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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 04.0720.23 Ukraine MOD 04 Jul 2023
• Attack On Kharkiv Town Injures More Than 40 As Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Drone Attack Near Moscow RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- More than 40 people, including 12 children, were injured on July 4 in a Russian strike on the town of Pervomayskiy in the eastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials said as the Ukrainian military reported continued heavy fighting in the Donetsk region.

Ukraine

• Zelenskiy Looks Forward To More 'Fruitful Cooperation' After NATO Chief's Mandate Extended RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a telephone call on July 4 that he looks forward to "continuing our fruitful cooperation" after Stoltenberg's contract to lead the military alliance was extended by one year.
• Zelenskiy Expected To Visit Sofia On Same Day As Parliamentary Vote On Ukraine's Membership In NATO RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Bulgaria on July 6, according to Bulgarian media reports confirmed by RFE/RL.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron discussed security assistance and the occupiers' preparation of a provocation at the ZNPP President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• The world sees that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia NPP is Russia - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• Andriy Yermak, together with American diplomats and businessmen, visited an exhibition dedicated to Ukraine's fight against Russian aggression and US assistance in this war President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• President of Ukraine had a phone call with NATO Secretary General President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• Yermak-McFaul International Working Group presents new document on tightening sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• Greetings from the President of Ukraine to the American people on the occasion of US Independence Day President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed defense support for Ukraine and coordination on the path to NATO with the Prime Minister of Sweden President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2023

Russia

• Press release on attempted Ukrainian terrorist attacks in Moscow and Moscow Region Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Jul 2023
• Press release on the Istanbul agreements Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Jul 2023
• Russia sees 'no ground' to renew grain deal with Ukraine Press TV 04 Jul 2023 -- Russia says it sees "no ground" to extend its Turkey-brokered grain deal with Ukraine, less than two weeks before the expiration of the agreement, which has allowed grain to be shipped out of Black Sea ports despite the war in Ukraine.
• Russia foils Ukraine drone attacks on Moscow Press TV 04 Jul 2023 -- Russia says its Air Force units have foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on the capital Moscow, though one of the attacks prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's international airports.
• At Least 25 People Injured in Ukraine's Strike in Makeevka City - DPR Acting Head Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- At least 25 people have been injured in the attack of the Ukrainian armed forces on the city of Makiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the DPR, said Wednesday.
• UAV Attack on Moscow Impossible Without Help of US, NATO to Kiev- Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- The drone attack on Moscow would have been impossible without the help of the United States and NATO to Kiev, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Ukraine Plans to Hit Zaporozhye NPP With Nuclear Waste Laden Missile - Energy Agency Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- Over the past months, Kiev has repeatedly targeted the nuclear facility - which is the biggest NPP in Europe - risking a major nuclear disaster.
• FSB Nabs LPR Resident Suspected of Spying for Ukraine Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday that it had apprehended a Ukrainian citizen in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), accused of espionage.

United States

NATO

• Kallas Says NATO Membership 'Only Security Guarantee' For Ukraine But Rules Out Offer While Fighting Continues RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on July 4 said that NATO membership "is the only security guarantee" for Ukraine and said it is important that NATO member countries agree during their upcoming summit in Vilnius on "practical steps" on how Ukraine gets into the alliance.

United Nations

• Update 170 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 04 Jul 2023 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost the connection to its main external power line early this morning, forcing it to rely on recently restored back-up power supplies for the electricity it needs for essential nuclear safety and security functions, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

Foreign Reactions

• Putin on Trial? Investigation Launched Into Russia's Alleged Crime of Aggression VOA 04 Jul 2023 -- Ukraine and its Western allies opened a new center Monday that will investigate Russia's leaders for the crime of aggression, following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
• Belarus Offers to Host Monks from Ukraine's Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- The Belarusian Orthodox Church on Tuesday offered to host monks faced with eviction by Ukraine from the historic monastic complex of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

News Reports

• 'It's Not A Chess Game, It's Pure Madness': Residents Near Russian-Controlled Nuclear Plant In Ukraine Fear Catastrophe RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- The vast windows of Yevhen Yevtushenko's Soviet-era office overlook Europe's largest nuclear power plant. Its round cooling towers stand less than 10 kilometers away, across a broad stretch of the Dnieper River that is now almost dry after a disastrous dam breach downstream.
• A Russian Volunteer Soldier Was Forced To Return To The Front. He Hanged Himself Instead. RFE/RL 04 Jul 2023 -- On May 21, Alfred Galimov returned to the apartment he shared with his girlfriend in Naberezhnye Chelny, a city on the Volga River in Tatarstan, following a day of military exercises in the regional capital, Kazan.