According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its operational update as of 22:00 on August 4, 2026, posted on Facebook.

"Overall, since the beginning of this day, there have been 216 combat clashes. The enemy launched one missile strike using two missiles, carried out 68 airstrikes, and dropped 213 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it used 6,428 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,294 shellings of populated areas and our troops' positions," the military said.

According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions the enemy carried out three attacks, one combat engagement is still ongoing. In addition, the enemy launched one airstrike using two guided aerial bombs and carried out 49 shellings of Ukrainian troops' positions and populated areas, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.

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During the day in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, the enemy stormed Ukrainian units' positions 15 times near Kozacha Lopan, Lyman, Izbytske, Kovalivka, Okhrimivka, Chorne, Khatnie, Mytrofanivka, and Ivashchyne. One engagement is ongoing.

No assault actions by the enemy were recorded in the Kupiansk direction.

Eleven attempts by the invaders to advance were recorded in the Lyman direction in the areas of Olhivka, Shyikivka, Stavky, Drobysheve, Dibrova, Ozerne, and Lyman, one more engagement is ongoing.

In the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped 17 enemy attempts to advance near Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Pyskunivka, and Riznykivka, one more combat engagement is ongoing.

Two enemy assaults were recorded in the Kramatorsk direction near Nykyforivka and Markove.

In the Kostiantynivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 18 enemy assaults near Ivopillia, Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Novoselivka, and Novopavlivka.

The enemy carried out 23 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. The invaders tried to advance near the settlements of Toretske, Shakhove, Sofiivka, Chernihivka, Hanniivka, Novyi Donbas, Dobropillia, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Novopidhorodne. One combat engagement is ongoing.

According to preliminary estimates, 40 invaders were eliminated and six wounded today in this sector, two vehicles, three special vehicles, and one enemy drone command post were destroyed. Four artillery systems and one vehicle were damaged. A total of 340 various types of unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed or suppressed.

Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the Oleksandrivka direction near Rybne and Piddubne.

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Twelve enemy attacks were recorded in the Huliaipole direction near the settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Rizdvianka, Rivne, Hirke, Zaliznychne, Staroukrainka, Charne, and Yehorivka.

In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks near Bilohiria, Pavlivka, and Plavni.

No enemy assault actions were recorded in the Prydniprovske direction.

There were no significant changes in the situation in other directions.

As Ukrinform reported, the Defense Forces struck a road and railway bridge, an FSB of the Russian Federation facility, and other enemy targets.

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine