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On the night of 2 July, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles containing 35,000 foreign components.
Over the past 24 hours, 259 combat engagements were recorded along the front line. The heaviest fighting took place in the Pokrovsk, Kursk, Sloviansk and Huliaipole sectors.
Ihor Smilianskyi, Chief Executive of JSC ‘Ukrposhta’, has stated that he continues to carry out his duties and that the company is operating as normal. This was his response to reports circulating in recent days regarding the company’s management.
Following the Russian attack, the pharmaceutical company ‘Darnitsa’ continues to operate as normal and has no plans to cut back on the production of medicines. The company has stated that reports of a possible medicines shortage, which have begun to circulate on social media, are untrue.
During the night of 1 July and in the morning, Russian troops attacked a number of regions in Ukraine. There have been fatalities and injuries, and significant damage to civilian infrastructure.
On 29 June and during the night of 30 June, the Ukrainian Defence Forces carried out strikes against a number of key Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied territories and within the Russian Federation. Two bridges, drone control centres and an occupiers’ command and observation post were hit.
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has shut down the Large Hadron Collider — the world’s most powerful particle accelerator — for four years as part of a scheduled maintenance programme.
In the Kyiv region, rescue workers are continuing to fight a large-scale fire in the forests of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. More than 200 people and around 60 pieces of equipment are involved in bringing the fire under control.
Pakistani security forces carried out a ground operation and a series of strikes along the border with Afghanistan. Islamabad reported that 29 militants had been killed, whilst Kabul reported civilian casualties.
On the night of 26 June and throughout the following day, Russian troops attacked a number of regions in Ukraine using drones, missiles and artillery. In several regions, damage to infrastructure, power cuts, and deaths and injuries have been reported.
On the night of 25 June, Ukrainian drones attacked a number of fuel facilities on Russian territory and in occupied Crimea. The targets included an oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai, an oil refinery in Ufa and energy infrastructure in Crimea.
On the night of 25 June, powerful earthquakes were recorded in two countries simultaneously. Strong tremors struck northern Japan and Venezuela, where there are reports of fatalities, injuries and significant damage.