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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Along the line of contact, the aircraft of the Defense Forces of Ukraine made 22 strikes. It was confirmed that 18 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a support point, as well as three positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. Air defense units shot down three cruise missiles. Missile troops and artillery hit the control post, the area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense and artillery facilities, one ammunition depot and other military facilities of the enemy. Six enemy attacks were repulsed. Russian troops launched 22 artillery and mortar attacks, one air and two missile strikes on our positions.
The enemy directs fire pressure on recently liberated settlements. Stelmakhivka was hit by Russian fire in the Kupiansk direction. On Lyman district, residents of Bilohorivka, Hrekivka, Nadia, and Novoyehorivka came under fire from the occupier. All settlements located on the contact line were damaged in the direction of Bakhmut.
Donetsk Region
At night, the enemy carried out active offensive actions in the area of the Pervomaiske and Nevelske villages of the Ocheretyn community. At night – periodic shelling of positions along the front line. From 06:00, shelling began again in Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka villages. Information about victims and destruction is being clarified. In one day in the Donetsk region: six dead, eight wounded civilians.
Kharkiv Region
This morning, the Russians made about seven strikes on Kharkiv. The data on the consequences are being verified, the services have left for the examination, there are no victims at the moment. During the past day, the Russian occupiers fired tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery at settlements located near the contact line and the border with the Russian Federation in the Kupiansk, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts. In the Kupiansk district, a fire broke out in a commercial building as a result of enemy shelling. During the day, a man was hospitalized with injuries in the Kupyan district. Also yesterday, two people who were injured earlier turned to doctors in the Kupiansk and Chuhuiv districts. Demining continues. Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service defused 1,428 explosive objects during the day.
Sumy Region
Over the past 24 hours, there have been almost 300 arrivals from the territory of the Russian Federation per day. The enemy shelled Krasnopillia, Shalyhyne, Velyka Pysarivka, Seredyno-Budsk communities. As a result of one of the artillery fire in the city of Seredino-Buda, a woman was injured. 6 private houses were also damaged.
Zaporizhzhia Region
Tonight, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia using Shahed UAVs. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the infrastructure facility. One rocket hit a warehouse in one of the districts of Zaporizhzhia. In both cases, there were no casualties. Data on the consequences are being investigated.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
At night, the Russians shelled the Nikopol district again. They hit the Myrove and Pokrovsk communities with «Hrad» and heavy artillery. People were not injured. Damaged agricultural enterprise, power lines and communication tower. In the village of Vyshchetarasivka there is no connection and partially no electricity. Emergency crews will begin recovery as soon as the threat of shelling passes. At midnight, our anti-aircraft defense destroyed an enemy kamikaze drone over the Nikopol region. In Dnipro, the Russians hit an energy infrastructure facility with missiles. Separate micro-districts of Dnipro, Synelnykove and Vasylkivka remained without electricity. One of the pumping stations of «Dniprovodokanal» was de-energized. Water outages on the left bank of the Dnipro. Services will resume as soon as the danger of repeated strikes has passed.
Mykolayiv Region
At night, the enemy attacked Mykolayiv region with Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. Four drones were shot down by the forces and means of anti-aircraft defense of the «Pivden» air command, another one by soldiers of the Territorial Defense Forces. At night, Mykolayiv was also subjected to massive rocket fire from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. As a result of shelling, a two-story residential building was destroyed. The rescuers retrieved the man’s body from under the rubble. At present, the emergency and rescue operations have been completed.
Also, in the Central district of the city, multi-story residential buildings, a square and nearby shopping pavilions were damaged. Tonight, critical infrastructure was damaged as a result of an enemy attack on the territory of the Olshan community. There are no casualties. According to the information of Operational Command «Pivden», during the night the Kutsurub community along the coast was shelled from heavy artillery. No victims.
Yesterday, during the day, villages located on the demarcation line of the Berezneguvate community were shelled. There are no casualties. Damage information is being updated. Yesterday, the settlement of Shyroke community also came under shelling, and an agricultural enterprise was hit.
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German intelligence chiefs talk about Putin’s «declaration of war» on the West – Spiegel
German intelligence suggests the possibility of political assassinations in Germany.
The leadership of German intelligence talks about Putin’s «declaration of war» on the West.
The heads of the Federal Intelligence Service, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and military counterintelligence warned against further actions by Russia. They add that political assassinations in Germany are also possible.
This is reported by Spiegel.
«Putin’s actions are a ‘declaration of war on the entire free, democratic world,’» said the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl.
«The simmering systemic rivalry has turned into an open fight,» said Thomas Haldenwang, president of the Constitutional Protection Service.
Both department heads spoke at the hearings in the Bundestag.
Once a year, the parliamentary oversight body, which usually meets only in camera, meets publicly and asks the three heads of the federal intelligence services – the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) – for their assessment. the current situation in the country.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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