A Russian drone hits a five-story building in Sumy; The water tariff increase was cancelled. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
Russian UAVs attacked Sumy on Monday. Four arrivals of “shaheeds” were recorded in the city center. An office building and two apartment buildings were damaged. Two people died and 19 were injured. Four victims remain in hospitals, two of them in “serious condition”.
Russian aggressors on Sunday night launched a missile attack on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. One person died, the bakery building was damaged. In the previous day, as a result of shelling, two residents of the Donetsk region died, three more were injured.
The National Commission for State Regulation in the Sphere of Energy and Utilities (NEURC) canceled its June 29 decision to raise water tariffs. The head of the commission, Konstantin Uschapovsky, said that during the martial law period, the position of President Volodymyr Zelensky was reason enough for the NEURC to cancel its decision.
Over the past week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have increased the area of liberated territories in eastern and southern Ukraine, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to him, in the eastern direction of the front, last week, 9 sq. km, and in the south – more than 28 sq. km. “We are moving in the direction of Bakhmut, and the enemy continues to attack in the directions of Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky,” said Malyar. In the south, the Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the directions of Melitopol and Berdyansk, in particular, in the regions.
Malyar said 94 Russian troop concentration sites, 22 air defense systems, 19 ammunition depots, and seven command posts were hit within a week. The defense forces destroyed a high priority enemy target every 70 minutes on average. This creates conditions for a further victory in the defense of Russian troops.
After the return of VAT, retail prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in Ukraine on Monday increased by about 2 Hryvnia compared to the previous trading day. The average price in the country for A-95 gasoline increased by UAH 1.98/l and reached UAH 46.84/l, A-95+ gasoline increased by UAH 2.42/l to UAH 49.61/l, and diesel fuel – by 2.03 UAH /l, up to 45.44 UAH/l.
The High Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the leadership of Energoatom held a meeting and conducted issues of information exchange between the military and power engineers to plan possible scenarios for the development of events in Zaporozhye NPP. They developed the issues of information exchange between the army and power engineers to analyze, plan and predict possible scenarios for the development of events at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Meanwhile, the Zaporozhye NPP was connected to the only available backup power line for the first time in four months, the IAEA said. They added that the electricity supply situation at the nuclear power plant remains very fragile.
On the night of July 3, Russian troops attacked Iranian Shahed-136/131 attack drones from the southeast. 17 drone launches were recorded, of which 13 were destroyed. The rest did not achieve their goals. Air defense worked in the southern, eastern and central regions.
The former President of Georgia, citizen of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili, on July 3, via video link, appeared in the court session for the first time after a long pause. He appeared in such a thin condition that it was difficult to recognize him. President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed anger at the state of Saakashvili and ordered the Foreign Ministry to call the Georgian ambassador, protest him and offer him to leave Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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