The Ukrainian army claimed, on the evening of Tuesday July 5, to have targeted a “training” in Makiivka, an occupied city in eastern Ukraine, where Russian media reported one dead and 36 civilians injured in an attack led by kyiv. “As a result of the firepower of the units of the (Ukrainian) Defense Forces, another formation of Russian terrorists in the temporarily occupied Makivka area ceased to exist”, the Office of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Telegram. Follow our live.
Emmanuel Macron spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky. The French president gave his support, on Tuesday, during a telephone conversation, to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky who is calling for clear commitments from NATO at the next Alliance summit on July 11 and 12. He calls for “concrete” elements from the Alliance concerning a prospect of membership once the war triggered by the Russian invasion of his country is over.
Ukraine accuses Russia of preparing a “provocation” in Zaporijjia. Volodymyr Zelensky said he warned Emmanuel Macron, during their telephone conversation, that the Russians “prepared dangerous provocations” in the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which they have occupied since March 2022.
Russian strikes cause new victims. Two people were killed in the Kherson region by Russian artillery shelling, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin announced on Telegram on Tuesday. In the Kharkiv region, a Russian strike using an Iskander missile left at least 40 injured, including 12 children, according to a report announced by Volodymyr Zelensky. Three people were also injured in the Donetsk region and three others in the Chernihiv region, according to local authorities.