[Korrespondent] 23:51 Over the past three weeks, the United States has allocated 2.2 billion dollars to help Ukraine. In total, this is about $ 8 billion since the beginning of the Biden administration, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, citing a statement by the US Department of Defense.
23:37 Moscow is holding the world's population hostage by blocking the export of Ukrainian grain, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said: "The G20 cannot take its eyes off the war in Ukraine, because it directly affects the global economy. War affects us all and can lead to a global recession if we don't take action."
23:24 According to Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, the Russians inflicted at least five strikes on residential areas today - it is already known about one dead and 18 wounded, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Thus, today three people were killed and 25 were injured under shelling in the Donetsk region.
23:11 The speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three enemy ammunition depots today: in Chernobaevka in the Kherson region, in Khartsyzsk in the Donetsk region and in Kadiivka in the Luhansk region.
23:04 In an evening video message, Zelensky thanked the United States for the decision to provide Ukraine with a new $400 million defense aid package: "Additional HIMARS systems and other precision weapons allow us to take precisely anti-terrorist steps, allowing us to reduce Russian missile attacks on our living people."
22:12 In the Sumy region, the Russians today fired from multiple launch rocket systems, there are numerous mortar parishes, five people were injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
20:56 The liberation of Zmeiny opened the mouth of Bystry for ships with agricultural products, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported: "Given the liberation of the island of Zmeiny from Russian troops and the accumulation of a large number of ships in anticipation of passing through the Sulina Canal, it is possible to use the channel of the mouth of Bystry of the Danube-Chernoye River sea for the entry / exit of ships carrying agricultural products.
20:40 In the Donetsk region, three people were killed and eight wounded as a result of shelling today. The occupiers shelled residential areas, civilian infrastructure, a dacha cooperative, damaged a dairy plant and a furniture factory, and fields caught fire, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.
20:18 The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog, Alexander Vilkul, announced a missile attack on the city in the Radushny area.
19:59 Reznikov said during an online Forbes conference that the Iron Dome system will be ineffective in Ukraine, and instead it is necessary to develop its own air defense / missile defense system: "We all know the example of Israel, which protects the sky pretty well. We all know the name Zhelezny the dome, but even it does not protect 100%. Not only that, I was in Israel, I talked with their manufacturers, state-owned enterprises.The iron dome works against slow, low-altitude, easy-to-kill missiles made, in fact, in garages. The Iron Dome does not protect cruise and ballistic missiles. There is another air defense system that is being developed in Israel itself, and there is in the Czech Republic and in the United States. Therefore, we need to develop our own air defense / missile defense system or receive, including from our partners " .
The minister added that Ukraine already has sky protection: "It is not perfect, but believe me, we shoot down a fairly large number of missiles that fly. Enemy planes in our sky no longer fly, because they are afraid and know that we are shooting them down" .
19:41 In the Zaporozhye region, residents of the Melitopol, Vasilyevsky, Pologovsky and Primorsky districts were left without gas because of the shelling. It is now impossible to repair the damaged main gas pipeline due to constant shelling, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.
19:32 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that it is becoming more and more dangerous to stay in the city, as the invaders are going to use civilians as human shields. According to him, there is no centralized evacuation from the city now, since the Russians do not agree on "green corridors", but the townspeople can leave Melitopol in their own cars or with the help of volunteers.
19:20 Zelensky dismissed the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta, and by another decree appointed interim acting. Dmitry Butriy, who since January 2019 served as the first deputy head of the Kherson Regional State Administration.
18:59 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled seven attempts to storm the Russians - from the north of Kharkiv region to Avdiivka and Maryinka, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
18:45 Zelensky, in addition to Andriy Melnyk, dismissed four more diplomats: Ambassador to Hungary Lyubov Nepop, Ambassador to Norway Vyacheslav Yatsyuk, Ambassador to the Czech Republic Yevgeny Perebiynis, and Ambassador to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Igor Polekha.
18:37 Ammunition for the German Gepard self-propelled artillery mounts will be produced in Norway. This solves the main problem with this technique, which prevented its effective transfer to Ukraine, writes Spiegel.
18:03 Andriy Melnyk was fired from the post of Ukraine's ambassador to Germany - the corresponding presidential decree was published on his website. Earlier, the German Bild reported, citing its sources, that Melnik would soon leave the post of ambassador and would probably be appointed deputy foreign minister.
17:36 Dissatisfaction with Russia's actions is brewing in the "DPR": every day, from 20 to 40 minibuses take out those who want to leave Donetsk and other settlements not controlled by Ukraine, the Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. Almost half of the evacuees leave through Russia to Lithuania, Finland, Germany and other countries using Ukrainian passports - as refugees. And some even safely settle in Ukraine.
16:58 Ukraine offers NATO to create a military hub on its eastern borders, for example - in Poland, said First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova. According to her, the existence of such a hub will contribute to the country's Euro-Atlantic progress, and will also play a role in ensuring border security: "We can take the already successfully functioning similar project of the NATO-South hub as a model."
16:44 The head of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuri Sobolevsky, on the air of the telethon, appealed to the inhabitants of the region with an appeal to urgently leave the occupied territory, and if this is not possible, take care of shelter, food and water. He explained this need by the explosions of ammunition depots after targeted strikes by Ukrainian troops: "It all started this morning at about 8 o'clock. The destruction of the military infrastructure of the orcs was confirmed, probably there was a large ammunition depot."
According to Sobolevsky, this will continue further: "Our guys will work as carefully as possible, just surgically, in order to save every life, but war is war."
16:18 The US State Department announced the allocation of nearly $368 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine, Blinken said.
15:27 Zelensky met in Kiev with the head of the French Senate Gerard Larcher and a delegation of the upper house of the French parliament: "I am grateful for France's support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as for the important assistance to our army and people in this difficult time."
15:05 In Mariupol, invaders and collaborators are stealing the surviving cars of citizens, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. Cars are taken both from open areas or parking lots, and from closed garage cooperatives, both day and night, during the curfew. Often robbers use tow trucks.
Officially, an application for theft can be submitted to the military commandant's office of Mariupol, but on an unofficial level, its representatives say that you need to look for cars yourself. Often, the owners of stolen cars find them with the militants of the so-called "DPR police". In this case, the stolen cars are declared "the property of the DPR" and any further actions are not only pointless, but also dangerous.
15:01 The Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Sergei Naev, visited the positions of the Ukrainian military in the north, and also checked the preparations for a possible offensive from Belarus, the press service of the command reports. Naev assured that the situation is now fully controlled. In particular, the mining of dangerous areas and the arrangement of engineering barriers are underway.
14:57 In Kiev, military exercises have begun with civilians in order to increase the level of defense of the city, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. First of all, employees of communal enterprises and district state administrations of the capital undergo training. They are provided with key knowledge, in particular, on the provision of emergency medical care. In the future, the city will attract everyone to such training, such classes will be organized in every district of the capital.
14:50 Columns of Russian vehicles with V signs and USSR flags have been spotted in Belarus, reports Belaruski Gayun. So, from the side of Minsk in the direction of Bobruisk, a convoy of about ten KamAZ trucks of the RF Armed Forces is moving. The column has communication vehicles and awnings, probably with infantry. Russians arrived from the 43rd region (Kirov region) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. In recent days, the number of movements of Russian troops across the territory of Belarus has increased significantly.
14:39 Ukraine will receive a $1.7 billion grant from a single donor trust fund established by the IBRD, the International Development Association and USAID. According to Shmyhal, the draft of the relevant agreement was approved today at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. The grant will be attracted on a gratuitous, irrevocable basis. The funds will be used to cover the costs of the state budget to pay for medical services under the program of medical guarantees.
13:42 Only ten EU countries have transferred 100% of the promised aid to Ukraine, writes Bild, citing a study by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Poland is the leader - it provided 100% of the promised weapons worth 1.8 billion euros. Latvia (220 million euros), France (160 million euros), Italy (150 million euros), Belgium (80 million euros), Luxembourg (50 million euros), Finland (30 million euros), Slovenia (10 million euros), Austria (3.3 million euros) and Bulgaria (3.5 million euros).
Among the leaders in terms of total aid are the United States (2.3 billion euros, or 38.4% of the promised), Poland (1.8 billion euros, or 100%), the UK (1.02 billion euros, or 90.7% ) and Canada (€759 million or 82.5%).
13:38 Estonian President Alar Karis believes that Russia will not dare to attack his country in the next 5-10 years: "We have been hearing this rhetoric of threats from the Russian Federation for a long time, it existed even before the start of the Russian war in Ukraine. Of course, we must be attentive and careful about what Russia says, but we are already used to hearing all this and are ready for such offensive behavior on their part, to be honest.However, now we do not see any signs of aggression towards Estonia, moreover, the Russians for this there are no resources, but such aggression is quite possible in the next 5-10 years."
13:35 The "head" of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that his "administration" turned to the Russian authorities with a request to help in "an emergency situation with gas supply, since the Kiev regime turned off the gas supply to the region."
13:32 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with the Ukrainian military who arrived for training: "Using the world-class experience of the British army, we will help Ukraine rebuild its strength and strengthen resistance as they defend the sovereignty of their country and their right to choose their own future."
13:30 The head of the Nikolaev region Vitaly Kim specified that the Russians today fired six missiles across Nikolaev from the S-300 complex, there were no casualties.
13:27 In Mariupol early this morning in the area of MMK them. Ilyich, an explosion thundered: three Russian sappers were killed in the process of demining, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
12:55 Russia shows no signs of readiness for negotiations, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on the sidelines of the G20 meeting. He noted that Russian aggression is directed not only against Ukraine, but also against the "basic principles of the world order," writes The Guardian.
12:33 For the export of grain, Ukraine is restoring and expanding ports on the Danube River, Alla Stoyanova, director of the Department of Agrarian Policy of the Odessa region, told The Guardian. According to her, before the war, the Danube ports were rarely used, some of them were in complete decline. Now Ukraine is reviving old river harbors to speed up grain exports.
In particular, work is underway to expand the port of Reni, Stoyanova said: “Recently, it has not been used at all ... More than 160 ships are waiting in the Black Sea to enter the Sulina Canal, but they cannot, because the throughput of this channel is only 5-6 ships in a day".
11:58 The head of the Senate of the French Republic, Gerard Larcher, spoke today in the Rada, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. In particular, he said that Ukraine, thanks to its achievements, rightly received the status of a candidate for EU membership, and now "the European soul and ideals are being embodied by the Ukrainian people."
"We will be with you at all levels, including the military. Your defeat would be our collective defeat. The front will hold if the rear holds. All 27 EU countries are the rear," Larcher said.
11:35 Today, at about 10:00, the Russians launched a missile attack on a residential area of Kharkov. Seven people were injured from the blast, including a child. Rescue services are working at the scene, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
10:54 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt another blow to the accumulation of Russian equipment in Chernobaevka near the airport, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk.
10:46 A 20-year-old girl died in the hospital, who came under fire in Krivoy Rog today, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko. Thus, the number of victims increased to two, three more people were injured.
10:17 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 9. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.
- personnel - about 37,200 (+300) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1638 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 3815 (+4),
- artillery systems - 832 (+4),
- MLRS - 247 (+0),
- air defense systems - 108 (+1),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 187 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 674 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 155 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2687 (+2),
- special equipment - 66 (+0).
09:38 Mykolaiv came under shelling early in the morning, detailed information is being specified, the OVA reported. In the Bereznegovatsky community, constant shelling of villages along the line of demarcation continues, and yesterday there were shelling of the village of Novonikolaevka in the Pervomaisky community. In addition, after the shelling, a forest fire broke out on the Kinburn Spit and two fires of coniferous flooring in the forest area near the village. Vasilievka Ochakiv community.
09:24 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation is deploying reserve forces from all over the country and gathering them near the border of Ukraine for future offensive operations. Most of the new infantry units can be deployed with MT-LB armored vehicles, which the Russian Federation previously considered unsuitable for this. The MT-LB was developed in the 1950s as an artillery towing tractor, has limited armor and is only equipped with a machine gun. At the same time, at the beginning of the invasion, most of the Russian first-echelon assault units were equipped with more modern BMP-2s.
The summary recalls Putin's words that Russia "didn't even start" operations in Ukraine and points out that Russian reinforcements are using outdated or inappropriate equipment.
08:47 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, five civilians were killed during the day from Russian shelling: four in Seversk and one in Semigorye. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:45 At least 10 thousand Mariupol residents are in the filtration prisons of the occupiers, where they got from the filtration camps, Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said.
08:37 The enemy is trying to move from the settlements of the Lugansk region to the first villages of Donbass, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the occupying forces made little progress during July 8 and continue to advance west of Lysichansk. At the same time, there is no operational pause announced by the enemy, Gaidai claims: he is attacking and shelling Ukrainian lands with the same intensity. That night, the Russians launched eight artillery attacks, three mortar attacks, and nine rocket attacks.
The occupiers do not give up their attempts to break deep into the Donetsk region along the administrative border, they attack from several directions, and "where it is inconvenient for them to go forward, they create a real hell, shelling the territories on the horizon." Therefore, the danger comes from everywhere - from Kreminnaya to Popasnaya, Gaidai emphasized.
08:29 With the worsening of the weather and the beginning of a storm in the Black Sea, the enemy ship grouping has been almost halved: two surface and one underwater launch vehicles and three large landing ships with a total salvo of 20 Caliber cruise missiles remained on guard, OK Pivden reported.
08:24 Pentagon spokesman voiced the main problem with the current supply of weapons to Ukraine: “Ukrainians have a lot of equipment, but the problem is that they use it at an intense combat pace. At the same time, more time is needed for training, resources for support, repairs, and logistics ".
At the same time, he stressed that the US Department of Defense is going to supply Ukraine with weapons "for the coming months and years," and the Russians hope in vain that they can hold out longer than the Ukrainians: "The main thing is that the Russians know that the Ukrainians will be able to continue the fight. If the Russians think, If they can last longer than the Ukrainians, then they need to rethink. We are already thinking about what the Ukrainians will need in the coming months and years."
08:17 The Pentagon denied the information about the destruction of two HIMARS installations in Ukraine, as recently reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Ukrainians still use them in combat. I know that there were some Russian reports that they destroyed the Ukrainian HIMARS system. This is not true. Ukrainians have these systems and use them," the agency representative said.
08:00 The Russian army tried to take control of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant and improve the tactical situation in the Dolomitnoye area, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed the invaders back to their previous positions, the General Staff said in a morning report .
07:42 The American Institute for the Study of War suggests that the Russians have taken an operational pause, despite ongoing limited attempts to advance in the Donbass. Analysts believe that "when the Russian military command decides that it is sufficiently prepared to resume a larger offensive operation, it is likely to continue a large-scale advance with more troops and more tenacity than now. The exit from the operational pause may be gradual and not immediately noticeable ".
07:21 Russians shelled Krivoy Rog in the morning, there are casualties. According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, a woman was killed as a result of shelling of the Inguletsky district of the city, and two more people received shrapnel wounds. According to him, the Russians deliberately hit residential areas from Gradov. A school and several houses were also damaged, and a car burned down.
06:47 In the fifth month of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is far behind its schedule for the attack on the Donbass. On the contrary, Ukrainian forces are performing well in combat, a senior Pentagon official said at a briefing. “The Russians are making very incremental, limited, and costly progress only in certain small areas of Donbas. They are way behind their timelines. They are way behind their goals,” the Pentagon website said in a statement.
The Pentagon also noted that Ukraine has launched effective localized counter-offensives: “We are increasingly seeing the ability of the Ukrainians to use HIMARS systems to significantly interfere with the ability of the Russians to advance even where they have been so difficult and slow to advance. Therefore, we do not see Russia winning at all this is a fight."
06:40 The Russian Embassy in the United States commented on the news about the new package of American aid: "Behind this decision is Washington's unbridled desire to drag out the conflict at any cost ... The thesis of high-ranking US officials that military products are used by Ukrainians for defensive purposes is untenable." The embassy added that weapons from the United States are used to "destroy the cities of Donbass."
01:03 Bakhmut and Soledar are the most likely directions for the Russian troops to advance, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military District, said on the air of the telethon. According to him, Bakhmut is the closest to the front line - about 8 km to him. At the same time, the entire front line in the Donetsk region is being shelled, Kirilenko added.
00:52 Biden signed a decree on the allocation of another tranche of defense assistance to Ukraine for $400 million. It will include four HIMARS MLRS and their ammunition; 1000 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells; tactical vehicles; explosive ammunition; spare parts.
00:39 Zelensky presented the Gold Star to the Hero of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Grudzevich, commander of a tank battalion: "Thanks to his personal courage, the unit escaped the encirclement without loss and destroyed the Russian sabotage group in battle."