War

Vladimir Putin has not achieved any of his goals during almost 500 days of his full-scale war against Ukraine, and this is a real disaster for him. Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said this in an interview with Ukrinform. "If Putin has even a little bit of rational thinking left and the ability to objectively assess the situation, then he should be convinced that he made a mistake, because none of his goals were achieved," Kwasniewski said. According to him, in particular, Putin warned about NATO's approaching Russia's borders, but after the start of the war he started, Finland joined…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their professional holiday with the words “Glory to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” According to Ukrinform, the Head of State wrote this on Telegram and published photos of Ukrainian soldiers who are courageously defending Ukraine. “We are proud of you! We are strengthening! We are winning!” Zelensky stressed. As reported, in 2015, by the decree of the then President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the Day of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established on the first…

The Russian forces shelled Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, destroying a gymnasium. The press service of the Komyshuvaha community reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "At night, the Russian occupiers attacked Komyshuvakha. The Komyshuvakha gymnasium Dzherelo was destroyed," the post says. No casualties have been reported. On July 1, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia region 58 times, 18 peaceful settlements came under shelling. In particular, the Russians struck the suburbs of the regional center. Four enemy missiles hit Komyshuvakha. Levadne came under two MLRS attacks, while 52 artillery strikes were launched on Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Stepnohirsk and the surrounding areas frontline villages.

On the night of July 2, 2023, Ukraine’s air defense units detected and destroyed all enemy targets in the airspace around the city of Kyiv. The relevant statement was made by Kyiv City Military Administration on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Another air attack on Kyiv. This time the enemy has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to the preliminary data, they were Shahed loitering munitions,” Kyiv City Military Administration Head Serhii Popko noted. In his words, it has been Russia’s first drone attack on Kyiv since early July and in the past 12 days. According to Popko, all enemy…

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhiy Shaptala discussed military cooperation and training of soldiers with his Lithuanian colleague, Major General Mindaugas Steponavičius. According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported this on Telegram. “Shaptala held a meeting with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Lithuania, Major General Mindaugas Steponavičius," the report says. According to the General Staff, the parties discussed the security situation around Ukraine and key issues of current Ukrainian-Lithuanian military cooperation, in particular in the sectors of military education, collective…

Spain will soon supply Ukraine with an additional four Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers and a mobile field hospital. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday, July 1, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "Spain will soon deliver new military hardware to help [Ukraine] in the war, including four Leopard tanks and armored personnel carriers. We will also supply a mobile field hospital with surgical equipment. This element should bolster Ukraine's ability to provide assistance to wounded military personnel and civilians near the front line," Sanchez said.…

During the day, Ukrainian service members destroyed six enemy manpower clusters, three ammunition depots, 24 artillery systems on firing positions, and an electronic warfare station. This is stated in the evening report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published on Facebook. Read also: War update: Heavy fighting in east, enemy trying to stop Ukraine’s advance in south "During the day, Ukraine’s Air Force launched 10 strikes on enemy manpower clusters and another one on an anti-aircraft missile system. During the day, missile and artillery units struck six areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military…

During a meeting with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis recalled the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine and emphasized the necessity of joint efforts to find ways to peace. This is reported by Vatican News, Ukrinform reports. "The tragic reality of this war, which seems to have no end, requires all of us to make joint creative efforts to imagine and implement ways to peace, to a just and stable peace," the pontiff said. The Pope noted that the meeting with the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which arrived in Rome for the celebrations of…

Russian invaders have destroyed all vegetation on the reserved island of Dzharylhach off the coast of the temporarily occupied region of Kherson. Serhii Danylov, deputy director of the Center for Middle East Studies, reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "The occupiers completely burned Dzharylgach," Danilov wrote. In the comments to the post, he clarified that "all the vegetation, all the trees from the lighthouse to the west burned down." The day before, on June 29, the press service of the Skadovsk City Council reported that at night, a fire was seen over the eastern part of Dzharylgach, which could…

The head of the joint press center of the Operational Command South, Natalia Humeniuk, has said that there are signs that Russia is likely preparing new missile strikes. "The enemy is intensifying unmanned reconnaissance along the front line, trying to get into the rear regions, which indicates probable preparations for the next missile strikes. We have seen weak activity for the past two days. This means that the enemy in a certain way reformatted its efforts, studied the possibilities, looked for tactics that would be as effective as possible," Humeniuk told Radio Svoboda. Read also: Russian troops shell residential areas…