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The first units of HIMARS multiple rocket launchers have already arrived in Ukraine as part of the U.S. security assistance. That’s according to Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrinform reported citing the minister’s Twitter page. “HIMARS have arrived to Ukraine. Thank you to my U.S.colleague and friend @SecDef  Lloyd J. Austin III for these powerful tools!” the defense chief tweeted. The minister also suggested that summer “will be hot for russian occupiers.” “And the last one for some of them,” Reznikov added. Read also: Harpoon systems and HIMARS ammo: Pentagon chief outlines new security assistance package for Ukraine Earlier, U.S.…

Artillery duels and airstrikes are observed daily in Zaporizhzhia region. “There is positional fighting in Zaporizhzhia region. The military command reports daily artillery duels and air strikes. But no advance of troops, concentration of efforts, or offensive is observed in Zaporizhzhia direction,” Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said during the nationwide news telethon, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that the situation in the temporarily occupied territories and localities on the line of contact is still difficult. There is no gas supply in Berdyansk due to a damaged gas pipeline in Donetsk region. In some towns on…

At least 324 children have been killed and 597 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a statement posted to Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "More than 917 children were injured in Ukraine as a result of full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation. As of the morning of June 23, 2022, the official number of child victims over the past day has not changed - 324. The number of those injured has increased to 597," the report states. These figures are not final, as they are being investigated within the…

Germany and the Netherlands will donate 12 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, the German Embassy in Ukraine said this on Twitter. "News from the German Ministry of Defense regarding support for Ukraine: the training of Ukrainian soldiers on Panzerhaubitze 2000s has been completed. The transfer of seven weapons systems to Ukraine has begun," the statement said. The embassy added that Germany and the Netherlands would supply Ukraine with 12 howitzers. On June 21, Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Ukraine had received the first Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers from Germany. Photo credit: Oleksii Reznikov, Facebook

Ukraine has managed to return 103 civilians illegally detained by Russia between March and May. Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, said this in an interview with Ukrinform. "We have managed to return 103 people only during the exchanges that we conducted. There were 14 of them in the last three months -- in March, April and May. Now I am not dealing with exchanges. Therefore, I do not know what the concept of this work will be. Maybe it will be different. But while I was in charge of the…

Ukrainian defense forces have liberated 1,026 settlements from Russian soldiers since the beginning of the all-out Russian invasion. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "As many as 1,026 settlements have been liberated. The infrastructure in the occupied territories is being restored," he said. At the same time, Tymoshenko said that work was underway to prepare a plan for the rapid reconstruction of people's homes, schools, kindergartens, and medical facilities that had been destroyed by Russian forces. According to him, reconstruction work is underway every day in the regions. In particular, the…

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. This was announced in an interview with Ukrinform by Oleksandr Pavliuk, Commander of the Kyiv Defense Group. "The illegitimate leadership of the Republic of Belarus continues to aggravate the situation around the alleged military threat from Ukraine and the spread of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to their country’s territory. Under the guise of these fabrications, they…

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. The relevant statement was made by Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Haidai on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In Luhansk Region, fierce battles and raging in Sievierodonetsk and satellite settlements. Lysychansk is under extensive enemy fire. [Russian] orcs are attempting to encircle along the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway but have no success,” Haidai wrote. In his words, Russian troops are trying to gain full control over Sievierodonetsk and…

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. The relevant statement was made by Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In the morning of June 21, 2022, the Russian military launched missile strikes on a Mykolaiv-based industrial object, causing damage to the premises of the enterprise. In addition, they fired at residential areas with prohibited cluster munitions. “One of cluster munitions exploded in the yard of a detached house. Two men stood there.…

A total of 324 children have been killed and over 592 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As of June 22, 2022, over 916 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 324 children were killed and over 592 injured,” the report states. These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas. Currently, most casualties were recorded in…