Live news from Ukraine, Moscow threatens incident in Zaporizhia during NATO summit in Vilnius. Missiles in Crimea, Kerch Bridge closed NATIONAL NEWSPAPER

9:47Azov commanders: “We will return to the front”Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov Battalion, who has just returned to Ukraine from Turkey with four other senior Ukrainian officers and was detained by President Zelenskyy in violation of agreements reached with Moscow, has promised that with his released comrades ” will do everything possible”. end the war”.11:03Kyiv: We advance to BakhmutUkrainian forces are advancing towards Bakhmut and confirm that they have made progress, ground forces commander Alexander Syrsky wrote in the Telegram. The Ukrainian officer released a video showing the work of a Ukrainian sniper from the “Ghost” group of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s brigade. “Towards Bakhmut. We’re making progress, the defense forces keep advancing, and the enemy is trapped in some places.”11:11NATO Summit, Vilnius is a fortressIn the face of the NATO summit, Vilnius has become a fortress defended with advanced weapons. In fact, it’s just 20 miles from Lithuania’s border fence with Belarus, Moscow’s only official ally in the war against Ukraine. Biden and the other leaders of the alliance will be defended by a total of about a thousand soldiers and advanced air defense systems on July 11 and 12.11:32Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Spain against cluster bombsUS allies Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Spain have expressed opposition to Washington sending cluster bombs into Ukraine. Cluster bombs are banned in 123 countries because of the danger they pose to civilians. It also criticizes Amnesty International.12:08 p.mRussian forces: Ukrainian cruise missiles shot down near KerchRussian air defense forces said they shot down a cruise missile near Kerch in Crimea. Sergei Aksyonov, the local governor, wrote on his Telegram channel: “Air defense forces shot down a cruise missile in the Kerch area. No damage or casualties.”12:32Missiles arrive in Crimea, Kerch Bridge closedAccording to various Telegram channels, traffic on the Crimean bridge is suspended. Russian Governor Aksionov said a cruise missile was shot down near Kerch, near the junction between the mainland and the peninsula annexed by Moscow. According to Radio Liberty, Russian authorities said that air defense operations were underway in the Rostov region.1:25 p.mZelenskyy surprisingly met with Polish President DudaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today met with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Lutsk, a city in north-western Ukraine, capital of Volhynia Oblast, where the two visited the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The meeting of the two presidents in Lutsk had not been announced.2.50 p.mBiden in London before the NATO summitBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will receive United States President Joe Biden tomorrow, who will be stopping in London before leaving for the NATO summit in Lithuania. And the focus of the Downing Street meeting – the fifth of the two in five months – will surely be one issue, namely the cluster bombs in Ukraine, one of the first major issues dividing the two leaders.3:46 p.mThe Russians launch a missile aimed at RostovRussian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian missile in the Rostov region, Governor Vasily Golubev said. There were no casualties. Fragments from the missile damaged the spellings of several buildings. The attack dates back to noon today.4:24 p.mConversation between the Turkish Foreign Minister and LavrovTurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the Black Sea Wheat Agreement and the latest developments in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today, the Foreign Ministry confirmed to RIA Novosti. Turkish abroad. “Today Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. They discussed the latest developments in Ukraine and the situation of the Istanbul ‘Grain’ Agreement,” the ministry said.5.50 p.mBiden: Ukraine joining NATO? Only after the end of the war”Ukraine’s entry into NATO could be explored with the EU after the end of the war

Russia. This was stated by US President Joe Biden in an interview with CNN. “I don’t think there is a consensus in NATO on whether or not to let Ukraine in right now, at this moment, in the middle of the war,” Biden said. “I think we need to find a rational path,” added the US President, “for Ukraine to qualify for NATO membership.”

7:11 p.mUkraine: “We have reached the Kerch Bridge”Ukraine admitted for the first time last October that it hit and badly damaged the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia with Crimea, after eight months of denying it amid allegations from Moscow. At the same time, he also claimed again that the missile cruiser Moskva was sunk in the Black Sea in April 2022, in the early stages of the war, and that Russia instead always refused to recognize the act of the Kiev military. Badly damaged by a truck bomb blast that also killed some motorists, the Kerch Bridge blocked the bridge for months before repairs were made, except for a single lane, which reopened after about ten days.7.35 p.mLavrov: “Destructive arms deliveries to Ukraine”Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan that the course of continuing arms deliveries to Kiev was destructive, the Russian Foreign Ministry said after the phone call. “Ankara’s attention was drawn to the destructive nature of the path to continuing arms supplies to the Kiev regime. It was emphasized that such steps can only lead to negative consequences,” the ministry said.