Wednesday, July 3, 2024

158 combat engagements were registered over the last day

"158 combat engagements were registered over the last day. The Russian army significantly intensified its activity in the Toretsk sector. In the Pokrovske sector, it concentrated its main efforts in the area of Novooleksandrivka.
The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Mali Prokhody, Lyptsi, Vesele, Neskuchne, Tyhye, Vovchanski Khutory, Staritsa, Sotnytsia Kozachok, Synkivka in Kharkiv region; Rayhorodok, Spirne, New York, Velyka Novosilka, Katerynivka and Odradne in Donetsk region; Marfopil in Zaporizhzhia; Ingulets, Mykolaivka and Tokarivka in Kherson region.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued offensive (assault) actions with the support of aviation, with a total of eight combat engagements in the areas of Vovchansk and Hlyboke.
In the Kupyansk sector, the number of combat engagements amounted to 13 over the day. Defense forces repelled enemy attacks near Synkivka in Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk region. The enemy made the main efforts in the vicinity of Synkivka, where about 80 percent of all the confrontations in the sector took place.
In the Lyman sector,
Ukrainian troops prevented 18 militant attacks near Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske in Luhansk region and Terny in Donetsk region.
In the Siversky sector,
Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled five attacks in the areas of Ivan-Daryivka, Spirne and Vyymka in Donetsk region.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 14 enemy attempts to break through the defense in the areas of Klishchiyivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske and Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk sector, the aggressor significantly intensified its activities, launching 32 attacks, in particular in the areas of Toretsk, Pivnichne, Pivdenne, Zalizne and Nyzhnyk in Donetsk region.
In the Pokrovske sector,
Ukrainian defenders repelled 51 attacks near the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Yevhenivka, Novoselivka Persha, Lozuvatske, Yasnobrodivka, Makarivka, Kalynove, Panteleimonivka and Umanske in the Donetsk region. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the area of Novooleksandrivka, conducting more than half of its attacks there.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the area of Heorhiivka, Krasnohorivka and Paraskoviivka, where the enemy tried to break through the
Ukrainian troops' defense 10 times.
In the Vremivsk sector, the enemy made three assaults on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Vodiane and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Orikhiv sector, there was one firefight near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia.
In the Prydniprovskyi sector, the invaders continue to try to drive the Ukrainian Defense Forces units from their positions at the bridgeheads. All four Russian attacks were unsuccessful." Ukrin

Ukraine faces severe air force losses in costly Russian strike

"An attack carried out by the
Russian Federation resulted in the Ukrainians losing at least two Su-27 fighter jets. However, this is not the end of the losses suffered by the defenders at the Myrhorod airport (in the Poltava region), located about 90 miles from the front line. The Russian army launched an Iskander missile towards the airport, hitting the designated target. The Ukrainian losses proved significant, as the Russians destroyed two Su-27 jets during the shelling, while four others were damaged.
Forbes notes that the attack could be "one of the costliest days for the
Ukrainian Air Force since the beginning of the Russian invasion." MS

Global confidence in Zelensky has ‘declined significantly’ – poll

"Some 46% of respondents have “not too much” trust in the Ukrainian leader or “none at all,” Pew Research has found. According to Pew, the results were mixed but only 40% of
respondents reported having at least “some” confidence in
Zelensky regarding world affairs. The reported levels of trust were the highest in Sweden (80%), the UK (72%), the Netherlands (66%), Canada (64%), and Japan (63%).
At the same time, Hungary (83%), Greece (72%), Tunisia (69%), Mexico (67%), Malaysia (61%), Italy (60%) were the most skeptical of Zelensky.
In many places a large portion of respondents – including 45% in India and 38% in South Africa and Sri Lanka – did not express any opinion of Zelensky whatsoever. Asked about their nation’s level of military and other support to Kiev, some 24% of Americans said it was “not enough,” while 31% said that Washington was providing “too much.” " RT

Russian forces made three assaults in Orikhiv sector, nine more on left bank of Dnipro River

"Russian troops attempted three assaults in the Orikhiv sector and nine more on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region in the past day. On the left bank of the Dnipro River, in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, the enemy made nine attacks near the village of Krynky." Ukrin

Enemy shelling of Kherson

"As a result of the extensive Russian shelling of Kherson, the number of wounded increased to nine. One woman was killed." Ukrin