Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of August 4, 2026.
This report is part of EMPR’s July 2026 Russia – Ukraine war timeline, tracking daily battlefield and geopolitical developments. For full coverage of this escalation phase, see the complete timeline.
Today is the 1,623th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
Update as of 08:00 AM on Russian invasion of Ukraine
A total of 226 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile strikes using three missiles and carried out 84 airstrikes, dropping 258 guided aerial bombs (KABs). In addition, Russian forces deployed 10,712 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,251 attacks on populated areas and Ukrainian military positions.
Over the past day, Ukraine’s Missile Forces and Artillery struck:
3 UAV command posts;
11 areas of enemy personnel concentration;
1 additional high-value Russian military target.
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk Direction
08:00 AM: Two combat engagements took place over the past day. The russian forces carried out one airstrike, dropping one guided aerial bomb, and conducted 69 attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi Direction
08:00 AM: The russian occupiers launched 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the area of Starytsia and toward the settlements of Izbytske, Lyman, Volokhivka, and Palamarivka.
Kupiansk Direction
08:00 AM: Russian forces carried out two attacks in the area of Petropavlivka and toward Shyikivka.
Lyman Direction
08:00 AM: The enemy attempted to break through Ukrainian defenses nine times, attacking in the area of Zarichne and toward Drobysheve, Stavky, and Dibrova.
Sloviansk Direction
08:00 AM: Russian forces launched 22 assaults in the areas of Zakitne, Kryva Luka, and Riznykivka, and toward Mykolaivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
Kramatorsk Direction
08:00 AM: Russian occupation forces carried out two attacks in the area of Fedorivka Druha and toward Yurkivka.
Kostyantinivka Direction
08:00 AM: The enemy launched 35 attacks in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, and Rusyn Yar, as well as toward Novopavlivka.
Pokrovsk Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled 22 russian assaults in the areas of Kotlyne, Udachne, and Novomykolaivka, and toward Nove Shakhove, Shevchenko, Matiasheve, Vasylivka, Myrne, and Novopidhorodne.
Oleksandrivka Direction
08:00 AM: The enemy carried out two attacks toward Kalynivske.
Huliaipole Direction
08:00 AM: Russian occupation forces launched 13 attacks toward Vozdvyzhivka, Staroukrainka, Huliaipilske, Tsvitkove, and Charivne, as well as in the area of Zaliznychne.
Orikhiv Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled two russian attempts to advance in the area of Plavni and toward Novoyakovlivka.
Prydniprovskyi Direction
08:00 AM: The russian troops conducted no offensive operations over the past day.
Volyn and Polissia Direction
08:00 AM: No signs of russian offensive group formations were detected.
Ukrainian defenders continue to systematically destroy Russian forces and maintain effective resistance along the entire front line.
Russian losses amounted to 1,240 personnel; 5 tanks; 4 armored combat vehicles; 55 artillery systems; 4 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS); 5 air defense systems; 12 ground robotic systems; 1,792 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); 379 vehicles and fuel tankers; 1 heavy flamethrower system.
