Founded in 1918
Sunday, 22 December 2024, 08:58
Russian troops continue to use aircraft and attack in several directions, most actively in Pokrovske, while Ukrainian defenders are holding strong.
To secure the supply chain, the logistics units of the National Guard have stretched and dispersed warehouses across the country to the maximum extent possible.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops attacked Nikopol district 15 times with kamikaze drones and shelled it twice with heavy artillery. There were no casualties or injuries.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin testing Ukrainian-made guided bombs in a few weeks.
In Kharkiv, Russian troops hit a residential area. Several houses were damaged.
Since the beginning of the day, 55 combat engagements have taken place along the Ukrainian frontlines, with battles currently ongoing in the Kharkiv, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove axes.
In the Russian village of Rakitnoye Belgorod region, a series of explosions rocked an ammunition depot. Also, in the village of Bezimyeno, a drone installed a Ukrainian flag on a communication tower.
The total number of enemy attacks along the battle lines since the beginning of the day has reached 51 while the Russian army continues to be most active in the Pokrovsk axis.
The Kremlin has been forcing thousands of migrants and foreign students to fight in the ranks of the Russian army in the war against Ukraine, threatening deportation should they refuse.
The Russian army shelled the village of Oleksandrivka in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, wounding a 53-year-old woman.
Ukraine needs a level of protection that will make Russian terror impossible, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Thirty-nine combat engagements have been recorded on the front lines in Ukraine since the beginning of the day.
Enemy shelling has injured two people in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.
More than 67,000 women currently serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and most of them are military personnel.
Since the beginning of this day, the Ukrainian Defence Forces have repelled eight Russian attacks in the Kupyansk sector in the areas of Sinkivka, Pishchane, Andriivka, Hrekivka and Makiivka, and the situation remains tense.
A Russian Su-57 multi-role fighter jet was hit at the Akhtubinsk airfield in Astrakhan region.
The replenishment of the Russian army with new recruits is likely to be insufficient to conduct simultaneous large-scale offensive efforts on several fronts.
On 8 June, Russians killed one resident of Donetsk region and injured two others.
Special operations units from Ukraine’s Security Service in the past week engaged nine Russian tanks and four air defense systems, as well as eliminated 212 invaders.
Russia has lost a total of 518,560 soldiers and officers killed and wounded in action since the full-scale invasion, according to the estimates drawn by the Ukrainian side.
Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk showed Ukrainian mobile air defense groups shooting down Russian drones in eastern Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, June 8.
On Saturday, June 8, the Russian army 26 times shelled territories and settlements in Sumy region close to the border, where a total of 59 explosions were recorded.
A state register of territories contaminated or likely to be infested by explosive objects will be created in Ukraine.
The Czech Republic continues to receive requests from various countries seeking to join the initiative to procure ammunition for Ukraine.
On 8 June, the DPRK again sent balloons, probably containing garbage, to South Korea.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry is introducing direct contracting with global arms manufacturers.
Ninety percent of Ukrainian prisoners of war are subjected to physical and moral torture, as evidenced by the screening of those who returned from Russian captivity.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin articulated a theory of victory in Ukraine that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.
08 June 2024
In the village of Khotimlya, Kharkiv region, a man was killed and two women were injured as a result of shelling.