Bob Homans June 29

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Bob appears to have changed his sources and format.

Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon June 28 to 12:00 noon June 29 2022

INTERNATIONAL

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Norway will transfer 3 MLRS M270 installations to Ukraine.  (M270 MLRS - American multiple launch rocket system with a range of more than 30 km.)

British Times: Russia is likely to be after the war in Ukraine an even greater threat to European security – the new commander of the British armed forces.

Naval News:  As part of the next package of military assistance, the United States will provide Ukraine with 23 Defiant patrol boats equipped with 25-mm automatic cannons and remote-controlled heavy machine guns.

“Russia must be defeated by military means”, – Belgian Prime Minister.  “We have made it clear that this war can only be won on the battlefield, and we must continue to support President Zelenskyi and the Ukrainian population as far as possible in order to defeat Russian aggression on the battlefield”, – the head of the Belgian government says ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid.

Fitch:  The EU may take three years or more to compensate for the complete cessation of gas supplies from Russia. Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic are most at risk in Central and Eastern Europe.

Embassy of Ukraine in Israel:   The state of Israel has unilaterally banned Ukrainians without electronic visas from entering its territory, which poses a threat to the citizens of the country against which Russia has launched an aggression

The German embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands, tweeted:  Germany contributes one million euros to the necessary efforts of Prosecutor Khan to combat war crimes in Ukraine and other situations related to the International Criminal Court.: "We must uphold the rule of law right now."

NATO Secretary General:  Today, NATO will decide on the entry of Sweden and Finland into the Alliance.

●       Putin, who insisted on NATO's refusal to expand, got the opposite. This was stated by NATO Secretary General, commenting on the agreement between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden on the latter's entry into the military bloc.

●       "He wanted less NATO, but now President Putin will get more NATO at the Russian borders", – Stoltenberg says.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation:  Norway's refusal to allow a cargo of food for Russian miners to Svalbard "violates human rights and the principles of humanism".

ZDF: British Prime Minister: If Putin were a woman, he wouldn't start a war. Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin is "an example of toxic masculinity".

●       The British Prime Minister has not expressed much optimism about the speedy end of the war, as Putin is not ready to conclude a peace agreement, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi will not make any concessions.

●       He also says that the results of Putin's active aggression now look like this: NATO is strengthened, Europe is strengthened, the G7 is strengthened, and the collective sense of security and self-respect is strengthened.

Head of the Investigative Committee Cadets of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will be sent to help wounded soldiers during a special operation “July is not at home, but in the hospital. Moscow hospital, St. Petersburg hospital... The wounded need help. Therefore, students, cadets, boys and girls from July 1 are not under arms, but in the hospital”.

Canada will provide Ukraine with a soft loan of 200 million Canadian dollars (about $150 million) to support immediate government spending needs. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the press conference following the participation in the G7 summit.

●       Canada is investing more than 150 million Canadian dollars (about $115 million) in several projects to maintain peace and security, as well as providing humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. “We are talking about agricultural solutions, such as grain storage tanks”,

The EU has begun deliveries to the armed forces of Ukraine of more than 90 off-road trucks within the framework of the European Peace Fund. Trucks provided to support medical, engineering and logistics units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Rallies in support of Ukraine yesterday in Wismar, Germany; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Batumi, Georgia.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Local media:  The parents of an Ossetian kindergarten are forced to collect money for ammunition for Russian soldiers. 

The Guardian: Putin needs a drawn-out war – the west’s timidity gives him one. Moscow will not back down. And that, in turn, may be based on confidence – whether sound or misguided – that, over the long term, the war is going Russia’s way.

Turkey is withdrawing its opposition and will support Finland and Sweden joining NATO at this week’s Alliance summit - the countries signed a joint statement after the talks in Madrid.

Deutsche Welle:  Germany and the Netherlands will transfer to Ukraine another six self-propelled artillery units of German manufacture Panzerhaubitze 2000. Previously, both countries had transferred 12 such Self-propelled artillery to Ukraine: seven — from Germany and five — from the Netherlands.

Delfi: Latvian Defense Minister - Latvia wants NATO's new strategic concept to be adopted at the NATO summit in Madrid, as the situation has changed and Russia has become a threat for the next five to ten years.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a conversation with Prime Minister of Belize John Briceño. Agreed on the support for Ukraine in the UN and at regional platforms. I count on joining the sanctions, refusing to register new Russian vessels and deregistering old ones, — the president writes on Twitter.

Belarus government press service:  Belarus will fulfill its debt obligations under Eurobonds in the national currency. Council of Ministers and the National Bank adopted this resolution. Execution of debt obligations on state securities placed on foreign financial markets will be carried out in Belarusian rubles at the exchange rate of the National Bank on the date of payment.

National Security Adviser: US President Joe Biden will make specific statements at the NATO summit regarding the buildup of US forces in Europe.  The reinforcement will include two more US destroyers at Rota Naval Base in Spain, bringing the total number of US destroyers based there to six.

NRK TV: Foreign Ministry - Norway has rejected Russian application for the passage of goods for settlements on Svalbard through the only checkpoint on the border between Russia and Norway, Storskog.  Now there are about 20 tons of goods at the checkpoint, which are intended, in particular, for the settlement of Barentsburg.

CNN:  French Defense Minister - France will supply Ukraine with VAB armored personnel carriers in significant quantities.  Also, 6 more CAESAR howitzers will be delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And the possibility of sending Exocet anti-ship missiles is being considered.

The wives of the fighting Buryats appealed to the head of Buryatia, Tsidenov, with a request to return their men from the war.  They justify this by the fact that the military is exhausted mentally and physically, and also have shell shocks of mild and moderate severity.   Many of the Russian Army murderers of Bucha and Irpin came from Buryatia.   Many were members of the recently decorated 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, based in Knyaze-Volkonskoye.  I’m so sorry to hear that they’re exhausted and suffering from shell shock.  Mass murder is hard work.

Economist Maria Stroieva:  Since the end of the summer, Russians are expecting a massive increase in unemployment due to the refusal of foreign companies to cooperate with the Russian Federation.  No one wants to deal with a cannibal state, a murderous state, a terrorist state out of a sense of disgust. Therefore, all the business that they could have left Russia.

Poland has launched a fundraiser for one Bayraktar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.  The fundraiser will continue for 30 days. It is necessary to raise 4.5 million zlotys (about $1 million).

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov clarifies that the expulsion of diplomats relates to espionage.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi says that the Indonesian authorities ruled out Putin's personal presence at the G20 summit in Bali on November 15-16.

●       As for President Putin at the G20, the President of Indonesia categorically ruled out this, (the Russian president - ed.) will not come", – Draghi says at the press conference after the G7 summit.  However, he does not rule out Putin's speech via video link.

NATO Secretary General:  Support for Ukraine must continue despite rising energy prices.  According to him, residents of NATO countries and its allies feel the rise in prices, but "the Ukrainian people pay much more, including with the lives of their people."

The Wall Street Journal:  An oil tanker was stopped by US authorities while in transit from a Russian port to New Orleans.    Some of the oil products it was carrying may have been from Kazakhstan.  Oil products from other countries transiting through Russia are not subject to sanctions.

The US has imposed new sanctions against Russia. There are 57 people on the list, including former Defense Minister Serdiukov with his family and journalist Tina Kandelaki.  In addition, more than 100 organizations fell under the restrictions, including 'Kamaz', 'Tupolev' and the 'Union of Donbas Volunteers'.

Hackers hacked the website of the State Register of the Russian Federation and congratulated the Russians on the Constitution Day of Ukraine. The site is currently down.  Russian media, in turn, confirmed the information about the attack, but without details.

Russian media:  Putin signed a law legalizing pirate imports of goods and services to Russia for 2022 and exempting the pirates from criminal and administrative liability.

Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Tires, with the largest asset in Russia, announced a controlled exit from the Russian market due to the war in Ukraine.

The leaders of the G7 countries call on China to "put pressure on Russia" to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. This is stated in the communique following the summit held in Germany:

●       "As Russia is waging an unjustified, unprovoked and illegal war against Ukraine, we call on China to put pressure on Russia to immediately comply with the legally binding order of the International Court of Justice of March 16, 2022, follow the resolution of the UN General Assembly and stop its military aggression - and immediately and unconditionally withdrew its troops from Ukraine".

●       Reuters:  G7 leaders have agreed on price caps for Russian oil.  This implies a ban on the transportation of oil from the Russian Federation if it is sold at a price higher than the established one.

Foreign Ministry:  Finland will provide Ukraine with an additional €70 million for humanitarian aid and development.  Long-term development projects involve cooperation in the areas of education, the rule of law, energy and climate sustainability.

Lithuania has officially banned the import of Russian gas.  Corresponding amendments to the law on natural gas were adopted by the Saeima of the republic. 123 MPs voted in favor, two abstained.

Roskosmos published satellite images of "decision-making centers" in Madrid, Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels, and also "just in case" indicated their coordinates.  This is the reaction of the Russians to the NATO summit in Madrid, where they can approve a new strategic concept that will define the Russian Federation as a threat to NATO.

Reuters:  Nissan plants will not operate in Russia until at least September.  The automaker decided to extend the downtime period, as it fears that the war in Ukraine "may become more serious and drag on".

The Guardian:  Prime Minister - The UK is seriously working to ensure that the war "does not go beyond the borders of Ukraine". Britain itself is unlikely to be at war over the situation in Ukraine, he said: "I don't think it will come to that."

The head of the British Air Force General Staff, Patrick Sanders, said that now 1937 is repeating itself (the eve of the Anschluss of Austria and the Munich Agreement, which opened a direct path to World War II due to the indecision of Western leaders who hoped to appease Hitler).  "Therefore, we must act quickly to prevent Russia from expanding its territorial expansion," Sanders said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following the G7 summit: Putin cannot be allowed to win this war. We will continue to impose sanctions so that the price is too high for Putin

BFMTV:  Macron on the timing and results of the war: I really hope that this will happen by the end of the year. With confidence that Russia cannot and should not win.

●       "Our support for Ukraine and our sanctions against the Russian Federation will continue for as long as necessary, and with the necessary intensity - in the coming weeks and months,

●       Commenting on Zelenskyі's words about the need to declare the Russian Federation a state sponsor of terrorism, said that France is not ready to "renew such qualifications,".

The Continental European Power System (ENTSO-E) announced the start of commercial power exchanges with the power system of Ukraine and Moldova from June 30.

Russian Foreign Ministry:  The Russian Federation has included the wife and daughter of US President Joe Biden in an expanded black list of citizens who are prohibited from entering the country.

Deputy head of Russia's Security Council:  For us, Crimea is part of Russia. And it is forever. Any attempt to encroach on Crimea is a declaration of war on our country. And if a NATO member country does that, it is a conflict with the entire North Atlantic Alliance. World War III. A total catastrophe."

NATIONAL

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

NBC:  The President of Ukraine claims that Putin is sick, but his illness is somewhat more complicated than the one about which they spread information.

●        "I don't know what's going on with Vladimir Putin. I believe that he has a big illness, but it is more complicated than the illness you are talking about... And, unfortunately, this is not a question of one person. Many people around the President of the Russian Federation are sick!  This disease is dangerous for our state"

The SBU (Ukraininan Intelligence - ed.) interrogated a Russian sailor who, after the unsuccessful rescue of the Moskva cruiser, joined the infantry.

●       “There were a lot of corpses and, basically, the rescue was very sad. The ship was lost, it drowned, they could not tow it ... And I refused”, – the former sailor says.   According to the SBU (Ukrainian Intelligence - ed.), after that he became an infantryman, he was transferred to Ukraine. The very first combat mission turned out to be a failure, the Russian commanders threw the wounded onto the battlefield. Then the invader fell into Ukrainian captivity.

Mayor of Irpin:  The Association of Mayors of France will participate in the reconstruction of Irpin, which was destroyed by Russian soldiers. The Irpin City Society has signed an agreement with the president of the Association of Mayors of France, the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnar.

The Cabinet of Ministers supported the establishment of the post of Commissioner for Internally Displaced Persons. An ombudsman will be appointed to this post soon.

Military expert Oleh Zhdanov:  Russia can accumulate forces and means for a new offensive in Ukraine, but today there is no such a threat

●       the Russians are now mostly on the defensive and do not understand what to do next.

Military expert Oleksandr Musiienko: Belarus has fallen into a trap, from which it is very difficult to get out as long as the criminal Putin regime continues to exist.  It is beneficial for Putin to put Belarus under attack, and Lukashenko agrees with this, because he is in absolute dependence on Russia. In addition, the expert believes that so far, the chances that Belarus will enter a full-fledged war against Ukraine are small.    It is likely that even Lukashenka understands that if Belarus troops cross the border with Ukraine, they will defect en mass.

7:37 AM: Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine : 

●       In the Sloviansk direction, the Russian Federation is concentrating its main efforts on conducting assault operations to reach the Bohorodychne-Krasnopillia line and create conditions for a further offensive on Barvinkovo and Sloviansk.

●       In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Federation is conducting an offensive. It has a partial success; it is fixed in the northern part of Klynove and near the E-40 highway (in the area of the Vuhlehirsk TPP). To maintain the pace of the offensive in the indicated direction, the Russians reinforced the grouping with one battalion tactical group.

●       The Russian army additionally deployed an S-300VM anti-aircraft missile battery in the Mykolaiv direction, to cover the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports that Russian soldiers destroyed 628 health facilities in Ukraine.

Minister of Defence:  This week, with the support of the UK, another project was launched – a course of basic combined arms training for the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The first few hundred soldiers have already arrived for training, The exercises are held in the UK, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, France and Germany.

6:36 PM: Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

●       In the period from June 28 to July 16 in the Zhlobin district of the Gomel region of Belarus, military training with those liable for military service is planned.

●       Demonstrative and provocative actions by the units of the Armed Forces of Belarus in the areas bordering Ukraine and conducting reconnaissance to clarify the positions and nature of the activities of our troops are not ruled out.

●       The Ukrainian military repelled the assault and forced the Russians to withdraw in the areas of the settlements of Dementiivka, Dovhalivka and Zalyman in the Kharkiv region.

●       In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian troops stopped the enemy assault in the direction of the villages of Dolyna and Mazanivka. The invaders left.

●       In the Lysychansk direction, the Russian troops fired mortars and cannon artillery at the areas of Lysychansk and Vovchoyarivka.

●       The enemy does not stop trying to take control of the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway. He led the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Spirne, but failed and retreated.

●       In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, in readiness for launching missile strikes on targets on the territory of Ukraine, the Russians contain two carriers of high-precision weapons, the total salvo of which is up to 16 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles.

SBU (Ukrainian Intelligence) - Russian special services tried to carry out a cyberattack on Ukrainian channels that participate in the united telethon.  According to the SBU, the hackers tried to gain access to a live video stream, a live news feed, and individual computers of TV channels employees who work with content.

Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry:  In Russia, the security forces personnel are resigning en masse for fear of going to war in Ukraine. In an intercepted conversation, the father of a Russian soldier complains about the lack of personnel for law enforcement agencies. Because of the fear of getting into the war, law enforcement officers submit reports for dismissal: "There is not enough riot police. There is not enough Special Rapid Response Unit. Everyone has begun to write resignations without exception for dismissal."

●       The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine clarified that the exchange of bodies took place according to the formula 40 to 46.

●       In addition to the defenders of Azovstal, the Russians returned 11 defenders of Mariupol and 14 defenders of the village of Staryi Krym.

●       The SSU has detained spotters of Russian missile strikes in the Lviv region, Kyiv and Donbas.  In the Lviv region, a former KGB officer was detained who corrected the Russians' missile strikes on the territory of the Lviv region, in particular, on the Yavoriv training ground, where 61 people died.

Member of Parliament:  In July, the limit on the amount of fuel per person will be lifted at Ukrainian gas stations.  According to him, more than 600,000 tons of oil products from European markets entered the market in June: 400,000 tons are diesel, 200,000 tons are gasoline and liquefied gas.   Ukraine’s largest refinery, in Kremenchuk the site of the destruction of the shopping center two days ago by a Russian missile, continues be down as a result of an earlier Russian strike.

Ministry of Defense:  There are now up to 6 battalions of the Belarusian army on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, which are trying to conduct reconnaissance and carry out demonstration actions.   According to him, the formation of an offensive grouping of the Russian Federation on Belarus territory is not recorded now, but the Russian forces are preparing a diversionary guerilla groups from among the military personnel of Belarus.

●       Since February 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received up to 50 Bayraktar TB2 strike and reconnaissance drones in addition to those that were already in service before the start of the Russian invasion

●       According to him, Ukraine's plans to acquire Bayraktar TB2 are also ambitious. A number of drones have already been ordered and paid for. Their supply is expected in July. Dozens more Bayraktars are planned to be ordered in the near future.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The most intense hostilities are taking place in the north of the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.

American author Stephen King reacted to the shelling of the mall in Kremenchuk: "Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets are essentially terrorist attacks. Glory to Ukraine!

●       The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine responded to the writer in the comments: "Stephen, the Russians are worse than any monster in your novels..."

Financial Times:  Major General Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry:  If Russia now admits that it could not defeat Ukraine, it will not be a collapse of the system, it will be a collapse of statehood. Therefore, the Russian army will be forced to fight to the end. They have no other choice.

●       Today the front line stretches for 2400 km, that is, as much as the USSR held against Nazi Germany in World War II. Then the Soviet Union received much more military support from the West. The West needs to be helped more seriously, otherwise the war will drag on longer and will have great costs for Ukraine and the world"

*⚡️In the Zaporizhzhia region, another operation was carried out to return the bodies of the dead Ukrainian servicemen - the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories. *

Ukraine has received the bodies of 46 heroic defenders for their dignified burial. 21 of them are defenders of Azovstal.

British intelligence :

●       The Ukrainian forces continue to consolidate their positions on higher ground in the city of Lysychansk, after falling back from Sieverodonetsk. Ukrainian forces continue to disrupt Russia command and control with successful strikes deep behind Russian lines.

●        Over 24-26 June, Russia launched unusually intense waves of strikes across Ukraine using long-range missiles. These weapons highly likely included the Soviet-era AS-4 KITCHEN missiles, fired from both Belarussian and Russia airspace.

SUMY

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

⚡️ *As a result of the shelling of the border areas of the Sumy region, two people were killed, three were injured. *

POLTAVA

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Head of the tax committee of the Verkhovna Rada: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated that the 'Amstor' shopping centre, where the Russian missile landed, allegedly was not working at the time. But according to the tax service of Ukraine, 58 cash registers were operating in the shopping centre on the day of the shelling, the total revenue of which amounted to UAH 2.9 million (about $98,000)

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Sky News posted satellite images from Kremenchuk showing the effects of Russian missile strikes. One missile flew to Amstor Mall and another - to the «Kredmash» car factory.

Ministry of Internal Affairs: After a Russian missile strike, 18 bodies and 7 remains of the bodies of the dead were found in the mall in Kremenchuk (there were already 25 victims in total).  21 people are considered missing. 24 wounded remain in hospitals.

KHARKIV

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

 On the evening of June 28, two rocket explosions were heard in Kharkiv, after the second, a fire broke out in the southern part of the city, residents report in the media

Regional Military Administration:  On 28 June, the Russian troops shelled the Pechenihy settlement in Chuhuiv District - a boiler room, a hospital, a playground, and residential buildings were damaged.

●       Russian troops for two hours shelled the border village of Ivashky, Zolochiv territorial community, with artillery and attacked with a helicopter.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Defense Ministry of Ukraine: The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled 2 offensives of the Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, pushing them back to the previous lines.

Regional Military Administration:  The Russians shelled the Industrial District of Kharkiv. A fire broke out at one of the enterprises. According to preliminary data, 5 victims. Condition - average, 1 hospitalized in serious condition. Data is being updated.

National Police:  Today, because of artillery shelling of the Russian Federation, two multi-apartment residential buildings in Zolochiv, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkiv region, were destroyed. 11 apartments, electric and gas networks were damaged.  As a result of yesterday's shelling of Kharkiv, 9 people died. 32 more got injured.

LUHANSK

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration: Over the past day, more than 20 residents of Lysychansk were wounded, whom the Russians fired at with cluster shells. Among the wounded there are children of 14 and 15 years old.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration: Russians filled Lysychansk with anti-personnel mines to increase the number of civilian casualties

●       One after another, warehouses with ammunition of the Russians, as well as barracks with the personnel of the Russian Federation, explode;

●       Delivery of humanitarian cargo is complicated, but it happens;

●       The Russians are already throwing outdated models of tanks into battle: the T-64 and even the T-62.

DONETSK

Mariupol mayor's adviser:  In occupied Mariupol, the Russians are dismantling a dry fountain on the square near the drama theater under the guise of "reconstruction". They plan to take it to Donetsk.

●       The Russians appointed a pseudo-referendum on the illegal annexation of the Donetsk region on September 11, 2022

ZAPORIZHIA

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Mayor of Melitopol:  Kidnapping in Melitopol has been widespread since the first days of the occupation.  The 16-year-old son of the head of the state district administration of Zaporizhzhia has been in captivity for about two months.

DNIPRO

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration: In Dnipro, under the rubble of a service station that was destroyed by a Russian missile, rescuers found two dead - a man and a woman.  At the place of "arrival" experts found fragments of the "Caliber" missile.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Dnipro regional council:  The Russians hit the Kryvyi Rih thermal power plant with missiles. The consequences are being clarified

●       The Russians continue to level Velyka Kostromka, the Kryvyi Rih district, with the ground. In the village, the military of the Russian Federation destroyed a private house and a barn,

●       During the artillery shelling, a fragment injured a 31-year-old man. The Russians also fired on Zelenodilsk, the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Regional Military Administration: Russians launched six missiles in the Dnipropetrovsk region, three of which were shot down by air defense.

●       In the Dnipro, due to the missile arrivals, the railway infrastructure and industrial enterprise were destroyed. The service company is on fire. In the Synelnykivskyi district, the extent of the destruction is being investigated.

●       A missile hit the Avtodiesel service station in Dnipro

●       According to him, there was no equipment, military or weapons. There are people under the rubble, a fire has also started, rescuers are already working on the spot.

KHERSON

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration: Kherson region has begun preparations for a referendum on joining the Russian Federation, the region will become a full-fledged subject

MYKOLAIV

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

Local media:  In the morning, the Russians fired missiles on Mykolaiv, one of which exploded on the territory of a garage cooperative.  A five-meter blast hole formed in the middle of the cooperative. After the explosion, a large-scale fire began - more than 15 garages burned, most of them were cars that also caught fire.

Regional Military Administration:  The number of people injured as a result of a missile attack on a residential building in Mykolaiv has increased: five wounded and three dead

Mayor of Mykolaiv confirmed the shelling of the city this morning. Since morning there have been powerful explosions in Mykolaiv. Rescuers and medics are already on the scene. I ask everyone to stay in shelters and do not go outside until the end of the air alert. Do not post pictures of the bombing! I will report all information in due course

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration:  Russia plans to seize the entire south of Ukraine with the subsequent occupation of Moldova,

●       The economic blockade of Ukraine and access to seaports is the main reason for Russian attacks on Ukrainian southern cities. And, of course, they dream of a land corridor to the unrecognized Transnistria with the subsequent occupation of Moldova.

●       In the Mykolaiv area for the last days as a result of attacks of the Russian troops 32 people are wounded, children were among the victims, including the dead.

Suspilne: In the territory of the Mykolaiv area there was an exchange of prisoners - it was possible to return 17 Ukrainians. Among them is one military man, the rest are civilians abducted from different cities.

ODESA

[ Wednesday, June 29, 2022 ]

It is very hot in some areas. Responsible for the ""snake"" weather - the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Details later. We do not interfere with the work of military meteorologists”, – he writes.

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Regional Military Administration:  The Russians launched several missile attacks on the Odesa region.  There were no casualties or damage. One of the missiles was shot down by Ukrainian air defense.

ZHYTOMIR

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ]

Mayor of Zhytomyr:  The probability of an attack by Belarus on Ukraine has increased significantly.  “If a few weeks ago I have said that the likelihood of an attack from Belarus is low, now the situation is changing very much”, – he says.

LVIV

[ Tuesday, June 28, 2022 ] Regional Military Administration: The Lviv region is preparing for a possible attack from Belarus; additional engineering and defence networks are being built in the region, and the establishment of cooperation was done with the Volyn region for this purpose.

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/

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