Russia-Ukraine War: List of the most important events, day 862 | News about the Russia-Ukraine War

Here is the situation on Saturday, July 6, 2024.

Battle

• At least seven people have been killed and more than two dozen others wounded in a series of Russian attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, officials said. Russia is concentrating its firepower on the industrial region, which has been partially controlled by Kremlin-backed forces since 2014.
• At least five people were killed and eight injured in two Russian attacks on the town of Selydove, which is close to the front line where Moscow forces are advancing, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said.
• A 32-year-old woman was also killed and 20 others injured by Russian shelling in the town of Komar, damaging houses, shops and an administrative building, Filashkin said.
• One person was killed in a Russian Smerch missile attack on the city of Ukrainsk, bringing the total number of victims of the Russian attacks to seven. In the same city, one person was injured.

Politics and Diplomacy

• During a visit to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that Ukraine would have to give up four regions in the east and south – including Donetsk – if it wanted peace.
• Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot in May, said he would have accompanied Orban on his controversial visit to Moscow if his health had allowed it.
• The United States has joined the European Union in criticizing Orban’s trip to Russia. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the trip “will not advance the cause of peace and is counterproductive to promoting Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.”
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Keir Starmer in a phone call a few hours after taking office for his government’s pledge to continue supporting Ukraine. Britain has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters since Russia’s large-scale invasion in February 2022.
• In a first phone call a few hours after taking office, Starmer told US President Joe Biden that British support for Ukraine’s war against Russia was “unwavering”.

• NATO allies will unveil a plan for Ukraine to build a “bridge to membership” and announce steps to strengthen Kyiv’s air defenses at their summit in Washington, DC next week, a senior U.S. official said.

• Mihail Popsoi, foreign minister of the former Soviet republic of Moldova, said his government reserves the right to order further expulsions of Russian diplomats if Moscow engages in new activities that harm the country’s interests. Moldova’s relations with Russia have deteriorated since President Maia Sandu condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and pushed for European Union membership.