Key developments on July 1:
- 'With surgical precision' — Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300km away, SBU supply says
- Russian missile strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kills brigade commander, injures 30 folks, Zelensky says
- Ukrainian forces hit Russian command put up in occupied Donetsk Oblast, Common Workers says
- Zelensky indicators ratification of Particular Tribunal on Russian aggression
- Russian Su-34 plane crashes throughout coaching flight, pilot dies, media studies
Ukrainian drones struck a serious Russian army plant within the metropolis of Izhevsk, over 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukrainian-held territory, a supply within the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) instructed the Kyiv Unbiased on July 1.
The SBU supply stated the company's long-range drones focused the Kupol plant in Russia's Udmurt Republic on the morning of July 1. Not less than two drones struck manufacturing and storage amenities, beginning a hearth on the website, in keeping with the supply.
The ability produces Tor and Osa air protection techniques, in addition to Harpy assault drones for the Russian army, and is beneath worldwide sanctions as a part of Russia's defense-industrial advanced.
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"With surgical precision, the SBU continues to hold out strikes towards Russia's military-industrial enterprises contributing to the warfare effort towards Ukraine," the supply stated.
"Every such operation weakens (Russia's) offensive potential, disrupts weapons manufacturing chains, and proves that no a part of Russia is a protected zone for its army infrastructure."
Residents of Izhevsk reported explosions early on July 1, whereas native authorities confirmed a drone strike on a facility within the metropolis. Alexander Brechalov, head of Russia's Udmurt Republic, stated emergency providers had responded to the assault and that additional data can be supplied because it grew to become out there.
Brechalov later reported casualties, citing deaths and severe accidents, however didn’t present particular figures.
Russia's aviation company briefly suspended flights out and in of town's airport following the incident.
Russian Telegram channels reported that no air raid siren was sounded earlier than the drone assault on the Kupol plant. In accordance with Astra, Izhevsk residents additionally couldn’t entry warnings through Telegram as a result of cell web outages, which locals say have endured for practically two weeks.
The Kyiv IndependentKollen Post
Russian missile strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kills brigade commander, injures 30 folks, Zelensky says
A Russian missile assault killed the commander of the one hundred and tenth Separate Mechanized Brigade, Serhii Zakharevych, and injured 30 folks in Huliaipole in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in his night tackle.
The Russian military struck the Kamianske district, the place the village of Huliaipole is situated, within the morning on July 1, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
Huliaipole, with a pre-war inhabitants of round 1,200, lies within the western a part of japanese Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, roughly 70 kilometers (40 miles) from the entrance line.
"We will certainly reply to the Russians for this assault," Zelensky stated, including that the investigation into the Russian assault is presently underway and he’s ready for a report from the army command.
Zakharevych graduated from the Odesa Institute of the Floor Forces. After commencement, he led a platoon in a reconnaissance firm of the thirtieth Separate Mechanized Brigade and the first Tank Brigade.
In February 2025, he was appointed commander of the one hundred and tenth Separate Mechanized Brigade. Previous to that, he served as deputy commander of the thirty third Mechanized Brigade.
Zakharevych was concerned in getting ready three qualification programs for the Ukrainian Particular Forces and headed the forty seventh Particular Forces detachment. He participated in fight missions on the entrance.
"Our military has misplaced one other consultant of a brand new era of Ukrainian officers who grew up in fight and have become fashions of braveness and proactive army management," the Common Workers's assertion learn.
Ukrainian forces hit Russian command put up in occupied Donetsk Oblast, Common Workers says
Ukraine struck a command put up of the eighth Mixed Arms Military of the Russian Armed Forces within the Russian-occupied a part of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's Common Workers reported on July 1, a day after the assault.
On the night of June 30, explosions had been heard within the Russian-occupied Donetsk, the Russian Telegram channel Shot reported. In accordance with residents, a number of fires had been noticed in numerous elements of town.
The assault has considerably hampered Russia's capability to plan and conduct operations within the Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas of the entrance line, the Common Workers's assertion learn.
Russian losses are nonetheless being decided.
Ukraine's army commonly strikes army targets in Russian-occupied territories and deep inside Russia in an try and diminish Moscow's combating energy because it continues its warfare towards Ukraine.
Russia has for months targeted its offensive efforts on the embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and has lately been escalating makes an attempt to interrupt by way of to neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a area that has not but seen fight.
Ukraine denied studies that Russian forces breached the regional border in Might and June.
The Kyiv IndependentOleg Sukhov
Zelensky indicators ratification of Particular Tribunal on Russian aggression
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on July 1 that he had signed the ratification paperwork establishing the Particular Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression towards Ukraine, marking a serious step towards prosecuting Russia's management.
Ukraine and the Council of Europe signed the settlement establishing the Particular Tribunal on June 25 throughout a ceremony in Strasbourg. Zelensky and Council of Europe Secretary Common Alain Berset signed it after greater than three years of advocacy and diplomacy.
"The settlement should now be swiftly ratified in order that the method of making the tribunal can start," Zelensky stated in a press release. He additionally instructed Ukraine's authorities to urgently submit crucial legislative modifications to parliament to make sure Kyiv's full implementation of the settlement.
"I ask members of parliament to deal with this as a direct precedence," Zelensky added, urging lawmakers to move the wanted laws immediately.
The tribunal, as soon as established, would particularly goal Russia's prime political and army management for the crime of aggression, outlined because the unlawful use of power by one state towards one other, which current worldwide our bodies, just like the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC), usually are not in a position to prosecute as a result of jurisdictional limitations.
Zelensky additionally known as on the Overseas Ministry and the Presidential Workplace to finalize a roadmap with worldwide companions for the tribunal's launch.
"Already this 12 months, Russia should start to really feel that accountability for the crime of aggression is inevitable," he stated. "Aggression is against the law, and Russia's really inevitable punishment for this crime is within the world curiosity of everybody on this planet who needs their folks to stay in peace."
Talking on the Parliamentary Meeting of the Council of Europe (PACE) on June 25, Zelensky thanked the physique for championing the concept from its inception and pushing ahead worldwide accountability for Russia's invasion.
"It was right here on this meeting, that the primary name for such a tribunal was made," Zelensky stated. "The thought was born right here — and now it’s gaining actual help from accomplice nations in Europe and past."
The tribunal is designed to shut a authorized hole that presently prevents the ICC from prosecuting Russia for the crime of aggression, though the court docket has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Kids's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova in reference to the deportation of Ukrainian youngsters.
The Kyiv IndependentDominic Culverwell
Russian Su-34 plane crashes throughout coaching flight, pilot dies, media studies
A Russian Air Power Su-34 fighter jet crashed throughout a coaching train in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russian state media Ria Novosti reported on July 1, citing Russia's Protection Ministry.
One of many pilots died as a result of sustained accidents, Russian media outlet Mash reported later within the day. After ejecting, he landed on a tree. Medics couldn’t save him, in keeping with Mash.
One of many touchdown gear struts was not launched throughout touchdown. The crew made a number of makes an attempt to repair the malfunction in flight, however it didn’t assist.
The crew efficiently ejected from the airplane, and there have been no casualties, in keeping with the ministry.
The Russian Su-34 is a Soviet-era medium-range fighter-bomber.
Airplane and helicopter crashes have change into extra commonplace in Russia for the reason that starting of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the following imposition of Western sanctions.
In accordance with the U.Ok. intelligence, Russia has misplaced over 30 Su-34 plane for the reason that begin of the full-scale invasion in 2022.
Moscow doesn’t touch upon its losses it faces inn its warfare towards Ukraine.
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