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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Air strikes on the city of Lysychansk and the village of Vovchoyarivka – fighting continues in the village. The Russians also tried to attack in the Verkhnokamyanka area. In Lysychansk, at least five high-rise buildings were destroyed, and one apartment burned down in one. Six private houses were destroyed on one of the streets.
The Russians also fired on the territory of the bus station, St. Mitrophan’s Church, the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, the enterprise, the premises of the border detachment and one of the administrative buildings. Previously, no one was killed or injured.
Donetsk Region
The suburbs of Sloviansk, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Raihorodka, and Rai-Oleksandrivka were fired upon with artillery at night. Missile strikes were inflicted on Mykolayivka and Kostiantynivka. One person was killed and eight others were injured in one day. The region was left without gas, partly without water and electricity.
Cherkasy Region
On June 26, two missile hits near Cherkasy damaged an infrastructure facility. One person was killed and five were injured. The night in the rest of the region passed quietly.
Sumy Region
On June 26, the region was shelled with artillery, small arms and rockets. Approximately 180 shells and mines landed in four communities in the region. Civil outbuildings, a farm and a water tower were damaged. One person was killed and another was injured.
Kharkiv Region
The Kyiv district of Kharkiv was hit at night, the outskirts of the Kharkiv district came under fire – one person was injured. Several fires broke out: cars, outbuildings and two rooms of the production shop were on fire.
In the evening of June 26, the occupiers struck at the Chuhuiv district: they hit the outbuildings of private houses. Two women were killed and two others were injured. In addition, three people were injured in Kharkiv district yesterday.
Odesa Region
At night, the Russians launched a missile strike from Tu-22M aircraft. One of the settlements was hit in a residential area, where several houses and outbuildings were destroyed and set on fire. Eight people were injured, including one child, however, people did not need to be hospitalized. Rescuers are working on the spot, the fire is being extinguished.
Mykolayiv Region
In the morning, the village of Bereznehuvate, Bashtanskyi district, was shelled, and residential buildings were damaged. At about 4:30 a.m., the Shyrokiv community of the Bashtanskyi district was shelled: a kindergarten and a residential building were destroyed, and a children’s playground was also hit, but no one was injured. And on June 26 fired at the village of Lymany of the Halytsyn community of the Mykolayiv area.
Kherson Region
Explosions were heard in the region throughout the day. According to the authorities, the number of abductions of civilians, including men, has increased.
A bank of the Russian Federation opens in Kherson in the seized premises of Raiffeisenbank Aval. According to preliminary information, everyone who is forced to work at the occupied enterprises should receive salary cards there. Information about the new tax service formed by the occupation authorities also began to appear.
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Ukraine has asked Switzerland to provide consular support to Ukrainians in Russia.
Switzerland is currently negotiating with Russia to comply with the Ukrainian authorities’ request.
This was stated in an interview with La Liberte by the President of the Swiss Confederation Ignacio Cassis.
«Ukraine is asking us to support, in particular the consular, its citizens in Russia. We are currently discussing with Russia, as it is necessary for three parties to agree. Offering our courtesies, as we do in US-Iran relations, helps. trust us,» Cassis said.
Ignacio Cassis also said that because Russia had violated international law, neutral Switzerland had joined EU sanctions against the aggressor state.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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