"Several important decisions for Ukraine and NATO have already been agreed upon. According to the results of the summit, our path to the alliance will definitely become shorter. And this is a very important result, about which we were told that it would not happen, but we, together with our closest partners, did it," Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said.

A Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm gun destroyed by the 79th separate air assault brigade.

Putin reportedly fired Gerasimov from his post as commander of Russian troops in Ukraine. His place was taken by the commander of the Airborne Forces Teplinskiy, the Daily Mail writes. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12279617/Furious-Vladimir-Putin-sacks-general-charge-war-against-Ukraine.html

How a Russian Storm-Z company assault was repelled. It ended catastrophic for the Russians.

Footage from the Wolfspack company, part of the 2nd assault batallion of the 3rd separate assault brigade during an assault on Russian positions. Immediately after they disembark they come under mortar fire. One of the machine gunners got hit and was treated on the spot.

Footage from the 72nd mechanized brigade assaulting Russian positions in the vicinity of Vuhledar with the help of a BTR-80. Initally the troops land and the designated position and get into a firefight. The video gets cut and then shows how they are targeted, one gets wounded.

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan has spoken to his Russian counterpart Lavrov about an extension of the grain deal, Turkish news channel TRT Haber reports. The current grain deal between Ukraine and Russia expires on July 17. No new agreement has yet been reached and Russia said earlier this week that it sees no reason to extend the grain deal.

Ukrainian director, former political prisoner of the Russian Federation, and now a soldier of the Armed Forces Oleg Sentsov, received a concussion at the front yesterday. He said that the battle for an important line for the counteroffensive had just ended. Three soldiers were wounded.

Two more Russian BM-21 GRAD MLRS were destroyed by the AFU.

Earlier this week we visited the front line near Yampil-Kreminna in the Donetsk region. We spoke to combat medics who shared their experiences about their work, aid from the west and about the equipment they work with.

Russian losses per 10/07/23 reported by the Ukrainian general staff.

+440 men
+7 tanks
+2 APVs
+5 artillery systems
+1 AD system
+1 UAV

Joint work of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade and the 63rd mechanized brigade. Minus a T-80.

Biden visited London on the eve of the NATO summit. Today, the US President will meet with Rishi Sunak, and will also meet with Charles III for the first time after his coronation, BBC reports. https://bbc.com/news/world-europe-66146457

For the first time since the Prigozhin mutiny, Gerasimov appeared. A video with him was published today by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The Daily Mail's information that Gerasimov was removed from his post and replaced by General Teplinsky seems very premature or untrue.

"Since the beginning of the counteroffensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, 169 km² has been liberated. In the direction of Bakhmut 24 km² has been liberated," The General Staff reports.

"In Ukraine, we began to build a plant for the production of Bayraktar UAVs," Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin reported. Kamyshin did not specify where this would be. Baykar itself stated that it is expected that production will be launched in 2025.

"I can confirm that the US and Germany are blocking Ukraine's official request for NATO membership," a high-ranking informant told BILD. The Telegraph had previously reported on German preparations to block the Ukrainian NATO membership request.

https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/kurz-vor-dem-gipfel-blockiert-scholz-den-nato-beitritt-der-ukraine-84621944.bild.html

Footage of the 1st assault batallion, part of the 3rd separate assault brigade.

"Flies, stench and abandoned weapons. The enemy's treeline was taken apart and the dugouts were cleared. The brigade continues its movement towards Bakhmut."

Türkiye did not put forward any conditions to Ukraine regarding the return of the Mariupol defenders. Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar stated this. According to him, Türkiye was interested in this operation, because it strengthens its international position. https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-turechchyna-azovstal-bodnar/32496485.html

In the course of the forthcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, an announcement will be made about a "very substantial" delivery of military equipment, according to a high-ranking German government representative in Berlin.

https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-montag-272.html

Rheinmetall will open a plant for the production of armored vehicles in western Ukraine within the next 12 weeks, CNN writes. The company will also train Ukrainians to maintain the tanks and other armored vehicles made in the factory. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/10/business/rheinmetall-german-tank-factory-ukraine/index.html