[Korrespondent] 23:20 The world is talking about the possible creation of a Middle East analogue of NATO - a deterrent military alliance designed to maintain stability in the region and, mainly, to resist Iran. Read more in the NATO material for the Middle East .
23:14 Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky proposed introducing fines for violating the curfew. According to him, not everyone complies with the curfew, which is not a whim, but a security issue and a measure necessary to deal with enemy sabotage groups.
23:10 Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Digital Transformation Oleksandr Fedienko denied the information about the ban on conscripts to travel outside their place of residence: "I checked the information, I want to reassure the public that neither the Ministry of Defense, nor the General Staff, nor the Cabinet of Ministers prepare such documents, and drafts of such documents were not considered.
23:08 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine needs at least 25 new and modern technologically advanced waste processing plants: “They are able to provide both energy and secondary raw materials, and, finally, solve the outdated problem of landfills and landfills, the inability of many communities find a solution for waste."
23:03 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the restoration of Ukraine is not only about what needs to be done later, after the victory, but also about what needs to be done now. Thus, the Ukrainian forces liberated more than a thousand settlements from the invaders - all of them were subjected to large-scale destruction. And we also need to prepare schools and universities for the new academic year, prepare for winter, and so on. After all, a significant part of the economy has been destroyed by hostilities and Russian strikes, thousands of enterprises do not work: "And this means a high need for jobs, for social benefits, despite the decrease in tax revenues."
22:14 More than 8 million Ukrainians left the country - mostly women and children; about 3 million people have returned, Cabinet Minister Oleg Nemchinov said on the air of the telethon. At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that it is summer now, and there is a shuttle movement: returning, people evaluate the state of their property and housing, and if shelling continues and property is destroyed, they, as a rule, leave the country again.
Nemchinov stressed that there are no completely safe regions in the country, but the right-bank regions are better covered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and normal life resumes there.
21:52 Speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk announced massive fires at railway infrastructure facilities in Donetsk. Meanwhile, local publics report allegedly "massive shelling" of the city and publish photos and videos of the consequences .
21:39 14 new military administrations have been formed in the Donetsk region - Zelensky signed a corresponding decree.
21:37 Podolyak confirmed the destruction of Russian warehouses and command posts with the help of HIMARS: “Russian warehouses and command posts were destroyed, Serpent Island was liberated ... HIMARS have already proved that American weapons are head and shoulders above everything that Russia has. Ukrainians have proven that they can learn quickly and effectively manage modern western weapons. Conclusion: more weapons = more victories."
21:34 NATO has completed negotiations with Sweden and Finland on their accession, and already on Tuesday, July 5, the countries will sign the accession protocols. After that, they will be submitted to all member countries for ratification in accordance with their national legislation.
21:26 To leave the place of residence, those liable for military service must now obtain permission, the Zaporizhzhia District Police Department said. Citizens who are registered with the military can leave their district or city only with special permission from the head of the district or city territorial recruitment and social support center.
21:22 Ukraine is negotiating with Turkey and the UN on security guarantees for the export of Ukrainian grain, Zelensky said at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Sweden.
20:49 The summit of first ladies and gentlemen - wives and husbands of heads of state - will be held on July 23, Olena Zelenska said in a video conference speech at a conference in Lugano. According to the wife of the Ukrainian president, one of her top priorities at the summit is the absence of barriers, since the war cripples dozens of people every day. They will also talk about the mental health of the victims. This will be the second such summit - the debut event in this format took place in August 2021.
20:38 Zelensky, following a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, said that the countries in a joint statement fixed key issues for both states - defense cooperation, cooperation in the fields of nuclear energy and energy efficiency, financial support for Ukraine. "This is the first such document in the history of bilateral relations between Ukraine and Sweden," Zelensky stressed.
20:26 In Ukraine, 315 railway containers with Russian and Belarusian mineral fertilizers were arrested for a total amount of about $12 million. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the wagons entered Ukraine, violating the country's customs legislation. The wagons were seized "in order to ensure the safety of this property as material evidence and their possible confiscation in the future."
20:17 The flag of Ukraine was delivered to Zmiiny, but it was not raised or installed there, Natalya Gumenyuk, press secretary of OK Pivden, said: "The flag was delivered to the island by helicopter. It will wait for the troops to arrive, and then it will fly. No one is on the island landed. Who will install it, stick it in, lift it? And no one will risk people for the sake of a photo for the media."
20:12 In Lugano, Switzerland, Ukraine presented a post-war reconstruction plan worth over $750 billion, which will include 850 projects to rebuild the country. More about it - in the material Plan for the restoration of Ukraine .
19:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the advance of the Russians in three directions. So, in the Kharkiv direction, the Ukrainian military stopped the assault towards Sosnovka and threw them back, the General Staff said. In the Kramatorsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault on Belogorovka, and in the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the Russians to move away from the Uglegorsk TPP and the surroundings of Berestovo. In the Slavic direction, the enemy attacks in the direction of the Mazanovka point, with partial success.
In the Black Sea, three carriers are ready for missile strikes, their total salvo is up to 20 Caliber cruise missiles.
19:12 Former deputy of the Servant of the People, collaborator Alexei Kovalev has been appointed "deputy prime minister for agriculture" of the Kherson region, said the "head of administration" of the region Vladimir Saldo. The "government" was headed by Sergei Eliseev, who previously held the post of first deputy head of government in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. Another of his "deputies" was Vladimir Bespalov, who also came from the Kaliningrad region. Mikhail Rodikov, deputy head of the administration of the city district of Kashira, Moscow Region, became the "Minister of Education and Science".
18:36 Ukrainian troops left the last major city of the Luhansk region. About what the reason is and how it will affect the further development of the war - in the material Exit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lysichansk .
18:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not need forced mobilization of women, there are no restrictions on crossing the border for women and are not planned, said the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar. According to her, information about the mobilization of women in Ukraine is a Russian fake.
17:58 An enemy helicopter from the territory of the Russian Federation fired two missiles at the Esman territorial community of the Sumy region, the school premises were damaged, there were no casualties, the Pivnich Operational Command reported.
17:23 From tomorrow, Great Britain introduces new sanctions against Belarus - a ban on the import of iron and steel from there and on the export of luxury goods to Belarus, including works of art and designer bags.
17:19 Russia "appointed" First Deputy Prime Minister of the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation Sergey Eliseev as the head of the "government" of the Kherson region.
17:17 Ukraine presented a plan for the restoration of the country in Lugano. It is provided for ten years and is aimed at accelerating sustainable economic growth. In total, there are 850 projects in the plan, their implementation requires funding of approximately $750 billion. Within the framework of the project, a list of National Programs was determined to achieve key results:
- Strengthening institutional capacity (restarting SAP, NABU, completion of corporatization of state enterprises) - $0.1 billion;
- Digital state - $0.1 billion;
- Strengthening security and defense - $50 billion;
- The desire for integration into the EU - $ 1 billion;
- Restoration of a clean and protected environment - $20 billion;
- Energy Independence and Green Deal - $130 billion;
- Improvement of the business environment - $5 billion;
- Ensuring competitive access to capital - $75 billion;
- Ensuring macro-financial stability - $60-80 billion;
- Development of sectors of the economy with added value - $50 billion;
- Expansion and integration of logistics with the EU - $120-160 billion;
- Restoration and modernization of housing and infrastructure in the regions - $150-250 billion;
- Restoration and modernization of social infrastructure - $35 billion;
- Development of the education system - $5 billion;
- Modernization of the healthcare system - $5 billion;
- Development of culture and sports systems - $20 billion;
- Ensuring an effective social policy - $ 7 billion.
17:12 Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson visited Bucha and Borodianka and said after that: "President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukrainians are fighting not just for Ukraine, but for the civilized world and democratic values. And this is the absolute truth."
16:58 Zelensky, during his online address at a conference in Lugano, thanked the European Commission for the initiative to create a special European platform for the restoration of Ukraine, however, all initiatives, plans, ambitions, according to him, should be in a single system: "Therefore, Ukraine offers its national a recovery plan on which each initiative can be built."
Among the key principles are: safety, manufacturability, compliance with environmental standards, the use of green technologies, maximum transparency and the implementation of the restoration project in the real economic life of Ukraine in order to create new jobs and new industries.
16:47 To restore Ukraine, $750 billion is needed, Kiev sees the confiscated assets of the Russian Federation as the main source of funding, Shmyhal said.
16:42 Zelensky spoke at the Conference on the Restoration of Ukraine in Lugano: "With its aggression, Russia wants to prove that it is allegedly subject to not just territory, but life as such, and that it can decide for everyone whether they will have life at all. Therefore this war is not just ours, not just a local one - somewhere in the east of Europe. This is Russia's attack on everything that is of value to you and me. Therefore, the restoration of Ukraine is not a local project, not a project of one people, but a common task of all democratic world - all countries that can say about themselves: we are civilized. Rebuilding Ukraine means restoring the principles of life, restoring the expanse of life, restoring what makes people human."
16:17 The EU is ready to create an international platform for the restoration of Ukraine after the war, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
16:12 Lithuania has acquired a combat drone Bayraktar Vanagas (Hawk), for which the Lithuanians have collected more than 5 million euros. Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said that after the presentation on July 6, Bayraktar will be handed over to Ukraine.
16:09 Mariupol was left without doctors: 17 doctors who arrived from Russia worked in the city, but from today they have been sent home, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, there are no own doctors in the city, "that is, it can be stated that from today there is no medical care in Mariupol."
16:05 Putin is convinced that he is already at war with Europe, Podolyak said: "Gas blackmail, rising prices, migration crisis, cyber attacks, propaganda ... Each element is part of a larger picture: from Putin's point of view, he is already at war with "Europe. Many EU leaders understand this. For the rest, it's better to say goodbye to dangerous illusions."
16:02 A possible visit of the Pope to Kiev will support the spirit of Ukrainians and strengthen the peacekeeping mission of the Holy See, said the speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko.
15:58 Russia pays Bulgarian public figures for spreading propaganda, Lena Borislavova, government spokeswoman and head of the Bulgarian Prime Minister's Office, told Euractiv. According to her, local public figures, journalists and politicians receive 2,000 euros a month for forming a positive public opinion about the Russian Federation: “To all of you who spit on the EU and NATO for free, and also support Putin’s actions in Ukraine, know that you screwed up. who inspire you to do it, get paid. Monthly."
15:55 The EU is seeking to agree on the seventh package of sanctions against Russia by the end of July, Rikard Jozwiak, a European journalist for Radio Liberty, said. According to him, the seventh package will close some loopholes not taken into account by previous sanctions, and will also impose an embargo on Russian gold.
15:53 The Economist's information that Ukrainian units are located a kilometer from the outskirts of Kherson is untrue and harms the military operation, said Natalya Humenyuk, head of the joint coordination press center of the Pivden operational command: "Only the military can comment on the advance of troops. Any analysts , deputies, other political and just active figures at the moment only harm with such statements.Firstly, it does not correspond to reality, and secondly, it disorients our people, the local population, it harms not only the military operation, but, in the end , and the image of those who claim it."
15:45 Ukrainian border guards have not yet recorded the formation of a strike group of Russian troops for an offensive from the territory of Belarus, Transnistria or through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, said Andrei Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Service. According to him, the Russian Federation continues to hold separate units of the armed forces in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions - this is done to demonstrate the presence and constrain the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the Russians do not stop shelling the territory of Chernihiv and especially Sumy regions.
15:36 The EU is discussing the creation of a single body for the implementation of the sanctions policy. High-ranking officials in Brussels are discussing the creation of such a body, as more stringent and consistent application of sanctions is needed, writes the FT.
This can be a really effective solution, allowing sanctions decisions to be made faster than it is now according to the formula of seeking consensus among all EU members, Yermak believes.
15:33 In Mariupol, the invaders are preparing for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Thus, the Russians are installing anti-tank hedgehogs in the city center and digging in equipment almost in the middle of Mira Avenue, suddenly reinforcing the regime again and re-locating stationary checkpoints around the city, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. Also, the Russians, according to him, are building fortifications at an accelerated pace, hiding behind a residential area, guarding the railway line throughout the city and not allowing Mariupol residents to work there. In addition, mining is carried out in the fields in the direction of Novoazovsk.
15:27 A "natural exchange" of goods is being introduced in the stores of occupied Kherson. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, sellers each time separately agree with buyers on the rate of such an exchange. Numerous cases of food loans are also recorded, when sellers sell goods on credit at 10-20%.
Cases of abductions of former heads of communal institutions and organizations, mid-level heads of local executive authorities who do not want to cooperate with the occupiers have become more frequent in the city. And about 20 boxes of materials about voters living on the territory of Kherson were taken out from institutions that kept records of voters during the election campaigns. Probably, this is connected with another attempt to hold the so-called "referendum", notes the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region.
15:22 In Moscow, a territory has been chosen by voting for a name in honor of the "Luhansk People's Republic" - near the British Embassy.
15:09 The world's first full-scale cyber war is now underway in Ukraine, said Yuriy Shchigol, head of the State Special Communications Service. According to him, Russian hackers often work outside official state structures, but are deeply integrated into the Russian intelligence services, and their activities are coordinated with other military activities.
At the same time, just as the Russian army systematically ignores the rules of war, Russian hackers behave quite unscrupulously in cyberspace. Their targets are critical infrastructures such as energy and utilities, hospitals and first responders, the financial system, logistics that assist organizations. During the period of the largest flow of Ukrainian refugees, hackers also attacked humanitarian organizations, Shchigol said.
15:04 In wartime conditions, full-time education will be introduced in Ukraine in agreement with the authorities, said the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet. So, if there is a danger, educational institutions will switch to a distance or blended learning format. If in the shelter at the educational institution there are not enough places for everyone, then in this case it is recommended to divide the training into several shifts.
An option is also being considered in which some of the subjects can be taught offline, and some online. If parents are afraid of full-time education, then they will be able to choose another form of education for the child - remote, individual or external.
14:55 Putin said that the units that took part in the battles in the Lugansk region "must rest, increase their combat capabilities." In addition, he announced that he would sign a decree conferring the title of Hero of Russia to Generals Lapin (who commanded the troops advancing on Lisichansk) and Abachev. According to Putin, Generals Lapin and Surovikin (commander of the Aerospace Forces) reported to him proposals for continuing the "special operation" in Ukraine.
14:47 In the Donetsk region, journalists of the French television channel France 24 came under fire. TV crews, along with rescuers, were delivering water to civilians, the State Emergency Service reported.
14:41 Arestovich explained why the retreat from Lysichansk is good for Ukraine. So, according to him, thanks to the operation, it was possible to pin down the main enemy forces, inflict damage on them, buy time for the supply of Western weapons and improve the second line of defense, and also create conditions for offensive operations in other sectors of the front.
According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Administration, one of the main achievements of this operation was "the broken Red Army stereotype" not one step back ", which for eight years by inertia put pressure on the military opinion of Ukrainians and cost Ukraine and Ilovaisk, and the fall of the DAP, the 32nd checkpoint." He stressed that "breaking the stereotype is very expensive, it is the birth of a national military school."
14:30 Energoatom reports that the massive missile strikes of the RF Armed Forces in the area of the Uglegorsk TPP, which the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report, occurred on the line of contact with the thermal power plant. Also the day before, local media reported about the fire of tanks with fuel oil due to shells.
14:24 Ukraine and Switzerland have signed an agreement providing for "green" investments in projects in energy, heat supply and industry, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. According to him, in exchange for these investments, Switzerland will receive verified results from Ukraine on climate change mitigation.
In turn, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that Ukraine wants to build 7.1 GW of new green energy capacities. At the first stage, in order to increase the stability of the energy system, it is planned to build 750 MW of storage capacities. The Ministry of Energy is also exploring the possibility of exporting 10 GW of hydrogen to the EU.
13:46 The military operation on Zmeinoye has been completed, the Ukrainian flag has been installed there , said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces.
13:15 The "Supreme Court of the DPR" received a cassation complaint from the convicted Moroccan Saadun Brahim, who fought for Ukraine, Russian media write.
13:13 70 Russian diplomats and members of their families were expelled from Bulgaria. According to the Bulgarian press, the total number of passengers who have left the country is more than 180, writes Euroactiv. "We are expelling 70 Russian diplomats. Anyone who works for foreign interests will be called to return to the country they came from," outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said, congratulating the Bulgarian security services on a job well done.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Bulgaria had reduced "to a minimum, even to zero" the possibility of the functioning of the Russian embassy in Sofia.
12:58 Stories about "Nazis" in Ukraine have become the central theme of Kremlin propaganda only since February 24, writes The New York Times and cites data from the analytical company Semantic Visions. She has analyzed nearly 8 million articles about Ukraine collected from more than 8,000 Russian websites since 2014. The study found that the number of references to Nazism was relatively flat for eight years before rising sharply to an unprecedented level on February 24 and has remained high ever since.
12:53 According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia is working on several scenarios for the occupied territories of Ukraine - from annexation to the creation of quasi-republics, said Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. He confirmed that the Russians are preparing pseudo-referendums for September 11 in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, but a single scenario has not yet been determined.
"They are preparing to join, but in parallel with this there are other options. The creation of new "people's republics", the creation of one large "people's republic", the annexation of a vast territory to Russia, the annexation of a separate territory to Russia - all this will be decided, as always in Russia , on the last day," Budanov said.
12:47 The leader of the "LPR" Pasechnik said that after the "liberation" of the territories, it is necessary to "push the enemy further for safety, the task of denazification of the territory of all Ukraine has not been canceled."
12:44 Borrell said that the EU is actively reducing gas and oil imports from Russia, and by the end of 2022, the union countries expect to reduce oil supplies by 90%. He stressed that such decisions will free the EU from the dependence and political pressure of "Putin's aggression." Borrell is also convinced that the sanctions have already proved their effectiveness and "strongly hit Putin and his accomplices." Thus, Russia for all technologies is 45% dependent on Europe and 21% on the United States, while on China - only 11%.
12:40 Occupants in Crimea are preparing for forced mobilization, reports the Representation of the President of Ukraine in Crimea. So, recently a decree of the so-called "head of the Republic of Crimea" appeared, which created a "draft commission for the mobilization of citizens." Ukrainians in the occupied Crimea are urged to sabotage the decision of the occupiers and do everything possible to avoid mobilization.
12:37 Peskov said that the Russian "special operation" in Ukraine "is going according to plan, moving forward in accordance with existing plans and adjustments." He also stressed that Putin this year will not congratulate Biden and the Americans on Independence Day, because "this year has become the culmination of an unfriendly policy on the part of the United States."
12:26 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the four largest ammunition depots in the Donetsk region in two weeks, Girkin said. Earlier today, the media reported that one of the largest Russian ammunition depots in Snezhnoye had been destroyed.
12:23 Ukrainian troops left Lisichansk without loss, head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said in an interview with the BBC: "Our military could hold the city for a long time, but now Russia has a huge advantage in artillery and ammunition. They would simply destroy the city from afar, so there was no point in staying. We would have been surrounded and had to sit there while the city was shelled. So we decided not to allow the encirclement. We decided to withdraw to ready-made fortified positions further west, occupy them and continue the fight against the Russian army from there. As a result , all left without loss.
12:07 In the Black Sea, Russian ships with 28 Caliber class missiles on board are on alert, said Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odessa OVA. He also noted that the enemy tried to activate aerial reconnaissance, but the Defense Forces prevented the operation.
12:01 In Mariupol, up to 3% of local residents have access to water - this is now the main problem of the city, said Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, Mariupol residents are forced to overcome kilometers in the morning to get into queues at water collection points. Water is collected everywhere, including sewer wells, where water appeared after experiments with water supply.
11:58 State budget expenditures in June amounted to UAH 232 billion, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said: "This, of course, is still a very large amount, but already less than it was in May (UAH 251 billion). But given the volume of foreign aid in June, the gap completely closed."
11:56 SBU neutralized Russian agents reconnaissance of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in southern Ukraine. During a special operation in the Nikolaev region, three deeply concealed enemy agents were detained. They reconnoitered the combat positions and movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the geolocation of strategic critical infrastructure facilities in the region.
11:29 "Soft" Ukrainization will begin in Krivoy Rog, head of the city's VA Oleksandr Vilkul said. According to him, from July 1, the military administration has organized clubs We communicate in Ukrainian in every district of the city, classes will be free. They want to invite writers, artists, specialized specialists on various topics to the clubs for communication. In addition to offline courses, there will also be an online program We speak Ukrainian correctly .
11:24 In Severodonetsk, the occupiers are trying to resume administrative activities, said the mayor of the city Alexander Stryuk. So, they have already created a commandant's office, they are looking for specialists in housing and communal services, they are going to conduct a census of children. Stryuk also said that if the Russians succeed in restoring electricity, it will not be enough even to launch pumping stations.
11:10 Pope Francis said that after a trip to Canada on July 24-30, he would like to visit Moscow and Kiev.
10:47 Russia's activation of the use of missiles against Ukraine is connected with the change of the head of the "special operation", Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "The head of the, as they say, "special military operation" in Ukraine has changed, he became the commander of the air forces He knows how to fight with bombers and missiles, so he does what he can."
According to Budanov, Russia clearly understands where, plus or minus, their missiles will hit: “Yes, there are questions regarding their low accuracy, but they understand that these will be attacks on the civilian population. They are absolutely fine with this, you can even see it on official rhetoric, what they say is, in principle, not very justified.
Budanov also does not believe that Russia will use nuclear weapons. In his opinion, the Kremlin clearly understands that the use of nuclear weapons will simply hasten the collapse of Russia.
10:39 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz, after a visit to Ukraine, expressed support for our country: "President Zelensky has demonstrated the courage and leadership characteristic of his people in the face of Russia's brutal and illegal invasion. My visit to Ukraine sends a clear message that democratic countries, such as Australia will support the Ukrainian people in difficult times."
10:36 Steinmeier predicts the beginning of a "new era" after the war in Ukraine. In his opinion, no one will be able to return to normal politics and business after the war, and countries should now reduce their dependence on authoritarian regimes. Now the world needs a political, military and economic reorientation, Steinmeier said: "We must make our democracies, our economies sustainable, without losing sight of our goals: a rules-based world order and a liberal, fair and climate-friendly global economy."
One of these goals should be independence from authoritarian states, while it is necessary to find new partners, Steinmeier urged. According to him, these could be countries such as Singapore, Indonesia and African countries.
10:33 British intelligence reports that Ukrainian forces have left the last major settlement in the Lugansk region, which is under the control of Ukraine. Now the attention of the Russian Federation will almost certainly switch to the capture of the Donetsk region. The fight for Donbas "was stubborn and exhausting, and this is unlikely to change in the coming weeks," experts say.
Analysts also note that, despite the abandonment of the Serpent's Island, Russia continues to have a destructive influence on the agricultural sector of Ukraine. Exports of Ukrainian agricultural products in 2022, according to their forecasts, are unlikely to exceed 35% of the total volume in 2021.
10:24 The war in Ukraine will end in 2023 - such an opinion was expressed in an interview with RBC-Ukraine by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov. According to him, the first visible results of the turning point in the war will be already in August this year, and by the end of 2022, active hostilities will significantly decrease. He predicts the end of the war next year, and Budanov considers the end of the war to be “reaching the borders as of 1991”.
He also noted that at this stage there is no threat from the Belarusian army to Ukraine: there are very few Russian troops on the territory of Belarus, and what is happening near our borders are planned activities, preparations for the offensive are not being carried out.
10:18 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine warns that today there are a large number of cases when Russian special services, under the guise of authorized state services or "public organizations", contacted the families of Ukrainian defenders in order to allegedly "provide information" about the military or "facilitate release from captivity ". In fact, this is done in order to obtain information. Ukrainian intelligence asks not to transfer any data to unverified persons and reminds that only state authorities and responsible institutions or organizations are engaged in the exchange of prisoners or the search for missing defenders.
09:47 In the Luhansk region, the defense of the remaining territories is still underway, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, this is necessary so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have time to build fortifications in new positions. Gaidai added that about 8,000 people remained in Severodonetsk, and 10,000 in Lisichansk.
09:34 The General Staff studied the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavic and Donetsk directions.
- personnel - about 36,200 (+230) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1589 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 3754 (+10),
- artillery systems - 804 (+3),
- MLRS - 246 (+0),
- air defense systems - 105 (+0),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 187 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 658 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 144 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2629 (+11),
- special equipment - 65 (+1).
09:07 According to the updated information of the mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh, as a result of yesterday's massive shelling of the city, six people were killed, including a ten-year-old girl, another 19 were injured.
08:49 This morning, the Russian army attacked the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkiv, as a result of which a comprehensive school was destroyed, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Three people died in the area in one day.
08:28 In the controlled part of the Donetsk region over the past day, nine civilians were killed by Russian shelling: six in Slavyansk, one each in Avdeevka, Bakhmut and Zaitsevo, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Two children were among the dead. Another 25 people were injured.
08:25 Today, the official part of The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2022 begins in Lugano, Switzerland, at which the "Marshall Plan" for the restoration of Ukraine will be presented. In the EU, they talked about contributing 500 billion euros to implement the plan.
08:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) predicts that after the capture of Lisichansk and the settlements around it, the Russians will advance on Seversk , or intensify attacks on Bakhmut or Slavyansk.
08:19 The Russians entrenched themselves in Lisichansk, they also managed to force the Seversky Donets River and capture Belogorovka and Zolotarevka, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
08:13 The New York Times writes, citing military experts and interlocutors from Ukraine, that after the restoration of forces and regrouping, the Russians are likely to attack Bakhmut, a strategic hub of the Ukrainian armed forces. They will attack there from the direction of Popasnaya. In the meantime, they will storm Bakhmut, the forces of the Russian Federation to the north and west will conduct holding battles so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot transfer forces to the south. At the same time, the ultimate strategy here will be the creation of another "cauldron" around the large industrial cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, experts say.
07:58 Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the Slavyansk, Kurakhovsky and Avdeevsky directions, are fixed in the areas of Lisichansk and Belogorovka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . In the Donbas, the invaders are trying to push the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Seversk-Fedorovka-Bakhmut line. The Russians moved 17 wagons with ammunition from the Crimea to the Kalanchak railway station in the village of Mirnoye, Kherson region.
07:46 The Russians fired artillery at two communities in the Krivoy Rog region - Zelenodolskaya and Shirokovskaya, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko. They beat on cities and villages, but people were not injured. In Shestern, the windows in the kindergarten were shattered by the blast wave.
07:41 In the Nikolaev region, the Ukrainian military opened fire on two enemy ammunition depots in the Bashtansky and Snigirevsky districts, OK Pivden reported. There is confirmation of the liquidation of one warehouse, the rest of the results are being explored. The enemy UAV Orlan-10, which was reconnoitering the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, was also eliminated.
05:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Lisichansk and the region to the west of it were in charge of the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel General Alexander Lapin and the commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, General of the Army Sergei Suvorikin (who also commands the "southern" group Russian troops in Ukraine). Analysts note that the involvement of two such high-ranking officers involved in the same case on a small sector of the front is noticeable and probably indicates the importance Putin attaches to the capture of Lysychansk and the border of the Luhansk region, as well as his distrust of junior officers.
03:20 G7 plans to halve the maximum price of Russian oil, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: "We will set an upper limit at about half of the current price and create a mechanism that will not allow you to buy it more expensive."
01:36 Great Britain in 2023 will hold a conference URC2022 dedicated to the restoration of Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Liz Truss. She also said that London is considering the possibility of confiscating frozen Russian assets in order to transfer them to Ukraine. That would likely require legislation, but not necessarily, to do so, Truss said.
01:08 More than 400 bodies of dead defenders have been returned to Ukraine, Vereshchuk said on the air of the telethon. At the same time, she emphasized that there are much more bodies.
00:49 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz, after a visit to the Antonov airfield in Gostomel, said that the world community must certainly help Ukraine build the world's largest aircraft.
00:35 In the evening, the Russians fired mortars at the territory and the premises of the Ata psycho-neurological boarding school in the Sumy region, after which they covered it with artillery. At least three people were injured - these are patients of the institution who are in the hospital, said the head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in the dining room of the institution, the administrative building and the hostel were destroyed.
00:27 The Melitopol airfield as a military base of the Russians no longer exists, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said on the air of the telethon. According to him, after the first night shelling, the invaders began to evacuate all personnel, and after the second strike at about 6:00, they began to take out all the surviving equipment. According to Fedorov, several dozen Russian soldiers were injured as a result of these strikes.
00:14 Until the end of the year, Ukraine can receive up to $30 billion in financial lend-lease, Vasily Forman, deputy head of the NBU, said on the air of the telethon. At the same time, he highly appreciated the financial stability in Ukraine since February 24, noting that commercial banks can balance exchange rates. "Prices are rising all over the world, we have a factor of war, the destruction of supply chains - these factors do not depend on the government," he said, paying special attention to the fact that the National Bank is taking measures to pump out excess money supply so that inflation does not accelerate.