Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar described the conflict as "complicated," with Ukrainian troops advancing with "partial success" on the southern flank of Bakhmut in the east and near Berdyansk and Melitopol in the south. However, Russian troops were making advances in Avdiivka, Marinka, Lyman, and Svatove in eastern Ukraine amid "fierce fighting". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the country's top military command and atomic energy officials at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine near the border with Belarus to discuss the security of their northern regions and measures to strengthen them. Zelenskyy promised to intensify efforts to retake land occupied by Russia in the south of Ukraine.
Wagner mutiny fallout, involving Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, led to a failed mutiny on June 24. RIA FAN news site director Yevgeny Zubarev announced the closure of the channel, which had a strongly nationalist, pro-Kremlin editorial line while also providing positive coverage of Prigozhin and Wagner. The director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns said Russia's war in Ukraine had a "corrosive" effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin, creating a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" for the US's spy agency.
US President Joe Biden will head to Europe on July 9 to attend the annual NATO summit, which takes place in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi's mission to Moscow focused mainly on humanitarian issues, meeting an adviser to Putin and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Poland has sent 500 police officers to tighten security at its border with Belarus, reflecting the "tense situation" at the border. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that Madrid would deliver more heavy weaponry to Ukraine, including four Leopard tanks and armoured personnel carriers, as well as a mobile field hospital.
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