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Vitalii Lapchuk, a Ukrainian paratrooper, police colonel, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, who had joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces since the early days of the Russian invasion, was abducted by Russians and later found dead in the city of Kherson. The relevant statement was made by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIPL), referring to Vitalii’s wife Aliona, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “His body was found in a river not far from the river port on May 22, but relatives have been informed just now,” the report states. In Kherson, Russians were chasing after the Territorial Defense…

The intensity of shelling of Kharkiv city has decreased in recent weeks, but the enemy uses more powerful munitions. "Although the intensity of shelling of Kharkiv has decreased, bombs and more powerful missiles are launched on the city. And the destructions are very, very serious. The situation, of course, is tense, but under control," Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said during the nationwide marathon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. The enemy wants to destabilize the situation in the city to prevent businesses from working and make people feel constant fear, he noted. "But Kharkiv residents are courageous people. Markets work. Small businesses…

Some 37,000 women serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and more than 1,000 of them have already become commanders. Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska said this in a video address at the international conference "Women in Conflicts" in Brussels, Ukrinform reports. Also, according to her, Ukrainian women make up the majority of health workers and half of entrepreneurs. "Most of our doctors are women. Some 50% of our entrepreneurs are women, and they work to support the economy. There are 37,000 women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than a thousand women have already become commanders," she said. Zelenska…

Another submarine carrying cruise missiles has joined Russia’s naval group in the Black Sea. Now the enemy is ready to fire 40 cruise missiles at Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by South Operational Command Spokesperson Vladyslav Nazarov on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The naval group of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, reinforced with another submarine carrying cruise missiles, continues to blockade the northwestern part of the Black Sea. The threat of 40 cruise missile strikes from the sea is remaining high. In addition, a large landing craft is staying at the sea,” Nazarov told. Meanwhile, Ukrainian defense forces are…

The Ukrainian military have shot down Russia’s unmanned aerial vehicle over Dnipropetrovsk Region, and its fragments have fallen to the ground in Poltava Region. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Valentyn Reznichenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Our military shot down an enemy UAV over Dnipropetrovsk Region. It is the aggressor’s ninth scout to have been destroyed in the sky over the region,” Reznichenko wrote. A reminder that, as of June 10, 2022, the Ukrainian military destroyed 572 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.

The European Union will help rebuild the city of Mariupol in Donetsk region after it is liberated from Russian invaders. A reconstruction plan is already being drafted. "The European Union will help rebuild Ukrainian Mariupol. The plan for reconstruction after the de-occupation is already being drafted," the Mariupol City Council posted on Telegram with reference to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The city council quotes the President of the European Commission who said that the EU would restore Ukraine. "We must do so and we will do it because it is our moral obligation," Ursula von der Leyen…

Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, has assessed the actions of the Russian invaders in the Luhansk region. He said this in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform reports. "They haven't rebuilt anything for eight years in Luhansk, they aren't even trying to restore water or electricity supply in Popasna and Rubizhne - they are just destroying everything. The ‘Russian world’ is a desert. The enemy is trying to achieve this aim. The Ice Palace or the ammonia production plant at Azot, one of the company's main divisions did…

The Ukrainian military has destroyed 33 Russian invaders, several pieces of military equipment and three ammunition depots in southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. The Operational Command South said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. According to the statement, Ukrainian aircraft launched a series of strikes on a strongpoint, military equipment and manpower, a pontoon bridge and ammunition depots of the enemy in five settlements of the Kherson region. Ukrainian defenders killed 33 Russian invaders and destroyed a Grad multiple rocket launcher, several armored vehicles, three ammunition depots and two fuel warehouses. Enemy losses are being clarified. Photo:…

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron briefed the latter on the situation on the front lines and discussed the issues of security and Ukraine’s European integration. That’s according to President Zelensky,’s tweet, seen by Ukrinform.  “Had another phone conversation with French President @EmmanuelMacron. Informed about the situation on the front. Discussed further defense support for Ukraine and work on security guarantees,” the tweet reads. Read also: Colonna: France intends to increase its aid to Ukraine Special attention was paid to Ukraine's path to the EU, according to the Ukrainian president.  “[W]e…

Delegations of parliament members of European member states arrived on a working visit in Kyiv region on June 9. That’s according to the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform reports. The consequences of the Russian military invasion of peaceful settlements in Kyiv region were shown to foreign guests by Deputy Administration Chairman Vitaliy Vlasiuk. The delegations visited the village of Borodianka, which had been significantly damaged by Russian invaders. In the town of Bucha, the lawmakers saw the mass graves where civilians killed by the Russian military had been buried. In Irpin, the delegations were shown residential neighborhoods destroyed by missiles…