Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Moscow on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of his "peacekeeping mission," his spokesman confirmed.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hopes that Ukraine will become a member of the North Atlantic alliance within the next decade and has called for increased military assistance to Ukraine.
Due to Russian attacks and the summer heat, Ukraine is facing electricity shortages, introducing hourly blackout schedules and receiving electricity imports from 5 countries and emergency aid from the EU.
President Zelenskyy congratulated Keir Starmer and the British Labor Party on their election victory, expressed hope for strengthening the Ukrainian-British partnership and restoring international peace and security, and thanked outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for his continued support for Ukraine.
Ukraine has already harvested more than 3 million tons of grain, and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy has revised its forecast for the upcoming harvest, increasing it from 74 to 77 million tons, while Ukraine remains one of the world's leading agricultural exporters.
About 98. 9% of the harvest in southern Ukraine is on schedule, despite Russia's attempts to provoke crop destruction and arson attacks on grain fields.
Two other draft laws submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine propose to allow companies to "reserve" up to 50% of their employees subject to military service by paying a fee of UAH 20,400 per person to the state budget.
Ukrainian guerrillas from the ATES movement have successfully blown up a railroad track near Yekaterinburg in Russia, stopping the movement of trains carrying North Korean munitions.
The Oskol Ugarov Electrometallurgical Plant in Russia, which is crucial for the Russian military-industrial complex, has been shut down. Resuming its full-fledged operation in the coming months will be problematic. This will lead to complications and disruption of order fulfillment.
Russian troops shelled the border of Chernihiv region with various types of weapons, 30 explosions were recorded in 3 communities.
Customs officers in Kyiv found 2 kg of concentrate of the psychotropic "shamanic drink" Ayavasca in a parcel from Peru, blocked the supply channel and served the recipient in Kyiv with a notice of suspicion.
Putin demanded the "irreversible" "demilitarization" of Ukraine as a precondition for any ceasefire agreement.
Commenting on the strike on the Tambov Gunpowder Plant, Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, noted that everything used by the enemy in the genocidal war against Ukraine is subject to such a certain impact.
Short-term rains, thunderstorms, hail and squalls of 15-20 m/s are expected in most regions of Ukraine on July 5, with temperatures ranging from 13-37°C depending on the region.
All 32 enemy attack drones were successfully shot down by Ukrainian air defense during the night attack.
The former head of an emergency medical center in Kherson region was served a notice of suspicion of embezzlement of more than UAH 1. 8 million through abuse of office by concluding contracts with an individual entrepreneur operating in the occupied territory.
In the temporarily occupied territories, the invaders threaten to deport residents and confiscate their property if they do not receive russian passports.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, enemy UAVs were spotted flying in different directions over several regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kherson, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Odesa oblasts.
Ukrainian wrestler Aida Kerimova won gold in the 50 kg weight category at the European U-20 Wrestling Championships.
Due to the takeoff of a Russian MiG-31K fighter jet from the Savasleyka airfield, a missile threat was announced throughout Ukraine.
In Kyiv, a 400-square-meter warehouse building caught fire, but 50 firefighters extinguished the fire, with no casualties.
President Zelenskyy announced a powerful new security agreement for Ukraine that will guarantee its security until it joins NATO.
Kamikaze drone have successfully struck Russia's Tambov Powder Plant, a large ammunition and gunpowder manufacturing facility, despite Russia's denial of the attack. The attack on the enemy's military-industrial complex was a special operation by the GRU, the source said.
President Zelenskyy held a lengthy meeting to prepare for the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, D. C., where Ukraine is seeking strong support, including new decisions and documents on air defense.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is refusing to accept a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, claiming that Kyiv would use it to rearm and strengthen its army.
President Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers devoted to drones, electronic warfare, production, financing and supply, where key decisions were made on long-range drones and operations at the front.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin says he watched fragments of the US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Astana expressed support for China's initiative to settle the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is serious about Donald Trump's "peace proposals" to end the war in Ukraine, but admits he does not know Trump's specific plans.
Starting July 5, three user queues will be disconnected at once during peak hours in all regions of Ukraine during stabilization outages.
