Melitopol

Ukraine may be ahead in UAV development, as prototypes are being actively tested on the battlefield, gaining valuable data that can be shared with partners.

russian occupation forces in Melitopol are using drones and recording of telephone conversations to increase pressure on local residents and control their movements through video surveillance and fences.

russia intensifies repressions in the occupied Ukrainian territories, conducting raids, deploying more than 10,000 russian guards to visit homes and engaging "volunteers" to control local residents.

A fake university in occupied Melitopol has started cooperating with a russian youth military organization to prepare children for war.

The head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration said that the Russian occupiers brought hundreds of agitators and organizers from the occupied Crimea and Russia to conduct illegal early voting in the "elections" in Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia region.

About 50 Ukrainians deported by Russian forces made their way to government-controlled territory in Zaporizhzhia region, some of them killed by Russians with shots in the back, while others were forced to walk through minefields.

The European Union will impose sanctions against russians and belarusians involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children to the occupied territories, according to the draft 13th package of sanctions against russia.

The head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration said that the occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories are filming and distributing fake videos about exposing "SBU agents" and finding "caches" because of their inability to detect and neutralize the resistance forces.

An explosion occurred in a sports complex in occupied Melitopol during a children's sports event, the occupiers evacuated the children and claimed it was an emergency.

Russia is building new fortifications between Tokmak and Melitopol and between Tokmak and Berdiansk in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine.

According to the SBU, Sergey Ganzha is involved in organizing mass repressions against civilians in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region.

The occupiers in the Luhansk region are handing out Russian passports and summonses to men, and are opening a center to teach young people how to blog.

Russian invaders plan to open the first "Center for Junior Army Training" in occupied Melitopol to teach children military skills.

President Zelensky appointed Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov as the new head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, replacing Yuriy Malashko, who passed on his achievements to the new team.

President Zelensky introduced Ivan Fedorov, the newly appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, during a meeting to discuss security and the return of the occupied territories.

The mayor of Melitopol said that the Russian occupiers are preparing to implement a Soviet-era plan called "Zaporizhzhia Virgin Lands" to transport residents from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to settle in the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region in order to change the ethnic composition of the population and suppress Ukrainian resistance.

russia cannot find local specialists willing to work in civil registry offices in occupied Melitopol, Enerhodar, Polohy and Tokmak due to lack of personnel and cooperation with the occupation authorities.

The russians who occupied Melitopol are building fences along the roads and installing cameras at intersections to monitor residents around the clock.

The collaborator, who headed the fake forestry department in occupied Kupyansk, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for coordinating the budget and activities in support of the Russian occupation.

Explosions were heard in the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine.

In the TOT of Zaporizhzhia region, hospital employees are banned from using social media and threatened with dismissal. This is an attempt to prevent the leakage of information about the losses of Russian troops.

Over the past two years of Russian occupation, Melitopol's population has grown to about 100,000 people due to an influx of Russian military, labor migrants, and other immigrants, although more than half of the original 150,000 residents have left. Mayor Ivan Fedorov said that Russia is trying to "eradicate Ukrainians" in the city and "change the gene pool of the nation.

The russian federation is turning the occupied territories into ghettos where it is dangerous for Ukrainians to return home. Ivan Fedorov noted that russia allows only 10% of Ukrainians who are trying to visit relatives to pass through, while the property of the remaining 90% is promptly confiscated.

The Russian occupiers in Melitopol awarded local cultural figures, including employees of museums, clubs, libraries and creative teams, with plastic bags with souvenirs and framed certificates. Such attention is aimed at promoting Russian culture and mobilizing support for the ruling party of Russia.

The Russians created a unit in Zaporizhzhia similar to Smersh to identify resistance and "deal with" it. They have also started brainwashing children by creating a teenage unit called "Warrior" that spreads Russian propaganda.

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops fought 75 combat engagements, thwarting numerous assault attempts in various directions and repelling enemy attacks, inflicting significant losses. In the Kherson sector alone, the enemy made 17 unsuccessful offensive attempts.

Explosions were heard all over Berdiansk, and the local mayor noted that it was happening in almost all districts, and that there had also been explosions the day before.

This afternoon, several explosions rang out in Russian-occupied Tokmak, as a result of which the city hall of the occupiers was damaged.

Melitopol utilities have been ordered to find out information about residents and empty houses, as the occupiers are trying to understand how much the locals are willing to resist.

Russian troops in Melitopol detained three minors for alleged sabotage. The propagandists claim that they organized the attacks and tracked down collaborators.