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Ukraine targeted key bridges that connect occupied Crimea to mainland Ukraine. The strikes have been set to disrupt Russian forces' logistics and create further challenges for their operations on the southern fronts.

Russian forces shelled nine communities in Sumy Oblast, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on August 4.

Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow's ships was hit in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source told AFP on Saturday. "The goal was to show that Ukraine can attack any Russian warship in that zone," a security source told AFP Friday.

A Russian-flagged tanker close to the Crimean Bridge has been hit by a Ukrainian sea drone, Moscow has said. Local media in Russia said the SIG vessel was approaching the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov when it was hit. The claims come a day after a Ukrainian drone damaged another Russian ship in the Black Sea, with Sky News-verified footage showing it partially sunk.

A group of ten helicopters of the Russian Air Force took off from the Machulyshchi airfield in Belarus early on Aug. 5, significantly reducing the Russian Air Force’s presence in the Kremlin’s neighboring client state, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring group reported on Telegram.

On Saturday evening, Russian troops launched Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from Tambov Oblast and Belarus. Source: Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: "Attention - launch of Kinzhal missiles from Tambov Oblast of the Russian Federation!" Details: Subsequently, the Air Force reported that a repeated launch of Kinzhals occurred.

Russian shelling killed a 62-year-old man in the Novoslobodsk settlement on Aug. 5 around 2 p.m., Olha Garkavenko, the head of the settlement, told Suspilne.

The Russian invaders are forcing Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) workers in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar to obtain Russian passports. Source: General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces Quote: "In Enerhodar, temporarily occupied by Russian troops, the occupiers are forcing the plant's staff to obtain Russian passports, threatening them with reprisals, in order to keep them working at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Ukraine's Defence Forces have deployed the 10th Operational Corps reserves to advance in the vicinity of the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source: The Washington Post Details: The Washington Post said fighting in southeastern Ukraine this week was intense as Kyiv continued a large-scale campaign to liberate territories with a new injection of troops trained and equipped in the West.

Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders killed another 640 Russians, destroyed 27 UAVs and 19 Russian artillery systems. Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Details: Total approximate losses of Russian troops between 24 February and 4 August 2023 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.