Slovyansk, Donetsk region / Photo: TSN
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Positional battles continue in the north of the region. Collaborators flee en masse. In the direction of Luhansk and the border with the Russian Federation, huge queues of cars were searched. No smaller queues at gas stations in the region – where gasoline and diesel fuel have not yet run out.
In the Bakhmut direction, the positions of the Luhansk region’s defenders were fired during the night: 10 artillery, seven mortar, and four assaults from multiple assault rifles. Seven times they tried to break through the defense on a tank.
Donetsk Region
At night – shelling of Sloviansk, in the morning – massive artillery shelling of Avdiivka. Information about the consequences is being clarified. Over the past day, Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, Mykolayivka, Vuhledar, Slovyansk, Toretsk, Vodyane, Opytne, Georgiivka were shelled. Over the past day, 5 civilians were killed and 10 wounded in the Donetsk region.
Sumy Region
After midnight, the enemy shelled the Esman community – eight mortar rounds. And after 8:00 a.m. today, the Khotyn community was shelled (barrel artillery fired 17 volleys) and large-caliber machine gun rounds were heard in the Shalygin community. Previously without losses and destruction.
Yesterday, there were 18 attacks from barrel artillery on the territory of the Esman community during the day. There were Russians in the Shalyhyne community as well: 17 mortars and 6 self-propelled guns. There were also 6 large-caliber machine gun rounds on the territory of the community from the Russian side. These shellings in the Shostka district passed without destruction or victims.
Kharkiv Region
Last night, the enemy shelled Lozova. There is a direct impact on the object of education. There was a fire. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
During the past day, the enemy massively shelled Kharkiv and the Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Kupiansk districts of the region. According to the Center for Emergency Medical Assistance, one person died and 6 were injured in Kharkiv during the day. One person was also injured in the Izyum district. In the Kharkiv district, two were wounded, one of them was blown up by a mine in Ruski Tyshki. Two civilians were killed in the Kupiansk district.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The enemy once again shelled the Nikopol district. Hit Nikopol, Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities with «Hrad» and heavy artillery. People were not injured. High-rise and private buildings, a stadium, farm buildings and gas pipelines were damaged. The scale of the destruction is being clarified.
Mykolayiv Region
Villages located on the dividing line of the Berezneguvate community remain under constant fire. So, tonight, at 02:15, the Berezneguvate settlement was shelled, as a result of which the warehouse of the professional lyceum was damaged. No victims.
Also, during the past day, the shelling of Starosty districts of the Berezneguvate community, which are near the border of the conflict, continued. Detailed information is being clarified.
Over the past day, the village of Pervomaiske was under enemy fire. In total, more than 15 flights were recorded on the territory of the village, four of which hit a private enterprise, the others hit open areas. There are no casualties.
Yesterday afternoon, the village of Shyroke was shelled. There are no casualties.
Kherson Region
The situation remains difficult in the regional center and region. Shelling of populated areas in the region continues. New cases of war crimes committed by Russians are recorded in temporarily occupied settlements.
Over the past day, the occupiers shelled residential quarters in the villages of Sukhyi Stavok, Osokorivka, Olgyne, Bila Krynytsia, Novovoznesenske and Arkhanhelske. The shelling was carried out in the private sector, where there are no military facilities. The destruction of private houses and infrastructure facilities was recorded, and there were casualties and injuries. Some settlements were left without water supply and electricity. There were also explosions in the area of Antonivskyi Bridge and Nova Kakhovka.
According to the information of the General Staff, the occupiers withdrew from their positions in some settlements in the Kherson region. Due to heavy losses in manpower, the Russian invaders expelled all local residents from the Central City Hospital in Nova Kakhovka and used it exclusively for their military.
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In Russia, the occupiers who escaped during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces are «caught» in order to punish and return them
In Russia, they decided to «capture» those who fled from the Kharkiv region to the territory of the Belgorod region.
They plan to punish them for retreating and return them to their positions by force.
This was reported by journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk.
«After the defeat by the Defense Forces of Ukraine of units of the 200 separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit 08275, Pechenha city) of the Northern Fleet, which were stationed in the northern part of the Kharkiv region, the surviving servicemen fled to the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Now, the brigade’s leadership is searching for the servicemen that escaped, throughout the region with the aim of punishing those responsible for the escape and returning the surviving units to action,» the journalist informed.
Let us remind you that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began to look for those responsible for the failure in the Kharkiv region. Reprisals await officers due to lost positions and equipment.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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