Overview
- The mass combined Russian missile-and-drone attack on Kyiv on 2 July left 31 people dead and 102 wounded according to the State Emergency Service, and search-and-rescue teams completed operations at multiple impact sites on 4 July.
- Ukrainian General Staff reported daily high-intensity combat with roughly 225–268 engagements per day and the fiercest pressure concentrated on the Kostyantynivka, Sloviansk and Pokrovsk directions.
- Ukrainian security services and strike units reported hits on military airfields in occupied Crimea including Saky and Hvardiiske, damage to a railway bridge over the Krasnogvardiy canal, and attacks on Russian logistics and energy nodes including an oil terminal and a facility near Kronstadt.
- Command reports say Moscow deployed exceptionally large numbers of loitering 'kamikaze' drones and air strikes during the recent waves of attacks, and Ukraine says it has destroyed or suppressed hundreds of those UAVs while continuing counter‑logistics strikes.
- Analysts note Russia’s spring–summer offensive has produced tactical gains but no decisive breakthrough, and the cycle of mass strikes and Ukrainian deep strikes is likely to prolong civilian hardship, damage infrastructure and keep legal and rescue operations ongoing.