WAR in Ukraine Day one hundred and thirty (July 3, 2022) – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine Destroyed Ukrainian housing estate after Russian shelling ONLINE Load new news 22:00 Today’s online has ended. Thank you for your attention. 21:05 Russia captured Zolotarivka near Lysyčansk in the Luhansk region. It is located east of Lysyčansk and is the last village between the recently conquered city and the border of the Luhansk region. It was reported by The Kyiv Independent. 19:55 Slovakia can supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters and tanks, which it has at its disposal Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger stated this in a Czech TV show. “I don’t want to talk about it in more detail, because Ukraine also asked us not to specify this technique,” he said. She informed Nexta about it. 18:26 President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on July 3 that fighting is still ongoing on the outskirts of Lysychansk, the last major city under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk region. It was reported by The Kyiv Independent. Photo gallery (6) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited frontline positions in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine.
Source: SITA/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP 17:19 Six people were killed on Sunday in a rocket attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, local authorities announced. “It was the most intensive shelling of Sloviansk with rocket launchers. 15 shots were heard. There are many dead and wounded,” said the mayor of Sloviansk, Vadym Ľach, on the Facebook social network. 17:13 Vasyl Bondar, Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey, said on July 3 that Turkish customs authorities detained a Russian-flagged vessel carrying grain allegedly stolen from Ukraine. It was reported by The Kyiv Independent. 16:18 Czech Minister of Defense Jana Černochová visited Ukraine on Saturday without any public announcement. She came to the Ternopil region, where, together with local officials, she honored the memory of fallen Czechoslovak legionnaires on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Zborov. Photo gallery (6) Jana Černochová
Source: Facebook/Jana Černochová 16:02 Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the police in the Kharkiv region, said that one person was killed and at least four were injured during the Russian shelling. Several apartment buildings were also damaged. The Kyiv Independent reported. 14:39 Ukraine denied Moscow’s claims that Russian forces occupied Lysychansk. The city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine is not under the full control of Russian forces. The spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Yuriy Sak, responded to Moscow’s claim that the city was occupied by Russian soldiers. 14:31 Germany is negotiating with its allies on security guarantees for Ukraine and is preparing for the period after the end of the war in Ukraine. This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview for public television ARD on Sunday. Photo gallery (6) Olaf Scholz
Source: SITA/Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP 14:16 Ukrainian journalists publish a video from Sloviansk. According to journalists, firefighters are currently working on one of the local markets, which caught fire as a result of shelling. The local media had already reported on the heavy shelling of Slovjanska. The video was brought to the social network by the NEXTA portal.

13:35 Russia is trying to legitimize its occupation of the Ukrainian Kherson region. This was reported by the British secret service. Russian representatives said that they will hold a referendum on joining the Kherson region to Russia by autumn. 13:26 Germany did better in welcoming refugees from Ukraine than during the influx of refugees from war-torn Syria in 2015. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said this in an interview with DPA on Sunday. 1:00 p.m. A series of explosions rang out in the morning in the Russian city of Belgorod, which is located near the border with Ukraine. With reference to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, foreign press agencies inform about it. The governor later said four people had died and four others were injured. Before noon, the Russian army announced that it shot down three Ukrainian rockets fired at Belgorod at dawn. 12:06 p.m. Russian forces have occupied the city of Lysychansk and the entire Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Sunday. TASR took over the report from the AP and AFP agencies. 12:05 Yesterday’s explosions in Belgorod. 10:51 In the last 24 hours, the Russian occupiers have carried out 24 strikes in the Donetsk region and shelled 18 settlements. According to the National Police, 31 civilian buildings were destroyed. Civilians were killed and injured. 9:56 a.m. The Ukrainian armed forces disabled the Russian military base in the occupied city of Melitopol in the south of the country. Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov announced it today. The representative appointed by Moscow, Yevhen Balycky, subsequently stated that the city was hit by Ukrainian missiles, but that no one was killed or injured, Reuters reported. Photo gallery (6) Melitopol
Source: SITA/AP Photo 9:08 a.m. 3,440 people passed through the border crossings at the entrance to the Slovak Republic. Of these, there were 700 men, 1,994 women and 746 children. 5 applicants applied for temporary asylum. On the way out from Slovakia to Ukraine, 4,565 people passed through border crossings yesterday. All activities related to refugees from Ukraine were provided by 6 policemen, 14 firefighters, 85 customs officers, 86 soldiers, 19 volunteers, 1 clergyman and 7 employees of the migration office. The press department of the Ministry of the Interior informed about it. The total number of persons who entered the territory of the Slovak Republic from February 24, 2022 – 572,112.
The total number of temporary shelters granted as of March 1, 2022 – 83,986.
The total number of people leaving Slovakia for Ukraine since 24/02/2022 – 322,175. 8:13 Ukrainian armed forces probably deliberately withdrew from Lysyčansk in the Luhansk region in the east of the country, which led to the city being occupied by Russian invasion forces on Saturday units. This was stated by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its latest analysis summarizing the development of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to him, Russian forces will probably gain control over the remaining part of the Luhansk region in the coming days. 7:49 The Kadyrovs claim to have taken control of Lysyčansk, Luhansk region and published a video showing Chechen mercenaries standing in ruins. 6:44 a.m. The adviser to the Ukrainian president Oleksii Arestovych admitted on Sunday night that the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region in the east of Ukraine could fall into the hands of the Russians, TASR reports based on a report by Sky News and Reuters. 6:01 a.m. A series of explosions rocked the Russian city of Belgorod, which is located near the border with Ukraine. A private house caught fire in the city, three people were injured. According to the TASS agency, the governor of the Russian Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, stated this today. The causes are being investigated, the air defense system probably worked, the head of the region added. 6:00 a.m. Members of the Ukrainian State Border Service announced on Saturday that they found a hard drive containing data on the Russian military in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine. TASR took over the report from the Sky News television station. Ukraine’s border service said the hard drive contained files of around 100 gigabytes. They contained a list of members of the Russian air defense unit, including their biographical data and details of Russian weapons and military exercises. Zelenskyi asked for international help with the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his speech on Sunday night asked for international help with the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. TASR received the report from the DPA agency and The Guardian newspaper. “It is necessary to repair not only everything that was destroyed by the occupiers, but also to build a new foundation for our lives – safe, modern, accessible and comfortable,” Zelensky declared. He added that this plan requires “large investments, new technologies and institutions, and last but not least, reforms”. In his speech, Zelensky noted that, according to him, Ukraine should cause as much damage as possible to Russian troops so that “every Russian remembers that Ukraine cannot be broken.” He added that the war is far from over and in some areas the fighting is intensifying. Volodymyr Zelenskyi will virtually participate in the international conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held on 4-5 July in Lugano, Switzerland. In addition to the 100-member delegation from Ukraine led by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, representatives of 38 countries and 14 international organizations will also take part in it. Among the participants should be the prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The forthcoming event in Lugano will not be a donor conference. Its aim will be to outline the basic principles and priorities of the process of reconstruction of Ukraine. Lukashenko claims that Ukraine fired missiles at Belarus “They are provoking us,” state news agency Belta quoted Lukashenko as saying. “I have to tell you that roughly three days ago they tried to hit military targets in Belarus from Ukraine,” he said. “Thank God, our Pancir anti-aircraft systems intercepted all rockets fired by Ukrainian forces,” the Belarusian president added. Ukraine said last week that missiles fired from Belarus had hit a border area on its territory. Photo gallery (6) Source: PHOTO TASR/AP Lukashenko denied on Saturday that his country wanted to intervene in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. “As I said more than a year ago, we have no intention of fighting in Ukraine,” he said. As a long-term ally of the Kremlin, Belarus has been supporting Russia’s military operation in Ukraine since February 24, acting as a back-up base for Moscow’s forces. Russian troops crossed the Belarusian border into Ukraine when they tried to capture Kiev, but failed, AFP reports. Lukashenko is heavily dependent on Russia militarily and economically and relies on the support of his neighbor to stabilize his position. This also happened in 2020, when large-scale protests broke out after the disputed presidential elections. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Moscow will supply Belarus with Iskander-M missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons “in the coming months”. Belarus is a staunch ally of Russia, and it facilitated the start of the February invasion of Ukraine, as some Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory from Belarus.