Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:09 The United States does not plan to lift restrictions on Ukraine's strikes with American weapons deep into Russian territory, said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby.
21:26 According to the KGVA, as of now, 27 people have died in the capital, including three children, and 82 have been injured.
20:41 Xi Jinping believes that in order to begin a settlement in Ukraine, it is necessary for the theater of military operations to stop expanding, for the fighting to not escalate to a higher stage of escalation, and for the parties to "not add fuel to the fire." According to him, "only if all major powers show positive, not negative, energy will it be possible to achieve a speedy ceasefire in this conflict."
20:35 Germany transferred a new package of weapons to Ukraine, which included, in particular, the Patriot air defense system, missiles and spare parts for it, as well as ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks, two TRML-4D radars, 30 Vector reconnaissance UAVs with spare parts, 200 mobile devices for jamming drones, ten autonomous sea boats, etc.
20:29 The UN Security Council will hold a meeting regarding the Russian missile strike on the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev on Tuesday, July 9, the UK mission to the UN reported.
19:32 Argentina has decided to apply to join NATO, buy F-16s instead of Chinese aircraft and provide assistance to Ukraine by sending it the weapons it needs to wage war with Russia, Argentine Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri said.
19:17 According to the State Emergency Service, as a result of today's massive missile strike on the territory of Ukraine, a total of 33 people were killed: 22 in Kiev, 11 in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 140 people were injured: 74 in the capital, two in the Kiev region, 64 in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
19:04 Ukrenergo has cancelled the measurement of the actual level of electricity consumption in each region, which was planned from July 9 to 24. The reason is a significant capacity deficit in the power system and increased consumption due to the heat. On Tuesday, July 9, the restrictions will be in effect for 24 hours for all regions of Ukraine. According to the forecast, from 05:00 to 14:00, regional power companies will apply two stages of shutdown schedules, from 16:00 to 22:00 - four stages, and at other times - three stages.
18:53 During the day on July 8, the air defense of southern Ukraine destroyed five reconnaissance drones: three ZALA, one Supercam and one Orlan-10, the Air Force reported.
18:26 A Day of Mourning has been declared in Kiev on Tuesday, July 9. According to the KGVA, as a result of the missile strike in the capital, 22 people were killed, including two children, and 82 were injured.
18:09 As of early July 2024, Ukraine has already implemented 324 NATO standards, the Ministry of Defense reported. In particular, 23 new standards were adopted in the first half of 2024. As part of the Ukraine-NATO Partnership Goals package until 2025, the country was asked to implement 218 Alliance standards. Of these, 190 have already been adopted. In addition, Ukraine has implemented another 134 standards on its own initiative.
17:31 Rostov Oblast has decided to partially limit the supply of electricity to enterprises, Governor Vasily Golubev reported. According to him, the most tense situation is observed in Taganrog and Neklinovsky District, where accidents occurred on power lines due to excessive load. Earlier, it was reported that after drone attacks in Rostov Oblast, a schedule of temporary shutdowns for household consumers was introduced.
16:58 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported that he had sent letters to a number of international organizations, calling for a response to the shelling from Russia and, in particular, to the destruction of the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev. According to him, the Russians fired missiles at Ukraine's largest children's hospital, where about 7,000 complex operations are performed annually.
16:29 Zelensky stated that the role of mediator between Russia and Ukraine could be played by the United States, China or the European Union, but not Hungary.
16:00 The number of people injured in Kyiv as a result of today's enemy attack has risen to 96, including three children. 52 people have been hospitalized, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. The death of two adults in the Okhmatdet hospital has been confirmed, another 16 people were injured, including seven children. In addition, two victims from other districts died in the hospital. Also, preliminary, seven people died in the Dniprovsky district as a result of debris falling on a medical center. There are victims there too. Another seven people died in a business center in the Solomensky district. The information is being clarified.
15:42 Ukraine is calling an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to the Russian strike on the children's hospital, Zelensky said during a briefing with Tusk in Warsaw.
15:38 As of 15:30, 31 people were killed and 125 were injured in an enemy attack in Ukraine, the State Emergency Service reported.
15:34 Poland may consider transferring 20 MiG fighters to Kiev if NATO countries replace them, Prime Minister Tusk said after a meeting with Zelensky. At the same time, he specified that Warsaw cannot transfer the MiGs now, since they are involved in air patrols as part of a NATO program.
15:29 The number of victims in different areas of the capital has increased to 66 people, 44 of whom were hospitalized. The death of two adults in the Okhmatdet hospital has been confirmed, one of them is a doctor of the medical institution, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
15:22 Ukraine and Poland have signed a security agreement. The document, for the first time among similar agreements already signed, provides for a provision on developing a mechanism for the destruction of Russian missiles and drones launched in the direction of Poland in Ukrainian airspace. Also, for the first time, such an agreement speaks of creating a "Ukrainian legion" - Ukrainians who temporarily reside in Poland and other countries will be able to join it.
15:18 Air defense destroyed 30 of 38 enemy missiles today. Russia launched a combined missile strike on Ukraine this morning using air, sea and land-based missiles, the Air Force reported. According to preliminary data, the enemy used a total of 38 missiles of different types:
- one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile;
- four Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- one 3M22 Zircon cruise missile;
- 13 X-101 cruise missiles;
- 14 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- two X-22 cruise missiles;
- three guided aircraft missiles Kh-59/Kh-69.
The air defense managed to destroy 30 enemy missiles:
- one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile;
- three Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- 11 X-101 cruise missiles;
- 12 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- three guided aircraft missiles Kh-59/Kh-69.
15:06 Seven people were killed and three were injured in a repeat attack on the capital, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. The attack involved a damaged medical center in the Dniprovskyi district. The total number of people killed in Kyiv as a result of today's attacks has risen to 16, with another 37 injured.
15:01 Russia hit the Okhmatdet hospital in Kiev with an X-101 missile, the Presidential Office reported. It emphasized that the missile contained dozens of units of microelectronics produced in NATO countries.
14:52 Ten people were killed and more than 30 were injured in the Russian attack on the Northern Mining and Processing Plant, Metinvest reported. The Russian missile hit the administrative building of the Northern Mining and Processing Plant in Kryvyi Rih.
14:33 The death toll from the enemy attack on Kiev has risen to 15, and as of 14:00, 37 people are known to have been injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:31 As a result of the morning missile attack by the Russian Federation on Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, three people were killed and two were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:28 There are currently 16 victims in the Okhmatdet hospital, seven of them are children, Klitschko reported.
13:54 The Russian Defense Ministry said that the destruction in Kiev after the Russian missile attack was allegedly caused by "the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile." Moscow added that today's strikes on Ukraine are a response to attacks on Russian energy facilities. The department claims that the missiles allegedly hit military industry and air bases.
13:49 As a result of a missile strike in Kyiv, a multi-story building of a medical center was damaged in the Dniprovsky district. According to preliminary information, four people were killed and three were injured. The building was partially destroyed, the rubble is being cleared and people are being searched for, said the head of the Kyiv State Emergency Service, Serhiy Popko.
13:36 The number of people injured as a result of the missile strike on the city of Krivoy Rog has increased to 42, the search and rescue operation continues, the prosecutor's office reported.
13:27 As a result of the missile strike in the capital, there are already ten dead and 35 injured, the KGVA reported. Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said that the Russians struck the toxicology department of the Okhmatdet children's hospital, where seriously ill children were undergoing dialysis. Operations were underway at the hospital at the time of the shelling.
13:14 In Kiev, one entrance to a residential building on Syrets was completely destroyed, several more were badly damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Rescuers are currently trying to get people out from under the rubble, their voices can be heard. The remaining residents were evacuated. The house opposite was also damaged.
13:10 In Dnipro, as a result of a morning attack, one person was killed and six were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. In Kryvyi Rih, the number of injured has grown to 37.
13:06 In Kiev, in the Goloseevsky and Shevchenkovsky districts, three transformer substations were destroyed or damaged, and power grids were also damaged, DTEK reported.
13:01 Zelensky is meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, the President's Office reported. They will sign an agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and Poland.
12:58 As of 12:40, nine people were killed and 23 were injured in the attack in Kiev, the prosecutor's office reported.
12:41 In Kiev, a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was also hit - entrances were damaged, one was destroyed. Residents are being evacuated, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
12:19 At the moment, seven people are known to have died and 25 were injured as a result of the attack on Kiev, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. In total, according to him, about 20 people were killed and about 50 were injured as a result of the morning attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine. Zelensky noted that there are people under the rubble of the hospital, the exact number of injured and dead is still unknown. The President emphasized that the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev is "one of the most important exclusively children's hospitals not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe."
12:07 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, as a result of the morning Russian strike, at least three people were killed, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. There is information about a hit on the enterprise.
12:03 Seven people were killed in the attack in Kiev, KGVA reported. Klitschko also reported 11 casualties. Patients of the children's hospital where the missile hit are being evacuated to municipal hospitals in the city.
11:58 In Krivoy Rog, as a result of the Russian strike, there is damage at an enterprise, a fire broke out. According to preliminary information, ten people died, more than 30 were injured, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. In Dnepr, a multi-storey building, an enterprise, a service station were damaged, there are injured.
11:54 Radio Liberty showed footage from the site of the Russian strike on the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev:
11:33 In Kiev, as a result of a missile strike in different districts, nine people have already been injured, six of them have been hospitalized, Klitschko reported. According to the KGVA, in the Shevchenkivskyi district, the Okhmatdet children's hospital was damaged, there is destruction. In the Solomenskyi district, an office building was damaged, in Goloseevske - garages, cars are on fire, in Dniprovske - debris in a residential building is burning, in Darnitske a private house was damaged, in Svyatoshinsky debris is burning near a residential building, a fire also broke out in the premises of one of the enterprises, in Desnyansky - a house is on fire.
Zelensky reported that during today's attack, Russia used more than 40 missiles of different types. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a children's hospital were damaged. The enemy attacked Kyiv, Dnipro, Krivoy Rog, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk. The president also showed a photo of the aftermath:
11:16 As a result of the missile strike on Kiev, debris fell in Solomensky, Dniprovsky, Darnitsky, Desnyansky, Shevchenkovsky and Goloseevsky districts, the Kyiv City Administration reported. The mayor's office specified that one of the premises of a children's medical institution was hit, three victims are known.
10:49 Ukrenergo reported that today from 10:30 to 14:00 there are no plans to turn off the lights in Ukraine. From 19:00 to 22:00 two queues will be turned off, at other times - three queues.
10:45 Russia launched a massive missile strike on Ukraine. Explosions were heard, in particular, in Kiev. The city's mayor Vitali Klitschko reported calling medics to the Solomensky district. The KGVA reported falling debris in the Solomensky district.
10:36 Seoul will decide on its arms support for Ukraine based on how the new military pact between Moscow and Pyongyang works, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol said. He also said that he would discuss with NATO leaders the threat that North Korea poses to Europe by deepening military ties with Russia. "Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a clear threat and a serious challenge to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in Europe," Yoon stressed.
10:02 Xi Jinping said he supports Hungary's position on Ukraine: "The main directions of China and Hungary's efforts on Ukraine coincide. An early ceasefire in Ukraine and the search for a political solution are in the interests of all parties."
09:38 US House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Zelensky during the NATO summit in Washington, Reuters reports, citing a US official's schedule. Support for Ukraine is expected to be a key topic of discussion at the Alliance's summit this week.
09:21 At night, the Russians struck Kharkov - as a result of falling fragments of ammunition in the Osnovyansky district, a fire broke out in a private house, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Two more people were injured as a result of enemy shelling of the village of Boguslavka in the Izyumsky district. In addition, on the evening of July 7, a civilian car was blown up by a Russian mine near the village of Tsirkuny in the Kharkov district - according to preliminary information, five people were killed, including a baby and a five-year-old child.
08:33 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on July 7 - in Pivnichnoye and Grodovka. Another four people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
07:58 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with air- and land-based missiles: four Kh-101 from Tu-95MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area - Saratov region) and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch areas - Kursk region, Crimea). Air defense destroyed three Kh-101 cruise missiles in Zhitomir and Cherkasy regions, the Air Force reported.
07:19 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 8:
- personnel - about 552,190 (+1200) people,
- tanks - 8171 (+16),
- combat armored vehicles - 15,685 (+40),
- artillery systems - 14,966 (+29),
- MLRS - 1115 (+0),
- air defense systems - 880 (+1),
- aircraft - 361 (+1),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 11,893 (+31),
- cruise missiles - 2353 (+1),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 20,150 (+47),
- special equipment - 2503 (+8).
05:56 NATO plans to make a decision on providing additional air defense systems and transferring more ammunition to Ukraine before the summit in Washington, which will take place on July 9-11, Stoltenberg said. According to the Secretary General, all members of the Alliance have agreed to increase assistance to Ukraine - both in the form of new military training and in the form of long-term commitments.
02:15 Orban announced that he had arrived in Beijing. "Peace mission 3.0," the Hungarian prime minister wrote. After visits to Kiev and Moscow, he announced that he would continue his "unexpected visits" as part of a supposed "peace mission."