In eastern Ukraine, Russia is engaged in fierce fighting with Ukrainian troops. Sloviansk could soon fall. The news ticker on Wednesday, July 6th.
- Battles in Donetsk: Russia recorded in Ukraine war further territorial gains.
- Sloviansk probably the next destination: Ukraine calls for evacuation.
- Editor’s note: All news about Ukraine conflict read this News-Ticker. Some of the information comes from warring factions and cannot be directly checked independently.
+++ 10.45 p.m.: In the city of Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region, up to 8,000 people are likely to remain behind, even if conditions worsen dramatically, according to Oleksandr Striuk, head of the Severodonetsk military administration. According to the report, people would have to do without water, electricity or gas supply CNN.
The Russian occupiers are looking for personnel to help with the restoration, but there are almost no more skilled workers in the city. According to Striuk, work is also being done to enable schools to run from September 1st, for which the Ministry of Education would be reorganized.
+++ 10.30 p.m.: Southwest of the Kharkiv region is the Dnepropetrovsk region. This was fired at by Russia, like him Kyiv Independent citing Mykola Lukaschuk, the chairman of the region.
The attack would have hit a building with agricultural equipment, it is said. Three people were injured in the attack, one seriously. Firefighters are still fighting the fire in the building.
+++ 10 p.m.: The shelling of health facilities is a violation of applicable martial law. Nevertheless, many of these facilities were already destroyed in the Ukraine war.
As announced by the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko, 120 health facilities were completely destroyed and 817 others damaged by the Russian armed forces. The damage totals $1.2 billion, like that Kyiv Independent writes.
- Destruction in the health sector of Ukraine:
- Destroyed: 120 health facilities, 43 pharmacies and 85 ambulances.
- Damaged: 817 health facilities were damaged.
- Deceased: 14 employees in the health sector.
- Cost: $1.2 billion.
- Source: Health Minister Viktor Liashko according to kyivindependent.com
At least 14 medical workers have died since February 24, 2022. 85 ambulances and 43 pharmacies were also completely destroyed. The information has not yet been independently verified.
+++ 8.45 p.m.: The number of refugees from Ukraine continues to rise. Almost a quarter of the population has now fled, according to the newspaper Kyiv Independent writes.
The United Nations refugee organization speaks of 8.79 million refugees (as of July 6). This number has been measured since the beginning of the all-out war of aggression by Russia, on April 24, 2022.
+++ 7.35 p.m.: Is Russia spreading false reports about the destruction of western military equipment? Last Wednesday (June 29), Russia claimed two HIMARS artillery systems from the USA to have destroyed.
Ukraine now disagrees, accusing Russia of propaganda, like CNN reported. The Russian Ministry released a video of the alleged destruction. The experts of CNN According to their own statements, they do not recognize any HIMARS artillery systems in it. An independent examination of the two positions is not yet available.
+++ 7.15 p.m.: The authorities are telling the population of the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine to flee. “Since the fighting began, 17 residents have died and 67 have been injured,” Mayor Wadym Liach said loudly on Wednesday (July 6). AFP.
An evacuation of the city is already in full swing, it is said. According to Liach, 23,000 people are said to still be in the city of 100,000 souls. AFP journalists report rocket hits on the market square and surrounding streets.
+++ 5.45 p.m: The travel restrictions in Ukraine lasted only one day. A wave of criticism caused the military to buckle. President was among the critics Volodymyr Selenskyj.
The regulation stipulated that conscripts must obtain a permit for this before leaving the place of registration, such as the dpa writes. The rule that men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not allowed to leave the country remains in place.
Update from Wednesday, July 6th, 4:15 p.m.: According to the estimates of the Sloviansk military administration, the city will become the target of a major Russian offensive. “They will probably attack. That’s probably why the strikes have become more frequent,” administration chief Vadym Liakh said one CNN-Reporter. “I think that once the enemy is able to conduct offensive operations, they will start destroying the infrastructure and the city itself.”
Moscow’s army is currently being held up at the Siwerskyi Donets river. Liakh further said that numerous fortifications were built near Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, which allowed Ukrainian troops to “hold back the enemy for four months”. The problem now, however, is that “the civilian population is unfortunately coming under fire more and more frequently”.
Ukraine War: Russia pushes further into Donetsk Oblast
First report: Kyiv/Moscow – The situation in Donetsk Oblast is getting worse and worse. Like the US news channel CNN reported, Ukrainian officials have now urged the remaining residents of the region to evacuate the area and go to safety.
“Russia has turned the entire Donetsk region into a trouble spot where it is dangerous for civilians to be present,” the head of the Donetsk region’s military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said after a rocket attack on the city of Toretsk on Wednesday (July 6). ). “I am calling on everyone to evacuate. An evacuation saves lives,” he added.
Ukraine war: Evacuations in Donetsk already in progress
Currently controls Ukraine CNN-According to the data, still about 45 percent of the Donetsk region, after taking Lysychansk in the neighboring region of Luhansk, however, the Russian armed forces are now pushing ever further in the direction of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. As a result, more and more Ukrainians are being forced to leave their homes.
“Those who saw what happened in Severodonetsk or Lysychansk left the city a long time ago. Now there are about 23,000 residents of Sloviansk [von rund 100.000] stayed in the city,” said Vadym Liakh, head of the Sloviansk military-civilian administration. “The number of people who want to leave the city has increased. We are working on evacuation in two directions: to Lviv, Dnipro or Rivne.” (nak)