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Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine launches one of its deepest drone strikes into Russia, killing three

Guardian staff and agencies — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:40:29 -0400

Security sources say attack targeted drone manufacturer in Ishevsk, 1000km from frontline. Putin and Macron speak on phone for first time in almost three years. What we know on day 1,225

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Izhevsk on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding dozens, in one of the deepest strikes inside Russia of the three-year conflict, authorities said. Izhevsk, more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontline, has arms production facilities including factories that make attack drones and the world-famous Kalashnikov rifle. A Ukraine security services source said Kyiv had targeted an Izhevsk-based drone manufacturer and that the attack had disrupted Moscow’s “offensive potential”. Unverified videos posted on social media showed at least one drone buzzing over the city, while another showed a ball of flames erupt from the roof of a building, according to Reuters. The region’s head said the drones hit an industrial “enterprise”, without giving details. Both sides have raced to improve drone technology and enhance their use on the battlefield, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying on Monday that drone development was a “priority”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “substantial” phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first such exchange between the two leaders since September 2022. In Paris, Macron’s office said the call lasted two hours and that the French leader had called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of negotiations on ending the conflict. A Kremlin statement said Putin “reminded [Macron] that the Ukrainian conflict is a direct consequence of the policy of western states”. A French diplomatic source said Macron had talked to Zelenskyy before and after his call with Putin to brief him on the talks. Macron also talked to US President Donald Trump about the exchange.

The US is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday. Certain munitions were previously promised to Ukraine under the Biden administration to aid its defences. The pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Donald Trump and came after defence department officials scrutinised current US stockpiles and raised concerns. “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a review of our nation’s military support and assistance to other countries across the globe,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement. “The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned – just ask Iran.”

Germany has pledged additional measures to further counter Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” operating in the Baltic and North Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday in a statement. Western sanctions aimed at cutting Russia’s oil revenues following its invasion of Ukraine have led to the rise of a vast “shadow fleet” of tankers that helps Moscow to keep its crude exports flowing. From Tuesday, German authorities have begun questioning passing tankers about their insurance coverage against oil pollution damage, the foreign ministry said, adding that the insurance coverage of “shadow fleet” vessels is often unknown, as they avoid reputable insurers and European ports.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog IAEA said on Tuesday it has been informed of a drone attack last week near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that damaged several vehicles near the site’s cooling pond. The International Atomic Energy Agency said six drones had been involved in the incident and no injuries were reported.

Ukraine’s top general ordered military officials on Tuesday to prohibit troop buildups in tent encampments and to build new shelters at training centres to protect soldiers against deadly Russian airstrikes. The order by Oleksandr Syrskyi comes after a spate of Russian attacks focused attention on lax discipline at military bases as Ukraine struggles to fend off a bigger and better-armed Russian military.

Russian former deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov was found guilty of corruption and condemned to 13 years in a penal colony on Tuesday, the harshest sentence yet in a series of graft cases against defence officials. Ivanov was arrested in April 2024 on suspicion of taking bribes, and investigators added new embezzlement charges in October. More than a dozen people, including two other former deputy ministers, have been arrested in investigations into separate cases.

US halts some weapons shipments to Ukraine, White House says - BBC

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:45:15 -0400

US halts some weapons shipments to Ukraine, White House says BBC

Trump Pauses Some Weapons Transfers to Ukraine

Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:15:08 -0400

The White House cited Pentagon concerns that some American arms stockpiles were dwindling too low. Among the affected weapons were air defense systems, bombs, missiles and artillery rounds.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,224 - Al Jazeera

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:06:38 -0400

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,224 Al Jazeera

Аналитики предупредили о резком снижении ключевой ставки - URA.RU

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:00:23 -0400

«Здравствуй, здравствуй, боевой приморский город, крепость дальних берегов…»: песни советской эпохи о Владивостоке - Новости Владивостока на VL.ru

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:00:00 -0400

Радимов рассказал, чем отличается ЦСКА Челестини от команды Николича - Sportbox

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:39:30 -0400

Израиль согласился на условия для заключения перемирия в Газе на 60 дней - Интерфакс

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:17:00 -0400

Abolish ‘triple lock’ on UK pensions to prevent financial cliff-edge, says IFS

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:01:01 -0400

Millions of private sector workers will see sharp drop in living standards under current system, study finds

U.S. withholds weapons promised to Ukraine as Russian forces gain more territory - PBS

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:45:25 -0400

U.S. withholds weapons promised to Ukraine as Russian forces gain more territory PBS

Politico: США приостановили поставки боеприпасов Украине - EADaily

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:30:00 -0400

As U.S. Warms Ties With Syria, What Does It Expect?

Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:29:47 -0400

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials laid out expectations from the new government in Damascus.

Ukrainian drone hits weapons plant 800 miles deep in Russia, killing at least 3 - New York Post

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:44:00 -0400

Ukrainian drone hits weapons plant 800 miles deep in Russia, killing at least 3 New York Post

Keir Starmer Endures Rebellion in Parliament Over Welfare Cuts

Stephen Castle — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:41:37 -0400

A bill to cut the cost of Britain’s social welfare system passed a hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday, but only after Prime Minister Keir Starmer made significant concessions.

Günther Uecker, Who Punctuated His Art With Nails, Dies at 95

Will Heinrich — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:35:01 -0400

A member of the German collective Zero Group, he hammered thousands of nails — into columns, chairs, canvases — expressing the power of repetition to bring about complexity.

Macron and Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Rare Call

Catherine Porter and Anton Troianovski — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:07:50 -0400

It was the two leaders’ first call since 2022, and the Russian president’s first with any major European leader since last year.

Трамп приостановил санкции в отношении экс-президента ФИДЕ Илюмжинова - Интерфакс

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:04:00 -0400

Трамп приостановил санкции в отношении экс-президента ФИДЕ Илюмжинова Интерфакс

Emotional Kim Jong Un throws himself on coffin of North Korean soldier killed fighting for Russia in bizarre TV show - New York Post

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:52:00 -0400

Emotional Kim Jong Un throws himself on coffin of North Korean soldier killed fighting for Russia in bizarre TV show New York Post

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three dead and dozens injured after Kyiv strikes Russian drone factory - The Independent

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:19:14 -0400

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three dead and dozens injured after Kyiv strikes Russian drone factory The Independent

Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms

Amelia Nierenberg — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:19:10 -0400

The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.

Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms - The New York Times

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:19:10 -0400

Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms The New York Times

Officials in an Arkhangelsk Oblast District Ask to Have Their Territory Transferred to Komi Republic because ‘We Want to Live Better’

paul goble — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:12:12 -0400

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 30 – Six deputies of a rural district in Arkhangelsk Oblast on the border with the Komi Republic have appealed to their oblast governor to consider transferring the territory of their district to the Komi Republic because they say “we want to live better” and that is the only way to do it.

"We are very far from Arkhangelsk. You can get to Moscow by train faster than to the center of our region,” they write; and “the road for several hundred kilometers is unpaved and of very poor quality during the muddy season" (nemoskva.net/2025/06/30/my-hotim-zhit-luchshe-deputaty-iz-arhangelskoj-oblasti-hotyat-v-komi/).

People who get sick in their district, the deputies continue, can get to the Komi capital of Syktyvkar far faster than they can get to any major city with a hospital in Arkhangelsk Oblast; and they add that Komi officials do a far better job in taking care of infrastructure and preserving historical monuments.

And they point out that the Kremlin’s plan to amalgamate municipalities will do nothing to help their constituents. Consequently, the only way forward that is fair to the people of Yarensk is to transfer their territory from Arkhangelsk which seems oblivious to their concerns to the Komi Republic which gives promise of treating them better.

The reaction of officials and Russian activists in Arkhangelsk was immediate and negative. They labeled the deputies who made the appeal “wreckers” and threatened them with unspecified reprisals (vk.com/yarenskchist?w=wall-170660931_19580 and t.me/IAechosevera/49435).

Such a response is no surprise given Putin’s failed efforts to unite the Komi Republic with Arkhangelsk Oblast, even arguing this would mean that a poorer non-Russian republic would thus be joined to a larger predominantly ethnic Russian oblast and would benefit as a result (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/kremlin-to-unite-nenets-ad-with.html).

The appeal of the Russian deputies of a district in Arkhangelsk Oblast shows that they do not see things that way and instead believe they and their people would be far better off to be part not of the predominantly ethnic Russian Arkhangelsk Oblast but instead the Komi Republic which has an ethnic Russian majority but has gone its own way, one the deputies say is better.

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300km from border, SBU source says - The Kyiv Independent

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:02:11 -0400

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300km from border, SBU source says The Kyiv Independent

Azerbaijan police raid Russia's Sputnik media offices - DW

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:55:38 -0400

Azerbaijan police raid Russia's Sputnik media offices DW

New evidence suggests Russian forces caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash - Euronews.com

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:44:22 -0400

New evidence suggests Russian forces caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash Euronews.com

Germany launches insurance crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:34:26 -0400

Berlin increases controls on vessels heading eastward through the Fehmarn strait

GAC начал продавать в России 5-метровый кроссовер с гибридной трансмиссией Toyota - Дром Новости

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:31:55 -0400

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Названа начальная стоимость кроссовера GAC GS8 Dragon для России Авто.ру
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Выпустили дракона — новый гибрид рвёт рынок: китайский кроссовер за 4,6 млн Moneytimes.Ru
Решетка «в пол» и чешуя дракона. Что думают эксперты о перс... Китайские автомобили

Putin, Macron discuss Iran, Ukraine in first phone call in nearly three years - Reuters

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:30:35 -0400

Putin, Macron discuss Iran, Ukraine in first phone call in nearly three years Reuters

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’ - WIRED

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:27:44 -0400

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’ WIRED

Третий сезон «Игры в кальмара» установил рекорд Netflix — более 60 миллионов просмотров за три - DTF

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:12:24 -0400

Pro-Iran hacktivists borrow from Russia's cyber playbook - Axios

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:07:01 -0400

Pro-Iran hacktivists borrow from Russia's cyber playbook Axios

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un shown with coffins of his soldiers killed in Russia - The Washington Post

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:44:31 -0400

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un shown with coffins of his soldiers killed in Russia The Washington Post

Despite Pressure From Trump, Powell Remains Patient on Rate Cuts

Eshe Nelson and Colby Smith — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:35:55 -0400

The Federal Reserve chair said the central bank would make decisions on interest rates based on data.

UK visa revamp allows lower-skilled office workers to come to Britain

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:18:39 -0400

Rules aimed at tightening regime will at first make provision for temporary shortages in non-graduate occupations

Santander to buy UK high street lender TSB for £2.65bn

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:16:34 -0400

Spanish bank beat British rival Barclays which also put in a formal bid for the Sabadell-owned unit

Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia - BBC

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:56:17 -0400

Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia BBC

В России задержали двух лидеров азербайджанской диаспоры. Что известно - НГС.ру

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:44:00 -0400

Macron urges Putin to accept Ukraine ceasefire in first phone call since 2022 - France 24

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:30:20 -0400

Macron urges Putin to accept Ukraine ceasefire in first phone call since 2022 France 24

Russia's Oil Exports Stagnate as Prices Sink and Sanctions Bite - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:30:00 -0400

Russia's Oil Exports Stagnate as Prices Sink and Sanctions Bite Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

Azerbaijan says brothers arrested by Russia were tortured and beaten to death - Reuters

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:23:51 -0400

Azerbaijan says brothers arrested by Russia were tortured and beaten to death Reuters

What to Know About the Heat Wave in Europe

Amelia Nierenberg, Lynsey Chutel and Nazaneen Ghaffar — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:13:59 -0400

Health warnings were issued to tens of millions of Europeans as temperatures climbed well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or more than 40 degrees Celsius.

Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June - AP News

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:13:00 -0400

Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June AP News

Владислав Гавриков подписал контракт с "Рейнджерс" - Allhockey.ru

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:03:00 -0400

Ukraine struck Russian warplanes at a base its fighter-bombers flee to when other airfields are in danger, intel says - Business Insider

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:31:00 -0400

Ukraine struck Russian warplanes at a base its fighter-bombers flee to when other airfields are in danger, intel says Business Insider

Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens - AP News

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:28:00 -0400

Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens AP News

Китайские ученые нашли генетический переключатель, который восстанавливает способность млекопитающих к регенерации органов - Shazoo

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:20:00 -0400

Russia denies US claims it is trying to 'stall' Ukraine peace negotiations - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:19:53 -0400

Russia denies US claims it is trying to 'stall' Ukraine peace negotiations Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Путин и Макрон созвонились впервые с 2022 года - Ведомости

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:17:17 -0400

Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet' - Yahoo

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:16:34 -0400

Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet' Yahoo

Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet' - Reuters

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:16:34 -0400

Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet' Reuters