Ukrainian flag in Balaklia, Kharkiv region / Photo: BBC
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Fighting continues in the Bakhmut direction. During the night, 11 artillery and 10 mortar attacks were carried out on the positions of the defenders of Luhansk region. The occupiers used multiple assault rifles and a tank four times.
Donetsk Region
At night – a rocket attack on Slovyansk. The building of the ceramic enterprise was damaged. During the day – shelling from mortars, artillery, «Hurricane» and «Hrad» rocket launchers. Bakhmut, Toretsk, Avdiivka, Kurakhove, New York, Pavlivka, Zaitseve, Hostre, Fedorivka, Tonenke were fired upon. Seven high-rise buildings, 16 private residential buildings, a market, a gas station, the Palace of Culture, and the administrative building of the Bakhmut City Council were damaged. In the region, nine people were killed and 23 wounded per day. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues.
Sumy Region
At night, the enemy shelled the Shalyhyne community with mortars (eight hits). Previously – without victims and destruction. Yesterday, the enemy shelled the border communities of the region: Krasnopillia (29 mortar attacks, 20 attacks from the Hrad anti-aircraft missile), Esman (in the afternoon there was shelling of the outskirts of Bachivsk, 20 mortar attacks) and Znob-Novgorod (eight mortar attacks, 15 shots from AGS). In advance – without consequences.
Kharkiv Region
That night, the enemy made intensive rocket and artillery strikes on Kharkiv and the region. In Kharkiv, as a result of Russian terror, there was a fire and destruction of a three-story administrative building in the Saltivskyi district, there was a hit in the Kyiv district, one person was injured.
At night, the enemy made intensive attacks on the Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts. In Chuhuiv, one person died as a result of shelling. Private houses, an educational and sports center, and commercial buildings were damaged. In the morning, medics hospitalized a man in the Derhachy community, where shelling also continues. During the day, the occupiers attacked the Izyum, Bohodukhiv districts.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The Russians shelled the Nikopol district again. They were fired from heavy artillery. People were not injured. There is destruction of country houses and farm buildings. Detailed information on the consequences of shelling is being clarified.
Zaporizhzhia Region
Over the past day, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Temyrivka, Shcherbaky, Zarichne, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Mala Tokmachka, Novoyakovlivka, Rivnopilla, Gulyaipole, Chervone, Magdalinivka, Stepnohirsk, Lugivske, Poltavka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Chervone, Olgivske, Charivne, Dorozhnyanka, Zahirne, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove
Mykolayiv Region
At night, the enemy shelled the village of Lyubomyrivka and the villages of Zorya. There are no casualties. Yesterday around 11:45 p.m. and this morning the village of Shyroke was shelled. The hits were in the already destroyed Center for the provision of administrative services and the school. There are no casualties.
Shelling of the territory and nearby settlements of the Berezneguvatу community continues. Thus, yesterday, as a result of shelling, a fire broke out in deciduous and coniferous litter in the forest of the Berezneguvatу Forestry. There are no casualties. At night – shelling of the Bashtan community, as a result of which the entire community lost power. Detailed information is being clarified.
Kherson Region
The situation in the region remains difficult, active hostilities continue. Settlements located next to the front line or on its line suffer from shelling and, because of this, are left without gas, water and electricity supply for months, and are on the verge of destruction. In Kakhovka and Nova Kakhovka, the occupiers opened points for issuing Russian passports, but the percentage of those willing to receive the document is extremely low.
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The occupiers are taking Melitopol citizens to Moscow for the courts
Since the beginning of the occupation of Melitopol, the Russian military has detained more than 500 people there.
Many residents of Melitol were taken to Russia, in particular to Moscow, to be sentenced to life imprisonment. It is not known what they are trying peaceful Ukrainian population for.
Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of occupied Melitopol, told about it, Radio Svoboda reports.
«Today, a little more than 70 people are in captivity. They are in different cities. Someone is digging trenches near Polohy, someone is sitting in the commandant’s office of the city of Melitopol, and someone is unknown where. There are also such events when people, our Melitopol citizens, are transported to Moscow, in Lefortovo, in the pre-trial detention center, in order to sentence them to life imprisonment,» Fedorov said.
According to him, educators who refuse to cooperate with the occupiers are under special pressure in Melitopol.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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