[Korrespondent] 22:08 Zelensky said in an interview with ABS News that he would not agree to peace through territorial concessions, and if Trump made such an offer to him, he would refuse. Zelensky also reproached Trump that, when he was president, he did nothing to stop the war in eastern Ukraine. "I assume that he had this time, but, apparently, he had some other priorities," the Ukrainian president said.
21:55 Zelensky said in an interview with ABS News that he does not believe in the possibility of the Russian Federation using nuclear weapons. At the same time, he believes that the Russians could have mined the ZNPP to stage an explosion that would help stop the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield. "Are there other explosives at the facility? Yes. Can the IAEA see explosives at the present time? No. Are there enough impartial people there to draw any conclusions about how much the territory of the facility is mined? No," the president said.
21:42 The Russians once again hit Berislav in the Kherson region, the OVA reported. One of the shells hit near the local hospital, the director of the medical institution was injured.
21:20 Hot battles are going on in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, where the Defense Forces are advancing, Anna Malyar said. The Ukrainian military is entrenched on the achieved lines, conducting aerial reconnaissance, preparing to continue offensive operations.
In the East, fighting continues in all directions of the enemy's offensive - Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Kupyansky, Limansky - without changing the provisions. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is on the defensive, on the southern flank there is a certain advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the northern flank, fighting without changing positions.
20:33 NATO urgently agrees on security guarantees for Ukraine right before the summit, Politico writes, citing sources. We are talking about agreeing on security commitments for a transitional period until the war ends in Ukraine and the country joins NATO. “In essence, this will be a guarantee for Ukraine that we will equip their armed forces for a very long time, we will finance them, we will advise them, we will train them so that they have the ability to deter against any future aggression,” the senior official said. NATO diplomat.
20:11 Russia immediately sent representatives of the Russian Guard to the Zaporizhia NPP after Ukraine published a mining map for the plant, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "Urgent representatives of the Russian Guard - they are responsible in the occupation corps for the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - went to make appropriate adjustments which, however, will also not be a secret for us.
20:06 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with Blinken: "We are working to ensure that the final decisions of the Vilnius summit become a victory for Ukraine, NATO and global security."
19:58 Residents of Melitopol report a powerful explosion in the north of the city. According to preliminary information, it took place in the hangar of the village of Zarechnoye, which the invaders turned into their base, said the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov.
19:17 Ukraine in June produced more mortar and artillery shells than in the whole of last year, Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin said in an interview with Bloomberg. “I would not say that we are such great fellows that we were able to increase the production of ammunition in three months. In 2022, we produced so little,” he added. At the same time, the minister expects that soon Ukraine will again become a major arms exporter: "My goal is to make Ukraine the arsenal of the free world."
17:53 Putin dismissed Valery Gerasimov from the post of commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, his place was taken by the commander of the Airborne Forces Mikhail Teplinskiy, writes the Daily Mail. According to the publication, Gerasimov will remain the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, but the overall responsibility for the war now falls on Teplinsky.
15:59 The "head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that in the Kerch region, air defense forces allegedly shot down a cruise missile, there were no injuries or casualties. After that, traffic jams formed at the entrances to the Crimean bridge.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz claims that two "Ukrainian missiles" were shot down by air defense forces, there were no casualties. The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, also announced the destruction of an allegedly Ukrainian missile by air defense forces.
13:40 Syrsky said that the Defense Forces are successful in the Bakhmut direction, they continue to move forward, and in some places the enemy is trapped.
12:57 Zelensky held a coordination meeting in Lutsk on the security and social situation in Volyn: "First: the border, the situation in border Belarus. Second: the strengthening of our Defense and Security Forces and the entire northern section of the border, in each region. Reported by the military, law enforcement, local authorities. Third: the state of shelters. Fourth: budgetary support. Fifth: jobs."
11:44 Zelensky and Duda in Lutsk honored the memory of all the innocent victims of Volyn.
09:56 Poland secretly transferred about ten Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing sources.
09:20 The Bundestag approved the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry reported. We are talking about the purchase of an additional BC for the Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled guns, the Leopard 2 tank and the Puma infantry fighting vehicle.
08:49 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, ten people were killed - nine in Lyman and one in Avdiivka. Another 13 people were injured during the day. In the Kherson region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
08:12 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 9.
- personnel - about 234,040 (+600) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4078 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7964 (+11),
- artillery systems - 4366 (+20),
- MLRS - 668 (+7),
- air defense systems - 413 (+3),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 309 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3685 (+19),
- cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6929 (+15),
- special equipment - 628 (+9).
07:25 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 30 military clashes occurred in a day, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
06:07 Germany at the NATO summit in Vilnius will insist on postponing Ukraine's entry into NATO, because it does not want to get involved in a war with the Russian Federation, writes The Telegraph. According to the publication's sources, Berlin plans to urge NATO partners to focus not on proposals for Ukraine's membership in the Alliance, but on security guarantees. "Berlin is reticent about the prospect of offering Ukraine immediate NATO membership. It takes time to develop guarantees that will essentially block membership. Berlin doesn't want Putin to check if Article 5 is working," the source said.
00:14 During the 500 days of a full-scale war, almost 50 thousand Ukrainians were awarded state awards, and 298 were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine, Zelensky said. At the same time, he added that "we can not name all the names now - we will be able to tell about some heroes only after our victory, their courage is so special."