War

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…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia must be approved as soon as possible. He said this in a nightly video address, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "In all negotiations with foreign partners, I constantly emphasize that the seventh package of EU sanctions is needed as soon as possible. Russia must feel the growing pressure for the war and its aggressive anti-European policy," he said. According to him, new Russian threats to Lithuania, the next wave of energy pressure and the next portion of lies from Russian officials about the food crisis…

The Ukrainian Air Forces shot down a Russian missile, two drones and destroyed two ammunition depots on Tuesday, June 21. The Ukrainian Air Force Command said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. In the Kyiv and Donetsk regions, anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian troops, the statement said. A Kh-59 air-to-surface missile was destroyed. "Strike groups of attack and bomber aircraft, supported by fighter jets, launched several air strikes on enemy positions. Up to ten armored combat vehicles and manpower of the enemy were eliminated, and two ammunition depots of the…

U.S. citizen Stephen Zabielski has died while fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers against Russian aggression. The U.S. State Department on Tuesday confirmed the death of an American citizen in Ukraine whose obituary said he died in mid-May while fighting in the war, CNN reported. "We can confirm the death of U.S. citizen Stephen Zabielski in Ukraine," a State Department spokesperson said. “All possible” consular assistance has been provided to his family, the statement reads. It is noted that Zabielski died on Sunday, May 15, 2022, while fighting the war in the village of Dorozhnianka. He was 52 years old and is…

Germany has delivered to Ukraine as part of security assistance the first consignment of Panzerhaubitze2000 self-propelled artillery units. That’s according to Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, who broke the news on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.  “We have reinforcements! The first Panzerhaubitze2000s – German Panzerhaubitze2000s with trained Ukrainian crews have joined the Ukrainian artillery family,” Reznikov wrote. The Minister of Defense noted that this is the 6th type of 155 mm artillery that strengthens Ukraine's defenses. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are already engaging the Russian troops with the following types of artillery: M777, FH70, M109, AHS Krab, and Caesar.…

The next round of transfer of bodies of the fallen service members took place in Zaporizhzhia region. The bodies of 35 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine. “The operation was conducted in cooperation with the Commissioner on Persons Gone Missing under Special Circumstances, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and other law enforcement agencies,” the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine posted on Facebook. The process of returning the bodies of the dead Ukrainian soldiers continues.…

To date, there are no signs of preparations for the second offensive from the territory of Belarus, but potentially such a threat persists, so the Ukrainian army keeps troops there. "The threat from Belarus has never diminished. But in order to re-develop the offensive from the territory of this country, it is necessary to create a powerful offensive group. We have already seen this in the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion. It was because of the unfriendly actions of the Republic of Belarus that Russia reached the outskirts of Kyiv so quickly. But then a very powerful group…

The coastal defense of Ukrainian forces has neutralized Russia's ability to establish control over the northwestern part of the Black Sea. According to Ukrinform, the UK Ministry of Defense said this in its latest defense intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine. "Ukrainian coastal defense capability has largely neutralized Russia's ability to establish sea control and project maritime force in the north-western Black Sea.," the ministry said. It added that this has undermined the viability of Russia's original operational design for the invasion, which involved holding the Odesa region at risk from the sea. On June 17, the Ukrainian Navy…

Vladimir Putin personally gave permission to his invasion forces to engage in looting in Ukraine. That’s according to the latest phone call intercept, released by the SBU security service, Ukrinform reports. "That is, in short, it is not punishable by criminal law that we loot here. This is allowed. Putin allowed it. He issued a decree stating that looting was allowed…" a Russian soldier was heard telling his wife over the phone. Apparently, the soldier also envies his superior, who "looted TVs, washing machines, grills… everything!" Read also: Russians invaders, collaborators selling humanitarian aid in Mariupol "So he drew up…