Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:10 F-16 fighters are finally in Ukraine. On Sunday, August 4, the Day of the Ukrainian Air Force, Zelensky and Ukrainian media distributed footage from the ceremony of accepting the aircraft into service. The president called what was happening a new stage in the development of the Ukrainian Air Force. Now one of the main goals is to ensure that the fighters are not lost on the ground. For more details, see the article F-16 in Ukraine.
21:39 Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov stated that Ukrainian special services were allegedly preparing attacks in Russia on Navy Day, when Putin and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov spoke at the ceremonial parade in St. Petersburg. According to him, Belousov reported this operation in a telephone conversation with Pentagon Secretary Lloyd Austin. Ryabkov claims that Austin was "extremely surprised by this news, but took it seriously enough, after which Washington contacted Kiev and demanded that they not do what was planned."
19:47 Botswana has joined the Peace Summit communiqué, Zelensky said.
18:32 Russia used a KN-23 ballistic missile from North Korea during the July 31 strike, which failed to reach its target, Defense Express writes. The launch was carried out from Russian territory in the direction of Bila Tserkva, but the missile exploded in the air in the Kiev region. Earlier, it was reported that more than half of the KN-23 missiles lost their programmed trajectory during flight and exploded in the air, since the launch of these missiles was recorded, but their debris was not found. Before that, the Russians did not use these missiles for five months.
17:56 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Mali's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Kiev "short-sighted and hasty." The ministry resolutely rejected accusations by the transitional government of Mali of alleged "support by Ukraine of international terrorism." The republic did not provide any evidence of Kiev's involvement in supporting the Tuareg rebels. "Ukraine unconditionally observes the norms of international law, the inviolability of sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries," the Foreign Ministry emphasized.
17:33 There was no crossing of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal by Russians in the vicinity of Chasov Yar and consolidation of positions behind it, said Andrey Polukhin, press officer of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade. According to him, after the stabilization of the front along the canal line in Chasov Yar, such attempts are constantly taking place with the participation of small infantry groups, but at the moment the enemy has not achieved any results.
16:38 The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security has approved a bill banning the mobilization of men under 25, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko reported. He clarified that this refers to bill 11379-d, which provides for a ban on the mobilization of not only partially fit men aged 18 to 25, but also those who have not completed military service or training at a military department.
15:59 In July, the Air Defense units of the Ground Forces destroyed 446 units of Russian air reconnaissance and attack assets, including three Su-25 aircraft and 437 UAVs of various types.
15:07 Russians are transferring units from the Luhansk region to the Kharkiv direction, said Vitaly Sarantsev, spokesman for the Kharkiv group of troops. In particular, according to him, the 22nd motorized rifle regiment is being sent to the Kharkiv region. In addition, Russian troops are conducting internal rotations and attracting volunteer units, as well as foreign citizens from the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, who are being forced or deceived into going into battle.
14:38 The Ministry of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of a project to employ veterans in the civil service - the e-Map of Vacancies. The service is already available on the e-Veteran web platform. The goal of the project is to make it easier for veterans to find a job and to facilitate their employment in the civil service.
13:26 Russian propaganda has created a network of 800 Telegram channels to spread the Kremlin's influence abroad, Novaya Gazeta writes. Despite the fact that the EU and the US have banned the broadcasting and distribution of Sputnik and RT content, and YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram have blocked their accounts, pro-government media resources have found a loophole that has allowed them to increase their audience abroad by 2.3 times in two years of war.
In the foreign segment of Telegram, hundreds of pro-Russian channels spread Kremlin conspiracy theories and translate reports from the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast into 30 languages. In total, they are read by 15.7 million users, and each day, posts from these resources are viewed on average 100 million times.
12:44 The Ministry of Defense has identified three fake Reserve+ web applications, said Deputy Head of the Ministry Ekaterina Chernogorenko. According to her, the sites were discovered at the creation stage, and the mailing has not yet begun.
11:58 Ukraine has received $3.9 billion in a non-repayable grant from the United States through the World Bank, Shmyhal said. According to the prime minister, these funds will help finance priority budget expenditures, such as salaries for teachers and rescuers, and social benefits. This is the first tranche of direct budget support from the United States in 2024. In total, Ukraine will receive $7.8 billion in direct budget assistance from the United States this year.
11:17 In Ukraine, over 87 thousand children were born in the first half of 2024, which is one and a half times less than before the full-scale invasion, according to the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, for every newborn there are three deaths: almost 251 thousand people died in the first six months.
10:54 The SBU reported the neutralization of a large-scale FSB agent network that operated in six regions of Ukraine and was preparing strikes on critical infrastructure facilities. As a result of the special operation, nine Russian agents were simultaneously detained in Dnipro, Zaporozhye and Sumy, as well as in Donetsk, Odessa and Kirovograd regions. The group included two officials: an employee of the Dnipro City Council and the head of the department in the Yuzhne City Council of the Odessa Region. Also among the Russian agents were two managers, a university student and a former employee of the disbanded police. The perpetrators are in custody and face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
10:41 As a result of the Ukrainian strike on the Morozovsk military airfield in the Rostov region on August 3, a Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported, citing space reconnaissance data. Two more Russian aircraft of the same type were probably damaged by debris - craters from explosions were recorded near the sides. The aviation weapons depot was also completely destroyed - large areas of scorched earth are visible from the secondary detonation of ammunition on the territory of the airfield and around it. Four technical buildings and two hangars at the Morozovsk airbase, located 265 km from the front line, also received damage that is clearly visible from space.
10:22 Russians struck Dniprovsky district of Kherson in the morning, one person was wounded, the city military administration reported. In addition, a resident of Berislav, who suffered from an enemy attack on August 2, sought medical assistance - Russian military dropped explosives from a drone on her house, OVA reported.
08:43 Air defense destroyed all 24 Shahed-type attack UAVs that Russia used to attack from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk at night. The drones were shot down in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the Air Force reported.
08:14 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:10 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 4, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Grodovka. Three more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
07:59 The General Staff has adjusted some items of the total losses of the Russian Federation - air defense systems, aircraft, operational-tactical level UAVs, cruise missiles, automotive equipment and special equipment. The total figure has been adjusted, and the losses per day as of the morning of August 5 are submitted as usual:
- personnel - about 584,090 (+1180) people,
- tanks - 8417 (+6),
- combat armored vehicles - 16,286 (+31),
- artillery systems - 16,345 (+69),
- MLRS - 1138 (+0),
- air defense systems - 910 (+0),
- aircraft - 365 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,122 (+24),
- cruise missiles - 2414 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,094 (+68),
- special equipment - 2737 (+3).
07:40 In the evening and at night, Russians attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, using a kamikaze drone and artillery. Two people were injured in the Pokrovsk community, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
01:57 The pro-Russian transitional government of the Republic of Mali announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Ukraine due to Kiev's support for the actions of Tuareg rebels, who recently routed a column of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC. The published communiqué of the Malian junta also includes traditional Kremlin narratives about the "Nazi regime" in Ukraine.
00:26 The Russian army advanced in Pivnichnoye, Zaliznoye, Zhelannoye, Sergeyevka, Ivanovka, near Lisichnoye and Zhelannoye in Donetsk Oblast. Defense forces withdrew from the Stupki Golubovskie-2 tract in Bakhmut district, DeepState analysts report.