Russia's war on Ukraine. 02.07.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked toward Glushkovo and Tetkino, and counterattacked near Yunakivka, Sadky, Novomykolayivka, Andriivka, and Yablunivka.
Russian forces continued attacks near Yunakivka and Sadky.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Russian forces attacked near Hlyboke, Zelene, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Milove, Dovhenke, Radkivka, Holubivka, Petro-Ivanivka, Krasne Pershe, Stepova Novoselivka, and in the direction of Novoosynove and Pishchane.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces attacked near Kopanky and Novovodyane, and toward Olkhivka. They attempted to advance west of Lozova to encircle Bohuslavka from the south. Part of Nova Kruhlyakivka is a grey zone.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kruhlyakivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces captured Ridkodub and advanced north of the village, attacked near Novyi Myr, Karpivka, Myrne, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, Torske, and toward Serednie and Shandryholove.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Ridkodub.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces attempted to advance south of Hryhorivka, attacked the eastern outskirts of Siversk, near Bilohorivka, and toward Vyiimka and Zvanivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, the 98th Airborne Division captured the Shevchenko neighborhood in the southwest of Chasiv Yar, advanced to the eastern outskirts of Mykolaivka, attempted to advance northwest, west, and southwest of Chasiv Yar, to and near Bila Hora, and continued assaults in Chasiv Yar, near Predtechyne, and toward Oleksandro-Shultyne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Bila Hora.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian forces advanced northwest of Toretsk, southeast of Poltavka, northwest of Yablunivka, and attempted to advance northwest of Dyliivka, toward Nelipivka and Kleban-Byk. They attacked Popiv Yar, Rusyn Yar, Shcherbynivka, Novospaske, and Leonidivka, and struck Ukrainian positions near Raiske with a Geran-2 UAV.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Dyliivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced on the southern outskirts of Myroliubivka.
Russian forces attempted to advance north of Novoukrainka and attacked near Myrne, Promin, Myrnohrad, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Udachne, and toward Razyne, Koptieve, and Volodymyrivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces advanced on the northern outskirts of Dachne and captured the settlement. The enemy attempts to advance south of Shevchenkove, west of Komar, west of Yalta, southwest of Zoria, north and south of Shevchenkove, east of Maliivka and Novopil, and attacked toward Novopavlivka, Novoserhiyivka, Muravka, Novomykolayivka, Orikhove, Oleksiivka, Bahatyr, Zelenyi Kut, Novoukrainka, Piddubne, Zaporizhzhia, Fedorivka, Perebudova, Vesele, Komar, Voskresenka, and Komyshuvakha. They struck a bridge over the Vovcha River on highway H15 between Kurakhove and Zaporizhzhia near Iskra.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kotlyarivka, Muravka, Zoria, and Perebudova.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces attempted to advance north and west of Malynivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces conducted assaults near Kamyanske.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattack near Kamyanske. Ukrainian partisans destroyed a railway line in the occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
General conclusion:
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked on the Sumy direction.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces could not fully seize Nadiia and Novohorivka, or recapture Kupyansk, Borova, Izyum, and Lyman over the past 1.5 years. 1% of Luhansk Oblast remains under the control of the Government of Ukraine, which the enemy has not been able to seize for the past seven months.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces attack less intensively than at the end of May and the beginning of June and use motorcycles to transport infantry closer to Ukrainian positions.
On the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions, the enemy has made minimal advances. On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces have a numerical advantage in UAVs.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the operational situation continues to deteriorate. Russian forces have reduced the number of motorcycles in assault groups from 7–8 to 2–3, concentrate 3–5 km from the front line, and then move in small groups on foot.
On the Huliaypole direction, enemy activity has intensified.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 171 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, 19 combat engagements occurred. The enemy carried out 14 airstrikes.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked 16 times in the areas of Vovchansk, Zelene, Milove, Kamyanka, Hlyboke, and toward Ambarne.
On the Kupyansk direction, 8 enemy attacks were recorded. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions in the areas of Radkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Senkivka, Holubivka, Zahryzove, Zelenyi Hai, and toward Novoosynove.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 18 times, attempting to advance near Kopanky, Novyi Myr, Serednie, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, Novovodyane, Hrekivka, Ridkodub, Myrne, and toward Serebrianka.
On the Siversk direction, the enemy assaulted Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions 8 times in the area of Bilohorivka and toward Hryhorivka and Vyiimka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled one enemy assault near Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk direction, the enemy conducted 2 attacks near Leonidivka and Toretsk.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 49 enemy assaults were stopped in the areas of Myrne, Popiv Yar, Koptieve, Lysivka, Novoserhiyivka, Muravka, Orikhove, and Oleksiivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 28 enemy assaults in the areas of Perebudova, Piddubne, Vesele, Maliivka, Shevchenko, and Novopil.
On the Huliaypole direction, 2 enemy attacks were repelled toward Malynivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers conducted 3 failed attacks on the positions of Ukrainian Defense Forces near Kamyanske.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Black Sea: 1 ship, including 0 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 0 cruise missiles.
Mediterranean Sea: 2 ships, including 0 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 0 cruise missiles.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a UAV airstrike on the oil refinery of JSC "Saratovorgsintez".
Units of the Main Intelligence Directorate carried out a UJ-26 “Bober” UAV airstrike on elements of the air defense system in the occupied Crimea. A Su-30 was hit at the airfield in Saky; a Pantsir-S1 system, Niobiy-SV radar, Pechora-3, and Protivnik-GE were struck in the area of Kurortne.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 91st Engineer Regiment operates in Kursk Oblast. The 119th Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division operates near Tetkino and Novyi Put.
The 283rd and 488th Motorized Rifle Regiments of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army operate in Karpivka.
The 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army and the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps operate near Bila Hora.
The 944th Engineer-Sapper Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division, the 2163rd Tank Battalion, the 221st Separate Engineer Battalion of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, and the 238th Artillery Brigade of the 8th Combined Arms Army attack near Poltavka. The 77th Motorized Rifle Regiment operates near Dyliivka; the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army is engaged in Dachne.
The 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the 2nd Combined Arms Army operates on the Pokrovsk direction, the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps fights near Shakhove.
The 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Combined Arms Army advances in Zaporizhzhia, Zoria, and Yalta, the 90th Tank Division of the 41st Combined Arms Army advances near Orikhove, the 14th Separate SOF Brigade moves toward Shakhtarske.
The 328th Airborne Regiment of the 104th Airborne Division operates in Kherson Oblast.
Possible operation situation developments:
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy’s “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping is trying to reach the Mala Korchakivka – Nova Sich – Maryinka – Sadky line in the near future.
On the Kupyansk direction, in the near future, the command of the Russian “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will likely attempt to build on its recent tactical success and try to seize the area of Mala Shapkivka – Kindrashivka – Tyshchenivka – Velyka Shapkivka, and break through directly to the northern outskirts of Kupyansk, in the area of Moskovka. The enemy will also likely attempt an attack from Holubivka toward Radkivka, aiming to capture the latter.
On the Lyman direction, the forces of the Russian “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will likely attempt to reach the line of Karlivka – Shandryholove – Drobysheve, while simultaneously advancing near Torske in an effort to enter Lyman from the east. The command of the 25th Combined Arms Army has not achieved significant results in this direction, but it is not excluded that the “Starobilsk” Operational-Tactical Group (OTG) will be forced to withdraw from the area of Kopani – Novoyehorivka – Druzhelyubivka – Cherneshchyna, in response to the enemy’s advance along the southern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River in the direction of Bilohorivka – Serebrianka, within the operational zone of the neighboring 3rd Combined Arms Army of the “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping.
On the Siversk direction, the command of the enemy's "Yug (South)" Operational Grouping will attempt to eliminate the Siversk salient held by "Khortytsia" OSG and break through towards the Sloviansk – Kramatorsk agglomeration. The 3rd Combined Arms Army will try to break through to the northern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River between Yampil and Hryhorivka, and from the southeast – toward Siversk.
On the Kramatorsk direction, the command of the enemy’s “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping and the 3rd Army may shift the direction of their main strike to the north of Chasiv Yar and launch an offensive on both sides of the Bakhmut–Sloviansk road, along the directions of Orikhovo-Vasylivka–Minkivka and Blahodatne–Pryvillya. This would allow them to break through to the immediate approaches to Sloviansk directly from the southeast and create a real threat of a deep envelopment of the right flank of the “Starobilsk” Operational Tactical Group (OTG). If the enemy succeeds in achieving operational surprise along these directions and advances to tactical depth, the situation in the Kolodyazi–Hryhorivka section on the Lyman direction will deteriorate significantly for the “Kharkiv” OTG.
In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces will have to withdraw from a fairly large area on both banks of the Vovcha River and fall back to the Novopavlivka–Piddubne line.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 02.07.25
Personnel - almost 1,022 090 (+1,100);
Tanks – 10,985 (+2);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 22,931 (+3);
Artillery systems – 29,794 (+40);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,427 (0);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,191 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 53,786 (+90);
Aircraft - 420 (0);
Helicopters – 340 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 43,013 (+73);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,436 (0);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of July 2, the Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 4 S-300 surface-to-air guided missiles and 114 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones. As of 9:00, air defense neutralized 79 enemy UAVs: 40 were shot down, 39 were either lost from radar or suppressed by electronic warfare. There were recorded hits by enemy strike UAVs in 14 locations, and falling debris from downed UAVs in 2 more.
On the night of July 2, Russia attacked the Vylkove community in Odesa Oblast with strike UAVs. Port and tourist infrastructure facilities were targeted. Some of the UAVs were shot down, but damage was reported.
On the night of July 2, around 23:40, Russian forces attacked the village of Borivske in the Kupyansk district of Kharkiv Oblast using four UAVs. As a result of the strike, two local residents — a 22-year-old and a 90-year-old man — were injured. Storage facilities and equipment of a civilian enterprise were damaged, and the blast wave shattered windows in residential buildings.
Late in the evening of July 1, the Russian army shelled a hospital in Kherson. The building of the healthcare facility was smashed, five patients and three nurses were injured. Around 04:00, the occupying forces shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson. A 52-year-old man was hit and hospitalized.
In the village of Borivske, Kharkiv Oblast, which was reportedly attacked at night by 5 Geran-2 type UAVs, an agricultural enterprise caught fire. The fire area reached 800 square meters. One person was killed and one injured. The village of Voloska Balakliia was also reportedly attacked by 5 Russian Gerans. As a result of the attack, a storage facility on the territory of an agricultural enterprise caught fire.
Around 07:00, the Russian army attacked Antonivka in Kherson Oblast with a UAV, injuring two civilians with blast trauma and shrapnel wounds — they were hospitalized in moderate condition. Another 57-year-old local resident sustained minor injuries. Around 08:00, a drone attacked a man in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson; he was hospitalized in serious condition. In total, during the day as of 18:00, seven people were injured in Kherson Oblast.
On July 2, Russian invaders attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with UAVs — a private enterprise in Kryvyi Rih and a farm in the Samarskyi district were damaged; one person was injured.
Four people were injured in a Russian morning strike with an FPV drone in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on the morning of July 2.
On July 2 in Kharkiv Oblast, two men were injured as a result of a Russian FPV drone attack on the villages of Vesele in the Lyptsi community and Shestakove in the Staryi Saltiv community. A 64-year-old local resident sustained a blast injury in Vesele, and a 20-year-old man was injured in Shestakove. Both were hospitalized.
The occupying "Ministry of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea" on July 2 put up for auction 100% stakes in joint-stock companies that manage the "nationalized" (i.e., illegally seized from Ukrainian owners) seaports in Yalta and Yevpatoriia, with starting lot prices of 1.49 billion rubles (about ₴790 million) and 192.9 million rubles (nearly ₴103 million), respectively. Applications are accepted until July 28, and the auction is scheduled for August 1.
During the prisoner exchange in the "1000 for 1000" format on May 23, 120 Ukrainian civilians previously held in captivity in Russia were returned. However, the civilians were returned to Ukraine not as part of the "prisoner of war exchange" format, but as part of the "return of civilians without any conditions." In response to the return of Ukrainian civilians, Ukraine also returned to Russia Russian civilians who had been evacuated from the territory of Kursk Oblast. According to the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine has never created obstacles to the return of civilians to the territory of the Russian Federation.