War

The Ukrainian government is preparing a draft law that will enshrine English as a language of international communication and is also developing solutions that will make learning English more accessible to everyone. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Ukraine is open to the world. Along with Ukraine's integration into the EU, we are strengthening cooperation with the international community. At the same time, the need for people with knowledge of English is growing. Learning it should become more accessible to Ukrainians," Shmyhal wrote. Shmyhal noted that he had held a meeting on this issue…

In the temporarily captured Mariupol, the invaders are clearing a railway track running from the port to the railway station to organize the delivery of ammunition to Volnovakha and Vuhledar, Donetsk region. "The occupiers started clearing a railway track running from the Mariupol port to the station... They decided to use the port to supply ammunition to Volnovakha/Vuhledar line," Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to Mariupol mayor, posted on Telegram. According to him, the deliveries are planned according to the following route: the port – railway from the port to the Volnovakha railway junction – vehicles to Vuhledar. "Another option: ammunition delivery…

The invaders are taking children from the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region to Chuvashia. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The invaders are taking almost 300 children from the Berdiansk district to sunny Chuvashia. The Russian media reported that 48 children were sent, the rest are going to be taken in several shifts," Fedorov wrote. Read also: Killings, abductions, torture: Russia’s crimes against Ukrainian children In his opinion, the invaders are taking the children "1600 km from home" to manipulate the situation in the Berdiansk direction and hold them hostage. As reported, in June, the…

Two communities in Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region, were left without centralized water supply as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, and two more communities have no water supply at all. The head of the Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration Yevhen Sytnychenko wrote about this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "In our district without centralized water supply remained Hrushivka, Vakulove communities in full and partially Apostolove and Zelenodolsk. Other communities are currently provided with centralized water supply, but still, each and every one of us should save water as much as possible and be grateful for…

As a result of the Kakhovka HPP blowing up by the invaders, the Velykyi Luh and Kamianska Sich national parks are gradually turning into a desert. Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Due to Russia's terrorist attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, such national parks as Velykyi Luh and Kamianska Sich are gradually turning into a desert. The State Ecological Inspectorate has already calculated the estimated damage to these areas, and it is enormous. For the Velykyi Luh National Park, it is more than UAH 15 billion, and for Kamianska…

The Danish government is ready to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine, but only if the United States, which produces these aircraft, approves this step. That's according to Radio 4, Ukrinform reports. Today, acting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that Denmark would support the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine. But this will only happen if the United States, which produces the F16, approves. "I want to say that I can't imagine that we would not support this. Ukraine needs aircraft. More than ever, if they want to fight external aggression. This also applies to Danish F-16 combat aircraft,"…

Near the village of Borozenske in the Kherson region, another civilian came across Russian explosives. That's according to the Kherson Regional Military Administration on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "While performing field work, a tractor driver hit a mine left by the Russian army. By a miracle, he was not injured, only the tractor was damaged," the statement said. Earlier it was reported that a civilian in the village of Borozenske in Kherson region blew up on a Russian mine while performing field work. Due to the detonation of the explosives, the 36-year-old man suffered burns to 20% of his body. The…

Russian aircraft drop two guided aerial bombs on Kozatske village in Kherson region. The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "The Russian aircraft once again attacked Kozatske. The enemy dropped two guided aerial bombs on the peaceful settlement," the report says. Read also: Twenty-eight settlements remain flooded in Kherson region The consequences of the strikes are being clarified. As reported by Ukrinform, the enemy fired 314 projectiles at Kherson region over the past day, killing two people and injuring 25 more.

The Russians may commit another man-made disaster by staging provocations at the Crimean Titan chemical plant in temporary occupied Crimea. The Atesh military partisan movement announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Putin ordered the troops of ‘chemical defense’ to enter the territory of Kherson region. Officially, this is being done to eliminate the consequences of the Kakhovka HPP ‘breakthrough’. But the chemical troops are not designed to perform such tasks, unlike a number of public structures," the report says. It is noted that the real purpose of deploying chemical troops there may be to involve in provocations at the Crimean…

A nine-year-old child and a woman were injured in the Russian artillery shelling of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. “Under the procedural leadership of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),” the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. According to the investigation data, Russian troops launched yet another attack on the town of Kostiantynivka around 10:20 on June 17. "A nine-year-old girl was injured as projectiles hit a private sector. She was diagnosed with closed chest and abdomen…