Overview

• Russian troops have massed between Pokrovsk, Dobropillia and Kostiantynivka to establish a new foothold for further advances
• Ukrainian forces repelled repeated infiltrations in the Novopavlivka sector, holding key settlements such as Filiya and Zirka
• The General Staff reported 151 combat clashes on August 4, with the fiercest fighting concentrated around the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors
• Russia conducted a large-scale aerial campaign deploying 46 Shahed drones, an Iskander-M missile and hundreds of artillery and rocket rounds
• Russian strikes on the Lozova railway hub killed one mechanic and wounded four, shelling in Zaporizhzhia Region killed four civilians and wounded three, and a missile strike in Sumy Region killed two farm workers and injured three