[Korrespondent] 23:58 More than 16,000 Ukrainians who escaped from Russian filtration camps managed to return to Ukraine, Vereshchuk said on the air of the telethon:
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23:53 After the destruction of the ammunition depots in Kherson, Chernobaevka and Tavriysk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the invaders began to transport them further beyond the Dnieper - to New Kakhovka and Oleshki, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA Serhiy Khlan.
23:04 Residents of the Russian-controlled southern territories of Ukraine are asked to evacuate, Irina Vereshchuk said on the air of the telethon: “Our army is launching a counteroffensive. I don’t know what time frame it will be, but I know for sure that there should not be women and children there. should not become a human shield between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the enemy."
In particular, the Deputy Prime Minister proposed to evacuate not only through the Crimea, but also through Vasilievka deep into Ukraine. "The density and intensity of shelling will increase," Vereshchuk warned and stressed that the enemy is interrupting power lines, cables, infrastructure, and the heating season is approaching, and the winter will be difficult.
22:59 The Pivden Operational Command confirmed the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the command post of the Russian Guard near Kherson. The Ukrainian military destroyed four ammunition depots in different districts of the Kherson region, confirmed losses - 15 Russians and more than 60 pieces of equipment.
22:56 Zelensky commented on the “operational pause” of the Russians in the evening video message: “Last week, many people talked about the alleged “operational pause” in the actions of the invaders in the Donbas and in other parts of Ukraine. 34 Russian air raids in the past day is the answer to all those who came up with this "pause" ... The Ukrainian army is holding on, holding on tight and repulsing assaults in different directions. But, of course, a lot still needs to be done so that Russian losses become such that after which there will really be a pause. And the pause is not before new advances of the occupiers, but before their flight".
22:05 Zelensky ordered the military to de-occupy the coastal regions in the south, for this Ukraine is gathering millions of fighting forces, Reznikov told The Times: "Ukraine is gathering millions of fighting forces equipped with Western weapons to recapture its southern territory from Russia."
21:36 Russian troops are stuck and cannot advance in Belogorivka, Luhansk region, fighting continues there, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai on the air of the telethon. He stressed that the region has not yet passed completely under the control of the Russian Federation. According to Gaidai, this is due to the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to destroy enemy ammunition depots. He also said that the number of attacks and shelling has decreased, since the RF Armed Forces are almost powerless without their own artillery.
21:32 Reznikov said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that HIMARS systems have changed the rules of the game, allowing Ukraine to attack Russian forces in Izyum, but more weapons capable of hitting long distances are needed to succeed on the battlefield. According to him, after a precise strike on the Russian air operations command center, the American side admitted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine "passed the test."
Reznikov stressed that the invaders use MLRS, which can strike at 120 km, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine need installations with a range of up to 150 km. Also needed are deliveries of armored vehicles, tanks and drones.
21:26 At Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, where 15 people were killed, four Iskander missiles were fired at, the headquarters of the Joint Forces said. Directly on a residential five-story building, two rockets hit.
21:18 The US Department of Defense officially announced that "On July 8, the United States pledged to provide Ukraine with four additional highly mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) and ammunition."
20:59 In Veliky Burluk, Kharkiv region, Gauleiter Yevgeny Yunakov was blown up in a car near the local administration, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk. Details are being specified.
20:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the command post of the National Guard in Kherson - the information was confirmed by the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk.
20:43 The Russians organized another provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to Energoatom, the Russian military forced the plant management to allow the well-known Russian propagandist blogger, designer Artemy Lebedev with a representative of Rosatom to the block control panel of one of the power units and other rooms with limited access. There they plan to shoot a story about the allegedly successful work of the occupied ZNPP for the benefit of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian personnel of the station are also forced to participate in propaganda interviews.
20:17 Pushilin said that the Ukrainian military shelled the Shakhtyorsky district in the "DNR", where there were "volunteer activists", - three people died, 11 were injured.
19:59 In the Slavic direction, the invaders failed reconnaissance in battle near Mazanovka, suffered losses and were forced to retreat, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening report .
19:26 Blinken said that Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports could contribute to the unrest in Sri Lanka. He once again called on the Russian Federation to unblock approximately 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain.
19:00 The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Canada to cancel the decision to return to Germany the turbines for the Nord Stream repaired by Siemens Canada. Ukrainian ministries have said they see the Canadian-German agreement as an adaptation of the sanctions regime to "Russia's whims," which would only reinforce its sense of its own impunity.
They call Moscow's demand for a turbine "blackmail without technical justification" because gas transportation can be continued with the existing equipment. "The transfer of the Nord Stream 1 turbine will allow Russia to continue to use energy as a tool of hybrid warfare against Europe," the statement said.
18:48 In the city of Chasov Yar, during the rescue operations, another living person was found and removed from the rubble, the State Emergency Service reported.
18:44 Ukraine for the "jump" must maintain capital investment at the level of 35% of GDP for at least five years, said Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko. According to her, in money it is 70-80 billion dollars annually. The Ministry of Economy proposes two solutions to achieve this: an increase in lending by Ukrainian banks based on state guarantees and state guarantees from the G7 countries and the EU for investments in Ukraine.
18:07 Germany has blocked a package of EU aid to Ukraine in the amount of 9 billion euros. Berlin approved only the first tranche of 1 billion euros. According to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing sources, Germany has been blocking aid for more than a month. Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not agree that Brussels is proposing to fund aid to Ukraine from the common European debt.
17:22 In Chasovoy Yar, 24 more people, including a nine-year-old child, may be under the rubble, the Donetsk OVA reported. As of 16:00, 15 people were killed, five were rescued. Rescuers dismantled about 99 tons of the destroyed structure of the building, work continues.
17:19 Zelensky signed a law exempting combatants from paying military dues.
17:16 Russia is recruiting convicts for the war in Ukraine, it is planned to attract up to 10 thousand "volunteers". According to Ukrainian military intelligence, recruitment takes place at the training base for PMC Wagner militants. The article under which a person was convicted is unimportant - even if it is murder or other serious crimes. Everyone is promised a full amnesty after six months of "service".
16:45 In Mariupol, the invaders resumed the exhumation in the courtyards of high-rise buildings, it is being carried out by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The corpses are dug up, placed in plastic bags and taken to Stary Krym, where they are dumped in bulk into a mass grave, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. At this time, investigators or servicemen are interrogating residents about the details of the death, forcing them to "admit" that they were allegedly killed by the Ukrainian army.
16:33 Biden is going to travel to the Middle East next week to find Soviet weapons for Ukraine, writes The New York Times. In particular, he wants to visit a number of countries that used to be "clients of the USSR." The American president will try to persuade the countries of the Middle East to transfer Soviet-style weapons to Ukraine.
15:14 The Russians have seized the Askania-Nova Livestock Institute, said Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA. According to him, the Russian tricolor was hung on the main building of the institute and their director was appointed - Valery Topikha, who previously worked at the Kherson customs. Former employees are invited to work, security guards, drivers and some scientists agreed to cooperate.
14:52 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the military unit of the invaders on Pestel Street in Kherson. Eyewitnesses report that the cries of Russians are heard under the rubble, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Sergey Khlan. "When you try to get closer to the sixth gymnasium and find out something, the occupiers shoot into the air. They begin to panic," he added.
14:26 The Russians are massively disabling military equipment in order not to go to Ukraine, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. Thus, the servicemen of the 103rd motorized rifle regiment, which is part of the 150th motorized rifle division, only within a week dismantled and disabled 17 BTR-82A and nine K1Sh1 command and staff vehicles, which were already ready for loading onto railway platforms.
14:11 The Development Bank of the Council of Europe (BRSE) has decided on special conditions for Ukraine to acquire membership in this financial institution as soon as possible, and also allocated funds to support Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Lithuania, said the Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Chernyshev.
13:53 In Belarus over the past two days, unusual activity of military cargo aircraft from Russia has been noticed, writes Belaruski Gayun. Last night, A-50 AWACS flew to Belarus (it is these aircraft that give points for strikes to fighter pilots) and two Il-76s of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Today, three more Il-76 VKS of the Russian Federation flew to Belarus in the morning (two of them were repeated). In addition, in Belarus there is an increase in air training at five airfields at once. It is reported that pilots from the Russian Federation arrived and landing training began.
13:42 In the Kiev region, an increase in the number of saboteurs who arrived from the Belarusian direction is recorded, countermeasures have been strengthened, said Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Georgy Tuka: "We are talking directly about foreigners - Russians and Belarusians - who are professional saboteurs, and not just some traitors. The special services already have effective detentions of members of these DRGs."
13:34 Russian students are distributed to the occupied territories - young teachers from Tomsk, doctors from Stavropol, builders from Volgograd are sent to the Donbass, according to the channel We can explain . So, recently a cooperation agreement was signed between the Tomsk and Lugansk Pedagogical Universities - they agreed to exchange personnel "to study work experience." Medical graduates from Stavropol are also going to be sent to the "LPR". Adult doctors and teachers do not want to go there even for a lot of money.
13:10 As of 13:00, the bodies of 15 dead were found in the Clock Yar, five people were rescued from the rubble. Three more remain under the rubble, measures are being taken to rescue them, the State Emergency Service said.
12:10 Two Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov regiment in the "DPR" were "sentenced" to death, according to Russian military commander Dmitry Steshin. According to him, Konstantin Nikitenko (Fox), as well as another Azov resident with the call sign Frost, will be executed.
11:43 The Czech Republic assumed the presidency of the EU Council and expressed its political and military support to Ukraine. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that the Czech Presidency of the EU Council will protect and support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, using all available tools.
11:36 France will prepare to cut off Russian gas supplies. According to the Minister of Finance of the country Bruno Le Maire, such a scenario is the most probable today.
11:29 Yesterday, after 13:00, a large convoy of vehicles with a V mark and five cars with the military, which had entered Mariupol the day before, set off towards Berdyansk. Also, part of the military equipment from the storage sites in Mariupol has been added to the column. The occupiers continue to withdraw equipment from Mariupol towards the front line, said Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
11:14 In Shakhtyorsk "DPR" local "authorities" after the night shelling again announced the evacuation of the population. People are urged to move out of the residential neighborhoods - either to the old part of the city, or even to travel outside of it.
10:43 As a result of yesterday's hit of three Caliber missiles in the village of Radushnoye in the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, an industrial enterprise was completely destroyed, the head of the city military administration Alexander Vilkul said.
10:31 In the village of Pechenegy last night, as a result of shelling, a private house caught fire, one person was killed, one was injured, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:26 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 10. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.
- personnel - about 37,300 (+100) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1641 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 3823 (+8),
- artillery systems - 834 (+2),
- MLRS - 247 (+0),
- air defense systems - 108 (+0),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 188 (+1),
- Operational-tactical level UAV - 676 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 155 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2694 (+7),
- special equipment - 66 (+0).
10:17 The naval forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to record the regular passage of civilian ships to / from Russian ports through the Kerch Strait. The movement of civil ships through the waters of the Sea of Azov continues with the automatic identification system (AIS) transmitters turned off, which violates the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
As of today, the enemy continues to keep two carriers of operational-tactical Caliber missiles in the coastal zone of Crimea and up to six ships and boats to control sea lanes in the Sea of Azov in readiness for missile strikes.
09:55 British intelligence reports that Russian artillery continues to strike at the outskirts of Slavyansk from the Izyum region in the north and from Lisichansk in the east. At the same time, Russian forces could advance in the Popasnaya area. Shelling continues along the E40 highway connecting Donbass with Kharkiv. Control of the highway could be an important issue for the Russian Federation as it tries to advance in the Donetsk region, analysts say.
09:28 In the Nikolaev region over the past day, the enemy fired at the Shirokovskaya community, the hits were mainly in the open areas of households, three people were injured, the OVA reported. In the Bereznegovatskaya community, constant shelling of villages along the line of demarcation continues. In the village of Zaselye, Pervomaisky community, as a result of shelling, outbuildings were destroyed, there were no casualties.
08:59 Today, at about 3:30 am, two rockets hit Kharkiv, the Sloboda and Osnovyansky districts suffered, the regional prosecutor's office said. The first rocket destroyed an educational institution, the second - a private house, as a result of which one person was injured. The sanatorium located next to the victim's house was partially destroyed.
08:48 In the city of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, after being hit by Hurricanes, a multi-storey building collapsed, more than 30 people remain under the rubble, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. One of them is believed to be a child. It was possible to extract six dead and five wounded, search work continues.
08:45 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy hit the Krivoy Rog district, hit the Zelenodolsk community, the settlements were not affected, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
08:43 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, three civilians were killed by Russian shelling - in Konstantinovka, Krasnogorovka and Pereezdnoe. Another 23 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:24 The enemy is gathering troops near Belogorovka, shelling the surrounding settlements, inflicting air strikes. Last night alone, the Russians carried out seven artillery attacks and four rocket strikes, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
07:59 Over the past day, the Ukrainian military launched new strikes in the area of the airfield in Chernobaevka, Kherson region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . In most areas, the enemy did not conduct active operations, limiting himself to shelling the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:46 Canada will not ease pressure on the Russian regime, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said and announced her intention to impose new sanctions against the oil, gas, chemical and industrial sectors of the Russian Federation.
03:23 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russian authorities want to annex Kharkiv region in addition to Donbass and southern Ukraine. Thus, the occupying authorities of the Kharkiv region declared that the region is "an integral part of the Russian land", and have already presented a new flag with the image of the Russian imperial double-headed eagle and symbols from the Kharkiv coat of arms of the 18th century.
02:12 Canada has agreed to transfer the Siemens turbine to Germany, which is necessary for the resumption of the full operation of the Nord Stream, said Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson. According to him, the permit was issued after lengthy discussions with "our European friends and allies", as well as with the International Energy Agency. Wilkinson explained that "without the necessary supply of natural gas, the German economy will suffer from significant difficulties, and the Germans themselves will be in danger of not being able to heat their homes as winter approaches."
01:58 The Russian boat P-342 Yunarmeets of the Baltic, which was damaged near Snake Island, was delivered to the shipyard in Sevastopol, said Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odessa OVA.