Russia - Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia - Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., July 3, 2023.
495 day of the russian large-scale invasion begins.
Tonight, the russian Federation again attacked Ukraine with missiles and Iranian Shahed drones. 13 out of 17 drones were shot down by the means of the Ukrainian forces.
During the past day, the russian occupiers launched missile and air strikes using 12 cruise and anti-aircraft guided missiles and 8 Shahed drones on civilian infrastructure objects. Air defense forces and means destroyed 3 cruise missiles and 8 drones.
In addition, the enemy carried out 57 airstrikes and carried out about 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, in addition to the destroyed civilian infrastructure, civilians were also affected.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The russian occupiers is concentrating its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinsky directions, heavy battles are ongoing. During the day, 39 combat clashes took place.
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
The enemy maintains a military presence in the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions. The russian troops carried out an airstrike in the Pletenivka district of the Kharkiv region. He carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 30 settlements. These are, in particular, Karpovychi, Khrinivka, Kamianska Sloboda of Chernihiv region; the settlements of Sopych, Sokhany, Bilopillya and Ponomarenka in Sumy Oblast and Kozacha Lopan and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, Masyutivka, Kislivka and Berestov in the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Bilogorivka and Novolyubivka in the Luhansk region and Dibrova and Siversk in the Donetsk region. Nevske, Bilogorivka of Luhansk region and Verkhnokamianske and Torske of Donetsk region were subjected to artillery shelling.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the Minskivka and Bohdanivka districts of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Chasiv Yar, and Ivanivske in Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of the city of Avdiivka. He also carried out an airstrike there. He carried out artillery fire on more than 10 settlements. In particular, the same Avdiivka and Pervomaiske and Berdychi in the Donetsk region came under fire.
In the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the area of the city of Marinka. At the same time, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Kotlyarivka, Maryinka and Kurakhovo and shelled more than 10 settlements with artillery. Among them are Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy launched airstrikes in the areas of Ugledar, Bogoyavlenka, and Blagodatny. Fired more than 15 settlements, including Zolota Niva, Velyka Novosilka, Vodyane, and Vugledar of the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops. He carried out airstrikes in the districts of Zmiivka, Kherson and Antonivka.
Conducted artillery shelling of more than 40 settlements, including Novodarivka, Olgivske, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya of the Zaporizhzhia region; Kozatske, Antonivka, Dniprovske of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces has struck 12 strikes on enemy personnel concentration areas, and missile and artillery units have hit the control post, the personnel concentration area, 27 artillery pieces in firing positions, and 2 enemy air defense equipment during the past day.
