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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
As a result of the Russian bombing of the village of Novoyehorivka, Svatove district, three civilians were killed, one civilian, a woman born in 1977, received shrapnel wounds. The victim was hospitalized.
Stelmakhivka and Bilogorivka were hit by enemy artillery strikes during the past day. The situation in the region remains difficult.
Donetsk Region
Russian troops carried out 21 shellings during the day. The invaders carried out a number of strikes using aviation, in particular unguided air missiles, the type of individual missiles has not been established. The enemy also used S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, Hrad rocket salvo systems, Geran artillery and drones.
Velyka Novosilka, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Bakhmut, Karlivka and Sloviansk suffered from Russian shelling. Enemy fire damaged five high-rise buildings, garages, a workshop of the Avdiivka Coke Chemical Plant, a school, a technical school, office premises and a shopping center.
In the Horlivka direction, 2 houses were damaged in the Toretsk community, under fire in Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Minkivka, Nikyforivka and Vasyukivka of the Soledar community. In the Lysychansk direction, 1 person was injured in Siversk, houses on 4 streets were damaged. 11 arrivals were recorded in Torskyi and Zarichne of the Lyman community – without casualties.
In the Volnovakha direction, the invaders damaged an agricultural enterprise in Novoukrainets, under fire in Prechistivka and Bohoyavlenka.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russians actively fired at Avdiivka: they used artillery, rockets and four times «Hrad», in the affected area – houses on six streets.
Sumy Region
This morning the Russians struck the Bilopillia territorial community with artillery. Information about the victims and the destruction of infrastructure facilities is being clarified.
Yesterday, during the day, Russian troops shelled the territories of five border communities: Velyka Pysarivka, Bilopillia, Shalyhyne, Seredyno-Buda, and Hlukhiv.
Kharkiv Region
In the Slobozhansk direction, the Russians shelled Okip, Bairak, Vovchansk, Okhrymivka, and Nesterne. In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Synkivka. The invaders also struck Topoly, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna and Zapadne.
Vovchansk in the Chuhuiv district was subjected to massive shelling from the Russians the other day. At least eight private residential buildings and commercial buildings were destroyed by enemy fire in the city. A number of fires were recorded.
Russian troops shelled the village of Petropavlivka with multiple rocket launchers, damaging two residential buildings and an outbuilding. As a result of an enemy attack on the village of Bochkove, a house was damaged and a fire broke out.
Residential buildings were damaged by Russian shelling in the village of Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv district. In the village of Zelenyi Hai of the Izyum district, a high-voltage line, an outbuilding, and one house were damaged due to an enemy strike from a rocket salvo fire system.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The Russians fired heavy artillery at the Nikopol district yesterday. Nikopol itself got the most. Infrastructure and residential buildings were mutilated there by enemy fire, and a 42-year-old man was also injured. The victim was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
Among other things, the invaders damaged a sports school, a dormitory and a parking lot in Nikopol with shelling. As a result of enemy strikes, a fire broke out at a private enterprise – rescuers managed to put out the fire. Also, two high-rise buildings, nine private houses, two non-residential buildings, farm buildings, cars, cellular communication towers and a power line were damaged.
Zaporizhzhia Region
The invaders attacked communities located on the line of fire over the past day – two air strikes and 55 artillery strikes were recorded, as well as four shellings from rocket salvo systems.
Once again, the enemy targeted Malynivka, Plavna, Kamianske, Novodanylivka and 15 other settlements. People were not injured. A message was received about damage to 12 infrastructure objects.
Kherson Region
Russian troops carried out 57 shellings over the past day, firing 342 shells from heavy artillery, drones and aviation. In particular, the invaders hit Kherson six times.
Enemy shells hit the residential quarters of the settlements of the region, the territory and buildings of the children’s health camp of the Bilozirsk settlement community, and the power line in the Chornobayivka village community. One person was injured.
From the liberated territories of the region it was possible to evacuate another 80 citizens.
In the field between the villages of Tryfonivka and Borozenske of the Beryslav district, the tractor driver came across Russian explosives while performing work. A man was injured due to a mine explosion. Doctors provide the victim with the necessary assistance.
UKRAINE: The losses of the Russian Federation exceeded 183 thousand: almost half a thousand soldiers were destroyed in a day – the General Staff
The Armed Forces repulsed 70 attacks in five directions, in the epicenter of the battles – Bakhmut and Mariinka – the General Staff
The Russians are building fortifications and defensive lines: where the Russian Federation is preparing for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces – ISW
Russia will use «any weapon» to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive – The Guardian
WORLD: «Prigozhin’s position in the Kremlin inner circle has improved»: «Wagner» recruits mercenaries throughout Russia – ISW
In Russia, 17 thousand prisoners disappeared from prisons in 35 regions
NATO prepares for hostilities on its borders due to Russian atrocities in Ukraine – NYT
The US will seek from the Russian Federation consular access to the WSJ journalist arrested in Russia – Kirby
Main Directorate of Intelligence knows the name of the occupier who cut off the head of the prisoner: Budanov about the future fate of the executioner
According to Budanov, almost all the occupiers who tortured the Ukrainian military «no longer exist.» He believes that this Russian will not be an exception.
Ukrainian intelligence knows the name of the Russian war criminal who beheaded the Ukrainian serviceman.
This was stated by the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Kyrylo Budanov in an interview with Radio NV. According to him, cases of such crimes are isolated.
«We know who he is. Where he is and why I say that I cannot answer you. There are slightly different statistics. Somehow it happened that almost all of those who did such things, where it was clearly known to us, no longer exist. That’s why I don’t think this person will be an exception,» - Budanov said.
When asked whether Ukrainian intelligence was involved in this, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence mysteriously answered: «It just happened.»
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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