Donetsk
More than a thousand civilians have been injured by enemy explosive devices, including 297 deaths. Russia deliberately uses anti-personnel mines against the civilian population of Ukraine, violating international laws and customs of war. Therefore, the SBU is preparing an evidence base for The Hague on this massive use of mines by the occupiers.
After an enemy attack on a fire and rescue unit in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, ruins were left behind, but the rescuers moved to another unit and continue their work despite the difficulties and constant shelling.
In occupied Donetsk, a so-called "court" sentenced former security assistant to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Vadim Golda to 14 years in prison on espionage charges, alleging that he allegedly collected data on "industrial facilities that were later targeted by missile strikes.
Five people were injured in a Russian strike in Rayhorodok, including one person who died.
On July 11, Russian troops shelled 16 settlements in Donetsk region, killing four people, including a 15-year-old boy, and injuring 21 others, including two children aged 14, and damaging 108 civilian objects.
On July 11, 2024, as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region, 3 people died, including a 15-year-old boy, and 19 others were injured, and residential buildings and vehicles were damaged.
Russian propagandist and FSB agent Sergei Lebedev, who directed Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and spread disinformation on Kremlin TV channels, was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court to 15 years in prison for high treason committed under martial law.
In June 2024, at least 146 civilians were killed and 672 injured as a result of Russian attacks in Ukraine, with the majority of victims in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions.
According to the Ministry of Culture, a 110-year-old church in Donetsk region was partially destroyed by Russian shelling.
Two civilians were killed and one wounded as a result of Russian shelling of 12 localities in Donetsk region over the past day.
On July 10, Russian troops attacked the village of Novoekonomichne in Donetsk region, killing at least one person and wounding another, and damaging several houses.
23 men from different regions of Ukraine tried to illegally cross the state border with Moldova by paying an organizer and crossing in a grain truck, but were detained by border guards.
Japan has handed over 2 Nikken mechanized demining vehicles to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to help in the disposal of explosive ordnance, which will be sent to Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, wounding 3 people, including a 6-year-old child.
The invaders are bringing Russian police officers to the TOT to fight the Ukrainian underground under the pretext of fighting "extremism," which in Russia means any dissent against the will of the Kremlin, including love for one's homeland.
Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories who were forced to take Russian passports to survive will not be held responsible for this, assures Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.
Russian shelling in the Donetsk region killed 4 civilians and wounded 10 others, including a child, with Myrnohrad coming under fire at night.
Guerrillas sabotaged the main railway line connecting Russia and the occupied Donetsk region by burning down a relay cabinet, disrupting the transportation of military equipment and personnel to the war zone.
On July 9, stabilization schedules of power outages will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine, providing for 2-4 rounds of outages at different times of the day.
Russians are stepping up repressions against Ukrainians in the occupied Donetsk region who refuse to receive Russian passports, due to a significant decrease in the rate of illegal issuance of documents.
In the first six months of 2023, more than 20 thousand fires occurred in Ukraine's ecosystems, which is twice as many as last year. Moreover, 500 of them were caused by military operations.
Repeated explosions were heard in Dnipro, Kamianske, and Kryvyi Rih after the air force warned of approaching missiles.
On Monday, July 8, stabilization blackouts will be carried out throughout the day in all regions of Ukraine, with the possibility of additional blackouts.
The Ukrainian military shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft that was firing at their positions in the Donetsk region.
In the occupied Donetsk region, intelligence units of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a russian electronic warfare station "zhitel" and a logistics center where tank equipment and ammunition were stored.
The occupiers stole more than 80,000 tons of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied Donetsk region. The National Resistance Center calls for information on such criminals to be provided in order to bring them to justice for their actions.
In Donetsk region, Russian troops fired "Smerch" rocket launchers at Ukrainian towns and hit Pokrovsk, killing at least 1 person and wounding 3.
Over the past day, Russians killed 11 and wounded 43 residents of Donetsk region, damaging 157 civilian objects, including 91 residential buildings, 9 shops, administrative buildings, a business, an educational institution, a pharmacy, a cafe, a market, a service station, vehicles and critical infrastructure in 25 settlements.
At least 5 people were killed and 8 others were wounded in Donetsk region as a result of hostile aggression. Also, 15 private houses, 21 cars, 4 shops and an industrial building were damaged.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will have hourly power outage schedules throughout the day in several regions due to an order of the national energy company Ukrenergo.