The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, spoke about the attacks of Russian troops on military facilities in Ukraine.

So, in Kharkov, during the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the point of temporary deployment of the 22nd motorized infantry battalion of the 92nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 100 Ukrainian nationalists and four units of military equipment were destroyed.

On the eastern outskirts of Soledar, the depot of rocket and artillery weapons of the 57th mechanized brigade was destroyed, which stored 1.5 thousand shells of various calibers and more than 100 foreign-made anti-tank missile systems.

In addition, six command posts were hit, including the operational group of troops "South", the 79th air assault and 57th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six warehouses with weapons and ammunition, as well as manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 27 areas.

At the same time, two launchers of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and two ammunition depots for them were liquidated with high-precision weapons in the Malotaranovka region of the DPR, and in the Nikolaev region, a radar guidance station for the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as a temporary deployment point for units of foreign mercenaries.

As the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry added, as part of the counter-battery fight, a platoon of multiple rocket launchers "Hurricane" was destroyed, three artillery platoons at firing positions in the DPR were hit, as well as a platoon of multiple launch rocket systems "Grad" in the Nikolaev region.

A Russian Su-35 fighter jet shot down two Mi-24 helicopters and one Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force during an air battle, another Mi-8 helicopter and 11 drones were shot down by air defense systems.

Also, Russian air defense systems intercepted nine Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and eight multiple rocket launchers.

"Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 77 districts," he added.

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New address of the British Embassy in Moscow

The new address has been assigned to the building of the British Embassy in Moscow, the press service of the Department of City Property, which is part of the complex of economic policy and property and land relations of the capital, said.

It is explained that this is due to the renaming of an unnamed territory located along the Smolenskaya embankment between Protochny lane and the exit to Novy Arbat street.

“The new address of the British Embassy: Moscow, Lugansk People’s Republic Square, property 1,” the message says.

According to Maxim Gaman, head of the Moscow Department of City Property, information about the assignment of a new address to the British Embassy has been entered into the address register of Moscow and the Federal Information Address System, and address contours have also been linked.

On July 5, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on assigning the territory near the British Embassy the name "Square of the Luhansk People's Republic".

On June 22, the territory near the US Embassy in Moscow was given the name "Donetsk People's Republic Square".

The DPR announced the release of 241 settlements

The grouping of the Armed Forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, with the fire support of the RF Armed Forces, liberated 241 settlements, including the village of Spornoye, according to a daily summary of the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR.

At the same time, Ukrainian armed formations fired at the areas of 11 settlements of the DPR, using Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155, 152 and 122-mm cannon artillery, 120 and 82-mm mortars.

“As a result of the shelling of the AFU on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, four people were killed and another 14 civilians were injured,” the report says.

25 housing constructions and 16 civil infrastructure facilities were also damaged.