On July 1, 2023, the Russian Navy established a new Azov Naval District, headquartered in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, which is likely to focus on supporting logistical and counter-partisan tasks.
Students of universities in the temporarily occupied Crimea are forced to sign draft notices to be called up to the Russian army in exchange for passing exams.
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the American people and President Joseph Biden for a new defense aid package for Ukraine, calling it timely, broad, and much-needed.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and Chief of the General Staff Serhiy Shaptala visited the operational-strategic groups of troops "Khortytsia" and "Tavria".
The US is ready to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to defend its sovereign territory, but it is important to protect the civilian population from unexploded ordnance.
The Russians launched four guided aerial bombs on Kozatske and Vesele settlements in Kherson region, damaging residential buildings and a production facility.
The number of structural benchmarks under the IMF's Extended Fund Facility arrangement for Ukraine increased from 19 to 23 in the updated Memorandum based on the results of the first review.
Ukrainian troops have advanced more than 1 km in several sections on the southern flank in Bakhmut direction. On the northern flank, battles are ongoing, positions have not changed.
The communique of the NATO summit in Vilnius will contain a response to Ukraine's aspirations for membership in the military alliance and it will be different from the declarations of the Bucharest summit in 2008 that one day Ukraine will become a NATO member.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head and members of the Slovak parliament have discussed Slovakia's participation in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations.