9 December: War affects everyone: a foreign volunteer died in Bakhmut, shelling of Kherson

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Friday, December 9, 2022.
Illustration by honorary citizen of Irpin Bansky, Kyiv region / Photo: Associated Press

Illustration by honorary citizen of Irpin Bansky, Kyiv region / Photo: Associated Press

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces again repelled the attacks of the Russian invaders near Bilohorivka. The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk direction. Shelling from tanks and various types of artillery was recorded in the areas of Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka settlements.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy launched artillery fire in the areas of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Nevske, and Chervonopivka.

In total, during the past day, the enemy shelled the positions of our soldiers with artillery 145 times. The situation in the region remains difficult.

Donetsk Region

At night, Kostyantynivka was shelled by rockets. Six two-story buildings, a boiler room, and a medical facility were damaged. At night – shelling of Avdiivka, isolated flights and several massive shelling. In the morning – shelling in the Bakhmut area. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified. In a day in the region: five dead, two injured civilians.

Sumy Region

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out more than 60 strikes on Khotyn, Shalyhyne and Hlukhiv communities. No victims.

Kharkiv Region

During the day, the occupiers launched rocket and artillery strikes on the Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Izyum districts. In the city of Kupiansk, as a result of shelling by the Russians, the warehouses of a food enterprise burned down.

Yesterday evening in Bezlyudivka community, in the Kharkiv district, houses were damaged, commercial buildings and cars were burnt as a result of rocket attacks. In the Pisochyn community of the Kharkiv district, rocket strikes damaged three private households and commercial buildings. 4 people were injured and hospitalized.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

Nikopol district suffered from shelling again. The occupiers directed their «Hrads» and heavy artillery to Chervonohryhorivka, Myrove and Nikopol communities. People were not injured.

There are damaged private houses and power lines. The details of the shelling are being clarified.

Zaporizhzhia Region

During the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Orihiv, Malinivka, Chervone, Shcherbaki, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaki, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Dorozhnyanka, Olhivske, Stepne, Lukyanivske.

33 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by Russian military personnel.

During the past day, the evacuation of the civilian population from the temporarily occupied territory was carried out. Details are being clarified.

Kherson Region

The situation in the region remains difficult. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy carried out tank and artillery shelling of seventeen populated areas of the region. Among them are Kachkarivka, Monastyrske, Novoberyslav, Beryslav, Lvove, Ivanivka, Novotyahynka, Inzhenerne, Prydniprovske, Antonivka, Komyshany, Dniprovske, Veletenske and the city of Kherson.

The settlements of Kozatske and Vesele of the Nova Kakhovka community are also under constant shelling from the left bank. There is significant destruction of private estates and high-rise buildings.

Reconstruction works are ongoing in Kherson and the de-occupied territories, and humanitarian aid is arriving in the region.

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A volunteer from Sweden, who was helping to evacuate the wounded, died in the Bakhmut area

He was a volunteer of the «Hospitaliers» medical battalion.

A medical battalion volunteer from Sweden, who was helping to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers, died in the Bakhmut area.

This is reported by SVT TV channel.

The death of a 20-year-old citizen of Sweden was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country and the family of the volunteer was informed about it.

It is known that a man died as a result of a collision with a combat vehicle during the evacuation of a wounded person in the Bakhmut region of Donetsk region. He volunteered as part of the «Hospitaliers» medical battalion.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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