Russian troops carry out “massive shelling” of Kherson citythe head of the regional military administration said on Friday. Roman Mrochko said on Telegram that the attack targeted the central area of Dnipro and lasted about an hour. “Miraculously, no one was injured.” The post included footage of the collapsed and heavily damaged building. Morochko said damage to infrastructure meant the area’s water supply could be affected, but repairs were still underway.
Ukrainian air defense system shoots down 5 cruise missiles and 11 drones The Ukrainian air force commander said the attacks targeted cities across Ukraine from overnight into Friday. Lieutenant General Mykola Oreshuk said on Telegram that the missiles were launched from the Saratov region in southern Russia and were shot down over Ukraine’s Khmelnytsky, Sumy and Cherkasy regions. He added that a total of 19 drones were launched over Nikolaev, Kiev, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky, Kherson and Sumy, of which 11 were shot down. The remaining eight drones were lost but were likely just dummy drones designed to overload air defense systems, he said.
Three civilians injured by landmine in Kharkov region of eastern Ukraine. The regional military administration said the incident occurred in the village of Staritsa, about 46 kilometers (28 miles) from the city of Kharkiv and just a few kilometers from the Russian border. Telegram said the injured included two men aged 18 and 63 and a 43-year-old woman. Other government statements warned that mine clearance operations were underway in other areas along Russia’s border.
Russia’s defense minister held a phone call with his US counterpart to discuss reducing the risk of “possible escalation”Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday. The call between Andrei Belousov and Lloyd Austin was initiated by Moscow amid heightened tensions over Washington’s plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany, a decision the Kremlin warned It could mean a return to Cold War-style confrontation.
Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to travel to the UK next week to address European leaders meeting to discuss Ukraine, European security and democracy. The Ukrainian president will also make his first visit to Ireland on Saturday morning, when he arrives to meet Taoiseach Simon Harris. Ireland is expected to provide more support to Ukraine to help it repatriate some 20,000 children who have been forcibly resettled to Russia and Belarus.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Friday dismissed accusations from Russian officials that Kiev was planning to attack the country’s own hydroelectric dam in order to blame the attack on Russia. The ministry called the statement a new scare tactic designed to mislead.
Ukraine’s top prosecutor calls on International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Russia over Russian missile attack on Kiev Children’s Hospital on Monday. The attack was one of several across Ukraine that killed 38 people, including four children, and injured hundreds. “In the interest of international justice, cases such as the deliberate attack on the largest children’s hospital in Kiev [are] It deserves prosecution before the International Criminal Court,” Attorney General Andriy Kostin told Reuters.
The Kremlin has warned that any decision by Western countries to allow Ukraine to use its supplied weapons to further attack Russian territory would be a “dangerous escalation”. “The most important thing is that these missiles have hit our territory,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “As for increasing this distance, this is pure provocation – a new, “A very dangerous escalation of tensions.” The use of these weapons is currently limited to strikes against Russian forces and positions that are launching attacks in Ukraine, but includes NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and French President Emmanuel Macron. Several world leaders have said restrictions should be eased.
Russia’s decision to open a new front in the Kharkiv region has led to its highest daily casualties since the conflict beganThe British Ministry of Defense said. The latest intelligence released by X puts the death toll at 1,262 in May and 1,162 in June, with the total casualties in these two months being approximately 70,000. The report stated that casualties will remain at the same high level in the next two months as Russia attempts to “defeat Ukrainian positions with a massive force.”
Russia’s state-owned telecoms provider says YouTube will be slowed down due to “technical issues.” Rostelecom’s announcement comes amid reports that Russian authorities plan to block the service entirely.
