Moscow announced on Friday that fighting with Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region is ongoing but did not comment on Kyiv's claims of taking control of the town of Sudzha The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that units of the Sever (North) group of forces continue to push Ukraine's armed formations out of Russian territory and artillery fire targeted concentrations of Ukrainian manpower and equipment assault brigades of the armed forces of Ukraine Attempts to bring in reinforcements were also thwarted," the statement read Ukraine's forces tried to break through Russia's defense in the direction of the Russkoye Porechnoye prevented border crossing by a storm group near the settlement of Gordeyevka which tried to advance deep into the Russian territory near the settlements of Anastasyevka and Kauchuk In the areas of the settlements of Yunakovka and Miropole high-precision missile strikes destroyed three launchers of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems two transport-loading vehicles and two escort vehicles the Ukrainian troops suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment The ministry also claimed that Russian forces had taken control of another Ukrainian settlement -- Serhiivka in the Donetsk region -- following an operation conducted by the Tsentr (Center) group of forces the ministry reported that Ukraine had attempted a large-scale attack on the Kerch Bridge which connects the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia Russian aviation and missile forces carried out 17 coordinated strikes with high-precision weapons and drones on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and sites for assembling and storing attack drones Which language would you like to use this site in Russian air strikes on an apartment block and beach resort hotel in the coastal town of Serhiivka in southern Ukraine killed at least 21 civilians Amnesty International said today following a new on-the-ground investigation hit the town in the Odesa region shortly before 1am on 1 July Five people remain in serious condition in intensive care meaning the total death toll may rise.“These powerful weapons were designed to destroy warships and firing them into residential areas is extremely reckless,” said Donatella Rovera Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Adviser “This attack is yet another example of the Russian military’s utter disregard for civilians in Ukraine as they continue to cause needless death and destruction All those responsible for such war crimes must face justice for their actions.” Amnesty International visited the strike locations in Serhiivka and found no evidence of the presence of Ukrainian soldiers Satellite imagery reviewed by Amnesty International also did not indicate any military activity in the area prior to the attack This attack is yet another example of the Russian military’s utter disregard for civilians in Ukraine Local government officials told Amnesty International that the weapons used in the attack were two Kh-22 guided missiles With an estimated warhead of more than 900kg and a targeting system designed to hit ships rather than land objects the missile is potentially extremely inaccurate and therefore completely inappropriate for use in a populated area Amnesty International’s Crisis Response weapons expert found ordnance fragments consistent with a large guided missile at the scene of the strike on the hotel consistent with a 50-year-old weapon such as a Kh-22 A core principle of international humanitarian law (the laws of war) is that parties to an armed conflict must at all times distinguish between civilians and civilian objects and members of the military and military objectives but it is unlawful to target civilians or civilian objects members of the military are required to take steps to ensure that they are reasonably certain they are not targeting civilians and civilian objects there have been numerous examples of Russian forces routinely launching unlawful attacks in Ukraine which have killed and injured civilians some of which may have been deliberate attacks on civilians or civilian objects Russian forces launched at least two missiles towards the Black Sea resort of Serhiivka around 45 miles southwest of the city of Odesa a second missile hit the hardware store at the front of a residential nine-storey building at 23 Budzhaska Street Amongst those killed at the Godji Hotel were Nadiya Rudnitskaya who had both fled fighting from Slovyansk in the Donbas region The fatalities also included Oleksander Shishkov a well-known football coach who lived in Odesa but who had been staying at the hotel following a children’s football match the day before between the local team and the team from the nearby town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Amongst those killed in the strike on Budzhaska Street were Volodymyr Chulak who lived in Odesa and was visiting his parents Tetiana Chulak’s sister Valentyna told Amnesty International: “I heard the explosions and ran to the street… I ran there [number 23] and into the building covered in smashed-up furniture and debris and her husband Volodymyr was dead in the kitchen Their son Mykhaylo had been standing on the terrace and was directly hit by the missile; he was in shreds.”  They had initially survived the strike and managed to escape the building but the couple then returned to look for some of their belongings when a wall collapsed and killed them both a resident of the fourth floor of the building told Amnesty International that he and his mother only survived because at the time of the strike they were behind a poured-concrete wall in their kitchen bathing their puppy who had undergone surgery The rest of their apartment was obliterated in the blast Roman attempted to save his next-door neighbour and died as he carried her from the building Natalia Yankovska and her partner Maksym Nedomov both died from serious injuries caused by the blast Natalia’s two young sons from a previous marriage Other victims killed in the strike on the residential block include Oleksander Sribny (47) “The Russian military’s relentless bombardment of residential areas full of civilians shocks the conscience,” said Donatella Rovera “How many more civilians must die before there is justice and accountability for these crimes The Russian forces responsible for these ongoing serious violations of international humanitarian law must be held accountable for their actions and victims and their families must receive full reparations.” Amnesty International’s ongoing documentation of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed during the war in Ukraine is available here. If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you. Ukrainian explosive unmanned aerial vehicles struck an ammunition depot in the Voronezh Region of russia. Local governor Aleksandr Gusev issued an air raid alert on the late evening of July 6th that lasted until morning, afterward he reported several hostile UAVs were shot down, yet the falling debris caused a fire. "In the Podgorensky district, detonation of explosive objects began," Gusev explained the loud blast sounds heard by residents. One even managed to film a drone flying nearby as it was heading towards its target. However, locals don't agree with their governor, as they testify that a few drones managed to hit their target. As it turned out, it was a depot of the russian invasion army storing various ammunition, Ukrainian media resource Army TV reports citing own sources and details that the drones belonged to the Security Service of Ukraine. The storage facility was 9,000 m² big and used to keep a wide range of weapons, including surface-to-surface, air-to-surface attack missiles, ammunition for tanks and artillery systems, boxes with small arms cartridges. By 9:30 in the morning, the explosive supplies were still exploding, russian governor Gusev announced a state of emergency and evacuation of the residents within the Podgorensky district of the Voronezh Region. Ukrainian OSINT community CyberBoroshno identified the exact location: Sergeyevka village, about 140 km from the current frontline. Though the extent of damage to the depot is yet to be investigated and this event's impact on the frontlines is unclear, it is likely that the goods stored there were used to resupply the russian forces trying to offense in Ukraine's east, with this Ukrainian strike hindering the russian army's efforts. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The head of state said this at a joint briefing with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Kyiv on Friday, July 1, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "Today, the Russian army launched another brutal missile attack. A Russian missile was a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, by the way. It hit an ordinary residential building in the Odesa region, in the village of Serhiivka. Such Kh-22 missiles were created to hit aircraft carriers and other large warships, but the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilians," Zelensky said. He emphasized that this was not a single and accidental strike. "This was a targeted Russian missile attack, Russian terror against our cities, villages, our people - adults and children. They [the Russians] don't care," Zelensky said. In general, according to him, Russia used about 3,000 missiles against Ukraine since it started its all-out invasion of the country in late February. "Such brutal Russian actions only underline how correct are the decisions of our partners in terms of providing support to Ukraine, first of all, defensive support," Zelensky said. In the early hours of July 1, the Russian army attacked the village of Serhiivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa region. The missiles hit a nine-story residential building and a recreation center. So far, the death toll has reached 21 people. July 2 was declared a day of mourning in the Odesa region. Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421. © 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved. It’s also targeting the laws and values that protect human rights 2022 ShareSave Red Cross packages are lined up along the sidewalk in Serhiivka a small town in the southwestern corner of Ukraine A man is unloading plastic bags stamped World Central Kitchen from a truck whose front windshield has been completely shattered people are sifting through used clothes provided by a Ukrainian charity Someone points out a mother standing beside two young boys who were not at home the night that their apartment was destroyed She is holding up a pair of children’s jeans; perhaps they will fit one of her sons Three days earlier, on the night of July 1, Russian planes dropped three huge bombs on Serhiivka Another hit a recreational center and boarding house swimming-pool tiles—had already been cleared A very modest vacation community—resort is too grand a word—it sits in the Dniester River delta alongside a lagoon that opens up into the Black Sea If you haven’t heard of the bombing of Serhiivka far from the front lines and with no military significance whatsoever a prosecutor who was collecting evidence in Serhiivka when I visited three Kh-22 bombs hit the town on the night of July 1 The Kh-22 is an anti-ship missile produced in the 1960s There are no military objects in Serhiivka at all Anne Applebaum: The war won’t end until Putin loses Even if Serhiivka had any strategic assets the use of an imprecise Kh-22 missile on a residential area would have constituted a war crime On that basis an investigation began as soon as the bombs hit A group of international war-crimes experts traveled immediately to Serhiivka Chechytko is part of another team from Odesa that has been preparing for this new task with online courses and training sessions He is carrying a folder full of instructions forms that will be needed if Ukraine brings a case to the International Criminal Court He and his team have been testing the soil for fragments of the missiles consulting with military officials who were tracking the planes on radar and documenting the fate of the 22 dead and 39 wounded Investigators already know which unit the pilots came from and who gave the order for the attack terrorist acts are “violent acts” with these goals: (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policies of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction Russia is not pursuing traditional war aims in any of these places No infantry assault on Serhiivka or Kremenchuk is under way The Russian military’s planned occupation of Kharkiv failed several months ago There is no scenario in which an apartment block in Chasiv Yar poses a threat to Russia or Russians the purpose of attacking these places is to create fear and anger in those towns and across the country Perhaps the ultimate goal is to persuade Ukraine to stop fighting although—as was the case in Britain during the Second World War—the bombardment of civilians seems to have had the opposite effect many Ukrainians have become more accustomed to the raids an elegant park that dates back to the beginning of the 19th century didn’t even pause mid-sentence when air-raid sirens went off in the early evening last week But if the bombing campaign is not part of a “war,” as we normally understand it One of them may be to persuade people to leave to become a burden and perhaps a political problem for Ukraine’s neighbors Clearly the bombs are also meant to impoverish Ukrainians to persuade their compatriots who are abroad not to come home Who wants to return to a country that features on the evening news every few nights as another bomb falls on another apartment building or shopping mall Who will invest in a place of smashed rooftops and broken glass Sowing such doubts is a classic goal of terrorism too Neil Hauer: Russia has a plan for Ukraine. It looks like Chechnya. We Americans and Europeans are used to thinking of terrorism as something involving fertilizer bombs or improvised weapons and of terrorists as fringe extremists who operate conspiratorially in irregular gangs When we speak of state-sponsored terrorism we are usually talking about clandestine groups that are supported But Russia’s war in Ukraine blurs the distinction among all of these things—terrorism war crimes—for nothing about the bombing of Serhiivka Russian bombs are targeting not only random people They are also targeting the whole apparatus of international law governing war crimes With every bomb that Russian forces knowingly drop on an apartment building and every missile they direct at a school or hospital they are demonstrating their scorn and contempt for the global institutions Russia was once so desperate to join The Ukrainian and international lawyers and prosecutors who are collecting the evidence will be able to present not just one or two cases demonstrating war crimes and the demand for justice in its aftermath will be unprecedented too This would bring serious legal consequences including for Russian companies and other entities that are not already under sanctions The main argument against this idea is not trivial: Russia is too big to cut out of the world economy or to exclude from all international conversations But also important is calling things by their real names Russia is now carrying out acts of terrorism every day; this will have consequences for the rickety structure of international laws and practices that are designed to prevent such acts And not only for the laws and structures: In truth Russian forces are also targeting the values that lie behind them the principles and even the emotions that led people to create them in the first place an instinct that children do not deserve to be victims of war an assumption that people who are not harming you or your nation deserve to live normal lives—all of these moral assumptions have been cast aside by an army determined to create pointless The Serhiivka bombing alone created so many of them waiting for her Red Cross package because she could do nothing else The refugee from the first Donbas war in 2014 who was knocked unconscious by the bombing The beloved soccer coach who was visiting Serhiivka to run a summer camp and was hit by one of the bombs while he slept Each one of these stories has wider echoes touching people who were far away at the time I was in Odesa a few days later talking with a local official about something different a star athlete who had tried to enter the world of business He also knew that the coach had two children “I was filled with horror when I thought they might have been there with him,” he told me “And then I realized that it didn’t matter whose children were there—his children or someone else’s children—the horror would be the same.” Russia said Tuesday that its forces had progressed by up to two kilometers (1.2 miles) along a section of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.  "The total advance of our units amounted to up two kilometers in depth along up to four kilometers of the front" in the direction of Lyman The army also said it took control of the village of Serhiivka as part of "successful counteractions." Russia began a new assault along a northeastern stretch of the crescent-shaped frontline a few weeks after Ukraine began its own attacks further south in early June Moscow claimed on July 11 to have advanced 1.5 kilometers closer to Lyman — a rail hub Ukraine reclaimed in October The Russians seem intent on forcing the Ukrainians to abandon their advance on captured cities such as Bakhmut and redeploy troops to defend the Lyman front Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia The authorities claim our work "discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership." We see things differently: we strive to provide accurate We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression "As of 13:30, 20 people were killed (16 residents of apartment block and four guests of recreation center, including one child), 38 people were injured (37 residents of apartment block, including six children, and one guest of recreation center)," the State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram the Russians launched a missile strike at the village of Serhiyivka While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Missile strikes yesterday killed 19 people and wounded dozens in Ukraine’s Odessa region a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin’s invasion Two children were among the dead and six among the injured one day after US President Joe Biden announced US$800 million in new weapons for Kyiv at a NATO summit The missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Serhiivka about 80km south of the Black Sea port of Odessa which has become a strategic flash point in the conflict “The death toll is 19 people,” Ukrainian State Emergency Service head Serhiy Kruk wrote on Facebook The strikes were launched by aircraft that flew in from the Black Sea Odessa Regional State Administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said and two strategic aircraft came to the Odessa region,” he said in a TV interview adding they had fired “very heavy and very powerful” missiles There was no immediate comment from Russia on the strikes which followed global outrage earlier this week when a strike destroyed a shopping center in Kremenchuk Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied Moscow’s forces were responsible “The cruel manner in which the Russian aggressor takes the deaths of civilians in its stride and is again speaking of collateral damages is inhuman and cynical,” German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said “The Russian population too must finally face up to this truth,” he added Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday hailed a “new” chapter of “history” with the EU after Brussels on Thursday last week granted Ukraine “candidate status” in Kyiv’s push to join the 27-member bloc Now we are together,” he told Ukraine’s parliament “We made a journey of 115 days to candidate status and our journey to membership shouldn’t take decades We should make it down this road quickly,” he said One day earlier he announced Ukraine had begun exporting electricity to the EU as fears grow of an energy crisis in Europe due to reduced Russian gas deliveries European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Ukrainian lawmakers yesterday that membership was “within reach,” but urged them to make anti-corruption reforms as the country faces key debates over social policy and national security that could shape its political trajectory The annual report said Russia is using aggressive tactics such as unauthorized airspace incursions and close encounters with NATO ships and aircraft including Iranian-designed Shahed-type drones located about 70 kilometers northwest of Donetsk remains one of the most fiercely contested sectors of the front where Russia has concentrated its main offensive efforts since March  (Updated:  May 6, 2025 11:41 am)Ukraine's drones target Moscow second night in a row, Russian official claims, ahead of Victory Day parade. Debris from one of the drones reportedly fell on the Kashirskoye Highway The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." Vice President Mike Pence said Putin "only understands power." About 800 million euros ($905 million) will be allocated for the acquisition and installation of anti-tank mines to deter potential aggression  (Updated:  May 6, 2025 9:36 am)War analysisFrance is sending Ukraine more AASM Hammer bombs — here's what they can do Polish President Andrzej Duda said the United States has tools that can effectively influence the Kremlin arguing that only President Donald Trump has real leverage over Russian President Vladimir Putin The number includes 1,430 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" by Benjamin Nathans which covers dissent in the Soviet Union and Russia today Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 5 announced they had facilitated Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash's escape from Russia to France after she fled house arrest on April 21 A Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast on May 5 killed one and caused damage to local infrastructure by Martin FornusekA school in Serhiivka, Donetsk Oblast damaged by the Russian strike on June 30, 2023. (Source: Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office)Russian forces struck a school in Serhiivka killing two members of staff and injuring six others the regional prosecutor's office reported The prosecutor's office reported that a 56-year-old teacher and a 44-year-old accountant were killed in the attack including four men aged between 54 and 69 and two women aged 24 and 34 local time when 12 people were in the school building A part of the school building was entirely destroyed and the strike impacted classrooms On the morning of June 30, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko informed that two civilians were injured in the oblast over the past day one in Avdiivka and another in Serebrianka Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies Over the past day, 252 combat clashes were recorded along the frontline. The enemy launched 13 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. the Russians dropped 52 guided aerial bombs on Ukrainian settlements the enemy carried out over 4,000 shelling attacks including 182 with multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) and employed more than 1,000 kamikaze drones The aggressor conducted airstrikes in the areas of Kotlyne as well as Temyrivka and Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region missile troops and artillery of Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck an area of ​​concentration of personnel Four combat clashes took place near Vovchansk yesterday The enemy launched 19 attacks over the past day The Defense Forces repelled assaults near Kindiashivka attempting to breach Ukraine's defenses near Hrekivka Ukrainian defenders repelled 13 enemy assaults near Bilohorivka Occupiers attacked nine times in the areas of Stupochky Russian troops launched 18 attacks toward Diliivka Ukrainian defenders stopped 30 enemy assaults near Myroliubivka the enemy attempted to advance near Kurakhove The enemy conducted 35 assaults on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Novodarivka Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attacks near Bilohiria The enemy unsuccessfully attempted to dislodge Ukrainian defenders from positions near Novodanylivka and Lobkove four times The invaders made three unsuccessful attempts to push Defense Forces units from their positions Ukrainian defenders repelled 46 enemy assaults while the opponent launched 385 artillery attacks No signs of enemy offensive group formations were detected Ukrainian forces continue to inflict significant losses on the occupying troops while actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear Russian losses over the past day amounted to: As previously reported, from December 23 to December 24, the Russian army lost 1,630 soldiers, 10 artillery systems, and 44 drones in the war against Ukraine. there have been 130 combat engagements on the frontline Russian forces are actively attacking in the Pokrovsk direction according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the enemy launched six assaults on Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk and Starytsia the Russian forces attacked Ukrainian defenses seven times in the areas of Kutkivka the Russian army carried out seven assaults near Novoiehorivka Ukrainian defenders are holding the line and inflicting losses on the enemy and Verkhniokamianske came under attack 11 times Ukrainian forces are repelling 11 attacks near Predtechyne Ten attacks have already ended unsuccessfully for the Russian army and Shcherbynivka since the start of the day Russian forces attempted to drive back Ukrainian defenders 58 times in areas near Vodiane Druhe seven enemy attacks occurred near Kostiantynopil Russian forces did not conduct active operations Ukrainian defenders repelled five enemy attacks The enemy also conducted 155 artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements in the region since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine Russia has lost more than 833,000 military personnel In particular, over the past day, the Russian forces lost 1,380 troops and 2 units of special equipment of the enemy Today's print edition Home Delivery The pace of Russia’s strikes on civilian targets often with outdated and imprecise missiles Ukrainian and Western officials as well as Russian analysts say as its forces run low on more sophisticated weapons in their struggle to make progress in the fifth month of the conflict.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); More than 200 missiles were fired on Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the second half of June more than double the number in the first half of the month Oleksii Hromov said at a news conference Thursday In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. 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