▲ Ukrainian battlefield situation map
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has lasted for 133 days. The Russians attacked Slovyansk from both Iyum and Lehmann, but failed to break through the Ukrainian positions. Russian forces in the direction of Bachmut were attacking along the two highways E40 and T0513. After Kherson's Russians suppressed the Ukrainian offensive, they were actively counterattacking.
War report of the Russian Ministry of Defense. In the past 24 hours, the Russian military has used aircraft, missiles and artillery to strike more than 129 Ukrainian targets. Russian Su-35 fighter jets shot down 1 Su-25 attack aircraft and 2 Mi-24 helicopter gunships at Nikolayev. Russian air defenses shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter and 11 drones, intercepting 9 Polka dot U ballistic missiles and 8 rocket launched rockets.
The Russian air strike severely damaged the 92nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army stationed in Kharkiv, eliminated 100 Ukrainian troops and 4 heavy equipment, and destroyed an ammunition depot of the 57th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in the eastern suburbs of Soledad, which stored 1500 shells of different calibers and more than 100 sets of foreign-made anti-tank missile systems.
The Russian air strike also destroyed 2 Haimas rocket launchers and 1 S300 anti-aircraft missile system. The command posts of the Ukrainian 79th Airborne Assault Brigade and the 57th Mechanized Infantry Brigade were also attacked by Russian air strikes.
▲Donbass battlefield situation map
Russia's deputy prime minister denied that the Russian economy was on a wartime trajectory. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Leo Borisov submitted a draft government to the Russian State Duma on July 5, calling for the government to temporarily unseal capacity and facilities during military operations, as well as the power to unseal state reserves. Subsequently, Borisov explained the draft in an interview with the "Russian 24" television station: "This draft is completely different from the existing provisions used to clearly regulate the declaration of war by the government and the transfer of the country's economy to the mobilization track." This is a targeted measure aimed at guaranteeing the provision of all the necessary safeguards to the Russian armed forces. ”
Russian hacking groups exposed the data of more than 1,000 Ukrainian agents. The Russian hacking group RaHDit (Evil Russian Hackers) released publicly accessible information on 1,000 agents of the General Intelligence Service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The intelligence officers revealed in the data included representatives of the embassies and espionage agencies in Russia, India, Austria, Vietnam, South Africa, Italy, Turkey and Iran. The list also includes data on military intelligence focal points in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia, instructors of sabotage activities and representatives of special units engaged in espionage reconnaissance and combat reconnaissance.
Sources from a Russian intelligence service confirmed to the Russian Satellite News Agency the veracity of the data released by RaHDit on Ukrainian military intelligence personnel. He said: "According to the information I have, there is no doubt about this material. ”
According to RaHDit, they took advantage of a vulnerability in the cyber protection system of the Central Authority of the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to obtain the above data according to the method of analyzing big data according to the patterns of user behavior characteristics, and more information will be made public in the future.
▲ Information on Ukrainian agents exposed on the Internet.
The first Ukrainian troops arrived in Britain for training. British Defence Secretary Wallace said on July 6 that the first Ukrainian servicemen have arrived in the UK and will receive basic British military training courses within a few months, including shooting training, battlefield first aid, field training, patrol tactics and training in the law of armed conflict. Britain plans to train 10,000 soldiers for Ukraine every 4 months.
A second French mercenary was killed in Ukraine. According to a July 5 report from Luxembourg Radio and Television, a second French mercenary was killed in Ukraine from his shelling wounds. The French mercenary was named Dron D, who joined the "International Corps" formed by the Ukrainian Army in March, was wounded by artillery in the battle in early June and dragged to the death of his wounds on June 25. The first French mercenary to die, 32-year-old Wilfrid Blériot, also died in the shelling. There are currently about 50 French mercenaries in Ukraine.
Britain will supply Ukraine with 10 self-propelled guns. On July 5, local time, British Prime Minister Johnson held telephone talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy. During the talks, Britain pledged to supply Ukraine with 10 self-propelled guns and ammunition in the coming days.
▲ British-made AS90 self-propelled gun