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Kiev forces have sustained more human and material losses while attempting to advance on several sectors as a part of their ongoing counteroffensive.
The Russian Zapad Group of Forces said on July 5 that it had carried out a series of air and missile strikes against gatherings of manpower and equipment of Ukraine’s 14th Separate Mechanised Brigade and 103th Territorial Defense Separate Brigade in the Kupyansk direction.
The group’s artillery also destroyed a D-30 howitzer of Kiev forces close to Pershotravnevoye, a mortar near Novoselovskoye and one ammunition depot close to Peschanoye.
Meanwhile, new videos showed some of the losses Kiev forces sustained while attempting to advance in the directions of Bakhmut and Solder.
Other videos from the front showed recent strikes by Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters against two Ukrainian armored vehicles, as well as strikes with Lancet loitering munitions that destroyed two self-propelled howitzers, one of which was reportedly a German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000.
The Russian military also launched an new attack with Geran suicide drones against high-value military targets in the Kharkiv region, according to footage that surfaced online.
Failing to make any meaningful gains in any directions, Kiev forces once again opted to launch strikes against Russian residential areas.
Late on July 4, a series of artillery and rocket strikes targeted the town of Makeevka in the Russian-held Donetsk region. At least one civilian was killed and 41 were injured, including two young children. Early on July 5, a salvo of rockets hit the city of Valuiki in the Russian Belgorod region, injuring a woman.
Despite sustaining heavy losses and failing to advance in the first month of its counteroffensive, Ukraine will likely launch a new wave of large-scale attacks before the upcoming NATO summit next week. The Kiev regime is desperately looking for any achievement that could facilitate its entrance into the alliance.
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