involving 93 guided aerial bombs. Russian forces also conducted 5,520 shelling attacks—including 84 from multiple launch rocket systems—and deployed 3,194 kamikaze drones,” the report said.

Air strikes were recorded in several areas, including Poltavka and Maiak in the Donetsk region, and Kozatske in the Kherson region.

In response, Ukrainian aviation, missile, and artillery units targeted eight concentrations of enemy personnel, weapons, and equipment, and successfully struck two enemy artillery systems.

In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainain defenders repelled 13 Russian attacks. The enemy launched nine airstrikes, deploying a total of 19 guided aerial bombs. Additionally, Russian forces fired 360 artillery rounds, including 19 from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attempted to breach Ukrainian defensive lines 25 times in the areas of Hlyboke, Zelene, Vovchansk, Milove, Ambarne, as well as in the directions of Mytrofanivka and Mala Shapkivka.

In the Lyman sector, Russian forces carried out 18 attacks, seeking to penetrate Ukrainian defenses near the settlements of Ridkodub, Torske, Hrekivka, Hryhorivka, Zelena Dolyna, Yampolivka, Karpivka, Kolodiazi, and toward Cherneshchyna, Shandryholove, Seredne, and Novyi Myr.

In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian forces successfully repelled three enemy attacks toward Fedorivka and Vyimka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops launched five assaults targeting Bondarne, Markove, and the area surrounding Chasiv Yar.

In the Toretsk sector, the enemy carried out 11 attacks near Toretsk, Dyliivka, Shcherbynivka, Petrivka, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Pleshchiivka.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders thwarted 58 enemy attacks across a broad front—including the areas of Popov Yar, Poltavka, Myrne, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Udachne, Kotlyne, Novomykolaivka, Novoserhiivka, Dachne, Oleksiivka, Horikhove—and in the directions of Volodymyrivka, Novopavlivka, Razine, and Molodetske.

In the Novopavlivka sector, Russian forces launched 19 attacks yesterday in the vicinity of Zaporizhzhia, Yalta, Myrne, Piddubne, and Shevchenko.

In the Huliaipole sector, no offensive actions by Russian forces were recorded.

In the Orikhiv sector, occupying troops launched a single assault on Ukrainian positions near Kamianske.

In the Prydniprovskyi sector, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled two enemy attacks.

Meanwhile, in the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no indications of enemy offensive formations were observed.

As earlier reported by Ukrinform, Russia’s total combat losses since the start of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, have reached approximately 1,023,090 personnel—including 1,000 in the past day alone.

Photo credit: AFU General Staff