Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Reuters: UKRAINE FORMALLY SUBMITS APPLICATION FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP - ZELENSKIY'S TELEGRAM

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British Defence Intelligence
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 2 July 2022
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE

Russian forces continue to achieve minor advances around Lysychansk, with air and artillery strikes continuing in the district. Ukrainian forces probably continue to block Russian forces in the south-eastern outskirts of Lysychansk.

Russia continues to employ air-launched anti-ship missiles in a secondary land attack role, likely because of dwindling stockpiles of more accurate modern weapons. Analysis of CCTV footage shows the missile that impacted the Kremenchuk shopping centre on 27 June 2022 was highly likely a Kh-32. This is an upgraded version of the Soviet era Kh-22 KITCHEN.

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The city of @Kherson (southwest) is officially occupied by the @Russian army. You can see on the webcam images the military cars with "Z" parked in the center of the city.

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Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations have ended and the two parties have returned their capitals "for consultations," a Ukrainian official said.

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Ragip Soylu@ragipsoylu??
Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian aviation has gained air supremacy over the entire territory of Ukraine

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Status-6 @Archer83Able · 1m #BREAKING: The EU will provide Ukraine fighter jets, @JosepBorrellF announced.

AFP News Agency @AFP · 9m #BREAKING EU countries will provide 'fighter jets' to Ukraine under Brussels funding

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Turkey has reportedly Officially Announced the Closure of the Bosphorus Strait to Russian Warships due to the Breakout of War in the Region according to Montreux Convention, this will most likely lead to a confrontation with Russia if enforced.

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@IntelCrab
Bad news tonight from the southern front...

#Mariupol is now surrounded on all sides by Russian forces.

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@AP
BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert, raising the threat that tensions with the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead to the use of nuclear weapons.

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#BREAKING ~2/3 of #Russia troops around #Ukraine have now been committed inside Ukraine, 1/3 not gone in yet. As of this AM, they've launched more than 320 missiles--majority of them are short range ballistic--with indications some launches have failed, per US Sr Defense official

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JUST IN - Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former Ukrainian defense minister, says Belarus is about to declare war on Ukraine:

"There is information about airborne troopers from Belarus loaded on the planes to enter Ukraine."

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Preparations underway to cut Russia off SWIFT.

The decision has not been officially issued yet, but the technical preparations are ongoing, according to FM Dmytro Kuleba.

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Russia has not been able to achieve air superiority over Ukraine in part because Russian missiles have hit old air defense sites, indicating flawed intelligence. ?@helenecooper? ?@EricSchmittNYT?

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New: Russia has sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine over the past 24 hours along "all three lines" of advance: senior U.S. defense official.

Putin has called up reserves for the fighting, official said.

Senior US defense official this morning: Continue to believe Russia has not achieved air superiority. Ukrainian air defenses operating, Ukrainian aircraft operable, flying and engaging Russian forces

Germany is in the process of approving delivery of 400 RPGs to Ukraine via a third country, an EU diplomat says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has more than 50% "of his total assembled power now committed inside Ukraine,” a senior US defense official told reporters Saturday.

The official said the 50% consists of “largely combat power.”

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BREAKING: Air Force Command of the Ukraine Armed Forces claims:

- Ukrainian Su-27 shot down Russian Su-25 flying towards Vinnytsia
- Ukrainian S-300 air defences shot down a Russian Su-25 and helicopter
- Ukrainian Su-27 shot down a Russian IL-76 near Vasylkiv

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