Explosion in Luhansk kills ex-'mayor' Pilavov – media
In Russian-occupied Luhansk, a collaborator and former "head of the city administration," Manolis Pilavov, was killed in an explosion.
03 July 2025
In Russian-occupied Luhansk, a collaborator and former "head of the city administration," Manolis Pilavov, was killed in an explosion.
In Kyiv, a farewell ceremony was held for F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko, a Hero of Ukraine, who was killed while defending the country during a large-scale Russian air attack on the night of June 29.
Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was killed in the Kursk region.
Denmark aims to use its six-month presidency of the EU Council to put "maximum pressure" on Hungary to lift its unyielding veto on Ukraine's EU membership negotiations, which has triggered visible exasperation in Kyiv and Brussels.
In the Lviv region, Ukraine's military counterintelligence, in coordination with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has detained a mole working for Russia's FSB — a major of the Ukrainian Air Force who was spying on Ukraine's military aviation.
Poland and Ukraine’s security is indivisible
The United States has paused weapons deliveries to Ukraine over concerns about U.S. military stockpiles falling too low.
In Poltava, after the morning strike by Russian drones, 21 people have already sought medical assistance. The aftermath of the attack is still being dealt with.
The United States has not stopped supplying all weapons to Ukraine, and the U.S. Department of Defense has many other reliable options for supporting the country.
The share of those suppliers of Ukraine’s State Operator For Non-Lethal Acquisition (DOT) that had been affected by restrictive measures due to contract violations does not exceed 1%. As of June 2025, there were only seven of them.
There were 185 armed clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders in the past 24 hours, with 58 taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
The State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine reports an increase in the release of anti-Ukrainian books in Russia.
Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children and the subsequent deprivation of their Ukrainian identity may amount to the crime of genocide.
Four people were injured after a Russian drone targeted an apartment block in Odesa, badly damaging part of the building.
Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC and Poland’s ORLEN have signed a new contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States.
02 July 2025
Imposing tougher sanctions on Russia could help prevent the abduction of Ukrainian children and support efforts to bring back those already taken.
I believe Putin will face justice in The Hague for the abduction of Ukrainian children
Every delay in military aid to Ukraine costs lives, so the pause in supplying weapons to Ukrainians must end as soon as possible, as there is no room for compromise with a regime that bombs civilian targets, burns churches, and kills innocent women and children.
Serhii Danylov, deputy director at the Association of Middle East Studies, believes that the growing tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia are creating new opportunities for closer ties between Kyiv and Baku. However, due to the complex geopolitical landscape, it is unlikely that Azerbaijan will provide Ukraine with weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree revoking the Ukrainian citizenship of Orest Berezovsky, better known as Metropolitan Onufriy, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
In accordance with international humanitarian principles and existing repatriation agreements, Ukraine has returned the bodies of two deceased individuals bearing military identification tags of the Russian Armed Forces to the Russian side.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has requested a phone call with U.S. counterparts to clarify the details of further defense supplies.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not participate in the BRICS summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7 as the country will be represented by Prime Minister Li Qiang.
Poland’s President-elect Karol Nawrocki met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels on Tuesday.
The conflict between Iran and Israel has had virtually no impact on Ukraine.
One of the two Russian engineers responsible for developing CRPA antennas for Shahed-type drones has already been killed.
Currently, apart from periodic Russian missile and drone attacks, there is no other military threat to the city of Dnipro.
NATO countries will include Ukraine aid in their respective defense budgets beginning in 2026
Over the past two months, journalists from Crimea.Realities have identified 106 new obituaries of residents from the Russian-occupied peninsula who died fighting against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation.
Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, has commented on how developments in the Middle East, particularly the tensions between Iran and Israel, could affect arms supplies to Russia.