Zelensky met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Spanish EU official Josep Borrel
[For urgent updates please follow Ukrainian Freedom News in Telegram]
By Pavlo Vitenko
UKRAINE: The enemy attacks Popasna and Severodonetsk. The occupiers are trying to bypass Izyum and send troops to Donbas, but suffer losses.
WORLD: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a wartime visit to Kyiv that Ukraine’s application to join the European Union will be submitted to the European Council this summer.
Family is trapped. Genocide in Borodyanka
In the village of Borodyanka, Kyiv region, active hostilities took place. The occupiers ruthlessly fired on the homes of civilians. Many locals found themselves under the rubble.
Mrs. Lyudmyla is waiting for rescuers to pull the family out of the rubble
In particular, Ludmila’s family was trapped. For the fifth day in a row, the woman has been sitting near the destroyed house, waiting for rescuers to pull her sister and nephew out of the rubble. State Emergency Service officers gave Ms. Lyudmila a chair.
Donetsk region
Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Toretsk, Ocheretyn communitiees under fire. There are wounded in almost every one of these settlements – information on their number is being clarified.
Mariupol – the situation has not changed dramatically in this besieged city. The shelling in the center and north of the region.
The death toll at Kramatorsk railway station, which Russians attacked while civilians waiting to evacuate were gathered there, has risen to 52 dead and 109 injured.
Evacuees from Kramatorsk arrived in Lviv
Luhansk region
Russian occupiers continue to destroy civilian infrastructure, launching missile and artillery strikes on roads, stations, residential areas and evacuation sites of civilians from areas of hostilities. Details of the destruction and casualties are currently being clarified. The enemy continues its offensive in the direction of Popasna and Severodonetsk.
Destruction in Popasna
Kherson region
Strong explosions and hail on the outskirts of the city continue. The situation in the region is becoming increasingly critical. It is currently impossible to establish information on the victims and the extent of the damage. According to preliminary data, more than 15% of people left Kherson alone. Of the occupied villages, almost one in five is a resident.
Poltava region
It was hit by a missile on the Myrhorod infrastructure. There is destruction. Two victims. The circumstances and consequences are being clarified.
Kirovohrad region
From the Black Sea, the Russian military fired two missiles at an object in the region. According to preliminary information, without significant consequences, the data are being checked.
Street in Izyum, Kharkiv region
Kharkiv region
The occupiers continued night shelling of residential areas. Fighting is taking place in the region in the Izyum direction, Russia has no success, our Armed Forces hold positions. The evacuation of the population continues in Barvinkovo and Lozova.
The clearing of the liberated territories in the Izyum district continues.
Watch: Ukraine: The First Country of the Freedom World: Interview with Leading Kharkiv Citizen
Produced with support from lvivlab.com. There you can support Tvoe Misto via PayPal or Bitcoin; please include «Tvoe Misto» in the memo.
Follow Lviv Now on Facebook. To receive our weekly email digest of stories, please follow us on Substack.
Lviv Now is an English-language website for Lviv, Ukraine’s «tech-friendly cultural hub.» It is produced by Tvoe Misto («Your City») media-hub, which also hosts regular problem-solving public forums to benefit the city and its people.
