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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Kyiv Region
At dawn, powerful explosions rumbled in Kyiv. Later it became known that the Russian occupiers attacked Kyiv with kamikaze drones. As a result of a drone attack, a fire broke out in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. Several residential buildings were damaged. Later, it became known that a residential building had been hit. There are people under the rubble. The body of one deceased has already been recovered.
Luhansk Region
The occupiers shelled Hrekivka, Novoyehorivka and Bilohorivka, the Russians did not stop firing on the recently liberated villages of Luhansk region. Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched more than thirty strikes along the contact line. It has been confirmed that twenty-five areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as six positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems, have been hit.
Also, our air defense units shot down fifteen enemy UAVs. Over the past day, Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit two control points, one air defense position, and one ammunition depot. In response, the enemy launched three air strikes and two missile strikes, shelled our positions 16 times with artillery and mortars.
Donetsk Region
At night – shelling of Slovyansk, a ceramics factory. No victims. Artillery shelling along the entire front line. Over the past day, four people were killed and 10 injured in the region.
Kharkiv Region
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy fired mortars and rocket-propelled artillery at populated areas of Kharkiv Region, along the contact line and the border with the Russian Federation. In particular, the city of Vovchansk of Chuhuiv district and the villages of Vovchansk community, Dvorichne settlement of Kupiansk district, Kozacha Lopan settlement of Kharkiv district and others were hit. During the past day, a 45-year-old woman died in Kharkiv district, and a 47-year-old woman was hospitalized with injuries. Two people were hospitalized with injuries in the Izyum district, one person in the Kupiansk district. Demining is ongoing in the region. During the day, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service defused 630 explosive objects.
Sumy Region
This morning, the Russians carried out a missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities in the Romen district. There are dead and wounded. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified. Over the past day, the enemy has been shelling the villages of the Velyka Pysarivka community with «Hrads» and mortars. A civilian agricultural enterprise was damaged. There were two shellings from mortars during the day in Bilopillia hromada. As a result of one of the attacks, critical infrastructure was damaged. Energy workers are working. Also yesterday, the enemy opened fire on the Krasnopillia community from the Russian side with machine gun rounds. As a result of the shelling, there were no casualties.
Zaporizhzhia Region
At night, the enemy carried out a rocket attack: two rockets fell on the regional center. Fortunately, the occupier did not achieve his goal: there was no damage or casualties. There is a possibility of repeated attacks.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
At night, Russian rockets, «Hrads» and heavy artillery attacked. Our soldiers shot down three enemy missiles. One rocket hit an energy infrastructure facility. All services are working at the scene of the impact. In the Nikopol district, the enemy shelled the Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities from «Hrads» and heavy artillery. Previously, people were not injured. There are damaged houses. The details of the shelling are being clarified.
Mykolayiv Region
Yesterday evening, the Russian occupying forces attacked Mykolayiv region with Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. Eleven of them were shot down on the territory of the region. At night, the enemy attacked the city with Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. According to Operational Command «Pivden», three drones hit objects of industrial infrastructure and a pharmaceutical warehouse. Fires broke out at the sites of the hits, which were quickly contained by units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolayiv region. Previously, there were no casualties. The Berezneguvat community remains under constant fire. At night, there was shelling between the two settlements. Hitting an agricultural enterprise. There are no casualties. Detailed information is being clarified.
Kherson Region
According to the information of Operational Command «Pivden», the enemy is conducting an active defense along the entire line of contact. In order to clarify the position of our troops and adjust artillery fire, the enemy continues to use unmanned aerial vehicles in the Beryslav and Kherson districts. The occupiers are intensifying filtering measures in the Kherson region and have begun the process of evacuating so-called «state» institutions. Our gunners and rocket launchers destroyed two ammunition warehouses in the Beryslav district, in Kakhovka – the seasonal cultivation of «cotton» continues. Work continues on the restoration of de-occupied settlements in the Kherson region. Relevant services are working, explosives experts are examining the areas.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran again denied statements about the alleged delivery of kamikaze drones to Russia, with which the occupiers are attacking Ukraine.
ISW announced the intention of the Russian Federation to purchase new Arash-2 drones from Iran
Iran plans to supply Russia with ballistic missiles, Israel is ready to help Ukraine – The Washington Post
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the beginning of the rotation of units of its Armed Forces on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border
Latvia warned that Lukashenka expects increased sanctions in the event of an attack by Belarus on Ukraine
Russia and NATO will simultaneously conduct nuclear exercises with bomber flights
«She was 6 months pregnant»: a young couple died as a result of a drone attack on a house in Kyiv
Russian troops killed a young family and an unborn child.
In Kyiv, a young couple expecting a child died as a result of a drone attack on a residential building.
This was announced by Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
«As a result of an Iranian drone strike on a residential building, a young family from Kyiv died. Bohdan and Victoria were both 34 years old,» he said.
According to witnesses, the couple was expecting a child. Victoria was 6 months pregnant and was going to go on maternity leave in December.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko also announced the death of the young couple. In general, according to him, during search and rescue operations, the bodies of three dead civilians were pulled out of a residential building in the center.
«Among them is a young couple, a husband and wife who were expecting a child. The woman was 6 months pregnant. Russia is a terrorist country!» – wrote Klitschko.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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