Newsletter 05/07/2024
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KABs, drones, "Uragans": Russian troops shelled Donetsk region over 2,400 times in 24 hours
Over the past day, Russian troops fired 2,434 times at Donetsk region, causing damage to 66 civilian objects.
Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region. Russia approached the city and turned it into ruins like everything it touches
Source: Information channel of operational information from units of the NGU
Putin demanding that Ukraine effectively surrender in advance of any ceasefire - ISW
Russian President Vladimir Putin's rejection of any ceasefire agreement short of Ukrainian capitulation further illustrates that he is confident in his assessment that Russia can pursue victory by continuing creeping advances in Ukraine, outlasting Western support for Ukraine, and winning a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.
Yusov on attack on Tambov Powder Plant: To be continued
The destruction of military facilities on the territory of Russia is a direct consequence of the genocidal war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
Hungary has not coordinated decision on Orbán’s visit to Moscow with Ukraine - MFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has stated that the decision on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Moscow was made by the Hungarian side without any agreement or coordination with Kyiv.
War
Ukrainian air defense shoots down all 32 enemy Shahed UAVs overnight
On the night of July 5, 2024, the Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with 32 Shahed-131/136 combat UAVs from Russia’s Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions.
AFU continue to clear Sotnytsia Kozachok subversive group from Kharkiv region
In the village of Sotnytsia Kozachok, Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region, measures are being taken to identify the remnants of the Russian subversive group and eliminate them.
Defense
Training of M113 armored personnel carrier drivers
Source: Official Telegram channel of the State Border Service of Ukraine
A border guard on the pseudo "Koschei" with 30 years of driving experience masters the M113 armored personnel carrier. He says that the main thing is to feel the dimensions of the machine and understand the task. After all, the equipment delivers soldiers, ammunition and necessary things to the front. So the main thing in this case is speed.
Politics
President of UN General Assembly: I have not seen single document on Russia's legitimate membership in Security Council
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dennis Francis, said that he had not seen a single document confirming that Russia legitimately holds the seat of a permanent member of the UN Security Council with a veto.
Ukraine seeks 'irreversible' offer of possible NATO membership - Ambassador
Ukraine wants its allies to fix the irreversibility of our path to NATO membership at the upcoming NATO Summit in Washington.
Crime
Police looking for witnesses to shooting of 18-year-old boy by Russians during occupation of Kherson
On March 1, 2022, between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., Russian servicemen, during the temporary occupation of Kherson, shot an 18-year-old resident of the city under unspecified circumstances near the Fabrika shopping center.
As reported, at the beginning of a large-scale invasion on the outskirts of the village of Chornobaivka in the Kherson region, Russians shot ten local residents, and the police are currently collecting evidence and identifying witnesses.
Culture
"Scythian gold" was exhibited in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine
The exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. Return" was opened at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in Kyiv. There, Ukrainians will be able to see the "Scythian gold", which was saved from the Russian invaders of the peninsula. In total, the exhibition presents 565 priceless exhibits from four Crimean museums - the Bakhchysarai Historical and Cultural Reserve, the Central Museum of Taurida (Simferopol), the Kerch State Historical and Cultural Reserve and Chersonesus Tavri (Sevastopol), which were on display in Amsterdam when Russia seized Crimea in in 2014.