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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 Jul 2023
• Ukraine Battles, Civilian Casualties Continue Amid U.S. Report Of Kyiv Press Toward Cease-Fire Talks 'By End Of Year' RFE/RL 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian and Ukrainian forces were battling throughout eastern and southern Ukraine as Kyiv asserted a possible shift in the strategic balance, while a U.S. report hinted at Ukrainian hopes for a possible endgame that could lead to peace talks in the 15-month-old full-scale Russian invasion.
• Russian Shelling Kills 3, Injures 17 in Ukraine Amid Visit by Spanish PM VOA 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian shelling has killed three people and injured 17 others in Ukraine's southern and eastern regions, Ukrainian officials reported Saturday morning. The civilian casualties come as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Kyiv in a show of support.
• Latest in Ukraine: CIA Director Held Secret Meetings in Ukraine in June VOA 01 Jul 2023 -- CIA Director William Burns made a secret visit to Ukraine in June. Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and intelligence officials to discuss Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy. Reports of the secret meetings emerged Friday. The clandestine discussions are reported to have occurred before Russian mercenary leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin's thwarted rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian defense establishment.

Ukraine

• Ukraine has not received arms promised by West for counteroffensive: Top commander Press TV 01 Jul 2023 -- The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian military says plans for a counteroffensive have been slowed by a lack of adequate firepower promised by the Western backers of Kiev.
• All those who help aggressor to receive response of Ukraine and the whole world - address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023
• When Russians withdraw from Zaporizhzhia NPP, its territory would require careful check to exclude remote detonation possibility - President in interview with Spanish media President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023
• Russia may stage terrorist attack on ZNPP to scare the world with consequences of war, politically influence Ukraine's counteroffensive - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023
• President of Ukraine holds meeting in Kyiv with Prime Minister of Spain, which takes over Presidency of the Council of the EU President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023
• Joint declaration of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023
• Andriy Yermak discusses implementation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula with heads of G7, G19, Denmark, UN diplomatic missions President of Ukraine 01 Jul 2023

Russia

• Russian Forces Repel Another Ukrainian Counteroffensive Attempt Near Bakhmut - Source Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- The Ukrainian military unsuccessfully attempted to conduct an offensive near the village of Berkhovka in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) district of the Donetsk People's Republic on Saturday, a source in the command of Russia's South group of troops told Sputnik.
• Russian Forces Repel Ukrainian Attack in South Donetsk Direction Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian forces have repelled an attempt of Ukrainian troops to attack in the south Donetsk direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

United States

• Report: CIA Chief Made Secret Trip to Ukraine to Discuss Battle Plans, Ceasefire Talks Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- The head of the CIA in a secret trip to Ukraine reportedly held talks with officials on an ambitious strategy to retake territory from Russia and open ceasefire talks with Moscow by year-end.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Marking New EU Presidency, Spanish Prime Minister Visits Ukraine In Show Of Support RFE/RL 01 Jul 2023 -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his July 1 visit to Kyiv demonstrates the European Union's "clear and unequivocal political commitment" to Ukraine's efforts to join the 27-member bloc, even as it battles against Russia's full-scale invasion.

News Reports

• Ukraine Orders Monks to Leave Kiev-Pechersk Lavra by July 4 Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- The Ukrainian Culture Ministry has created a commission for sealing the premises of one of the most prominent Orthodox monasteries - Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, urging the monks of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the compound before July 4, clerics' legal adviser Nikita Chekman said on Saturday.