Fighting in the east has reached its maximum intensity, the russians are storming in several directions, and “Iskanders” have been brought to our border on the territory of Belarus, from which they can fight in the western regions.
According to the General Staff, in the Zaporizhzhia direction, russia has strengthened its units with a formed tank battalion on T-62 tanks. Although the level of terrorist danger has been reduced in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, the personnel of the russian troops continue to serve in an intensified mode.
The russian military fired on Kharkiv. Pavlove Polye, Shevchenkivskyi and Kyiv districts were hit, told on Telegram Oleh Synehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration. According to him, 7 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including a nine-year-old child.
“The enemy is again insidiously terrorizing the civilian population. Once again, I ask everyone not to be on the streets without urgent needs. Listen to the alarms and be in shelters during such signals. It is too early to relax,” said the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.
However, encouraging news is coming from the front. Fighters of the Allied forces repulsed 12 enemy attacks today. Our soldiers inflict losses on the invaders in manpower and equipment.
Operational Command “West” reported that trailed self-propelled howitzers FH70 are already used by Ukrainian defenders on the front line.
And in the area of responsibility of the operational and tactical group “East” Ukrainian defenders destroyed 87 invaders and enemy equipment.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting for every section of the front and every settlement. Western weapons and equipment are helping to knock out the enemy, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyy. “We are grateful for the international technical assistance provided. At the same time, we are in dire need of weapons that will be able to hit the enemy at a great distance,” he wrote on Facebook.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stressed that this could not be delayed.
Russia's Supreme Court has adjourned a hearing on recognizing the Azov Ukrainian Regiment as a “terrorist organization” until 29 June. The first hearing was held behind closed doors today, the court of the occupying country does not report any results.
The Azovs who are in captivity in russia, were defending Mariupol and remained on the territory of the Azovstal plant until the last moment. They left it only after receiving an order from the country's top leadership. They are currently in the occupied territories, and the seriously wounded soldiers are in hospital.
It was assumed that the Azovs, along with other defenders of Mariupol, will be exchanged for russian prisoners of war. We hope that it will be so.
On 31 May, the Kotelevsky District Court of Poltava Region will announce a verdict against russian servicemen Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov for violating the laws and customs of war. According to investigators, they fired on peaceful areas of Kharkiv.
Earlier this week the first russian occupier who is a part in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine was sentenced. Vadim Shishimarin was found guilty of violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a civilian in Sumy Region.
The United States, along with the European Union and Britain, has announced the creation of an Advisory Group to Investigate russian Military Crimes during the War in Ukraine. The group will be based in Poland and will include international specialists, including prosecutors and forensic experts. They will provide advice and assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in gathering evidence and drafting indictments.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the aggressor country has the audacity to demand the lifting of sanctions in exchange for grain exports. In an interview with Italian Prime Minister Putin, he said that russia was ready to export grain and fertilizers if “politically-motivated restrictions from the West” were lifted.
We are reminding, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba at a forum in Davos urged not to succumb to the blackmail of russia about a “corridor” for the Ukrainian harvest through the Black Sea in exchange for the removal of sanctions.
Interesting data were published by domestic sociologists. Over the past three years, there has been a gradual deterioration in Ukrainians' attitudes towards russia, but despite several months of escalation near Ukraine's borders, in early February 2022, 34% of respondents were in favour of russia. Currently, according to the KIIS survey, only 2% of our citizens have a good attitude towards russia, and 92% have a bad attitude.
“However, it is important to understand that 2% is about 500,000 people, ie a significant number in absolute terms still maintains a positive attitude towards the aggressor, despite the obvious facts,” the statement said.
Military surgeons of Ukraine performed a difficult operation for the first time in a mobile hospital in one of the frontline cities of Ukraine - they removed a kidney with a combat injury to an organ. In total, two such operations have already been carried out, which helped save the lives of two Ukrainian defenders.
In Kyiv, residents of the house at Lobanovsky Street 6a, where a russian rocket hit, are raising funds to renovate their homes. People have already spent the collected one and a half million hryvnias to strengthen the walls.
“Why did we start raising money? Because we do not see any program aimed at restoring housing, - say the residents. - Examination is very good, but the heating season is coming soon. And the house is depressurized. Even those apartments that are not badly damaged can be destroyed without full heat. And so far the customer of an order has not even been identified. We sent a request to the Kyiv City State Administration for clarification and received the answer that the issue is being studied. And how much can you study it? We have three months left until September. People are a little nervous because there is no decisive action.”
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