Donetsk region / National Police
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
The occupiers are in a hurry because they see the successes of the Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region. Every day Luhansk is getting closer. Closer for the Armed Forces – the Russians are losing confidence.
During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Kamyanka, Avdiivka and Opytne.
Donetsk Region
At night, the central part of Kurakhove was shelled by rockets, private and high-rise buildings, cars were damaged, information about the victims is being clarified. In the village Private houses were damaged as a result of the shelling in the Donsky district of Druzhkivska community. Missile attack of the S300 air defense system on the village. Mykolayivka, Novohrodivka, Pokrovsk District: 2 two-story buildings, 5 cars were damaged, power lines were cut, and the road surface was damaged. Also, rocket fire from the village. Uspenivka and Hanivka (damaged private houses, power lines); shelling of the village Mayorsk, Odradivka (private houses damaged, there is no connection in the villages).
Over the past day, two people were killed and three were injured in the Donetsk region.
Sumy Region
Over the yesterday, almost 140 arrivals from the Russian side in the Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Seredyno-Budsk, Yunakiv communities were recorded in the border regions. At night – no shelling.
Kharkiv Region
Over the past day, the Russians shelled settlements located near the border with the Russian Federation and the contact line. The Kupiansk district suffers the most from shelling. Over the past day, five people were injured there, including two children aged 10 and 17. In the Chuhuiv district, a man was injured by a landmine. A similar accident happened to a 24-year-old resident of the Izyum district, who was picking mushrooms.
During the past day, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service defused 578 explosive objects in the territory of the region.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The enemy again shelled the Nikopol district. In the morning, the Russians hit the Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities with «Hrad» and «Hurricane».
Two people were injured in Marhanets. In the city, 23 private and high-rise buildings, 10 commercial buildings, a bakery and several institutions were damaged. More than 10 cars were mutilated, several were burned. More than 2,000 subscribers were left without electricity due to shelling.
No people were injured in the Chervonohryhorivka community.
Mykolayiv Region
Mykolayiv came under fire after midnight today. It is known that it hit the water area of the Pivdennyi Buh River. Previously, there were no victims or victims.
During the night, the enemy launched two rocket attacks on the village of Kalynivka. After the shelling, a gas pipe caught fire, three residential buildings were damaged, and no one was injured. The shelling of the territory and nearby settlements of the Bashtan community continues.
At night, the surroundings of the village Yavkino were shelled, as a result of shelling, buildings were destroyed and a car caught fire. Also at night – shelling of the outskirts of the village. It’s encouraging. There are no casualties. Information on damaged residential buildings is being clarified.
Also at night there were shelling of the outskirts of the village of Nova Oleksandrivka of the Ingul community. There were no injuries or damage.
The village was shelled this morning. Wide beyond the boundaries of the settlement, hitting mainly open areas and road surfaces. There were no injuries or damage. Villages located on the dividing line of the Berezneguvate community remain under constant fire. Information on victims and damage is being clarified.
Kherson Region
The situation in the region is extremely difficult, hostilities continue. The occupiers are trying to hold a fake referendum on joining the Russian Federation in the region. For this purpose, people are brought in en masse from Crimea to vote, local residents are forced to «vote» at gunpoint. Propaganda mass media are shooting stories about a kind of «active participation of local residents in voting.» Also against this background, the Russians are strengthening the administrative-police regime and continuing to put pressure on the Kherson people.
According to the information of Operational Commander «Pivden», 13 strikes were carried out by our aircraft at the enemy, and about 280 tasks were carried out by missile and artillery units. In particular, control points in Beryslav and Nova Kakhovka, 3 enemy forces and equipment centers in Kherson and Kakhovka districts, and a warehouse with ammunition in Beryslav district were affected.
Reports are coming from Kherson, Oleshok, Nova Kakhovka and villages of the Beryslav district about mass abductions of cars and trucks by Russian servicemen, as well as robberies by the occupants of houses. The occupiers are taken from the houses anything that has any value.
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The legendary Alain Delon quoted Taras Shevchenko’s «Testament» by heart
Cult French actor Alain Delon actively expresses his support for Ukraine.
So the star of the 70s, Alain Delon, appeared in public for the first time since 2021 the other day to support Ukraine.
The iconic French actor visited the Embassy of Ukraine in Paris. Alain Delon recorded a large program about Ukraine, which will be released at the end of September on the TV5Monde channel.
And in an interview with the BFMTV channel, Delon expressed his solidarity with Ukrainians: «What is happening in Ukraine has deeply saddened and moved me, so I am fighting for Ukrainians,» the artist said.
In addition, the legend of French cinema is quoted by heart lines from Taras Shevchenko’s «Testament». However, he did it in French.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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