Pistorius: Ukraine will get dozens of Leopard 1 tanks in coming weeks
Ukraine will get dozens of Leopard 1 tanks from Germany and Denmark "in the coming weeks."
03 July 2023
Ukraine will get dozens of Leopard 1 tanks from Germany and Denmark "in the coming weeks."
As of 18:00, the death toll from the Russian drone attack on the city of Sumy has risen to two.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to the only available backup power line for the first time in four months, but the situation at the facility remains "extremely fragile" and not sustainable.
The Russian forces open fire at the village of Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region, using tanks. People were not injured, but houses were damaged and livestock were affected.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine's ultimate goal is the de-occupation of Crimea, and only then will it mean that "the war is over," and Zelensky will not consider "peace" without Crimea a victory.
Around the Crimean Titan plant in the city of Armyansk in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian invaders have deployed Pantsir-S1 missile systems.
Currently, there are three wounded as a result of enemy shelling of the village of Stanislav. The suburb of Kherson, Antonivka, is also under constant shelling.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Chief of the General Staff Serhiy Shaptala, together with President of NNEGC Energoatom Petro Kotin and Director of the Rivne NPP Pavlo Kovtoniuk discussed the issue of information exchange between the military and the energy industry in order to plan scenarios for the development of possible events at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
Russia hit Sumy city four times with Shahed 136 drones today. One person was killed, 16 more were injured.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi thanked the anti-aircraft missile troops on the Day of Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces for their selfless work to protect the Ukrainian sky.
In the Tavriia sector, Russian troops lost almost three companies of soldiers killed and wounded in action over the last 24 hours, as well as 34 pieces of military equipment and 12 enemy ammunition depots.
Gunners with the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces have destroyed newly delivered and unloaded ammunition of the Russian invaders near Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Last week was difficult on the battlefield, but the Ukrainian defense forces are making progress and are moving forward step by step.
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a five-story building in downtown Sumy on Monday, July 3.
The Kremlin is recruiting positions in the "internal affairs bodies" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to provide police support for the organization of the so-called "single election day" in September.
Russia keeps nine warships on combat duty in the Black Sea, two of them armed with 16 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Russia has prepared everything technically for a localized explosion at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and may carry it out to stop the counteroffensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and to exert political pressure on Kyiv through some of its partners.
Fighters with the 36th Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky have destroyed a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter with a Javelin anti-tank missile system in the Berdiansk sector.
A residential building has been damaged in Russian shelling of Sumy, according to Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne.
Fighters of the National Guard of Ukraine repelled a Russian assault attempt in Luhansk direction.
During the full-scale war against Ukraine unleashed by Russia, Ukrainian air defense troops destroyed 185 Russian aircraft, about 140 helicopters, more than 1,000 cruise missiles and 1,500 drones.
Over the past week, the Ukrainian troops destroyed 94 places of compact concentration of the Russian military, seven command posts, 22 anti-aircraft missile systems, 31 Shahed drones, 5 electronic warfare stations, and 19 weapons depots.
The Air Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to start the process of providing Ukraine with modern Western fighter jets, the lists of pilots for training have been approved and they can leave.
The Russian troops hit nine settlements in Kharkiv region over the past day, damaging residential buildings.
Russian troops have deployed two air assault regiments in Bakhmut direction and are stockpiling reserves in the south.
The defense forces of Ukraine liberated 9 sq km from the Russian invaders in the east and more than 28 sq km in the south last week.
At night, the enemy army shelled the Kushugum community. There is destruction.
Employees of the Khortytsia reserve reminded about the prohibition to visit the islands near the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant.
Over the past week, Russian forces launched 34 missile attacks and 273 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine.
Over the past day, six civilians, including a child, were injured in the Kherson region as a result of Russian armed aggression.