[Korrespondent] 23:20 Johnson enjoys incredible popularity in Ukraine, which cannot be said about his native country. In the UK, every now and then they try to dismiss him. Either a vote of no confidence is initiated, now the flight of ministers from the government is already beginning. Ukraine's biggest friend may lose his post and influence? More details - in the material Clouds are gathering over Johnson .
23:13 Ukraine has tentatively agreed with the World Bank on $200 million in funding for projects to develop grain export capacity, Alexander Kamyshin, head of Ukrzaliznytsia, said following a conference in Lugano.
23:08 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Sergei Gamaly, said that today at 19:45 Russians fired four rockets across the territory of the region. One rocket was shot down by air defense forces, the fragments fell on the territory of the Shepetovsky district. Three other rockets hit the territory of one of the communities of the Khmelnytsky region. The target of the strikes was a water tower, which fully supplies water to the community. As a result of the explosions, one person was injured, there were no casualties.
23:04 There are now four surface ships and two submarines in the Black Sea with a total salvo of 40 cruise missiles. Yesterday, the Russians launched three carriers into the sea with a total salvo of up to 20 cruise missiles, OK Pivden reported.
23:01 Today, bombers and attack aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two field ammunition depots, two strongholds of the invaders, up to 20 units of equipment and manpower of the enemy, the command said.
22:40 Reznikov congratulated Finland and Sweden on signing the NATO accession protocol: "This is a timely and correct step. 32 countries are better than 30! A new border of more than 1,300 km between the North Atlantic Alliance and Russia is good for Europe and bad for the terrorists. I wonder who's next?"
22:19 Three cruise missiles, which the Russians fired tonight from the Black Sea, were shot down by air defense forces, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
22:11 Ukraine turned to Turkey with a request to help check three ships under the Russian flag on suspicion of stealing grain, Reuters reports. In a previously unreported letter dated June 13, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine asked the Turkish Ministry of Justice to investigate and provide evidence against three ships it suspects were involved in the transport of grain stolen from recently occupied Ukrainian territories, such as Kherson. Vessels departed from the main grain terminal of the Crimea in Sevastopol in April and May.
All three large bulk carriers - Mikhail Nenashev, Matros Pozynich and Matros Koshka - are owned by a subsidiary of Russian state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, which is under Western sanctions.
22:03 On the outskirts of the Lugansk region near Lisichansk, heavy fighting is underway, the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai said on the air of the telethon. According to him, the Russians have used a lot of forces and means, they are constantly trying to build crossings to transfer even more equipment. "The equipment is outdated, but there is a lot of it," Gaidai added.
22:00 Analysts at NASA Harvest reported that Russia controls approximately 22% of Ukraine's agricultural land. According to the organization, Ukraine provided 46% of world exports of vegetable oil, 9% - wheat, 17% - barley, 12% - corn, so the occupation leads to a food crisis. In addition, some of the fields are already unusable.
21:18 Zelensky said that he had instructed the Minister of Defense, the Chief of the General Staff and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to report to him tomorrow all the details regarding the decision to approve the procedure for obtaining permits for those liable for military service, conscripts and reservists: "I see that there are different assessments of such a decision, there is misunderstanding and indignation. I ask the General Staff not to take such decisions without me."
20:45 The mayor of Khmelnytsky Alexander Simchishin announced rocket attacks on the Khmelnytsky region.
20:34 The IT sector, the agro-industrial complex and metallurgy have been identified as the priority sectors for the restoration of the Ukrainian economy, MP Irina Kostankevich said on the air of the telethon after the conference in Lugano.
20:11 In Finland, 865 freight cars belonging to Russian companies that fell under EU sanctions were arrested, writes Reuters.
20:09 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said in an interview with Channel 24 that Belarus is conducting exercises and a number of information operations, which may be signs of readiness for a possible invasion of Ukraine: "We are considering all possible scenarios, including a threat from Belarus ... Now negative attitude towards Ukraine is being escalated in Belarus. This could be a marker that they are on alert, as one of the scenarios. But we cannot predict 100%. However, the fact that their exercises are usually a cover for readiness is such there are signs."
20:05 Russians are preparing for conscription in Berdyansk, according to the National Resistance Center. The leaders of condominiums in the city received an order to provide lists of residents of military age. The condition for mobilization is a Russian passport. The Russians also increased the pace of mobilization in the occupied Luhansk region, in particular, they took all the men from the Lugansk meat processing plant and the Lugansk "State Academy of Culture" into the army.
20:03 The Polish government has decided to sell the frozen assets of the Russian Federation and sanctioned persons. According to the amendments to the so-called sanctions act, it will be possible to appoint a temporary administration in sub-sanctioned companies, which will have the goal of selling this asset or transferring it to the State Treasury.
"This is an extremely important provision that will allow you to manage a sanctioned company in order to sell it, as well as to protect the interests of employees," said Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda.
20:01 The General Staff published another clarification on the situation with the control of the movement of conscripts. "If it is within the region, it is not necessary. If it is within the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, it is also not necessary. If a person travels outside the region, he must come to the head of the TCC, clarify his data and obtain such permission," the representative of the Main Department said. personnel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Khlys. That is, in order to travel outside the regions, those liable for military service must obtain permission from the territorial recruitment and social support centers.
In turn, Zaluzhny’s adviser Yevhen Ryabeka said in a media comment that men liable for military service can move around Ukraine without obtaining permits, since it is only about changing their place of residence or registration.
19:59 Shmyhal in Lugano handed over Ukraine's application to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
19:57 In June, 44 children were returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine, whom the invaders illegally took to Russia and the occupied territories, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. Most of these children are orphans or deprived of parental care.
19:50 Switzerland opposes the confiscation of frozen Russian assets, writes The Guardian. President Ignazio Cassis said protecting property rights is fundamental to a liberal democracy and stressed the serious concerns of some leaders that proposals to confiscate Russian assets would set a dangerous precedent and require specific legal justification. "Property is a fundamental right, a human right," Cassis said.
Meanwhile, the idea to confiscate the frozen Russian assets was approved in principle by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at a conference in Lugano.
19:43 Military registration in Ukraine is planned to be digitized, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: “We have a general policy of the state - this is a “country in a smartphone.” And, of course, including such an issue as accounting for military service, in the future it may also , at least in the first steps, was partially transferred to digital mode using Dії". According to Motuzyanyk, such work is already being carried out by the relevant ministries.
19:37 Since February 24, the war and general mobilization have continued in Ukraine. Men liable for military service are not allowed to go abroad, and now it turned out that they must also leave the borders of their settlement with special permission from the military registration and enlistment office. About what it all means - in the material Scandal over the rules for military service .
19:24 There is a threat from Transnistria, Zelensky said during a speech at the 26th annual government round table of The Economist. The President emphasized that he did not agree with the head of Moldova, Maia Sandu, and knew that Pridnestrovie was committing provocations: “They are small, but they exist, Russia does it. ".
18:49 In the Slavyansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault in the Krasnopolye area, in the Donetsk direction, the enemy is concentrating the main efforts on taking control of the Bakhmut-Lysichansk road and trying to capture Belogorivka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report .
18:26 The defense forces in the Kherson region hit from helicopters on the accumulation of the Russian military in the Pravdino region and destroyed the fuel and lubricants warehouse, OK Pivden reported. Also yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a counterattack by a reinforced enemy platoon in the Lozovoye area.
18:14 The beaches in Odessa will not be opened this season, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. Such a decision, according to him, was made jointly with the city authorities and was due to security requirements, including because of the mines that washed ashore.
18:11 So far, the Ukrainian military has only four HIMARS systems, but they demonstrate maximum operational mobility, striking enemy rear bases along the entire front. Artillerymen say that HIMARS are already beginning to change the balance of power. Read more about this weapon in the article How HIMARS burn the occupiers .
18:08 Shmyhal said that the government has already begun preparations for the heating season: a supply of modular boiler houses, generators and water purifiers is being created.
18:05 Support to Ukraine should remain a priority for donors, IMF European Department Director Alfred Kammer said in Lugano: "Supporting macroeconomic stability now - as a platform for recovery and reconstruction - should remain a priority. Good economic governance in Ukraine needs to be complemented by further external financial support ".
17:38 The fall in Ukraine's GDP in 2022 will be at least 35%, Shmygal said at the final press conference in Lugano.
17:34 The representative of the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, announced the appointment of Andriy Kozenko, ex-deputy of the State Duma from Crimea, as the "deputy head" of the region. Kozenko in 2014-2016 was "deputy chairman of the State Council of Crimea", from 2016 to 2021 - a deputy of the State Duma. Another "deputy" was Viktor Emelianenko, who during the time of Yanukovych was the first deputy head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration. Emelianenko will be responsible for political integration, Kozenko - for the economy.
17:28 Ukraine has arrested Russian assets worth UAH 33 billion, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said.
17:26 Shmyhal said at a conference in Lugano that two years would be enough for Ukraine to implement the basic rules of the European Union. According to him, the Cabinet of Ministers and international partners will work to create a military risk insurance mechanism for companies that invest and work in Ukraine. He also stressed that the authorities will make every effort to make doing business in Ukraine “more convenient than anywhere else”, and digitalization is one of the key foundations of anti-corruption policy.
17:18 Russia has begun withdrawing military equipment from the Finnish border after statements about Finland's entry into NATO. Probably, the equipment will be transferred to Ukraine, writes Yle.
16:40 The Russians fired at the central market of Slavyansk today, as a result, at least two people were killed, seven were injured, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
16:38 Today at noon, Russian aviation hit the ports of Ochakov and Chernomorsk with X-59 missiles, all three missiles were destroyed by air defense forces, said Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA.
16:36 The UK will soon transfer ten more self-propelled artillery mounts to Ukraine, Johnson said during a telephone conversation with Zelensky. London will also supply the Armed Forces with loitering ammunition. The parties also discussed the export of Ukrainian grain, the situation with British prisoners and the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. Separately, Johnson said that Britain had asked the EBU to consider Ukraine's proposals to host Eurovision 2023.
16:34 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a bill on criminal liability for calls for action against Russia's security and participation in hostilities against it. Now, for the participation of Russians in hostilities against the interests of the Russian Federation abroad, imprisonment for up to 20 years is provided, and switching to the side of the enemy "in conditions of an armed conflict or hostilities" will be considered treason and punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years. Confidential cooperation of Russians with "foreign special services, international or foreign organizations" will be punished by imprisonment for up to eight years and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.
16:15 The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv banned the Communist Party of Ukraine.
16:00 Zaluzhny addressed the conscripts and those liable for military service: “I remind you that there is a war going on. Your state needs you. regions, they must take permission from the TCC. No instructions were given by the military command to prevent the movement of people in the coming days."
15:56 The loss of the Russian Federation is up to 115 thousand killed and wounded, Podolyak said. According to him, the army units lost 36 thousand people, PMCs - up to 12 thousand, all the rest were wounded. From the military units that captured the so-called "LPR", 25-35% of manpower remained.
15:39 Russia in the occupied territories has increased the scale of the forced conscription of those liable for military service to recruit units and subunits of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Federation. The search for persons liable for military service is carried out by employees of the so-called. "MDB LPR" and the local "police", said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexander Motuzyanyk.
15:25 The Netherlands has provided an additional 200 million euros in assistance to Ukraine through a special IMF account - the funds will be used to pay salaries to civil servants, teachers, doctors, said the Minister of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of the country Lissie Schreinemacher.
15:23 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law on granting veteran status to civilians participating in the "special operation" in Ukraine - we are talking about civilian personnel of the armed forces, repair teams, doctors and other specialists.
15:19 "Head" of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky said in an interview with TASS about an agreement on the export of grain to the countries of the Middle East - Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia. According to him, one of the largest contracts has now been concluded with Iran - for the supply of 150,000 tons of grain. He also said that agricultural traders and state-owned companies of the Russian Federation allegedly buy grain from local farmers - farmers receive about $ 200 per ton.
15:16 Greek companies provide the largest tanker fleet for transporting Russian oil, Zelensky said during a speech at The Economist's annual government round table: "Russia, by playing with gas, is doing everything to ensure that inflation only unwinds and that Europe experiences the greatest crisis in history this winter "At the same time, we see how Greek companies provide almost the largest tanker fleet for transporting Russian oil, while another Russian energy resource is used as a weapon against Europe and against the family budget of every European."
15:10 On the night of July 3, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked one of the Russian military bases in Melitopol - barracks, warehouses with ammunition and fuel were destroyed, more than 200 Russian soldiers were liquidated, more than 300 were injured, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, collaborators are afraid to go to work.
15:07 The Russians fired at the territory near the village of Bleshnya, Chernihiv region, this afternoon, the head of the OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, said. According to him, about 40 explosions were recorded - probably fired from multiple launch rocket systems, as well as another ten - probably from artillery. There are no previous casualties or destruction.
15:05 The enemy does not have the forces for a landing operation in the Odessa region, but the threat of missile attacks remains very high, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Bratchuk.
15:01 The mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh reported on the shelling of the city and urged citizens to stay in shelters.
14:58 Russia ordered the Jewish Agency (Sokhnut) to stop its activities in the country, writes The Jerusalem Post. The publication notes that the order was issued against the backdrop of growing tensions between Israel and the Russian Federation due to Jerusalem's position regarding the war in Ukraine.
14:44 The "head" of the Zaporozhye administration, collaborator Evgeny Balitsky said that the inhabitants of the "liberated" territory would not be subject to mobilization for "at least five years."
14:31 The "people's militia of the LPR" said that the Ukrainian troops need to be "pushed" to the Kiev region, "so that their missiles stop threatening the population of Donbass."
14:26 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading a government bill on providing for the armed forces during "operations" outside the country. According to the new rules, when special measures are introduced, companies in Russia will not have the right to refuse contracts in order to ensure such "operations." Also, the government will receive the right to temporarily reactivate mobilization capacities and facilities, as well as the right to unbook the material assets of the state reserve. The Cabinet will also be able to regulate labor relations in individual organizations, including the conditions for granting leave, work after hours, at night or on weekends.
14:15 Negotiations on the unblocking of Ukrainian ports are still taking place in a bilateral Ukraine-Turkey format, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar told Suspіlny. According to him, a quadripartite format with the participation of Russia and the UN will be formed after Kyiv agrees with partners on security issues and "red lines".
13:49 The "LDNR" forces, after establishing control over the entire territory of the Luhansk region, "are moving to the Donetsk direction," Pushilin said.
13:27 The Norwegian authorities will allocate 1 billion euros to Ukraine. Funds will be transferred within two years. The funding will be used for humanitarian aid, budgetary support and reconstruction efforts, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beate Twinnerheim told a conference in Lugano. She also promised that Norway would continue to provide significant military support to Ukraine.
13:23 Donetsk publics report an explosion at one of the large Russian ammunition depots located in the KAMAZ center, the detonation of shells is heard.
13:21 In Ukraine, during the hostilities, the second citizen of France was killed. According to RTL, a 20-year-old volunteer came under artillery fire. In total, according to the publication, 50 Frenchmen are fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:19 In the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region, the occupying "authorities" are forcing local residents to send their children to schools and kindergartens that work according to the Russian curriculum. They are taught by teachers and educators who came from the Russian Federation. If the parents disagree, the "administration" threatens to take the children away from their families and place them in boarding schools. The parents themselves are promised to be punished by administrative measures - men are sent to the "army of the DPR", women - to municipal work to clean up the city, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
13:15 At night, Russians hit Kramatorsk with rockets, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. In the village of Malotaranovka near Kramatorsk, the garages of a private enterprise were destroyed, windows were broken in one of the utilities, there were no casualties.
13:12 Sweden and Finland are considered invited countries from July 5 and can participate in the work of NATO, Stoltenberg said.
12:50 The General Staff confirmed the information about the ban on leaving the place of residence for those liable for military service without the permission of the military registration and enlistment office. This rule has been in force since 1992, and in order to streamline the registration of displaced persons, the General Staff has developed a procedure for granting permission to Ukrainian citizens who are registered with the TCC and the joint venture to leave their place of residence (place of stay) from the moment mobilization is announced and in wartime. The permit is issued from 30 days to a year, depending on the category of the subject. The General Staff also states that additional regulation of the issues of movement of persons systematically crossing the administrative borders due to official or personal necessity is being considered.
12:37 The Mayor of Moscow signed a decree on assigning the territory near the British Embassy in the capital of the Russian Federation the name "LPR Square".
12:35 The Permanent Representatives of the NATO countries, in the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Finland, signed the accession protocols at the headquarters of the alliance. Now the decision to join the Scandinavian countries must be ratified by each member of the alliance.
12:32 The Stratcom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian military attacked an enemy barracks in the occupied Yasinovataya Donetsk region yesterday.
12:29 The conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Lugano, following the results of the work, approved the Lugansk Declaration. It lists seven principles of the Ukrainian reconstruction process:
- partnership;
- focus on reforms;
- transparency;
- democratic participation;
- multi-stakeholder involvement;
- equality;
- sustainability.
"In Lugano, we launched the process of restoring Ukraine at the international level and outlined the principles underlying the restoration. The basis of the declaration is the seven Luhansk principles. They determine the beginning of the restoration process, the criteria and methods for restoration," Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said, presenting the document.
12:13 The next conference on the restoration of Ukraine will be held in 2023 in the UK, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
12:10 Brovary Mayor Igor Sapozhko warned that on July 5-6, command and staff exercises will be held in the Brovary district of the Kiev region. Equipment can move around the district, control at checkpoints has been strengthened and additional security measures have been introduced.
11:51 Zelensky addressed the participants of the 26th annual government roundtable of The Economist magazine: “Now Europe is united in a way that it has not been united for many decades. Five years ago it was impossible to imagine that Europe would achieve such unification, and there were many discussions about how far the division of Europe will go. Ukraine fixed it. And we must work on even greater unity. Europe is a global entity. It should be so. And it can only be so with Ukraine."
11:15 Foreign Ministers of Finland and Sweden signed protocols on joining NATO.
11:13 Kiev and Warsaw are planned to be united by high-speed rail, the corresponding project is contained in the Plan for the Recovery of Ukraine, which was presented at a conference in Lugano, Switzerland. The project is estimated at $1.2 billion.
11:06 Scotland and Wales have allocated 100 million pounds (about $ 121 million) for military support to Ukraine, Johnson said. He also added that these territories received 9,000 Ukrainian refugees.
11:04 The world's first successful combat use of SMArt shells manufactured by the German company GIWS mbh took place in the Donbas, journalist Yuriy Butusov said. According to him, thanks to these ultra-modern homing projectiles, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received a significant advantage. So, during the shelling on July 1, two units of Russian equipment were destroyed by two shells, and on July 2, German shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine covered an entire column - up to eight units of military equipment of the occupiers were damaged or destroyed.
10:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 5. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavic and Donetsk directions.
- personnel - about 36,350 (+150) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1594 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 3772 (+18),
- artillery systems - 806 (+2),
- MLRS - 247 (+1),
- air defense systems - 105 (+0),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 187 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 660 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 144 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2634 (+5),
- special equipment - 65 (+0).
10:26 British intelligence suggests that Russian troops, in an attempt to capture the entire Donetsk region, will continue to level the cities with the help of artillery. Unlike previous phases of the war, the Russian Federation appears to have achieved fairly effective coordination between at least two groupings of forces - a central one, presumably under the command of Colonel General Alexander Lapin, and a southern one, presumably under the command of the newly appointed General Sergei Surovikin.
Also, the UK Department of Defense believes that the withdrawn Ukrainian forces are probably mostly in good shape, and there is a real possibility that Ukrainian forces will now be able to retreat to a more defensively straightened front line.
10:18 Turkey launched an investigation into the origin of grain aboard a Russian ship anchored off the Black Sea port of Karasu after Ukraine said the cargo had been stolen, Bloomberg reports, citing senior Turkish officials.
10:16 The main event of the conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Lugano will take place today in the afternoon - a closed round table, at which all donors will gather together with Ukrainian representatives and discuss joint coordination, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. According to him, as at the meeting in London at the end of May, "there is a certain competition between donors, and we need a common vision and specific commitments."
09:50 The SBU convicted the assistant to the people's deputy of Ukraine of treason. Being a Russian agent, he carried out reconnaissance and subversive activities in the authorities. The official was recruited by Yury Vodolazkin, an employee of the 9th department of the 5th service of the FSB, during a trip to Moscow. Subsequently, he handed over the agent "for communication" to his leader Dmitry Zubarev.
09:48 It is necessary to evacuate from Slavyansk while it can be done safely, said the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh. According to him, the Russians' next targets will be Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut.
09:46 In Mariupol, the invaders dismantled a playground near the Drama Theatre, which miraculously survived the shelling, and are already installing it in the center of Donetsk. They also tear off granite tiles with excavators, load them and take them out towards Donetsk. Prior to that, medical equipment, a skating rink and a fountain had already been taken to Donetsk from Mariupol, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor.
09:42 In Belogorivka, the Ukrainian military repelled the assault of the enemy, the occupiers withdrew, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the main efforts of the Russians are focused on establishing control over the territory of the region within the administrative boundaries.
09:29 In the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv, one of the schools was damaged as a result of a missile attack, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
09:27 The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation has denied media reports that the Azov fighters are being held in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in Moscow.
09:24 People's Deputy Oleksandr Fediyenko published a letter from Zaluzhny addressed to all authorities, which states that travel outside the place of residence is allowed only with the permission of the military commissar.
09:18 Russia systematically exports Ukrainian grain through the Crimea to Turkey, although Ankara denies this. Radio Liberty journalists have found that the Russians turn off the radars on ships that take Ukrainian grain from Crimea to Turkish ports, but this systematic process is regularly captured by satellite images.
08:51 T.S. "LPR authorities" claim that Tochka-U fired at an ammunition depot in Stakhanov, resulting in a massive fire.
08:48 The governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit said that this morning artillery shelling of the border settlements of the Glushkovsky district was recorded - in the village of Tetkino and in the village of Markovo. The shelling, according to the governor, continues.
08:32 The "DPR" has filed a "charge" against a Swedish citizen who fought in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and surrendered at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Russian media write.
08:25 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, two civilians in Bakhmut were killed during the day from Russian shelling, four more were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:12 In the morning on Nikolaev Russians have caused rocket blows, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. Rescuers, doctors, emergency teams and public utilities are working on the ground, more information is not yet available.
08:09 Russians early in the morning fired at the Shostka bulk of the Sumy region with two rockets. The fire is localized, the commission is working to clarify the damage, said the mayor of Shostka Nikolai Noga.
08:07 In the early morning, the Russians fired on Velikaya Kostromka, Krivoy Rog district, power lines were damaged in the village, no one was previously injured. In Zelenodolsk, they got through a dacha cooperative. People were not hurt, the scale of destruction is being specified, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk.
07:52 Russian troops are trying to establish control over the territory of the Lugansk region within its administrative borders. In the Bakhmut direction, an assault is underway in the area of \u200b\u200bNovolugansky and Disputed, the General Staff reported in the morning report . In the direction of the village of Dolina in the Slavyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed the assault and drove the enemy back. Also, Ukrainian aviation and rocket and artillery units continue to strike at enemy warehouses and concentrations of invaders, in particular, in the Kherson region. The Russian occupiers are demoralized and are looking for any opportunity to get slightly injured.
07:19 The Russians fired seven missiles at the Dnepropetrovsk region in the morning, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to shoot down six of them - over the Dnieper and Sinelnikovsky district. In the Dnieper, fragments of a downed rocket caused dry grass to catch fire, the fire was extinguished, and there were no casualties. In the city of Pokrov, a rocket hit the private sector. Several houses were destroyed, windows were broken in several more. There were no casualties.
07:04 The Japanese government approved a ban on the import of Russian gold, the country's Ministry of Finance announced. The new sanctions list also includes 57 individuals and six organizations from Russia. The “head” of the Kherson military-civilian administration Saldo and his “deputy” Stremousov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Grigorenko, relatives of the main owner of Severstal Mordashov, fell under the sanctions. Japan also prohibits the provision of services to Russia, including audit and trust services. In addition, Tokyo imposes an export ban on 90 organizations from Russia and Belarus.
06:17 The Russian army destroyed, damaged or occupied 90% of wind farms in Ukraine, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. In addition, according to him, 30% of solar stations and cogeneration plants, as well as the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, have been destroyed or captured.
04:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly attacking Russian military infrastructure with the help of indirect fire and US-provided HIMARS systems deep in the occupied territories. In particular, Ukrainian forces attacked Russian ammunition depots in Dubrovny, Kharkiv region (near the front line) on 4 July and Snizhne, Donetsk region (approximately 75 km from the front line) on the night of 4 July, after hitting one of four Russian ammunition depots in Melitopol 3 July.
ISW also reports that Russian troops will likely continue to advance west of the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysichansk road to eventually pass to Bakhmut and Seversk, although their ability to do so successfully after the losses incurred in taking Lisichansk is questionable. The Institute also suggests that the Russian leadership may be preparing to mobilize Ukrainian citizens in the occupied territories.
01:52 Ukraine will receive the first tranche of EU macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros at the end of July, said Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission.
01:33 In Melitopol, the invaders are trying to run schools with the Russian curriculum and threaten to deprive them of parental rights for refusing to send children to them, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.