Kharkiv
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.
On June 27, Russian rockets and drones attacked Kharkiv and Chuhuiv, damaging a private enterprise, residential buildings, and infrastructure. In Chuhuiv, two men were injured at a civilian enterprise where a large-scale fire broke out.
In Kharkiv, two "hits" of enemy drones were recorded with an interval of an hour and a half. The first "hit" of a "molniya" type drone in the Industrial district damaged two passenger cars.
Seven employees of the Kharkiv pre-trial detention center, including the former head, are suspected of involvement in the death of an inmate. The victim was beaten by other prisoners, which led to his death.
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturers in Kharkiv called on the authorities to preserve tax benefits for the strategic industry. The head of the VRU finance committee, Danylo Hetmantsev, proposed to study the Defense City bill.
Ukraine has returned home a group of Defenders under the age of 25, defenders with injuries and health problems. The vast majority of those released were held in captivity for more than three years, including those captured during the defense of Mariupol.
Kharkiv is home to 1. 3 million residents, including 206,000 internally displaced persons from the occupied territories. Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated that these people want to live and work in Kharkiv, creating new opportunities for the city.
The SBU and National Police detained a Russian agent who tried to blow up a National Guard soldier in Kyiv by luring him to a "date". The explosives were hidden in a scooter, no one was injured, and the agent faces up to 12 years in prison.
According to the SBU, a 19-year-old Kharkiv resident, recruited by the enemy, handed over a booby-trapped scooter to the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the guise of volunteer aid, which exploded near a cafe. The girl has been detained and faces life imprisonment.
On June 25, the enemy struck Kupiansk, damaging a residential nine-story building with a KAB. Five civilians were injured and are receiving medical assistance.
As a result of a night drone attack on Kharkiv, a 64-year-old man was injured and hospitalized. All seven Shahed-type drones hit a civilian enterprise and an uninhabited residential building in the Kyivskyi district of the city.
On June 25, Kharkiv was again attacked by Russian drones. Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov confirmed the strikes on a civilian enterprise in the Kyivskyi district. Information regarding casualties is being clarified, and residents are urged to remain in shelters.
In Khmelnytskyi, home pension delivery for people with disabilities was stopped without warning. Dmytro Lubinets, the VR Human Rights Commissioner, took personal control of this issue and appealed to "Ukrposhta" to resume delivery.