US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that new measures to strengthen Ukraine's air defense are expected to be revealed before the NATO Summit, which will take place in Washington from July 9-11.

Ukrainian Marines found a Russian ammunition storage and destroyed it with FPV's. Wait for the boom.

❗️The US will soon announce over $2.3 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine, according to the US Secretary of Defense. More details will be provided later.

Zelenskyi's evening speech

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The head of foreign intelligence has just reported. The range of issues is clear: what threatens us and the opportunities we can take advantage of. There are good prospects.

The Prime Minister reported on measures to protect energy facilities: active protection, electronic warfare and everything else. He also reported on the reconstruction and our work with European partners to expand electricity imports to Ukraine. We are now fully choosing the volume of imports agreed with the EU, and I am grateful to all our neighbors for this help. We are doing everything we can to increase imports, and this should be a European decision. Our government officials are working on the relevant agreement.

I also instructed the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, who is currently on a visit to the United States, to get specific dates when the additional Petriot systems we have agreed with our partners will be delivered.

I thank everyone who is really working hard for Ukraine and Ukrainians!

Missile danger declared in occupied Crimea, the bridge is closed.

A Russian MT-LB exploded The Cope Cage didn't help.

Launches towards Sevastopol are reported.

The first F-16s will arrive this month, according to Ivchenko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada's Committee on National Security. He added, "I think initially they will be used to defend against enemy missiles, rather than targeting locations within Russia." https://glavred.net/ukraine/rf-bet-po-aviabaze-vsu-gde-mogut-razvernut-f-16-v-reuters-uznali-detali-10577537.html

Consequences.

Good morning ☀️ SitRep will come later this morning.

Russian losses per 03/07/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff

+1180 men
+16 tanks
+17 APVs
+57 artillery systems
+1 MLRS
+2 AD systems
+27 UAVs
+1 cruise missile

Chinese and Russian companies are developing an attack drone similar to an Iranian model deployed in Ukraine, a sign that Beijing may be edging closer to providing the sort of lethal aid that western officials have warned against.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/china-is-building-and-testing-lethal-attack-drones-for-russia?srnd=homepage-europe

"If Russia tries to expand the current front, Ukraine will be allowed to fire at a greater distance," US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs James O'Brien said. Currently, the US is limiting the use of American weapons on Russian territory to within 100 kilometers of the border with Ukraine. https://www.holosameryky.com/a/congress-hearing-committee-foreign-relations-atacms-erin-mckee-james-o-brien-obmejennia-zsu-ukrainska-armia-respublikantsi-demokraty/7682426.html

Trump is considering a deal that would prevent NATO from expanding eastward, particularly into Ukraine and Georgia, and negotiating with Putin on how much Ukrainian territory Russia can keep, according to two national security experts linked to him.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/02/nato-second-trump-term-00164517