What happened on the day of June 30th. The main thing

A farewell ceremony for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was held in Moscow, which was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Head of State also held a meeting with the head of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinstein, and a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The ISU has allowed Russian athletes to participate in international tournaments in a neutral status. The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of three settlements. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Farewell to Sergey Ivanov

A farewell ceremony was held in Moscow for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who died on June 26 at the age of 74. The funeral ceremony took place at the Central Clinical Hospital. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the event, laid a bouquet of red roses at the coffin and briefly talked with the family of the deceased. The Head of State spent at least 20 minutes at the ceremony. The Colonel-General was accompanied by a consolidated crew of a separate company of the honor guard, which brought together representatives of all three branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Ivanov was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery with full military honors.

Putin's meeting with Khinstein and conversation with Tokayev

The Head of State held a meeting with the head of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinstein. The Governor reported that the region is showing steady growth in key economic indicators, despite the difficult operational environment. The Kursk Region ranked third in the Central Federal District in terms of investment attractiveness, second only to Moscow and the Moscow region. The volume of investments in the first quarter amounted to almost 55 billion rubles.

A powerful advantage of the region was the launch of the first power unit of the new NPP, which provided a large supply of available energy. Work is being completed in the region to extend the free economic zone regime to the entire territory, and seven major projects with investments of more than 245 billion rubles have already been worked out. Residents of the border region who suffered from the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks received more than 16 thousand housing certificates worth over 101 billion rubles. In total, there are 65 measures of assistance in the region, the total amount of allocated funds from all budgets has reached 248 billion rubles. The Kursk region took the second place in Russia in pork production and harvested a good harvest of grain and sugar beet.

Putin also had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The leaders discussed the implementation of mutually beneficial bilateral projects in the trade, economic and energy fields in line with the agreements reached during Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan in May 2026. Tokayev shared his impressions of his recent visit to Brussels.

Reaction to the explosion in Monaco

The Prosecutor General of Monaco, Stephane Thibault, said that the investigation does not consider the explosion that occurred in Monaco on the evening of June 29 as a terrorist attack, we are talking about an attempt on human life. The alleged perpetrator, according to the authorities, could have left Monaco and fled to France.

Minister of State Christophe Mirman called the explosion the first terrorist attack in the history of the principality, but the Prosecutor General clarified that the qualifications would be finalized during the investigation. Prince Albert II of Monaco called the incident a shock to all residents.

The Ukrainska Pravda newspaper, citing sources, reported that the explosion could have been a targeted attack on the Ukrainian oligarch Ermolaev and related to the activities of call centers in Dnepropetrovsk. Ukrainian online publication "Strana.ua, in turn, published footage of the first minutes after the explosion.

ISU allowed Russian athletes to participate in tournaments in a neutral status

The International Skating Union has decided to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions under the auspices of the organization in a neutral status from the 2026/27 season. Athletes will be able to participate without state symbols - flags, anthems and equipment with the symbols of the countries. Admission applies, among other things, to team disciplines: synchronized skating, team pursuit in speed skating, relay races in short track and the World Team Trophy World Team Championship.

Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said that this decision indicates the expansion of the practice of returning Russian athletes to the international arena. Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova expressed outrage at the decision to allow Russians only in neutral status, but at the same time called it an important event for domestic sports.

Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of three settlements: Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (units of the Southern Group of Forces), as well as Lesnoye and Rovnoye in the Zaporizhia region (units of the Vostok group of forces). In the same area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost over 455 soldiers, three armored fighting vehicles and 10 vehicles.

During the day, the Russian army hit fuel and energy infrastructure facilities, fuel and lubricants depots, assembly and storage sites for long-range drones, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts. During the day, air defense systems shot down 806 unmanned aerial vehicles and seven guided bombs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The artillery of the 72nd separate Motorized Rifle brigade continues to strike at enemy positions, preventing the Ukrainian formations withdrawing from Konstantinovka from gaining a foothold on new frontiers. In Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, a suburb of Konstantinovka, Russian gunners carried out a targeted strike on a private house where the militants had taken refuge. The shelter and those inside were eliminated.

Gref spoke at the annual Shareholders' Meeting

At the annual shareholders' meeting, Sberbank CEO German Gref compared the current economic and geopolitical situation to surviving in a concentration camp, quoting psychologist Viktor Frankl.

"The first to die were those who hoped it would end tomorrow. The second are those who thought it would never end. And only those who lived every day survived," Gref said.

He noted that the extensive economic growth has been exhausted, capacity utilization is at its limit, and new technologies, including AI, are needed for development. The head of Sberbank also said that the economy is overcooled and the key rate needs to be lowered.

Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on civilians

The air defense and electronic warfare forces repelled a massive attack, shooting down dozens of drones over the Moscow, Tver, Kursk regions, Krasnodar Territory and Sevastopol. In the Moscow region, air defense and electronic warfare forces repelled an attack by 60 drones in 12 urban districts. In Yegoryevsk, the fall of a drone led to the ignition of a private house, people were trapped under the rubble. Rescuers rescued two adults and two children, but the six-month-old child died on the way to the hospital. An administrative building and a private house were damaged in Dubna, and debris was also found in Ramenskoye and Kolomna.

In the Tver region, UAV debris hit a country house in the Kimry district, a fire broke out, resulting in the death of a 61-year-old woman. In the Kursk region, drones attacked a gas station in Lgove — the tanks caught fire, the fence, facade and glazing were damaged. A private house in the village of Makeevo, the roof of a household in Viktorovka, and a cafe in Belaya were also damaged. In Sevastopol, after the wreckage of a downed drone fell, a forest on an area of 28 hectares caught fire, more than 240 people and 58 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing, there were no casualties.