The Ukrainian army said that two people were killed and 10 wounded in the intense Russian bombing of Kherson province, while Moscow stated that Kyiv had begun to blackmail the West in several ways.

Authorities in Kherson Province have stated that they have begun evacuating patients from provincial hospitals to safer districts.

The Ukrainian army said that Russian forces shelled Kherson 39 times during the past hours and that a number of villages in the province were bombed.

The Ukrainian authorities also stated that the infrastructure was damaged, and advised the residents of the region to leave, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that more than 6 million families in his country are currently suffering from power outages after the recent Russian raids.

Zelensky added that the situation applies to Kyiv, pointing out that the areas surrounding the capital are most affected by the power and water cuts, noting that some residents of the capital remain without electricity or water for about 20 hours, and sometimes 30 hours, and he called on his citizens to rationalize electricity and water consumption as much as possible to help overcome the crisis. .

As for the pro-Russian local authorities in Kherson, they announced the killing of 6 civilians in shelling by Ukrainian forces.

Dnipro city police said that 13 people were injured as a result of Russian bombing targeting a neighborhood of the city in eastern Ukraine.

The police stated that the rescuers are working to remove the rubble and search for a number of missing persons in the targeted residential neighborhood as a result of the bombing of the Russian forces.


In Donetsk, the pro-Russian local authorities said that the Russian army and its allied forces are continuing to recover areas of Donetsk after the Ukrainian forces took control, and revealed that a civilian was killed and 4 others were wounded in Ukrainian artillery shelling.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian Staff Command stated that its forces repelled 8 Russian attempts to advance in Donetsk, and the Ukrainian governor of Donetsk said that 4 civilians were injured in Russian bombing that targeted several cities and towns in the province during the past hours.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces thwarted attack attempts by Ukrainian forces, supported by tactical groups, on several axes in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian Air Force targeted 5 Ukrainian command and artillery positions in Kharkiv, shot down 3 drones and intercepted 4 HIMARS missiles in Kherson.

The battles on the battle fronts are getting fiercer in the Donbass region, and the Russian bombardment continues on the cities and towns of the region, while Russia is sending reinforcements to the region from the forces withdrawing from the Kherson region in southern Ukraine.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian army confirms its full readiness for confrontation.


political consultations

In political developments, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo held consultations with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

De Croo said in a tweet on Twitter that his country will provide new humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine, while the Ukrainian presidency said that a joint Belgian-Ukrainian declaration confirmed support for Kyiv's move to join the European Union and NATO, and Zelensky confirmed in a press conference that he had requested international military support. greater than his country.

In Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that President Zelensky had entered his own orbit and was now beginning to blackmail the West in several ways.

Zakharova explained - in a statement to a Russian channel - that Western countries understand that Zelensky is out of their complete control, and that he has already entered an uncontrollable orbit.

She noted that Ukraine now needs more Western money and weapons on a global scale because of the difficulties the West is facing.