Newsletter 03/07/2024
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Russia's strike on Dnipro: five dead, number of injured rises to 53
According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on Facebook, a hospital in Dnipro was damaged
Reuters: NATO agrees to provide $43 billion in aid to Ukraine
NATO allies have agreed to provide military aid to Ukraine in the amount of €40 billion ($43 billion) next year.
Zelensky ready to meet with Trump to hear his peace plan
If former U.S. President Donald Trump has a plan to end the Russian-Ukrainian war quickly, he should talk about it today.
Operation Rybalka: HUR damaged Serpukhov ship and received secret data about Russia's Baltic Fleet
As part of Special Operation "Rybalka" ("Fisherman"), the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has managed to damage the Russian missile ship Serpukhov and obtain secret data about the Baltic Fleet and the Russian military industry.
According to HUR representative Andrii Yusov, as a result of this operation, "a large amount of important information was obtained, which helps the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces, and the modern small missile ship Serpukhov, which was put on combat duty in 2015, was disabled for at least six months."
Yusov said that a former Russian service member, a sailor with the call sign "Goga," who became a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion, had helped carry out the operation. In particular, in 2023, he got in touch with Ukrainian military intelligence through the "I want to live!" project and, as part of the cooperation, agreed to disable the Serpukhov missile ship on which he was serving. He also provided Ukrainian intelligence with secret information about the Baltic Fleet and Russia's military industry.
War
Border guards destroy two Russian ammunition depots in Donetsk region
Shots from a 105-mm M101 howitzer destroyed two field ammunition depots, a car, and a 30-mm AGS-17 grenade launcher that was covering one of the destroyed depots
Russians attack evacuation vehicle near Toretsk, two paramedics wounded
Police officers arrived at the frontline to save a woman with a stroke and her husband. At that moment, an enemy shell hit the cab of the car, wounding two paramedics. The couple was not injured.
Ukrainian intelligence halts operation of important Russian steel mill - source
A drone attack in Russia's Belgorod region early on July 1 inflicted serious damage on a unique object of the Russian military industry - the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant named after Ugarov (OEMK), the only full-cycle metallurgical enterprise in Russia.
Mayor of Novorossiysk reports naval drone attack
Authorities in Novorossiysk, where the bulk of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based, said the city was attacked by unmanned boats.
Politics
Expert: Kallas and Rutte can form powerful tandem against Russian aggression
The set of professional and personal qualities of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, who has been nominated for the post of EU High Representative, suggests that she and the newly appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will form a powerful tandem against Russian aggression.