UAF – Ukrainian Forces
RF – Russian Forces
MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
Summary of the Events
RF ground forces seem to be taking a pause after taking Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. But this pause will allow UAF to build their defenses for the next stage of the war. Both sides have been using this lull to lob long-range missiles and rockets at each other. But whereas UAF is firing at military targets, RF continue to fire at civilian targets.
Battle for the Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk)
Target Bakhmut – UAF missiles struck a RF weapons depot in occupied Stakhanov. RF forces struck a residential area in Bakhmut killing two civilians and injuring four others.
Target Kramatorsk/Slovyansk – RF conducted massive shelling of Slovyansk destroying a local market and killing one civilian.
Expansion from Donetsk – UAF hit a weapons depot in Donetsk. Two RF soldiers were killed in the explosion, as well as two civilians. UAF also destroyed a bridge in Donetsk.
Battle for Kherson
UAF destroyed a RF weapons depot in occupied Darika killing 30 RF soldiers and destroying a tank, MLRS, a howitzer, eight motor vehicles, and two ammunition warehouses. RF attacked private homes in Ivanivka, Koshove, and Zarichne using two KA-52 helicopters. In response, UAF struck RF forces concentrated around Davydov Brod.
Battle for Kharkiv
RF forces attacked Kozacha Lopan and Sosnivka, but UAF repelled them and forced them to withdraw.
Other Ukraine Regions
Chernihiv – RF shelled the border communities in the Chernihiv region with MLRS. Forty explosions were reported.
Dnipropetrovsk – RF fired seven guided missiles at the Dnipropetrovsk region, but UAF shot down six of them. The seventh hit a private home in the city of Dnipro damaging the home but causing no injuries. RF also fired on summer cottages in Zelenodolsk and Velyka Kostromka disrupting electricity supply. There were no injuries.
Khmelnitsky – RF fired three missiles on Yarmolynetskyi 20 miles south of Khmelnitsky injuring one person.
Mykolaiv – RF launched missiles on the city of Mykolaiv leaving some houses in ruin. RF also launched six missiles against Bashtanka, three of which were shot down. One missile hit an administrative building, the other two hit apartment buildings.
Odesa – RF fired three missiles at the Odesa region, but all were shot down.
Sumy – Two long range missiles struck the village of Shostka in the early morning damaging buildings but causing no injuries.
Zaporizhia – Russian teachers have been sent to the occupied communities of Zaporizhia and schoolchildren are being forced to attend summer school to be instructed in Russian curriculum. Children are being taken away from parents who refuse to send their kids to school and placed in boarding homes. The parents are then forced to join the rebel military.
The Ukrainian workers at the occupied Zaporizhian Nuclear Power Plant refuse to work and so Russia has imported Russian workers to the station.
Information is leaking out on the UAF attack on a weapons depot in occupied Melitopol on Sunday. 200 RF soldiers were killed in the attack with another 300 injured.
Other News
NATO launched the process to ratify Sweden and Finland as the newest members of the 30-member defense alliance.
Ukraine is now requiring men of fighting age (18-60) to receive permission to leave their place of residence.
International Support
Switzerland announced they will double their financial assistance to Ukraine to more than 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) by the end of 2023.
The Netherlands has allocated €200 million loan for Ukraine.
Lithuania has joined Canada in seizing Russian assets and giving them to Ukraine to fund her rebuilding efforts.
Ukraine and Sweden signed a joint statement of defense and energy cooperation.