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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
The attack on Lysychansk was repulsed, the Russians captured Mykolayivka. Lysychansk and Borivske – air strikes. Of all the available weapons, the Russian army opened fire on Severodonetsk, Bila Gora, and Vovchoyarivka.
In Severodonetsk, the occupiers damaged the territory of «Azot» and a brick factory, fired on the villages of Synetsky, Pavlograd and three bridges that were broken a few weeks ago. Many houses and premises of housing and communal services were destroyed in Lysychansk, the surrounding villages suffer from Russian shells.
Donetsk Region
Small arms, tanks, artillery, mortars, MLRS «Hrad», MLRS «Uragan» – along the entire front line. Air strike on Konstantinovka.
Shelled Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, village Kalynove, village Vozdvizhenka, village Pervomaiske, Bakhmut, township Pivdenne, with. Orlivka. 13 objects were damaged, including 10 private houses, one high-rise building, a school, and an industrial enterprise. Two civilians were killed and two were injured.
Kharkiv Region
Four powerful explosions at night in the Industrial and Kyiv districts of the city. No one has been injured before. Derhachi, Kharkiv district, was also shelled at night. During the day as a result of Russian shelling in the area 10 wounded, including two children. Two people died.
Chernihiv Region
At night, the enemy fired mortars (five explosions) at an area near the village of Senkivka, Chernihiv district, and near the village of Yanzhulivka (20 explosions), Novgorod-Siversky district. No casualties were reported. Details are being clarified.
Sumy Region
Yesterday in the Sumy region, prohibited weapons were used – incendiary shells with phosphorus. One child in the hospital. The night in the area was quiet.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The Kryvyi Rih district was fired upon again. Two communities – Hrechani Pody and Shyrokiv. There is destruction. People were not injured.
Mykolayiv Region
In the morning in Mykolayiv explosions are heard. The information is being clarified. One civilian was wounded by a cruise missile attack yesterday.
Bashtanskyi district: as a result of yesterday’s night shelling in the village of Bereznehuvate, four residential houses and buildings were damaged. Information about the victims is being clarified.
The Nikolaev area: last night as a result of attacks on the village of Novomykolayivka of the Pervomaisky community one person was lost, four were wounded. One house was destroyed, other houses were damaged.
This morning – shelling of the village of Horokhivka of the Resurrection community. A fire was recorded. Information on the consequences is being clarified.
Kherson Region
Fighting continues in the villages of Beryslav district. The enemy army is using all available weapons, destroying hundreds of houses and infrastructure in the occupied settlements. Locals note that in some villages there was a rotation, so the new «liberators’’ settled in the homes of people who left.
The situation is stably critical in the communities of Novovorontsovka, Vysokopillya, Kalyniv, Velyka Oleksandrivka, Chornobaivka, and Stanislav. Due to the fighting in the village there are half-empty, all schools, kindergartens, hospitals, destroyed or mined.
Most of the enterprises and institutions of the region were seized, many of them were damaged and destroyed.
It will be recalled that Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for four months.
The enemy did not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
We will remember, the 120th day of full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine proceeds. The occupiers are conducting offensive operations in the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions.
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The Government Office for Coordination of European Integration told how long it may take for Ukraine to fully join the EU.
Thus, according to Natalia Forsyuk, Director General of the Government Office, it may take up to seven years, as Ukraine needs to implement a large array of European legislation.
Forsyuk said this on the air of the United News telethon.
«I believe that there is no (chance to join the EU in 2023 – ed.). This is impossible procedurally. Not because Ukraine will not cope. According to the analysis, seven years is very good. I think we should start from this,» – she declared.
Forsyuk explained that the procedure for joining the EU will be lengthy, as it is necessary to implement the recommendations of the European Commission. The Director General of the Government Office stressed that Ukraine is making progress, i.e. all these conditions only need to be met, not start anew.
Forsyuk noted that after granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership, the union countries should support the opening of negotiations with Ukraine, and Kyiv should start implementing EU legislation, which is a lengthy procedure.
«Before this time – very unlikely because of the huge amount of legislation that we need not only to adopt but also to implement in our daily lives. That is, we must live fully by the laws of Europe – economically, politically, judicially. It can not happen in a year.», – Forsyuk emphasized.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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