[Korrespondent] 23:52 Mayor of Nova Kakhovka Vladimir Kovalenko, together with First Deputy Oleg Tarabaka, left their city today and arrived in Zaporozhye, the mayor himself told Suspilny: "From the beginning of the war, on February 24, for almost five months we continued to fulfill our duties. Today it becomes it is impossible to work due to the constant pressure of the Russian military, so we are forced to go to the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will work remotely."
23:48 The United States does not recognize the entry of any regions of Ukraine into the Russian Federation and will impose new sanctions against Moscow if this happens, said John Kirby, coordinator of the National Security Council for strategic communications at the White House.
22:59 The White House is due to announce a new package of military aid to Ukraine this week, John Kirby, coordinator of the US National Security and Strategic Communications Council, said: "We will continue to provide Ukraine with historic levels of assistance. Later this week, the administration will announce a new military aid package. equipment for Ukraine. This will be the 16th such package to support Ukraine since the beginning of Joe Biden's presidency."
Kirby specified that the new aid package will include additional HIMARS systems "which the Ukrainians have used very effectively to change the situation on the battlefield," as well as additional rounds for multiple launch rocket systems and artillery.
22:12 Ukraine needs about 50 HIMARS and M270s to stop Russian troops, and 100 systems will help the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct an effective counteroffensive, Reznikov said at the Atlantic Council discussion: "Considering that our active front line is almost 2,500 kilometers, this is like the distance between Warsaw and Barcelona - for effective protection, we need about 50 of these systems."
And for an effective counteroffensive, according to the minister, Ukraine needs about 100 HIMARS launchers, as well as additional armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and reconnaissance drones.
21:56 Six additional self-propelled guns CAESAR are going to Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. The Armed Forces of Ukraine already have 12 such self-propelled artillery mounts.
21:27 Due to rocket attacks by Russians on the civilian population of our country, Ukraine calls on the world community to recognize Russia as a terrorist state. Is it possible and what will it give? Details - in the material Does the world recognize Russia as a terrorist state .
21:13 In the sky over the Kherson region tonight, Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter, which was trying to attack the planes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The pilot ejected, OK Pivden reported.
21:04 In the Zaporozhye region, the Russians are shelling the positions of the Ukrainian military, but they are unable to advance in the direction of the regional center. At the same time, terror continues against civilians in the occupied territories, said the head of the UVA, Oleksandr Starukh. Also on the territory of the nuclear power plant in Energodar, in addition to violence against civilian Ukrainians, internal misunderstandings arise between the terrorists, which end in shooting and new victims. The invaders place weapons on the territory of the ZNPP and in neighboring settlements, launch rockets over a nuclear power plant, which is an example of nuclear terrorism and can lead to disaster, Starukh stressed.
20:57 Zelensky said that he had held telephone conversations with Polish President Andrzej Duda, with whom they discussed defense support for Ukraine, as well as with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, whom he thanked for his significant personal contribution in granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate country.
20:44 Reznikov, speaking via video link at the American think tank Atlantic Council, suggested that the West test new weapons on the territory of Ukraine: "I think for our partners in Poland, the USA, France, Germany or for our Turkish partners this is a good chance to test their weapons So give us the tools, we'll finish the job and you'll have new information."
20:33 Yermak, in an interview with NV, said that the main task of Lend-Lease is for Ukraine to receive everything on time: “It is very important for us not to enter the winter. After the winter, when the Russians have more time to dig in, it will certainly be more difficult. they are pulled into it. It is very important for us not to give them that opportunity."
As for security guarantees for Ukraine, according to the head of the Presidential Office, today Kyiv is negotiating primarily with countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Australia and many others: "We need the Budepasht Memorandum No. 2 is not interesting. I think that this will be a structure in which there will be a large agreement with many participants, and then additionally there will be bilateral, more detailed agreements with our partners. Today both the UK and Poland have declared their interest in such agreements, in principle we We're talking to the US too.
Yermak also said that to date, the only negotiations that are taking place with the Russian Federation are negotiations on the unblocking of Ukrainian ports: “They are taking place at the level of our military and at the level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but only through the mediation of the UN. I communicate with UN Secretary General António Guterres, I don't communicate with the Russians. I think that we have some progress. But for us, the issue of security is number one. We definitely don't trust the Russians - that's understandable."
20:01 Hungary agreed to let through its territory all aid for Ukraine, including military, said the Minister of Foreign Economy and Foreign Affairs of the country Levente Madyar at a meeting with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadov: "Hungary itself will not supply its weapons - this is our strategic position. However, third countries may use our territory."
19:54 After the attack on Ukraine, Russia has not many allies left in the world. One of them is Iran, which is used to living in isolation for many years. Putin came to Tehran to attend a meeting with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as to hold bilateral talks with each of the leaders. He will also meet with Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei for the fifth time. In Tehran, grain exports and the war in Ukraine will be discussed. Read more in the material Drones and grain .
19:38 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that it was the United States that was to blame for the war in Ukraine: "As the one who started the crisis in Ukraine and is the main factor fueling it, the United States should deeply reflect on its erroneous actions and stop creating a new cold war."
19:27 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that the resources of the Bundeswehr to help Ukraine are running out: "We can no longer give much from the reserves of the Bundeswehr, I will say this very clearly, and my colleague [Reznikov] also knows about it."
19:20 The Russians are concentrating their main efforts on trying to advance in the directions of Seversk and Bakhmut. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted assault operations in the direction of Pokrovsky, has a partial success, is fixed on the southern outskirts of the settlement, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report .
At the same time, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to attack in the direction of the villages of Udy and Gusarovka, and in the Slavyansk direction, an enemy attempt to reconnoiter in battle in the direction of Dmitrovka ended unsuccessfully, the invaders withdrew with losses. The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted significant losses on the invaders when they tried to advance in the directions of Grigorovka, Disputed and Ivano-Daryevka. Enemy attempts to advance in the directions of Berestovoye, Belogorovka, Vershina and the territory of the Uglegorsk TPP were also unsuccessful.
18:46 Ireland suspends the visa-free regime for refugees from 20 EU countries to accept Ukrainians, writes Politico. The decision was made after the places intended for newly arrived Ukrainians ran out, because they were occupied by refugees from other countries. At the same time, there are already more than 43,000 Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.
18:20 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians fired at the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts today, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. In particular, in Nikopol, the Russian army hit a recreation center from Gradov, and in the Zelenodolsk community fired a tractor brigade from cannon artillery. In both cases, there were no casualties.
18:16 Ukraine and the EU have signed a memorandum on the provision of the first tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros, said the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis. According to him, this amount will be paid at the end of July to support the government and people of Ukraine.
18:10 The occupiers kidnapped two more employees of the Zaporozhye NPP from the senior staff, Energoatom reports. This time - Sergey Pykhtin, deputy head of the decontamination shop for operation and handling of radioactive waste, and Elena Ryabtseva, foreman of the decontamination shop. The location of the abductees is unknown.
17:42 As a result of today's missile attack on Kramatorsk, one person was killed, six were injured, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. The enemy used an R-37 aviation cruise missile, ten high-rise buildings in the central part of the city were damaged.
17:36 A Swedish officer died during the fighting in the Donetsk region, fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Swedish television company SVT reported. According to journalists, he came to Ukraine a couple of months ago to share his tactical knowledge.
17:27 Slovenian Ambassador to Ukraine Tomasz Mencin visited Irpin, Mayor Alexander Markushin said. According to him, the embassy delegation arrived to find out the city's need for international assistance.
17:06 In Mariupol, the occupation authorities have adopted a "decision" according to which, from today, all citizens of Ukraine are deprived of the right to own real estate in the city. The property of all those who have not passed "registration" will be "nationalized". In the surviving premises will be resettled according to "orders", said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko. He warned the residents of Mariupol, who will move into such apartments, that this decision is absolutely illegal, "therefore, if you have already moved in, take care of someone else's property, otherwise you will be liable under the law."
16:42 The White House added Russia to the list of countries where there is a risk of "wrongful detention" and recommended that American citizens avoid traveling to Russia. The list also includes China, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar and Venezuela.
16:39 The IMF has warned that a complete cessation of Russian gas supplies will lead to a recession in some EU countries. In particular, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will suffer the most, Italy, Germany and Austria will be under attack.
16:34 They want to close Nikolaev for several days and conduct a raid against collaborators, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim on Khodorkovsky LIVE: "There are those who have been here for a long time, with some idea. There are people who are desperate or do not think about the consequences, or decided to make money. These are isolated cases, but each such case entails potential victims when they begin to monitor the locations of the military, air defense or something. We want to nip this in the bud. We are still planning curfews, working off. We will close the city for a few days, go home and work off those bad people."
16:10 The European Commission is preparing for the fact that Nord Stream will not resume operation after the official end of scheduled maintenance on July 21, writes Bloomberg, citing a high-ranking source: “We are working on the assumption that it will not return to operation. And in this case, it is necessary take some additional steps."
The European Commission is expected to unveil a plan for a coordinated cut in demand for gas on July 20 to mitigate the impact of a possible shutdown by Gazprom.
15:46 The US State Department approved the sale of six HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Estonia. The delivery will also include several types of missiles, including operational-tactical ATACMS, which hit targets at a distance of up to 300 km. Ukraine also counts on the same missiles. Reznikov said that negotiations with the United States on this issue are underway and there is hope. And the National Security and Defense Council promised a quick transition from parity to the advantage of Ukraine on the battlefield. More details - in the material Estonia will receive long-range HIMARS. And Ukraine?
15:12 The EU intends to partially unfreeze the funds of sanctioned banks of the Russian Federation, which may be needed for food exports, writes Reuters. In particular, we are talking about Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, VEB, Otkritie and Russia banks. According to the publication, the decision was made amid criticism from African countries about the negative impact of sanctions on trade.
14:50 The Ukrainian Society in Canada announced that it had begun fundraising for Bayraktar for Ukraine. In total, it is planned to raise $7 million to give Ukraine a gift for Independence Day on August 24th.
14:46 The State Emergency Service clarified that as a result of today's shelling of Kramatorsk in a five-story apartment building, a fire broke out on balconies on the third and fourth floors, which has already been eliminated. Ten people were injured, five of whom were hospitalized.
14:41 The Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the Ministry of Education, will conduct special exercises for schoolchildren, lessons on mine safety will be added to the program, special stands will be installed in educational institutions and security will be strengthened, Interior Ministry Speaker Alena Matveeva said. Evacuation drills will be held at every school that wants to return to face-to-face instruction, she said. A special application for children will also be created, where all safety issues will be explained in an accessible way.
14:22 North Korean workers will come "to restore Donbass," Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora said in an interview with Izvestia. According to him, North Korean builders "will become a very serious help in resolving the tasks of restoring destroyed social, infrastructural and industrial facilities." The ambassador also added that the DPRK operates equipment produced in the Donbass, and in this regard, "Korean partners are very interested in spare parts and assemblies manufactured there, in updating their production base."
14:18 Slovyansk was subjected to rocket fire, there is damage to private houses, people remain under the rubble. There are wounded, said the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh.
13:52 All settlements of the Kiev region were examined for the presence of explosive objects, said the head of the Kiev OVA Oleksiy Kuleba. According to him, these are 270 cities, villages and settlements within the Buchansky, Brovarsky and Vyshgorodsky districts of the Kyiv region. Since the beginning of the work, rescuers have neutralized 52,862 explosive items.
13:49 In Kramatorsk, as a result of a missile attack on the city center, a civilian was killed, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
13:30 In the Kherson region, the Russians abducted 63 representatives of local governments, said acting. head of the OVA Dmitry Butriy. He also said that the invaders are trying to transfer schools to their programs and put pressure on teachers. Teachers are even broken into at home, but most of them refuse to cooperate with the Russians. The humanitarian situation in the Kherson region is critical - there is neither food nor medicine in sufficient quantities.
13:27 The Russians attacked the center of Kramatorsk, there are casualties, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said.
13:24 From the occupied part of the Lugansk region, you can leave through the Zaporozhye region, as well as through a pedestrian crossing to the Kharkiv region. People also leave through the territory of Russia, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, fierce battles continue in the vicinity of the Lugansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding out in two settlements, and the Russians are throwing all their reserves into battle. 300,000 IDPs from the Luhansk region have already been registered, humanitarian hubs for assistance are open throughout the country.
13:03 Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves and its leaders, including the famous biker Surgeon, will be included in the EU sanctions list, reports Reuters. The EU will also strengthen sanctions against Sberbank and add the CEO of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company to the sanctions list. In addition, Russian actors Sergei Bezrukov and Vladimir Mashkov, as well as the youth army, were included in the draft new sanctions list. Sanctions will be imposed against Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov.
12:59 Rada dismissed Irina Venediktova from the post of Prosecutor General. Arakhamia said that she remains in the team: "Her experience will serve the state in a new place, requiring strengthening by professional managers and lawyers."
12:43 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired from Kherson from HIMARS, five out of six missiles allegedly shot down air defense, one fell near the Antonovsky bridge.
12:20 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation commented on the night strike on the Odessa region: allegedly destroyed "storages with ammunition for weapons supplied by the US and Europe."
12:14 Ukraine returned the bodies of another 45 dead soldiers, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
12:10 The Rada created the VSK to monitor the receipt and use of international material and technical assistance during martial law. Rustem Umerov became the chairman of the commission, people's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
12:08 Rada dismissed Ivan Bakanov from the post of head of the SBU. He was not present in the hall, the consideration was formal, said People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak. The Rada also appointed Oksana Zholnovich to the post of Minister of Social Policy.
12:04 In the occupied territories of the Kherson region, the invaders are strengthening the police regime. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Saldo issued an "order" on the measures of responsibility for committing "certain offenses that encroach on public order and public safety." The "document" prohibits activities that impede the work of the occupation administrations, "election commissions" and other "bodies"; "discrediting the authorities of the Russian Federation" and any information propaganda directed against the occupying authorities is also prohibited.
In addition, by order of the "head of the Kakhovka VGA" Vladimir Leontiev, access control is being strengthened on the territory of the Kakhovka district. Permission was given for searches, detention and restriction of freedom, which can be carried out at the discretion of the occupiers. The population has been warned about increased penalties in case of violation of the curfew - violators are threatened with execution on the spot.
11:56 In the Kherson region, the occupiers unblocked the exit to the territory controlled by Ukraine through Vasilievka, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA, deputy of the regional council Serhiy Khlan. According to him, the other day the Russians forced people to stand in the heat, waiting for passage, some turned around and drove back, someone left their things and walked. Hlan noted that this is the last opportunity to leave the occupied territory.
11:52 Zelensky, by his decrees, dismissed the deputy chairman of the SBU Volodymyr Gorbenko, as well as the heads of the SBU of five regions - Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Transcarpathian and Dnipropetrovsk.
11:40 The Russian military in the amount of about 1,000 people, who were based on the border of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions in the villages along the line Demyanovka - Starodubovka - Zakharovka, together with military equipment, left the parking lot in the morning and set off in columns in the direction of Zaporozhye. Most of the military personnel are young people under 23 years old, some of them are conscripts, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
11:22 Oleksandr Klymenko will become the new head of the SAPO - his appointment was approved by the competition commission , people's deputies Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksiy Goncharenko said. The appointment of the head of the SAP is one of the requirements of the EU for the admission of Ukraine to the EU.
11:16 The first Abrams tanks arrived in Poland to train the Polish military in the amount of 28 units, said Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. This is the first stage of a contract signed in April for the supply of 250 Abrams tanks of the modern version to Poland. In addition, the States will send another 116 old-style tanks in exchange for what the Polish authorities sent the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:07 Ukraine will destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet and recapture Crimea, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Gavrilov told The Times. According to him, the Ukrainian military is building up capacity and waiting for longer-range weapons before launching an assault. However, the cleaning of the Black Sea has already begun with the Serpent Sea. Gavrilov added that Russia must give up Crimea if it wants to continue to exist as a state.
10:40 The Rada has equalized the rights of military women and men who have children, in terms of the right to parental leave during a special period, People's Deputy Alexander Fedienko said. We are talking about the adopted bill No. 7464 On the social and legal protection of military personnel and members of their families.
10:34 In the morning Russians fired at the private sector of one of the districts of Nikolaev. Houses were damaged, two people were injured, said the head of the regional council, Anna Zamazeeva. Also, the settlements of the Bashtansky and Nikolaevsky districts, in particular in the Galitsinovsky, Shirokovskaya and Bereznegovatskaya communities, came under shelling. Under shelling and settlements on the line of demarcation. In total, 29 people were injured in the Nikolaev region over the past day.
10:17 In the Belopol community of the Sumy region, as a result of a mortar attack, one person was wounded, the Krasnopol community was also fired at, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
09:58 According to the materials of the SBU, another Russian agent received a prison term. The Svalyavsky District Court of the Transcarpathian Region issued a guilty verdict on a Russian agent who collected public and political information for the FSB in Ukraine. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
09:56 The number of victims of the rocket attack on Vinnitsa has increased to 25 people, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov. According to him, the neurologist of the Neuromed clinic died in the hospital.
09:41 Three people were injured due to morning shelling of the villages of Mospanovo and Tsirkuny in the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the OVA, said.
09:33 Zelensky submitted to the Rada a draft resolution on the dismissal of Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova.
09:32 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 19. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.
- personnel - about 38,550 (+100) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1691 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 3892 (+6),
- artillery systems - 851 (+2),
- MLRS - 248 (+0),
- air defense systems - 113 (+0),
- aircraft - 220 (+0),
- helicopters - 188 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 693 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 167 (+1),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2767 (+14),
- special equipment - 70 (+0).
09:11 As a result of the shelling of the controlled part of the Donetsk region over the past day, one person was killed in Avdiivka, two more were injured - in Avdiivka and Soledar, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
09:04 Kramatorsk again came under missile attack, said the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko. The hit had on the plant.
09:00 British intelligence notes that the nearest declared political goal of the Russian Federation in the war in Ukraine is to capture the entire Donetsk region. However, now the Russian command is faced with a shortage of personnel and a dilemma: to transfer reserves to the Donbass or to defend against Ukrainian counterattacks in the southwestern Kherson direction.
Analysts say the Russian Federation can still continue its territorial gains, but the operational pace and speed of its advance is likely to be very slow without significant operational pause for reorganization and re-equipment. Russia continues to deploy nominally six separate armies for its offensive in the Donbas. In full force, before the invasion, these formations numbered up to 150 thousand people. In recent weeks, the RF has often operated in company-sized groups of around 100 men in offensive operations in any one sector at a time.
08:38 On the part of the Luhansk region that remains under the control of Ukraine, the Russians are inflicting massive strikes, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said. Thus, four missile and two air strikes were inflicted on settlements on the border with the Donetsk region, 11 shelling of civilian infrastructure from artillery was recorded. The Russian forces tried to storm in four directions, in many places the offensive was suspended.
08:36 As a result of attacks of Nikolaev two people were wounded the night before, the head of IVA Vitaly Kim reported. According to him, the target of the attack was the Ship District of the city, residential buildings were damaged. There were also shelling in the Nikolaevsky and Bashtansky districts, shelling of the village of Shirokoye and along the line of demarcation in the Bereznegovatsky community continues. Houses and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
08:33 The American Institute for the Study of War believes that at this stage the Russian Federation will not focus on the capture of Slavyansk, but instead will give priority to attempts to take control of Seversk and Bakhmut. Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have carried out a series of ground attacks east of Seversk and south of Bakhmut. In addition, they stepped up efforts to advance on Avdiivka and carried out limited ground attacks along the Donetsk-Avdiivka front line.
The ISW also notes that Putin's likely attempt to use ethnic minorities in the war in Ukraine to avoid general mobilization may cause their resistance.
07:37 Russian troops are trying to resume the offensive on Slavyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault on Gusarovka in the Slavyansk direction, stopped the enemy near Disputed in the Kramatorsk direction and repelled the offensive near Semigorye, Vershina, Pokrovsky and on the territory of the Uglegorskaya TPP in the Bakhmut direction, the General Staff said in the morning summary . The threat of missile strikes from the territory of Belarus also remains.
There is growing dissatisfaction with the actions of the Russian command among servicemen of non-Slavic nationalities, who are not sparingly thrown into the most risky attacks on the territory of Ukraine.
07:23 Russian troops covered the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with fire at night, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. Up to 40 rockets were fired at Nikopol, there are destructions at two industrial enterprises, and fires broke out. Several private houses and power grids were damaged in the city. In the Krivoy Rog region, the enemy hit the Zelenodolsk community with artillery. In both cases, no casualties were reported.
05:16 At night, the Russians fired seven Caliber cruise missiles in the Odessa region from the Black Sea. One missile was shot down by air defense, the remaining six hit the village. A fire broke out in an area of ​​300 square meters. m, it has already been eliminated. Six people were injured, including a child, said Sergey Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odesa OVA. Three private houses and two courtyard structures were destroyed and caught fire, several more private estates, cars, a school, and a cultural center were damaged.
04:21 The "DPR Prosecutor General's Office" stated that the explosion in the building of the Drama Theater in Mariupol in March occurred inside, "and the allegations of a Russian airstrike are fake." They also claim that the remains of 14 dead were found inside, and the death of 300 people is also a "fake".
03:50 Kherson region strengthens the air defense system against the backdrop of increased rocket attacks from the Ukrainian army, said the "deputy head of administration" of the occupied region Kirill Stremousov.
03:37 AFU in the Kherson region struck at the accumulation of weapons, equipment and ammunition depot in the Raisky area and at the ammunition depot in the Beryslav area, the objects were destroyed, OK Pivden reported. Also, Ukrainian aviation worked with two attack aircraft at the ammunition depot and the accumulation of enemy forces in the Snigirevka area.
00:25 The enemy in the Kherson region places warehouses closer to the civilian population, said the first deputy head of the Kherson Regional Council Yuri Sobolevsky on the air of the telethon. In his opinion, this indicates a panic among the enemy. At the same time, the number of Kherson residents who want to leave the region has grown, but now leaving the territory of the region is complicated by the occupation authorities, in particular, it takes 3-4 days to leave.
Sobolevsky stressed that the system of bringing information to Ukrainian citizens is working - in particular, all Kherson residents are aware that participation in the so-called "referendum" is a crime.