"151 combat engagements took place on the front lines in Ukraine. Russian army launched two missile strikes at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas, 58 air strikes (using 76 guided aerial bombs), carried out about 4,000 shelling attacks, including 138 MLRS attacks, and used 1,041 kamikaze drones.In the Kharkiv sector, Russian troops continued offensive and assault operations with the support of aircraft. A total of 11 combat engagements took place in the areas of Vovchansk, Hlyboke and Lyptsi.
In the Kupiansk sector, the number of combat engagements increased to seven over the past day. The defense forces repelled attacks in the areas of Synkivka, Petropavlivka and Stelmakhivka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian troops thwarted 20 enemy attacks in the areas of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske in the Luhansk region, Terny and Torske in the Donetsk region.
In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian troops repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of Spirne and Vyimka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders prevented 11 Russian attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of Klishchiivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske and Andriivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk sector, the Russian army launched 16 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Pivnichne, Zalizne and New York in the Donetsk region, supporting its actions with air strikes.
In the Pokrovsk sector, 49 attacks were repelled near Yuryivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Lozuvatske, Prohres, Novoselivka Persha, Yevhenivka, Yasnobrodivka and Karlivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka and Kostiantynivka. Russians tried to break through the defensive lines 19 times.
In the Vremivka sector, Russian troops carried out four attacks near Vodiane in the Donetsk region.
In the Orikhiv sector, four combat engagements were recorded. The enemy was repelled near Robotyne and Novodanylivka.
In the Dnipro River sector, the invaders continued attempts to drive the Defense Forces units out of their positions on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. The invaders conducted five attacks, but were unsuccessful.
The operational situation in the Volyn and Polissia sectors remained unchanged. There were no signs of enemy offensive groups forming." Ukrin
"In Russia’s Voronezh region, a fire broke out at an “explosive objects" depot after a drone attack." Ukrin
"Anti-aircraft fighters of the Khortytsia Group of Forces have shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region." Ukrin
"Russians advanced near New York, Druzhba (Toretsk sector), made progress near Novoselivka Persha (Pokrovsk sector), and Ocheretyne in Donetsk Oblast." UB
"Days ago, and just around the corner from the summit's start, dozens of foreign policy experts have issued a letter which sounds the alarm on the question of advancing Ukrainian membership. The group is warning that should Kiev ever be admitted, it would trigger NATO's Article 5, and require Western states to enter a nuclear-armed conflict with Russia. "The closer NATO comes to promising that Ukraine will join the alliance once the war ends, the greater the incentive for Russia to keep fighting the war," the letter, signed by over 60 analysts, reads. "The challenges Russia poses can be managed without bringing Ukraine into NATO." ZH
"The Chinese military arrived in Belarus today to conduct joint exercises, reports the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus." MS
"The last-minute-arranged broad left-wing coalition known as The New Popular Front (NFP), was leading a tight French legislative election Sunday, ahead of both President Emmanuel Macron's centrists and Le Pen's rightists, projections showed.Left Alliance Set for 170-215 SeatsMacron’s Group Set for 150-182 SeatsLe Pen’s Group Set for 110-158 SeatsIt looks like the anti-National Rally front worked better than anyone expected, catching the polling companies by surprise.The projected results suggest that the co-ordinated anti-RN strategy, under which the left and center tactically withdrew their candidates from run-offs, had paid off." ZH
"The strikes were carried out on the National Guard of Ukraine presidential brigade base. This unit was involved in an attempted attack on the Belgorod region. At 0:50 and 1:30 on July 4 there were two strikes in Vyshgorod, known as the military base of the 1st Presidential Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The explosions were heard on the side of General Kulchitsky Street, where the main part of the military base and the training ground are located, there are also military barracks, command houses, hangars with military equipment and ammunition depots." Sputnik
"139 combat engagements took place on the front lines in Ukraine, with most of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
In the Kharkiv sector, Russian troops continued offensive and assault operations with the support of aircraft. Eight combat engagements took place in the areas of Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Starytsia and Lyptsi.In the Kupiansk sector, the number of combat engagements increased to five over the day. The Ukrainian defense forces repelled attacks in the areas of Synkivka and Petropavlivka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector, 21 Russian attacks were repelled in the areas of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske in the Luhansk region, Terny in the Donetsk region and in the Serebryansky forest.
In the Siversk sector, the Ukrainian defense forces repelled seven attacks in the areas of Spirne and Vyimka in the Donetsk region and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders thwarted 10 Russian attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of Klishchiivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske and Andriivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk sector, Russian troops launched 18 attacks on the areas of Toretsk, Pivnichne and New York in the Donetsk region, supporting their actions with air strikes.
In the Pokrovsk sector, 45 enemy attacks were repelled near Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhivka, Yevhenivka, Prohres, Yasnobrodivka, Novoselivka Persha, Umanske and Netailove in the Donetsk region. The Russian army carried out more than half of them near Novooleksandrivka and Novoselivka Persha.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces continued to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Nevelske and Kostiantynivka, where Russians attempted to break through the defensive lines nine times.
In the Vremivka sector, Russian troops conducted seven attacks on the areas of Kostiantynivka, Vodiane and Makarivka in the Donetsk region.
Two combat clashes took place in the Orikhiv sector. The enemy was repelled near Mala Tokmachka.
In the Dnipro River sector, the invaders continue attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian Defense Forces from their positions on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. All five attacks were unsuccessful." Ukrin
"Russian leader Vladimir Putin is not ready for any negotiations with Ukrainian authorities. According to experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Russian leader has dismissed the possibility of negotiating a ceasefire.
Putin has clearly stated: "We want Ukraine to surrender." FW
"Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country." AP
"President Joe Biden lost the support of yet another member of Congress, the first to do so in the aftermath of Biden’s too-little-too-late ABC News interview, which failed to assuage his critics.
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) officially asked Biden to step aside saying, “As an elected leader, I feel a responsibility to be honest about what I believe, even when it’s hard to hear.” Breitbart
"Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is reportedly gathering a group of Senate Democrats to demand that President Joe Biden withdraw from the 2024 presidential election.
Among the options under consideration is a meeting at the White House between senators and Biden. Even if some senators do not want Biden to drop out, advocates for the meeting argue they could use that forum to air candid concerns in person. Though no sitting Democratic senator has publicly called for Biden to step aside, they’ve privately shared mounting concerns with each other over the past week as they fight an already uphill battle to maintain the Senate majority." Breitbart
"At least six people were injured in the drone attack on Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai overnight....UAVs attacked an electrical substation in the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, the Russian Telegram channel Shot claimed. Debris from one of the drones damaged a three-story building. Electricity and water supply disappeared in some houses. Russian air defense shot down several drones in Primorsko-Akhtarsk." UB
"A militia attack on a gold mine in northeastern Congo killed six Chinese miners and two Congolese soldiers the latest assault as violence worsens in the resource-rich region. The attack targeted the village of Gambala and the nearby "Camp Blanquette" gold mine in the Ituri province.....the militiamen set homes ablaze and then attacked the mine, which is guarded by a competing armed group, the Zaire Militia." AN
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