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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that next week will be crucial for Ukraine, with new agreements on defence and recovery expected with its partners.

Source: Zelenskyy in his address on the evening of Sunday 6 July, as reported by European Pravda

Quote from Zelenskyy: "We are preparing new solutions and new agreements with partners that will make Ukraine stronger. Both in defence and in recovery."

Details: The Ukrainian leader added that decisions to restore justice are expected.

"Next week will be largely devoted to Ukraine’s recovery, to new agreements with partners, and largely to the restoration of justice," he said.

Background:

Next week, on 10-11 July, a conference on Ukraine's recovery will be held in Rome.On 9 July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is set to deliver its ruling in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia on 9 July. The case concerns serious human rights violations committed in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas and during Russia’s war against Ukraine.Additionally, during the British-French summit on 10 July, a meeting of the coalition of the willing will be held, with President Zelenskyy joining online from Rome.

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Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausėda and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier have met to discuss support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia.

Source: Nausėda on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Nausėda said that he and President Steinmeier had discussed the close cooperation between Lithuania and Germany in the field of defence, support for Ukraine, pressure on Russia and strategic investments in military mobility.

Quote from Nausėda: "Germany remains a key ally in ensuring security, resilience and peace in Europe."

Background:

On Sunday 6 July, Steinmeier, who is currently visiting Vilnius, said that the decision to deploy a German brigade to Lithuania reflects Berlin’s commitment to Lithuania’s security.On 22 May, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz officially initiated the work of a new German brigade in Lithuania to help protect NATO's eastern flank.

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One civilian has been killed in a Russian attack near the settlement of Bytytsia in Sumy Oblast.

Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Details: The body was discovered during an inspection of the territory after a series of Russian strikes. Another person is known to have been injured. Search and rescue operations are currently underway.

Sumy Oblast Military Administration reports that Russian forces launched four drones on the settlement over a 15-minute period at around 16:00 on Sunday 6 July. Dozens of local residents’ houses were damaged, with five completely destroyed.

Background: On 6 July, Russian forces launched almost 30 drone and artillery strikes on the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Russian forces have launched almost 30 drone and artillery strikes on the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast since the start of the day on Sunday 6 July.

Source: Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, on Telegram

Details: The Russians bombarded the city of Nikopol and the Myrove, Chervonohryhorivka, Marhanets and Pokrovske hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town along with their adjacent territories – ed.]

The attacks caused several fires and damaged an apartment block, a shopping centre, a company premises, five houses, three outbuildings and other facilities.

Two outbuildings were completely destroyed and infrastructure, solar panels and gas pipelines were damaged.

A 51-year-old man was injured in a Russian attack on the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

A house and infrastructure were damaged in the Mezhova hromada.

Background: On Sunday 6 July, Russian forces struck a residential building in the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, resulting in four deaths.

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Andrii Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, may be behind a series of possible personnel changes in the Ukrainian government in the near future.

Source: The Economist in the article Ukraine’s political infighting gets nasty

Details: The article is devoted to political developments in Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia and a decline in military aid from the United States.

Journalists report that Yermak plays a key role in attempts to remove a number of high-ranking officials and promote people loyal to him. This particularly concerns a corruption case against Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, the possible replacement of Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and repeated attempts to remove the head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.

Quote: "There is no evidence Yermak ordered the probe into Chernyshov. For over a year, detectives have been investigating claims that the deputy prime minister’s associates bought cut-price apartments in a project he green-lit. But three officials, speaking anonymously, say that Yermak wielded his influence by deliberately letting the case progress, while freezing others. Chernyshov’s real offence, they claim, was that he got in Yermak’s way. First, he tried to offer himself as an alternative conduit for American relations. Second, his downfall cleared the field for the promotion of Svyrydenko, a politician closely associated with Yermak."

Details: According to The Economist, alongside efforts to replace Prime Minister Shmyhal, personnel changes are planned in the ministries of education, health, culture, social policy and possibly finance. One high-ranking official remarked, "Andrii is completing what he sees as unfinished business. The [vast majority] of the people are his."

The Economist also asserts that Yermak is attempting to remove Ukraine’s spy chief, Kyrylo Budanov, for the ninth time, but he remains in office.

Sources close to Yermak call Budanov an "erratic revolutionary" who is supposedly building his own political team. "Ninety percent of the [president’s] office think he’s mad and ten percent think he’s a genius," one of the insiders reports.

Budanov’s supporters, on the contrary, call him a devoted statesman and one of the few who is able to tell the president an unpleasant truth.

Quote: "But by mid-June, many of them feared Yermak’s ‘ninth try’ at ousting him [Budanov – ed.] would succeed. That turned out to be premature. With his customary mix of coercion and guile, General Budanov secured another stay of execution."

Details: The Economist reports that repeated warnings from the White House not to fire Budanov may have played a role in this, at least for now.

Budanov’s tenure shows that President Zelenskyy still has the final say in personnel decisions, despite Yermak’s significant influence. The Economist notes that Yermak’s power stems more from his close, codependent relationship with Zelenskyy than from any independent political standing.

The Economist writes that Yermak can control a significant part of information flows to President Zelenskyy, up to 85%, according to some estimates, which fosters an atmosphere of rumours and conspiracies in power circles.

Background:

Sources told Ukrainska Pravda that government reshuffles are planned for July. Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko is expected to be appointed prime minister. Ukrainska Pravda has found that she intends to bring three close associates with her into the government.It also emerged that the Ministry of National Unity, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, could be scrapped.Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rustem Umierov will remain in his position when the government changes; his resignation has "lost its initial appeal".

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree introducing sanctions against individuals and legal entities that have helped Russia withdraw assets through cryptocurrency.

Source: decree published on the website of the Office of the President

Details: Sanctions were introduced against 60 companies, 55 of which are residents of the Russian Federation.

According to Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Zelenskyy’s Commissioner for Sanctions Policy:

19 of the sanctioned entities are major cryptocurrency miners involved in schemes to bypass sanctions;17 are operators of information systems for issuing digital financial assets, some of which are already under US sanctions;19 are part of Russia's financial infrastructure: manufacturers of payment equipment, organisers of blocked asset exchanges and intermediaries for international payments under sanctions;5 are crypto exchange operators involved in sanctions evasion.

The list also includes five companies that are not residents of the Russian Federation but are involved in helping it evade restrictions, some of which are already subject to US sanctions.

TOKENTRUST HOLDINGS LIMITED (Cyprus) – under US sanctions since 25 March 2024;EXMO RBC LTD (Kazakhstan) – operator of the EXMO.me crypto exchange, active in the markets of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and involved in sanctions circumvention;AWX Solutions FZ-LLC (UAE) – operates the crypto exchange AWX.pro (formerly AWEX), under US sanctions;Crypto Explorer DMCC (UAE) – under US sanctions, operates the AWEX exchange and facilitates the conversion of cryptocurrencies, roubles and dirhams in the UAE;Bitpapa IC FZC LLC (UAE) – a peer-to-peer crypto exchange aimed at Russian users, under US sanctions.

Sanctions were also introduced against 73 individuals who are managers and owners of sanctioned companies and officials of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

A full list is available in the sanctions register of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council. The restrictions provide for asset freezes and a ban on economic activity in Ukraine.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "This is both a synchronisation with our partners and our own initiative. Just through one single company [LLC A7 – ed.], now included in the sanctions list, and only since the beginning of this year, that is, prior to the sanctions being imposed, the Russians funnelled several billion dollars, primarily for the needs of their military-industrial complex.

Of course, we will shut down all such schemes. Right now, with many of Russia’s traditional financial channels blocked, they are increasingly shifting to cryptocurrency transactions."

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A man was killed in a Russian attack on Kherson Oblast on Sunday 6 July.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Prokudin: "A resident of Antonivka sustained fatal injuries in an enemy attack today."

Details: The relevant services are establishing the identity of the deceased.

Background: On the morning of Saturday 5 July, Russian forces attacked the settlement of Novodmytrivka in Kherson Oblast, killing a 70-year-old woman.

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Four people were killed when Russian forces struck a residential area in the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast with an FAB-250 bomb fitted with a UMPK module at 11:00 on 6 July, followed by an attack using a first-person view drone. [A UMPK is a guidance kit for converting unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions – ed.]

Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram

Details: Two civilians were killed by the FAB-250 aerial bomb and a 63-year-old man was injured.

Ten minutes later, the Russians attacked a civilian car with an FPV drone, killing the couple inside – a 39-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man.

The man killed in the Russian strike on the car. Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

The attack also damaged 15 houses and apartment buildings, power lines and a car.

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Ukrainian emergency workers have come under Russian fire while carrying out their duties in the cities of Kharkiv and Kherson.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: In Kharkiv, Russian forces launched a drone strike at night. After emergency workers arrived at the scene, the Russians carried out a second strike.

A fire engine was damaged.

In Kherson, a fire broke out at a petrol station on the morning of 6 July.

While extinguishing the fire, firefighters came under a repeat Russian strike, which damaged the fire engine.

*The damaged fire engine.*Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

In both cases, no personnel were injured.

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Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided further details about an accident involving a Ukrainian bus carrying children that occurred in Hungary on Sunday 6 July.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; European Pravda

Details: According to the update, there were 77 people on the bus at the time of the accident, including two drivers, members of a children’s ensemble, and the adults accompanying them. The group was travelling from Lviv to the Hungarian city of Ohrid for a dance festival.

Early reports suggest that the driver lost control and veered off the road into a ditch.

As a result of the accident, 21 people were injured. Four Ukrainian citizens aged 71, 67, 18 and 14 sustained serious injuries.

Four other children sustained moderate injuries and will be discharged into the care of their accompanying adults. Together with the others who suffered minor injuries, they will be taken to the town of Kunszentmárton, where most of the group are currently staying.

The carrier is taking measures to provide additional buses.

Diplomatic and consular staff from the Ukrainian Embassy in Hungary, together with the ambassador, are monitoring the situation at the scene of the incident.

Background: On 6 July, an accident involving a Ukrainian-registered bus occurred between the towns of Kunszentmárton and Tiszaföldvár in Hungary. Initially, 19 people were reported to have been injured, including 17 minors.

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A Russian drone struck a district military enlistment office in the city of Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast on the morning of 6 July, injuring a woman.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram

Details: The strike reportedly caused a fire covering an area of 700 sq m to break out in a two-storey building.

One person was injured.

Fourteen residential buildings and five cars were damaged.

*Ukrainian firefighters using an aerial ladder platform.*Photo: State Emergency Service

Twenty-two appliances and 87 emergency workers were involved in dealing with the aftermath of the bombardment.

Background: Russian forces launched a drone strike on Kremenchuk at around 09:35 on 6 July, hitting the Kremenchuk district military enlistment office.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the signing of an agreement with European partners on the supply of energy resources in preparation for the heating season.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 6 July

Quote from Zelenskyy: "We have a list of clear goals in preparation for the upcoming heating season. There are issues I raised personally with European leaders at the highest political level."

He added that at the level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Energy and Naftogaz of Ukraine, the agreements are being prepared for implementation.

Zelenskyy announced the signing of agreements with partners next week (7-13 July) and a conference on the recovery of Ukraine in Rome.

Background:

One of the world’s largest investment companies, BlackRock Inc. stopped looking for investors for the Ukraine Recovery Fund, which was supposed to be presented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in early 2025 after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.In Ukraine, there is currently no high risk of introducing power outage schedules even during peak consumption on hot days.

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Mykhailo Dianov, a former soldier of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who became famous thanks to the legendary photo from Azovstal, married his beloved Myroslava. He published a photo with his wife against the background of Ternopil Pond.

Source: Dianov on Facebook

Quote from Dianov: "I swore to God that I’d never marry."

Mykhailo Dianov and his wife Myroslava showed their wedding rings. Photo: Mykhailo Dianov on Facebook

Earlier, Dianov told hromadske that Myroslava works for Oblenergo [an oblast electricity distributor] in Ternopil and has a son from her first marriage. The couple met last autumn during a chance meeting.

Quote: "When we met, I thought she was ten years younger than me, but it turned out she was only 10 days younger. We are people of the same time, from the same city; we speak the same language and we like the same music. We are very close".

*In May 2022, a photo from Mariupol with the wounded soldier flew around the world.*Photo: Dmytro Kozatskyi

Background:

Mykhailo Dianov became famous worldwide thanks to a photo from Azovstal, in which he smiles despite a serious injury to his hand.The Mariupol defender was captured in May 2022 and was exchanged in September of the same year. After his return, Mykhailo underwent a series of operations on his hand.Currently, Dianov works as a policeman in Ternopil and also builds a house and a workshop where he wants to do metalworking.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that during prisoner exchanges with Russia in June, "hundreds of people" returned home, most of whom had been in captivity since 2022.

Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram

Quote: "Our young people, the defenders of Mariupol, those who held the line in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv oblasts.

The wounded and the seriously ill. Those considered missing in action.

Most of them had been in captivity since 2022."

Details: Zelenskyy also pointed out that civilians were returned alongside military personnel.

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Russian drones struck Kharkiv on the night of 5-6 July, causing fires at the sites of the attacks and injuring a mother and a child.

Source: Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov; Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov

Details: Terekhov reported an explosion in the city at 01:07.

Quote from Terekhov: "Preliminary reports indicate that these are Shaheds. We are finding out the details. A few more enemy drones are on their way to the city".

Details: At 01:12 Terekhov reported a second explosion in Kharkiv.

Updated: At 01:14, a third explosion in the city was reported.

Syniehubov reported hits in two districts of Kharkiv.

Quote from Syniehubov at 02:13: "Preliminary information indicates that drone hits have been recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv.

Fires have broken out at the sites of the hits."

Details: At 02:22, Syniehubov reported that another Russians strike had been recorded in the Novobavarskyi district of the city.

Later, Syniehubov reported that a 46-year-old woman had been injured as a result of the attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv.

Subsequently, the head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration reported that there were two victims as a result of the attack on Kharkiv.

Quote from Syniehubov at 03:28: "The number of victims in the large-scale UAV attack on Kharkiv has increased to two people.

A little girl aged 2 years and 8 months has suffered an acute stress reaction as a result of the attack on the Shevchenkivskyi district.

She is also being provided with the necessary medical treatment."

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The Commercial Court of Kyiv has ordered the Russian Federation to pay JSC URD Ukrainian Roads, owned by MP Serhii Labaziuk, UAH 83.75 million (approx. US$2.02 million) in material losses for the loss of a mineral powder plant and machinery in Kherson Oblast.

Source: Kyiv’s Commercial Court decision on 16 June

Details: JSC URD Ukrainian Roads filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, for UAH 374.93 million (US$9.04 million), including UAH 291.18 million (US$7.02 million) of lost profits.

The court decided that in 2022, after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the company lost its mineral powder plant and 33 vehicles, which were mainly intended for road construction and repair. The losses occurred in Nova Kakhovka and other settlements of Kherson Oblast that were temporarily occupied by Russia. The amount of material losses reached UAH 83.75 million (US$2.02 million).

The court rejected the demand of JSC URD Ukrainian Roads to collect UAH 291.18 million (US$7.02 million) of lost profits from Russia. This concerned unfulfilled state orders regarding the construction, repair of roads and services for their operational maintenance.

The court concluded that the company had failed to support this with evidence and that the amounts provided were hypothetical assumptions of such losses, which were of an abstract nature.

Quote: "In addition, the plaintiff has not proven that the amount of the reports in the form of lost profit could really have been received by him if not for the wrongful actions of the defendant."

For reference: JSC URD Ukrainian Roads (formerly called Khmelnytskyi ShBU No. 56) is registered in the city of Khmelnytskyi. The beneficiary is Serhii Labaziuk.

Labaziuk is an MP of Ukraine of the VII, VIII, and IX convocations, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy and a member of the temporary special parliamentary commission on investor protection rights. He represents the parliamentary group Party For the Future.

Background: Law enforcement officers suspected Labaziuk and his accomplice of bribing former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Community, Territory and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov and former head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development Mustafa Nayyem.

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A passenger bus carrying Ukrainians got into an accident between two Hungarian towns on Sunday 6 July, resulting in casualties.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The consular section of the Ukrainian Embassy in Hungary reported that the accident occurred between the towns of Kunszentmárton and Tiszaföldvár on 6 July and involved a bus with Ukrainian registration.

Nineteen people were injured, including 17 underage Ukrainian citizens. At least two of the minors sustained serious injuries. All the wounded were taken to local hospitals.

The remaining 49 passengers have been provided with temporary accommodation and breakfast. Ukrainian embassy diplomats have immediately travelled to the scene.

Background:

On 30 June, a Ukrainian bus was involved in a road accident in Romania, injuring one Ukrainian woman and passengers of a Romanian minibus. One person was killed.Earlier in June, a bus en route from Odesa overturned near the Romanian city of Constanța, injuring four people.On 4 July, four Ukrainian citizens were injured in a bus crash in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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Keith Kellogg, the US President’s special envoy for Ukraine, has commented on the telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Source: Kellogg on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kellogg commented on the conversation between Trump and Zelenskyy, which took place on 4 July and which the Ukrainian president called "the best of all time".

"Okay. This is classic Donald Trump. Always willing to engage," he wrote.

Trump’s special representative also thanked Zelenskyy for his condolences on the terrible loss of life during the flood in Texas, especially among young people.

"Both Presidents recognise the pain of the loss of the young in peace and war. Compassion is a key part of leadership," he added.

Background:

Zelenskyy said publicly that he and the American president had discussed the situation at the front and the supply of air defence equipment, as well as joint defence production.US President Donald Trump said he was satisfied with his conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Also, during a conversation with journalists, when asked about the supply of American weapons to Ukraine, the US president said that "we’ve been helping them and we’ll continue to help them."

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The Russian forces launched a drone strike on the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, at around 09:35 on 6 July, and hit the building of the Kremenchuk district military enlistment office.

Source: Ukraine’s Ground Forces; Poltava Oblast Military Administration on Telegram

Details: In addition to the military enlistment office, a hit was recorded in a residential building nearby.

Initial reports indicate no wounded or killed among the servicemen and employees of the military enlistment office.

Before that, Poltava Oblast Military Administration reported that as a result of a Russian attack on the Kremenchuk district, "a fire broke out on the territory of a residential property".

Background: On the morning of 3 July, Russian forces attacked the city of Poltava with drones, causing a fire on the premises of a military enlistment office and killing two people and injuring 11.

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Two people were killed and 11 wounded, including children, in a Russian attack in Kharkiv Oblast on 5 July.

Source: National Police of Ukraine on Telegram

Details: At night, several areas of Kharkiv were attacked by Russian UAVs. Hits were recorded on the premises of a civilian company, in the building of a sports complex and in a residential building.

A 46-year-old woman was injured by glass, and a three-year-old girl suffered an acute stress reaction.

An 8-year-old boy was killed in an attack by a Russian drone on a civilian car near the village of Odnorobivka, Bohodukhiv district. A four-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were injured and a 36-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.

The Kupiansk district was under heavy attack from various weapons. A 59-year-old civilian was killed there. Two men and three women were injured.

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The Russian Federation has claimed they downed 120 Ukrainian drones during the night of 5-6 July.

Source: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia; Kremlin-aligned news agency TASS; Nastoyashcheye Vremya (Current Time), a Russian-language TV channel set up by Radio Liberty and VOA

Details: Some flights at Russian airports were cancelled on 5 July due to the danger of drone attacks. As a result, all schedules are being adjusted, causing airport congestion and further delays.

For example, due to the danger of UAVs at Sheremetyevo airport, 174 flights were cancelled and another 47 were delayed, causing crowds to gather in the airport building.

Restrictions on arrivals and departures of aircraft were introduced at Kaluga airport on the afternoon of 5 July, and were only lifted the following morning.

A Kovyor (Carpet) plan has been in effect at Nizhniy Novgorod’s Strigino airport for a day. Passengers spent the night on the floor in the waiting room. At least 12 flights were cancelled there. [A Kovyor plan is an airport operational safety procedure for airport services and personnel when an unidentified object appears in the sky – ed.]

More than 30 flights were delayed at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport due to the threat of UAVs.

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Armenia has rejected the statement of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) that Russia is speeding up the staffing of the military base in the Armenian Gyumri in order to increase military and political pressure on the countries of the South Caucasus.

Source: a statement of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Novosti-Armenia; European Pravda

Details: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia rejected the information from DIU about the possible use of the country’s territory in order to increase military and political pressure on the countries of the South Caucasus.

Quote from the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "In response to fictitious information that appeared in the press, the Republic of Armenia reaffirms its principled position that the territory of the Republic of Armenia cannot be used by third countries to carry out military actions against any of the neighbouring states".

Background:

On 5 July, DIU stated that the Russian Federation is speeding up the staffing of the military base in the Armenian Gyumri in order to increase military and political pressure on the countries of the South Caucasus.According to DIU, the deployment of Russian troops in Armenia is "an element of the Kremlin’s comprehensive strategy aimed at destabilising the global security situation".It is worth noting that in recent days a diplomatic conflict broke out between Moscow and Baku after the detention and murder of Azerbaijanis by Russian security forces.Russia is also interfering in the internal affairs of Armenia, where an attempt by Russian-linked forces to organise a coup d’état was exposed.

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Five civilians were killed in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts on 5 July in Russian attacks.

Source: Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: On 5 July, Russian forces killed three civilians in Donetsk Oblast – in the settlements of Andriivka, Novohryhorivka and Myrnohrad.

Seven people were injured in the oblast over the past 24 hours – two in Andriivka, two in Novohryhorivka, two in Pokrovsk and one in Rivne.

Meanwhile, two people were killed and three injured in Kherson Oblast as a result of Russian attacks.

The authorities reported that Russian troops had targeted critical and social infrastructure and residential areas in several settlements of the oblast. Five apartment buildings and six houses were damaged.

The Russians also hit a petrol station, a garage and cars.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Sweden has decided to provide Ukraine with a new package of defence assistance.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 5 July

Quote: "I also want to praise Sweden today: there is a decision on a new defence support package. Thank you, Sweden!"

Details: Zelenskyy also noted that Ukraine is actively working with Germany to accelerate decisions on strengthening air defence and expressed gratitude to Latvia for its recently provided defence package.

Background: On 1 July 2025, the Latvian government approved the transfer of 42 Patria 6x6 armoured personnel carriers and other military equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to support their defence against Russian aggression.

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