Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:14 Ukrainian militants blocked the residents of Kharkiv in houses on Rymarskaya Street, where they equipped firing positions, said the head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.
It is noted that the Ukrainian armed formations stop the attempts of local residents to move to the safe zones of the city.
21:50 Ukrainian nationalists intend to blow up bridges in the Sumy region across the Kryga River in order to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center.
18:34 Polish mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through the defense of the RF Armed Forces near Nikolaev. The counterattack turned out to be extremely unsuccessful, about a hundred mercenaries were eliminated.
18:06 Local sources report that air defense has worked over Kursk.
18:04 Russian artillery attacked the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Novovorontsovka in the Krivoy Rog direction. After two hits on the position, a fire started.
17:27 The head of the CAA of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo formed the government of the region. Sergei Eliseev, an ex-official from Kaliningrad, has been appointed chairman.
16:18 The first humanitarian center of the United Russia party opened in Melitopol
Volunteers provide assistance to anyone who needs it. Food, basic necessities, as well as medicines were delivered to the city.
Soon the population will be provided with legal assistance in paperwork. United Russia volunteers plan to help not only our city, but also villages that are difficult to reach.
The volunteer headquarters is located at the address: 36, 50th Anniversary of Victory Avenue
15:01 "Most of the soldiers are depressed." Wife of a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the difference in the treatment of Russian and Ukrainian servicemen.
13:40 Groupings "East" and "West" must carry out their tasks according to the previous plan - Putin.
13:35 Losses of the Ukrainian army in two weeks amounted to 5,469 people - Shoigu at a meeting with Putin.
13:15 In the Kursk region, a drone dropped a bomb on a private house near the border with Ukraine, there is a victim - Baza.
13:13 Video with the use of tactical air missiles "Product 305" at the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
13:03 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
APU suffer significant losses in all directions;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 200 Ukrainian soldiers and 19 units of military equipment with high-precision weapons in a day;
The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed seven command posts, two ammunition depots and two Ukrainian Grad MLRS batteries;
Kyiv, due to the successful offensive of the Russian troops, lost control of units of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade;
The Russian Aerospace Forces hit the points of temporary deployment of the 92nd Mechanized and 40th Artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov.
11:56 Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered, tell about the criminal orders of their commanders, who abandoned them and fled, leaving them without provisions and ammunition.
11:55 The Ukrainian command lost control of the retreating units of the 10th Mountain Assault, 72nd and 115th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
11:40 An asphalt-concrete plant starts working in Melitopol. Employees of the utility company make a list of streets that require repair in the first place.
11:20 The situation in the Nikolaevsko-Krivoy Rog direction as of 11.00 July 4, 2022:
▪️In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an offensive at the Snigirevka-Lozovoe-Belaya Krinitsa line, as well as on Kirovo-Posad-Pokrovskoye.
▪️Before this, units of the 63rd and 35th Infantry Regiments cleared the area in the direction of Lozovoye - Belaya Krinitsa.
▪️At least three sabotage and reconnaissance groups were sent to the gray zone in the vicinity of Snigirevka. The cover of the DRG was carried out by several calculations of the Stinger MANPADS.
▪️In reserve, ready to join the battle and provide support in the offensive, were the forces of the reserve corps and 241 brigades of the defense.
▪️A few hours before the offensive, Aleksandrovka, Shirokaya Beam, Kiselevka, Lozovoye, Ishchenko, Belogorka, Lyubimovka, Kreshchenovka, Davydov Brod, and Vysokopolie were shelled.
▪️Russian units, having revealed the intention of the Ukrainian side, launched massive strikes on the areas of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kirovo, Shevchenkovo, Olenivka, Mirny, Novoaleksandrovka, Bereznogovat, Shiroky.
▪️There were clashes in the vicinity of Novogrigorovka and at the turn of Lozovoye - Belaya Krinitsa. The situation was monitored by two Bayraktar UAVs from the Kanatovo airfield.
Over the past day, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again attempted an offensive. However, just as in the case of the attack on Ivanovka, Ukrainian forces are trying to gain a foothold in the gray zone and present it as a victory.
Such aspirations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are connected with the desire to demonstrate success in other areas due to the loss of the LPR. For this reason, Ukrainian troops are attacking with limited forces against positions that mean nothing from a strategic point of view, while wasting huge resources.
This is the main reason for the belligerent statements of Ukrainian authorities and pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels about the approach of the front to Kherson, which is not true. However, the Ukrainian command will try to compensate for the losses in the Donbass with an important informational occasion, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be expected to continue the offensive in different sectors of the front in search of the weakest points.
10:35 The air town was left without electricity, water and sewerage after Ukrainian missiles that were sent to Melitopol
The military-civilian administration provided the residents with water. Municipal services delivered several tanks with drinking water to the microdistrict. Infrastructure damage surveys are being carried out for repair work.
09:31 Two Brazilian mercenaries have been killed in Kharkiv. As a result of a missile strike in Kharkov, two mercenaries from Brazil, Douglas Burigo and Talita do Valle, were killed. It happened on the morning of July 2nd. Russian missiles hit the room where the mercenaries were located.
09:21 The number of refugees who arrived in Russia from the territory of Ukraine and Donbass exceeded 2.3 million people, a source in law enforcement agencies said.
09:09 The Russian Guard has discovered evidence of the work of OSCE observers in the interests of the Ukrainian special services. This was announced by the department.