This morning, #Russian forces shelled a residential building in Rubizhne, in the Donbass killing three including two children according to the head of the Luhansk administration
The Kyiv city administration also reports that several buildings were hit by shelling this morning in the Shevchenkivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts of Kyiv. Four people were wounded in the Shevchenkivskyi district
A spokesperson for the Odessa military administration claims that Colonel Alexey Sharov of the 810th Separate Guards Marine Brigade was killed in Mariupol (this is a claim, I would not consider this to be confirmed).
The 810th "Order of Zhukov" marine brigade is part of the Black Sea Fleet and participated in several key Russian operations/wars, including in Georgia in 2008, and the intervention in Syria. It was given the honorary name "Guards" in recent years.
Damage to a residential building in Kyiv
In its latest update the Ukrainian army reports a Russian attempt to advance in the Teterivske district, northwest of #Kyiv, saying the attack was foiled
Chernihiv region, a Russian Tigr jeep got lost in the forest and destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
Units of the Ukrainian police have resumed work in Irpin, which has been a main battleground over the past weeks
Video purportedly from a Ukrainian attack against a Russian supply column (undisclosed location)
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that separatist forces captured Verkhnotoretske near Donetsk and took control of the Novbakhmutovka train station.
The Bucha City Council also reports that Russian forces in Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel are surrounded by Ukrainian forces (I have yet to see any visual evidence so far though). facebook.com/bucharada.gov.…
(this follows similar reports mentioned yesterday - again I am still waiting for clearer evidence)
The Bucha City Council (in the same statement above) claims that Russian soldiers are breaking into houses, looking for food and alcohol.
The Russian Ambassador to #Poland received a letter from the Polish Foreign Ministry notifying him that 45 Russian diplomats have been declared persona non-grata and will have to leave the country within five days.
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This has yet to be confirmed, but there is evidence that at least one of the landing ships positioned in Berdyansk sunk, with another being hit, and a weapons depot being destroyed (likely in an Ukrainian missile strike)
I think the Russian TV may be regretting its little piece visiting the Orsk. This will hinder Russia's ability to disembark units in Berdyansk or elsewhere.
This is quite interesting. I think it puts to rest the claim that Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel are "surrounded" or that the supply line to those areas is threatened. But it also shows significant counter-offensives on both the western and eastern side of the Kyiv
What this shows, is that counter-offensives have achieved more on the eastern side of Kyiv and south of Chernihiv. This makes sense: The first counter-offensives were south of Chernihiv.
There are counter-offensives to the west of Kyiv, but the results are far more limited than the claim that Bucha and Irpin are surrounded. Still, given the amount of forces there, any gain on this side, is quite significant.
🚩The #Russian Ministry of Defense just released another statement claiming to have used the Kinzhal hypersonic missile against a target in the Mykolaiv region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that it targeted a "large fuel storage base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces" near Konstantinovka, using Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea, and #Kinzhal hypersonic missiles fired from above Crimea