Kharkiv

On July 7, Kharkiv was attacked by two enemy Shahed-type drones, presumably in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on the ongoing air attack and possible repeated strikes.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Borova area, while Russian invaders advanced in the Novopavlivka area. The Russian army also captured Piddubne in Donetsk Oblast and Lobkove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

On July 6, the Russian army attacked the Sumy community with four drones. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed, one was wounded, 25 houses were damaged, and 5 were completely destroyed.

Ukrzaliznytsia is expanding the list of trains with women's compartments, adding three new routes from July 25. Now, women's compartments are available on 15 trains, intended for women or women with children under 5 years old.

In Kharkiv and Kherson, State Emergency Service rescuers were repeatedly attacked by the enemy while extinguishing fires caused by shelling. Two fire tank trucks were damaged, and no personnel were injured.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office showed the consequences of the shelling of the Shevchenkivskyi and Novobavarskyi districts, where the enemy carried out 6 strikes with Geran-type UAVs on public buildings. As a result of the attack, a 46-year-old woman was injured.

In the Novobavarsky district of Kharkiv, a 46-year-old woman was injured as a result of an enemy drone attack. The victim is receiving medical assistance, and information regarding the damage is being clarified.

On the night of July 6, Ukraine suffered a massive attack. Explosions were heard in Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia region, and Kyiv, where power outages occurred in some areas after the blasts.

On the night of July 6, Kharkiv was attacked by enemy drones, explosions were heard. Mayor Ihor Terekhov and head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov urged residents to be careful.

On July 4, a 12-year-old girl drowned in a body of water in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv. The child stumbled and went into deep water; she could not be saved.

Since 2020, 145 deputies of city councils in regional centers of Ukraine (12. 5%) have prematurely terminated their powers. Kropyvnytskyi region is the only one operating with its initial composition, while in Kherson, the number of deputies who resigned their mandates is 37%.

On July 4, Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange, as a result of which servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including defenders of Mariupol, as well as civilians, returned home. Among those released are both soldiers and officers, aged 20 to 59.

In Kyiv, work is underway to restore the track, and power has been partially supplied. Trains in the Fastiv direction run according to the usual schedule, in the north-western direction — with reserve locomotives. Flights in the Korosten direction go through Pochayna and Darnytsia.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the damage from Russian shelling is estimated at 10 billion euros, but the real amount could be higher. Kharkiv is the most destroyed among the large cities of Ukraine, with 8.5 thousand damaged residential buildings and significant destruction in the educational sector.

Prosecutors and the SBU exposed a scheme that caused the state losses of over UAH 33 million due to incomplete assembly of large-caliber rifles. A former Ministry of Defense official and a company head have been notified of suspicion.

In Kharkiv, a series of terrorist attacks was prevented. A 48-year-old FSB agent, a university laboratory assistant, was detained. The suspect was preparing three improvised explosive devices to blow up government buildings.

Kharkiv was hit by Russian drones on the night of July 2, causing a fire in a non-residential building and a car service station in the Novobavarsky district. Administrative buildings, a public transport stop, a multi-apartment building and non-residential premises were damaged.

On July 2, an anticyclone from Western Europe will bring clear weather without precipitation to most of Ukraine; daytime air temperatures will reach +29°. Short-term rains and thunderstorms are possible on the Left Bank.

Due to an empty freight train derailing in Rivne Oblast, trains No. 80 Lviv – Dnipro and No. 64 Lviv – Kharkiv are running with a delay of more than 2 hours via an bypass route. Passengers from Dubno, Brody, Shepetivka, and Slavuta are being picked up by Intercity No. 744 Lviv – Kyiv.

In June, Kharkiv recorded an anti-record in terms of the number of enemy air strikes, which led to the death of 15 civilians and injuries to 157 people, including 25 children. On June 7, the city suffered the largest combined attack on a civilian enterprise.

In Kharkiv, two streets will be named after the fallen F-16 pilots Maksym Ustymenko and Oleksiy Mes, who were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. Both pilots gave their lives repelling air attacks, defending the Ukrainian sky.

In Kharkiv, a strike by a new type of enemy drone, "Chernika", has been recorded for the first time. This UAV's warhead power is similar to 'Molniya', but it has a different design.

Kharkiv region was subjected to a night attack by enemy UAVs on June 30, explosions were heard outside Kharkiv. A service station in Pisochyn, a civilian building in Kurortne, and a building in Derhachi were damaged; there is no information about casualties.

The owner of a private house in Kharkiv found an unexploded Russian UAV "Molniya - 2". SES bomb disposal experts neutralized the explosive object without damage or casualties.

The spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces denied the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Kamyanske in Zaporizhzhia, stating that Ukrainian military personnel are holding their positions and repelling enemy attacks. Russians are trying to seize Kamyanske to control the Simferopol-Kharkiv highway and fire on Stepnohirsk and Zaporizhzhia.

In the Kharkiv region, a 16-year-old boy has been notified of suspicion of premeditated murder of a 30-year-old man. Death occurred as a result of an open craniocerebral injury.

The Defense Forces shot down an enemy attack drone over Kharkiv, presumably without consequences. Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported the presence of other enemy UAVs in the city's sky.

Kharkiv police have detained a 33-year-old man who threatened to detonate an F-1 grenade in a shopping center after a conflict. The assailant, previously convicted, also had another F-1 grenade and fuses at his home.

Prosecutor General Kravchenko announced the exposure of a criminal organization of five people who embezzled UAH 5. 4 million allocated for fortifications in Kharkiv. The fraud involved inflating prices for procurement materials by more than 30%.

According to the Prosecutor General, a criminal organization of five people, led by a former deputy mayor of Kharkiv, has been exposed for embezzling 5. 4 million hryvnias of budget funds. The funds, intended for fortifications, were embezzled through inflated prices for material procurement.