On Thursday, July 3, 2018, this is how things are going.
Fighting
- 69 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight by Russian air defense systems, according to a report from RIA Novosti, a state-owned Russian newspaper.
Weapons
- Following the Pentagon’s decision to stop some shipments of crucial weapons due to concerns that stockpiles are running low, the Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had called in Keith Kellogg, the acting US envoy to Kyiv.
- The Foreign Ministry stated that “the Ukrainian side stressed that any delay or putting off supporting Ukraine’s defense capabilities will only make the aggressor more likely to wage hostilities and repress the peace process.”
- Following a Department of Defense review of military support around the world, deputy White House press secretary Anna Kelly claimed that the decision to stop some shipments was “to put America’s interests first.”
- Following a meeting between Kallas and Wang Yi, the top diplomat of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, issued a warning that Chinese businesses’ support for Russia’s war was a threat to European security.
- According to the statement, Kallas urged China to “avoid all material support that sustains Russia’s military industrial complex” and to support “a full and unconditional ceasefire” and “just and lasting peace in Ukraine.”
Source: Aljazeera
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