2025-08-04T06:44:49+00:00

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Shafaq News – Moscow / Kyiv

Russian and Ukrainian forces escalated military
activity over the weekend, reporting rising casualties, intensified drone
attacks, and sustained shelling across multiple fronts.

Russian sources told TASS on Monday that “several
dozen” civilians were killed in the city of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s
Republic, citing close-quarters combat and a wave of FPV and “Baba Yaga” drone
strikes. They noted that while initial civilian deaths often stemmed from
direct encounters with Ukrainian troops, most recent fatalities result from
increasingly frequent drone warfare.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported downing 61
Ukrainian drones overnight, including 18 over the Black Sea, 12 in Voronezh,
and 11 in Crimea, with additional interceptions in Belgorod, Volgograd,
Bryansk, Rostov, Moscow, and Ryazan.

In Volgograd, drone debris sparked grassfires and
shattered windows near Frolovo’s Archeda train station, briefly disrupting rail
service, though no injuries were reported, according to Governor Andrey
Bocharov.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 183 combat
engagements in the past 24 hours, concentrated along the eastern and southern
axes, while Russian forces launched over 65 airstrikes, 4,300 artillery shells,
and 2,400 kamikaze drones, targeting Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.

Ukrainian troops reportedly pushed back repeated
assaults in Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Lyman, and Toretsk, with 22 separate ground
offensives reported in the Novopavlivka sector, though no clashes were noted
near Huliaipole or Orikhiv.

Kyiv claimed its counterattacks destroyed or damaged
eight Russian armored vehicles, 28 artillery systems, 85 military trucks, and
shot down 77 drones, estimating Russian troop losses at 1,010 in the past day.