Bob Homans June 21
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Ukraine – 6/21 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
June 21, 2022
Latest Denys
What is most interesting about Denys’ latest report is what he has chosen not to confirm – rumored Ukrainian counterattacks toward Kherson and Melitopol. If true, and if these counterattacks are successful, they could:
· Return control to Ukraine of 2 of the most strategic cities in southern Ukraine, Kherson & Melitopol.
· It would threaten to cut off Russian forces located on the right bank of the Dnieper River, the only Russian presence on the right bank of the Dnieper anywhere in Ukraine.
· It would threaten Russian forces located in and around Europe’s largest nuclear power complex, in Enerhodar, south of Zaporizhzhia and northeast of Kherson.
Since last May, Denys has also noticed a decline in visits to his YouTube site. He hopes that this is not an indication of “Ukraine Fatigue” from his mostly Western audience.
Bombing of Snake Island
This report states that within the last day or two Snake Island, a small island in the Northwest Black Sea belonging to Ukraine but now temporarily occupied by Russia, has come under intense Ukrainian bombing attacks. The Russian seagoing tug, recently sunk by 2 Harpoon missiles, was carrying ammunition to Snake Island. Snake Island would have to be neutralized, as part of any plan to re-open Ukraine’s ports.
6/21 Sitrep (my comments in Bold Face)
INTERNATIONAL
Ministry of Labor: In Russia, tensions in the labor market are beginning to grow. "In the last days of June, we are beginning to see a certain increase in the number of unemployed registered in employment centers," - the minister said.
Russian media reports that the last of seven TV towers in the Kherson region was connected to Russian TV channels.
Finnish President: Finland made little progress in meeting with Turkey. The country probably won't be able to join NATO until September.
Russian Foreign Minister: Lithuania should understand - when Russia says a word about the other side, characterizing its behavior as openly hostile, there is no longer any time to talk. “I hope that the representatives of Lithuania have the remnants of some professionalism in assessing the situation... They must understand the consequences - and the consequences, unfortunately, will come.”
President of Türkiye: Turkish President and United Nations Secretary-General discussed grain exports from Ukraine's ports over the phone.
The Washington Post: 52-year-old American volunteer Stephen D. Zabielski died in Ukraine. The man was killed in battle near Dorozhnianka in the Zaporizhzhia region as early as 15 May. According to some reports, he had been killed by a land mine.
Today the UN Security Council will consider the role of propaganda in fueling the war against Ukraine. Members of the Security Council and representatives of invited countries are expected to make statements on the causes of the war. In particular, the role played by propaganda and hate speech in Russia.
Social Media: Russian conscripts who survived the sinking of the cruiser "Moscow" have been sent back to war. Forty-nine conscripts from the sunken cruiser "Moscow" are still at sea despite the promises of the Russian military leadership to transfer them to ground service. According to their relatives, Russian conscripts no longer want to fight.
Prime Minister of Canada, and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands: Canada and the Netherlands will help rebuild Ukraine. In addition, Canada and the Netherlands discussed the European Commission’s recommendation to grant Ukraine EU candidate status and the path to its European integration.
Last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov sold his award for $103.5 million, compared to the minimum starting price of $550,000. The buyer is unknown. Muratov promised to transfer the money to UNICEF to send them to the countries «where there are refugees and children of refugees from Ukraine».
Russian media: The Ministry of Finance proposed to form a reserve of precious metals and gems in the State Fund of Russia intended for mobilization needs. They can be used in case of mobilization to ensure the country's defense capability.
Radio Liberty: The government of the Russian Federation decided to pay double salaries to officials for trips to the occupied Donbas.
Bloomberg: By the end of the week, the EU will approve a package of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of €9 billion
Russian Media: In Russia, the history curriculum for 9th grade includes the topics of recognition of the DPR and LPR, the pandemic and voting on amendments to the Constitution.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 4,569 deaths and 5,691 injuries among the civilian population of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. It is noted that among the dead - 1769 men, 1182 women, 126 girls and 137 boys, as well as 41 children and 1314 adults, whose gender is still unknown.
Financial Times: European Commission President warned EU countries against returning to the use of fossil fuels. She called for increasing investment in renewable energy in the face of reduced gas supplies from the Russian Federation.
European Pravda: The Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives in its draft law on the military budget for fiscal year 2023 proposes to pledge $ 450 million in assistance to Ukraine.
The President of the European Council invited the heads of state and government of the EU member states to grant the status of EU candidate members to Ukraine and Moldova at the upcoming summit on June 23-24.
Polish Foreign Minister: The issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership is already a foregone conclusion. There was a discussion about the status of a candidate for Ukraine. Now it is difficult to assume that this status will not be granted to Ukraine. There was agreement here," after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
DW: European Commission spokesman - The amount of assets of Russian oligarchs and other supporters of the war in Ukraine frozen in the EU has almost doubled in two months. In April the amount was €6.7 billion, and now it is more than €12.5 billion. This includes yachts, helicopters, real estate and works of art, but does not include the assets of the Bank of the Russian Federation.
Financial Post: Minister of climate and energy of the Netherlands: Without additional measures, Europe will not be able to fill gas storage facilities to prepare for the winter.
German Chancellor: “Putin wants to return to the politics of spheres of influence, but he will not succeed.” According to him, Putin is afraid that the spark of democracy could spread to Russia, and therefore for years he tried to destroy NATO and the EU.
Kyiv City Council: Taiwan will financially support the restoration of Bucha, the Kyiv region. In addition, the Taiwan authorities will send financial and material assistance to the restoration of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.
Bloomberg: This week, the EU will finalize the details of a €9.5 billion financial package for Ukraine. The new aid package will consist of "25-year loans with a 10-year grace period to repay the principal." Sources say interest payments will be covered from the EU budget.
CNN: US President Joe Biden says he is not going to come to Ukraine soon. He also comments on the possible accession of Ukraine to the EU. In his opinion, "this is very likely".
● Because of the war unleashed by Russia, the world is seeing a record increase in the number of refugees.
● Due to Russia's war against Ukraine, the total number of refugees in the world for the first time in history exceeded 100 million people. The occasion of World Refugee Day.
The Guardian: Hungarian Foreign Ministry - Hungary offered to transport grain from Ukraine through its territory.
Híradó: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban supports granting Ukraine candidate status for EU membership.
Bloomberg: Gazprom" will not use the additional capacity of Ukrainian gas pipelines in July. The company has not booked additional Ukrainian pipeline capacity for next month. This means that Russian gas supplies will be limited in the next few weeks, – the agency notes.
Media report: Russian Military personnel of the Baltic Fleet are conducting missile and artillery training in the Kaliningrad region. About 1,000 military personnel and more than 100 units of military and special artillery and missile equipment are involved in the maneuvers.
Website of the Tax and Customs Department: In Estonia, on July 10, a complete ban on the import of sanctioned goods from Russia, including by private individuals, comes into force. The restrictions include, in particular, alcohol, wood and wooden products, furniture, and caviar.
Sky News: The Russian ambassador to the UK will be banned from visiting the Houses of Parliament in Westminster for an indefinite period, according to an official letter from the speakers of the House of Communities and the House of Lords. The ban also applies to all other accredited Russian diplomats and officials in the UK.
Bild: In Germany, for the first time, due to sanctions against Russia for the war in Ukraine, they not only “froze” assets, but confiscated real estate.
Bild: The Commander of the German Air Force said that the NATO countries are ready to use nuclear weapons in case of a threat. "To achieve credible deterrence, we need the means and the political will to implement nuclear deterrence. If necessary, we, NATO countries, should be ready to use nuclear weapons if Russia does it first".
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will hold a debate on the blockade of the Black Sea and its consequences - said a member of the Ukrainian delegation in PACE. The debate will be held in the PACE summer session, which is opening today.
Twitter: Polish border guards noticed that the Belarusian military tried to dig a tunnel under the recently erected fence at the border.
Russian Presidential Press secretary: He called the Lithuanian suspension of the transit of certain goods to the Kaliningrad region through its territory under EU sanctions "unprecedented" and "illegal".
● Russia summoned Lithuania’s temporary chargé d'affaires of the Russian Foreign Ministry. It is said that if the cargo transit to the Kaliningrad region is not restored soon, Russia reserves the right to act to protect its national interests.
● The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday summoned Russian Charge d'Affaires and explained to him the restrictions on the transit of goods to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia: Russia hopes that Turkey will abandon the operation in Syria.
French Foreign Minister: France supports the immediate granting of the EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, said Catherine Colonna before the EU Council Foreign Affairs meeting in Luxembourg.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, called Russia’s blocking of the export of Ukrainian grain a war crime. According to him, Russia will be responsible for it. Borrell stressed that the consequences of the war are a threat to the world.
● He will send a letter to his colleagues from the countries of the African continent explaining that it was not the EU sanctions against the Russian Federation for the unleashed war, but Moscow's actions that led to the food crisis.
● The EU Council decided to extend the sanctions imposed by the EU in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2023. These sanctions were first introduced in June 2014.
● Denmark transmitted an official message to the European Union that it has joined the EU defense and security force.
NATIONAL
Institute for the Study of War
● Russian troops intensify operations to block the Bakhmut-Lysychansk Highway
● Russian sources are likely setting information conditions to justify slow and unsuccessful advances towards Sloviansk from the southeast of Izium and west of Lyman.
● Russian forces continued to focus on resisting further Ukrainian advances north of Kharkiv towards the international border.
● Russian forces are continuing defensive operations along the Southern Axis. Ukrainian partisan activity is continuing to complicate efforts by Russian occupation authorities to consolidate control of occupied areas.
British Intelligence
● On 17 June 2022, Ukrainian forces claimed their first successful use of Western-donated Harpoon anti-ship missiles to engage Russian maritime forces. The target of the attack was almost certainly the Russian naval tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh, which was delivering weapons and personnel to Zmiinnyi Island in the north-western Black Sea.
● The destruction of the Russian vessel on a resupply mission demonstrates the difficulty Russia faces when attempting to support their forces occupying Zmiinnyi Island.
● Ukrainian coastal defence capability has largely neutralised Russia's ability to establish sea control and project maritime force in the north-western Black Sea. This has undermined the viability of Russia's original operational design for the invasion, which involved holding the Odesa region at risk from the sea.
Max Boot, an expert on armed conflicts and historian, told the American channel MSNBC that the war in Ukraine is a war against the West and that more weapons should be given to Ukraine urgently
The Wall Street Journal placed on the front page the story of Ukrainian farmers whose grain, land and equipment were stolen by Russian invaders. "Allegations of land theft are becoming more common in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops," the article says.
Ministry of Justice: By the end of summer, active seizure of Ukrainian assets of Russians and citizens cooperating with the Russian authorities will begin. "The property of many traitors is blocked, arrested, they cannot sell and alienate property. We expect the stage of mass confiscation somewhere towards the end of summer".
● Filed 11 lawsuits to ban the activities of pro-Russian parties in Ukraine. There is already a positive decision on 10 parties
Minister of Education: About 900 teachers from all over Ukraine are fighting in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Of these, 513 are teachers, and 377 are still receiving education.
President: The post of Special Representative for Africa will appear in Ukraine. In addition, he announced the visits of representatives of the Verkhovna Rada to African countries, as well as the first "tour" of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the history of Ukraine to the states of Sub-Saharan Africa.
● As part of the Open Border project, the throughput capacity of the Krakovets-Korchova checkpoint has been increased by 50 percent. This will significantly increase the export-import flow across the border. Modernization also awaits other points on the borders with the EU countries.
President’s Office: About 10,000 Ukrainian defenders have died to date. About 30,000 more soldiers were injured. According to statistics, more than 95% of them will return to the army.
● When Kherson is liberated, the invaders living there will be shot. This applies to those who brought their families to the empty apartments of strangers. In addition, he noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located 15-18 km from Kherson. The city is already visible through binoculars.
Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories: Russia is holding more than 1,500 Ukrainian civilians in captivity. According to her, captured Ukrainians (volunteers, activists, journalists, priests, deputies) are kept in Russian prisons in Rostov and Kursk.
● The difficulty lies in the fact that under international law, civilians do not have a status by which they can be exchanged. At the same time, they are sitting in Russia like prisoners of war.
● There are more than 300 people at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, the Russians did not allow them to be evacuated.
● 75 defenders of Zmіinyi Island are still in Russian captivity
Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
07:30 June 21
● In the Sloviansk direction, near Bohorodychne and Dolyna, the Ukrainian military repelled the assault actions of the Russians.
● In the Severodonetsk direction, the Russian troops continue to bombard units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with artillery of various calibers. They carry out airstrikes near Ustynivka, Hirske and Lysychansk.
● The Russians have not stopped their storming to establish complete control over the city of Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian military successfully opposes the assault in the areas of Severodonetsk, Syrotyne and Bila Hora.
● Russians are conducting offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Mykolaivka, Vershyna and Semyhiria; fighting continues.
● In the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, five high-precision weapons carriers are ready to launch missile strikes against objects on the territory of Ukraine.
● According to available information, due to significant losses in the command staff of airborne units, Russia is forced to recruit reserve officers for military service with short-term contracts for three months.
19:07 June 20
● In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians, in order to identify weaknesses in the defense of the Ukrainian troops, unsuccessfully tried to conduct reconnaissance in battle near Rtyshchivka.
● Fighting continues in the Severodonetsk direction for control over the city of Severodonetsk.
● In addition, the Ukrainian soldiers brought to naught the attempts of the assault actions of the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Myrna Dolyna and Bila Hora.
● In the area of the village of Bohorodychne, the Donetsk region, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled the enemy assault.
● In the Bakhmut direction, under the cover of artillery shelling, around the settlement of Mykolaivka, the DRG of the Russians tried to operate. As a result of the fire damage received from the Ukrainian soldiers, she retreated. Subsequently, the enemy attempted an assault, but failed.
● Due to heavy losses, soldiers in individual units of the Russian Army have a very low level of moral and psychological state and are looking for an opportunity to avoid further participation in hostilities. So, according to available information, this is especially common among the personnel of the 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces. In units withdrawn to restore combat readiness from the regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv and Popasna.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine: Filed a suspicion charge against the ex-mayor of Kyiv, Leonid Chernovetskyi, for encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Suspicion is put forward because on February 25, Chernovetskyi posted a publication on his Facebook page "about the possibility and even the need to recognize" the so-called "DPR" and "LPR.” When he was Mayor of Kyiv, because of his often-bizarre behavior Chernovetskyi became known as “Mayor Cosmos.” If it wasn’t for the fact that Chernovetskyi was the Mayor of Ukraine’s Capital and largest city, his Wikipedia Page would make for highly amusing reading. Chernovetskyi’s wife often used to drive her McLaren Mercedes to lunch at Restaurant Porto in Kyiv, followed her security detail traveling in 2 or sometimes 3 SUVs with tinted windows. Porto was located just under my office window, so I was afforded a front-row seat for her arrival and departure (usually 2-3 hours after arriving). I once asked a colleague why he thought it made sense to own a McLaren Mercedes, a car capable of top speeds of over 200MPH, in Central Kyiv. His answer was, “because she’s married to the Mayor, she can drive that fast anywhere she wants, including on Kreschatik (main street of Kyiv).”
Deputy Minister of Education: Russian literature containing "the suffering of the Russian soul" is difficult for Ukrainians to perceive, so it should be excluded from the curriculum of Ukrainian schools and universities. "We need to throw out everything that even slightly connects us with the Russian Empire", justifying the decision of the working group under the Ministry of Education to exclude works of Russian literature from the school curriculum.
Deputy Minister of Defence: Decisive battles are being conducted in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, and the Russian leadership demands its troops to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk region by June 26.
● The shelling of Kharkiv intensified because the Ukrainian Armed Forces almost reached the state border.
Ukrainian officials provoked an international scandal because of banning the mayor of Chernihiv Atroshenko from going to Poland. The mayor was waiting in Rzeszów for the signing of an agreement on cooperation and assistance to the region and the opening of the bas-relief of Chernihiv at the city hall. But Atroshenko did not get there, and the ceremony was held without him. Atroshenko said that he attributed this to a political attack on him by one of the employees of the Office of the President, who acts through the head of the Regional Military Administration, Chaus.
State Security Service - Interview with a POW: Russians suffer enormous losses in the east of Ukraine — a captured soldier from the so-called "people’s police of LNR" claimed.
● Counterintelligence of the Security Service prevented a series of large-scale sabotage of the railway by detaining a Russian agent during a special operation in Chernivtsi. Chernivtsi is located in southwest Ukraine, near the Romanian border. It is likely one of many entry points for Western weapons shipments. I have been to Chernivtsi. It is a very nice and interesting city where, before WW-II, there were 12 Jewish synagogues. The old palace of the Orthodox Metropolitan of Chernivtsi, now part of the local university, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Chernivtsi is also a center for theater and movies. Stars who were born or performed in Chernivtsi are commemorated in a manner similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. I was told that 25% of Chernivtsi residents have Romanian passports, where the requirement is that you prove that you have 1 Romanian grandparent (similar in Hungary and Poland).
● Arrested Russian spies in the Cabinet of Ministers and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine. To expose it, the counterintelligence of the SSU conducted a multi-stage special operation. The head of the Cabinet Secretariat Department and the head of one of the directorates of the CCI were arrested in Kyiv.
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), supported the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, which is one of the conditions for granting Ukraine the status of candidate for EU membership. 254 people’s deputies voted for, 4 - against, 26 - abstained.
● The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law "On the Fundamentals of the State Anti-Corruption Policy for 2021-2025". The decision was supported by 310 parliamentarians.
● The Verkhovna Rada ratified the Agreement on the abolition of import duties and tariff quotas in bilateral trade between Ukraine and the UK. The agreement will remain in effect for at least the next 12 months.
The eighth appellate administrative court banned the activity of the political party "Opposition platform — For Life". Property, funds and assets will be transferred to national ownership, the Ministry of Justice reports.
British Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine 12:17 June 20
● In the conflict to date, Russia’s air force has underperformed. Its failure to consistently deliver air power is likely one of the most important factors behind Russia’s very limited campaign success.
● Russian ground and tactical air operations have remained focused on the central Donbas sector over the weekend.
SUMY
Regional Military Administration: Yesterday afternoon, the Russian military shelled the Sumy region several times. In particular, two Russian drones dropped explosives on the territory of the Yunakovskaya community - one person died, another was injured.
KHARKIV
State Emergency Service: One person was wounded due to the Russian shelling of the Chkalovske village. On June 20, there were seven fires in Kharkiv and the region due to the Russian shelling.
Regional Military Administration: The Russian Federation has intensified shelling of Kharkiv and other settlements in the region. So far, three people have died because of airstrikes in the region. Two more people in Kharkiv were injured.
● The Russians shelled an educational institution in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv; it was destroyed by 40%. In just 24 hours, there were three dead and seven wounded in the region.
● A transport plant in the Saltivka district burned after the shelling. In the direction of Izium, a fire after the shelling at the gas processing plant is being eliminated.
About 200 Russian soldiers deserted and are hiding in the forest after the fighting near Izyum, Kharkiv region, the Borovsk village council reports.
Schemes: The Russian military has completed the construction of a pontoon crossing over the Oskil River near the occupied village of Kupiansk-Uzlova in the Kharkiv region. Now the Russians will be able to use the crossing as an alternative to the non-functioning railway bridge.
Regional Prosecutors Office: As a result of yesterday's Russian missile attack on the city of Liubotyn, the Kharkov region, the school, the center for the issuance of humanitarian aid, was destroyed. Several private houses were also damaged by the shock wave and debris.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up a Russian ammunition depot in the Kharkiv region.
LUHANSK
Regional Military Administration: In two days, with the help of volunteers, 53 people were evacuated from "hot" villages in the Luhansk region - 40 citizens from Vovchoiarivka, 11 from Myrna Dolyna, and two more from Bilohorivka were taken to a safe place.
● The Russians begin a large-scale offensive in the Luhansk region. They have accumulated enough reserves and today all the free settlements of the region are under attack.
● in Severodonetsk, fighting continues already in the industrial zone.
● the Russians are advancing along the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway, the settlements closest to it are under constant shelling;
● Lysychansk suffers from massive Russian shelling all day long. The number of victims cannot yet be established.
● Ukrainian defenders are not surrounded, moreover, they inflict significant losses on the enemy. Hospitals and morgues in the occupied territories are overflowing with Russians.
● The assault near Syrotyne was repulsed. There is destruction in Hirske - 13 houses were damaged, Novoivanivka - 7, a school was destroyed in Vrubivka; air strikes hit Ustynivka, Maloriazantseve and Bilohorivka.
● Fierce fighting continues in the industrial zone of Sievierodonetsk - the Russians hit the building in the passage of «Azot», shelled the territory of the brick factory, and alternately opened fire in the area of three bridges.
● Fighting continues near Mykolaivka.
● Russian army assaulting near Bila Hora and Syrotyne is currently without result.
● 50% of wounded Russian soldiers do not survive.
DONETSK
Mayor: Residents of Mariupol are struggling to survive due to the lack of drinking water. "More than 100,000 people remain in the city who do not have access to drinking water. Now Russians give water once a week. Residents stand in line for 4-8 hours. They are on the verge of death. This is a humanitarian disaster!”
● Robberies of pensioners who managed to receive the first payments from the occupying "authority" began. People with weapons are taking away everything they have received. It’s hard to say unequivocally who it is. But the ‘DPR police’ turn a blind eye to this and pretend that nothing happened”.
● Russians began to install “temporary housing” in Mariupol. "If the occupiers fulfil all their promises, up to 5 thousand people will be placed by winter, or 5 per cent of all who are held hostage by the Russians in the city.”
● The situation with insulin-dependent is out of control in Mariupol. Three to five amputations of limbs are performed daily by surgeons. In total, at least a thousand people left in Mariupol, suffering from diabetes mellitus in a state of danger of death due to the absence of the usual insulin and medical collapse.
ZAPORIZHIA
Mayor of Melitopol: In the Aviamistechko microdistrict in the north-west of the city "disguised Syrian militants were seen."
Operational Command Pivden (South): Troops of the Russian Federation fired on the Voskresenska territorial community of the Zaporizhzhia region. Residents were left without electricity and water.
Commander of the "Azov": The Armed Forces of Ukraine are going over to offensive actions in Zaporizhia. "We advance positions and press the enemy as far as possible. The enemy is shelling peaceful villages that are on the front line. Russia fails to make a breakthrough in our direction."
DNIPRO
Dnipro City Council: Evening shelling of the village of Marianske on the border with the Kherson region. People were not injured - a Russian shell fell in the field and hit the power line. The electricity was partially cut off in the village.
Regional Military Administration: The number of people killed due to the missile strike by the Russian troops on the oil base in the Dnipropetrovsk region increased to three.
KHERSON
Artillerymen of the 36th Marine Brigade destroyed the command and observation post of the Russian army in the Kherson region.
National Police: Russians stole electoral documentation with voter lists for 2019 in temporarily occupied Kherson. According to the preliminary version of law enforcement officers, personal data of voters of Kherson and the region can be used to organize a pseudo-referendum to change the territorial borders of Ukraine.
Regional Military Administration: According to our data, more than 600 people are now in captivity: activists, members of the ATO, and people who are against what is happening. They are held in different places: remand centres, police stations, recreation centres and boarding houses.
● Update on the condition of the collaborator Yevhen Sobolev after the car was blown up in Kherson. "Sobolev really injured both legs, but the talk that they were amputated is not true".
Operational Command Pivden (South): Three Russian soldiers were shot in a restaurant in Kherson: two died, and one was wounded.
● A sea mine washed ashore in Koblevo - it detonated uncontrollably. No one was injured precisely because of the absence of people on the beach and in the coastal waters
CRIMEA
Head of the Occupational Government: Yesterday the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the drilling rigs of "Chornomornaftogaz" off the coast of Crimea.
● State Duma deputy from Crimea: "The attack on the towers of 'Chernomornaftogaz' has untied the hands of the Russian Federation, in the near future retaliatory strikes will be inflicted on decision-making centers.”
● The fire on the towers of "Chornomornaftogaz", which the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck yesterday, spread to the well
● Not all were saved from the drilling platform "Chornomorneftegaz", At the time of the strike, there were 109 people on the platforms. The search for seven workers is being carried out. Three are hospitalized.
Chernomorskiy is a city located in the far-western edge of Crimea. In December 2008, at sunset, I visited the promontory over the Black Sea, where the climactic love scenes of several Soviet movies were filmed. There is also a scuba diving spot below the promontory, where one can dive under the surface and visit the busts of several former Communist Party bosses.
ODESA
Regional Military Administration: There are wounded as a result of missile attacks on the region. There are no details.
Operational Command Pivden (South): In the south of Ukraine, a massive missile strike with 14 missiles was carried out yesterday. The Russians attacked Ochakiv, the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district of Odesa, the mouth of the Danube, and Odesa itself. Agricultural areas were hit, a food warehouse burned down in Odesa. There were no casualties among civilians.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQBD3wxTrZ6XUU7IdXeHUfjVCydekezQCCGuwYnT6qPd1r7n1aVbFIewa6ng6Lis