War in Ukraine. Latest information on July 1st [papildināts 13:35]

Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important thing in the Russian Ukraine war on July 1. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the invasion of the aggressor for four months.

13.35. After the address of the President of the European Commission, the President and members of the Parliament stood and applauded emotionally, and the flag of the European Union (EU) was brought into the plenary session hall of the Ukrainian Parliament. “Ukraine now has a very clear European perspective,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in an address to the Ukrainian parliament this morning after the European Union’s decision to grant the country the status of a candidate country to join the bloc.

12.59. The President of the European Commission (EC), Urzula von der Leyen, on Friday called on the members of the Ukrainian Parliament to quickly implement reforms to fight corruption. “You have created an impressive anti-corruption machine,” said Leyen, addressing Ukrainian MPs via video call. “But now these institutions need teeth and the right people in high positions.”

11.23. National Democratic Institute polls Resultsshows that 97% trust or completely trust the Ukrainian armed forces and 85% trust President Volodymyr Zelensky.

10.46. On the southern front, the armed forces of Ukraine have killed 35 Russian soldiers and destroyed several units of Russian military equipment, including two modernized T-72B3 tanks, according to the Southern Operational Command of Ukraine.

09.46. The casualties of Russian troops in Ukraine reached approximately 35,750 soldiers by Friday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army.

Since the start of the re-invasion on February 24, Russia has lost 1,577 tanks, 3,736 armored personnel carriers, 796 cannons, 246 multiple-barreled rocket launchers, 105 anti-aircraft artillery installations, 217 aircraft, 186 helicopters, 645 drones, 143 cruise missiles, 2,610 vehicles and 15 tankers. and 61 units of specialized equipment.

09.10. The European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine has been established, the purpose of which is to help Ukrainian local and regional governments to restore the buildings and infrastructure destroyed during the Russian invasion, the European Committee of the Regions informs.

Among the members of the alliance are the European Committee of the Regions, the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies, the Association of European Border Regions, the European Council of Municipalities and Regions, the Association of Cities of Ukraine, the Association of District and District Councils of Ukraine and the Association of Rural and Village Councils of Ukraine.

08.08. Russian troops fired missiles at the Odesa region on Friday night. According to officials, the number of dead people has increased. Earlier it was reported that 10 people were killed. At the moment, current information shows that 17 people have lost their lives, ten people have been injured, officials say.

07.10. The US Department of Defense is reviewing more than 1,000 proposals from American manufacturers of weapons and military equipment to choose the most effective means of strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities, an official representative of the Pentagon told CNN.

04.46. Ukraine’s electricity exports to the European Union (EU) can partially replace the Russian gas consumed by the EU, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in his video address.

03.33. Russian troops fired rockets into the Odesa region on Friday night, killing at least 10 people and injuring many, the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced.

“The Odesa region was hit by a missile strike by strategic aviation planes from the Black Sea side. One missile hit a nine-story residential building, and the other hit a recreation center in Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk district. One nine-story staircase in the apartment building was completely destroyed,” the statement said.

00.10. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a plan to return the occupation forces to the positions they were in before February 24, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced at the NATO summit.

“We believe that they are really capable of driving the Russians back to the positions that existed before February 24. That is certainly what Volodymyr Zelensky wants to do, and he has laid out a plan to do that,” Johnson said.

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