On Tuesday morning, Russian forces dropped a guided aerial bomb on the town of Kostyantinyivka in the Donetsk region, as a result of which five local residents were injured, Vadim Filaskin, the governor of the region and the county prosecutor’s office, said on social media. According to the report, the driver of one car and four passengers were injured. The victims were diagnosed with multiple shrapnel wounds, two are in serious condition. In addition, facades of residential buildings, cars and wires were damaged.
Filaskin also reported on Telegram that two civilians had lost their lives in the vicinity of Pokrovsk as a result of Russian attacks.
In just one day, the Russians fired 15 times at the settlements of the Donetsk region. 130 people, including 19 children, were evacuated from the front line
added the governor. In the southern Kherson county, Russian drones dropped explosives on the town of Berislav, where, according to the county governor’s office, a 63-year-old man was injured. Prior to this, Oleksandr Prokugyin, the governor of the county, wrote on Telegram that in the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled the Kherson region several times, and as a result of the hostile strikes, two people were killed and six others were wounded. Later, the governor informed that
during the day, Russian forces opened fire on the village of Kozacke, an 82-year-old woman was killed in the attack.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff’s battlefield situation report on Tuesday, the Russian army’s casualties in Ukraine exceeded approximately 461,000. The previous day, Ukrainian forces destroyed, among other things, five Russian tanks, 29 artillery and one air defense system, as well as 23 drones.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denisz Smihal announced at the government meeting that the government has allocated more than 8 billion hryvnias (75 billion forints) from the state budget for the construction of fortifications. “According to this, since the beginning of the year, we have allocated almost 38 billion hryvnias (355 billion forints) to strengthen the defense lines, and we will not stop there,” added the prime minister.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a huge military aid package: the British will give military equipment and financial support to Ukraine for the war against the Russians worth several billion pounds. It will be the UK’s largest ever military aid package.
