Monday, July 8

Russia’s war against Ukraine

The aftermath of an attack on Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 7, 2024. (Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)

Military: Another Russian Su-25 downed in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian forces have shot down yet another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in the embattled Donetsk Oblast, the Khortytsia group of forces reported on July 7.

Moscow to use barrage balloons to repel Ukrainian drone attacks. A Russian aerospace firm, First Airship, has developed a ballon prototype and started testing it, according to The Telegraph.

Ukrainian drones attack large ammunition depot in Voronezh Oblast, source says. A law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent that Ukrainian drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine struck a large ammunition depot in the village of Sergeevka in Voronezh Oblast.

SBU behind drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar Krai oil depots, source says. Drone attacks were reported in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight on July 6, causing large fires at two oil depots.

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Kyiv restored two-thirds of its generating capacities after Russian missile attacks, official says. The Russian strikes damaged more than half of the city’s generating capacity, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration said.

Leaked documents suggest more Russians killed in Ukraine than previously thought. Between 462,000 and 728,000 Russian soldiers were killed, injured, or captured by mid-June, The Economist reported on July 5, citing leaked documents from the U.S. Defense Department.

Media: Kolomoisky’s associate Boholiubov used forged documents to leave Ukraine. Ukrainian billionaire Hennadii Boholiubov, who formerly owned Ukrainian bank PrivatBank alongside oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, recently left Ukraine under forged documents, anonymous sources at the Prosecutor General’s Office told the Ukrainska Pravda media outlet.

Ukrainian high jumper sets new world record at Paris Diamond League. Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh set a new world record in women’s high jump at the Diamond League in Paris on July 7, becoming the first woman to clear 2.10 meters.

No indication of foreign funds misuse by Ukraine’s infrastructure agency, EU Delegation says. There is no indication that Ukraine’s infrastructure agency has misused foreign funds, the EU Delegation to Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent on July 7.

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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones attack ammunition, oil depots in Russia, source says.

Ukrainian drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine struck a large ammunition depot in Voronezh Oblast, and two oil deports in Krasnodar Krai region over the past two days, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent on July 7.

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Human cost of war

Pregnant woman hospitalized following Russian attack on Kherson. Russian troops shelled a residential area in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district on July 7, Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported.

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 8, injure 16 over past day. Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts – Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.

General Staff: Russia has 550,990 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. This number includes 1,150 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

4 killed including child after car hit Russian mine in Kharkiv Oblast. A family car hit a Russian mine while driving through a forest in Kharkiv Oblast, killing at least four people including a child on July 7, according to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

4 injured including child by Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A ten-year-old boy and four women were injured by Russian attacks on the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 7, according to regional Governor Serhii Lysak.

International response

Orban says Putin has low expectations for ceasefire before serious peace talks. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him he did not have positive expectations of enacting a ceasefire agreement before serious peace talks begin.

UK Defense Minister announces new Ukraine defense package during Odesa trip. Less than 48 hours after the United Kingdom’s new Defense Secretary John Healey took his post, Healey met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Odesa and announced a new package of defense aid.

New Dutch foreign and defense ministers announce more aid during first visit to Ukraine. The Netherlands’s Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp and Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans met with President Volodymyr Zelensky during their first diplomatic visit to Ukraine, announcing additional aid for Ukraine human rights investigations and missing persons forensics on July 7.

In other news

French far-right lose elections following surge from left and center. The French left-wing coalition, New Popular Front (NFP), is projected to win the most seats in France’s parliamentary election, outpacing President Macron’s centrist Ensemble party and the right-wing National Rally (RN) coalition.

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