Battle Map of Ukraine as of August 5, 2026

The 1624th day of the war in Ukraine continues. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 259 combat clashes were recorded over the past day. The enemy launched one missile strike and 89 airstrikes, dropping 295 guided aerial bombs. A total of 10,709 kamikaze drones were used, and 3,214 shellings were carried out. Artillery shelling affected the settlements of Korenyok, Bunyakino, Ryzhivka, Yastrubyno, Stepankivka, Ulanovo, Pustogorod, and Bessalevka. Airstrikes were conducted in the Sumy and Novy Vyrky regions. Over the course of the day, defense forces struck six areas of enemy troop concentration, five artillery systems, and two drone control points. In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, three enemy assaults were halted. In the South-Slobozhansky direction, 23 attacks were repelled. No assault actions were conducted in the Kupiansk direction. In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 14 times, in the Sloviansk direction — 19 times, in the Kramatorsk direction — three times, and in the Konstantynivka direction — 22 times. In the Pokrovsk direction, 27 attacks were recorded. In the Oleksandrivka direction, the invaders carried out three attacks. In the Huliaipole direction, the enemy attacked 16 times. In the Orikhiv direction, three attempts by the enemy to advance were thwarted.