Russia loses another 620 soldiers, 35 drones and 21 armored combat vehicles in one day – General Staff 

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff shared their regular report, as below.

The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to August 3, 2023, amounted to:

• personnel - about 247,850 (+620 per day) 
• tanks - 4,224 (+7)
• armored fighting vehicles - 8,234 (+21)
• artillery systems - 4,892 (+26)
• MLRS - 704 (+4)
• air defense systems - 465 (+2)
• aircraft - 315
• helicopters - 311
• vehicles and tank trucks - 7,372 (+23)
• ships/boats - 18
• UAV operational-tactical level - 4,077 (+35)
• special equipment - 721 (+3)
• cruise missiles - 1,347 

The final data is being clarified.

Russian troops try to regain lost ground in the Bakhmut and Shakhtarsk directions

There were 44 combat clashes over the past day, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ morning report on August 3.

On the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus, the operational situation has not changed. 

On the northeastern border with Russia, Russian forces carried out air strikes near 3 settlements. They also launched mortar and artillery attacks, targeting a total of over 25 settlements across Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions.

In the Kupiansk direction, Russian troops carried out air strikes near 3 settlements and shelled 8 settlements across the Kharkiv region.

In the Lyman direction, Russian forces launched air strikes near 3 settlements and shelled 6 settlements in Luhansk and Donetsk regions with artillery.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost ground west of Kurdyumivka, south of Andriivka and west of Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region. They carried out air strikes near 4 settlements and shelled over 10 settlements in the Donetsk region with artillery.

In the Avdiivka direction, Russian troops launched an air strike near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, and shelled 6 settlements with artillery. 

In the Marinka direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces hold back the Russian offensive near the town of Marinka. Russian troops shelled 6 settlements in the Donetsk region with artillery.

In the Shakhtarsk direction, Russian troops launched air strikes near Staromaiorske and Makarivka, Donetsk region. They made unsuccessful attempts to regain their lost position west of Staromayorsk and north of Urozhaine and shelled over 15 settlements. 

In Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, Russian forces’ priority is preventing the advance of Ukrainian troops.

Russian forces carried out air strikes near 6 settlements in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions and shelled over 35 settlements across Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conduct offensive operations in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, consolidating their positions, inflicting artillery fire, and conducting counter-battery operations.

Russian troops launch 5 missile and 89 air strikes against Ukraine in one day

Russia struck with Iranian Shahed UAVs. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 23 attack UAVs.

In addition, Russian forces launched 5 missile, 89 air strikes, and 67 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. There are casualties among the civilian population.

The threat of further missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains very high.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy 21 Russian artillery pieces at firing positions, 3 control points and 2 ammunition depots 

Thus, over the past day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out 9 strikes on concentrations of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment and 3 strikes on anti-aircraft missile systems.

The Ukrainian missile and artillery units destroyed 21 artillery pieces at firing positions, 1 radar station, 3 control points, 1 concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 air defense facilities, 1 area of concentration of personnel and 2 ammunition depots.

Ukrainian defenders also managed to destroy 9 reconnaissance UAVs of operational and tactical level.

"DPR’s Ministry of Internal Affairs" orders to replenish its troops with 1,000 convicts 

Russian occupying forces continue to mobilize convicts. According to the order of the so-called Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic), measures are being taken to recruit persons serving sentences or detained for crimes of minor or moderate gravity to internal troops.

It has also been established that wounding of convicted persons in combat does not expunge their criminal record, and that suspicions of persons under investigation will be lifted only upon demobilization.

Thus, the terrorists were tasked with intensifying their work to combat crime and replenishing the internal troops by 1,000 people at the expense of those suspected of committing criminal offenses. At the same time, the re-certification of collaborators among police officers who defected to the Russian side will be conducted after they have completed combat missions as part of the consolidated battalions of the internal troops of the "DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs."

• On August 2, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces drove Russian troops out of their positions near Avdiivka, Donetsk region.