Key developments on July 5-6:
- Drones reportedly assault Russia's Black Sea fleet
- Pipelines supplying Russian army explode in Russia's Far East, HUR supply says
- Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airfield hits bomb depot, plane
- Ukraine hits Russian digital warfare facility making Shahed, Iskander elements, Common Employees says
- Ukraine's military chief warns of recent Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast entrance
Drones attacked Russia's Black Sea Fleet on the port of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai in a single day on July 6, the Russian media outlet Astra reported.
Ukraine has not formally commented on the reported strikes, and the Kyiv Impartial couldn’t independently confirm the claims.
An air alert was sounded within the metropolis for a number of hours, and air protection was energetic. The results of the assault are nonetheless being decided, in response to Astra.
The media outlet additionally revealed footage purportedly displaying a burning maritime drone that was allegedly shot down through the assault.
Krasnodar Krai is situated east of Crimea, with the Kerch Strait separating them at their closest level.
Ukraine recurrently strikes army targets inside Russia as Moscow continues to wage its battle towards Ukraine.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy
Pipelines supplying Russian army explode in Russia's Far East, HUR supply says
Explosions in Russia's Vladivostok broken a gasoline pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that provided army amenities within the space, a supply in Ukraine's army intelligence (HUR) informed the Kyiv Impartial on July 5.
A hearth adopted the explosions and destroyed sections of the Vladivostok gasoline pipeline alongside the Sea of Japan, the supply stated.
The blasts occurred early on July 5, between 1-2 a.m., with Russian particular companies and restore groups arriving shortly after.
The broken pipeline supplies gasoline to a number of Russian army amenities on the coast of the Sea of Japan, together with the one hundred and fifty fifth Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces, the supply informed the Kyiv Impartial.
The water pipeline destroyed within the explosion offered consuming water to army garrisons within the space.
"To be able to disguise info from the native inhabitants… native particular companies turned off cell Web and communications within the space," the supply added.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t independently confirm the claims.
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airfield hits bomb depot, plane
Ukraine focused the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia's Voronezh Oblast in a single day on July 5, damaging a warehouse with guided bombs, plane, and different army property, Ukraine's Common Employees reported.
The airfield hosts Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM jets thatRussia recurrently makes use of in air strikes towards Ukraine, in response to the army. The strike could have destroyed a coaching and fight plane, with additional assessments underway.
The NASA Hearth Info for Useful resource Administration System (FIRMS) detected a hearth close to the Borisoglebsk army airfield shortly after the strike. Residents within the space reported 8–10 highly effective explosions round 2 a.m. native time, in response to Russian impartial outlet Astra.
The strike was a part of a broader in a single day drone marketing campaign throughout Russia, with explosions and fires reported in not less than six areas.
The Russian Protection Ministry stated 42 drones had been intercepted inside a three-hour interval, most of them over Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk oblasts, which border Ukraine.
Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated two drones had been downed south of St. Petersburg, prompting a short lived suspension of flights at Pulkovo airport. No casualties or injury had been reported.
The governor of Smolensk Oblast in western Russia stated anti-aircraft items downed three drones with out casualties or injury. The governor of Voronezh Oblast, bordering Ukraine, additionally confirmed the destruction of a number of drones.
Explosions had been additionally heard in a single day in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, the place video footage shared on-line confirmed a hearth reportedly at an area industrial website.
Moreover, explosions had been heard through the night time in Engels, Saratov Oblast, with some Telegram channels suggesting a army airfield was possible focused.
The assaults come as Russia escalates aerial assaults on Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to extend long-range drone strikes on Russian army targets.
Ukrainian officers say these drone operations goal to undermine Russia's strike capabilities and convey the battle nearer to these enabling the Kremlin's marketing campaign.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova
Ukraine's military chief warns of recent Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast entrance
Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, stated on July 5 that he had visited the entrance line in Kharkiv Oblast, warning of a rising risk of renewed Russian offensives in northeastern Ukraine.
Based on Syrskyi, Russian troops are ramping up assaults within the sector utilizing massive numbers of personnel. Over the previous week, Ukrainian troops have repelled greater than 60 Russian assaults within the space, with "a couple of dozen battles persevering with to rage on daily basis," Syrskyi stated.
"Russian forces try to overwhelm us with amount, however we should be vigilant and apply efficient tactical and technological options to forestall the invaders from advancing," he stated in a Telegram submit.
Syrskyi stated he had reviewed battlefield scenario within the space, figuring out unit wants, and issuing up to date tactical orders.
Syrskyi stated he was coordinating intently with Joint Forces Commander Main Common Mykhailo Drapatyi.
Kharkiv Oblast, situated in northeastern Ukraine, borders Russia and consists of the nation's second-largest metropolis. It has been a frequent goal of Russian assaults and missile assaults for the reason that full-scale invasion started in February 2022.
Since Ukraine's profitable counteroffensive within the northeast within the fall of 2022, Russia has occupied lower than 5% of Kharkiv Oblast, alongside the area's japanese edge.
In spring 2024, Russian forces opened a brand new entrance within the north of Kharkiv Oblast, close to the city of Vovchansk, however had been pushed again by Ukrainian troops.
The Ukrainian battlefield monitoring platform DeepState reported on July 4 that Russian forces had superior as much as 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) into Kharkiv Oblast close to the border village of Milove, opening yet one more entrance within the northeast.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova
Ukraine hits Russian digital warfare facility making Shahed, Iskander elements, Common Employees says
Ukraine struck a important Russian military-industrial website in a single day on July 5 that produces elements for high-precision weapons utilized by Moscow to assault Ukraine, the Common Employees of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.
The location in query is JSC VNIIR-Progress, a Russian state institute that makes a speciality of growing electronic warfare (EW) methods, together with the Kometa antenna arrays, used to jam satellite tv for pc, radio, and radar indicators.
The institute is situated in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) away from the Ukrainian border.
The Kometa antenna is utilized in Shahed-type drones, Iskander-Ok cruise missiles, and guided aerial bomb modules — all high-precision weapons utilized by Russia to strike civilian and army targets throughout Ukraine.
The Common Employees confirmed that Ukrainian weapons reached the goal space however stated remaining injury assessments had been nonetheless underway.
The VNIIR-Progress institute has been sanctioned by each america and the European Union for its position in supporting Russia's battle effort.
The Iskander-Ok is a precision-guided cruise missile with a variety of as much as 500 kilometers (311 miles), often utilized by Russia to focus on civilian areas. Shahed drones have change into a central a part of Moscow's airstrike techniques since late 2022 because of their low price and excessive payload.
Positioned on the Volga River, Cheboksary is the capital of the Chuvash Republic and lies deep inside Russian territory. Astra and native Russian Telegram channels earlier reportedexplosions within the metropolis in a single day.
Russia's Protection Ministry claimed to have shot down two drones over the area.
This marks the second identified Ukrainian drone strike on VNIIR-Progress. On June 9, explosions and fires had been additionally reported at the facility following one other drone assault.
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The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy