[DM] Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings in what Russia said was a retaliation for recent attacks on its civil infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier warned of a possible overnight attack and said he was cutting short his visit to Dublin for the start of Ireland's six-month term in the rotating presidency of the EU.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said 10 people were killed, while damage included six floors of an apartment building that had partially collapsed after a direct hit from a Russian projectile.
Reuters video footage showed emergency services working through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building as the sun was rising over Kyiv and as fires flared up around the city.
Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the capital's military administration, said 56 people, including two children, were injured and three dozen locations across the city had been damaged in the attacks.
'The enemy has once again deliberately targeted residential neighborhoods and killed civilians. We have sustained extensive damage and a significant number of casualties, including children,' he wrote on Telegram.
In an earlier post, Klitschko said the injured included paramedics and drivers at an ambulance station, and that some people were still trapped inside damaged residential buildings.
Pictures posted online showed a fire burning out of control at the top of a building on the central Shevchenko Boulevard, while elsewhere in the city, windows blew out and cars were destroyed.
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Based on the casualties, the Russians must be very careful to avoid civilians.
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Ukrainians send their drones to Moscow, Russians send their drones to Kiev. Tit for tat. But none of these attacks will have any effect on the ultimate outcome of the war. It's gonna take boots on the ground...or maybe some reasonable diplomacy.
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[Korrespondent] 22.27 At one of the locations in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the clearing of rubble and the search for people are still ongoing. Only here five dead have been found and eight more are unaccounted for. As of 22:00, 25 people have already died as a result of the Russian attack.
Rescuers will work non-stop until the rubble is completely cleared. More victims may be found.
22.19 Negotiations have taken place over the past two days between Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Yesterday there was a conversation between Umerov and Kushner, and the day before that there was a conversation between them, and so on," the president said, without specifying what exactly they talked about.
Zelensky said he still hopes for a visit to Ukraine by the US president's son-in-law and envoy Steve Witkoff, despite the fact that US-backed peace efforts to end the war have been at a standstill for several months.
"They should come, understand the situation and explain to Russia what it should do: sit down quickly, start negotiations and stop the war," the head of state said.
21.53 Six agreements have been signed in the Drone Deal format to date, and more than 20 countries are working to join this model. This was announced by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov.
Each agreement is concluded for ten years and provides for the export of production and technology, as well as the development of defense cooperation.
"Drone Deal combines four key areas: expert security assistance - consultations and analytics of our military in partner countries; export of combat-tested solutions; localization of production in the territory of partners, in particular in the Build with Ukraine and Build in Ukraine formats; special projects - cyber cooperation, protection of critical infrastructure, satellite projects, etc.," Umerov noted.
According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, to make everything work quickly and simply, a Fast Track resolution was adopted for the Drone Deal. The processing time for export applications is reduce d from 90 to 30 days for goods that are not on the list of critical products.
21.28 More than 70 heads of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations visited the site of large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure in Kyiv as a result of a combined attack by the Russian Federation.
Foreign diplomats learned about the progress of search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian missile strike, which destroyed an apartment building.
Representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps were once again called upon to increase pressure on Russia in order to force it to end the war and sit down at the negotiating table, as well as to significantly increase support for Ukraine, in particular by providing it with a sufficient number of air defense systems and missiles to protect the lives of Ukrainians.
21.07 The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv has risen to 23 people.
20.55 The number of victims of the Russian strike on an educational institution in Sumy has increased to 11 people. This was reported by the Sumy City Council. It is noted that three children are among the victims. All of them live near the site of the strike and were nearby during the strike. Some of the victims were provided with medical assistance on the spot. A 56-year-old woman is in the hospital and is undergoing examination. Other victims were provided with outpatient care.
20.30 During the warning events in Kamyanske in the Dnipropetrovsk region on July 2, a man threw a grenade at a police and military RTCC, all three were injured. This was reported by the police of the Dnipropetrovsk region. It is noted that during the verification of military registration documents, a 50-year-old man, who violated the rules of military registration, activated a grenade and threw it. As a result of the explosion, all three were injured and hospitalized.
20.09 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after another massive shelling of Ukraine by Russia, is waiting for a positive response from US President Donald Trump regarding Patriot licenses.
According to Zelensky, strengthening air defense should be one of the key outcomes of the upcoming NATO summit and other international negotiations.
"If, of course, NATO still means something to the allies. Europe must have its own sufficient capacity to defend itself against all types of threats, including this one - from Russian ballistics," the president noted.
Zelensky noted that talks with the US administration about Patriot production licenses have been ongoing for a long time. He thanked all countries that help Ukraine through the PURL program, which allows it to purchase air defense missiles, in particular, Patriot complexes.
"But to truly reliably protect lives, we need our own production. European production here, in Ukraine, or together with partners, would, of course, support the United States in operations when necessary. We are very much counting on President Trump's positive response to protect lives," the president said.
19.32 Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov sent letters to almost 40 partner countries with a request to urgently transfer Patriot missiles from existing stocks to Ukraine this month - in exchange for future deliveries contracted for Ukraine. And also with a call to make contributions to the PURL and JUMPSTART mechanisms. These are the fastest and most reliable ways to supply the necessary missiles to Patriot. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense.
19.00 As a result of a large-scale Russian attack in Kyiv, 22 people were killed and another 100 were injured. This was reported by the National Police and the KMVA.
All fires in Kyiv have been extinguished. Two helicopters carried out 131 water drops, dropping over 300 tons on the centers of large-scale fires.
18.55 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a meeting will be held at the NATO summit in Ankara on the Freya air and missile defense system program, after which the dates of the leaders' meeting on this program will be announced, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
18.18 The aggressor country Russia will receive a response for the massive strike on Kyiv on the night of Thursday, July 2. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the site of the enemy "arrival" in the Darnytsia district of the capital.
17.54 The total losses of Ukraine and Russia since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022 have exceeded 2 million people killed and wounded. Such data was published the day before by the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
17.50 On the afternoon of July 2, Russian troops hit an educational complex in Sumy with a guided aerial bomb, where classes were held with children in the summer, and there are wounded. This was reported by the head of the Sumy MVA Serhiy Kryvosheyenko. According to him, two teachers of the institution were previously injured. They are in moderate condition. The children were not injured, as they had left the institution earlier. In addition, three private houses and two cars located nearby were damaged. As reported by the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov, this is an educational institution in a residential area. The building of the NVK has significant damage, a playground and nearby houses are damaged. Currently, two people are being treated by medics. Information about the injured is being clarified. Two more KABs hit infrastructure facilities.
17.49 As a result of Russia's massive attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian Red Cross humanitarian warehouse was destroyed. 320 thousand units of humanitarian cargo with a total value of over 79 million hryvnias were lost.
At the time of the Russian strike, the rented warehouse contained humanitarian cargo needed for emergency response to the consequences of emergencies, ensuring the operation of medical facilities, and providing vital assistance to hundreds of thousands of people from the most vulnerable categories of the population.
These include, in particular, generators, heat pumps, medical stretchers, defibrillators, ultrasound diagnostic devices, patient monitors, etc. A significant part of these cargoes was delivered to Ukraine through the European Civil Protection Mechanism to strengthen the country's preparedness for emergencies.
Among the destroyed stocks was also a strategic humanitarian aid reserve, formed for emergency response to the consequences of shelling, fires, evacuations and other crisis situations. It included blankets, bedding sets, hygiene kits, tarpaulins, emergency film for closing damaged windows, sleeping kits and other essential items to help people in the first hours after emergencies.
17.26 Russian propaganda is actively spreading reports of an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on a Belarusian bus in the Bryansk region of Russia. Such actions by the Kremlin are an attempt to drag Belarus into a war against Ukraine, writes the Center for Countering Disinformation.
It is noted that the Russians do not provide any evidence to support their information, and do not even publish photos from the scene of the incident.
"It is noteworthy that the Russians are spreading these reports two weeks after the mass distribution of a fake about an alleged attack by a Ukrainian drone on a Belarusian bus with a children's football team in the same Bryansk region. Those reports were completely refuted by data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine," the Central Intelligence Agency emphasized.
The spread of propaganda by propagandists about alleged Ukrainian attacks on civilian buses from Belarus is a deliberate provocation by the Russians, who really want to drag Belarus into a war against Ukraine. Belarusian society does not support Russia's assistance in aggression against Ukraine, the center noted.
"It is possible that the Russians themselves are carrying out such provocations, since they are most interested in using the territory of Belarus for the war against Ukraine. We emphasize once again that the Defense Forces of Ukraine strictly adhere to the laws and customs of war and work exclusively for legitimate military purposes," the CPD said.
17.18 We remind you that on July 2, the Russians shelled Zaporizhzhia. As a result of the enemy strike, a high-rise building was set on fire. The fitness center building was also damaged. Three people were injured.
17.05 Military counterintelligence officers detained a Russian "mole" at the Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense in Odessa. He was trying to "leak" information about the latest Ukrainian drones to the enemy, the SBU and the Odessa Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.
16.32 Since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, Russian invaders have carried out 85 attacks on Ukrainian army positions. The enemy is most actively attacking in the direction of Sloviansk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report.
15.01 The death toll in Kyiv as a result of a massive Russian attack on Thursday night has increased to 20 people. This was reported by the head of the city military administration (KMVA), Timur Tkachenko, on Telegram.
14.30 Suspicion has been reported for one of the Russian invaders involved in the shooting of a civilian car in Bucha. The National Police reported this. It is noted that the war crime was committed by the Russians on March 6, 2022, during the temporary occupation of the Kyiv region. Then the Russians opened aimed fire from automatic weapons at the car. A 61-year-old civilian who was driving died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
13.54 The aggressor country Russia will increase pressure on Ukraine "to achieve the set goal." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.
He also cynically claims that Russia struck "exclusively at military or near-military targets" in Kyiv tonight.
13.29 A deeply undercover FSB agent who coordinated Russian attacks on the city was detained in Kherson. The SBU reported this. The man is a native of the South Caucasus. He has been living in Ukraine since the 1990s on a fake passport and headed a local public organization as a "cover".
12.55 SBU fighters, together with other components of the Defense Forces, struck the Starolikeevo linear production and dispatching station (LVDS) in the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation. The distance to the target is 850 kilometers, the special service reported.
12.37 As a result of Russian shelling, two children died, three were injured, and two more went missing in the past 24 hours. The National Police of Ukraine reported this on July 2. In total, as of July 2, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 711 Ukrainian children have died, 2,612 have been injured, and 2,367 have gone missing. According to the National Police, 61 children who were previously considered missing have been found in the past 24 hours. There were no children taken to the Russian Federation and returned from there in the past 24 hours. It is noted that 125 criminal proceedings were initiated in the past 24 hours on the facts of war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers.
12.29 In the Odessa region, a scheme was uncovered in which men were illegally taken abroad, posing as sailors, the press service of the National Police reported. With its help, 147 people left the country, and the organizers took thousands of dollars from each of them for this.
12.25 The death toll from the Russian attack on the night of July 2 in Kyiv has increased to 17. The State Emergency Service reported this. Operational headquarters are operating to provide assistance to residents who were injured in the night attack on the capital.
11.39 On the night of July 2, in temporarily occupied Crimea, fires broke out at the Mityaevo and Donuzlav electrical substations in the Saksky district due to attacks. This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.
Four arrivals in Feodosia are also reported: three in the area of the oil depot and one on Mount Tepe-Oba, where radar positions are located.
11.16 On the night of July 2, a Russian drone attacked a private home in the Slobodskyi district of Kharkiv, hitting a garage, the regional prosecutor's office reported. The explosion sparked a fire that destroyed two cars and damaged the roof of the house. Four local residents — a man and three women — experienced acute stress reactions as a result of the attack.
The occupiers also struck a farm in the village of Dovzhyk in the Kharkiv region with a drone, killing 10 calves and injuring another 10 animals.
11.18 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the massive Russian attack on Kyiv, called on partners to contribute to the US arms procurement initiative for Ukraine PURL to strengthen air defense. He wrote about this on Telegram on Thursday morning.
10.59 Russian troops attacked the Mykolaiv region with drones. One person was killed and one was injured as a result of the strike. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
A 66-year-old truck driver died in Nova Odesa. Three other men, ages 25, 42, and 50, were injured.
10.51 On Thursday morning, there were new power outages in Kyiv and seven regions due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow.
10.39 Kallas will propose new sanctions in response to the Russian shelling of Kyiv overnight. She made the corresponding statement on the X platform.
Kallas emphasized that it is impossible to stop Russian attacks with words of condemnation alone.
10.27 On the night of July 2, the Kstovsky refinery of Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez in the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation was attacked. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary information, the AVT-6 primary oil processing unit was hit.
10.19 In the Kyiv region, the number of people injured in a night attack by Russian troops has increased to seven. This was reported by the head of the OVA Mykola Kalashnyk.
09.59 Kyiv has declared July 3 a day of mourning for those killed in the massive Russian attack on Thursday. This was announced by the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
"Tomorrow, July 3, has been declared a Day of Mourning in Kyiv. In memory of the victims of the most massive enemy attack on the capital," Klitschko noted.
On this day, flags will be flown at half-mast on all municipal buildings in the city. It is also recommended that national flags be flown at half-mast on state and private buildings.
Any entertainment events are also prohibited in the city on July 3.
09.46 On the night of July 2, Russia massively attacked Ukraine with air-, land- and sea-based missiles of various types and drones. A total of 570 enemy targets were recorded. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The main target of the attack was Kyiv. As explained by the Air Force, a feature of the massive attack was the simultaneous use of air attack means of various types from different directions, the use of a large number of ballistic missiles and jet UAVs.
09.27 In Kyiv, 13 people were killed and at least 86 injured as a result of a massive nighttime Russian attack. This was reported by the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.
"There are already 86 victims in the capital as a result of the enemy's night attack. 70 of them were hospitalized.
Currently, 13 deaths are known," the mayor noted.
07.51 Two people were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleksandr Ganzha
In total, the enemy attacked five districts of the region more than 20 times using drones.
07.19 Three people were injured during the day as a result of Russian attacks on Zaporizhia and the Zaporizhia district. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov.
In total, Russian troops launched 903 strikes on 48 settlements in the region in a day.
07.01 Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an increase in the number of dead and injured in the capital as a result of another massive attack by the Russian Federation.
Initially, the head of the capital reported five dead and 34 injured. But later he announced ten civilian casualties.
5.28 Russian occupiers launched a massive attack on the Kyiv region this night with strike drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. This is evidenced by the data of the head of the Kyiv OVA, Mykola Kalashnyk.
4.31 Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko spoke on his Telegram channel about the consequences of the Russian Federation's missile and drone attack on the capital.
One person died as a result of the enemy attack. Head of the KMVA, Timur Tkachenko, expressed condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
3.48 Russian troops damaged one of the ambulance substations during a night attack on Kyiv on July 2. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported this.
2.29 Russia used ballistic missiles during strikes on Kyiv. This happened shortly after the threat of ballistic missiles was announced. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko.
00.57 A Russian drone attack on Kyiv led to a fire in a hotel. State Emergency Service rescuers are now working there. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv MVA, Timura Tkachenko.
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[NEWS-FRONT.SU] 21:06 During the day, from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 100 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Tver, Nizhny Novgorod, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Oryol regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. 19:26 Civilian suffered as a result of a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters reported.
18:49 In the Zaporizhzhia region continue restoration work at energy infrastructure facilities damaged as a result of enemy attacks.
Power engineers are doing everything possible to return the system to normal operation as quickly as possible. The situation remains challenging, but manageable.
18:15 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Kherson and Belgorod regions
According to government authorities, a civilian was killed in an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the village of Nova Zburyivka in the Kherson region. Another person was injured in the same village when a munition was dropped from a drone. In the urban-type settlements of Dniproyany and Kakhovka, two people were injured in drone strikes by Ukrainian militants.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, three civilians were injured as a result of a UAV detonation, and in the village of Soldatskoye, one person was injured as a result of an air force strike on a truck.
17:01 Sappers of the "Center" group cleanse route for assault units in the Dopropolsky direction
Using UAVs, military personnel identify enemy mines and FPV drones, so-called "waiters," which Ukrainian militants install along roads and on the roofs of buildings.
After detecting explosive devices, crews destroy them by dropping a special charge from a drone, minimizing risks to personnel and ensuring the safety of deployment routes.
15:05 Four people were wounded as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Two people were injured in a drone attack near the village of Semenovka in the Melitopol district.
In another attack, this time in Semenovka itself, a man born in 1974 was injured.
In the city of Vasilyevka, a man born in 1988 was injured in an attack on a private home.
All four were hospitalized.
14:13 Near the village of Novoivanovka in the Azov district, a Ukrainian UAV was attacked a truck.
13:42 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod and Kursk regions
According to reports from executive authorities, as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on populated areas in the Belgorod region, one civilian was killed and four others were injured.
Four civilians were injured as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on Rylsk in the Kursk region.
13:05 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 2, 2026
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Luzhki, Khotyn, and Novaya Sich in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, the formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Lyutovka, Zrubanka, Bely Kolodez and Kazachya Lopan in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 230 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 16 cars, three field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Prosyanka in the Khar'kov region, and Svyatogorsk, Shchurovo, and Lozove in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army are completing the destruction of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations. Reinforcement units have begun demining and clearing the village.
Over the past 24 hours, 30 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, two ground-based robotic systems, and 10 UAV control centers have been destroyed in the city.
Mobile fire teams and fighter drones shot down 20 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles, Baba Yaga and Vampire, that were attempting to deliver ammunition and food to the left bank of the Seversky Donets River.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy lost over 210 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 20 cars, and two Western-made artillery pieces.
As a result of the decisive actions of the Yuzhnaya units, the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the populated areas of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka and Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Konstantinovka, assault units of the Southern Group of Forces are completing the clearing of the city from scattered formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 80 troops, a Canadian-made Senator armored combat vehicle, 23 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Twenty-five ground robotic systems and 27 UAV control centers were destroyed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 28 cars, six field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and five National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novovodanoye, Dobropillya, Raiske, and Gruzskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novotroitske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 365 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, six cars, five field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, four airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Pokrovskoe, Gavrilovka, Podgavrilovka, and Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lyubitske, Yehorivka, and Barvinovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 465 soldiers, nine vehicles and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kushugum and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 15 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
12:37 As a result of decisive actions by units of the Southern group of forces released settlement of Piskunovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
11:11 Strike drone crew inflicted a thermobaric charge strike on an enemy stronghold in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
09:29 "Geranium" arrived right into a railway locomotive used in the interests of the enemy (near the village of Slavnoe, Kirovograd region).
09:22 Specialists of the unmanned systems forces fired Geranium missiles striking targets near the village of Snigirevka in Mykolaiv Oblast. A logistics center used by the enemy for the delivery and storage of UAVs and their components was hit, as well as a gas station used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:16 Geranium UAV crews hit logistics centers used by the enemy for the delivery and storage of unmanned aerial vehicles and their components (Nova Odesa, Mykolaiv region).
08:50 During the night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on July 1 to 7:00 Moscow time on July 2, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed327 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Saratov, Tambov, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
08:35 Units of the Southern group of forces continue to destroy personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Konstantinovka area.
FPV drone operators disrupted the delivery of ammunition and food to Ukrainian units, destroying enemy ground robotic systems near the villages of Kondratovka and Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
Soldiers of the 27th Guards Artillery Regiment hit against enemy manpower, preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from leaving Konstantinovka in an organized manner.
07:15 Changes onmapover the past 24 hours:
Liberated from the village of Kopani
Expansion of the control zone in the area of the settlement of Podoli
Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Ukrainske
07:04 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in response to the terrorist attacks of the Kyiv regime on civilian infrastructure in Russia inflicted a massive strike by high-precision long-range air, land, and sea-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of military industry enterprises and fuel and energy facilities in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as the infrastructure of military airfields in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions.
06:04 Crew of the Supercam reconnaissance drone adjusted artillery fire at an enemy UAV control point in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Attack drone operators destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces shelters and personnel on the outskirts of Krasny Liman.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[COLONELCASSAD.LIVEJOURNAL.COM] Strikes on gas stations in Ukraine. June 2026. Since Ukraine is supplied with imported fuel straight from the wheels, a campaign of strikes on gas stations was inevitable. And it is already in full swing, gradually gaining momentum. In the last week of June, the frequency of UAV attacks on such targets increased exponentially – over the past eight days, according to objective data alone, over 70 gas stations in Kyiv regime-controlled territory were hit.
What do the statistics say? The overwhelming majority of strikes were carried out by Geranium family drones, while the use of remotely controlled Geranium-4 Seeker models equipped with an autoguidance system has recently increased significantly.
The most massive strike on gas stations occurred in the Kharkiv region. The largest number of strikes were recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. In addition to new strikes, information about previous ones is also emerging, so the total number of targets hit this month has also increased. However, an important caveat should be made: some information about gas stations comes exclusively from enemy sources, requiring further verification.
Nevertheless, it is important to distinguish between an attacked and a destroyed gas station. A fire on the canopy or external damage to a pump does not necessarily mean it is out of action, and replacing equipment is not that difficult, especially in rear areas. However, some tanks are buried underground, significantly complicating their detection and guaranteed destruction in a single attack. If this fact is ignored, an attacked gas station could suddenly be back in operation a week later.
A visible effect of the "fuel isolation" of frontline enemy cities and the serious economic problems of gas station networks can only occur with a systematic approach, with planning and regular attacks on targets in designated zones. And raids on the many remaining oil depots in the Dnipropetrovsk or Odessa regions could be a great help in this matter. Then the results of attacks on gas stations will be immediately noticeable even on the scale of large Ukrainian cities on the left bank of the Dnieper.
10 more gas stations were destroyed overnight. The enemy reports that all gas stations on the Kharkiv-Dnipropetrovsk highway have been destroyed. But of course, all this will have a serious effect only if such systemic action continues and escalates.
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So the Russians are hitting the small Ukraine civilian use facilities because the Ukrainians are hitting the large Russian refinery, transfer and storage facilities.
Oddly disproportionate, but that's just me.
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She ain't wrong...
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[REGNUM.RU] The theft of a monument to poet Alexander Pushkin in the German city of Hemer is an act of incivility born of "cancel culture," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated on her Telegram channel on July 2.
Previously, unknown individuals stole a 1.8-meter-tall bronze statue of the poet. The monument was donated to Hemer by its sister city, Shchyolkovo, in 1994. Russian diplomats in Germany expressed hope for the prompt arrest of those involved in the incident and the return of the monument to its original location. The diplomatic mission is in contact with law enforcement.
"The European 'blooming garden' has once again demonstrated its true nature," Zakharova noted.
According to the diplomat, the criminal "war on monuments" waged by the authorities of Poland and the Baltic states against memorials and burial sites of Red Army liberators who gave their lives for the freedom of our country, Europe, and the entire world from Nazism has now spread to Germany.
"Who better than Europeans should know that 'cancel culture' not only breeds a lack of culture, it also feeds a misanthropic ideology," the Foreign Ministry spokesperson added.
In early June, a monument to another Russian writer, Mikhail Bulgakov, was torn down in Kyiv. The Kyiv City Council decided to remove the monument, deeming it "an element of propaganda" for Russian policy. The rationale for the decision was that the writer's works allegedly contain statements and images that, according to the authorities, demonstrate a disdainful attitude toward the Ukrainian language and culture.
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[REGNUM.RU] The Russian Embassy in Sweden was attacked overnight by two drones. The diplomatic mission reported this on its Telegram channel on July 2.
According to the report, around 2:00 a.m., one quadcopter dropped a container of red paint onto the diplomatic mission's premises. A second drone, carrying a mock improvised explosive device, crashed into the immediate vicinity of the embassy building.
The diplomatic mission emphasized that this was not simply a provocation, but a blatant attempt to intimidate Russian diplomats. Similar incidents have become systematic in Stockholm. However, Swedish law enforcement agencies are only formally recording the attacks on the Russian embassy, and the investigation into these provocations has not yielded any results, the publication also noted.
Last November, a drone carrying paint attacked the Russian Trade Mission building in Sweden. The incident occurred in Stockholm. According to the trade mission's press service, the number of similar incidents involving the trade mission building has exceeded two dozen since May 2024. Furthermore, two months before the incident, the Russian embassy in Sweden was also attacked by a drone carrying paint.
Commenting on the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that the ongoing attacks on the Russian embassy in Sweden indicate that the country has lost control over its security since joining NATO. The diplomat noted that attacks on the embassy pose a threat not only to the embassy staff but also to residents of the Swedish capital.
Over the past two years, Russian diplomatic missions in Sweden have been attacked by drones more than 25 times, according to the Russian Embassy in Stockholm.
"Over the past two years, more than 25 similar incidents involving drones have been recorded against Russian foreign institutions in Sweden, including the Russian embassy in Stockholm and the trade mission," the diplomatic mission explained to RIA Novosti.
The embassy emphasized that it regularly requests the Swedish authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation and ensure adequate protection for Russian institutions abroad in accordance with the Kingdom's international obligations. It is noteworthy that none of these investigations have yet yielded any concrete results.
Such incidents have become systematic in Stockholm. The embassy warned that all responsibility for the continued attacks on the Russian diplomatic mission and their possible consequences lies with the Swedish side.
On the night of July 2, the Russian Embassy in Sweden was attacked by two drones. One quadcopter dropped a container of red paint onto the diplomatic mission grounds, while the second drone, carrying a mock improvised explosive device, crashed in the immediate vicinity of the building. Russian Ambassador to Stockholm Sergey Belyaev stated that the drone carrying the mock explosive device crashed deliberately; in fact, it was a simulated attack on the diplomatic mission. The embassy emphasized that this was not simply a provocation, but a blatant attempt to intimidate Russian diplomats. Russia sent a note to the Swedish Foreign Ministry regarding the new drone attack on the embassy. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it plans to summon Swedish Ambassador Christina Johannesson in connection with the incident.
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