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22 June 2022
The Ukrainian defenders repelled the enemy assault in the area of Novobakhmutivka, Donetsk region, making the Russian troops to retreat. The battle of Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, continues.
Every year on June 22, Ukrainians honor the memory of millions who died in World War II, and this year, due to Russian aggression, they are forced to fight for victory again.
A morning missile strike on Mykolaiv has damaged enterprises, a school, apartment buildings and private houses, killing one person and injuring three more.
Russian invaders continue to make efforts to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and keep control of a land corridor with the occupied Crimean peninsula.
Germany and the Netherlands will donate 12 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.
Ukraine has managed to return 103 civilians illegally detained by Russia between March and May.
Ukrainian defense forces have liberated 1,026 settlements from Russian soldiers since the beginning of the all-out Russian invasion.
The Russian military deliberately executed Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin and his friend, Oleksiy Chernyshov, near Kyiv.
In Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions bordering Ukraine, the enemy forces have so far massed up to 4,000 manpower and up to 300 firepower units. This is not enough to launch an offensive operation toward Kyiv, but the formation of the 15,500-strong 3rd Army Corps based in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod region, is underway in the Western Military District. It is possible that, if required, they could be involved in the attack on the Ukrainian capital.
The military leadership of Belarus plans to set up the Southern Operational Command, which will be responsible for the “Ukrainian direction.” In the near future, the participation of the Belarus forces in Russian aggression against Ukraine is unlikely, but it cannot be ruled out completely.
In Kherson region, an explosion has destroyed a car of Chornobaivka-based collaborator Yuriy Turulyov.
A fire broke out at the Novoshakhtinsk Refinery in Russia’s Rostov region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are continuing their counteroffensive operation in Kherson region, without disclosing the already liberated settlements citing security reasons.
Russian missiles hit the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine.
Overnight and on Wednesday morning, Russian troops were firing on Kharkiv region. At least three were wounded in the regional center, while the exact number of dead and wounded across the region is yet to be verified.
Ukraine’s defense forces have delivered strikes on enemy equipment and manpower on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island in the Black Sea. The operation continues.
In Luhansk Region, fierce battles are raging in the city of Sievierodonetsk. Russian troops are extensively shelling the city of Lysychansk and making attempts to cut off the ‘road of life’, Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway.
Russian troops have opened fire on Donetsk Region 29 times over the past day.
One civilian has been killed and six injured in Russia’s shelling of the city of Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv Region over the past day. Residential houses, industrial enterprises and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Russian troops have opened fire on two communities in Sumy Region with mortar systems from the territory of Russia.
Russia has already lost about 34,230 troops in Ukraine (+130 over the past day).
Blitz-Inform Publishing House CEO Volodymyr Chepovyi has been killed in action when defending Ukraine against Russian invaders.
Russian troops are approaching the city of Lysychansk, gaining a foothold in neighboring settlements.
A total of 324 children have been killed and over 592 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
Russian troops fired on two communities in Dnipropetrovsk region.
In Donetsk direction, the enemy continues to focus its efforts on Sievierodonetsk and Bakhmut directions in order to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk region.
Russians continue to fire on the border areas of Sumy region, northern Ukraine. Four locals were injured as a result of the Russian kamikaze drone attacks on June 21.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian military executed 150 fire missions in the southern direction. A total of 49 aggressors, military equipment, electronic warfare station, and ammunition depot were eliminated.
21 June 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia must be approved as soon as possible.
The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian missile, two drones and destroyed two ammunition depots on Tuesday, June 21.