Top stories for July 3

Top stories for July 3

🔹The Kremlin reported the full capture of Konstantinovka. Putin also once again said that it had been possible to “fully complete the liberation of the ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’” and achieve “significant advances on the territory of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic,’” Peskov noted.

🔹The Defense Ministry proposed abolishing mandatory medical examinations for contract soldiers and mobilized personnel. This follows from draft amendments to the law published on the legal acts draft portal.

🔹The BBC found a queue for fuel in Zabaykalsky Krai in satellite images. A video of this queue had earlier been published by the Ukrainian channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+. In the footage posted on July 2, a line about 4.5 km long can be seen, consisting of at least 635 vehicles waiting to refuel.

🔹Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich and the outlet “Romb” were added to the “foreign agents” list. Journalist Yekaterina Arenina and Inna Berezkina, head of programs at the School of Civic Education, were also added.

🔹Drivers standing in fuel lines have begun to be fined for violating parking rules. The State Duma transport committee said it had not yet received any complaints about this. The head of the transport committee, Rifat Shaikhutdinov, told the outlet “Podyom” that if such complaints appear, the authorities will initiate a request for a temporary cancellation of the fines until September-October.

🔹Former Rosaviatsia head Neradko and his former deputy were suspected of embezzling nearly one billion rubles during the construction of a new runway at Domodedovo. They were placed in custody.

🔹In Iran, farewell ceremonies began for Ali Khamenei. The Russian delegation was headed by Medvedev.

🔹Gazeta.ru wrote that Communist Party deputies had appealed to the Ministry of Digital Development with a request to lift the blocking of Telegram. That publication was later deleted.

🔹The sales department director at Eksmo was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence in the case over “LGBT literature.” The case was considered under a special procedure. It is reported that Vakhlyaev admitted guilt and testified against the “accomplices in the scheme” for selling “LGBT literature.”

🔹The death toll after the Russian strike on Kyiv rose to 30 people.

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