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What happened across Ukraine on 3 July 2024?
Summary
A retrospective on a day of drone and missile strikes, a nuclear plant substation attack and a NATO aid pledge.
What did 3 July 2024 look like for Ukraine? It was a day of attacks on civilian areas and energy infrastructure, alongside a pledge of military support from NATO nations.
Strikes on Dnipro and Kharkiv Oblast
Russian drones and missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Dnipro on 3 July 2024. At least five people were killed and 53 others injured.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian guided bombs and missiles killed one person and injured at least 14 others across the region.
The previous day, 2 July, Russian artillery and drones had hit Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing two people and injuring nine.
Zaporizhzhia plant under pressure
Three kamikaze drones attacked an electrical substation serving the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on 3 July. Eight workers were injured. The attack caused forest fires near the plant's switchyard and left Enerhodar without power or water.
A NATO aid commitment
On the same date, NATO nations agreed to grant Ukraine €40 billion (US$43 billion) in military aid in 2025.
Orbán's Kyiv visit
The diplomatic backdrop was the visit on 2 July by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Kyiv, his first since the start of the Russian invasion. He proposed a ceasefire plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected.
The trip was the first stop in what Orbán described as "peace missions". Later in July 2024, according to later accounts, he went on to meet Russia's president in Moscow and China's president in Beijing, and then travelled to the United States.
Taken together, the two days showed the war's pressure on cities, energy supply and a nuclear site, while allies and mediators pursued very different paths: sustained military funding on one side and a ceasefire proposal that Kyiv turned down on the other.
