UAF – Ukrainian Forces
RF – Russian Forces
MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
Summary of the Events
The MLRS donated by the US have finally reached the frontlines and are already having a big effect. UAF are using them to destroy RF weapon depots and prevent RF from crossing the Siversky Donetsk River between occupied Severodonetsk and Lysychansk slowing down RF advances on Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. RF are being forced to move their weapon depots farther back from the frontlines which will slow down resupplies.
Belarus
The Union of Mothers in Belarus initiated a campaign to protest Belarus’ involvement in the war against Ukraine at the risk of capital punishment.
Battle for the Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk)
Target Siversk – RF have already ended their rest after taking Severodonetsk and Lysychansk and have started their drive to take Siversk next. Five civilians were killed and 21 injured in heavy shelling of the town. Russia claims to have taken Spirne and attacking Verkhnokamyanka. If this proves to be true, it was a major victory in the push to take Siversk.
Target Bakhmut – RF has also restarted its ground assaults towards Bakhmut which is necessary to launch an attack from the south against Kramatorsk. RF forces were repelled in all attacks.
Target Kramatorsk/Slovyansk – RF are consolidating their position north of Slovyansk in Izyum for an expected push south against Slovyansk. Western and Eastern RF also seem to be regrouping for a push against Slovyansk. RF heavily shelled the northern and central areas of Slovyansk for four days straight now killing six people and injuring 19 others. Civilians are evacuating from the city with around 23,000 still living there.
Expansion from Donetsk – Both Russia and Ukraine confirmed that UAF forces liberated Solodke in a counterattack pushing RF farther away from their target of Vuhledar. UAF forces used a MLRS supplied by the US to destroy another weapons depot near Donetsk. RF fired rockets against Toretsk hitting an apartment complex injuring one person and trapping another three under the rubble.
Battle for Kherson
UAF conducted two airstrikes on enemy strongholds near Blahodatne killing 18 Russian soldiers, and destroying a mortar system, an anti-aircraft missile system, a howitzer, five armored vehicles, and two ammunition depots.
Battle for Kharkiv
RF are shelling Kharkiv for the fourth day in a row.
Other Ukraine Regions
Dnipropetrovsk – RF shelled the village of Shestirnia with artillery damaging several homes but causing no injuries. In the evening RF shelled Pokrovsk, Shyroke, Apostolove, Nyva Trudova, and Zelenodolsk. Three people were injured.
Mykolaiv – Two missiles were shot at the Mykolaiv region in the early hours of Wednesday, but both were shot down.
Sumy – RF shelled five border communities in Sumy on Tuesday destroying two homes, a fertilizer warehouse, and knocking out power. Three missiles were fired at Shalyhyne.
Other News
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev restated Russia’s objectives in Ukraine to include taking much more territory than just the Donbas and the overthrow of the Ukrainian government and replaced by a pro-Russian regime.
Russia threatened the world with its nuclear arsenal warning countries who support war crime trials against Russia as a threat to the existence of mankind.
Vyacheslav Volodin, Head of the Russian Duma (Legislature), threatened the US by stating that if they continue to take resources from Russia, Russia just might retake Alaska.
International Support
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for an immediate end to Russian hostilities against Ukraine calling it a “senseless war” on her last day in office.
42 countries, including the US, signed the final declaration reaffirming their support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, calling for the immediate withdrawal of RF from Ukraine, and a commitment to help rebuild Ukraine.
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin was in Kyiv Wednesday to voice Dublin’s support of Ukraine.
NATO announced that they have no plans to place troops in Sweden or Finland once they complete their membership process.