[Korrespondent] 22:51 Reznikov said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin: "We discussed the current situation on the front line and further steps in the counter-offensive operation, as well as other topical issues. We checked the clock before the next meeting in the Ramstein format, which will be held shortly after the Vilnius NATO summit "We also talked about new projects related to the supply of various types of ammunition. Wait for good news..."
22:27 In Lviv, the number of victims of a nighttime missile attack has increased to six - during the analysis of the rubble, rescuers found another body. Already dismantled 70% of the destruction, the services will work all night, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
22:25 Romania plans to open a training center for F-16 pilots, which will be available to NATO allies and Ukraine, the country's Supreme Defense Council said. At the same time, it is not indicated what timeframe is in question.
21:23 Zelensky paid a visit to Bulgaria, where he held talks with the country's leadership on providing Ukraine with weapons and on supporting its entry into NATO and the EU. A visit to Sofia could be of great importance, first of all, for the Ukrainian army. For more details, see Key Arms Base .
20:29 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: "He spoke about the operational situation at the front. The Ukrainian military continues to conduct active offensive operations. The situation is developing according to plan, the initiative is in our hands."
20:02 On the night of July 6, Russia launched the largest attack on Lviv since the beginning of the war. As a result, part of an apartment building collapsed, killing five people, injuring more than 40, and the rubble is still being cleared. Read more about the tragedy in the material Consequences of the strike on Lviv .
19:56 Zelensky said that after a visit to Bulgaria he was going to the Czech Republic: "I will hold substantive negotiations with President Petr Pavel, Prime Minister Petr Fiala, heads of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament Milos Vystrcil and Marketa Pekarova Adamova, I will meet with members of the parliamentary government, representatives Media: The focus is on defense support, European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine and the Vilnius NATO summit, the situation around the ZNPP, the implementation of the Peace Formula, the restoration of Ukraine."
19:35 Bulgaria plans to sell two Russian-made nuclear reactors to Ukrainian Energoatom, writes The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, we are talking about equipment from the unfinished Belene nuclear power plant, the cost of which is at least 600 million euros. The construction of this station began in 1987, and then it was completed by Rosatom. However, in 2012 the project was closed amid a change of government in Bulgaria and disagreements over the cost of the work. The WSJ notes that this indicates a significant decrease in Russian influence in the eastern countries of the European Union.
18:41 Representatives of the IAEA are at the Zaporozhye NPP, but they are limited in access and receive information only from the Russians, an employee of the plant said in an interview with SuspÑ–lny on condition of anonymity. In his opinion, the risks for the population are now minimal, since the units do not work and do not produce radioactive substances.
18:20 In Lviv, all shelters must be open around the clock - the Commission for Emergency Situations made the corresponding decision, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
17:58 Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, at a joint press conference with Zelensky in Sofia, said that Russia must, without any conditions, withdraw from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and be held accountable for the crimes committed. "Bulgaria consistently supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, because we are confident that an independent and sovereign Ukraine is the key to Euro-Atlantic security in this region," he stressed.
17:37 The Russians fired artillery at the private sector with. Novomikhailovka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region - two people were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. In addition, the enemy attacked Toretsk - one person was killed, two more were injured.
17:10 The New York Times writes, citing sources, that the United States has already decided to supply cluster munitions to Kiev and will announce it in the near future. In turn, the human rights organization Human Rights Watch urged Washington not to do this, since such a step would allegedly lead to "suffering of the civilian population," and their use "is almost guaranteed to be a war crime."
16:26 Ukraine and Bulgaria signed a joint declaration, which refers to the support of Kiev's membership in NATO. It became the 22nd such document. The declaration makes it clear that Bulgaria supports Ukraine's NATO membership as soon as conditions permit.
16:21 The Russians hit Kherson again - three people were injured, the OVA reported.
16:12 Ukraine returned 47 of its citizens from Russian captivity, including two children , the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. In particular, 43 servicemen and two civilians were released. Representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 28 (among them from the terrorist defense - ten), the National Guard - ten, border guards - four, military sailors - one. The mother of the two released children, a combat medic, was released from captivity in October last year.
Most of those released from captivity are privates and sergeants, two are officers. They defended Ukraine in Mariupol, in the Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Kherson directions.
15:23 The SBU reported suspicion of high treason to blogger Anatoly Shariy. According to the investigation, he organizes pro-Russian PR campaigns and creates and distributes politically biased anti-Ukrainian stories. The investigation also established that in the spring of 2022, Shariy entered into an agreement with the former head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Vinnitsa region, who has been working for the FSB of the Russian Federation since 2018.
15:21 The death toll due to a nighttime missile attack on Lviv has grown to five - the body of another person was removed from the rubble, said the head of the OVA Maksim Kozitsky. Rescuers continue to work at the scene of the tragedy. The number of injured has risen to 40.
15:14 Finland announced the provision of the 17th military assistance package to Ukraine for 105 million euros, which will include air defense equipment and ammunition, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. In total, Finland has provided Ukraine with military assistance worth about 1.2 billion euros.
15:10 Ukraine nationalized the AN-140-100 aircraft of the Russian aircraft manufacturer Rostec worth 150 million hryvnias, the SBU reported. Prior to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the aircraft was handed over to Antonov State Enterprise for technical adjustments, testing and subsequent return to Russia.
14:57 Zelensky will meet with Erdogan in Istanbul before the NATO summit, the Turkish edition of Sabah reported, citing sources.
14:54 As a result of the strike on Makiivka, a large warehouse of the Russian army was destroyed, where a significant number of artillery shells and missiles for the BM-21 Grad MLRS were stored, Anna Malyar reported. "This is a vivid example of the effective work of Ukrainian artillerymen, who inflicted a fire defeat, and aerial reconnaissance officers, who corrected the strike," she said.
The Deputy Minister of Defense stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine daily find and destroy warehouses and logistics hubs of Russians. In the past 24 hours alone, six ammunition depots have been destroyed in the Tauride direction alone. "This is our response to the frontal assaults of the enemy. We inflict effective, painful pinpoint strikes, bleed the occupier, for whom the lack of ammunition and fuel will sooner or later become fatal. In modern warfare, logistical goals are key," Malyar added.
14:52 Budanov said in an interview with The Times that Russian society is torn into two parts and the Russian Federation is on the brink of civil war. The head of the GUR spoke about the intercepted secret data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, which reflects the mood of the population during the Prigozhin rebellion. According to them, Prigozhin had the support of the population of 17 out of 46 regions of Russia, and Putin - 21 regions.
In particular, the head of the Kremlin could count on the loyalty of Moscow, but not St. Petersburg, and the lowest support for Putin was recorded in Dagestan. "We need a small internal 'affair', and the internal conflict will intensify," Budanov added.
14:39 Lukashenka said that the use of nuclear weapons by Russia during the war in Ukraine is possible only in the event of "aggression by NATO." He also believes that peace talks on Ukraine may begin by autumn, and the Europeans are ready for them, but not Zelensky. At the same time, Lukashenka called on Kyiv to start peace negotiations now, because after the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Moscow may not agree.
In addition, Lukashenka said that the process of transferring Russian nuclear warheads to Belarus would allegedly be completed by the end of the year. "But I think much sooner we will completely move the warheads that are designed for this," he added.
14:34 The Russians fired at Antonovka in the Kherson region in the morning, one person was injured. Two more people were wounded during the shelling of the village of Priozernoye. In Kherson, as a result of enemy shelling, two people were also wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
14:12 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that tonight a blow was allegedly struck "at points of temporary deployment of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as at places of storage of foreign-made armored vehicles." According to Moscow, "all designated facilities were hit."
14:03 Peskov said that the Kremlin does not follow the movements of Prigozhin, "has neither the ability nor the desire to do so."
13:55 Ukraine now has more tanks than Russia, Bloomberg calculated. The publication notes that after 16 months of war, the balance of power has changed. So, now Ukraine has about 1,500 tanks (987 before a full-scale invasion), and Russia has 1,400 (3,400 before a full-scale invasion).
13:29 During the night attack on Lviv, at least ten shelters were closed in the city - the police opened production, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said.
12:46 After the war in Ukraine, they will abandon the draft that was earlier. The basis of the state's defense will be a professional army, Shmyhal said. According to him, all those liable for military service will continuously undergo compulsory exercises in certain military specialties. Two reserve components will be created.
12:41 Two days of mourning has been declared in Lviv in memory of those who died as a result of a rocket attack on the city, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
12:24 Zelensky announced that he had arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria: “I will hold thorough negotiations with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, meet with President Rumen Radev, officials, parliamentarians, politicians, journalists. Defense support, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, NATO summit, security guarantees and realization of the Peace Formula".
12:08 In the Kleshcheevka area south of Bakhmut, heavy battles are now underway, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty said: “There are powerful battles, we can’t disclose details yet. But judging by how panic is being whipped up in enemy publics, I think that the name Kleshcheevka would be very symbolic for them."
11:45 In Lvov, according to preliminary data, as a result of a rocket attack, four people were killed, 37 were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. At the site of the enemy strike, rescue and search operations are being carried out in the 1st, 3rd and 4th entrances of the destroyed house.
11:09 A court in Rostov sentenced Ukrainians accused of allegedly attempting to assassinate the "first deputy head of the administration" of the occupied Kherson region in December 2022 to 23 and 24 years in prison, Russian media write.
10:57 Lukashenka said that now Prigozhin and his mercenaries are not in Belarus: "As far as I am informed, the fighters are in their camps. As for Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus."
10:22 In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the death toll as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has grown to 53, emergency services of the Russian Federation reported.
10:16 British intelligence notes that Russia has pulled together military formations from all over the country to counter the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Thus, the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation operates in the Zaporozhye region, which usually deals with security in the Caucasus region. In the area of ​​Velika Novoselka, Donetsk region, the positions are held by the 5th combined arms army and the marines. This formation of the Russian Federation was used as a counteraction to China.
Around Bakhmut, the defense is now dominated by the airborne forces, which are usually deployed in the west of Russia and act as an elite rapid reaction force in case of tension with NATO. Analysts noted that this shows how the war against Ukraine has shifted Russia's well-established national strategy.
09:58 The missiles that the Russian Federation fired across Ukraine today seemed to be flying to Kiev, but turned sharply in the direction of Lviv, Air Force speaker Yuri Ignat said. He explained that the missiles were flying from the sea, "the enemy worked out the route, using both the terrain and the river beds, in this case the Dnieper." "They could be intercepted by fighters. And some of the missiles were intercepted by fighter aircraft, but this is a very small part. The F-16 could handle this," he stressed.
09:39 As a result of a nighttime missile attack on Lviv, 35 houses, schools, student dormitories of the Lviv Polytechnic, an office complex were damaged, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. 33 people asked for medical help, 13 are in hospitals, some are in serious condition. The death toll may still increase - search work continues, there are people under the rubble.
09:27 Fresh satellite images of the Zaporozhye NPP show the appearance of new objects on the roof of the fourth power unit, the mining of which was reported by the General Staff. Radio Liberty showed photos taken on the morning of July 5. The resolution of the image does not allow us to understand what exactly appeared on the roof.
09:01 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were injured, in Kherson and Kharkiv - one at a time, according to the OVA.
08:56 The number of wounded as a result of the attack on Lviv has increased to 32 , of which one is a child. Four people were killed, rescue work continues, the Interior Ministry said.
08:51 Air defense forces shot down seven out of ten Caliber cruise missiles at night. There are missile hits on civilian targets in Lvov. According to the command of the Air Force, the missiles were launched from the Black Sea, from surface carriers and submarines. Several groups of missiles were recorded, which first headed north, using the terrain and the channel of the Dnieper, and then abruptly changed course to the west.
08:45 The Ukrainian military are moving north and south of Bakhmut, spokesman of the General Staff Andrei Kovalev said. The Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol, Berdyansk and Bakhmut directions and hold back the offensive of Russian troops in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
08:39 Ukraine's counteroffensive was supposed to start earlier, but was delayed due to the timing of the delivery of weapons, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN. According to him, due to the later start, the counteroffensive is moving more slowly than it could, because the Russian army had more time to mine vast territories and create defensive lines.
In some areas, Ukraine "can't even think" about launching a counter-offensive, as there is no appropriate weaponry, Zelensky added: "Throwing our people to be torn to pieces by Russian long-range weapons would be simply inhumane."
08:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 6.
- personnel - about 232,300 (+600) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4068 (+6),
- armored combat vehicles - 7932 (+15),
- artillery systems - 4310 (+22),
- MLRS - 657 (+1),
- air defense systems - 404 (+9),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 309 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3635 (+21),
- cruise missiles - 1264 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6888 (+23),
- special equipment - 605 (+7).
08:18 Russia during the night attack involved six launch vehicles with a total salvo of 36 missiles. Caliber hit Lvov, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden.
07:50 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 38 military clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:29 In Lvov, as of 7:00 am, four people were killed and nine wounded as a result of a Russian night attack. There are still people under the rubble, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. Employees of the State Emergency Service rescued seven people, 64 were evacuated. As a result of rocket attacks, an apartment building was damaged, the 3rd and 4th floors were destroyed in two entrances.
07:24 Zelensky showed the consequences of a night strike on Lviv.
05:25 Budanov said in an interview with The Times that the threat of a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is decreasing. He declined to give the reasons for this conclusion, but said that "certain public and non-public actions in this area" led to this. "And I think that now the danger of an artificial man-made disaster is slowly subsiding," the head of the GUR noted.
04:20 The Russians attacked Lvov with missiles: a critical infrastructure facility and an apartment building were damaged, there are wounded, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky.
00:49 The decision on Ukraine's entry into NATO will be made with the consent of all member countries after Kiev carries out reforms and meets all the requirements of the Alliance, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: "President Biden repeated that Ukraine, before joining the Alliance, you will have to implement reforms to meet the standards that NATO member countries have."