Overview

• President Trump’s administration announced on July 2 a suspension of Patriot missile deliveries and other key munitions to replenish U.S. stockpiles, citing national security concerns
• Overnight from July 3 to 4, Russia fired 550 drones and missiles in its biggest single aerial assault since 2022, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 268 drones and two missiles
• Russian strikes wounded at least 19 civilians in Kyiv—including 14 who required hospitalization—and killed two people at a recruitment centre in Poltava, injuring ten others
• Ukraine retaliated with drone strikes on Russia’s Lipetsk region, where one person was killed and two were wounded
• President Trump said he made “no progress” toward a ceasefire after his call with Vladimir Putin, and a subsequent discussion with President Zelensky produced no new commitments to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses