As many as 136 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines as of 22:00 on July 4, with Russian forces launching 42 assaults on Ukrainian forces’ positions in the Pokrovsk sector. Eight battles in this sector are still ongoing.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in an operational update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
“A total of 136 combat engagements have occurred since the beginning of the day. Today, Russian forces launched four missile strikes and 55 airstrikes, using 15 missiles and dropping 74 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 1,436 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,496 shelling attacks on our positions and populated areas,” the statement reads.
According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian troops repelled 12 enemy assaults, with one more battle still ongoing. The enemy also launched ten airstrikes, dropping 23 guided bombs, and carried out 205 shelling attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including nine from multiple rocket launchers.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy launched eight assaults near Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Zelene, Kamianka, and toward Kutkivka. Four combat engagements remain active.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Holubivka, Zahryzove, and Zelenyi Hai. Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy attacks.
In the Lyman sector, Russian troops launched 21 assaults on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Nadiia, Hrekivka, Karpivka, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Dibrova, and in the direction of Hryhorivka.
Ukrainian forces repelled four enemy assaults in the Siversk sector, where the invaders tried to advance near Verkhniokamianske and Vyimka.
In the Toretsk sector, Russian troops attempted six assaults on Ukrainian positions near Dyliivka and in the direction of Romanivka, Rusyn Yar, and Yablunivka. All enemy attacks were repelled. The enemy also dropped bombs on Kostiantynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy made 42 attempts to advance on Ukrainian positions throughout the day. Attacks were launched near the settlements of Poltavka, Novotoretske, Razine, Myroliubivka, Promin, Novoukrainka, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Kotliarivka, and Oleksiivka. Five battles are ongoing.
Preliminary data indicates that 162 Russian soldiers were neutralized in the Pokrovsk sector today, 96 of them killed. Ukrainian troops also destroyed four enemy vehicles, three motorcycles, five UAVs, two satellite communication terminals, four personnel shelters, two communication antennas, and one generator. Additionally, three vehicles and four artillery systems were damaged.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the enemy attempted to break through Ukrainian defenses 12 times near the settlements of Yalta, Zirka, Zaporizhzhia, Komar, Voskresenka, and Shevchenko. Two engagements are still ongoing. Enemy aircraft struck the settlement of Andriivka-Klevtsove.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy launched two attacks near Kamianske and toward Novoandriivka. The settlement of Prymorske was hit by an airstrike.
In the Dnipro River sector, Ukrainian forces repelled three enemy assaults near the Antonivskyi Bridge.
There were no significant changes on the remaining fronts.
Photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Source: War update: 136 clashes on front lines, Russian forces launch 42 attacks in Pokrovsk sector
