Latest updates from the battlefield between 15:00 and 21:00 EET
20:00 EET Russian forces couldn't advance anywhere except for Enerhodar and Mariupol directions. In particular, a brigade group was moving from Melitopol to Mariupol. Ukrainian military work on this, – Presidential Office (
https://bit.ly/35bpvde) Reportedly, Mariupol has prepared to defense in encirclement.
– In other directions, Russians had to take an operational pause because of heavy losses. According to preliminary data, today Russians lost 3,500 soldiers, both wounded and killed.
– Russia continues to accumulate troops west of Kyiv, but the Ukrainian military is launching artillery strikes on them
– Chernihiv and Sumy are controlled by UA. People self-organized, defend themselves, make raids and burn enemy fuel trucks
– Kharkiv and Kherson under Ukrainian control, inflict losses to the enemy.
– In Perevalne, Crimea, half of Russian conscripts ran away and did not want to fight. More than 300 Russians already captured, including the commander of the tank battalion - Presidential Office (
https://bit.ly/35bpvde)
– 20:00 EET Ukrainian army near Severodonetsk, Donetsk Oblast, broke the column and forced Russian army to retreat many kilometers from the city, Head of Luhansk Oblast Administration informed around 8 pm EET
– 20:00 EET Russian losses from Ukrainian Air Forces today: 11 helicopters, 3 SU-30 CM, 2 SU-25, 2 IL-76MD Ukrainian Front-line bomber Su-24M destroyed Russian column of 20 vehicles Bayraktar UAW destroyed the entire train with fuel - Air Forces (
https://bit.ly/3vCu4IH)
– 18:00 EET Ukrainian soldiers captured Russian tanks near Chernihiv
– Ukraine is creating IT army to fight in cyberspace, Minister of Digital Transformation announced
War Crimes:
– More civilian deaths in Ukraine. 5 people were killed and 6 were injured after Russians fired at a civilian bus in the Kharkiv Oblast. Only in the Donetsk Oblast today 19 civilians were killed, 73 people were injured, head of Donetsk region administration
https://bit.ly/3vk8U1J
– Russian invaders fired at the ambulance carrying a wounded Ukrainian soldier to Kherson. 2 doctors were wounded and the soldier killed. Source: ambulance management to Ukrinform (
https://bit.ly/3vmKKni), video (
https://bit.ly/3IqfebN)
– 20:37 EET: The rescue ship "Sapphire" was captured and detained by a Russian warship during the humanitarian mission in the area of Zmiyinyy Island. Communication is currently lost,–Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine informed, - (
https://bit.ly/3M3IAPb) The capture of a rescue ship is a direct violation of the International Maritime Law and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,–the Ministry said adding that punishment for all these Russian crimes will come into force.
- Germany has announced the provision of anti-tank grenade launchers and stinger missiles to Ukraine, - Zelenskyy