Anti-aircraft fighters of the Khortytsia Group of Forces shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft on the Pokrovsk axis in Donetsk Oblast.

Anti-aircraft fighters of the Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Colonel-General Marok Bezruchko have shot down another Su-25 attack aircraft, which is now burning in the steppes of the Ukrainian Donbas on the Pokrovsk axis

Ukrainian forces have shot down yet another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in the embattled Donetsk Oblast, the Khortytsia group of forces reported on July 7. The Russian jet was downed in the Porkovsk sector by the anti-aircraft gunners of the separate mechanized brigade named after General Lieutenant Mark Bezruchko and is now 'burning in the steppes of Ukrainian Donbas,' the military reported.

Russian troops are advancing on Toretsk in the Donetsk region but Ukrainian Defense Forces are repulsing them near the outskirts.

The enemy has not made any territorial gains, and there is no enemy Russian army in the city of Toretsk.

Russians are trying to capture the city regardless of personnel and equipment losses, deploying mobilized soldiers, former prisoners, Z-storm and V-storm units.

Russians conduct many 'meat assaults' by mobile fire groups and shell Toretsk with various weapons.

Two brigades rotated simultaneously without coordination, exploited by Russian drones

On the night of 7 July, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Pavlohrad.