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Three people have been injured in Kyiv Oblast as a result of a Russian drone attack. Two apartment buildings and several houses have been damaged, while four garages and a car have been destroyed.

Source: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: Three people were injured in the Vyshhorod district as a result of the Russian drone strike.

A 35-year-old man sustained shrapnel wounds to his back, arms and legs. A 79-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man suffered an acute stress reaction.

In addition, two apartment buildings were damaged. Four garages and a car were destroyed by fire. Another three cars were damaged.

*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Houses and outbuildings also sustained damage.

An 87-year-old woman was rescued from under the rubble in one of the houses.

*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration*The aftermath of the Russian attack.*Photo: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

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Russian forces attacked three districts of Kharkiv with Geran-2 drones on the night of 5-6 July, with six strikes recorded, the prosecutor’s office reports.

Source: a statement by Dmytro Yatsychenko, a senior official at Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

Quote: "At night, Russian troops launched an attack on Kharkiv. Early reports indicate there were six strikes by Geran-type UAVs."

Details: Yatsychenko reported that the Kyivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Novobavarskyi districts of the city came under attack.

Quote: "The strikes occurred in densely built-up urban areas."

Details: Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office also published video footage showing the aftermath of the strikes on the Shevchenkivskyi and Novobavarskyi districts.

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Damage and fires have been reported and a woman has been injured in a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district.

Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration on Telegram

Details: Fedorov noted that the Russians had attacked Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district with Shahed drones.

Quote from Fedorov "A private business, a farm and storage facilities have been damaged. Several fires have occurred. Emergency services are working everywhere.

Early reports indicate that there are no casualties."

Details: At dawn, Fedorov posted a photo of the aftermath of Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia and the district.

Update: In the morning, Fedorov confirmed that the Russians had attacked Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district with six Shahed drones, injuring a woman.

Quote: "One of the strikes hit the village of Yurkivka. A house was damaged there.

An elderly woman was injured. She was provided with all the necessary medical treatment".

*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration*Aftermath of the attack.*Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

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Explosions were heard in Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts amid the threat of Russian drones and ballistic missiles on the night of 5-6 July.

Source: Mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych; Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration; Suspilne Mykolaiv, a Mykolaiv-related branch of the Ukrainian public broadcaster; Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote from Sienkevych: "Explosions heard in Mykolaiv. The drone threat remains!"

Update: Fedorov said that explosions had also been heard in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

In addition, Suspilne reported multiple explosions in Mykolaiv.

Fedorov later added that air defence systems were responding in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and confirmed further explosions.

Early reports from Kim indicate that there were no casualties in Mykolaiv.

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The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv on 4 July has risen to 32.

Source: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration

Details: A 40-year-old woman sought medical help.

Quote: "The number of people injured in yesterday’s attack has risen to 32. A 40-year-old woman went to hospital, where she received all the necessary medical treatment."

Background: On 4 July, Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine. In Kyiv, the strike killed two people and left more than 30 others injured.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that important agreements had been reached with the United States regarding a significant increase in joint work in the field of drone production.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 6 July 2025

Details: Zelenskyy reported that an agreement had been concluded this week between the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and a leading American company.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "It will provide Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of drones as early as this year, on special terms, and even significantly more drones the following year. This includes interceptor drones, which are clearly our priority."

Details: He emphasised that the task for the state, the defence forces of Ukraine and all businesses working in this area is to increase weekly results in the production and use of interceptor drones.

Quote: "This means producing more of such drones, training more drone operators, and significantly increasing efficiency in deploying interceptors."

Background: In an evening address on 5 July, Zelenskyy said that his conversation with US President Donald Trump, which took place the day before, was the best and most productive in the history of communication between the leaders.

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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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The Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 157 UAVs and 4 S-300 missiles on the night of 7-8 July. Ukraine’s Air Force reports that 98 drones were shot down and another 19 were lost from radar.

Source: Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: Russian drones struck in 19 locations, while two produced damage after being shot down.

The air attack continues, new groups of Shahed drones were recorded flying into Ukrainian territory.

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The Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Mykolaiv’s port infrastructure on the night of 5-6 July.

Source: Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Vitalii Kim on Telegram

Details: Kim noted that the Russians launched a massive attack on Mykolaiv with drones of the Shahed-131/136 type.

Quote from Kim: "The port infrastructure was under attack. As a result of the attack, warehouses and power grids were damaged. No casualties."

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Russian troops attacked the city of Kupiansk and the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast on Saturday, 5 July, injuring a 66-year-old man.

Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Details: Kupiansk came under Russian airstrikes, artillery shelling and kamikaze drone attacks.

At around 11:25, the village of Prykolotne came under Russian airstrikes, which damaged the company's warehouses and residential houses.In the afternoon, the Russians also attacked the city of Kupiansk. An emergency medical vehicle was damaged by an FPV drone strike. At around 13:30, the city was attacked again, presumably with a Grad multiple-launch rocket system. At least five houses were destroyed.The attack on the village of Malyi Burluk took place at around 13:40. An attack drone, probably of the Molniya type, hit a farm building.At around 19:00, the Russians attacked Prykolotne again with an FPV drone. A 66-year-old man was injured in the strike and is receiving necessary medical care.

The Kupiansk District Prosecutor's Office of Kharkiv Oblast has launched a pre-trial investigation into the commission of war crimes (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Background: On the evening of 4 July, Russian troops launched a large-scale drone attack on the town of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring 11 people, including two children.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his conversation with US President Donald Trump, which took place the day before, has been the best and most productive in the history of communication between the leaders.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 5 July

Quote: "We discussed the issue of air defence. I am grateful for the willingness to help. Patriot [air defence system] is the key to protection against ballistic missiles."

Details: Zelenskyy said that he and Trump also discussed several other important issues, which will be worked out in detail by the teams of the two countries at further meetings in the near future.

Background:

On the afternoon of 4 July, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation.Axios notes that Trump allegedly said that he wants to help Ukraine with air defence and will check which aid was suspended.Zelenskyy publicly reported that he discussed the situation at the front and the supply of air defence equipment, as well as joint defence production, with the American president.US President Donald Trump said he was pleased with his conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky on 4 July.

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UN Secretary General António Guterres has condemned Russia's attacks on Ukraine and said that these strikes have once again jeopardised nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

Source: statement by the UN secretary general’s spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric

Details: In a statement released by his spokesman, António Guterres expressed concern about the dangerous escalation and the growing number of civilian casualties.

He reiterated that attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure are prohibited under international law and called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.

Quote: "These strikes disrupted the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, once again underlining the ongoing risks to nuclear safety."

Details: The secretary general called for a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire.

Background: On 4 July, Russia struck a power line connecting the temporarily occupied ZNPP to Ukraine's integrated power grid, causing a blackout at the plant.

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Russian troops have been attacking the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast throughout the day, mainly using FPV drones and artillery, resulting in the injury of a 39-year-old woman.

Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Details: Explosions were heard in the Nikopol, Pokrovsk and Marhanets hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Quote: "A 39-year-old woman was injured as a result of the attacks. She will be recuperating at home."

Details: Multi-storey buildings, houses, farm buildings, an abandoned building and solar panels were damaged.

Background: On the morning of 2 July, four people were injured as a result of a Russian FPV drone strike on the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Four members of the Bundestag from the Green Party have appealed to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to increase funding for aid to Ukraine.

Source: European Pravda, citing Bild

Details: MPs Robin Wagener, Sara Nanni, Sebastian Schäfer and Anton Hofreiter are calling on the German chancellor to "adjust the relevant budget items to support Ukraine and increase them for the next fiscal year".

In view of the latest Russian attacks, Green politicians are also demanding greater German assistance in the field of air defence, without which "Russian dictatorship over Ukraine will become more likely".

Quote from the MPs’ appeal: "The situation is critical. While Putin openly confirms that he will not negotiate and is fully committed to his military goals, while Putin terrorises the civilian population with increasingly large-scale air strikes, the US government refuses to provide the aid it has already promised."

Details: In the letter, the Green Party MPs also reminded Merz that it was thanks to their votes in the previous Bundestag that steps were taken to significantly increase defence spending.

The publication writes that in this way, the MPs gave the chancellor "room for manoeuvre to support Ukraine", which "has not yet been exhausted".

Background:

Under the previous government led by Olaf Scholz, Germany approved an additional €3 billion in military aid for Ukraine in 2025 and a further €8.3 billion for the years 2026-2029.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in June that Germany would provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth €1.9 billion.

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The editorial board of the American tabloid The New York Post has published an appeal to US President Donald Trump calling for the resumption of all military aid to Ukraine.

Source: European Pravda with reference to The New York Post

Details: The New York Post editorial points out that after Trump called on Vladimir Putin to stop his aggression, he carried out the largest attack on Kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Quote from the NYP: "So why, Mr President, is your administration punishing Ukraine."

Details: They also recall the Pentagon's decision to suspend the supply of air defence equipment to Ukraine and ask, "Why are we threatening to abandon her?"

The NYP editorial team emphasises that the belief that military aid to Ukraine somehow harms the United States and is not in its interests "couldn’t be further from the truth".

Quote from the NYP: "Putin is willing to spend the blood of his people in a last grasp for empire. If we let him succeed, if we help him succeed, it won’t just threaten Europe. It will tell China that our alliances are fickle, our patience short."

Details: The journalists emphasise that the Kremlin leader understands only force and "will continue to insult and ignore you if the United States doesn’t commit to Kyiv’s defense".

Quote from the NYP: "The fall of Ukraine is not a disaster that can be blamed on someone else, or explained away as inconsequential. It would destabilise the world, weaken America and reflect negatively on your presidency. Don’t walk away."

Details: The New York Post is considered Donald Trump's favourite newspaper, and it is served to him every morning before he starts work in the White House. The tabloid is known for consistently supporting the current US president.

Background: Earlier, the New York Post published another editorial in support of Ukraine, and it directly called on Trump not to trust Putin in February.

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Ukraine has signed an agreement with an American company to manufacture drones, and an agreement with Denmark on the first joint production of weapons for Ukraine abroad.

Source: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement

Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "This week, we’ve signed an agreement with an American company on the production of drones, as well as an agreement with Denmark on the first joint production of weapons for Ukraine abroad."

Details: Zelenskyy thanked partners for supporting the Ukrainian defence industry and the development of its own defence industry.

Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "We are scaling up joint production of weapons with our partners: long-range weapons to temper Russia's desire to kill and interceptor drones to protect our people."

Background: On 25 June, the Danish government announced that it would build a Ukrainian weapons production plant on its own territory.

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BlackRock Inc., one of the world's largest investment companies, has stopped looking for investors for a Ukraine recovery fund in early 2025 after Donald Trump won the US presidential election.

Source: Bloomberg

Details: BlackRock decided to suspend talks with investors about a Ukraine recovery investment fund in January 2025, following Trump's victory in the US presidential election, due to a lack of interest amid growing uncertainty about Ukraine's future.

Bloomberg reports that the US government was notably absent from the fund's sponsors in December 2024.

The Ukraine Development Fund was on track to raise at least US$500 million from countries, development banks and other donors, and US$2 billion from private investors.

The fund was supposed to raise at least US$15 billion for Ukraine's recovery.

It was to be presented at a conference on Ukraine's recovery in Rome next week (7-11 July). Bloomberg reported that the fund was to be backed by the governments of Germany, Italy, and Poland, citing sources.

Bloomberg reports that a BlackRock spokesperson said the company completed its free advisory work on the Ukraine Development Fund in 2024 and is not currently involved in "any active mandates" with the Ukrainian government.

Bloomberg added that France is working on a proposal for a fund to replace the cancelled BlackRock initiative.

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Russian forces attacked Novodmytrivka in Kherson Oblast, killing a 70-year-old woman, on the morning of 5 June.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: A 70-year-old woman was fatally injured in the attack on Novodmytrivka.

Background: A 57-year-old man was killed in Kherson as a result of a Russian attack on Friday 4 July.

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The Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces and other units of Ukraine’s defence forces struck an important facility of the Russian military-industrial complex, JSC Vniir-Progress, in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, on the night of 4-5 July.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: The target was a production facility for the production of Kometa adaptive antenna arrays, which are used in Shahed drones, Iskander-K сruise missiles, planning and correction modules for guided bombs, and other precision weapons used by Russia to strike Ukraine, including its civilian infrastructure.

Quote: "It has been confirmed that the munitions have reached the target. The results are being confirmed."

Background: On 5 July, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Borisoglebsk air base in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, where Su‑34, Su‑35S and Su‑30SM aircraft are based.

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A 57-year-old man was killed in Kherson as a result of a Russian attack on Friday 4 July.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: Kherson Oblast Military Administration reports that a 57-year-old man was killed by explosives dropped from a Russian drone.

Quote: "We have discovered that another resident of Kherson was killed in yesterday's Russian attack. A 57-year-old man was killed as a result of explosives dropped from a drone."

Background: On the morning of 5 July, Russian forces attacked Kherson, injuring a 24-year-old woman.

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Russian forces have occupied the settlements of Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka near the administrative border between Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast and are trying to advance further.

Source: DeepState

Details: The villages are located near Dachne, where the Russians are actively trying to break through the Ukrainian defences.

Quote: "The situation in the vicinity of Dachne is dynamic and tense.

In order to prevent advances to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the occupation of the village, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attracted additional resources, but due to the numerical superiority and continuous assaults by small groups of infantry, the enemy advances through the defensive units of Ukrainian fighters, which has not been a novelty for a long time now."

Details: Analysts note that Russia has a "big PR rationale to launch a propaganda machine" with its advance into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. But even for Ukraine, this is an "important and principled position" to prevent the Russians from crossing the administrative border.

Quote: "The situation is difficult, and the conditions on the line of combat, existing problems and the ‘infinite’ number of the Russians complicate this situation even more.

On this front, we will still see many similar discussions, because the Russians have made rapid advances near Yalta, which is also located on the administrative border, as well as neat Zirka, Piddubne, Tolstoi, Shevchenko, Voskresenka and other settlements".

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Ukraine has brought back from Russian captivity a soldier of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Oleksandr Harnaha, also known as Robocop, who was convicted in the Russian Federation under the article on terrorism. The soldier spent 506 days in Russian captivity.

Source: Oleksandr’s girlfriend Yuliia Kobrynovych, as reported by hromadske

Details: Kobrynovych notes that Oleksandr is now safe, but she cannot tell where exactly. The other day, he was supposed to be transported from Yeniseysk to Krasnoyarsk, but it turned out that the man was included in the lists for the exchange of prisoners of war.

Yuliia says that mentions of her boyfriend’s court case, as well as many other Ukrainian servicemen, have disappeared from the website of the Russian court.

Oleksandr Harnaha is a lawyer by profession, who signed a contract with the Armed Forces even before the start of the full-scale war. In February 2022, he was transferred to a combat position. The defender was subsequently injured and faced prolonged treatment.

In the end, Robocop returned to the army, where he was transferred to the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade to the position of company commander. However, shortly after that he was captured by the Russians near Avdiivka.

Oleksandr’s relatives later learned that after an interrogation during the so-called investigation period, Oleksandr was held in a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov-on-Don. The Ukrainian was falsely convicted under the article on terrorism and sentenced to 18 years of penal colony.

To serve his sentence, the soldier was taken to the most brutal torture chamber of the Russian Federation, where most of the Azovites are held – SIZO No. 2 in Taganrog.

Background:

On 4 July, Kyiv and Moscow carried out another stage of the exchange of prisoners of war that had been agreed upon at a Russo-Ukrainian meeting of representatives in Istanbul. Civilians, severely injured and seriously ill defenders, and defenders under the age of 25 were brought back as part of the exchange.Among the liberated POWs are defenders of Mariupol whom the Russian Federation had held prisoner since 2022. The youngest soldier released in the exchange is 20 years old.

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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has visited the South Slobozhansk front for two days, where "there is a threat of new offensive actions" by the Russians.

Source: Syrskyi on Telegram

Quote from Syrskyi: "I do not leave out any part of the front, in particular those areas where there is a threat of new offensive actions of the enemy.

I devoted two days to work in units in Kharkiv Oblast. I work together with the commander of the Joint Forces and the commander of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group, Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi.

Here, on the South Slobozhansk front, our soldiers repelled a total of more than 60 enemy assaults during the past week. About a dozen battles continue to take place every day."

Details: Syrskyi noted that he studied the operational information on the ground in detail, clarified the needs and requests of the military and gave the necessary instructions.

"The Russians are trying to up the pressure with sheer numbers, but we must be ready and use effective tactical and technological solutions to prevent the advance of the invaders," he concluded.

Recall:

On 1 June, Russia launched a missile strike on a training unit of Ukraine’s Ground Forces. At least 12 soldiers are known to have been killed and over 60 injured.On the same day, Commander of the Ground Forces Mykhailo Drapatyi submitted a report on his resignation due to the tragedy and noted that as a commander he could not fully enforce his orders.Later it was revealed that Drapatyi will remain in the army.On 3 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as the head of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group.

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A drone attack damaged the No. 1 post office belonging to Nova Poshta (New Post), the largest private postal operator in Ukraine, in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, during a large-scale attack on the evening of 4 July.

Source: press office for Nova Poshta

Details: The company said that the post office is working only in the ramp delivery mode, without customer access to the premises, due to significant damage to the construction.

Damaged post office in Chuhuiv

Photo: Nova Poshta

"None of the employees or customers were injured. The post office was closed at the time of the attack. All the parcels are safe. The parcels sent to this post office are being redirected to post office No. 2," said Nova Poshta.

Damaged post office in Chuhuiv**Photo: Nova Poshta

They also added that if the service inside is safe, the branch will resume full operation soon. If necessary, a mobile branch will be deployed nearby.

Nova Poshta promises that there will be no delays in deliveries.

Background: On the night of 4-5 July, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 322 UAVs. The Air Force of Ukraine reported that 292 UAVs were downed.

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The police have already received almost 70 reports from minors who said that the Russians tried to recruit them to commit acts of sabotage. At the same time, more than 60 teenagers agreed to commit crimes.

Source: Vasyl Bohdan, head of the juvenile police of Ukraine, in an interview for Ukrinform news agency

Details: Since the beginning of 2025, law enforcement officers have recorded 65 facts of sabotage involving 62 children aged 13 to 17.

Their main motivation, says Bohdan, is money.

"Also, these teenagers have a partial desire to assert themselves or a blind belief that they will not be caught.

But no child realised that he could die or receive any terrible injuries. They all considered it an easy part-time job, sometimes not even knowing that they were working for the enemy," he notes.

Background:

Earlier, law enforcement officers awarded two teenagers from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast who were tried to be recruited by the Russians to set fire to the service vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian defence forces.Also, a 14-year-old boy from Ternopil Oblast contacted the police after receiving a message in the Telegram messenger offering dubious earnings. He was offered to "carry things from one place to another" for a reward "of a thousand dollars".

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