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2024-07-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 5, 2024

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:38 During the day, five Kh-59 guided air missiles and seven reconnaissance drones were shot down by air defense systems in the south of Ukraine: four ZALA, two Supercam and one Orlan-10, the Air Force reported.

22:34 Russians dropped two guided aerial bombs on Selidovo in Donetsk Oblast - at least five people were killed and eight were wounded, OVA head Vadim Filishkin reported. Both bombs hit the territory of enterprises. 15 private houses, 21 cars, four stores and an industrial building were damaged.

22:25 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Keir Starmer on the day of his appointment as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain. "We coordinated positions before the NATO summit in Washington and other international events and discussed the continuation of bilateral cooperation, in particular the preparation of an unprecedented 100-year agreement between Ukraine and Great Britain," the president said.

21:19 Marine Le Pen said that if her party representative Jordan Bardella becomes prime minister, he will prohibit Ukraine from using French long-range weapons to strike at Russian territory. In addition, according to her, he will not allow French troops to be sent to Ukraine.

20:46 Zelensky thanked Germany in an evening video address for the delivery of the third Patriot air defense system, and the United States for "another step to strengthen our air defense, our Patriots." In addition, the president said that today he held a meeting on the Ukrainian missile program, and also took part in the work of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Ukraine to support communities and companies in the face of severe electricity shortages.

"There are already changes to the legislation that have been prepared and will be voted on. There are government decisions. There are new credit programs - completely interest-free loans for people and cheap and loyal loans for businesses. All this should start working as soon as possible," the head of state said. According to him, negotiations with European partners on increasing the volume of electricity imports and restoring energy facilities are also continuing.

19:57 On Saturday, July 6, hourly shutdown schedules will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 17:00 to 22:00, three queues of hourly shutdown schedules will be in effect, and at other times, two queues.

19:31 More than 1,080 cultural and historical sites have been destroyed, damaged or looted by Russian troops during the full-scale invasion, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin said. According to him, a specialized unit is investigating about 70 criminal cases of war crimes against cultural heritage. Among them is the destruction of the Grigory Skovoroda Museum in the Kharkiv region.

18:58 Russia is losing a naval center in Crimea, Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa told Reuters: "This logistics center was created over many decades, perhaps centuries. And now they are obviously losing it." He recalled that Ukraine has destroyed or damaged 27 warships, five of which were destroyed as a result of detonation of sea mines laid by Ukrainian naval drones near Sevastopol Bay.

Neizhpapa is also confident that the F-16s will allow the expansion of the corridor for merchant ships in the Black Sea, since they will deprive the Russian Federation of its advantage in the sky: "The F-16s with the appropriate weapons will be able to push back Russian military aircraft. The northwestern part of the Black Sea, especially the corridor for civilian ships, will be almost 100% protected."

18:37 Guerrillas from the Atesh movement have announced that they have stopped the movement of trains carrying North Korean ammunition near Yekaterinburg. According to them, the railway track on the Trans-Siberian Railway, along which North Korean ammunition was being delivered, was blown up.

18:14 Russians shelled the village of Komar in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk Oblast - at least one person was killed and 20 were wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. The enemy dropped three guided bombs on the village - 13 private houses, four stores, two multi-story buildings, two infrastructure facilities and an administrative building were damaged. In addition, there is information about two killed and two wounded in Selidovo. Another person was killed and one wounded as a result of the shelling of Ukrainsk.

17:28 Putin, at a joint briefing with Orban in Moscow, again stated that Russia demands the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the entire territory of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions to begin negotiations on ending the war. At the same time, the Russian Federation is ready to discuss other peace conditions. "There are other peace conditions, they are the subject of consideration in the course of possible joint work," Putin said.

Orban, in turn, said that the positions of Ukraine and Russia are "far apart." According to the Hungarian prime minister, he realized this after talks with Zelensky and Putin. Orban said that "Europe needs peace," and he discussed with Putin "achieving peace in Ukraine and the shortest path to this." And Hungary's main task in the coming six months of its presidency of the EU Council will be "the fight for peace."

16:59 There is a radical change of power in Ukraine's key ally, Great Britain. The Conservatives have lost to the Labour Party in a landslide. The leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, has officially become the new Prime Minister. Starmer is the first Labour Prime Minister in 14 years and the seventh Labour Prime Minister in history. What Ukraine can expect is discussed in the article Britain Has a New Prime Minister .

16:31 NATO countries will agree a substantial package of support for Ukraine at the Washington summit, Stoltenberg said: "I expect the heads of state and government to agree a substantial package for Ukraine." The secretary general added that NATO would also coordinate and deliver most of the international security assistance, with a command led by a three-star general and several hundred staff based at NATO headquarters in Germany and at logistical hubs in the eastern part of the Alliance.

16:18 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that Orban's visit to Moscow is taking place without agreement or coordination with Kiev. "We remind you that for our state the principle of "no agreements on Ukraine without Ukraine" remains unshakable, and we call on all states to strictly adhere to it," the statement said. The Foreign Ministry named the Peace Formula as the only realistic way to restore a fair peace.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that "Ukraine remains constructively disposed to further work on the development of bilateral cooperation and European integration following the visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Kyiv."

16:07 Russian publics write that in the Rostov region, a Mi-28 was shot down, which took off to intercept Ukrainian drones. The emergency landing caused a powerful fire - the fire engulfed about 500 sq. m.

15:49 US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said that the issue of strengthening Ukrainian air defense should be considered during the NATO summit in Washington: "I expect there will be announcements about air defense, which is extremely important to you, especially at this time, both to protect the front line and to protect cities, and also to protect the energy infrastructure here, which is what we are doing."

15:25 In Lviv, schools will start the academic year on August 19, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi announced. According to him, this is due to the difficult situation with electricity. It is assumed that in the event of a complete blackout, all Lviv schools will become 24-hour points of invincibility. However, if the situation with electricity stabilizes in winter, schools will operate as usual.

14:47 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that appeasement will not stop Putin - only unity and determination will make it possible to achieve a fair peace in Ukraine.

14:36 Latvia will transfer another batch of drones to Ukraine in July. More than 2,500 combat drones of various types and characteristics will be delivered to Ukraine for a total of 4 million euros. The first batch of 300 UAVs will be delivered in the coming days, the Latvian Defense Ministry reported.

14:24 From July 9 to 24, the power outage schedules will be changed in all regions, Ukrenergo reported. Thus, in each region, on one of the days during these two weeks, there will be no restrictions, and on other days, the restrictions will be according to the schedules. This is necessary to measure actual consumption in each region. Such measurements are made annually, in winter and summer, and allow for more accurate forecasting of the operating modes of the country's energy system.

14:13 Erdogan said that Ankara is ready to contribute to "creating the ground" for peace in Ukraine: "I want to believe that tensions will be reduced and a basis, a ground for peace will be created. We are ready to contribute to the creation and protection of this ground, as we have done so far." According to the Turkish president, he discussed Turkey's mediation during talks with Putin in Astana.

Erdogan also expressed hope that the Black Sea grain corridor would work again. He also said that there are countries in the West "that are paving the way to World War III," while Putin allegedly "stands for peace."

13:18 A military airfield in Primorsko-Akhtarsk was damaged as a result of a night attack on Krasnodar Krai, the Russian opposition publication Astra reports, citing sources in emergency services. The region was attacked not only by drones, but also by at least two missiles, and one serviceman was wounded. In addition to the airfield, an electrical substation was hit in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, causing power outages for some subscribers.

12:55 The third Patriot air defense system from Germany has arrived in Ukraine , German Ambassador Martin Jaeger reported.

12:39 Orban has arrived in Moscow, his press secretary Bertalan Havasi said. Orban is expected to meet with Putin.

12:04 Orban's visit to Moscow is taking place exclusively within the framework of bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia, and not the presidency of the EU Council, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell: "The EU's position on Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine is reflected in many conclusions of the European Council. This position excludes official contacts between the EU and President Putin. Thus, the Hungarian Prime Minister does not represent the EU in any form."

11:42 Zelensky congratulated Keir Starmer and the Labour Party on their victory in the UK parliamentary elections: "Ukraine and the UK have been and will remain reliable allies. We will continue to defend and promote our common values."

11:06 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope in an interview with the DPA agency that Ukraine will join the Alliance within ten years. He also once again called for increased aid to Ukraine: "The stronger our support, the sooner this war will end. The more long-term commitments we make, the sooner the war will end. Right now Putin thinks he can outlast us. We must convince him that he cannot do this, and this will create the conditions for ending the war."

10:33 In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and five were injured as a result of shelling by the KAB in the village of Glushkovka, Kupyansk district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was killed in the village of Losovka, Chuguevsky district. As a result of shelling by the KAB in the village of Russkaya Lozovaya, Kharkiv district, one person was killed and one was injured.

09:58 In the Donetsk region, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling over the past day - in Stenki, Zakotnoye and Krasnogorovka. Another 24 people in the region were injured over the past day, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.

09:14 The death toll from the Russian attack on the Dnieper on July 3 has risen to eight - another wounded person has died in the hospital, OVA head Serhiy Lysak reported.

09:06 Orban confirmed that Hungary's EU presidency does not provide a mandate for negotiations on Ukraine. At the same time, he seeks to "encourage the parties to start a path" that could end in negotiations.

08:47 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 5:

personnel - about 548,580 (+1110) people,

tanks - 8142 (+10),

combat armored vehicles - 15,611 (+11),

artillery systems - 14,831 (+54),

MLRS - 1115 (+0),

air defense systems - 878 (+0),

aircraft - 360 (+0),

helicopters - 326 (+0),

Operational-tactical level UAVs - 11,751 (+57),

cruise missiles - 2342 (+0),

ships/boats - 28 (+0),

submarines - 1 (+0),

automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,977 (+54),

special equipment - 2473 (+5).

08:33 During the night attack, debris from downed UAVs damaged six houses in the Kiev region, reported the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko. There were no hits on residential or critical infrastructure facilities, no one was hurt.

07:46 Air defense destroyed all 32 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs that Russia used to attack from Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down in the Nikolaev, Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions.

07:38 At night, drones attacked Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Krasnodar Territory, from where Russia launches UAVs at Ukraine, as well as Rostov-on-Don. Local residents report that an oil terminal is on fire after an attack on the OAO NZNP Rostov branch on the Left Bank of the Don between Rostov and Bataysk. And in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, debris from downed drones disrupted the operation of a power substation that supplies a significant part of the city, said the region's governor, Veniamin Kondratyev. Residents of Primorsko-Akhtarsk also report power and water outages. According to local authorities, five people were injured and a child died.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that during the night, air defense systems allegedly destroyed 14 UAVs over the territory of Krasnodar Krai, 26 over the territory of the occupied Zaporozhye region, and also destroyed and suppressed ten UAVs over Rostov Oblast.

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