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Ukrainska Pravda
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian weapons have struck an oil refinery in Russia's Ufa for the second time, referring to the strikes as long-range sanctions. The refinery lies 1,300 km from the front line. He also said a Russian military-industrial complex facility in Penza Oblast has been hit.
The Russians conducted 256 attacks over the past day, with the heaviest assaults on the Pokrovsk and Sloviansk fronts.
The office of Czech President Petr Pavel has rejected a proposal by the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party to strip Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country's highest state honour, the Order of the White Lion, stating that neither the Constitution nor the law grants the president of Czechia the authority to decide on the revocation of state honours.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi has confirmed his intention to take part in presidential elections, despite arguments from the President's Office about a possible political split.
Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv Oblast on 30 June and 1 July left eight people injured, with houses and cars damaged.
A Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson on 1 July killed two people and injured five.
Ukraine repelled a large-scale Russian attack overnight, downing 130 drones and a Kh-59 missile. Information on damage and casualties is still being confirmed.
A man was killed and three residents were injured after a Russian attack on a car in central Kherson. The injured remain in hospital in a moderate condition.
One woman was killed and three people injured after Russian forces attacked five petrol stations in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight. Ukrainian air defences shot down 11 drones.
A woman was injured in an overnight Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia. She is receiving medical treatment.
