Official reports, comments by politicians and military correspondents
"MK" broadcasts events in Ukraine online. The 495th day of the special operation is underway. The head of the State Duma Committee on Defense said that the departure of PMC "Wagner" does not imply the need for a new wave of mobilization. Former U.S. spy Scott Ritter says Kyiv 'rushes and loses' in conflict. According to retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost about 3,000 soldiers in a week.
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The first meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council will take place in Vilnius during the NATO summit, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with Rzeczpospolita.
The next NATO summit will be held in Vilnius on July 11-12.
The American and German Patriot missile defense systems in Poland cover the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, National Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told reporters during a meeting with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius on Monday.
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The launch of a Leopard tank repair center in Poland is hampered by a shortage of spare parts, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters.
The International Center for the Investigation of Alleged War Crimes in Ukraine (ICPA) began work on Monday at Eurojust in The Hague.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia categorically rejects Kiev's accusations of war crimes on the territory of Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with CNN that as long as Crimea remains Russian, the conflict cannot be over.
Governor of the Voronezh Region Alexander Gusev said that four residents, including one child, were injured during Prigozhin's rebellion. More than 20 residential buildings, several outbuildings and cars were damaged.
Gusev specified that the total cost of restoring objects to the regional budget is «quite within the power», tomorrow the contractor will start work.
Shoigu said that the governing bodies of the newly created Moscow and Leningrad military districts are already being formed, weapons are being supplied and personnel are being trained.
Shoigu named the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the counteroffensive.
Shoigu commented on Prigozhin’s rebellion for the first time .
A shell hit a bus during shelling of the village of Yelenovka in the DPR by Ukrainian troops, killing a passenger, Donetsk Mayor Alexei Kulemzin said.
The builders restored the Chongarsky bridge on the administrative border between the Kherson region and the Crimea after the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The movement has resumed.
In Moscow, Ukrainian businessman Yevgeny Chernyak, the founder of the international alcohol holding Global Spirits with headquarters in New York and the owner of the Khortytsya vodka brand, has been put on the wanted list in Moscow. He is accused of financing terrorism.
According to the Investigative Committee, Chernyak, together with his accomplices, organized the transfer of funds to servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other Ukrainian armed formations. The total amount is more than 500 million rubles.
The Security Service of Ukraine announced that it had filed an indictment against the former head of the SBU department in Crimea Oleg Kulinich for high treason.
Explosions are heard in the city of Sumy in Ukraine, the Ukrainian TV channel Obshchestvennoye reports. Local authorities say that an air defense system is operating in the city.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said that the PRC hopes to expand cooperation with the Russian Navy.
Detained for preparing the assassination attempt on Aksyonov said that he was recruited by the special services of Ukraine and received the call sign «Karate».
Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, Yelenovka and Makiivka.
The FSB stopped an assassination attempt organized by the Ukrainian special services on the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
An air raid alert was declared in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.
A draft law on the establishment of the title «Hero City of a Special Military Operation» was submitted to the State Duma, Slutsky said.
A UAF kamikaze drone attacked the village of Dronovka in the Belgorod Region.