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Russian invaders opened fire from Smerch multiple rocket launchers on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. "Evening occupiers’ attack on Kramatorsk. Two shells of Smerch MLRS. They did not explode, bomb technicians work," the Kramatorsk City Council posted on Telegram. According to preliminary information, no casualties were reported. Read also: Enemy launching artillery, missile attacks on de-occupied territory of Kherson region As reported, Russian troops struck Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, on Saturday. Photo: Kramatorsk City Council, Telegram ol

Belarus forces in the border areas of Brest and Gomel regions are undergoing training on setting up pontoon crossings. No signs of offensive groups being formed are observed at the moment. That’s according to the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the units of the Belarus armed forces continue to perform the task of covering the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in Brest and Gomel regions on a rotational basis. Exercises on setting up pontoon crossings are underway. No signs of any offensive groups being formed," the statement says.…

Russian forces have launched a missile strike on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Pavlohrad City Council wrote this on Telegram "An airstrike has hit Pavlohrad. Relevant services are working," the report says. The city council reminded citizens that photos and videos of the explosion cannot be posted on the Internet, and urged them to wait for official information. Russia has launched new missile strikes at , hitting port infrastructure and private enterprises, communities of the region. One person was killed. "On the morning of July 1, 12 missiles were fired at Mykolaiv. The port infrastructure and…

More than 10,000 Mariupol residents are held in prisons of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. The Mariupol City Council wrote this on its Telegram channel “Peaceful civilians were detained by the occupiers and sent to places of deprivation of liberty. There is information about four such prisons: two in Olenivka, one in Donetsk pre-trial detention center and one in Makiivka. People are in terrible and inhumane conditions, like in a concentration camp," the report says. According to the Mariupol City Council, the detained people have almost no access to drinking water and food, normal medical care and are subjected to…

Russian aggression against Ukraine is aggression against the entire united Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a Facebook post "Russian aggression against Ukraine is aggression against the entire united Europe, against each of us, against our common values. And our answer should be united," Zelensky wrote. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, continuing the armed aggression that has been ongoing since 2014. Russian troops are shelling and destroying critical infrastructure and residential areas of Ukrainian cities, towns and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers, air bombs and ballistic missiles.

As a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 344 children have already been killed. "As of the morning of July 2, 2022, more than 984 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official data of the juvenile prosecutors, 344 children were killed and more than 640 children were injured," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. It is noted that these figures are not final, as the efforts to establish casualties in places of active hostilities, in temporarily captured and liberated territories are being made. According…

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, according to available information, the terms of mobilization training in the Belarus army have been extended until July 9, 2022. Having kicked off on June 22, it was initially supposed to be wrapped up on July 1. That’s according to a war update by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seen by Ukrinform. “As part of the above-mentioned measures, summonses are being served through the military commissariats of the Gomel region. In addition, doctors have been notified of a ban on traveling outside the country,” the update reads. In the Siversky…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely mobilizing the Russian economy and industry to sustain the ongoing war effort. At the same time, he has not yet taken parallel measures to mobilize Russian manpower on a large scale, says Institute for the Study of War, according to Ukrinform. “The Kremlin proposed an amendment to federal laws on Russian Armed Forces supply matters to the Russian State Duma on June 30, that would introduce “special measures in the economic sphere” obliging Russian businesses (regardless of ownership) to supply Russian special military and counterterrorist operations,” the report reads. Read also: Russia’s Snake Island…

Three people, including two children, remain trapped under the rubble of a recreation center in Serhiyivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district, Odesa region, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack. “As of 09:40, a nine-story apartment block and a recreation center were completely destroyed in the strike on Serhiyivka village,” Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko posted on Telegram. Sixteen residents of the apartment block were killed and 34 more, including five children, were injured. The rescuers managed to save eight people, including three children and a pregnant woman. Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and five more…

Rescuers have already found 28 body fragments at the site of Kremenchuk’s Amstor shopping mall destroyed by a Russian rocket. https://youtu.be/llLiPW3PWk0 "As of 09:00 on July 1, rescuers found six more body fragments at the site of the Amstor shopping mall. Since the beginning of rescue operations, 28 body fragments have been discovered. Overall, as a result of the rocket attack, 19 people were killed, 62 people were injured, 26 of them were hospitalized," the report says. Read also: SSU establishes details of Russia’s missile attack on Kremenchuk mall As reported, on June 27, the Russians launched two missiles on…