Russian advance

6:36 PM

Media: Russia faces difficulties with Chinese imports as Beijing tightens control.

China has tightened export controls on military and dual-use products since July 1, the Moscow Times reported on July 5. This has already made it more difficult to deliver Chinese equipment and machinery to Russia, the Moscow Times reported, citing Russian importers.

5:01 PM  (Updated:  July 5, 2024 6:02 pm)

Russian attack on Donetsk Oblast kills woman, injures 20 people.

The center of the front-line village was struck with three Russian guided aerial bombs, according to the governor. The attack damaged 13 houses, four stores, two high-rise buildings, two administrative building and two infrastructure facilities, he added.

5:18 PM

Opinion

The Counteroffensive: What UK Labour’s landslide election means for Ukraine

5:13 PM

Belarus weekly

Belarus Weekly: EU imposes new sanctions on Belarus, targeting sanction circumvention

4:44 PM

Ukraine Business Roundup — Ukrainian startups attract funding

3:35 PM

Zelensky congratulates Labour Party's Starmer on UK election victory.

"Ukraine and the U.K. have been and will continue to be reliable allies through thick and thin," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

3:30 PM

Labor shortages drive up wages in Ukraine, central bank says.

According to the NBU's report, the offered monthly salaries have continuously grown from around Hr 13,500 ($332) in February 2022 to roughly Hr 19,500 ($480) in May 2024.

3:16 PM

F-16s will challenge Russia's aerial dominance over Black Sea, Ukraine's Navy chief says.

Ukraine wants to expand its shipping corridor, which contains only maritime traffic from the three main Odesa ports, to include the ports of Mykolaiv and Kherson in the country's south, Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa told Reuters. However, it is not possible since Russia controls the Kinburn Spit, he added.

2:33 PM

Stoltenberg hopes Ukraine will join NATO within 10 years.

Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hopes that Ukraine will join the alliance within the next 10 years, he said in an interview with the DPA news agency published on July 5.

2:22 PM

Latvia to send over 2,500 drones to Ukraine in July, ministry says.

Riga will send more than 2,500 different types of combat drones to Ukraine this month, worth 4 million euros ($4.3 million), the Latvian Defense Ministry announced on July 5.

1:17 PM

Chasiv Yar

What Ukraine's partial Chasiv Yar withdrawal actually means

1:01 PM

Putin believes Trump is 'sincere' about ending war.

Speaking from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "we take (former President Donald Trump's declared intention to end the war) completely seriously."

12:46 PM

Germany's third Patriot air defense system arrived in Ukraine, ambassador says.

The third Patriot air defense system pledged by Germany is already in Ukraine, German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jaeger said on July 5.

12:33 PM

Orban arrives in Moscow days after Kyiv trip, meets Putin.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Moscow on July 5, just days after his first trip to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war, Orban's press office told the media.

12:24 PM

There are 'questions' about some ministers, government changes not ruled out, MP says.

"There are questions" regarding the work of some ministers, and the question of their dismissal may arise in the near future, Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the parliament's national security committee, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on July 5.

11:16 AM

Orban's Kyiv, Moscow trips test boundaries of EU presidency, expert says.

Viktor Orban's steps show that he is "playing a different game and using the vacuum while the compositions of these (EU) institutions are changing" after the European elections, said Pavel Havlicek, a research fellow at the Association for International Affairs.

10:40 AM

Indian PM Modi to visit Russia on July 8.

It will be Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first trip to Russia since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine.

9:48 AM

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 7, injure 43 over past day.

Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least seven civilians and injured at least 43 over the past day, regional authorities reported early on July 5.

9:32 AM

Russia claims civilian casualties in drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Kyiv has not commented on allegations.

Ukraine has not commented on the allegations, and the claims could not be independently verified.

9:12 AM

Death toll of Russia's July 3 attack on Dnipro rises to 8.

The death toll of Russia's drone and missile attack on Dnipro on July 3 has risen to eight, as a 72-year-old woman died in the hospital, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

8:13 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 548,580 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,110 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

5:15 AM

Drone attack in Rostov causes fire.

Russian air defense reportedly shot 10 drones over Rostov Oblast, causing a large fire, Governor Vasily Golubev reported on July 5.

3:59 AM

Slovakia to increase electricity supplies to Ukraine during colder months, Slovak president says.

"Since the beginning of the war, we have already exported more than 40,000 megawatts of electricity to Ukraine, and we are going to increase supplies in autumn and winter, which will probably be crucial for Ukraine," Pellegrini said during a visit to Poland on Thursday.

2:48 AM

Russian colonel charged in absentia for ordering attacks on civilian infrastructure.

The SBU allege that Panchenko, the commander of the 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment of Russia's Western Military District, ordered air strikes on various targets along the eastern front.

1:06 AM

Russian commander linked to Bucha killings detained on corruption charges.

Russian authorities have detained Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, the top military commander whose troops were responsible for the massacre in Bucha, on charges of large-scale fraud, Russian state media outlet TASS reported on July 4.