War

In Siverodonetsk, Luhansk region, the situation is currently stable, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have strengthened their positions and are holding their ground in the city against the Russian onslaught. Siverodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk reported the news on the air of the national telethon, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "The situation in Siverodonetsk is stably difficult. Our Armed Forces have strengthened their positions, holding the city and the ground they have regained. But at the same time, the fighting does not subside. The orcs are deploying more and more forces, plenty of artillery units are concentrated here, lots of equipment.…

The countries friendly to Ukraine, including the Czech Republic and Poland, are shipping ammunition as part of security assistance, with various "greetings" written on the shells, addressed to the Russians. That’s according to Oleksii Biloshytskyi, First Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s Patrol Police, Ukrinform reports. For instance, the Czech Republic sends ammunition, signed "For the Shot Prague Spring 1968". The Netherlands’ shells read "Revenge for MH17", while Poles write "For Katyn!" "Everyone remembers everything. Russia will rot in isolation forever," said that patrol police official. Read also: U.S. to “do everything” to strengthen Ukraine’s hand on battlefield - Ambassador As reported,…

In Russia, the families of sailors from the sunken Moskva cruiser are compelled to withhold information about their dead relatives. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry issued the report on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. The Ukrainian intelligence agency informs that public tension is rising among the families of the Russian navy servicemen killed aboard the Moskva cruiser, the former flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which sank on April 14, 2022. A special group of psychologists, doctors and lawyers is working with the sailors' relatives, primarily aiming to prevent any leaks about the dead and missing…

Multiple casualties were reported in Kharkiv region in the latest series of Russian artillery strikes. In the city of Kharkiv, Metalist Arena, which was among Ukrainian stadiums hosting UEFA EURO2012, was hit, according to Oleh Syniehubov, chief of the regional military administration, according to Ukrinform. "In Kharkiv, the Metalist Arena and the infrastructure in the city’s Kyivskyi district were shelled. A fire broke out in a private household in the Kyivskyi district at night as a result of a Russian strike. The emergency response team rescued a man, 52, from under the rubble. He sustained no serious injuries. A woman,…

In the occupied Mariupol, Russian invaders announced humanitarian aid from the city of St. Petersburg, which is enough for a mere 0.25% of the local population. That's according to Mariupol mayor’s advisor Petro Andriushchenko, Ukrinform reports. "Propaganda comes first while people can wait. The occupiers report that 300 Mariupol residents have received humanitarian aid from St. Petersburg. As many as 300 of them! That is, 0.25% of the current population," Andriushchenko wrote. He recalled that more than 120,000 people currently remain in captured Mariupol, and that all of them suffer from food and water shortage. Read also: Mariupol suffers from…

The bodies of the fallen Ukrainian servicemen, who had been killed in action within the Mariupol-based Azovstal steelworks, were transported to the city of Kyiv. The relevant statement was made by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security on Facebook, referring to the Association of the Families of Azovstal Defenders, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “One-third of the bodies are those of the Azov Regiment fighters. The relation of other bodies to different military units is being checked,” the report states. Forensic experts are conducting works, which may take them up to three months. Later, the families of the fallen…

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya has criticized the position of politicians who advise Ukraine to make concessions to Russia in order to stop the war. According to Ukrinform's correspondent in New York, he said this on Monday at a meeting of the UN Security Council on sexual violence and human trafficking caused by Russian aggression. "We reiterate therefore that any 'concession' that some 'well-wishers' advise now will be only the way to a new war. With the same scope for violence and closer to our western borders," he said. According to him, if the recently occupied territories…

More than 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel works are held in captivity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at a meeting with journalists, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "As for the prisoners, there are more than 2,500 of them. It's difficult to say more precisely. This is not the number of people who left Azovstal when we, our side, were involved in this process... Your question was if there are more [than 2,000-2,500] military from Azovstal held in their captivity. I think there are more [than 2,000-2,500]," he said. Zelensky recalled that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the…

Some 700,000 Ukrainian servicemen are defending Ukraine against Russia in the ongoing war. This was announced on Facebook by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Kateryna Pavlichenko, Ukrinform reports. The official recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale war, 40,000 casualties have been recorded on the Ukrainian side, while nearly 3 million of citizens remain in the temporarily occupied territories. "Children who have lost their parents, those who have been forcibly deported, victims of violence… All of them need the help of professional psychologists. Some 700,000 Ukrainian servicemen are taking part in the war. Accordingly, there is a…

Ukraine faithfully fulfills all its international legal obligations towards prisoners of war and demands from Russia a mirror treatment of the captured Ukrainian military. That’s according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. MFA Ukraine stressed that Ukraine is a responsible actor in the international community, faithfully fulfilling all its international legal obligations, including in terms of international humanitarian law. "In the context of full-scale Russian aggression, the Ukrainian state, as a party to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its Protocols, has strictly adhered to the principles of hostilities, including international humanitarian law,…