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ISW: Spokesperson Valery Shershen stated that Ukrainian forces advanced up to two kilometers in the western Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and a Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces reached Pryyutne, 15 kilometers southwest of Velyka Novosilka.
Also one or two days ago, fighting was reported in the northern part of Robotyne town.
According to the military, their detonation should not damage the power units, but it may create an image of a shelling by Ukrainian forces. Russian media and Telegram channels report such actions of their military, too.
Yes, Kleshcheevka is ours. Wrong, judging by the data of my additional sources. I admit. One less source that I seriously trusted. Well, to hell with him, with this source. The information is still my responsibility. As soon as I get a chance, I'll go myself and see how things are going.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions came under fire.
by Iryna Lysohor
The Russians carried out 10 shellings in the Chernihiv region during the day. The Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts were fired from mortars and self-propelled guns. In total, there were more than 110 explosions. Three men were injured in the village of Novgorod-Siversk community. All are in the hospital, the condition is moderate; assistance is provided, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumyat night and in the morning, the Russians carried out four shellings (30 explosions) on the border territories and settlements. Esmansk, Shalyginsk and Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. In advance - without consequences. During the past day, the Russians launched 28 shellings. 170 explosions were recorded. Sumy, Myropilsk, Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Khotynsk, Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Shalyginsk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. Shalyginsk community: the enemy fired artillery (10 explosions). As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed and one was wounded. As a result of one of the shellings, a fire broke out in non-residential buildings in Velikopysarovsk community. In the Sumy community, an administrative building and two apartment buildings, seven private cars and school premises were damaged. In the morning, it is known about three dead and 21 wounded. A local resident died as a result of shelling of the Yunakiv community. A private residential house, an outbuilding, and three private residential buildings were damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy fired 61 shots at 16 settlements during the day. He struck Orikhov and Malia Tokmachka with aviation, attacked Kamianske with unmanned aerial vehicles, hit Levadny and Novodarivka with salvo missile systems, 56 artillery strikes hit Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Levadny, Novodarivka, Pyatikhatki, Kamianske, Novodanilivka, and Malia Tokmachka and other villages on the line of fire. 64 reports were received about the destruction of civil infrastructure objects. A 51-year-old man came under fire in Gulyaipol. He has already been taken to a medical facility.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the enemy's heavy artillery "worked" on Nikopol. They hit in the open area. In the evening, the enemy attacked the Nikopol district with anti-aircraft guns. Dropped ammunition on the Marganets community. There were no casualties.
In Luhansk , Belogorivka and Nevske are under fire. The Ukrainian military successfully repelled seven enemy attacks on our part of the front. In particular, the enemy tried to advance to the south of Novoselivskyi, Novovodyanyi, west of Dibrova and northeast of Serebryansk Forestry. However, due to losses, he was forced to return to previously occupied positions. During the day, the enemy fired 93 rounds (413 shells). In Makarovo, in the Stanichno-Luhansk Territorial Community, Russian servicemen set up a military hospital on the territory of a children's health camp. Now there are more than 100 wounded soldiers of the Russian Federation. In the village of Lyman, Starobil district, the Russian occupiers converted a children's health camp into a military hospital.
In Kharkivska, during the day, the occupiers shelled Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Budarka, Petro-Ivanivka, and Novomlynsk with mortars and artillery. In Cherneshchyna, the territory of a farm was damaged as a result of shelling. Also yesterday, the occupiers shelled Kozacha Lopan. Damaged residential buildings, no victims. In Izyum, a 32-year-old man was blown up by an explosive device, received mine-explosive injuries, hospitalized in serious condition.
The Russians launched 14 shellings in Donetska during the day. 10 settlements were shelled, including: Gostre, Avdiivka, Diliivka, Predtechine, Druzhba, Novoselivka Persha, Bogoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Novoukrainka, Toretsk. 11 residential buildings, a dining room, a workshop of PJSC "AKHZ", a mine building were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one person died, two were injured.
In Mykolaivska this morning, the enemy made artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community. There were no injuries or damage. Yesterday, enemy artillery shelling was recorded between the settlements of Ochakivska and Kutsurubska communities. Also yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the settlement of Kutsurubsk community, as a result of which two units of agricultural machinery were damaged. No casualties. Enemy shelling along the coastline of the Ochakiv community was also recorded. There were no casualties.
The enemy fired 68 rounds (402 shells) at Khersonsk during the day, including seven rounds (35 shells) at Kherson. The occupiers targeted the districts of 19 settlements of the region. The Russian army shelled the village of Kindiyka. One of the enemy shells hit near the local church. Two people - a 59-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman - were injured in the shelling. Both wounded were hospitalized, doctors are providing them with assistance. A 56-year-old woman was injured as a result of enemy artillery shelling in Dnipro. During the day, six people were injured due to Russian aggression.
We will remind, according to the General Staff, during the past day, the Russian occupiers used three anti-aircraft guided missiles from the S300 air defense system and 22 Iranian strike UAVs of the "Shahed" type on civilian infrastructure facilities in the Sumy, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, our soldiers destroyed 16 attack UAVs of the "Shahed" type.
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[Korrespondent] 23:03 Zelensky said that he had a "useful and productive" conversation with Macron: "We discussed the implementation of previous and reached new defense agreements. Thank you for the large batch of armored vehicles, in particular, the much-needed ambulance transport, additional light tanks and air defense" .
In addition, according to Zelensky, the situation in Russia and on the battlefield was discussed in detail: “After Prigozhin’s actions, the whole world saw that Russia has no room for maneuver on the battlefield. On the contrary, a window of opportunity opens up for us. We must act decisively - both militarily and politically. Therefore, it is very important that the summit in Vilnius be productive." The Ukrainian president also warned that the Russian troops were preparing dangerous provocations at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and agreed to keep the situation under maximum control together with the IAEA.
21:45 The Russians are leaving Energodar en masse, the investigative team of Evocation.info reports, citing its sources. According to them, the occupiers are massively withdrawing troops from Energodar and its environs. Of the dozens of checkpoints in the area, only two remained - from Vasilyevka to Melitopol.
21:14 The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, and PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization , said Yevgenia Kravchuk, deputy head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction. The final declaration states that OSCE member states must take action against the Wagner Group and its affiliated and successor structures, including by declaring them a terrorist organization.
The OSCE PA also calls on member states to tighten international norms that clearly recognize: the terrorist nature of the Wagner Group and its activities; the responsibility of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of this terrorist organization; the inadmissibility of involving such subjects in interstate relations. According to Kravchuk, this is the first time such a wording has been enshrined in an official document of an international organization.
21:08 The Ukrainian military are advancing on the southern flank near Bakhmut, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said: “Today we have an advance on the southern flank around Bakhmut. Fighting is going on in the northern flank, there is no advance there yet. In the south, we are advancing every day. are facing very serious enemy resistance - both in the south and in the east."
21:01 Adviser to the general director of the Rosenergoatom concern Renat Karchaa said that Ukraine on the night of July 5 is allegedly going to "attack the ZNPP using precision weapons and kamikaze drones." According to him, Ukraine allegedly also intends to hit the station with a "Tochka-U missile with a warhead stuffed with radioactive waste."
20:22 The Russians are using chemical weapons against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut direction, Alexey Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, said: "The situation is difficult in the Bakhmut direction. The enemy is increasingly using chemical weapons. For example, during artillery shelling, an element is used, tentatively called lewisite." He added that there are already victims of this chemical element.
19:46 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially announced the possible preparation of a provocation in the near future on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. According to operational information, foreign objects similar to explosive devices were placed on the outer roof of the third and fourth power units of ZNPP today. Undermining them cannot damage the power units, but it can create a picture of shelling from Ukraine.
"The Russian media and telegram channels misinform about this. The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not violate the norms of international humanitarian law, they monitor and control the situation and are ready to act under any conditions. Not a single provocation of the enemy will pass," the General Staff stressed.
19:38 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the State Border Service of Ukraine have not yet seen the movement of PMC Wagner mercenaries to Belarus, said the speaker of the State Border Guard Service Andrei Demchenko: "We are closely monitoring the place where they can be placed. They have arranged a place several hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian border. So far, we do not see that they are already arriving and deploying on this territory, but, of course, the intelligence units of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service are actively monitoring the situation."
19:25 In connection with traffic jams on the Crimean bridge, Putin proposed to "consider from all sides" the issue of redirecting the traffic to Crimea through the occupied territories of Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. According to Russian media, the traffic jam at the entrance to Crimea on the bridge today was about 7 km - this is due to an increase in the flow of tourists to the peninsula and checks of all cars.
19:06 Unknown drones attacked Moscow again. In the morning, the Russian media wrote about explosions near the villages of Valuevo, Akinshino and Krivosheino in the Moscow region. It was also reported about a drone attack on an administrative building on the territory of a military unit in the city of Kubinka in the Moscow region. Vnukovo Airport imposed restrictions on the acceptance and release of aircraft, they were redirected to Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. More details - in the material Drones for special forces .
18:47 Zelensky will visit Bulgaria at the invitation of the new government of the country, according to the local edition 24 hours . Details of the president's visit have not yet been specified, but most likely it will take place on Thursday, July 6.
18:39 The Netherlands is allocating more than 118 million euros in the second aid package to Ukraine for 2023, the country's government has announced. In particular, 83 million are provided for reconstruction and healthcare, another 10 million - for the elimination of the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The government also appointed a special representative for business and reconstruction of Ukraine - diplomat Roderick van Schreven.
18:28 The number of victims of the strike on Pervomaisky, Kharkiv region, has increased to 43, of which 12 are children , Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
17:44 Stoltenberg said that on the eve of the NATO summit in Vilnius, he had a "very good" conversation with Zelensky.
17:13 European countries have spent more than 43 billion euros to support Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war with Russia, the Ministry of Reintegration reported, citing data from a study by the Kiel Institute for World Economy. This includes cash transfers, housing, medical care, educational services, etc. Poland spent the most - more than 12 billion euros, followed by Germany - almost 11 billion euros.
16:49 On the night of July 4, Zaporozhye NPP lost power from the main external power transmission line with a voltage of 750 kV, after which the plant had to be switched to the only available backup line of 330 kV, repaired and reconnected to the station only on July 1, and damaged - for another four months back, said Energoatom.
16:40 In the Kamchatka Territory of the Russian Federation, a MiG-31 fighter crashed while performing a training flight, the Pacific Fleet reported. It is specified that the aircraft was flying without ammunition.
16:22 Russia today hit the center of the city of Pervomaiskaya Kharkiv region with an Iskander missile, Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin said. According to him, there are only civilian objects nearby - residential buildings. As a result of the blow, 31 people were injured, including ten children, two babies - one year and ten months old.
16:16 In connection with the latest events around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, it was decided to strengthen the northern border of Ukraine with both personnel and military equipment, said Sergey Naev, commander of the North Joint Strategic Forces Group.
15:53 The British government has banned the use of 2.35 billion pounds received by Roman Abramovich from the sale of the Chelsea football club outside of Ukraine, said Mike Penrose, head of the fund that will distribute these funds. Now the money is frozen in the account of Abramovich's company Fordstam.
15:31 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there are no grounds for further continuation of the grain deal, which expires on July 17. Moscow allegedly "is making the necessary efforts so that all participating vessels can successfully complete their mission and leave the Black Sea before the specified date."
15:26 The Office of the President reports that as a result of the shelling of the city of Pervomaisky with a high-explosive shell, 31 people were hospitalized, including nine children , two babies.
15:17 The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that as a result of the shelling of the city of Pervomaisky, Kharkiv region, 16 people were previously injured, including seven children. The high-rise building was damaged, cars were on fire.
14:33 The Moscow City Hall announced that it had allocated a grant to NPO Almaz to improve air defense systems, including drone detection tools.
14:15 The Russians fired a high-explosive projectile at the city of Pervomaisky, Kharkiv region - it is preliminary known about 12 victims, including five children , said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
13:58 Military commissars handed summons to 56 deputies of the Lviv Regional Council right at the entrance to the session hall, Radio Liberty reports.
13:36 In the Berdyansk direction, the greatest advance in the depth of the enemy's defense up to 2 km was recorded, the Joint Press Center of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction reported.
13:09 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov spoke about the main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the moment: "The Defense Forces of Ukraine at this stage of active hostilities are performing task number one - the maximum destruction of manpower, equipment, fuel depots, military equipment, command posts, artillery and of the air defense forces of the Russian army. The last few days have been particularly productive. Now a war of annihilation is equal to a war of kilometers. The more destroyed, the more liberated. The more effective the first, the more the second. We are acting calmly, prudently, step by step."
12:28 In the Sumy region, two residents of the border settlement were killed and another one was injured as a result of an attempt by the enemy to penetrate the territory of Ukraine. Failing to reach the target, the Russians opened fire on the civilian population with the aim of intimidation, OK Pivnich reported.
12:21 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson: "We discussed the situation on the battlefield, recent events in Russia, the pace of implementation of previous agreements on defense support from Sweden. We agreed to coordinate efforts to bring Ukraine and Sweden closer to NATO membership Thank you for the productive semi-annual Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and active participation in the preparation of two sanctions packages against the aggressor country."
11:57 Explosions have been heard in the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region for the second day in a row: today - in Akimovka and Vasylivka, yesterday - in Vasylivka, Tokmak and Chernihiv region, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said.
11:24 An IAEA inspection was successfully carried out at the Rivne NPP, the State Nuclear Regulatory Agency reported. The purpose of the inspection is to verify the absence of undeclared nuclear materials and information on the design of a nuclear facility provided by Ukraine in accordance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement. The inspection went without a hitch.
10:53 The Russians attacked the center of the village of Buda-Vorobyevskaya, the Novgorod-Seversky district of the Chernihiv region, three people were injured, the head of the OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, said. According to him, this village is constantly under enemy fire. Half of the residents have already left from there, more than 150 local residents alone remain.
10:36 In Ukraine, preparations have begun for the construction of a 150-kilometer main water pipeline, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said. The project provides for the construction of main water pipelines Karachunovskoe reservoir - Krivoy Rog - Southern reservoir, Marganets - Nikopol, Khortytsya (DVS2) - Tomakovka. The implementation of the project will provide water to at least 1 million people from the Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
09:59 British Foreign Minister James Cleverley is convinced that Ukraine will be able to join NATO "without the usual red tape, as happened with Sweden and Finland."
09:25 British intelligence states that the Russians have improved tactics aimed at slowing down the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south. In particular, they use anti-tank mines on a larger scale than is provided for by the military doctrine of the Russian Federation. And having slowed down the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia tried to strike at Ukrainian armored vehicles with the help of drones, combat helicopters and artillery.
At the same time, intelligence notes that although Russia has had some success in the early stages of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, its forces continue to suffer from key weaknesses, especially unit overload and a shortage of artillery ammunition.
09:08 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at Kherson, two people were killed, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. Information about the victims is being clarified.
09:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Predtechino), two more were injured. In the Kherson region, six people were injured, in the Zaporozhye region - one, according to the IVA.
09:00 The death toll from the Russian drone strike on Sumy has risen to three, 21 people are injured. The city has declared a Day of Mourning today, the OVA said. In addition, one person died as a result of mortar attacks on the Yunakovskaya community.
08:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that in the morning an attempt by the "Kiev regime" to carry out a "terrorist attack" by five drones on objects in the Moscow region and New Moscow was suppressed. Four supposedly Ukrainian UAVs on the territory of New Moscow were destroyed by air defense systems, another one was suppressed by electronic warfare and fell on the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region. There were no casualties or damage.
08:55 Ukrainian troops are successful in the offensive in the Bakhmut direction, said Andriy Kovalev, spokesman for the General Staff. In particular, to the north and south of the city of Bakhmut, the Defense Forces continue to put pressure on the enemy, knocking him out of the previously captured lines. "The enemy is putting up fierce resistance, suffering huge losses. Heavy fighting is going on here," he added. At the same time, the Ukrainian military continues to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
08:46 1057 foreign components were counted in Russian weapons and equipment, which were produced by 155 companies. This is stated in document No. 12, published by the McFaul-Yermak sanctions group. For example, the Russian X-101 missile that hit a five-story residential building in Krivoy Rog on June 13 contained 53 critical components from other countries. According to the researchers, most parts are produced by American companies. For example, the export of critical components from the United States to Russia, manufactured by Intel Corporation, exceeded $700 million in 2022.
In the document, the group proposes steps to increase sanctions to ensure that Western technology does not help the Russian military-industrial complex.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 4.
personnel - about 231,030 (+770) people liquidated,
tanks - 4059 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7908 (+9),
artillery systems - 4252 (+32),
MLRS - 647 (+6),
air defense systems - 394 (+3),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 309 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3602 (+29),
cruise missiles - 1264 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6843 (+9),
special equipment - 590 (+0).
08:19 Early in the morning, drones attacked Moscow. Russian media write that four UAVs have already been shot down. In particular, two drones were shot down in New Moscow near the village of Valuevo, and one more - in the area of Kubinka near Moscow. There are no casualties or damage, but restrictions have been introduced at Vnukovo Airport on the acceptance and release of aircraft.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that another attempt was made today to attack allegedly "Ukrainian drones" in New Moscow and the Moscow region. According to him, the attacks were repelled by air defense forces, all detected UAVs were eliminated, there were no victims or injured.
07:31 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, more than 40 combat clashes took place, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
04:22 Zelensky said in an interview with CNN that he calls on Biden to invite Ukraine to NATO now, even if it can only become a member of the Alliance after the end of the war. "He supports our future in NATO, but an invitation now would be a huge incentive for Ukrainian soldiers," the president explained. He stressed that Ukraine understands that the country will not be accepted into NATO until the end of the war, but it is important for Ukrainians to feel the support of the allies in this matter.
00:16 According to the Oryx project, which counts confirmed losses in the war in Ukraine, in the first three days of July, Russia lost 2.5 times more equipment than Ukraine - 38 units against 15. In particular, during these days Russia lost three tanks, Ukraine - one (Leopard 2А6). In addition to infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, trucks and artillery, the losses of two Strela-10 air defense systems and one helicopter were confirmed from the Russian side, and the P-18 Malachite radar from the Ukrainian side. The main amount of media material on the basis of which the conclusions are made is of Russian origin, so the real figures may differ.
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[RIA] In recent days, the Ukrainian media and the Western media machine that supports them have been whipping up hysterics around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, where Russia is allegedly going to make a disaster. According to Kyiv, the Russian military drove trucks filled with explosives to the territory of the station, allegedly with the aim of their subsequent undermining and creating a "second Chernobyl" of a regional scale.
This situation is an absolute copy of the events of a month ago, when Kyiv, having previously arranged a universal hysteria, blew up the dam of the Kakhovka reservoir. This led to the flooding of vast territories downstream of the Dnieper and caused, as all sources without exception write, irreparable damage to the ecosystem within the boundaries of the channel of the main river of Ukraine.
The mouthpieces of Russophobic propaganda then raced to accuse Moscow of all sins, however, Ukrainian and Western publications a year ago very quickly surfaced, in which they happily savored the missile strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the locks and training to launch drone river fire-ships. All these records were promptly cleaned up, but this did not change the overall picture.
Today, even the High Command of Ukraine admits that the widely publicized counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has actually run into the defense in depth of the Russian army and is unsuccessfully knocking on it with its forehead, losing people and expensive Western armored vehicles.
To compensate for the losses, total mobilization has already been announced in four regions, and so that the population does not grumble and Western sponsors do not stop the supply of weapons, the second act of this monstrous in its unprincipled production was invented and is being implemented right before our eyes. Even the naked eye can see the same handwriting.
At the time of the explosion, the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was under the control of Russia, and its only working hydroelectric unit was serviced by RusHydro specialists . At ZNPP, all reactors are in cold shutdown mode, their routine maintenance is provided by Rosatom employees.
A serviceable reservoir ensured an uninterrupted supply of water to the Crimea, prevented the Russian Armed Forces positions on the left bank from being flooded, Kakhovka water guaranteed a successful agricultural season in new Russian regions. But most importantly, Dnieper water is critically important for the operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, where it is used as a coolant.
After the dam was blown up, but the shallowing of the channel did not bring any tangible dividends to the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front, the invisible puppeteers decided to raise the stakes to the skies. In addition, by pure chance, in a week, another NATO summit will be held in Vilnius , where President Zelensky will be able to scare Europe with a nuclear catastrophe, extorting new tanks and planes.
As in the case of the explosion of the hydroelectric power station, for Russia, if there was a major accident at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, what happened will bring many problems, but the Ukrainian side, under the mute of radioactive contamination, will be able to demand the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of the whole region and at least the introduction of an international peacekeeping contingent there. But better, of course, are the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which for more than a year have been unsuccessfully trying to disembark from boats in the station area and arrange some kind of dirty trick.
If we consider the practical likelihood of a threat, then it should be noted that the danger really exists.
In principle, the Ukrainian side cannot damage the reactors themselves, since it does not have the necessary power to break through the building of the power unit, the so-called containment. The Soviet GOSTs for the construction of nuclear power plants, which are still used in modern Russia, guarantee that even if a passenger airliner crashes into the dome of the building, this will definitely not damage the reactor.
Similarly, you don't have to worry about the pool where containers with spent nuclear fuel are stored in the water. At ZNPP they are located inside the containment area and therefore are also protected from external physical influences.
But all these precautions are designed for peacetime, and therefore there are vulnerabilities.
The key is the Dnieper water. In VVER-1000 reactors, water is used in a closed cycle, but it still has to be periodically changed, and if Ukraine, using, say, the Soviet Tochka-U or Western Storm Shadow missiles, can destroy the dam of the cooling pond, this could lead to unforeseen consequences. It is impossible to cause a chain reaction and subsequent explosion in a cold shutdown reactor, but in the event of a lack of water in the core, the temperature will begin to rise. Here it is necessary to make a remark that, according to the same Soviet GOSTs, nuclear power plants should have at least three sources of water, and there is hope that Zaporozhye nuclear scientists, with the support of our military engineers, have provided a reserve of coolant from artesian sources.
The most vulnerable part of the plant, without a doubt, remains the dry SNF storage facility, located just under the open sky. Shipping containers, of course, have a fair margin of safety, but how much they are able to withstand a direct missile strike is not an idle question.
To understand who is really preparing a provocation at a non-functioning plant, we add that yesterday the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny suddenly visited the Rivne nuclear power plant and, judging by the published videos, he was most interested in the reactor protection systems and how widely the infection could spread.
To the sadness of the Western operetta media, the head of the IAEA destroyed the carefully whipped up hysteria on the air of the French television channel France 24 . Rafael Grossi stated that the monitoring commission permanently located at the ZNPP did not see a single vehicle with explosives or any preparations for an explosion. One can only hope that the West has not yet sunk into irreversible insanity, in which warmongers in Ukraine will push Kyiv towards a new man-made Chernobyl.
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[RIA] Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi will hold multilateral talks today - in a virtual format and with the participation of the heads of several more states. On Tuesday, a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the main Eurasian security organization, will take place.
The SCO grew out of the Russian-Chinese security alliance in Central Asia, and although it was formalized as an organization in 2001, in fact it has existed since 1996, when the "Shanghai Five" arose. Now there are eight members in the SCO, but today at the Delhi summit there will be nine of them, because the procedure for Iran's entry will be completely completed. And this is only the beginning of a big expansion - in the next year or two, Belarus will move from the status of observers to permanent members, and a dozen more countries, mostly Muslim, are in the queue.
In recent years, the SCO has found itself, as it were, in the shadow of its younger sister, the BRICS : although it appeared later, it was created on a global rather than continental basis, and now a line of two dozen countries has lined up for it. Since 2017, the backbone of both organizations has been Russia , China and India , but the purely Eurasian nature of the SCO has already gradually expanded to Africa.
Dialogue partner status was given to Egypt , an African state, only a small part of which is located in Asia. This does not mean that the SCO has exhausted the possibilities of expansion in Eurasia : the list of those wishing to become members of the club has been actively expanding in recent years.
After the entry of Belarus in the status of observers (and this is the last preparatory step for admission to membership), only Afghanistan and Mongolia will remain . The former would like to join the organization, but at first the American occupation interfered, and now the legal non-recognition of the Taliban government by all SCO members (despite the fact that everyone maintains relations with it) stands in the way.
Mongolia, on the contrary, has no external obstacles to raising its status, but Ulaanbaatar is in no hurry to join, citing its neutrality. The SCO is not a military organization, although it is already conducting joint exercises, but Mongolia really appreciates its independence and does not want to become even more dependent on China.
But other Asian countries, on the contrary, want to get closer to both China and the SCO as a whole - this primarily concerns Muslim countries. After Pakistan first joined the SCO , and then Iran, all the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf submitted their applications - Saudi Arabia and Qatar have already become dialogue partners, the appeals of the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain will be considered at the current summit.
Turkey already has partner status ( Iraq and Syria want to apply ), as well as two countries of the Indian zone of influence, Sri Lanka and Nepal, two more neighbors of India - Myanmar and Maldives are in the queue.
That is, the states that are in the military orbit of the United States ( Japan and South Korea ) and most of the countries of Southeast Asia will remain outside the SCO in Asia (although there is already the first member of them - Cambodia , which received the status of a partner, and Myanmar has pulled itself up) . In fact, a pan-Asian security organization is being formed, promoting the unofficial slogan "Asian problems should be solved by the Asians themselves." It is clear that the West is categorically not happy with this, and they are counting on the growth of disagreements within the expanding organization. Will it work?
The SCO is consciously taking the risk of expansion - this is evidenced by the very fact of the admission of such mutually unfriendly states as India and Pakistan. Because the meaning of the SCO is precisely in creating a mechanism for resolving disputes and disagreements in the Asian space on its own. Yes, it is very difficult, yes, the West's ability to play on contradictions is still very large, but the direction of movement of the Asian countries is important.
Differences within the SCO, of course, remain, which is why, unfortunately, the current summit will be held in a virtual format. And not because of covid restrictions, as in 2020-2021, but because of the failure to coordinate the schedules of the leaders of key countries. There is no official information on this matter, but there is evidence that the main obstacle was the lack of confirmation of Xi Jinping's participation in the summit - the exact dates of the summit were not named for a long time, moved, and, apparently, Beijing did not confirm the chairman's full-time participation, and Delhi decided to transfer everything to online format.
India-China relations have been in a bad shape for the third year, which, however, did not prevent Modi and Xi from participating in last year's SCO summit in Samarkand. Could our special operation affect India's decision? It is clear that there was some pressure from the Americans (as in the case of the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa in August), but, firstly, it could not be serious (so as not to cause indignation in Delhi), and secondly, Modi is enough independent, not to succumb to any pressure.
But even in a virtual format, the current SCO summit will be another important step towards building a post-Western paradigm - both in Asia and in the world as a whole.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:20 And again, a destroyed American howitzer is on our channel. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to hide it, it didn’t work out -video
The well-coordinated work of the reconnaissance and strike crew of one of the formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops, with the help of the Lancet loitering ammunition, the target was destroyed.
21:18 In Kyivre named metro station "Lva Tolstoy Square" in "Ukrainian Heroes Square"
20:23 Fighting on the flank of Artemovsk: The Russian Army is destroying the positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction -video
Artillery fire destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle and a group of militants.
20:21 70 Regiment destroys advancing American armored vehicles near Orekhov on the Zaporizhia Front
The “Hunter” group is working, destroying NATO armor, which the enemy daily throws into the attack on our positions during his offensive.
19:35 "Alligator" and "Lancet" destroy enemy anti-aircraft missile systems -video
In the first video, using a kamikaze UAV, the destruction of the Strela-10 air defense system was recorded.
Onsecond In the video, the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter of the Vostok group on the Vremevsky ledge destroys the Strela-10 air defense system with a guided missile.
19:30 "Voluntary" grave in "Nezaleznaya" continues -video
18:15 In a Kyiv hospital, a citizen of Lithuania Valerijus Polkovnikovas died, who took part in the hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemivsk and taught the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to operate drones, including kamikaze drones.
It is noted that the death of Polkovnikovas was reported by his friend Rokas Pauliukaitis. At first, he stated that his comrade died from "wounds received in Bakhmut", but later clarified that the wounds were still not the main cause of death.
18:14 On the Zaporozhye front, ourdestroyeda group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one was taken prisoner.
17:31 Series “sad NATO technique” —video
Our fighters destroyed the British AS90 Braveheart self-propelled howitzer with an accurate artillery strike. This is the first video confirmation of the loss of this equipment in the special operation zone.
17:29 The defeat of NATO armored vehicles while repelling an offensive on the Zaporizhia Front -video
Russian fighters in the Orekhovsky direction defeated the advancing convoy of NATO equipment and infantry, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, some of the survivors fled.
In total, about a hundred units of enemy armored vehicles have already been destroyed near Rabotino in a month since the start of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:23 According to Turkish sources, there was ascheduleda high-level intelligence meeting involving various members of Western intelligence agencies. According to them, as a result of the Russian strike, there are 30 dead and dozens of wounded.
It was the death of foreigners that forced Zelensky to be involved in this story
16:21 In Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka (DPR territories, temporarily under the Armed Forces of Ukraine) applied successful missile and bomb strikes against accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment.
15:43 Personnel of objective control of intelligence of the 291st Regiment for the destruction of NATO equipment in the Orekhovskoye direction -video
15:42 Russian armydestroyed Deputy Head of Department “A” of the SBU for the Chernivtsi region, Lieutenant Colonel Lakusta Gleb Korneevich.
14:38 The main thing from the newthe briefingMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to attempt offensive operations in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and South-Donetsk directions;
Up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers and one 152mm D-20 were destroyed in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the activities of the DRG were stopped;
In the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 290 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles, nine vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as a self-propelled artillery mount "Krab" Polish production;
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy’s losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, self-propelled artillery mounts 152mm “Hyacinth-S” and 152mm “Akatsiya”, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, as well as an M777 artillery system made in the USA;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, three enemy attacks were repelled, the activities of the DRG were suppressed;
In the Kherson direction, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, an 152mm Msta-B howitzer, as well as a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed;
During the day, five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted, 14 drones were destroyed.
14:36 RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukronazi positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
13:29 Destruction of the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Soledar, DPR —video
13:24 Night combat work of ATGM crews of the Southern Group of Forces to destroy the DRG of the Ukrofascists -video
📍Lugansk direction
12:30 Russian artillery of the Dnepr group continues to destroy important enemy targets -video
On the right-bank part of the Kherson region, a fuel and lubricants depot was destroyed, as well as a temporary deployment point for the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
More than 40 militants were liquidated!
12:28 In Ukrainepassedthe funeral of the deputy chief of staff of "Azov" Sergei Karnovich, who died from "friendly fire".
He was born in the Ternopil region in 1960. Participated in the so-called ATO, involved in crimes against civilians in Donbass. In 2020, he retired from the armed forces.
After the start of the SVO, he joined the ranks of Azov and took the post of deputy chief of staff of the howitzer artillery battalion. In 2022, he was captured and held in a colony in the village of Yelenovka in the DPR, along with other Ukrainian prisoners of war.
On July 29, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack from the HIMARS MLRS directly on the barracks with people. As a result, 53 Ukrainian prisoners were killed, including Karnovich, 75 were injured.
He was buried a year after his death.
11:22 Our attack helicopters continue to dominate the armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The crew of the Ka-52 destroys an enemy tank and two armored personnel carriers in the South-Donetsk direction of the front.
11:18 Ukrainian soul hunters from the TCC are on the hunt again -video
10:41 Our scouts disrupt the rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroy militants -video
In the Maryinsky direction, a reconnaissance group of the RF Armed Forces discovered an attempt to rotate enemy infantry in position. The rotation was disrupted by a well-timed artillery strike.
10:39 Frontline summary from Kherson direction on the morning of July 04, 2023.
Over the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- a warehouse with ammunition in the area of Sofiyivka;
- howitzer 152mm Msta-B with ammunition.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: four KIAs; three wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- Four enemy watercraft in the area of Kherson.
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: 4 “two-hundredths”; 3 "three hundredths".
- M-777 howitzer with ammunition.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: four KIAs; wo wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: four KIAs; three wounded.
09:22 In the NWO zone eliminated nationalists of the Azov regiment (recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia) Alexander Filon and Ruslan Ilyushik.
08:45 The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that on Tuesday morning, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by five drones on objects in the Moscow region and New Moscow was thwarted.
08:30 Two more UAVs were shot down by an air defense system in the new Moscow, no one was injured. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to emergency services. According to the agency, a total of four drones were shot down in the new Moscow.
08:30 Ka-52 helicopter crews destroyed nationalist armored vehicles with an anti-tank missile system.
The basis of the affected enemy equipment was made up of foreign tanks and infantry fighting vehicles supplied by Western countries, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Acting in combat pairs, the Ka-52 and Mi-28N pilots carried out covert approaches to the target at extremely low altitude, hitting enemy ground targets with guided and unguided projectiles.
08:25 An air raid alert has been announced in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine, according to the online map data of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
The alarm in the regions sounded almost simultaneously - around 8.15 (coincides with Moscow time).
08:21 After a night attack by geraniums, information is received about the defeat of several APU targets in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions
Previously, the fuel and lubricants warehouse and the repair shop were hit.
08:13 Sobyanin said that another attempt was made today to attack Ukrainian drones in New Moscow and the Moscow region. At the moment, the attacks have been repelled by air defense forces, all detected UAVs have been eliminated. No casualties or injuries have been reported, and emergency services are on the scene.
08:00 Russian fighters destroyed about 40 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka direction:
Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka direction tried to break through the positions of the Russian army. Oncadresyou can see how the soldiers of the "Independence" are trying to pass under the cover of darkness through the positions of Russian soldiers. Our soldiers spotted the movement of militants in time and during the battle destroyed a group of 40 people.
07:20 Servicemen of the 200th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Soledar (DPR) -video.
06:07 Calculation of the 152mm howitzer "Hyacinth-B" destroyed militants in the Zaporozhye direction of the NMD:
The combat crew of the 152mm howitzer "Hyacinth-B" dealt massive blows to the advancing Ukrainian nationalists.
“According to the intelligence of the observation posts, we found manpower, an enemy digging in at the forefront, that is, they were preparing strongholds. After that, we received the task of destroying this stronghold and the enemy's manpower. The task was received and within three minutes we opened fire,” said the battery commander with the call sign “Second”.
02:44 An air alert was announced in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Poltava regions of Ukraine, as well as in the parts of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv.
01:42 Explosions are heard in the Dnipropetrovsk region:
Explosions are heard in the Dnepropetrovsk region - apparently, the Russian army is striking there on the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The air raid alert, in addition to the Dnipropetrovsk region, sounds in the Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy regions and in the parts of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region occupied by Ukraine.
01:16 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in Kramatorsk (DPR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 4, as of 19:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
on the street. Stepan Shchipachev, 16 “b”, a man born in 1970 died. and a woman born in 1982 a child was wounded - a girl born in 2018, a woman born in 1966, a man born in 1970.
Budennovsky district:
- on the street. Polotskaya, 18 "a" as a result of an explosion at the VOP, a woman born in 1982 was wounded.
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- on the street. Abakumova, 23 wounded man born in 1938;
- on st. Harvest, 53 wounded man born in 1999
- on st. Harvest, 55 wounded woman born in 1960
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Stepan Shchipachev, 33 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- store "West" on the street. Stepan Shchipachev.
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- st. Abakumova, 21 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- MBOU "School No. 77 in Makeevka" on the street. stamens.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
22:04 Brief summary of the situation at the front.
Zaporozhye direction:
The enemy continues to prepare for the start of an offensive on this sector of the front.
The organization of deliveries of fuels and lubricants and ammunition to the strongholds of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 117th Separate Mechanized Brigade is noted.
Also, in order to maintain the required level of combat readiness, a rotation of personnel was organized, the issuance of personal equipment and personal protective equipment for the skin and respiratory organs among the units of the 108th Brigade in the area of the settlement of Belogorye.
Also, training firing was carried out with the participation of units of the 2nd detachment of the Special Forces 71 Oebr.
Also, the readiness to perform tasks among the units of the 128th Brigade is being checked, the check is caused by the lack of tactical successes after repeated failed offensive operations in the area of the settlement of Pyatikhatki, and the forward positions of the 65th Brigade are also being inspected.
Also, in preparation for a large-scale offensive, the enemy is planning to deliver a series of strikes against the facilities of the RF Armed Forces in the Vasilyevsky and Berdyansk districts of the Zaporozhye region, using information from satellite intelligence of Western countries, as well as messages from the intelligence network on the ground.
In addition, the emergency services on the territory of the Zaporizhia region, temporarily controlled by the enemy, are put on high alert, service employees are given false information about the impending undermining of the ZNPP of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, thus, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to carry out covert preparations for a provocation in the ZNPP area, and minimizing damage to controlled territories.
South-Donetsk direction:
The enemy command continues to prepare for offensive operations, without stopping attempts to break through the defenses of our troops in separate sectors.
In order to increase the offensive potential, the concentration of forces and means from the composition of 2 deb 68 obr was organized on the front line of the LBS, and the rotation of personnel of 3 deb 68 oeb was carried out.
Due to the incessant strikes of the RF Armed Forces on the enemy’s transport communications in this area, the latter had difficulties in organizing the supply of units, for example, the personnel of the 68th Brigade repeatedly reported a shortage of drinking water and food at the advanced strongholds.
Also, the command of the 31st Brigade was forced to withdraw personnel from a number of advanced positions, due to constant strikes by the RF Armed Forces, the officers of the brigade indicated in their reports that the personnel of individual units refused to participate in hostilities.
21:28 There are no trifles in the work -video
The commander of the UAV platoon with the call sign "Zarya" spoke about the peculiarities of the work of the unmanned aircraft unit in the NVO zone. Soldiers scan the area every day, helping to identify targets for our artillery.
“We can look several tens of kilometers behind the front line. Every flight is a challenge. There are no trifles in the work, ”explains“ Zarya.”
21:24 As a result of artillery attack by the enemy of the territory of the Republic died two people in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Eight people were injured of varying severity in Donetsk, Makeevka and Oleksandrivka, including a girl born in 2017. They get all the help they need.
Three residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
20:30 Krasnolimanskoe direction at 20:25:
Artillery inflicted fire damage on the units of the 21st and 63rd Separate Mechanized brigades in the area of the settlement of Torskoye.
At 16:00, the enemy attempted offensive operations on the Torsky ledge, was destroyed by airborne units, there are prisoners. enemy unit.
The work of enemy artillery and kamikaze drones has intensified.
20:26 The chief of staff of the artillery battalion spoke about combat work in the vicinity of Artemovsk -video
On account of the gunners of the Airborne Forces from Tula destroyed enemy tanks, armored cars and artillery. Recently, Tula residents destroyed the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system of the Ukrainian armed forces.
19:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 4, as of 19:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- on the street. Stepan Shchipachev, 16 “b”, a man born in 1970 died. and a woman born in 1982 a child was wounded - a girl born in 2018, a woman born in 1966, a man born in 1970.
Budennovsky district:
- on the street. Polotskaya, 18 "a" as a result of an explosion at the VOP, a woman born in 1982 was wounded.
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- on the street. Abakumova, 23 wounded man born in 1938;
- on the street. Harvest, 53 wounded man born in 1999
- on the street. Harvest, 55 wounded woman born in 1960
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Stepan Shchipachev, 33 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- store "West" on the street. Stepan Shchipachev.
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- st. Abakumova, 21 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- MBOU "School No. 77 in Makeevka" on the street. stamens.
19:20 The enemy is trying to break through the flanks of Artyomovsk, fierce battles are going on. The operational situation on the flanks of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
Fierce fighting continues southwest of Berkhovka and north, northwest and west of Kleshcheevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking, trying to advance and improve their tactical position south of the 8th headquarters in the direction of Artemovsk.
In the Berkhovka area, Russian troops repulsed a number of enemy attacks. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking in the direction of the village of Kleshcheevka, the hardest battles are going on. Artillery is active on both sides.
Russian troops transferred reinforcements to the Kleshcheevka area for counterattacks, but so far they have gone on the defensive. Artillery is very active. The Ukrainians were conducting offensive operations in the northern part of the forest plantation near the Kleshcheevsky stronghold of the RF Armed Forces.
At the same time, “the Russian army advanced with battles, having improved its tactical positions along the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal north of the Maiorsk checkpoint in the Gorlovka direction,” enemy military analysts admit.
In the Soledarsky direction near Vasyukovka-Razdolovka-Sakko and Vanzetti, positional battles are going on, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have temporarily stopped sending infantry to the “meat assaults”.
18:30 As a result of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, two people were killed, a child was injured, he was taken away by an ambulance -video.
One of the rounds flew into the window of a high-rise building. Miraculously, there were no deaths here - the owners of the apartment had left the day before.
17:27 Armed Forces of Ukraine militants conduct aimed fire on civilians and infrastructure of the Yasinovatsky district and the Yasinovataya, Chervonogovardeisky and Kirovsky districts of Makeevka, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk DPR.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 10 rockets from the MLRS only in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka. The settlements also fell under the artillery attack of enemy artillery. Aleksandrovka, Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka.
Two women were injured: a resident born in 1997. n.p. Aleksandrovka and a Donetsk woman born in 1959 Information was also received a 155mm shell hitting a high-rise building in the Petrovsky district. At the moment, information about the victims is being specified. In n.p. Wide Beam de-energized five transformer substations. A total of 226 subscribers were left without power supply.
17:10 Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk - one of the rounds hit a residential nine-story building in the Petrovsky district -video.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Donetsk - it is known that a 155mm shell hit a high-rise building. Information about the victims is being specified. The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reports six 155mm rounds fired. Also, five rounds were fired at the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions.
17:09 Kherson direction on 04.07:
Operative information is being received about the defeat of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper. Enemy media try to ignore this information. Presumably, our VKS worked out cruise missiles. According to other information - OTRK "Iskander" "bang" with a ballistic missile.
16:22 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 4, as of 16:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka: - on the street. Lenin, 211 wounded woman born in 1997
15:28 Tanks and infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are again advancing on the left flank of the Zaporozhye Front, the Russian army meets them with fire.
Operational situation in the Vasilevsky district on the Kamensky direction. Defense zone of the 19th division of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District:
In the morning, after several hours of artillery preparation, an armored group of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with infantry went on a frontal attack from Kamenskoye conditionally in the direction of Velikaya Krinitsa. She was met by Crimean volunteers and fighters of the 4th base, the enemy is trying to break through, but has no success.
Later, a second attack began to the right - from the side of Pyatikhatka - to Zherebyanki: the company tactical group of 128th brigade, with the support of armored vehicles, also went on a frontal attack. They were met with fire from 429 Infantry Regiment, Sudoplatov's detachment, artillery and troops.
During the battle in both sectors, the enemy suffered losses, the fighting continues.
15:13 It is reported that a Russian bomb "arrived" through the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the Antonovsky Bridge. Most likely, Ukrainian militants on the right bank got it, as they recently retreated from the left bank.
14:49 Yes information from operational sources: tomorrow, 07/05/2023, at night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to attack the ZNPP using long-range precision weapons and kamikaze UAVs.
At the same time, the Kyiv regime will drop ammunition from an air carrier filled with radioactive waste removed from the South Ukrainian NPP on July 3, 2023, to one of the military airfields in southern Ukraine. The backup plan for the release of radioactive substances provides for the use of OTRK TochkaU, with a warhead stuffed with radioactive substances.
14:27 In the area of Zherebyanki and Pyatikhatok, the enemy tried to attack in the forehead, as a result of which his remnants are burned out by "Solntsepeka."
The enemy in the amount of 20 people attacked the settlement in the forehead. Foals, at that time 30 people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went from Pyatikhatki along the road. ATGM operators, noticing the accumulation, worked on the enemy. At the moment, TOS "Solntsepek" is working on the remains that went by pickup truck into the forest.
14:10 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for July 4, as of 14:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Alexandra Ulyanova, 40 wounded woman born in 1959
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - Tsentralny Ave., 78 - a private residential building, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.
n.p. Wide Beam: - Five transformer substations are de-energized. Without power supply 226 subscribers.
14:01 In the Maryinsky direction, a reconnaissance group of the RF Armed Forces discovered an attempt to rotate enemy infantry in position. With a timely artillery strike, the rotation was disrupted -video.
13:49 Kamensky section situation as of 13.00 July 4, 2023:
This morning the enemy again tried to advance on the Kamensky sector. Several assault groups under the cover of artillery and forest plantations advanced to Pyatikhatki and Zherebyanki from Lobkovoe.
Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to go from the north to Zherebyanki, supporting the strike from the east along the road from Pyatikhatki. At the same time, as in previous times, the Ukrainian formations operated without armored vehicles. The attack was repulsed.
However, recently the 117th and 118th Mechanized brigades of the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were moved to the Kamensky sector, which were partially located in Stepnogorsk and Kamensky. And today a column of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles moved south from Stepnogorsk.
Given the transfer of two new brigades to the direction of Vasilyevka, the main emphasis in the new phase of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be placed near the Kakhovka reservoir. At the same time, a simultaneous strike from the side of Nikopol to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is not ruled out.
13:29 Our counterattack on the Zaporozhye front: the Ukrainian Armed Forces began a mass exodus near Orekhov, abandoning their positions and weapons.
First, Storm Z fighters, attack aircraft of the 291st regiment, marines and scouts, with the support of the 70th Regiment, tankers and artillerymen, managed to knock out the enemy not only from the advanced trenches on the front section west of Rabotino, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to enter the day before.
But it didn’t end there, the Ukrainian militants began to flee from a number of other positions, throwing weapons and ammunition, they rushed back in the direction of Orekhov, from where they have been advancing for a whole month.
Most likely, after the losses suffered, several companies were completely demoralized and not ready for a counterattack by our fighters.
During this battle, our tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery buried a lot of Ukrainian militants there, shooting them right in the trenches.
13:19 As a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression, the village of Shirokaya Balka (the Central City district of Horlivka) is partially de-energized.
12:41 Zaporozhye direction 04.07
12:30: The front-line bird reports on the successful and high-quality work of our attack helicopter group consisting of the KA-52 Alligator and MI-28N Night Hunter against moving armored vehicles of the enemy. Target engagement is confirmed by both aerial reconnaissance and visual observation.
12:40 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok grouping of forces repelled two enemy attacks in the area of the settlements of Uglesborochnaya, Nikolskoye and Ravnopol. Having suffered losses in manpower, the enemy retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the activities of the reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ????the settlement of Marfopol were suppressed, and an attempt by the enemy to reconnaissance in force in the Rabotino region was also suppressed.
12:25 Ukrainian militants fired 11 rounds of NATO caliber 155mm in the regions of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
“Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: 10.20 – the settlement of Netaylovo – the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
11.35 - Zhelannoe Pervoe settlement - Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired,” the message of the representative office in the telegram channel says.
12:00 In the Donetsk direction, the activities of sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the VFU were stopped. This was announced by Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR, retired Andrey Marochko.
“In the area of the settlement of Soledar, the enemy tried to penetrate our forward positions in two groups of up to 15 people at night. The saboteurs were well equipped and carried modern means of tracking and detection. Thanks to the professional work of our UAV operator with a night vision camera, the enemy was detected in a timely manner and fired at him from small arms. Having suffered the losses of the DRG, the VFU departed for the territory under their control,” Marochko wrote in his Telegram channel.
11:24 APU fired upon medical warehouse in Akimovka, Zaporozhye region.
Around 10:00 APU fired at Akimovka. The strikes hit a medical warehouse, according to emergency services. Four people were injured - volunteers, two of them are in serious condition.
11:06 Situation in Zaporozhye at 11:00 Moscow time:
At present, the enemy is trying to attack simultaneously in several directions, moving in the area of Pyatikhatki, Kopani, Rabotino in order, if successful, to create and expand a bridgehead for a further, already more massive offensive.
On Kopany today they attacked with the support of armored vehicles near the infantry platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were noticed in time and thrown back by mortars and ACS.
A similar situation has developed today in the Pyatikhatki area, where about 30-40 enemy infantry tried to literally run into the attack, but were also stopped by our fighters.
10:48 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled the attack of enemy assault groups in the Lisichansk direction. Artillery strikes were carried out on accumulations of manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka and Vesele. Two dugouts and a significant number of attacking nationalists were destroyed.
The aviation of the group of troops inflicted rocket and bomb strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka and Bogdanovka. An anti-tank guided missile destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle. The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system destroyed the accumulation of manpower of the 54th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kleshchievka area.
A point strike by a missile formation of the Southern Military District destroyed a depot of rocket and artillery weapons of Ukrainian troops near Krasnoarmeysk. During the counter-battery fight, two 120mm mortars with crews at firing positions in the Menkovka area and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as seventeen militants of the 79th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pobeda and Krasnogorovka were destroyed.
10:37 Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, under massive fire from the APU militants.
Today, from early morning, Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, has been subjected to Nazi attacks from heavy weapons. There is artillery attack from MLRS and artillery. At the moment, two injured civilians are known.
10:29 On the Zaporizhzhya front, a serious battle is underway on the Pyatikhatka/Zherebyanka section.
“The situation is tense. There is a serious fight going on. The guys are on the defensive. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to enter from the right flank,” reports the Russian fighters from the front line.
10:24 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. The Dnieper fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 15 rounds;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Rybalche;
-- Seven rounds were fired at the village of Kardashinka.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement of Solontsy, settlement of Peschanovka, firing a total of 31 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
10:15 Artemovskoe (Bakhmut) direction. 09:50:
The northwestern outskirts continue to "buzz". The enemy is trying to break through some of our lines of defense. Enemy work is ongoing. Our aerial reconnaissance is actively working. The guys bravely repel the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:55 Situation in Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions:
On the Zaporozhye Front, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by artillery, continues to conduct assault operations in the direction of the settlement. Rabotino.
Periodically, the enemy manages to break into our defensive formations, but as a result of counterattacks, he again rolls back to the original one. Two enemy DRGs in the area of the settlement were subjected to fire damage. Pyatikhatki. A blow was also dealt to enemy armored vehicles and a congestion of personnel in the area of the settlement. Stepovoye.
In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy concentrated his efforts on storming our positions in the settlement. Shelter. Attempts to roll over in the area of N. p. Staromayorskoye and Novodonetskoye were not crowned with success. An enemy EW station was destroyed in the area of the settlement. Novodarovka. During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost two 122mm D-30 howitzers. In general, the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area has decreased - as a result of the losses incurred, the enemy is drawing up reserves and regrouping.
In the Vuhledar direction, our artillery and drone pilots continue to "nightmare" the supporters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy General Staff reports that Russian troops are carrying out counter-offensive actions in this direction.
09:17 Scouts of the RF Armed Forces tear down enemy rotation.
In the Maryinsky direction, a reconnaissance group of the RF Armed Forces discovered an attempt to rotate enemy infantry in position. With a timely artillery strike, the rotation was disrupted.
09:06 Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, is again under fire from Ukrainian militants. This morning, 2 civilians were injured due to shelling.
08:32 Over the past day, 32 artillery attacks from the AFU were recorded - DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
Ukrainian militants fired from MLRS, 122mm, 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 188 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Under enemy fire were Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Aleksandrovka and Yelenovka.
As a result of shelling, a man was killed in Yelenovka and another man was wounded in Yasinovataya. Six residential buildings in Yelenovka and Yasinovataya were damaged, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
08:09 On the Zaporozhye direction stopped the activities of the reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force.
In a summary for July 4, 2023, the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Oleg Chekhov, also reported:
The activity of the reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement was suppressed. Marfopol, as well as an attempt by the enemy to reconnaissance in force in the Rabotino area.
Artillery fire destroyed a tank and an armored fighting vehicle in the Priyutnoye area, two M-777 howitzers in Komsomolskoye and Preobrazhenka, as well as two towed howitzers near Malaya Tokmachka and Stepnogorsk.
A strike UAV destroyed an armored recovery vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pyatikhatki area.
08:06 Frontline summary on the morning of 07/04/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, continued their offensive against Rabotino. Little progress. Russian artillery, as on the eve in the Donetsk direction, reduced the intensity of fire. artillery attack of Ukrainian units was carried out in Belogorye, Gulyaipole and Olgovsky.
At the Uludar site, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to reach Priyutnoye. Attacks on Staromayorskoye and Novodonetskoye were repulsed by Russian troops. Ukrainian positions in Novodarovka, Blagodatny, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Bogoyavlenka, Ugledar and Vodyany are under attack (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northeast of Donetsk).
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, again conducted assault operations in Maryinka and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. And again without success. Russian troops hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Kurakhovo, Pervomaisky and Berdychi. The Ukrainian army shelled Yelenovka, Aleksandrovka, Donetsk, Makeevka and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations near Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. Russian troops held their positions. In turn, they counterattacked from Berkhovka and along the M-03 highway in the direction of Minkovka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ivanovsky, Vasyukovka, Verkhnekamensky and Seversk.
In the Lugansk direction, Ukrainian troops tried to counterattack from Torskoye. They didn't have success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torskoy and Novolyubovka. Ukrainian artillery worked along Dibrov.
07:30 The work of the crews of attack aircraft of the Su-25SM3 pair of the Air Force of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the South-Donetsk direction -video.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets is in italics.
I really hope that neither tomorrow, nor during the week when the NATO summit in Vilnius begins and will take place (until July 12), nothing like this will happen "According to information from operational sources, tomorrow, 07/05/2023, at night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine they will try to attack the ZNPP using high-precision long-range weapons, as well as UAVs - kamikaze.
At the same time, Ukrainians will drop from an air carrier an ammunition filled with radioactive waste removed from the South Ukrainian NPP on July 3, 2023, to one of the military airfields in the south of 404. The reserve plan for the release of radioactive substances provides for the use of TochkaU OTRK, with a warhead stuffed with radioactive substance.
The information was made public with the consent of the special services.
Source: https://t.me/RLSsvodka/8716
PS
I don’t know how much you can trust the source. they may, no matter what, go for such a criminal terrorist scenario.Therefore, it is better to be careful and publish.
It should be noted right away that no matter what kind of information pumping the Kiev Regime did before the sabotage with an attempt to accuse the Russian side of its sabotage in advance, any sane person admits that:
1) the Russians do not need to blow up at theZNPP ;
2) the Russians do not need to infect Russian territory, which Russian troops confidently hold;
3) but the Russians (even if they suddenly have manic inexplicable intentions to shoot themselves in the head, which is not!) catastrophically do not need such incidents:
- especially before the NATO summit in Vilnius;
- especially when the Americans drove their radiological reconnaissance aircraft into the region;
- especially when the wind is forecast to blow in a southerly direction, in the territories controlled by the Russian side (more precisely, a south-south-westerly wind is expected).
We will watch. Very hopeful false alarm. And the gloomy expectations (on 6, 7, 8, 9) on the eve of the NATO summit on July 10-12 will not come true. And everything will be without incident
In all this there is one indisputable conclusion. Any release of radioactive substances or contamination of the territory can occur ONLY through the fault of the Ukrainian side. Whether this will happen as a result of a terrorist attack by Kiev at the ZNPP or from the use of terrorist methods by that side, such as the use of a "dirty" bomb. I REPEAT, no matter what kind of informational preparation Kiev has now carried out, with the aim of further accusing the Russian side, Moscow does not need ANY INCIDENTS, especially ON THE EPISION of the NATO summit, and they are especially dangerous for Moscow during this period.
Here someone nibul snickers: so if they rang the whole wide world about the preparation of ukrov, so what's the point of them starting an attack?
The answer is this.
Firstly, before the summit, the Ukrainians need to:
- either demonstrate success at the front, which they definitely cannot do.
- or to attract the world with some loud tragedy, in which, of course, Russia is blamed.
Secondly, I remind you that no warnings from Moscow, even in the UN Security Council at the time, about the preparation of a staging by militants and their Western curators of the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Douma in April 2018, could not stop the preparation of this provocation.
And when Russia provided the OPCW with indisputable evidence that it was a production (brought alive and healthy Syrian actors to the headquarters of the organization in The Hague, who played victims of the alleged use of chemical weapons), the OPCW shut up their ears and not a single Western journalist came to a press conference with these Syrians
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin;
[ColonelCassad] 1. St. Petersburg media report that Prigozhin was returned 10 billion rubles in cash, which were seized during the searches.
Iosif Prigozhin's claims for money from the Gazelle did not pass.
2. Part of Prigozhin's structures will continue to fulfill government contracts. Some reorganizations and a formal change of leadership are possible.
3. The reason for the preservation is simple - over many years of work, Prigozhin's structures have become so rooted in the state fabric that cutting them out at once without serious damage to the state is fraught with serious problems. That is, you can cut it, but the consequences will be serious.
4. Therefore, Prigozhin's opportunities were seriously limited (the Patriot media group was liquidated, problems began at Concorde, etc.), but they were not nullified.
5. PMC "Wagner" continues to busily settle in Belarus. According to a number of reports, the process of training the Belarusian military and the transfer of combat experience gained by Wagner on the battlefields has already begun.
6. Damage to the road transport system of Rostov as a result of Prigozhin's actions amounted to 92.5 million rubles.
The St. Petersburg media, citing Fontanka, report that yesterday Yevgeny Prigozhin visited the FSB department for St. Petersburg, where he was returned the small arms seized during the search (after the end of the rebellion attempt), including the gift Glock that Prigozhin once gave Shoigu.
Earlier, 10,000,000,000 rubles in cash were returned to Prigozhin, part of which will be used to pay Wagner PMC fighters and their families.
In connection with the closure of the criminal case, Prigozhin calmly travels around the country and deals with the consequences of his actions on June 23-24. There are no new criminal cases against him. On various episodes of the events of June 23-24, including the death of pilots, proceedings are ongoing, on the basis of which the issue of initiating criminal cases against individuals will later be decided.
It also became known that Prigozhin will retain a certain part of the business of supplying food to state structures.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Jewelry work of an FPV drone operator in the area of Antonovsky Bridge.
After several arrivals at the bridge abutments, the remaining APUs hurriedly boarded the boats and began to scuttle, but the operator was able to point the FPV drone at a high-speed target and sink one of the boats, as a result of which several APUs were either killed or drowned.
The video itself is a great advertisement for the whole FPV drone industry. Over the past year, there have been many times more of them, the skill of operators is growing. There will be more of them in the future. Now they are coming to the front by the thousands. Tens of thousands are needed. Work in this direction is underway.
Plus, a video of a powerful arrival in the area of dachas on Antonovsky Island, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine periodically land small groups of infantry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A leading Russian investigative journalist has been brutally attacked on a working trip to Chechnya - a republic of Russia governed by close Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov who had previously described the reporter as a 'terrorist'.
Elena Milashina, 45, and lawyer Alexander Nemov - who was also savagely beaten - were stopped by armed and masked men as they arrived in the regional capital Grozny to attend a court case linked to human right abuses.
The pair received death threats and had guns pointed at their heads, according to reports, while Milashina's head was shaved and her fingers broken in a brutal assault.
The reporter, who works for the banned independent paper Novaya Gazeta, also received a head wound, passed out several times and was doused in green dye in the vile attack.
Mr Nemov, 35, was stabbed with a knife and received leg wounds, according to the human rights group Team Against Torture, but still intends to go to the trial the pair had travelled to the state to attend.
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