Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod areas got here beneath fireplace from Ukrainian forces throughout the border within the early hours of Wednesday, the areas’ governors have stated, including that no casualties have been reported. Earlier, Ukraine’s army stated it had destroyed a Russian “formation” in Makiivka within the frontline Donetsk area. Follow our reside weblog for the most recent updates on the struggle in Ukraine. All occasions are Paris time (GMT+2).
7:45am: Russia says border areas come beneath fireplace from Ukraine
Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod areas got here beneath fireplace from Ukrainian forces throughout the border within the early hours of Wednesday, the areas’ governors have stated, including that no casualties have been reported.
“The town of Valuyki is under fire from Ukraine’s armed forces,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the Telegram messaging app at 07:36 am native time (0436 GMT).
He didn’t specify whether or not it was rocket fireplace, artillery shelling or another type of assault.
“Air defence system worked, but there is destruction on the ground,” Gladkov stated.
Separately, Roman Starovoyt, the governor of the Kursk area, north of Belgorod and likewise bordering Ukraine, stated {that a} faculty and a non-public home have been broken when the village of Tyotkino got here fireplace, once more with out specifying the type of assault.
5:35am: Ukrainian military says it destroyed ‘Russian formation’ in Donetsk
Ukraine’s army says it has destroyed a Russian “formation” in Makiivka within the frontline Donetsk area, the place Moscow-installed officers and media say one civilian was killed and dozens wounded in assaults by Kyiv.
“As a result of the effective fire impact of the units of the defence forces, another formation of Russian terrorists in the temporarily occupied Makiivka ceased to exist,” Ukraine’s armed forces stated in an announcement.
A video accompanying the publish confirmed an enormous explosion lighting up the night time sky and the silhouette of no less than one constructing. It didn’t give additional particulars.
The Russian-installed head of the Donetsk area, Denis Pushilin, stated Ukrainian forces had launched “fierce attacks” on residential areas and a hospital complicated in Makiivka.
One man had died and 36 civilians “received injuries of varying degrees of severity” because of Ukrainian strikes, in keeping with Russian state news company Interfax.
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Key developments from Tuesday, July 4:
The NATO army alliance stated Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg would stay in his publish till October 2024, extending his tenure by one other yr amid a failure to agree on a alternative within the context of the struggle in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officers accused Russian forces of concentrating on a army funeral within the Kharkiv area in a missile strike that wounded 43 folks, together with 12 kids.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky informed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Russia was planning “provocations” on the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – whereas Russia accused Kyiv of planning an assault on the facility.
Read yesterday’s liveblog to see how all of the day’s occasions unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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