1,488 political violence events
3% decrease compared to last week
134 incidents of violence targeting civilians
21% increase compared to last week
At least 53 fatalities from civilian targeting
39% decrease compared to last week
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces seized six settlements — three along the boundary with the Dnipropetrovsk region, two northeast of Pokrovsk, and one east of Kostiantynivka.
- Russian forces captured two villages close to the Russian border east and northeast of Velykyi Burluk in the Kharkiv region and another village near the international border in the Sumy region.
- ACLED records at least 35 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in the western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, and Ternopil.
- Russian shelling, missiles, aerial bombs, and drones killed at least 42 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhia regions, as well as in the city of Kyiv. Meanwhile, Ukrainian shelling, drones, and missiles reportedly killed at least eight civilians in the occupied parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions.
Key events
- 1 Jul. | Dnipropetrovsk – Russian missiles kill three commanding officers of a Ukrainian brigade and an unspecified number of soldiers in Huliaipole
- 3 Jul. | Poltava – Russian drones hit a military recruitment center in Poltava city, killing two people and wounding 59
- 3 Jul. | Luhansk – Explosives planted by Ukraine’s security service kill a former pro-Russian mayor of Luhansk city
Spotlight: A record-high barrage of drones and missiles hits Ukraine
Overnight on 3 and 4 July, Russian forces launched 539 drones, including decoy drones, and 11 missiles at Ukraine, breaking another record in the number of drones launched during a single coordinated attack since the start of the full-scale invasion.1Victoria Butenko, et al., “Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine after latest Trump-Putin phone call,” CNN, 4 July 2025 Ukrainian forces intercepted 478 of the projectiles.2Anett Abramova, “Russia launched over 500 UAVs and a dozen missiles into Ukraine. The Air Force spoke about another massive attack,” Hromadske, 4 July 2025 (Ukrainian) The attack came shortly after yet another call between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.3Paul Sonne and Tyler Pager, “Trump Says Call With Putin Yields No Progress on Ukraine Cease-Fire,” The New York Times, 3 July 2025 It mainly focused on the capital city of Kyiv, where it lasted around 13 hours,4Vitalii Chervonenko and Mariana Matviichuk, “Massive Russian strike on Kyiv: three people killed, dozens injured,” BBC, 4 July 2025 (Ukrainian) killing three civilians and wounding over 30 others. The attack damaged infrastructure in at least five of Kyiv’s 10 boroughs, including apartment buildings, railway infrastructure, schools, a medical facility, and the Embassy of Poland in Kyiv’s historical city center.
The attack came only several days after the previous record-breaking wave of Russian drones and missiles. On 29 June, Russia launched 477 drones and 60 missiles at Ukraine, 475 of which were intercepted.5Nataliia Yurchenko, “Russians fired a record 537 targets at Ukraine: how many missiles and drones did air defense shoot down,” RBC-Ukraine, 29 June 2025 (Ukrainian) The attack and fallen debris struck over a dozen locations across the central and western regions of Ukraine, injuring civilians and damaging residential buildings, educational facilities, a hospital, and other civilian infrastructure. The number of drones Russia has launched against Ukraine has been on the rise this year. Russia launched over 5,000 drones in June — twice that of the highest recorded number in 2023.6Yuliia Taradiuk, “Smashing previous monthly record, Russia launches 5,337 kamikaze drones against Ukraine during June,” The Kyiv Independent, 30 June 2025
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