Overview
- Ukraine's General Staff reported 261 combat engagements on 5 August, reflecting sustained, high‑intensity fighting across multiple operational directions.
- Ukrainian military and the SBU said they struck oil refineries in Yaroslavl and Ufa and damaged two FSB patrol ships in occupied Kerch, reporting fires and equipment hits deep inside Russian territory.
- Russia launched large missile, aviation and drone attacks on Ukrainian regions including Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Sumy that damaged industrial sites, killed and wounded civilians, and destroyed a Ukrposhta sorting depot in Pavlohrad.
- German authorities found an explosive drone at Leipzig/Halle airport and opened a probe into a possible hybrid attack, while experts warn similar incidents test Europe's civil aviation and critical‑infrastructure defenses.
- Reporting that the United States has largely used stocks of long‑range ground‑launched missiles such as ATACMS and PrSM raises concerns about supply for future precision strikes and could affect the tempo of long‑range operations.