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The main thing is for the night. Friday, July 8
2022-07-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The General Staff reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the invaders near Bogorodychny and Dementiivka near Kharkiv . The Armed Forces of Ukraine also repressed attempts at an enemy assault on the Kharkiv and Slavyansk directions.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the occupiers are advancing in the direction of Veselaya Dolyna and in the area of ​​the settlement of Spirne. In the Donetsk direction - in the Verkhnokamyansky direction, they have partial success.

The General Staff also informs that the Armed Forces destroyed about 250 Russian soldiers, 35 tanks and 14 armored vehicles last day . In total, from February 24 to July 8, the Ukrainian army eliminated about 36,900 occupiers.

The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.

Other losses of the invaders are in the news.

It will be recalled that the intelligence of Great Britain reported that Russia is probably concentrating equipment on the front line in the direction of the city of Siversk in the Donetsk region - approximately 8 km west of the current Russian front line. The Russian military is probably taking a break before starting new offensive operations in the Donetsk region.

Last day in Donetsk region, the Russian invaders killed six civilians - in Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Avdiyivka, Siversk, Pokrovsky and Orlivka. 21 people were injured, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of Donetsk OVA, reported in Telegram.

The aggressor is constantly shelling Donetsk region, killing and injuring citizens, destroying the civil infrastructure of populated areas.

At night, Russia shelled Chernihiv Oblast with machine guns and hit Kharkov with anti-aircraft guns . Artillery was fired along the border of the Sumy Oblast, according to the morning summary of the regional military administrations.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy again shelled two communities of Kryvorizka district - Apostolivska and Zelenodolska. In Zelenodolsk, they targeted the park area and the country estate.

Explosions rang out in Mykolaiv in the morning.

The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblasts, Kirovohrad Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.

As a result of yesterday's shelling of Kramatorsk, people were killed and wounded . The exact number of victims is being clarified, the regional police of Donetsk region reported.

According to preliminary data, around 1:00 p.m., the Russians fired a 9M723 missile from the Iskander-M missile complex at the city. The rocket hit the residential sector, 15 houses were damaged. Evidence of a war crime has been collected.

The former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated during his performance on the stage of the sports complex in the city of Nara.

Abe was reportedly hospitalized bleeding and unconscious. Eyewitnesses heard shots in the hall, security detained one suspect.

The Parliament of Finland passed a law on strengthening the border with Russia.

"Fearing that Moscow could use migration for political pressure, new amendments to the Border Protection Act promote the construction of stronger fences along the country's 800-mile (1,300 km) eastern border with Russia," the report said.

"The war in Ukraine has made this issue urgent," said Anne Ihanus, senior adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Currently, Finland's borders are protected mainly by light wooden fences that prevent animals from entering the country. Currently, it is planned to build a strong fence with a real barrier effect.

Posted by:badanov

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