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2022-07-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 1st, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:13 Johnson became an honorary citizen of Odessa, the mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov said: "We highly appreciate the Prime Minister of Britain. Therefore, I signed an order to award Boris Johnson with honorary signs named after Grigory Marazli I, II, III degrees."

23:03 In Kremenchug, after removing the rubble on 90% of the area of ​​the Amstor shopping and entertainment center, 29 fragments of bodies were found, the State Emergency Service reports. As of the evening of July 1, 19 dead and 64 injured are known, of which 26 were hospitalized.

22:11 Zelensky said that he had held telephone conversations with Argentine Presidents Alberto Fernandez and Chile Gabriel Boric: "I continue to establish ties with an important region - Latin America. I talked with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, thanked for humanitarian assistance, condemnation of Russian aggression and suspension of Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. <...> I am glad to establish contact with the newly elected President of Chile. Thanked for the support in the UN, humanitarian assistance for Ukraine. We discussed the possibility of involving Chilean specialists in demining Ukrainian territories."

22:06 Ukraine turned to Turkey with a request to detain and arrest the cargo ship Zhibek Zholy, which sails under the Russian flag and transports Ukrainian grain exported from Berdyansk, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said.

22:00 Moroccan and British servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "sentenced to death" by the court of the so-called "DPR", appealed their sentences, reports Reuters. The Supreme Court of the "DPR" received appeals from lawyers Brahim Saadoun and Sean Pinner. Another "convicted" Briton, Aiden Eslin, has not yet filed an appeal.

Russian media reported today that a similar "verdict" awaits two more British prisoners. These are Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill, who were taken prisoner respectively at the Ilyich plant in Mariupol and in the Mykolaiv region.

21:39 The United States is providing Ukraine with a new $820 million military aid package , the Pentagon said. This package was previously announced by Biden. The new military assistance package includes additional ammunition for HIMARS, 150,000 artillery shells for Western howitzers, two NASAMS air defense systems, and four counter-battery radars.

21:13 Today, at about 18:00, a pair of Su-30 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces twice launched an air strike with phosphorus bombs on Zmeiny Island from the Bilbek airfield, where they allegedly "completed the tasks," Zaluzny said. One of the bombs hit the sea.

20:49 Monthly volumes of gas transit through the Ukrainian GTS in June of this year reached a historic low since 1991 - 1.25 billion cubic meters. So, compared to May 2022, the volume of transit through Ukraine fell by 37%, and compared to June of the previous year, transit decreased by almost three times. Gazprom used only 38% of the booked capacity (3.29 billion cubic meters) under a long-term contract, the GTS Operator of Ukraine said.

20:44 Kuleba said that Ukraine has filed a Memorandum with the International Court of Justice: "We prove that the Russian Federation violated the Genocide Convention, justifying its military aggression by groundless accusations of Ukraine of" genocide ". This is an important step to hold the Russian Federation accountable and compensate for the damage caused ".

20:32 A few years ago, the Russian government decided to appropriate the Ukrainian national dish. But now the culture of cooking Ukrainian borscht has been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko called the UNESCO decision "a victory in the war for borscht". More about this - in the material Borsch is de-Russified .

20:14 Zaluzhny said that he spoke with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who assured him that "the United States will support Ukraine for as long as it takes."

20:09 The German government called today's shelling of the Odessa region a war crime. "Attacks on civilians are a war crime. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the perpetrators will have to be held accountable," said German government spokesman Steffen Hebeshtreit.

20:02 In Donetsk, the issuance of Russian passports has begun today, the "Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR" reported. Earlier, the opening of the first point of issue of Russian passports was reported in Luhansk.

19:59 The Ukrainian military repelled a hostile reconnaissance attempt in the direction of the Lisichansk gelatin plant, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening report .

18:42 At the height of the war against Russia, Ukraine decided to change the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights. Lyudmila Denisova was dismissed from this position with a scandal, and people's deputy Dmitry Lubinets will replace her. Read more in the material Scandal with the Ombudsman .

18:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine knocked out the Russian invaders from Zmeiny Island with the help of not only Western weapons, but also Bogdan's self-propelled artillery mount of Ukrainian design and production. This first Ukrainian NATO-caliber howitzer is capable of effectively destroying the enemy at a distance of 40 kilometers. More about it - in the material Ukrainian self-propelled guns Bogdan .

18:14 Reznikov said that since the beginning of the war, more than 90,000 Russian servicemen have been wounded, Russia's losses amount to more than 30,000 people. There are also a lot of missing people: the Russian leadership passes many off as "lost" in order not to pay monetary compensation to their families.

18:12 Yermak said that a preliminary version of an agreement on international security guarantees for Ukraine may appear during July. At the same time, according to him, the agreement on security guarantees will not become an alternative to Kyiv's movement into NATO.

18:10 Zelensky called the Russian missile attack on the Odessa region a targeted act of terrorism against the Ukrainian people: "Today, the Russian army launched another brutal missile attack. It was a supersonic cruise anti-ship missile. It hit an ordinary residential building in the Odessa region. Such missiles were created to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships... This is not an accidental strike, as the media in the Russian Federation say about it. This is a targeted Russian missile attack, Russian terror, let's be frank, against our cities and villages, against our people, adults and children" .

18:07 Yermak said that Ukraine considers the possibility of a ceasefire only as the first step towards the withdrawal of Russian troops: "If a ceasefire is the first step towards ending the war and the withdrawal of Russian troops, we can think about it. Just a ceasefire as a step towards a frozen conflict We are not interested. This is not the Ukrainian plan. We are interested in winning this war. And it will definitely happen."

18:04 The European Commission has proposed to allocate the first tranche of emergency macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 1 billion euros, Ursula von der Leyen said.

17:58 Zelensky met with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stere in Kiev. "I have come to express support for the people of Ukraine. Norway will transfer 1 billion euros by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2023 for the needs of the people," Stere said at a briefing with the President of Ukraine.

17:47 In Donetsk, graduates of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR without documents are going to be taken to the front. Parents came under the academy and staged a protest, "military men" threaten with weapons, write local publics. The "workbook" of the commander of the 1st separate battalion of the Russian Federation states that the cadets of the academy of the 1st and 2nd courses will guard the air defense crews, warehouses and locations, and the cadets of the 3rd, 4th and 5th courses will be sent to front.

17:40 At night, the Russian Federation launched rocket attacks on high-rise buildings and recreation centers in the Odessa region. Korrespondent.net has collected everything that is known about the tragedy at the moment, in the material of the Russian Federation the terror continues .

17:33 Zelensky met in Kiev with former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, thanked him for his direct participation in the process of working on international security guarantees for Ukraine, as well as for agreeing to lead the corresponding platform together with Yermak.

17:27 The European Commission has temporarily exempted EU member states from paying duties and VAT on the import of humanitarian aid for Ukrainians. This measure will apply retroactively from February 24 and will be valid until December 31, 2022, the European Commission said.

17:04 Russia has obliged Ukrainian teachers in the occupied territories to sign a document by July 21 confirming their readiness to switch to teaching according to the Russian school curriculum, writes The Guardian. Otherwise, they should quit. The publication notes that this puts many teachers in a difficult position: if they do not sign the document, they will lose their jobs and risk retribution from the Russian forces, and if they sign, they risk facing accusations from the Ukrainian authorities, who consider studying under the Russian program as form of cooperation with the enemy.

16:49 Forbes has calculated that the Russians have lost a total of $915 million worth of military equipment during the occupation of Snake Island. The biggest loss is the cruiser Moskva, which cost $750 million.

16:35 Putin said at the Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus that the West is pushing the Russian Federation to "unification processes" with Belarus: "Unprecedented political and sanctions pressure from the so-called collective West is pushing us to speed up the unification processes."

Putin did not specify what kind of acceleration he was talking about, but explained that "during a recent meeting with Lukashenka in St. Petersburg, we discussed this issue in detail, including an agreement to use the transshipment capabilities of the Russian port terminal at Baltic".

16:33 The number of victims of a missile attack on the Odessa region has increased to 21 people , OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said on the air of the telethon.

16:31 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO's decision to recognize Russia as a direct threat is "a serious bid for confrontation with Russia on all fronts and using all tools."

16:17 Gazprom announced that it would completely stop Nord Stream from July 11 to July 21 "to carry out planned preventive work."

16:13 As a result of the Russian missile attack on Sergeevka, Odessa region, the Rehabilitation Center for Children belonging to Moldova was damaged, said the Minister of Health of Moldova, Alla Nemerenko. According to her, the Center on the Black Sea coast was intended for the rehabilitation of children from Moldova with serious illnesses. After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the center was temporarily closed, with minimal staff remaining.

“The Center itself was not seriously damaged by the shelling, only the windows of the boiler room were shattered. But we were told with regret that five employees of the Center were injured and one died. All of them lived in the building damaged by the shelling,” Nemerenko said.

15:56 Erdogan announced the preparation of telephone conversations between Putin and Zelensky, writes Anadolu. "We will negotiate for the re-export of agricultural products. There are countries that have problems, and we can help. Our 20 ships in the Black Sea are ready for action. After Putin and Zelensky's response, we will determine our next steps," Erdogan said.

15:39 The ECHR, by an interim decision on the claim of the wife of the Ukrainian military, obliged Russia to respect the rights of all captives and provide them with access to the necessary medical care. The decision was made in the case of Oleinichenko v. Russia and Ukraine , the lawsuit was filed by the wife of a captive Ukrainian, Yaroslav Oleinichenko.

The court asks the Russian Federation to confirm within a week whether this soldier is in captivity and in what conditions he is being held, including information on medical examinations and treatment, if any. Ukraine is also asked to report within a week what is known about the fate of the captive Oleinichenko.

15:36 In the Odessa region, July 2 was declared a day of mourning in memory of those killed in a missile attack on the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district.

15:34 Russian invaders are increasingly using inaccurate shells in the war against Ukraine. About what this means - in the article Why the Russian Federation is hitting Ukraine with old X-22 missiles .

15:25 The EU may prescribe in the new package of anti-Russian sanctions the corrected rules for the transit of sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad, which will allow it to be unblocked, Bloomberg reports. And Der Spiegel writes that the European Union has changed its position on the issue of transit to Kaliningrad at the request of Berlin.

15:16 The military exercises of the Belarusian army, which were supposed to end today, have been extended until at least July 9, Belarus Gayun reports.

15:07 There are seven battalions of the Belarusian Armed Forces on the border with Ukraine, the threat of an invasion by the Belarusian army remains. However, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a direct military offensive from Belarus is currently unlikely, since a grouping of troops has not been created, and a control system for this grouping has not been deployed. But the presence of enemy troops near the border diverts the resources of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the eastern front, and the constant movement of troops is aimed at keeping Ukraine on its toes, intelligence noted.

15:00 The defense has filed a cassation complaint with the "court" in the "DPR" to mitigate the sentence of the Moroccan who fought for Ukraine, "condemned" to death, lawyer Yulia Tserkovnikova said.

14:51 The EU intends to impose an embargo on Russian gold in a new package of sanctions, writes Bloomberg.

14:38 Poland has signed a $1.8 billion contract for the purchase of 32 AW149 helicopters manufactured by the Italian company Leonardo. The Minister of Defense of the country, Mariusz Blaszczak, said that two squadrons and the first helicopters will enter the Polish army next year. He added that in the face of the war in Ukraine, Poland is modernizing its armed forces and intends to spend more than 3% of GDP on defense from next year.

14:19 On Nikolaev this morning Russians have let out about ten rockets, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. The missiles hit private enterprises, one of them was seriously damaged.

14:06 Peskov, in response to a question about a strike on the Odessa region, said that Russia does not shoot at civilian targets: "I want to remind you once again the words of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation that the armed forces of the Russian Federation do not work during a special military operation for civilian purposes and civilian infrastructure".

13:55 As of 13:30, as a result of a missile strike in the village of Sergeevka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district in the Odessa region, 20 people were killed (16 people - a residential building and four people - a recreation center, one of them is a child), the State Emergency Service reported. 38 people were hospitalized.

13:42 Ukrainian borscht has been recognized as a UNESCO cultural heritage site requiring immediate protection, Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said. At the V Extraordinary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the element Culture of cooking Ukrainian borscht was included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List .

13:20 Macron announced new assistance to Ukraine: "France will promptly deliver to Ukraine the equipment necessary for self-defense, including six more Caesar howitzers and a significant amount of armored vehicles. France, allies and European partners are and will be."

13:13 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the United24 platform have opened a fundraiser for the Army of Drones. At the first stage, it is planned to purchase 200 drones for aerial reconnaissance, which can fly up to 24 hours at a distance of 160 km and remain almost invisible. The goal is to cover the entire front line with drones, about 2470 km in total. You can help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and join the collection from any corner of the world on the platform https://u24.gov.ua/dronation

13:11 The telephone code of Donetsk in July will be changed from +38 (062) to +7 (856), Russian media reported, citing the "mayor" of the city.

13:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the Odessa region, missiles hit "a radar station for detecting air targets."

13:05 The Rada appointed Dmytro Lubinets to the post of Commissioner for Human Rights, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.

13:03 Lukashenka said that the post-Soviet countries should move closer to the "Union State" of Belarus and Russia, "unless, of course, they want to preserve sovereignty and independence."

13:00 The government of the Russian Federation has submitted a bill to the State Duma that will be able to force business to serve state needs in the interests of the army and special services, and Russians to work for this at night, without days off and holidays. The explanatory note to the bill says that in the conditions of the war in Ukraine "there is a short-term increased need for the repair of weapons and military equipment and the provision of material and technical means," especially in the context of foreign sanctions.

The bill allows the introduction of special measures in the economic sphere. They include a change in the legal regulation of labor relations, including work after hours, at night, on weekends and holidays, and changes the procedure for granting annual paid leave. In this case, the legal entity will not have the right to refuse the "offer" of the state, journalists say . We can explain .

12:56 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoane said in an interview with Moldova 1 that Russia does not yet have sufficient forces to pose a military threat to Moldova: "Now Moldova has no reason to worry. Russia does not have military resources for this. But elements of pressure, destabilization, statements and threats after the good news from Brussels are certainly in the field of our attention."

12:52 The Rada has created a special commission on the law of war and war crimes in the context of Russia's aggression. As people's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said, this is an important decision, since the commission is vested with the rights of the main committee of the Verkhovna Rada on these issues. It was headed by Kharkiv resident Alexander Bakumov.

12:38 Peskov, when asked about the message to Putin, allegedly brought by the President of Indonesia from Zelensky, said that "we are not talking about some kind of written appeal."

12:29 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the armies of Russia and the "LNR" went directly to Lisichansk and took control of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the Gelatin plant and Topolevka.

12:27 US General Christopher Cavoli has taken command of NATO forces in Europe. He is considered an expert on Russia. He is fluent in Russian, Italian and French and holds a master's degree in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University.

12:24 The invaders are trying to escape from the scene of hostilities to the Crimea through the Arabat arrow. As Ukrainian military intelligence found out, in the occupied Kalinovka, Kherson region, a group of deserters aged 18-20 appeared, they are moving towards Crimea, while moving only at night, and hiding during the day.

According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, frequent cases of desertion of the Russian military are recorded in the Kherson region. The main reason is the heavy losses of the invaders due to accurate strikes by Ukrainian artillery. Most often, the fugitives try to get to the Crimea through the Arabat Spit - this route is considered safe and well-established.

12:11 Zelensky, during his speech in the Rada, said that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU was implemented by 63%. He recalled that recently Ukraine signed a transport visa-free regime, an aviation visa-free regime, received the most open access to the European market - without duties and quotas, joined the common European energy network and got the opportunity to export electricity to the EU countries. Next in line are customs visa-free and digital visa-free, that is, Ukraine's accession to the Digital Europe program.

The President stressed that it is necessary to speed up work on industrial visa-free travel and achieve the abolition of roaming with the EU countries on a permanent basis. The deputies, he said, will have to develop and adopt dozens of bills, even if this or that decision "does not garner applause."

11:58 Scholz said in an interview with CBS News that Putin has been preparing for a war with Ukraine for at least a year, so Moscow will be able to wage war "for a long time": "I think that the decision to start this war was made a year before it started, or perhaps earlier, because he was preparing for it. And so he will be able to continue the war for a very long time."

At the same time, the chancellor expressed the opinion that although Putin "does not really recognize this," Russia feels the impact of Western sanctions: "Now this is happening with a country that is not so developed, that really needs all the technology from the rest of the world in order to have a similar standard of living and have a chance to be part of the growth of the global economy."

11:55 The Office of the Prosecutor General said that at the moment there is information about 19 civilians who died after a missile attack in the Odessa region , whose bodies were removed from the rubble. 38 victims were hospitalized, six of whom are children. Two minors are in critical condition.

11:52 The Czech Republic intends to join the training of the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova said: "At the moment, intensive negotiations are underway on how we could participate in some exercises of the Ukrainian armed forces on the territory of the Czech Republic." The Minister also announced the need to modernize the Czech army, which is gaining importance in connection with the war in Ukraine.

11:25 Zelensky said that together with Stefanchuk and Shmyhal he signed "a joint statement, which is a signal of the unity of all branches of government and evidence of our determination to achieve Ukraine's strategic goal, namely full membership in the European Union." According to the President, the signing of this statement "should mean the same as the signing of an application for entry on the fifth day of the war."

"It took us 115 days to get to the candidacy. And our path to membership should not take years or decades. We must overcome this path quickly. To make our part of the work perfect. To enable our friends in the European Union to accept more quickly and in a consolidated manner for us one historic decision," Zelensky said.

11:17 Deputy head of the OP Kirill Timoshenko said that as a result of a missile attack on the village of Sergeevka, Odessa region, a nine-story house and a recreation center were completely destroyed. In a nine-story residential building, 16 people died, 34 were injured, five of them children. Managed to save eight people, including three children and a pregnant woman. At the recreation center, two people died, one of them was a child - a boy of 12 years old, and five more were injured. Three people remain under the rubble of the base, two of them are children.

11:15 The speaker of the Odesa OVA, Serhiy Bratchuk, said that rescuers had completed the search for bodies in a high-rise building in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district. The house was completely damaged on one side, the slabs on the floors were destroyed, the State Emergency Service reported. In total, 150-160 people lived in nine-story buildings. Under the rubble at the recreation center, located nearby, there may still be people.

11:13 In Severodonetsk, Russians are hunting for people who support Ukraine. Fortunately, the vast majority of them were evacuated, Mayor Alexander Stryuk said. According to him, at the expense of the local population, the enemy is trying to replenish the ranks of the so-called "army of the LPR."

It is impossible to restore the city's infrastructure now, there are no regular food supplies to Severodonetsk. People can leave the city in the direction of the occupied settlements, and then get to the free territory of Ukraine.

11:09 The first point for issuing Russian passports has been opened in Luhansk - now you do not need to travel to Russia to obtain Russian citizenship. The "Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR" stated that this is the first point for issuing Russian passports in the "republic", but others will appear in the near future.

10:58 For Ukraine to join the EU, it is necessary to adopt a law on the media, reduce the influence of oligarchs and appoint top officials to fight corruption, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, speaking via video link to the Rada. She stressed that these important reforms are needed as soon as possible, reports Reuters.

Also, the head of the European Commission said that Kyiv now has a “very clear European perspective”, but the path to EU membership will take time and hard work: “Ukraine is a candidate country for joining the European Union, which seemed almost unimaginable five months ago. .. The next steps are within your reach, but they will require hard work."

10:53 The Russians fired at the Sloboda district of Kharkov, also at night the RF Armed Forces launched a missile attack from Belgorod on the Industrial District, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Currently, active hostilities are going on in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the shelling of the RF Armed Forces, four people were killed.

10:48 The flag of the European Union has appeared in the Verkhovna Rada, Stefanchuk said. Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen spoke in parliament.

10:40 In Rivne, a member of the "DPR" was sentenced to 13 years in prison, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. The man, having pro-Russian views, at the end of 2015 joined the so-called Legion "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR" Legion for carrying out special rescue operations of special risk. Acting as a detachment commander, he provided armed resistance and illegal opposition to the performance of official duties by law enforcement officers of Ukraine and military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine involved in the ATO / JFO.

10:21 Head of the State Border Service Serhiy Deineko recalled that a visa regime with citizens of the Russian Federation began to operate on July 1: "The visa regime will also enhance the security of our state. Now every Russian will have to justify the purpose of his trip to Ukraine in advance."

10:19 Hungary must radically increase its defense capability, Orban said. According to him, the front line is still far from Hungary, but the situation may change: "We must start the engines and accelerate our defense development program. <...> What will be required is not sanctions, but an immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations."

10:16 British intelligence reports that the Russian army left Zmeinoye because of the isolation of the military garrison and its vulnerability to Ukrainian strikes, and not as a "goodwill gesture." The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hitting the Russian garrison with missiles and drones over the past weeks. Ukraine has also used anti-ship missiles to stop Russian warships.

10:13 The United States has blocked a trust worth more than a billion dollars associated with Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian oligarch close to Putin. According to the US Treasury Department, Kerimov secretly ran the Heritage Trust and transferred money to the United States through shell companies and foundations in Europe.

10:11 In Mariupol, a new mass grave was found with more than 100 bodies under the rubble along the street. Kievskoy, 53. The occupiers are sorting out the rubble nearby, there is no talk of reburial, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, the exhumation has actually been stopped, temporary street graves are being turned into permanent ones.

10:07 Russia is the "sponsor" of the split and disinformation, anti-European political movements and problems for the entire continent, Zelensky said, speaking via video link at the 4GamesChangers Festival in Vienna: "One power cannot break the life of everyone in Europe or in the world. This game must How many years have they been saying that Europe should not be dependent on Russian energy resources? and problems for the entire continent."

In his opinion, "the war in Ukraine is a continuation of Russia's long-standing anti-European policy, and every Russian occupier understands this. But do they understand this in Europe?" Zelensky called for "strengthening European unity as much as possible, ridding Europe of dependence on Russian energy resources, supporting free media as much as possible, which work according to journalistic standards. To have something to protect the truth from propaganda. Create effective tools to protect against cyber threats. Strengthen international law with maximum punishment for its violation ".

09:48 In Kremenchuk, as of 09:00 on July 1, six fragments of bodies were additionally found at the site of emergency rescue operations on the territory of the Amstor shopping center. Since the beginning of the work, 28 fragments of bodies have been found, the State Emergency Service said. In total, 19 people died as a result of the missile attack, 62 people were injured, of which 26 people were hospitalized.

09:25 In Sergeevka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district, as of 9:00, the bodies of 18 dead were found, including two children, 31 people were hospitalized , including four children and a pregnant woman. Eight more people sought medical attention. Eight people were rescued from the rubble, including three children. Rescue work continues, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.

09:23 This morning, 17 mortar attacks were recorded in the Esman community of the Sumy region, there were no victims or injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

09:21 In the Nikolaev area Russians fired at the regional center and the Shirokovsky community today, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. In the city, the blow fell on the enterprise, according to preliminary information, there were no victims.

09:16 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 1. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.

  • personnel - about 35,750 (+150) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1577 (+4),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3736 (+10),

  • artillery systems - 796 (+6),

  • MLRS - 246 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 105 (+1),

  • aircraft - 217 (+0),

  • helicopters - 186 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 645 (+4),

  • cruise missiles - 143 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+1),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2610 (+8),

  • special equipment - 61 (+0).

08:54 In the village of Sergeevka, Odessa region, which Russia fired at with rockets at night, there are already 18 dead, including two children. Wounded and injured 30 people , said the deputy head of the OP Kirill Timoshenko. The rockets destroyed the outer wall of a residential building and the ceiling from the 1st to the 9th floors. At the recreation center, two floors of a residential building were damaged.

08:52 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region over the past day, four civilians were killed as a result of hostilities, 18 more were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.

08:50 Ukraine needs modern missile defense systems to withstand attacks on Ukrainian cities. So far, the Ukrainian defense is more anti-aircraft - that is, it is aimed against aircraft, said Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He explained that the high-speed X-22 missiles that Russia used to hit the shopping center in Kremenchug are fired far from Ukraine, so enemy aircraft do not enter the range of air defense systems. Once launched, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a few minutes to process information, but, as a rule, air defense systems cannot shoot down the Kh-22.

08:48 In June, for the first time in history, the United States delivered more gas to the EU than Russia through pipelines. The International Energy Agency reported that EU countries are already preparing for winter and are reducing demand for gas.

08:46 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Timoshenko said that Russian missiles hit the village of Sergeevka in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district of the Odessa region, which is located right on the Black Sea coast, tonight.

08:44 In the Pervomaisky district of the Nikolaev region, air defense shot down a rocket, it fell on the border with the Kirovograd region, the head of the district administration, Sergei Sakovsky, said.

08:42 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the liberation of Snake Island will reduce pressure on the Ukrainian coast, but will not unblock the Black Sea for cargo traffic. Analysts confirm that the enemy's flight would ease Russian pressure on the Ukrainian coast somewhat by withdrawing Russian air defense systems and anti-ship missiles from the island, but the retreat itself would not end the naval blockade.

08:39 In Nikolaev under blockages of the house destroyed by the Russian rocket found one more victim, the total number of the dead increased thus up to eight, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.

08:36 The Pentagon is considering 1,300 proposals from 800 companies to manufacture innovative weapons for Ukraine. According to CNN, citing a source, the US Department of Defense intends to come up with ideas for the possible production of weapons for Ukraine, as well as for the US military, in the coming weeks. At the same time, the agency is looking only for those manufacturers who can implement projects in 30 days or more complex projects in 180 days.

08:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops have made limited progress in their offensives against the Lisichansk oil refinery and around Lisichansk. Also, the invaders continued offensive operations south and east of Bakhmut and north of Slavyansk, continued their attempts to regain control over settlements north of Kharkov.

Analysts suggest that the limited gains around Bakhmut indicate that Russian forces may soon attempt to set the stage for an offensive on Bakhmut itself, although they are likely to be more focused in the short term on cutting off and controlling lines of communication leaving Bakhmut. ISW also assesses the shelling by Russians of territories near Slovyansk and the city itself as creating conditions for a further offensive on Slovyansk.

08:29 Reznikov announced "good news" from Canada: "Further deliveries of important assets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - armored combat support vehicles and drone cameras have been announced. Such assistance is crucial for our ability to resist the aggressor."

08:27 The Russians have resumed fighting in the Kramatorsk direction, in the Donetsk direction they are attacking the logistics support areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and are also trying to take control of the Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .

08:24 The invaders are storming the Lisichansk Oil Refinery, holding the northwestern and southeastern parts of the plant, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In addition, the military of the Russian Federation carried out assault operations in the areas of Topolevka and the northern part of Volcheyarovka and Maloryazantsevo, they are partially successful, they keep a section of the Topolevka-Lysichansk road under fire control. At the same time, the enemy offensive in the direction of Loskutovka - Lisichansk gelatin plant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was stopped and forced to withdraw.

07:55 At night, Russia launched a missile attack on the Odessa region, the missile hit a residential building in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district. It is already known about 17 dead (among them one child) and 31 wounded. According to OK Pivden, the strike was carried out by Tu-22 strategic aircraft from the direction of the Black Sea with three Kh-22 missiles (each weighing about five tons). The rockets hit an apartment building and two recreation centers.

04:03 At the entrances to Kiev, checkpoints have been strengthened due to the threat from the DRG from Belarus, said press officer of the National Guard Vladimir Chernyak. In the capital itself, the number of checkpoints has now been reduced, but increased at the entrances and exits to control the situation, combined with a curfew.

03:47 Australia has imposed sanctions against 16 people, including Russian ministers, businessmen and relatives of Putin. Thus, sanctions were imposed against Maria Lvova-Belova, Alina Kabaeva, head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev, as well as Mikhail, Roman and Igor Putin, Minister of Construction Irek Fayzullin, Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev, General Director of Rosgeology Sergey Gorkov, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Russia Mikhail Klishin and others.

03:31 The Russians, retreating from Zmeinoye, could mine the territory of the island and the surrounding waters, OK Pivden reported. According to the command, completing the emergency evacuation of personnel, the invaders destroyed military equipment, documentation and property. According to updated data, as a result of missile and artillery strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an enemy Tor air defense system, one of the small boats, a trailer with a diesel generator, a radar station and a field ammunition depot were destroyed. And the Russians themselves, during the retreat, blew up the transport-charging vehicle to the Tor air defense system, the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system and lost a helicopter over the sea.

The OK stressed that the operation continues, ensuring control over the island requires a thorough check and the exclusion of provocations.

00:22 Britain is training several hundred Ukrainian soldiers to handle the new weapons that it supplies to Kiev to fight Russian aggression. About how the training goes - in the material the West teaches Ukrainian soldiers.

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