Ukraine’s military forces claimed it had destroyed a Russian army formation in the Makiivka area of the Donetsk region under Moscow’s control. At the same time, Russian-appointed officials claimed that one civilian was killed and 36 were hurt in Kyiv’s attacks. The news of these attacks was given on late July 4.
The strategic communication office of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated late on July 4 that “As a result of precision firing by Defence Forces units, another formation of Russian terrorists in the temporarily occupied Makiivka ceased to exist”.
According to the communication office’s report, a significant explosion affected a sizable region and destroyed a Russian army formation in Makiivka, located in the Donetsk region of Ukraine that Russia now controls. Russian-appointed authorities in Makiivka reported that there was one casualty in the attacks, and at least 36 people were injured.
According to Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of those areas of Donetsk that Moscow controls stated that a 33-month-old infant and a seven-year-old boy were among those hurt during these attacks.
Pushilin stated, “Late in the evening, the enemy launched fierce attacks on residential areas and a hospital complex”. Russia’s TASS news agency cited Russian-installed officials in Donetsk and stated that Ukrainian forces’ shelling had destroyed nine healthcare facilities.
Recently Russia intercepted five Ukrainian drones near Moscow on July 4, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement on Telegram and termed it a “terrorist” attack. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it intercepted five Ukrainian drones near Moscow, according to CNN.
“This morning, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using five UAVs against targets in Moscow region and New Moscow was foiled,” the ministry stated.
It added that four of the drones were intercepted by air defences in the New Moscow region.
The fifth drone was “suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed on the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region,” CNN quoted the ministry.
The Russian ministry also said that there were no casualties as a result of the drone interceptions.
Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the alleged drone attack forced an airport to divert “some flights”. “For security reasons, some flights from Vnukovo airport have been temporarily rerouted,” Sobyanin said on Telegram.
Vnukovo International Airport, one of four airports that serve Moscow, also diverted six flights on July 4, according to a statement from Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, CNN reported.
“Due to technical issues unmanageable by the airport itself, Vnukovo has imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft from beginning at 5:10 AM,” Rosaviatsiya said in the statement.
Earlier on Monday, Ukraine claimed it had taken a total of 14 square miles –9 square km of territory in the east and 28.4 square km in the south–from Russia in the past week, CNN reported.
On July 2, Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day break, and Al Jazeera reported citing a senior Ukrainian military official.
“Another enemy attack on Kyiv,” Serhiy Popko, a colonel general who heads Kyiv’s military administration, said in a post on the Telegram channel early on July 2.
