Overview

• Ukraine’s general staff reported 151 combat clashes on August 4, with the heaviest fighting in the Novopavlivka sector where Russian troops assaulted multiple settlements.
• Russian forces launched three ballistic missiles, 72 air strikes, fired more than 6,000 artillery rounds and deployed 3,925 loitering munitions during the 24-hour period, according to official updates.
• In Kharkiv region, a predawn drone and missile barrage on the strategic Lozova rail hub killed one railway worker, injured at least ten people and forced a temporary station closure.
• In Zaporizhzhia region, over 430 air, drone and artillery strikes on sixteen settlements killed four civilians and wounded three others, damaging homes and critical infrastructure.
• Despite losses in personnel and equipment, Ukrainian defenders used counter-battery fire and reinforced defensive lines to blunt repeated Russian advances across key sectors.