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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 2nd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] 23:54 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that since February 24, the territory of ten regions has suffered from hostilities - during this time, 1,027 cities and towns have been liberated, another 2,610 are under Russian occupation.  23:36 Washington is studying the possibility of sending inspectors to Ukraine in order to directly receive information about the use of US-provided weapons, Jed Royal, deputy head of the US Pentagon Agency for Defense Cooperation, said. 23:33 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine is actively preparing for the start of a special conference in Lugano in Switzerland dedicated to the restoration of the country. The event starts on Monday, July 4th. "It is necessary not only to restore everything that the invaders destroyed, but to create a new basis for our life, for Ukraine - safe, modern, convenient, barrier-free. This requires huge investments - billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions and, of course, reforms. In fact, this is the largest economic project of our time in Europe and an extraordinary opportunity to show itself for every state, for every company that we invite to work in Ukraine," the president said. 23:26 Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated Ivanovka, Kherson region, Zelensky said. 22:53 Zelensky, in an evening video message, recalled that the war has not ended: “Many rear cities now feel relaxed, but the war has not ended, its cruelty sometimes only grows, and we must not forget about it. Therefore, be sure to help the army, help volunteers, help everyone left alone at this time. Spread the truth about the war and the crimes of the occupiers. No matter how difficult it is today, we must remember what will happen tomorrow. And that tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to Ukraine - each and every one should do everything for this possible". 22:47 Arestovich also denied the capture of Lisichansk by the Russians, previously voiced by a number of enemy sources: "The Russian side, represented by a well-known tiktoker, claimed that they took Severodonetsk about 45 days ago. It took a month and a half ... They are not in the center of Lisichansk, they are not took it under control. But the situation there is threatening. Everything will be decided in a day or two." 21:51 Biden sent letters to the US Congress on the admission of Sweden and Finland to NATO, the White House said. 21:35 To date, the enemy has destroyed more than 15 million square meters in Ukraine. m of housing, more than 220,000 people submitted applications to the Diyu, Elena Shulyak, deputy head of the parliamentary committee on the organization of state power, said on the air of the telethon. According to her, about 800 thousand people were left without housing or it is badly damaged and requires serious repairs. 20:14 On the beach in Karolino-Bugaz, Odesa region, one vacationer died when he hit a mine while swimming to a depth, the second was injured, the press center of the Defense Forces reported. 19:51 In the village of Sergeevka, Odessa region, rescue work has been completed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. A total of 20 people died (16 people - in a residential building and four people - at the recreation center, one of them is a child). 38 people were injured, all of them in the hospital. 19:29 Lukashenka said that he had given an order to the military "to target the decision-making centers of Minsk's opponents." According to him, a few days ago, Ukrainian troops tried to strike at military facilities in Belarus, but all the missiles were allegedly intercepted. Lukashenka stressed that Minsk does not want to fight in Ukraine, "not a single Belarusian soldier is there." Lukashenka also claims that neither he nor Putin "is blackmailing anyone with nuclear weapons." At the same time, Minsk and Moscow "should be ready to mirror the aggressive actions of the West within 24 hours." 19:00 In the Bakhmut direction in the areas of Kodema and Berestovoye, the invaders tried to conduct reconnaissance in force, but suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. 18:58 Kuleba said that he discussed with Borrell the upcoming steps of Ukraine on the way to the EU, as well as the preparation of the seventh package of sanctions against Russia. 18:56 The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the removal of the rubble of the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug was completed, 29 body fragments were found under the rubble, 21 people died and 66 people were injured, of which 26 were hospitalized. More than 1,060 people and about 140 pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the consequences. 18:52 As of July 2, six officials of the Kherson region's local self-government bodies are in Russian captivity, including Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev. The Association of Ukrainian Cities appeals to international organizations for the protection of prisoners. 18:33 Today, there is no threat of encirclement of Lysichansk, but the danger of capturing the Luhansk region is high, Vadim Denisenko, an adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine: "As of now, the probability of capturing the Luhansk region is very high, unfortunately. We are defending Lisichansk, the situation very complex, especially with such a superiority in technology and manpower. " As for the Donetsk region, according to Denisenko, it will be much more difficult to capture it: "There are, in fact, two fortresses there - Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, especially Kramatorsk. Therefore, I don't think it's that simple." 18:24 In the Donetsk region, the duration of the curfew is being reduced, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. From Monday, July 4, it will be valid from 22:00 to 4:00. 18:15 The Russians launched a missile attack on Pavlovgrad, Dnepropetrovsk region, the City Council reported. 17:46 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that today's shelling of the city early in the morning was conducted on industrial enterprises. Most of the missiles fired by Russian troops fell on the outskirts of the city. There are no victims. 17:11 Romania is ready to help the victims of the rocket attack in the Odessa region, said Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. According to him, the strike on civilian targets in the Odessa region once again confirms that this war is not only illegal, but also immoral, and must end as soon as possible. 16:58 More than 10 thousand Mariupol residents are in the prisons of the so-called "DPR". According to the Mariupol City Council, people live in terrible conditions, they are closed in cramped cells and receive almost no water and food. Mariupol residents do not have access to medical care and are subjected to various forms of torture. "I call on the International Red Cross and the UN to pay attention to the illegal detention of civilians in the city," Mayor Vadim Boychenko said. 16:37 There are fierce battles near Lisichansk, but the city itself is not surrounded, it is under the control of Ukrainian troops, National Guard spokesman Ruslan Muzychuk said on the air of the telethon. In turn, the "LPR" states that the center of Lisichansk has been captured, the city has been encircled. 16:23 Zaluzhny posted a video of the drone working on Russian targets on Snake Island. "Yesterday, the invaders tried to bomb their positions with the help of air strikes, but traditionally they failed to cope with the task. Therefore, we decided to help them finally evacuate the island," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote. 15:12 In Kremenchug, rescuers completed search and rescue operations at the site of the Amstor shopping center destroyed by a Russian missile. The final death toll is still being established, said Dmitry Lunin, head of the Poltava OVA. 14:57 Ukrainians in Poland will be able to get ID-cards and passports, said First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin. A corresponding pilot project has already started in Warsaw. It will be possible to receive the first documents in early August. Taking into account the logistics in wartime, the term for the production of urgent documents will be up to 20 days, and in the usual manner - up to 40-45 days. 14:44 Mayor of Lvov Andrei Sadovyi held an operational meeting with the participation of the military and civilian leadership of the city to determine a plan of action in case of escalation from Belarus. According to him, a defense headquarters will be set up in each district of the city and additional training will be conducted for members of volunteer terrorist defense units. The option of forming reserve volunteer battalions from employees of the city council and public utilities is also being considered. 14:19 Ukrainian border guards in the Chernihiv region found a hard drive with data on Russian occupiers, some of which were classified as "secret". The carrier contains more than a hundred gigabytes of data about the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Russian Federation from near Moscow: a staff list with biographies of the Russian military, technical documentation of weapons and military equipment. 13:50 Near the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, a conflict broke out between the Russian military, which escalated into an armed skirmish, as a result, four occupiers were killed and about ten were injured, the OVA reported. According to the regional administration, the number of such armed clashes between the occupying forces is increasing. The main reason is inter-ethnic conflicts and the division of the stolen property of Ukrainians. 13:33 In Kiev, the director of one of the schools is suspected of coordinating the activities of a group collecting intelligence about the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Troops in Kiev. According to the SBU, the director was promised the position of "Minister of Education" in the event of the capture of the capital. 13:10 The families of the victims of the shelling of the shopping center in Kremenchug will be paid compensation in a double amount, the mayor of the city Vitaliy Maletsky said: “We are doubling the assistance to the families of the victims in the Amstor shopping center. We have decided to increase the payment from the entire Kremenchug society from 50,000 to 100,000 hryvnia to each family of the deceased in this terrible tragedy. The city council also allocated funds to pay for the funeral of all the dead. 12:17 The Podolsky court of Kiev arrested the corporate rights of the Brocard perfumery chain. The corporate rights of Brocard-Ukraine belong to the Cypriot company Indenon Holding Limited, and through it - to the owner of the Russian network of perfume shops L'Etoile, Russian woman Tatyana Volodina. The arrest was imposed as part of criminal proceedings on the appropriation of property and financing of aggression against Ukraine. 11:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive the weapons promised by the West within one to three months, Podolyak said in an interview with Channel 24. According to him, there are two problems with the supply of weapons, the first of which is bureaucracy: “There you need to sign a certain number of documents, in particular, how we will use it, how we will pick it up, where we will deliver it. This part no longer exists. There is no bureaucracy for Ukraine. in terms of arms supplies from our partners." The second problem, according to the adviser to the head of the OP, is the stocks of weapons in warehouses: “It needs to be completed, because no one has collected as much as Russia. Therefore, now it is being finalized, something will be reopened in warehouses, and it will quickly go to Ukraine - a month , two three". 11:12 Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Solsky said that more than 20 companies are already planning or have begun construction of transshipments in areas where new logistics routes pass: "We expect about 2 million tons of grain exports this month, which have already passed through new logistics routes. routes: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia. And there is potential for more. We are negotiating with the EU, and at the end of July there will be a separate meeting with a wide range of participants at the ministerial level." 10:31 The National Guard, who committed atrocities in Bucha, has been put on the international wanted list, the prosecutor's office of the Kiev region said. According to the investigation, the commander of the Russian National Guard unit in the Ulyanovsk region, Sergey Kolotsey, was involved in the murder of four men on Yablonskaya Street in Bucha. His involvement in other murders is being verified. 10:27 British intelligence reports that Russian troops continue to make minor gains around Lysychansk, but are likely to be blocked on the southeastern outskirts of the city. Analysts also note that Russia is using Kh-22 anti-ship missiles to strike land targets due to a likely reduction in stocks of more accurate modern weapons. The Russians launched Kh-22 missiles on June 30 in the Odessa region. And in Kremenchuk, it was not X-22, but its modernization X-32, that got into the Amstor shopping center - this is indicated by the results of the analysis of CCTV camera recordings, experts said. 10:24 In the Kharkiv region, four people were injured over the past day - two in the Izyum district, one each in Kharkiv and Lozov. The most active hostilities in the region are taking place in the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. 10:21 In Mariupol, resistance is slowly but gaining momentum. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, because of this, the occupiers began another wave of checks and filtering. When entering Mariupol from the Zaporozhye region, even those who have already passed the filtration are subject to additional interrogation by the FSB. There is a wave of searches and inspections in the Mariupol district, next week they are moving to the city. 10:15 Propaganda Russian media reported, citing the country's Ministry of Defense, that the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov arrived in the occupied territory of Ukraine. He allegedly worked at command posts and checked the Russian units involved in the “special operation” zone in Ukraine. 10:07 Russian media report that the sunken landing ship Saratov has been raised in Berdyansk. The "administration" of the Zaporozhye region confirmed that the ship sank as a result of shelling from Ukraine. 10:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
09:26 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said that yesterday morning Russia launched 12 missile strikes on Nikolaev. The port infrastructure and private enterprises were shelled, among them the production of perfumes and lime. One of the enemy missiles was shot down. 09:09 The Pentagon says that the Ukrainian military has achieved "significant success" using American HIMARS on the battlefield: since this is a high-precision system with a significant range, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of systematically delivering accurate strikes against carefully selected targets, significantly undermining the combat capability of Russian forces. The Ukrainian military themselves, who use HIMARS, told The Wall Street Journal that the weapon is already beginning to change the balance of power in the Donbass, where Russia has a significant advantage in artillery. According to them, they destroyed ten important Russian facilities, including the headquarters of the Russian army in Izyum. The publication notes that the goals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carefully selected, since one HIMARS missile costs 155 thousand dollars. So far, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are chosen mainly by Russian headquarters, weapons depots and military barracks. 08:43 In the Lugansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled two massive offensives of the Russians - in the direction of Verkhnekamenka and the gelatin plant, where the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance in force. In both cases, the occupiers withdrew, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the Russians are attacking from different sides, a large number of military and equipment have been involved. 08:40 In Slavyansk, four civilians were killed yesterday, seven were injured, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said. The Limany microdistrict, Barvenkovskaya, Podgornaya, Danilevsky streets came under shelling. The city was bombarded with cluster shells. 08:38 In Belarus, as part of the exercises, the delivery of subpoenas continues, and doctors are forbidden to leave the country, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. 08:17 In the Kherson region, Russian invaders and collaborators are afraid of the resistance of the local population - the leadership of the invaders moves with a large number of guards in armored vehicles and body armor. Local residents continue to offer total resistance, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. 08:06 The Ukrainian army continues the operation to clean up Zmeiny Island. Thus, over the previous day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to detect and destroy the Grad multiple launch rocket system, the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system, three units of armored and automotive equipment, a tank truck and a shelter area for other equipment on the island. According to OK Pivden, no signs of the presence of the enemy were found. 07:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about a new bill obliging Russian enterprises to support the so-called "special and anti-terrorist operations", and workers to work at night or on holidays for the needs of the state. So the Kremlin is preparing for a long war in Ukraine, creating conditions for the support of its army by the Russian economy. As for the situation at the front, according to ISW, Russian troops were unable to surround Lisichansk . They also failed to capture the Lisichansk gelatin plant, although they had already announced this. 06:21 Washington believes that Russia does not have enough forces in Kherson to effectively continue the occupation and control the region, especially after the withdrawal of part of the forces from this area for military operations in the Donetsk region, writes CNN with reference to unnamed representatives of the US administration. 01:34 Borrell condemned Russia's missile attacks on the Odessa region, calling them a war crime and demanding an immediate halt to strikes against the civilian population: "Persons responsible for actions that are war crimes will be held accountable in accordance with international law." 00:27 Paramedic Yulia "Taira" Paevskaya, released from captivity, spoke in an interview with Deutsche Welle about the conditions in which she was kept by the Russian occupiers: "Less, you won't be able to die of hunger. But in the last week they didn't even give us soap. There are 22 women in the cell, a cell of three by six meters, ten beds. Others also had no information about their families and children. Their psychological state was simply terrible , but most of them behaved very dignifiedly." According to Taira, these are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard, girls from the Azov Regiment and civilians, she was also a doctor in her seventh month of pregnancy. Paevskaya said that the invaders used physical and psychological violence. 00:14 The Pentagon hosted a closed media briefing on the war in Ukraine. Foreign Policy journalist Jack Detsch publishes the highlights:
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