What happened on the day of July 3rd. The main thing

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attacked the city market in Tokmak, Zaporizhia region, there are dead and injured. A farewell ceremony for Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Tehran. The Russian Defense Ministry summed up the results of the week in the special operation zone, reporting a series of attacks on Ukrainian military installations and the advance of Russian troops. In the Kursk region, the car of the administration of the Rylsky district was hit by a mine, and in the Leningrad region, the body of a missing 12-year-old schoolgirl was found. All the details and other main events of the day are in the Izvestia digest.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on Tokmak market in Zaporizhia region

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a city market in Tokmak, Zaporizhia region, with drones. According to the latest data from the governor of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, five people were killed and 18 others were injured. Additional operating rooms and a medical and psychological support center were deployed to assist the victims. The Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia has opened a criminal case under the article on the terrorist attack. Investigators and criminologists are working on the site, and the necessary forensic examinations have been appointed.

The Minister of Health of the Zaporozhye region Dmitry Vankov reported that four victims are in serious condition with traumatic brain injuries. According to the Tokmak district administration, this attack was the most massive in terms of the number of dead and injured civilians of all time. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the strike on the market a war crime and called on the international community to give an objective assessment of what happened. Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and Yana Lantratova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, also condemned the attack, stressing the need to investigate and bring those responsible to justice.

Farewell to Ali Khamenei in Tehran

A farewell ceremony for Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Tehran. According to the Mehr news agency, his remains were taken to the Musalla Imam Khomeini religious complex, where a two-day funeral ceremony is taking place. It is expected that more than 20 million people will take part in it. Representatives of more than 30 countries have arrived in Iran to participate in the farewell ceremony. Russia is represented by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, and Sergey Tsivilev, Minister of Energy. Medvedev also had a brief meeting with Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian. In addition, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived at the ceremony and was greeted with military honors at the airport.

Armenia has restricted the participation of some citizens in the elections

The Armenian parliament has adopted amendments to the electoral legislation, according to which citizens who have been living outside the country for a long time will not be able to participate in parliamentary elections and referendums. Now, only those citizens who have permanently resided in Armenia at least 48 days before the next election (or 28 days before the snap election) and have been in the country for more than a year over the past two years will have the right to vote. The amendments were unanimously approved at an extraordinary session of parliament, which was held with a boycott of the opposition. 63 parliamentarians voted for the initiative, prepared by deputies of the ruling Civil Contract party.

The Russian Armed Forces liberated Alexandrovka and attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that during the week, the Russian Armed Forces (AF) carried out one massive and five group strikes against objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as fuel, energy and transport infrastructure enterprises, military airfields, logistics centers, ammunition depots, storage sites for unmanned boats and drones, temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries.

According to the ministry, Russian air defense systems destroyed 3,871 Ukrainian drones in a week, as well as aerial bombs, Flamingo missiles, HIMARS and other means of air attack. The forces of the Black Sea Fleet eliminated 10 unmanned boats. In addition, Russian troops liberated the village of Alexandrovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ministry of Defense noted that the establishment of control over it strengthened the positions of the Vostok group and created conditions for further progress towards Pokrovsky.

The bombing of the administration's car in Rylsk

A car carrying employees of the administration of the Rylsky district of the Kursk region was blown up by a mine planted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, the head of the district, Vladimir Kovalchuk, the director of the economic services department, Sergey Besedin, and two other administration employees were injured. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case under the article on the terrorist attack. Investigators, operational services and sappers worked at the scene, and the necessary forensic examinations were appointed. According to Alexander Popov, head of the Center for Disaster Medicine, Kovalchuk's condition is assessed as moderate, closer to severe. Later, the head of the district himself said that there was no threat to the lives of the victims and everyone was receiving the necessary medical care. Lantratova called the car bombing heinous crimes against civilians and said that her office was keeping the investigation of both attacks under control.

The body of a missing schoolgirl was found in the Leningrad region.

The body of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared after hiking in the forest for mushrooms was found in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region. A criminal case has been opened into the incident under the article on murder. According to the schoolgirl's mother, on the afternoon of July 2, the girl informed her family that she had collected chanterelles and was returning home, but after that she stopped contacting them. CCTV footage helped establish her route of movement. Investigators are working at the place where the body was found to establish the circumstances of the child's death.