20 February: Biden arrived in Kyiv, Memorial Day of the Heavenly Hundred

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Monday, February 20, 2023.
Biden and Zelensky / Photo: Zelensky’s official Telegram channel

Biden and Zelensky / Photo: Zelensky’s official Telegram channel

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

The Russians continue to accumulate reserves in the region, said the head of Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai. According to him, Ukrainian servicemen are doing everything possible to prevent the Russian offensive from developing. The hottest is in the Kreminna direction.

Donetsk Region

The day before, the Russians launched three missile strikes in the region: an industrial enterprise was damaged in Kramatorsk, the territory of a car service station and an adjacent 3-storey building in Yasnohirka, and the territory of a former mine in Kleban-Byk, said the head of Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko.

In the Donetsk direction, one person died in Avdiivka. The city was hit by two anti-aircraft missiles, two artillery shells, shelling from Grady and tank shelling. One house was destroyed in Mariinka community and one house was damaged in Krasnohorivka, Zoryane and Kurakhivka.

2 people died in the Horlivka district: in Bakhmut and Bohdanivka of the Chasiv Yar community. In the Kostyantynivka community, a house in Kostyantynivka and 3 houses in Ivanopil were damaged.

In the Soledar territorial community, 2 houses were damaged in Fedorivka, in the Toretsk community, 4 houses and 1 infrastructure object were damaged. In the Lysychansk direction, it was loud in Siversk and Serebryanka – without victims.

Kharkiv Region

Oleh Sinehubov, the head of the Regional Military Administration, wrote that on the morning of February 20, at approximately 5:00 a.m., the Russians shelled the Kupiansk district. A private residential building was destroyed in the village of Novoosynove. According to preliminary data, a woman may be under the rubble. Rescuers are working on the spot.

In the village of Kurylivka, the buildings of an agricultural enterprise were damaged as a result of shelling. There was a large-scale fire. Also in the morning, the enemy shelled the village of Strilecha, Kharkiv district, wounding 2 civilians (the woman was hospitalized, the man received medical assistance on the spot).

During the past day, the enemy shelled at least 11 border settlements of Kupiansk, Chuhuiv and Kharkiv districts.

In Kupiansk, shelling damaged the building of a medical facility, a civil industry facility, a 9-story apartment building, private houses, a garage, farm buildings, and monuments in the cemetery.

The buildings of the fire and rescue department were damaged in the village of Dvorichna of the Kupiansk district. As a result of shelling of the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv district, private residential buildings were damaged. Two women were injured: 50 and 32 years old.

In Vovchansk, Chuhuiv district, a 45-year-old woman was injured by shrapnel – she received medical assistance on the spot. A 40-year-old man was wounded in Kruhliakivka, Kupyan district, as a result of enemy shelling.

Zaporizhzhia Region

Over the past day, the Russians fired 146 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian soldiers, using tank weapons, missile and barrel artillery along the entire line of contact, Regional Military Administration reported.

During the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Orikhiv, Olhivske, Novoandriivka, Bilohirya, Shcherbaki, Staroukrainka, Pavlivka, Novodanylivka, Stepove, Kamianske.

Kherson Region

According to the Regional Military Administration, the Russian occupiers shelled peaceful settlements in the region 75 times. They fired from multiple rocket launchers, mortars, artillery, tanks and drones. The Russian army shelled Kherson 9 times. Enemy shells hit residential buildings.

Yesterday, three people were killed in the Kherson region due to Russian aggression, and 8 more were injured of varying degrees of severity. Among the injured are three children: boys aged 8 and 13, as well as a 10-year-old girl.

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Biden announced a new $500 million aid package to Ukraine in Kyiv

Today, February 20, Biden arrived on an unannounced visit to Ukraine.

During his visit to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden announced a new military aid package worth $500 million. It will include ammunition and means to protect the sky over Ukraine.

The American leader said this at a briefing with Volodymyr Zelensky, the correspondent of RBC-Ukraine reports.

«The package announced today includes ammunition for HIMARS and howitzers, more than Javelin, anti-tank systems, aerial surveillance systems to protect the Ukrainian people from bombing,» Biden said.

He also recalled the commitment to supply weapons to Ukraine: more than 700 tanks, thousands of armored vehicles, a thousand artillery systems, more than 2 million artillery shells, etc.

«Later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that try to evade or complement the Russian military machine,» the US president added.

Biden emphasized that already this week, the United States will allocate billions of budget aid, which will be used to provide basic services for Ukrainian citizens.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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