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In the seaport of Mariupol, captured by the Russian army, the invaders are loading another batch of stolen Ukrainian grain onto a ship. Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported this on Telegram and posted a video, Ukrinform reported. "They are stealing again. The grain. Another ship. But there is a nuance. The Russians eventually repaired the conveyor belt for loading. This greatly simplifies and speeds up the loading of grain," Andriushchenko wrote. Read also: Invaders have taken more than 1,000 children from Mariupol to Russia – human rights defender He noted that now it is quite…

The Russian troops struck the village of Nevske in Luhansk region, which was liberated last autumn. A man was injured. "The enemy opened fire from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery, and mortars on our area of responsibility. Twenty-two explosions of various intensity were recorded directly in Nevske. A house was hit. A man of pre-retirement age was injured. He was given the necessary help on the spot," Artem Lysohor, the Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. He added that, despite the constant danger, humanitarian aid continues to be regularly delivered to the settlement.

Russian courts try about 100 soldiers every week for refusing to fight in Ukraine, which indicates the poor morale of the Russian army. The British Ministry of Defense reports this on social network X (Twitter), citing intelligence data, according to Ukrinform. “Russia was convicting close to 100 soldiers a week for refusing to fight. If this trend continues, there will be approximately 5,200 convictions a year for refusing to fight”, the report says. Also noted that the high rate of convictions demonstrates the poor state of morale in the Russian Army and the reluctance of some elements to fight. Refusal…

Air defense forces destroyed all 28 Russian cruise missiles and 15 out of 16 combat drones last night. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny posted this on Telegram. According to Zaluzhny, the enemy attacked the territory of Ukraine with cruise missiles and combat UAVs. A total of 44 enemy air targets were recorded: Twenty-eight Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched missiles were fired from 11 Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Engels area; Sixteen Shahed-136/131 combat drones – from the southern and northern directions (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk). The air defense forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed…

The Russian side returned only 5-7% of Ukrainian requests for information regarding Ukrainian servicemen who had gone missing in action. That’s according to Dmytro Lubinets, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. According to the official, a meeting was held at the Commissioner’s Office with the families of the captured defenders from Military Unit A2167. The office was represented by Yuriy Kovbasa, chief of the Department for Rights Monitoring in the Defense Sector and the Rights of Veterans and Servicemen, Prisoners of War and Their Family Members. One of the urgent issues was related…

The Presidential Office is preparing the seventh meeting with representatives of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in Ukraine. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Presidential Office, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "We are preparing the seventh meeting with representatives of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in our country. We continue to work on the Peace Formula of President Volodymyr Zelensky," Yermak wrote. According to him, the seventh meeting will be devoted to the Food Security clause of the Formula. "We will consider the implementation of this item within the framework of the grain initiative, port infrastructure and other important components of…

The condition of two girls who were hospitalized in the Chernihiv Children's Regional Hospital due to a car explosion on a mine is assessed by doctors as moderate. This is reported by Suspilne, according to Ukrinform. The girls, who were in the car that exploded on a mine, were thrown out by a blast wave, according to the general director of the Chernihiv Children's Regional Hospital, Tetyana Lebedieva. They were brought to the hospital in consciousness. "There are minor injuries. The girls have soft tissue injuries. The younger girl has a leg injury. The older one has a forehead injury,…

Ukraine has returned the bodies of 84 fallen defenders from temporarily occupied territories. Oleh Kotenko, Ukraine's Commissioner for Persons Missing under Special Circumstances, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The bodies of servicemen who gave their lives for Ukraine were handed over. Today, the bodies of 84 defenders were returned to their families," the report says. The repatriation of the bodies from the temporary occupied territories took place with the assistance of the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, the Commissioner for Persons Missing under Special Circumstances, in cooperation with the Joint Center of the…

Border guards in the Kharkiv direction destroyed the Murom-M long-range visual surveillance complex. This is stated in the message of the State Border Guard Service, according to Ukrinform. "Kharkiv direction. Border aerial reconnaissance revealed that the Steel Frontier fighters destroyed it with a kamikaze drone. And this is the fourth Murom-M long-range visual surveillance complex on the account of our soldiers this month," the statement said. Read also: Territorial defense soldiers destroy Russian stronghold with a drone As reported, soldiers of the National Guard's Rubizh rapid response brigade destroyed a Russian Murom-M observation complex in the Bakhmut direction.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have achieved success in the Novodanylivka-Verbove sector and are gaining a foothold within the re-captured frontiers. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the Novodanylivka-Verbove direction, the Defense Forces have achieved success, are gaining a foothold within the re-captured frontiers, attacking the detected enemy targets with artillery, and carrying out counterbattery measures,” the report states. A reminder that Ukrainian Defense Deputy Minister Hanna Maliar stated earlier that Ukraine’s offensive actions in the south continue, and Ukrainian forces had liberated the Zaporizhzhia…