On Saturday, 4 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on the phone with Donald Trump and congratulated him and all Americans on US Independence Day.

On the night of 5 July, energy infrastructure facilities in the temporarily occupied Crimea came under attack.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has stated that it is prepared to carry out a "humanitarian operation" to hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Kostiantynivka.

In the Mykolaiv region, police have tracked down the driver of a crossover who is believed to have caused a road traffic accident with serious consequences.

The SBU has reported a successful strike on the St Petersburg oil terminal in the Leningrad Oblast. Fires broke out at the site following drone strikes.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, heard a report from the Minister of the Interior, Ihor Klymenko, regarding the tragic road accident in the Mykolaiv region.

The leader of Poland's Law and Justice Party, Jarosław Kaczyński, called for blocking Ukraine's accession to the EU until Kyiv changes its policy toward the OUN and the UIA.

Despite the statement by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.

Nine people have died and eight have been injured in a road traffic accident in the Mykolaiv region. Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident, which involved a passenger minibus and a lorry.

As of early July 2026, the Ukrainian Defence Forces’ campaign of precision strikes had reached new heights.