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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 2 (updated)

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[NewsFront] 21:33 General losses of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for June 2025, according to the reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, amounted to 40,530 people.

The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the year, according to reports, amount to 265,320 people wounded and killed.

20:14 Advance of the Russian army in Chasov Yar –MAP

20:06 UAV operators of the Southern group of troops destroyed an International MaxxPro combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction, and in the area of the settlement of Belokuzminovka - a minibus with enemy personnel.

FPV drone crews of the Ussuri separate guards airborne assault unit disabled military equipment with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Sumy Oblast.

Drone operators of the "East" group of forces hit a militant pickup truck in the Donetsk People's Republic. All equipment for the enemy's UAV operation, which was in the pickup truck, was destroyed.

Operators of the Molniya and Lancet UAVs from the Vostok group destroyed a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.

A crew of an FPV drone on fiber optics from the West group of forces destroyed a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

19:54 The Russian army is restoring the situation in Tetkino. Our units are trying to clear the last section of the state border in the area of the treatment plant –MAP

17:41 Footage of an airstrike on a road bridge across the Volchya River in the area of the settlement of Iskra.

15:54 Crew of the T-90 tank of the "Center" group of forces liquidated machine gun point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Tankers from the 37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "East" group of forces destroyed more than 40 Ukrainian militants during the assault on a stronghold in the South Donetsk direction.

14:43 Northerners scouts opened camouflaged position of a Ukrainian howitzer in the Sumy region. The enemy artillery crew was located relatively far from the line of combat contact and felt completely safe in the forest belt.

The coordinates were transmitted to our FPV operators, who carried out a targeted strike, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery piece.

14:30 From 10.20 Moscow time to 11.05 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

14:01 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of July 2, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces in Sumy Oblast improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, a Jaeger, three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments and an assault battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Varachino, Sadki, Proletarskoye, Bessalovka, Mogritsa, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka and Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, two vehicles, six field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.

Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades and a regiment of unmanned systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Petrovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka, Peschanoye, Blagodatovka, Kovsharovka and Berezovka in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 11 vehicles, and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery unit. An electronic warfare station and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Svyato-Pokrovskoye, Serebryanka, Zakotnoye, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk and Slavyansk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 165 servicemen, four pickup trucks, an artillery piece, an Anklav electronic warfare station and two warehouses of supplies.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of five mechanized, airborne brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades, two naval infantry brigades and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskoye, Boykovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopavlovka and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 450 servicemen, a Novator combat armored vehicle, a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle, three vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Novokhatskoye, Novopol, Zelenoe Pole and Voskresenka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 165 servicemen, a tank, two vehicles, two field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreevka, Kamenskoye, Orekhov, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Nikolskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 70 servicemen and five vehicles. Six electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, two military-technical equipment depots and a fuel depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged an enterprise of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, workshops for the assembly of strike unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites, ammunition depots and military-technical property, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations and foreign mercenaries in 139 districts.

Air defense systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs and 131 unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

663 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

66,608 unmanned aerial vehicles,

612 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,106 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,573 multiple launch rocket systems,

26,847 field artillery pieces and mortars,

37,551 units of special military vehicles.

13:44 Kursk Region. The enemy has been driven out of a stronghold east of Tetkino, –MAP.

13:40 June 30, near the settlement of Pisarevka, a Rubicon crew discovered and destroyed a Leopard 2A6 tank, –video.

13:33 Two sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the 239th Battalion of the 129th Separate Troops Brigade attempted to infiltrate deep into the Kursk region near the border village of Gornal (Sudzhansky district).

The first group of saboteurs was destroyed in full force, the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers from the second sabotage and reconnaissance group fled to Ukrainian territory with heavy losses.

12:01 Calculations of the 122mm MLRS "Grad" of the 25th combined arms army of the "West" group of forces destroyed UAV control points and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.

11:00 From 8:00 Moscow time to 9:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

09:38 Zaporizhia direction(right flank)

During fierce battles, the units of the Guards "East" drove the enemy out of the village of Malinovka (Zaporozhskaya). She returned home again.

Assault units continue to advance along the Yanchur River in the direction of Poltavka (Zaporozhskaya) and attack enemy positions in the direction of Olgovka.

09:22 Calculations of the Geranium-2 UAV detected temporary deployment point of the 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Yablonovka.

08:39 Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the Center group of forces destroyed a camouflaged command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, and a D-30 crew of the Dnepr troop group is a command post for enemy UAVs on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Advance in the area of the Kleban-Byk settlement

Adjustment of the control zone in favor of the enemy in the Tabayevka area

07:04 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Two UAVs over the territories of the Kursk and Rostov regions and
One UAV over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

Posted by: badanov 2025-07-03

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