Key developments on July 5-6:
- Drones reportedly assault Russia's Black Sea fleet
- Pipelines supplying Russian navy 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, Normal Employees says
- Ukraine's military chief warns of latest 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 accordance with Astra.
The media outlet additionally revealed footage purportedly exhibiting a burning maritime drone that was allegedly shot down throughout the assault.
Krasnodar Krai is situated east of Crimea, with the Kerch Strait separating them at their closest level.
Ukraine frequently strikes navy targets inside Russia as Moscow continues to wage its struggle in opposition to Ukraine.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy
Pipelines supplying Russian navy explode in Russia's Far East, HUR supply says
Explosions in Russia's Vladivostok broken a fuel pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that equipped navy services within the space, a supply in Ukraine's navy intelligence (HUR) informed the Kyiv Impartial on July 5.
A fireplace adopted the explosions and destroyed sections of the Vladivostok fuel 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 fuel to a number of Russian navy services 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 ingesting water to navy garrisons within the space.
"With a purpose to cover data 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 navy property, Ukraine's Normal Employees reported.
The airfield hosts Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM jets thatRussia frequently makes use of in air strikes in opposition to Ukraine, in accordance with the navy. The strike might have destroyed a coaching and fight plane, with additional assessments underway.
The NASA Fireplace Info for Useful resource Administration System (FIRMS) detected a fireplace close to the Borisoglebsk navy airfield shortly after the strike. Residents within the space reported 8–10 highly effective explosions round 2 a.m. native time, in accordance with 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 at the very least six areas.
The Russian Protection Ministry stated 42 drones have 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 have been downed south of St. Petersburg, prompting a short lived suspension of flights at Pulkovo airport. No casualties or injury have been reported.
The governor of Smolensk Oblast in western Russia stated anti-aircraft models 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 have been additionally heard in a single day in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, the place video footage shared on-line confirmed a fireplace reportedly at a neighborhood industrial web site.
Moreover, explosions have been heard throughout the night time in Engels, Saratov Oblast, with some Telegram channels suggesting a navy airfield was probably focused.
The assaults come as Russia escalates aerial assaults on Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to extend long-range drone strikes on Russian navy targets.
Ukrainian officers say these drone operations goal to undermine Russia's strike capabilities and produce the struggle nearer to these enabling the Kremlin's marketing campaign.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova
Ukraine's military chief warns of latest 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 each day," 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 state of affairs within the space, figuring out unit wants, and issuing up to date tactical orders.
Syrskyi stated he was coordinating carefully with Joint Forces Commander Main Normal Mykhailo Drapatyi.
Kharkiv Oblast, situated in northeastern Ukraine, borders Russia and contains 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 have 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 one more entrance within the northeast.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova
Ukraine hits Russian digital warfare facility making Shahed, Iskander elements, Normal Employees says
Ukraine struck a crucial Russian military-industrial web site in a single day on July 5 that produces elements for high-precision weapons utilized by Moscow to assault Ukraine, the Normal Employees of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.
The location in query is JSC VNIIR-Progress, a Russian state institute that focuses on creating electronic warfare (EW) programs, 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-Okay cruise missiles, and guided aerial bomb modules — all high-precision weapons utilized by Russia to strike civilian and navy targets throughout Ukraine.
The Normal Employees confirmed that Ukrainian weapons reached the goal space however stated last injury assessments have been nonetheless underway.
The VNIIR-Progress institute has been sanctioned by each the USA and the European Union for its position in supporting Russia's struggle effort.
The Iskander-Okay is a precision-guided cruise missile with a variety of as much as 500 kilometers (311 miles), regularly utilized by Russia to focus on civilian areas. Shahed drones have turn into a central a part of Moscow's airstrike ways since late 2022 attributable to their low value and excessive payload.
Situated 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 have been additionally reported at the facility following one other drone assault.
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The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy