Overview
- The General Staff said 226 clashes occurred on 3 August, with the Kostyantynivka sector described as the most intense and Ukrainian air and missile units reporting strikes on several enemy command and drone-control points.
- Ukraine's Security Service reported a week of cross‑border operations that it says hit five Russian oil refineries, airbase infrastructure and radar sites, actions Kyiv presents as aimed at degrading Russian supply and repair capacity.
- Russian missile and drone strikes continued to hit Ukrainian population centers, producing civilian deaths and injuries in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa and Kherson, while separate drone attacks in Russia's Moscow region injured and killed civilians at warehouse sites.
- Ukrainian counterintelligence and prosecutors have stepped up internal security work, saying they have disrupted more than 50 FSB‑linked 'honey‑trap' assassination plots since early 2026 and winning 15‑year sentences for ten collaborators who fought for Russian units.
- The State Bureau of Investigation is probing a 31 July uncontrolled detonation at a Khmelnytskyi training range, examining transport or unloading errors versus sabotage as investigators search for missing service members and collect forensic evidence.