Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important things in the war in Ukraine on July 6. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion for more than a year.
18:12. Ukraine and Russia have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war, during which 90 prisoners have been released.
Russia has released 45 captured Ukrainian soldiers, national guardsmen and civil defense workers, announced Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the President of Ukraine. Ukraine has also released 45 captured Russian soldiers, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed. In addition, Russia allegedly returned two children to their parents in Ukraine.
17:05. A Russian missile hit an apartment building in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday night, killing at least five people, officials said. At least 36 people were injured. The mayor of the city, Andrij Sadovy, informed that approximately 60 apartments and 50 cars were damaged as a result of the rocket’s impact. The mayor has declared mourning in the city for two days.
16:35. The Finance and Administration Affairs Committee of the Riga City Council decided to support the implementation of the project “Support for displaced persons from Ukraine in Latvia and Riga”. For the implementation of the project, the Riga Municipality has been allocated 500,000 euros from the funds of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund directly administered by the European Commission. Also, the committee decided to allocate 96,000 euros for the reception of Ukrainian children and young people from Chernihiv region in Riga in September of this year.
16:15. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi will arrive in Istanbul on Friday to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reports. The main topics of the talks are expected to be the agreement on the transportation of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea and next week’s NATO summit.
15:42. Russia will close the Finnish consulate in St. Petersburg and expel nine of its diplomats, Moscow said Thursday, calling the move a reaction to Helsinki’s “confrontational anti-Russian policy.”
15:00. The self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that the founder of “Wagner” Prigozhin and the Wagnerites are currently not in the country. According to Lukashenko, Prigozhin is in Russia, and the Wagnerites are in the camps where they were after retreating from the front. Also, according to the Belarusian dictator, no one in Belarus is building camps for Prigozhin’s mercenaries, although the media reported the opposite, reports pravda.com.ua.
14:10. 4 dead, 37 injured, 50 destroyed cars and 30 damaged houses – the consequences of the attack in Lviv. The ruins are still being cleaned, there may still be people under them, reports pravda.com.ua.
12:40. Latvia, like other European countries, refused asylum to a Ukrainian citizen who refused to fight in his homeland against Russia, according to the publicly available court verdict.
A Ukrainian citizen entered Latvia last August and asked for asylum. He argued that as a result of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, he wants to receive political asylum in Latvia and improve his health. A man disagreeing with Ukraine’s politics and not supporting the hostilities there. He is said to have visited the war commissariat and said that he refuses to go to war.
Due to the war that started in 2014, the man and his relatives suffered. His residence and commercial activities were allegedly destroyed. Also, the man suffered from infections while staying in the bomb shelter, as well as suffered psychological injuries.
11:20. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy has imposed sanctions on the companies of the Russian holding “Alfa-grupp” – “ABH Holdings” registered in Luxembourg and “ABH Financial Limited” registered in Cyprus, according to the order published on the president’s website.
Both companies own 100% of the shares of the Ukrainian bank “Sense Bank” (formerly “Alfa Bank Ukraine”). Through the two companies, the bank is owned by Russian businessmen Andrei Kosogov, Mikhail Fridman and Piotr Aven.
09:35. Ukraine’s counterattack was delayed by the slow supply of weapons, which allowed the Russians to strengthen their defense line, including by mining the front fields of their positions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.
A few days ago in Odessa, speaking to a CNN journalist, Zelensky admitted that he had hoped to start the counteroffensive “much earlier” than in June, when it actually began.
“Our counterattack was delayed by certain difficulties on the battlefield. Everything there is heavily mined,” Zelensky said, adding that the postponement of the counterattack resulted in the demining of wider areas.
08:10. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached 232,300 soldiers by Wednesday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army.
According to the data of the general staff, 600 invaders were destroyed during the day.
07:00. On Thursday night, a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Lviv, western Ukraine, killing at least three people, the city’s mayor Andrii Sadovy said.
He informed that approximately 60 apartments and 50 cars were damaged as a result of the missile’s impact. On the night of Thursday, the Russian invaders once again subjected Ukrainian cities to fire by launching cruise missiles “Kalibr” from the Black Sea.
An air alert was declared on almost the entire territory of Ukraine, except for the Donetsk region. Earlier, the head of the military administration of Lviv region, Maksims Kozickis, informed that a Russian missile hit a critical infrastructure object in the city.
00.10. In Ukraine, the first reconstruction works of schools damaged during the war began. The schools are being rebuilt as part of a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The first phase of the project will focus on eight educational institutions in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions, where approximately 20,000 students study. As reported, these educational institutions have suffered only a little in the war and do not need major repairs. Repair works are planned to be completed by the beginning of the new school year, reports pravda.com.ua.
2023-07-06 15:12:49
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