The district's administrative centre, the town of Sergiyev Posad, is considered the religious centre of the Moscow Region and a spiritual heart of Russia's Orthodox Church. The city's monastery, the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius that was founded in the 14th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

As part of efforts to reduce the Russians' ability to launch airstrikes, units of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, in cooperation with other components of the defence forces, struck the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry in Russia's Moscow Oblast on 4 July.

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a plant producing warheads for Shahed UAVs. The enterprise is located in the city of Sergiev Posad, Moscow region of Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Unmanned Systems Forces report.

July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.