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The live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for July 5:
- The Kremlin has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is tense, claiming there is a “great threat of sabotage from Kyiv”.
- Ukraine has also raised the alarm, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Moscow is creating “dangerous provocations” at the occupied power station.
- Russia’s defence ministry says its forces have struck three Ukrainian army groups near Bakhmut as fighting in the eastern region intensifies.
- The United Nations says it is “worried” about the survival of the grain exports deal, which could collapse within two weeks, threatening global food security.