[Korrespondent] 21:48 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly fired on Tokmak with cluster munitions.
21:17 Zelensky announced that work will continue in Vilnius tomorrow. In particular, bilateral meetings are planned - with American, Canadian, German, British, Dutch, Japanese and other partners. The first inaugural meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council is also planned. "Our defense is the first priority. And I am grateful to our partners for their readiness to take new steps. More weapons for our soldiers - more life protection for all of Ukraine. We will bring new important defense tools to Ukraine," the president announced.
21:14 Ukraine's entry into NATO during the conflict would mean a US war with Russia, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. He stressed that this will not happen under President Biden.
21:05 Danilov said that Ukraine now needs to do "a lot of homework" to fully switch to NATO standards.
20:41 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius again confirmed that Berlin will not supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, he stressed that Germany is one of the main suppliers of military equipment to Ukraine, and emphasized that without German assistance, Ukrainian air defense would be weak.
20:16 The Ukrainian leadership knew that Kiev would not receive a specific invitation to NATO at the Vilnius summit, Podolyak said: "No one except Ukraine is ready to respond to these challenges and bear responsibility. We knew that NATO would only take the first steps: a long-term program and refusal of the MAP".
19:20 Zelensky spoke in Vilnius at a rally in support of Ukraine's movement to NATO. The President said that the North Atlantic Alliance will provide Ukraine with security, and Ukraine will make NATO stronger. “Today I set off here with faith in the solution, with faith in partners, with faith in a strong NATO. In a NATO that does not doubt, does not waste time and does not look back at any aggressor… And I would like this faith to become confidence - confidence in the decisions that we deserve - we all deserve, and that each of our warriors, each of our citizens, each of our mothers, each of our children is waiting for. And is this too much desire? the president said.
19:14 In the center of Vilnius, a flag brought from Bakhmut was raised to the anthem of Ukraine.
18:51 At the summit in Vilnius, Reznikov signed a memorandum with 11 colleagues on creating a coalition to train F-16 fighter pilots. The coalition included Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK. The countries will train Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel, and other types of fighters, except for the F-16, may be included in the training program. The coalition is also ready to consider providing aircraft to Ukraine.
Danish Defense Minister Trols Pulsen said that the coalition will begin training Ukrainian pilots at the end of summer.
18:46 Shoigu said that if the United States supplies cluster munitions to Ukraine, Russia "will be forced" to use similar means against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Shoigu claims that so far the Russian army has allegedly refrained from using cluster munitions in Ukraine.
18:34 Stoltenberg clarified that in order to join NATO, Ukraine must fulfill a number of conditions, including the fight against corruption, reforms to modernize public administration institutions, including the security and defense sector, as well as compatibility with NATO standards. In addition, the Secretary General emphasized separately that while the war is going on in Ukraine, there can be no talk of joining the Alliance.
18:25 Stoltenberg said that Ukraine will receive an invitation to NATO when "all allies agree and the conditions are met." At the same time, the leaders of the member countries adopted a support package for Ukraine , which provides for the abolition of the MAP, a long-term military assistance program of $500 million a year to modernize the Ukrainian army and fully transition to NATO standards, as well as the launch of the Ukraine-NATO Council, which should become a platform for advice in crisis situations.
18:09 NATO countries agreed on a declaration on Ukraine's membership in the Alliance, writes Reuters. The final declaration says: "We will issue an invitation to Ukraine to join the Alliance when the allies agree and all conditions are met."
17:49 Ukraine will receive military assistance from France for another 170 million euros, Reznikov said following talks with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornet in Vilnius. According to him, today an agreement was signed between the Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and France. In particular, it is planned to simplify the process of purchasing and supplying weapons to Ukraine and launch joint production of spare parts and maintenance of foreign weapons and equipment.
17:25 The Berdyansk city military administration reported a hit on the Dune hotel, where the military leadership of the Russians lived. "The building was actually razed to the ground. Now the rubble is being sorted out. Many ambulances drove in that direction," the GVA specified. Meanwhile, local publics report new explosions in Berdyansk.
17:21 Biden supported the simplified procedure for Ukraine's entry into NATO and the abolition of the MAP.
17:18 Ukraine and France will sign a memorandum in Vilnius on training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, Reznikov said.
16:52 Zelensky has arrived in Vilnius, he is heading to the square where the flag of Ukraine will be raised, Presidential Press Secretary Sergei Nikiforov said.
16:36 Ukraine will receive 50 long-range SCALP missiles from France, Reuters reports citing sources.
16:18 As a result of today's shelling of Kherson, five people have already been injured, including an eight-year-old child, the IVA reported.
15:53 ​​Ukraine has concluded an insurance contract in case of damage as a result of a nuclear incident at all four nuclear power plants. In the event that the Russians blow up the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Ukraine may receive insurance compensation, Energoatom said.
15:22 The NATO summit has officially begun in Vilnius. According to media reports, Zelensky's speech is tentatively scheduled for 18:00.
15:15 Reuters writes, citing sources, that the French long-range SCALP missiles, the deliveries of which Macron announced today, are already in Ukraine. Kyiv promised Paris not to hit them on the territory of Russia.
14:52 Biden said that the leaders of Western countries have already agreed on their statement on Ukraine's entry into NATO.
14:36 ​​The Ukrainian combat control and information processing system Delta has successfully passed NATO tests and is ready to integrate Western equipment, including F-16 fighters, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. According to him, Delta has been successfully tested with 15 systems from ten countries, including three systems developed directly by NATO. All compatibility tests were successful.
Thanks to Delta, the Ukrainian military sees the battlefield with the location of enemy forces online. This is the only platform in Ukraine where data from aerial reconnaissance, satellites, drones, the latest technology, stationary cameras, radars, chatbots, etc. are pulled up. All these data make it possible to plan military operations qualitatively, the minister said.
14:33 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes that Ukraine can count on an influx of investments only after the end of the war and joining NATO. At the same time, he stressed that Berlin fundamentally supports Ukraine's entry into NATO, and there are no discussions in the Alliance about this now.
14:29 Czech President Petr Pavel believes that the window of opportunity for Ukraine to achieve results at the front will close by the end of this year. He attributed this to the upcoming elections in the US and other countries, after which support for Kiev may decline: "Whatever is achieved by the end of this year will be the starting point for negotiations. We will also see another decrease in the willingness to massively support Ukraine with more weapons."
14:27 Budanov said that the GUR had nothing to do with the murder of the Russian captain Rzhitsky in Krasnodar: "The roots of what happened in Russia yesterday must be sought in the Russian Federation itself, where internal protest against the war is growing."
14:21 Russians are shelling residential areas of Kherson. At the moment, it is known that a humanitarian headquarters and at least five residential buildings were hit, and fires broke out in the places of shelling. According to preliminary information, two people were injured, one of them in serious condition, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
13:48 Scholz said that the G7 countries will adopt a joint declaration in Vilnius on promises in the field of Ukraine's security after the onset of peace.
13:35 Zelensky criticized behind-the-scenes NATO talks: “Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that language without Ukraine is being discussed. And I want to emphasize: this language is only by invitation, and not by Ukraine’s membership. when there are no time frames for both the invitation (!), and for the membership of Ukraine, and when instead some strange wording is added about "conditions" even for inviting Ukraine ... It looks like there is no readiness to invite Ukraine to NATO, nor make it a member of the Alliance. This means that there remains the possibility of bargaining for Ukraine's membership in NATO - in negotiations with Russia. And for Russia, this means motivation to continue its terror. Uncertainty is a weakness. And I intend to discuss this frankly at the summit." .
13:31 Scholz confirmed that Germany is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 700 million euros, including the supply of two Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv. It will also include 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, 40 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles, five Bergepanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles, 20,000 155-mm artillery shells, and 5,000 smoke shells.
13:24 NATO has successfully completed its mission to contain Russia, Christopher Cavoli, Commander-in-Chief of NATO Allied Forces in Europe, said in Vilnius. The new regional defense plans will significantly modernize the Alliance, he said. Cavoli also called "great news" the future entry of Sweden into NATO: "Both Finland and Sweden immediately attract very combat-ready armed forces to the Alliance. Secondly, their association creates a new geography of our area of ​​responsibility in the north. The Baltic Sea is now completely different, because that it is surrounded by NATO countries with strong navies and powerful armed forces."
12:53 Germany in a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth about 600 million euros will transfer several Patriot launchers, additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Leopard 1 tanks, demining equipment, about 20 thousand artillery shells, as well as reconnaissance drones, Spiegel writes. This package is due to be announced today during the NATO summit.
12:49 Peskov called France's decision to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine "erroneous and fraught with consequences" for Kiev. He added that this decision "will force Russia to take retaliatory measures." The Kremlin speaker also said that Moscow would closely monitor what was happening at the NATO summit in Vilnius "for in-depth analysis and taking measures to ensure the security" of the Russian Federation.
12:32 France will give Ukraine long-range missiles to support the offensive , Macron said.
12:30 Polish President Andrzej Duda did not rule out that NATO could send a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine after the end of the war. According to him, in this case, Polish military personnel will also participate in it. At the same time, Duda stressed that everything would depend on Ukraine and the peace agreements reached.
12:17 The Russians hit Sofiyivka from the Stanislav community of the Kherson region from Gradov: according to preliminary information, one person was killed, another was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
11:59 Ukraine is facing the threat of ammunition depletion in the short term, Stoltenberg said. According to him, the stage of the war of attrition and the battle of logistics has been going on for several months. Ukraine needs supplies of ammunition, spare parts and fuel on a "huge scale," the Secretary General said.
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The Secretary General noted that the Western arms production was not ready for such a war, and while it is gradually growing, long-term contracts are being concluded, in the short term Ukraine risks being left without ammunition.
11:32 The Norwegian government announced an increase in military support to Ukraine by $239 million, thus the total amount of aid will increase to $960 million.
11:20 Zelensky will arrive at the summit in Vilnius today and will take part in the dinner, Stoltenberg said. Tomorrow the Secretary General and the President of Ukraine will hold a meeting.
11:11 Stoltenberg said that NATO's decision on moving towards Ukraine's membership would be agreed upon in a few hours: "I am convinced that the wording of the summit communiqué will be positive, there will be a strong signal on Ukraine and the way forward to membership." The Secretary General specified that the inaugural NATO-Ukraine summit will be held tomorrow, at which a plan for Ukraine's entry into the Alliance will be proposed.
10:50 The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, based on the materials of the State Bureau of Investigation, ruled on the nationalization of the assets of several Russian oligarchs close to the Kremlin for billions of hryvnias. Among them are five oblenergos, hotels, the Ocean Plaza shopping and entertainment center, mining companies, shares of the First Investment Bank. Also, hundreds of industrial premises, equipment, warehouses, which the Russians used in Ukraine, were nationalized.
In addition, the High Anti-Corruption Court confiscated the Kyiv apartments of Russian blogger and propagandist Artemy Lebedev. Two apartments were collected as state revenue: on Yaroslavov Val Street (area 138 sq. m) and on Saksaganskogo Street (area 193 sq. m).
10:32 In Russia, at least 14 generals support Prigozhin and do not want to follow Putin, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov told Reuters in a comment.
10:18 The night attack of the Odessa region, apparently, was aimed precisely at the port infrastructure and grain storage sites amid Russia's threats not to renew the grain agreement, Natalya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Defense Forces of southern Ukraine, told Radio Liberty. According to her, Russian troops sent drones in several waves from the Black Sea.
09:53 Today, Russian lieutenant general Oleg Tsokov was eliminated in the Berdyansk region, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said, citing sources.
09:19 The White House has confirmed that Biden will meet with Zelensky on July 12 as part of the NATO summit in Vilnius.
08:48 The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol, Berdyansk and Bakhmut directions, in particular, they are advancing north and south of the city of Bakhmut, General Staff Speaker Andrey Kovalev said. The Ukrainian military is gaining a foothold on the achieved lines, the enemy is putting up strong resistance, actively using reserves.
08:42 In two districts of the Kiev region, 12 residential buildings and one multi-storey building were damaged as a result of falling debris from drones, the OVA reported. The damage is minor. The State Emergency Service clarified that they eliminated the consequences of falling debris in the Fastovsky and Obukhov districts, including the fire of the grass flooring.
08:40 Russians during a night attack with drones planned to hit the grain terminal of one of the ports of the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. The air defense forces destroyed 22 attack drones, two more hit the administrative building of the port facility. Due to the fall of debris from downed drones, two port terminals caught fire, including a grain terminal. The fire was promptly extinguished, and no critical damage or casualties were recorded.
08:37 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (in Ostroy, Avdeevka and Toretsk), seven more were injured. Three people were wounded in the Kherson region, one in the Kharkiv region, according to the IVA.
08:25 NATO allies before the first day of the summit in Vilnius, which will be held on July 11-12, still do not have an agreed decision on what the language of the communiqué on Ukraine will be, writes Politico. However, one NATO diplomat told reporters that "great progress has been made and it is 100% optimistic" and an agreement is "very close." Officials who are negotiating on this issue will meet again on Tuesday, already in parallel with the summit.
08:19 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 28 Shahed-136/131 drones, of which 26 were destroyed by air defense forces, the command of the Air Force reported. The UAVs were launched from the southeast direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk). In addition, one Zala-type reconnaissance drone was destroyed.
Also on July 10, the Air Force destroyed an enemy helicopter (the type is being specified), three attack UAVs of the Lancet type and four reconnaissance drones of the operational-tactical level.
08:14 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 11:
- personnel - about 235,020 (+540) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4089 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7983 (+17),
- artillery systems - 4385 (+14),
- MLRS - 672 (+4),
- air defense systems - 414 (+0),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 310 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3693 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6966 (+29),
- special equipment - 640 (+8).
08:02 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has calculated that Ukraine liberated almost as much territory in five weeks of the offensive as Russian troops captured in six months.
07:31 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, there were 30 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
06:26 Rebels of PMC Wagner, during a campaign against Moscow, entered the territory of the Voronezh-45 military base, where nuclear weapons are stored, without meeting any resistance, writes Reuters. According to the publication, when the column of Wagnerites was moving north in the direction of Moscow, some of them with military equipment deviated east along the highway in the direction of the military base. This can be seen in the videos posted on the Internet, and is confirmed by the testimonies of local residents. But about 100 km from the nuclear base, surveillance stops.
Budanov claims that Prigozhin's fighters went as far as the base, intent on obtaining small Soviet-era nuclear devices to "up the stakes" in their insurgency. The only barrier between the Wagnerites and the nuclear weapons, he said, was the door to the vault. In the end, for unknown reasons, they retreated.
05:37 Russia attacked Kiev at night with Shahed drones - all detected air targets moving in the direction of the capital were destroyed, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
00:13 The United States warned the Russian leadership of the inevitable responsibility in the event of a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller: "The Russian leadership should think carefully about whether it wants to risk creating a nuclear catastrophe, because if this happens, the international community will absolutely attract Russia to responsibility." He also added that Washington is closely following the developments around the ZNPP.