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2022-09-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 12th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:29 The fleeing Russians were able to respond to the swift counterattack of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region only with new rocket attacks on peaceful cities. And now the occupiers purposefully hit on infrastructure critical for normal life. About whether we are talking about a single outburst of rage due to failures at the front or new tactics of the enemy, the material of the Russian Federation hits the infrastructure.

22:54 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure are "a sign of desperation of those who invented this war": "This is how they react to the defeat of Russian forces in the Kharkiv region. They cannot do anything with our heroes on battlefield, and therefore Russia directs its dastardly strikes against civilian infrastructure."

The President emphasized the need to strengthen the cooperation of "everyone in the free world", in particular, to recognize Russia as a terrorist state, strengthen sanctions and increase assistance to Ukraine, above all, speed up the provision of air defense systems.

22:47 In Kherson, an attempt was made on the life of a collaborator - the "rector" of the state university Tatyana Tomilina. There was an explosion at her home. Local publics report that her security guard died, and she is in the hospital in intensive care. Russian media write that Tomilina "was slightly injured."

22:19 The second reserve power supply line of the Zaporizhzhya NPP has been restored, the IAEA said: "With the restoration of the line, the electricity necessary for the nuclear safety of the ZNPP again comes from the external network."

21:36 The Azov Kharkiv MTR and the 14th Motorized Rifle Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great liberated and cleared the entire north-east of the Kharkiv region, from the village of Veseloe to the city of Volchansk, the Azov Kharkiv MTR reported: "Complete de-occupation of the Ternovaya, Varvarovka, Izbitskoye, Staritsa regions. The state border has been taken under control."

21:22 In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured a significant number of Russian senior officers, writes Die Welt, citing sources in the Ukrainian army. According to the publication, the number of captured Russians in recent days has exceeded hundreds, among them high-ranking officers.

Analysts note that "the Russian defense collapsed, the soldiers just fled," while the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated settlements without firing a shot: "This cannot be rationally explained. Perhaps it's just courage. The generals could no longer stop their soldiers. They stopped only then when the gas ran out.

20:41 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated almost 6,000 square meters. km of Ukrainian territory.

20:34 In Kharkiv, from houses in which there are more than nine floors and there may be no electricity and heating, people will be relocated to dormitories, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon: "We have identified some of the dormitories to which we can relocate people today in order to so that they can spend the winter and autumn there, when it gets cold. This applies to a few microdistricts, because basically all the houses in the city are still supplied with gas."

20:25 Since the end of February, the United States has supplied Ukraine with 140 artillery systems and 660,000 shells and missiles for them, the Pentagon said. Ukraine also received 41,000 man-portable missile systems to combat armored targets, 1,400 man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, 15 helicopters, 38 radars, 10,200 machine guns and pistols, about 63.8 million cartridges for small arms and 18 patrol boats.

20:17 Yermak posted a video of a fighter from the 14th separate mechanized brigade planting a flag on a tower in the village of Ternovaya, Kharkiv region, on the border with Russia:

19:46 Zelensky met with the Director General of the International Organization for Migration Antonio Vitorino, discussed support for Ukrainians suffering as a result of the war.

19:18 The military command of the Russian Federation suspends the sending of new, already formed units to the territory of Ukraine , reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "The current situation in the theater of operations and distrust of the high command forced a large number of volunteers to categorically refuse the prospect of serving in combat conditions. The situation is influenced by information about the actual number of dead, while not taking into account losses from private military companies and those mobilized from the temporarily occupied territories.The situation is aggravated due to the general attitude towards their own wounded.In particular, in Russian hospitals, diagnoses and the nature of combat injuries are deliberately simplified, time is not given for rehabilitation in order to return the military personnel to the combat zone as soon as possible."

Also, the General Staff in the evening report reported that the Defense Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Mayorsk, Nikolaevka Second, Bakhmut, Krasnogorovka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka.

19:12 Zelensky, in an interview with CNN journalist Farid Zakaria, admitted that Ukraine will not be able to win the war with Russia without the help of the United States: "They are leaders in terms of support for Ukraine. Without them, we will not be able to return our land. I understand this."

19:09 Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a "big offensive" in the area of ​​the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, "artillery installations are being transferred."

19:07 The IAEA has not yet observed a critical situation at Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Director General Rafael Grossi said: “Because this issue has become so potentially serious, we are monitoring the situation at each nuclear power plant. At the moment, we have not seen or been informed of a critical situation on them".

19:05 Zelensky, in an interview with CNN host Farid Zakaria, said that it is impossible to lift sanctions and negotiate with Russia until it leaves the territory of Ukraine: "Anything after that, one can talk about the sanctions policy, about the lifting of certain sanctions, about reparations, reimbursement of money, about diplomacy, about dialogue. All this can be done at the level of the presidents of all states, any institutions and with anyone from the Russian Federation, if they left our territories. This is the point from which a new story begins."

18:59 Zelensky, in an interview with CNN host Farid Zakaria, said that Trump should look at the war in Ukraine without rose-colored glasses: "I think he had enough time to understand who Putin is. I think he held such a high position where it is impossible not to understand who is, let’s say, the valuable opponent of your people... He must look at all this from the point of view of the threat not only to Ukraine.Maybe we are far enough for him, but the war has no distance. It seems to me that he needs to look at this situation, let's say, without rose-colored glasses. I don't know, maybe he needed this for his domestic policy, to show that he is ready to find mutual understanding with the President of Russia."

18:46 The Ukrainian blitzkrieg struck both the Ukrainians themselves and the occupiers, who fled from the Kharkiv region, leaving their tanks, weapons depots and hospitals with wounded soldiers. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation recognized the flight from the Kharkov region and called it a "regrouping". Once again realizing their powerlessness against the Ukrainian army, the occupiers dealt a blow to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. Read more in the article How the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned the Kharkiv region and drove the Russian Federation into a corner .

18:11 Russia does not plan to declare mass mobilization and martial law, said Andrei Klimov, head of the Federation Council commission for the protection of state sovereignty. According to him, "there are no signs of the need for military mobilization in Russia against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine, as well as the introduction of martial law in the country."

17:55 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that a citizen of Ukraine died in Logachevka as a result of shelling. In total, four people were taken to hospitals, three of which are Ukrainians.

17:38 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, warns of possible provocations in the city by the invaders. So, today the schools conducted an evacuation drill like during a bombardment and reported that this was not the last. The occupying teachers were also instructed to urgently prepare for distance learning.

According to Andryushchenko, all this, together with Girkin's reports about the alleged strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Taganrog, indicates "not only panic": "There are big fears about the preparation of another demonstrative provocation using Mariupol schools." He urged parents to be careful not to send their children to school for the next two to three days.

17:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, and are cleaning up the area, the UP reports, citing an interlocutor among the military. Also on the network today appeared a photo of the Ukrainian flag raised on the porch of the city council and the fighter of the National Guard Vitaliy Markiv and the inscription "We are in Svyatogorsk." There are no official messages from the General Staff or the Ministry of Defense yet.

16:56 The occupiers are again attacking Kharkiv, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.

16:43 The invaders refused to hold a pseudo-referendum in the Kherson region, said the speaker of the OK Pivden Natalia Gumenyuk: "Now we are not talking about holding the so-called" referendum ". They cannot even form commissions that would work and imitate this" referendum ". Now they changed their rhetoric and started talking about security, because they are very dangerous and anxious even in those territories that they considered to be stably occupied."

At the same time, according to Gumenyuk, the occupiers are intensifying police and terrorist measures against men, the practice of door-to-door rounds and the search for representatives of the resistance movement continues.

16:39 After the de-occupation of the village. Zheleznodorozhnoe, Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers found four bodies of local residents with signs of torture, the regional prosecutor's office said.

16:23 As a result of today's shelling of the Osnovyansky and Kievsky districts of Kharkov, one person was killed, six were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

16:06 Aksyonov promised "tough measures" to those who chant "pro-Ukrainian slogans" in Crimea and sing "Ukrainian nationalist songs": criminal liability, removal from office, a ban on doing business on the peninsula. He made such a statement after more and more videos began to appear in Russian public places, where Ukrainian music is played in public places in Crimea. So, Chervona Kalina was staged in one of the restaurants, and she was also sung at a local wedding.

15:55 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai announced the de-occupation of the region: "After the final de-occupation of Liman, we will take over the baton." According to him, there are already liberated settlements, there is a cleansing going on.

Gaidai also said that the invaders hastily leave the Lugansk region - "the history of February 24-25 is repeating itself, only in reverse." In those settlements where the Russian army remained, "their fighters are demoralized, they are preparing for defeat, they also want to flee and are drinking." Where the partisans raised Ukrainian flags, they are still in place, the occupiers and collaborators do not dare to remove them.

"Today I held a meeting with all the heads of the communities of the Lugansk region so that they would be ready to quickly return to the settlements, after the command of the military. We are already preparing to resume the process of the life of the communities," Gaidai said.

15:34 The next rotation of the Russian military will consist mainly of residents of the Far East and Kamchatka. By design - they are better adapted to life in low temperatures and will be more effective in the winter. Also, these servicemen are not accustomed to comfort and will easily endure the absence of a well-functioning life, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Kremlin recruiters managed to attract a certain part of the population of the northern regions with promises of high payouts. As the "recruits" themselves say, they "can't earn so much in their entire life."

15:24 In Izyum, a cleansing operation is underway - the military are bypassing the city, looking for enemy soldiers who were hiding in private houses. After that, filtration events will take place - collaborators will be searched in the city. It will take about ten days, after which residents who have left will be able to return to the city, Izyum Mayor Valery Marchenko said in an interview with the BBC. According to him, almost two-thirds of the population left the city. In most areas now there is no electricity, gas, water, communications.

15:01 Russian media write that Ukrainian troops fired three HIMARS missiles at the railway bridge near Kherson, "air defense worked."

14:45 Over the past two weeks, the Ukrainian military has liberated about 500 square meters in the south. km of territory , said Natalya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Pivden Operational Command.

14:26 In Kharkiv, due to shelling, critical infrastructure facilities were again disabled, electricity was lost in the city and water supply was stopped. Power engineers, rescuers and public utilities are working to eliminate the consequences of shelling, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.

14:24 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the settlements of Vysokopole, Novovoznesenskoe, Belogorka, Myrolyubovka and Dry Pond in the Kherson region - this is officially confirmed, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk.

14:19 On the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction of Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed nine launchers of S-300 missiles, therefore during the last attacks of Nikolaev the enemy used Oniks missiles, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. According to him, the decrease in the use of C-300 missiles for shelling Nikolaev also indicates that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving the front line away from the city.

14:16 In Izyum, as a result of the armed aggression of the occupiers, at least a thousand civilians were killed , and even more people suffered due to the lack of medical care, said City Council deputy Maxim Strelnikov. He added that the city suffered a lot during the period of occupation - more than 80% of the infrastructure was destroyed. In particular, the central heating system was destroyed. According to preliminary data, about 10 thousand inhabitants currently remain in the city.

14:00 The Russians attacked the Osnovyansky and Kievsky districts of Kharkov, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. According to preliminary data, one person died and four were injured.

13:53 The Ukrainian military liberated Kamenka, Bogorodichnoye and Oskol , the command of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

13:50 Infrastructure Minister Herman Galushchenko said that yesterday there was one of the most massive attacks on energy infrastructure. In particular, Zmievskaya TPP and three high-voltage substations were fired upon, 40 substations of different voltages were de-energized, two 750 kV overhead lines and five 330 kV overhead lines were cut off. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were left without electricity in the Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Donetsk regions. But after 40 minutes, power supply began to be restored, and all main lines were restored after 4.5 hours.

Power supply to consumers in Poltava and Donetsk regions has been completely restored, 1.7 thousand consumers are still de-energized in Sumy region, about 3,000 in Dnepropetrovsk region, and 12 thousand in Kharkiv region. Restoration work is ongoing. According to preliminary data, four power engineers were killed during the shelling, and three more were wounded.

13:42 Germany plans to supply Ukraine with two IRIS-T air defense systems by the end of this year, two more at the beginning of the next, Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said.

13:33 Peskov once again stated that Russia "will seek to fulfill all the goals of the special military operation." He also commented on Erdogan's proposal to organize negotiations between Putin and Zelensky: "We do not see a negotiation prospect, there are no prerequisites for such communication."

In addition, Peskov said that there was no talk of withdrawing troops from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, "the main thing is to force Ukraine to stop shelling the plant, they are fraught with catastrophic consequences."

13:17 In the Kharkiv direction, the invaders are fleeing deep into the temporarily occupied territories, some of them are trying to cross the border with the Russian Federation and go to the territory of the Belgorod region. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, during the escape, the Russians are engaged in mass looting, loading generators, telephones, and computers taken from Ukrainians onto cars. Cases of school robberies have been recorded - even horizontal bars and sports equipment are taken out of gyms. In one of the villages, the Russians stole a bus and left it 6 km away. 36 bodies of invaders were found in it.

The personnel of the "DPR" units, which until recently were stationed in Izyum, had to retreat 60 km from the city due to the lack of ammunition and fuel. Their relatives are shocked by the stories about the Ukrainian offensive, as the Russian media talk about the successful offensive of the Russian army.

12:13 Russian media are publishing an interview with the "deputy head of the VGA" of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region Vitaliy Gura, who was allegedly killed in early August as a result of an assassination attempt. He said that his murder was staged by the FSB, since the SBU allegedly planned an assassination attempt on him.

11:58 On suspicion of treason, the ex-head of the SBU Department in the Kharkiv region was detained. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, on February 24, 2022, the suspect, on his own initiative, began to work to the detriment of the defense capability and state security of Ukraine. He did not ensure the fulfillment of the functions and tasks assigned to the SBU in the region, and carried out multi-stage actions aimed at removing the chairman of the Kharkiv OVA from his duties. In addition, he arbitrarily left the place of service and illegally stayed outside the Kharkov region.

The day before, the media reported, citing their sources, that Ukrainian law enforcement officers detained Roman Dudin, the former head of the SBU Department of the Kharkiv region. He was publicly criticized and fired by Zelensky in May 2022.

11:50 Ukrposhta will issue a symbolic stamped envelope "We kindly ask you to hell". It was added to the collection in connection with the successful counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of Ukrposhta Igor Smilyansky.

11:32 "Authorities" of the Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired at the Antonovsky bridge - "air defense worked, but there are hits, the bridge itself survived."

11:15 Russia's missile attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure was an act of desperation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "Russia hit Ukraine's critical infrastructure. The targets were power plants, which led to massive power outages. This is an act of desperation after huge losses and Russia's retreat in the east Ukraine".

11:12 Vitaly Ganchev, the "head of the VGA" of the occupied Kharkiv region, said that the number of Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv direction was "about eight times" greater, the troops were withdrawn "to preserve personnel."

11:03 The presence of four large landing ships has suddenly become more active in the Black Sea, OK Pivden reported. Off the southern coast of Crimea, beyond the reach of Ukrainian missiles, there are 14 warships of the Russian fleet, including four surface missile carriers equipped with 26 Caliber. At the same time, the command added that due to a storm in the Black Sea, the landing force would not be able to carry out its tasks, and bad weather could provoke the detonation of sea mines.

10:39 Russian invaders on the right bank of the Dnieper are ready to lay down their arms and surrender, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, they are looking for opportunities to get in touch with the Ukrainian military in order to negotiate the conditions for the surrender of weapons and the transition under the auspices of international law. "They realize that they are squeezed between the banks of the Dnieper and our forces," the speaker explained.

10:22 Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov announced the explosions in the city and expressed the hope that the Armed Forces of Ukraine "again minus the equipment and manpower of the occupiers."

10:04 SBU detained in Odessa the former head of the criminal intelligence of the Organized Crime Control Department, who was preparing lists of "potential targets" for the Russian Federation among Ukrainian top officials from the special services and law enforcement officers. The enemy agent was interested in classified information about the constituent data of the leadership of the Security Service, officials and veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the results of investigations of high-profile cases. He passed the collected information to his "connector" - the personnel officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Eremin, whose activities are coordinated by the FSB.

10:00 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 12. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Krivoy Rog and Donetsk directions.

  • personnel - about 52,950 (+300) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2168 (+14),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4640 (+23),

  • artillery systems - 1269 (+6),

  • MLRS - 311 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 162 (+0),

  • aircraft - 243 (+1),

  • helicopters - 213 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 903 (+1),

  • cruise missiles - 216 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3463 (+18),

  • special equipment - 117 (+0).

09:51 Tonight, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, four S-300 missiles hit the technical buildings of one of the infrastructure facilities in the vicinity of the city. Probably, the shelling was carried out from the side of Vasilievka. There were no casualties, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.

09:48 The "head" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that the "referendum" on joining Russia will take place "when the region is finally ready in terms of security for residents."

09:46 The FSB announced the prevention of a series of sabotage and terrorist acts against the "authorities" of the Kherson region and members of the "government" of Crimea. The attacks were allegedly prepared by the SBU, and its employee was identified who supervised the activities of "recruited nationalists." The perpetrators and their accomplices were detained and reported to the FSB.

09:44 Erdogan, at a meeting with Putin scheduled in Samarkand on September 15-16, will again offer him a meeting with Zelensky, and will also discuss a possible military operation in Syria, writes Hurriyet.

09:42 On Sunday, September 11, the enemy launched a missile attack on an agricultural enterprise in Voznesensk, Nikolaev region. At least 40 residential buildings were damaged by debris, five people were injured, including one child. In total for the past days among victims in the Nikolaev area two children, reported in GSChS.

09:39 As a result of yesterday's missile attack on the Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkiv, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged, two workers were killed. Rescuers localized a large-scale fire almost all night, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also yesterday, a critical infrastructure facility in the Chuguevsky district was hit by rocket attacks, two people were injured.

09:32 At night, Russian troops hit the private sector and the perinatal center in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, there were no casualties, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said.

09:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Ukraine, with its counteroffensive, turned the tide of the war in its favor and, most likely, will increasingly dictate the place and nature of major hostilities. And Russia will increasingly inappropriately respond to Ukraine's growing physical and psychological pressure in successive military campaigns unless it finds a way to seize the initiative, analysts predict.

Experts also write that with the loss of Izyum, Russia will not be able to attack the Donetsk region from the north, and this makes it difficult or impossible to achieve the goals of the "special operation." After the Ukrainian counter-offensive near Kharkov, Russia is facing a "dilemma of time and space." In order to form a solid line of defense along the Oskol River and protect the captured Luhansk region, Russia will likely need to withdraw forces from other sectors.

At the same time, Russian troops around Bakhmut and near Donetsk continue offensive operations, and the Russians in Kherson continue to face the threat of new attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, the withdrawal of troops from there will be painful. The Ukrainian campaign appears to be designed to put Putin in just such a dilemma and capitalize on virtually any decision he makes, the ISW concludes.

09:19 British intelligence writes that because of the Ukrainian offensive, Russia probably ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the entire occupied Kharkiv region west of the Oskol River. Isolated pockets of resistance remain in the sector, but since Wednesday, Ukraine has regained territory at least twice the size of Greater London.

Meanwhile, in the south, near Kherson, Russia is probably struggling to move sufficient reserves across the Dnieper River to the front line. The makeshift floating bridge, which Russia began construction more than two weeks ago, remains unfinished. Ukrainian long-range artillery is now probably hitting the Dnieper crossings so often that Russia cannot repair damaged road bridges.

Analysts note that Ukraine's rapid gains have serious implications for Russia's overall operating plan. Most of the Russian forces in Ukraine are likely forced to give priority to emergency defensive actions. The already limited trust of deployed troops in Russia's top military leadership is likely to worsen further, intelligence believes.

08:51 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Ukrainian troops inflicted a major defeat on Russia, recapturing almost the entire Kharkiv region in a quick counteroffensive. A lengthy discussion and then Kyiv's announcement of a counter-offensive operation in the Kherson region distracted Russian troops from sectors where Ukrainian forces have carried out decisive attacks in the past few days, analysts say.

At the same time, experts point out that this success was made possible, among other things, due to the maximum use of Western weapons. Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used HIMARS and other Western systems to attack Russian land lines in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, creating the conditions for the success of the operation. At the same time, ISW emphasized that Western weapons alone were not enough: the use of these systems in a well-planned and conducted campaign ensured significant success of counter-offensive operations in the Kharkov region.

08:45 Electricity and water supply in the Kharkiv region has been resumed by 80%, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko.

08:39 At night, the Russians were beating from Hurricanes, Gradov and heavy artillery in the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. People were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. According to him, at the moment there is electricity in all cities and communities of the region.

08:17 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - in Velyka Novoselka, Romanovka and Bakhmut. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

07:56 Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders have liberated more than 20 settlements , measures are being taken to take them under full control and stabilization measures, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning summary . During the retreat, Russian troops hastily abandon their positions and run deep into the temporarily occupied territories or into the territory of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the enemy is concentrating efforts on establishing control over the territory of the Donetsk region, holding temporarily occupied territories and disrupting the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain areas.

07:25 At night, the Russians attacked a residential building in the Novobavarsky district of Kharkov. It is known about one dead and two injured, the house itself is partially destroyed, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, the water supply in Kharkov was restored at night, the system is now being filled. Metro and ground electric transport operate as usual.

02:40 At least five powerful explosions sounded in Kherson, Russian media write. According to them, presumably, air defense systems are working.

02:21 Russia struck civilian infrastructure in response to the liberation of the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said: "Russia's obvious response to Ukraine's liberation of cities and villages in the east: launching missiles to destroy critical civilian infrastructure."

00:22 Zelensky said in an interview with CNN host Farid Zakaria that he has no plans to start negotiations with Putin yet: “I don’t see any desire on their part to be constructive. As for their ultimatums, I don’t care who put forward these ultimatums - he [Putin] or someone else. That's my principle - I won't talk to anyone who gives ultimatums."

The President also stressed that any agreement between Ukraine and Russia can be concluded only if the aggressor country’s troops are completely withdrawn from all Ukrainian territory: “I know that some countries are pushing us towards the Minsk process. I want the world to recognize that one the case is a diplomatic decision, and the other is Minsk-2, -3, -5, -10. These are two different things, because "Minsk" is an empty piece of paper that will allow Russia to rest before the next invasion."

00:04 Reznikov said that thanks to the Australian Bushmaster armored personnel carriers, the Ukrainian Defense Forces reached the Oskol River and continue to liberate the Kharkiv region.

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#1 Iranian made Shahed-136 long-range suicide drone shot down near Kupiansk.
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#2 "the soldiers just fled while the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated settlements without firing a shot: This cannot be rationally explained," the author said.

Cannot be rationally explained he said. Hmmm. Strategic retreat comes to mind.
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