Explosion in Energodar

The chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, Vladimir Rogov, said that a car had been blown up in Energodar.

According to him, the incident was recorded around 07:50.

“The force of the car explosion in Energodar was so great that not only windows were blown out in the houses up to the ninth floor, but at least one car was destroyed, standing next to the blown up car,” Rogov wrote in Telegram.

According to him, the crime scene has been cordoned off, the fire has been extinguished.

Explosives technicians check for the presence of explosives to avoid another explosion.

According to preliminary data from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Zaporozhye region, an employee of the department died as a result of the explosion.

“It has been previously established that an employee of the territorial internal affairs body died as a result of the explosion.

An investigative-operational group is working on the spot, all the circumstances of the incident are being clarified, ”the report of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the region says.

Shelling of the DPR 

The representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine announced 33 facts of firing by Ukrainian troops over the past day.

The enemy fired from artillery of 152 and 155 mm caliber.

Issued 174 units of various ammunition.

Donetsk, Golmovsky, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Vladimirovka and other settlements were under fire.

As a result of the shelling, one person was killed, two more, including a teenager born in 2009, were injured.

Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said that the central market was under fire.

According to him, another hit caused damage to the house.

In turn, the mayor of Yasinovataya, Dmitry Shevchenko, said that the building of the city administration was damaged as a result of the shelling.

“A 155-caliber shell exploded near the administration building.

Broken glass, slashed the facade of the building.

We got it, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

APU losses due to communication problems

Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic Andriy Marochko, citing his own sources, said that the Ukrainian command is experiencing problems with command and control of troops in the Artyomovsk region.

According to him, at the command posts of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both satellite and radio communications began to disappear more and more often.

“In this regard, the operational control of the troops is lost, which, in turn, disrupts the coordination of actions and leads to an increase in losses.

This fact also affects the growth of panic among both privates and officers,” Marochko wrote on Telegram.

In addition, Marochko said that Ukrainian troops attacked their own units, which expressed their intention to surrender to Russian forces.

Also on russian.rt.com Pushilin's adviser: AFU are trying to counterattack in the Kremennaya area, but suffer heavy losses

As follows from his message, in the Kremennaya (LPR) area, after a fire contact at a stronghold of the Ukrainian military, a white cloth was hung instead of a flag, and on open radio frequencies, the Ukrainian side began to request the opportunity to surrender to 12 servicemen.

“Our assault units stopped firing and began preparations for evacuation.

When almost everything was ready, an artillery strike was launched on the Ukrainian position from the enemy and dense small arms fire was opened, ”Marochko wrote.

According to him, a preliminary assessment of the situation suggests that all Ukrainian soldiers at the location were killed. 

Destruction of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region

The Russian military destroyed equipment and 25 soldiers as a result of a strike in the Ochakov area on Friday night, TASS reports, citing representatives of the emergency services of the Kherson region.

“In the Ochakov area, an artillery strike was inflicted, as a result of which the enemy’s losses amounted to four units of automotive equipment, 25 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 15 were injured of varying severity,” the agency quotes the words of the interlocutor.

In addition, it is reported about the destruction of the Akatsiya howitzer on the right bank of the Dnieper.