The Russian military is shelling Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and setting fire to wheat fields. The charge explodes in the air and several burning pieces fall down. A wheat field catches fire from them. The flame sometimes reaches 5 meters in height, and the width of the strip is hundreds of meters.

 Turkey did not unload and released the Russian ship with stolen Ukrainian grain. On July 1, the ship "Zhibek Zholu" stopped in the Turkish port of Karasu, which illegally exported grain from occupied Berdyansk. Ukrainian authorities asked Turkey to arrest the vessel, but Turkey released it.

        ***** The American Institute for the Study of War ICW reports that Russian troops have taken an "operational pause". The Russians are preparing for a protracted war.

 At night, the Russians shelled Kharkiv with rockets. As a result of the shelling, the premises of the National Pedagogical University were destroyed. A 40-year-old watchman had been killed.

        **** The Russians continue to shell the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine.

        **** Since the beginning of the invasion, 346 Ukrainian children were killed and 645 children were injured as a result of the Russian attack.

 Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russians have already destroyed more than 20 shopping centers. In almost all cases, the Russian authorities stated that their "high-precision weapons" hit only military targets. They either shoot to one thing and hit up in another place, or their goal is to destroy everything.

        In occupied Kherson, the Russians shelled the "Faryka" shopping center. When firefighters arrived to put out the fire, a Russian armored personnel carrier opened fire on them. Six rescuers jumped out of the attacked vehicle and found shelter a kilometer from the place of attack. As a result, the shopping center building burned to the ground.

 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russians had captured the city of Lysychansk. The Ukrainian military retreated to new defensive positions.

 Videos appeared in the mass media showing explosions in Belgorod (Russia), and in the sky above the city, traces of anti-aircraft fire. The governor of the Belgorod region reported about 4 killed and 4 injured people, including a man in serious condition and a 10-year-old child. 11 block of flats and more than 30 private houses were partially destroyed. Five private houses were completely destroyed. The Russians accuse Ukraine of shelling. The governor of Kursk Oblast, neighboring Belgorod, said that 2 Ukrainian Strizh drones were shot down near Kursk at night.

          Some mass media report that Belgorod was bombarded by Russian "Pantsir-1" missiles. The remains of the rocket were found in the city of shelling. There are no such missiles in service with the Ukrainian army. These missiles can be used to shoot down small airplanes and drones.

          The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the armed forces of Ukraine launched three Tochka-Y missiles, one of which fell on residential buildings after being shot down.

           Kursk and Belgorod are logistical supply centers for Russian forces in Ukraine.

 At least 19 people were killed and 30 injured in the night strike in the Odesa region. The Russians fired three X-22 missiles from their planes, which hit a high-rise block of flats and a recreation center nearby. In total, 150-160 people lived in the nine-story building.