The war in Ukraine continues. Saturday marks the 864th day of the Russian invasion. Vladimir Putin’s statements about the end of the war suggest that he is not in favor of anything other than the destruction of Ukrainian identity, the U.S. Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its latest report. Analysts say the dictator used his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to suggest that the Russia-Ukraine deal should not be a temporary ceasefire because it would allow Ukraine to regroup and rearm. Putin also made clear that Russia supports a “complete” and “final” end to the conflict, which would enable him to achieve his goal of destroying the Ukrainian state. The dictator is demanding, first and foremost, that the occupied territories in Ukraine remain intact. The ISW claims that Putin would certainly exploit Ukraine’s surrender to achieve his second goal—toppling the Ukrainian government and replacing it with a political system he likes. Follow Wirtualna Polska’s live coverage.
- Ukraine has been aggressively attacking Crimea in recent weeks, and the Russians themselves admit it. Experts say Ukraine is implementing a new tactic. Using long-range American missiles, the ATACMS system destroys Russian air defenses at will. Create safe air corridors for F-16 aircraft.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s trip to Moscow on Friday is not about peace, it’s about profits; it’s damaging Hungary’s relations with its allies – the US ambassador to Budapest, David Pressman, wrote on Friday on the X website.
During the night drone attack on Ukraine, Russia struck, among other things, energy infrastructure facilities; General Mykola Olchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, announced on Saturday morning that air defenses had shot down 24 Shahed drones.
“That night, the defenders of the sky managed to shoot down 24 flying objects over the regions of Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Vinnitsa, Kiev, Kirovohrad, and Mykolaiv,” he wrote on social networks.
The Iranian-made drones took off from the occupied Crimea and the Kursk region in Russia. The Russians launched a total of 27 such machines last night, Oyshchuk said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published new data on the losses of Russian troops. Since the beginning of the invasion, more than 549,000 people have been eliminated. occupiers.
You can read more about Marek Rutte’s views on Vladimir Putin in the Wirtualna Polska article.
Mark Rutte, the new NATO chief, has no illusions that Putin will stop in Ukraine. In his view, Putin’s “crazy dream” is to restore the great Russian Empire – a point confirmed by Saturday’s Plus-Minus program, which profiles Rutte.
Plus-Minus confirms that Rutte can be described as “Mr. Everyman” — an ordinary man, one of us — and “Mark Teflon,” meaning “the man who doesn’t get caught in scandals” or “the magician of Donald Trump.”
If necessary, the new NATO chief will reach an agreement with Donald Trump; he has been convinced for a decade that it is impossible to reach an agreement with Russia, writes the “Prime Minister”.
Burnt fuel depot in Russia in Krasnodar region.
As a result of the Russian night attack on the Sumy region, vital infrastructure was damaged. The Sumy region’s military administration says: “On the night of July 6, as a result of a Russian strike using a Shahed drone, electricity was cut off in several populated areas of the region.”
Authorities are working to restore electricity supplies.
About 73 percent of dual-use goods and 90 percent of all semiconductors and other microelectronics imported into Russia were imported from China, Ukrinform reported, citing the US charge d’affaires to the OSCE, Catherine Brooker.
Map of current anti-aircraft alerts in Ukraine
Zelensky’s evening speech:
Records from Krasnodar Krai appear.
“NATO member states will confirm their readiness to support Ukraine now and in the long term, and will announce new steps aimed at strengthening our country’s air defense. This was announced on Friday by a high-ranking representative of the US administration during a telephone briefing,” Ukrinform reports.
Ukrainian sources say the target of the Ukrainian drones was a fuel depot in the Krasnodar region, Channel 24 reported.
“The so-called ‘peace proposals’ put forward by the Kremlin are nothing more than an attempt to legitimize Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and undermine efforts under the UN Charter,” the EU said in a statement to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, according to a reporter.
The United States expressed concern that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not use his visit to Moscow and meeting with Putin to advance the cause of peace and the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, Ukrinform reported.
“I congratulated Sir Keir Starmer on his election victory and wished him every success in meeting the expectations of the British people from the new government.
I am grateful to Prime Minister Starmer for reaffirming the UK’s principled and unwavering support for Ukraine.
“We coordinated positions ahead of the NATO summit in Washington and other international events, discussed ways to strengthen our partnership, including the preparation of an unprecedented 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom,” Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media.
India’s prime minister will visit Russia to see if Western sanctions are hurting it, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Ukrainian channels talk about explosions in Sumy
Anti-aircraft alert map in Ukraine
Russian night raid on Ukraine continues. Shahed drones have been observed in the Sumy region.
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