December 9, 08:11 AM • 22301 views12:00 PM • 18720 views12:00 PM • 18807 viewsDecember 8, 03:38 PM • 16666 viewsSES rescuers extinguished a 43-hectare forest fire in the Balakliya forestry district of Kharkiv region. The firefighting operation lasted more than 4 days, no wildfires were allowed to spread, and no one was injured.
In Kharkiv region, Russian troops attacked a vehicle of the Hospitallers medical battalion with an FPV drone. Two volunteer medics were killed and three other civilians were injured.
A forest fire has been localized in the Balakliya forestry on an area of 43 hectares. Rescuers continue to fight the fire, with 59 people and 16 tankers involved. The head of the RMA claims that the enemy deliberately destroyed the forests.
Over the past day, 318 ecosystem fires occurred in Ukraine, destroying more than 233 hectares. Dnipropetrovska, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions were the most affected. The SES urges everyone to follow fire safety rules.
A fire broke out in a forest near Balakliya in the Kharkiv region and engulfed 30 hectares of forest. The fire is being extinguished by 72 rescuers, 14 tankers, 4 vehicles and 12 sappers of the State Emergency Service.
A former employee of the local heating network in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, who collaborated with the Russian occupation forces and participated in raids and repressions against civilians, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for collaboration.
A resident of Balakleya deliberately got a job in the occupation administration, created a communication station and repaired cables for the invaders.
The Security Service of Ukraine has prevented an attempt by the FSB to form an agent network in Kharkiv region to facilitate the breakthrough of Russian subversive groups and gather intelligence on Ukraine's defense.
According to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, about 100 people in Volchansk were captured by Russian troops, and they were not allowed to evacuate under the threat of execution.
The 57-year-old ex-mayor of Balakleya agreed to cooperate with the Russian invaders during the temporary occupation of the city and handed over the settlement to them, in connection with which he was charged with high treason.
In Kharkiv, the SBU detained a collaborator who was collecting materials and preparing “information references” glorifying the Russian occupiers and denying their war crimes for Kremlin propagandists' talk shows on Russian TV channels.
In Balakliya, Kharkiv region, a local resident cooperated with the Russian occupiers, voluntarily working as the "chief accountant of the education department" during the occupation.
During the Russian air strike on Dergachi, where the Russians used guided aerial bombs, the occupiers targeted a power substation. The strike injured 4 people, including children.
As a result of a Russian missile attack on Balakliya, Kharkiv region, 13 people were wounded.
Russian troops shelled about 15 settlements in Kharkiv region, causing casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, but no attacks on Kharkiv itself were recorded over the past day.
The number of victims of the Russian missile attack on Balakliya has increased to 11 wounded: the occupiers hit the railway station with an Iskander-M missile while a train was in motion.
the Russian army fired an Iskander-M missile with a high-explosive warhead at Balakliya in Kharkiv region, injuring 10 people.
Due to enemy shelling, temporary changes are being made to suburban train traffic in Kharkiv region for today and tomorrow.
As a result of the Russian attack on the Balakliya railway station, 10 people are wounded and the station building and an electric train are damaged.
Three railroad workers were killed and seven wounded as a result of massive Russian attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia in Donetsk region.
Eight people were injured as a result of a Russian missile strike on the Balakliya railway station as a passenger train was passing.
Russian occupation forces shelled an infrastructure facility in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, injuring at least seven people.
Seven people were injured in a Russian strike on Balakliya in Kharkiv region, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration reports.
Russian troops shelled Balakliya in Kharkiv region, hitting the area of the railway station and wounding five people.
Two civilians were killed and four injured as a result of a Russian airstrike on an educational institution in the village of Lukyantsi, Kharkiv district, and about 20 settlements in Kharkiv region were shelled by Russian troops with artillery and mortar fire.
For the first time since 2022, the Russian army strikes Kharkiv with air strikes, hitting a school and between residential buildings, killing one person.
The formation of the National Guard of Ukraine began in 1991. In 1999, the National Guard became subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, but was completely disbanded the following year. The National Guard was revived in the spring of 2014
A man was injured as a result of a tractor explosion caused by an anti-tank mine in a field near the village of Pryshyb, Izium district, Kharkiv region.
In Pisochyn, Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers exposed a corruption scheme at a training center for the agricultural sector, where the management demanded bribes from students in addition to tuition fees for issuing tractor driver licenses without proper training.
Forensic experts have identified the remains of 4 victims and expect a fifth victim to be confirmed tomorrow of a Russian missile strike on a civilian industrial facility in Kharkiv on March 20 that caused a massive fire.
