Kramatorsk, Donetsk region / Associated Press
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Makiivka, Nevske, Novoselivske, Ploshanka, Stelmakhivka, Hrekivka, Myasozharivka, located on the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, came under enemy shelling last day.
Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Bilohorivka and Novoselivske. The Russians attacked the positions of our soldiers along the contact line seven times, inflicting 24 artillery and mortar attacks, as well as two air strikes. The situation in the region remains tense.
Donetsk Region
Last night – a rocket attack on Kramatorsk: a school, private houses were damaged. An 8-year-old child was injured.
In the evening, a powerful combined shelling of Chasovyi Yar (rockets, artillery, and MLRS): a school, a kindergarten, and private houses were hit, at least one person was killed, and 2 were injured.
In the evening, Avdiivka was also shelled (including with the use of TOS). One person died, one was injured. Houses were destroyed.
At night, there was shelling of the Toretsk community, in particular the towns of New York, Pivnichne, Pivdenne, Kurdyumivka, Shumy, and the town of Zalizne. Shelling continues into the morning. At night – shelling of Siversk and Soledar, active fighting near Mayorsk station. The Russians also shelled the old part of Avdiivka at night.
Along the line of defense around the city, shelling continued almost all night. Assault operations in the directions of Kamyanka, Vesele, Krasnohorivka, Promka, Opytne, Pervomaiske and Nevelske. In one day in the Donetsk region: 3 dead, 11 injured.
Kharkiv Region
The enemy continues to shell border settlements with artillery and mortars. As a result of shelling at night in the Shevchenkove community of the Kupiansk district, a haystack was on fire.
In the Dvorichna community of the Kupiansk district, a private house was burned down, and the administrative building was damaged by shelling. Two people were hospitalized as a result of shelling in the Dvorichna community. The condition of patients is average.
Mine danger in the Kharkiv region remains one of the biggest problems. During the day, 2 road service workers died, 2 more were injured. Special equipment hit a mine during road works in Chuhuiv district.
Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service defused 635 explosive objects during the day. Demining continues.
Sumy Region
At night, a mortar shelling (8 parishes) took place in the town of Seredyno-Budsk, Shostka district. Previously, there were no casualties. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
Yesterday, during the day, the enemy sent 59 mines and shells to the border. The communities of Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Znob-Novhorod, Velyka Pysarivka and Myropillia were under fire.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
Kamikaze drones attacked the area at night. Our military shot down five enemy drones. Three hit a logistics enterprise in Dnipro. Four employees of the enterprise were injured. All are hospitalized. Three are in serious condition.
The Russians once again bombarded Nikopol with heavy artillery and «Hrad». They hitted in Myrove and Marhanets communities. In the communities, more than 20 residential buildings, a private enterprise, cars, a gas pipeline and a power line were damaged. Previously, people were not injured. Data on the consequences are being clarified.
Mykolayiv Region
Yesterday, the enemy made artillery strikes on the Shevchenkove community. The hit was recorded in an object of industrial infrastructure. There are no casualties.
The Shyroke community was also shelled yesterday, as a result of which one house was destroyed, a private vehicle was damaged, and open areas were hit. No casualties.
Kherson Region
The situation in the Kherson region remains difficult. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the settlements bordering the contact line, including: Blahodatne, Nova Kamyanka, Sukhy Stavok, Bilohirka, were hit by tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, and airstrikes. Also, Russian terrorists attacked the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka with an anti-aircraft missile system. As a result of the shelling, two civilians received shrapnel wounds.
The enemy continues to loot and destroy civilian infrastructure in the temporarily occupied territories of the region. According to the information of Operational Command «Pivden», in order to clarify the position of our troops and adjust artillery fire, the occupiers continue to use unmanned aerial vehicles. One of these «Orlan-10» type spies was destroyed in Beryslav district. As a result of the previous attacks on the locations of the occupying forces in Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, about two dozen units of the enemy equipment were destroyed.
UKRAINE: The total losses of the Russian Federation are approaching 78,000: during the day, the Armed Forces eliminated another 780 occupiers
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in Mariinka and Krasnohorivka, and the occupiers broke through the defenses in Vodyane – ISW
The occupiers are trying to break through in the Vuhledar direction
The armed forces are rapidly advancing in the direction of Svatove – Haidai
WORLD: The Russian Federation sent the NLAW and Javelin won in Ukraine to Tehran in exchange for Iranian drones
Russia secretly sent Iran 140 million euros and Western weapons in exchange for drones – Sky News
Fighters of the «Wagner» Group lie about their achievements in the Donbass in order to increase their influence on the Kremlin – ISW
Pentagon spokesman: The US is trying to provide the Armed Forces with everything necessary for the liberation of Kherson
US and Russia plan to resume talks on nuclear weapons – Bloomberg
The Vatican is ready to provide territory for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia – mass media
Parts of Iranian drones are made in the USA – the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine
Iranian drones use parts that were manufactured after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Parts of Iranian drones were already being manufactured after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This was reported in the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
As it became known, Ukrainian intelligence officers found information that may indicate that Iranian drones were supplied to the Russian Federation after February 24.
«The propeller of the UAV «Mohajer-6» was manufactured only in February of this year. It is only manufactured. And it took time to deliver it to the Russian Federation. That is, they were delivered this year,» Vasyl, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Ukraine, told Suspilnе.
He also added that Iranian drones are assembled from parts produced in different countries. Most of the components, in particular, are from the USA. The drone has an Austrian engine and a Japanese camera.
«We did not find any Russian elements here. One element has an inscription in Farsi (modern Persian language, which has the status of official in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan). Visible range camera – Japan. Chinese-made laser range finder. An Iranian-made aerial bomb,» said a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
All data collected by Ukrainian intelligence officers was transferred to partner countries.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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