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Civilian Statistics as of 06.24
Confirmed victims among civilians: 4,662 dead (320 of which were children), and 5,803 injured (479 of which were children) — Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;
Victims among the children: 338 dead and 601 injured — Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
5,256,378 individual refugees from Ukraine recorded across Europe (8,007,014 border crossings from Ukraine; 2,836,563 border crossings to Ukraine) as of 06.21.2022 — UNHCR;
7,134,000 IDP Population; 4,481,000 Returnees Population (as of 05.30.2022) — IOM;
2,061 educational institutions damaged, 213 of which fully destroyed — Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
705 medical facilities damaged, 115 of which fully destroyed (as of 06.12.2022) — Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Bohdan Borukhovskyi;
116,000 residential buildings damaged (as of 06.01.2022) — Svitlana Startseva, Deputy Director of the Department of Housing Policy and Improvement, Head of the Department for Formation and Implementation of Housing Policy of the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development;
145,425 total explosive objects and 602 kg of explosives neutralized since the beginning of Russia's large-scale military invasion — Ministry of Internal Affairs
Russian soldiers kidnap relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who live in the occupied territories
Russian soldiers kidnap relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who live in the occupied territories
“Cases of kidnapping are getting to have a systematic character. Unfortunately, databases of Ukrainian citizens get into Russian occupiers’ hands during capturing of administrative buildings or from betrayer-collaborators.” - informed Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.
The majority of such situations are fixed in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions. Russian soldiers don't care who is a hostage - man, woman, elderly person, or a kid. They contact Ukrainian servicemen and promise to hand off a hostage if they come to them to the occupied territories.
Source: Defence Intelligence
In the Kherson region, the occupiers abducted a deputy and the head of the Bilozerka village council
In the Kherson region, Russian invaders abducted Antonina Cherednyk, the head of the Bilozerka village council, and Volodymyr Posunko, a deputy.
Serhii Khlan, the deputy of a regional council, and the advisor to the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration reports about it.
"Local residents report that Russians arrested the head of the Bilozerka village council, Antonina Cherednyk, and deputy Volodymyr Posunko in the morning in Bilozerka. They were blindfolded and taken away in an unknown direction," the statement said.
Khlan explained that spreading the information about the abductees increases the chances that the Russians will release them.
"Those who were taken prisoner by the occupiers say that they will never forget these horrible days. Someone was kept there for a few days, someone was tortured for months …
One of the torture chambers was set up by the Russians in the former Kherson “sobering-up station” in the Sklotara area. People there are forced to confess to non-existent crimes on camera and agree to cooperate with the occupiers. They are demanded to play along with the Russian propaganda. The invaders take photos and fingerprints of the abductees. They beat and bully them in every possible way," Khlan reported.
Sources: Head of Kherson Regional Military Administration; Ukrinform, government-owned media
Russian serviceman will be tried for torturing the residents of Irpin
A serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces will be tried for torturing 9 hostages in the city of Irpin, Kyiv region.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported about it.
The investigation established that the accused as a member of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the Russian Federation entered the city of Irpin, Kyiv region in March of this year. Together with other Russian servicemen, he placed military equipment in the yard of a private household.
While in Irpin, the invaders searched for servicemen of the AFU, the Territorial Defence members, and law enforcement officers. The suspect, along with other Russian soldiers, took 9 men hostage.
"Prisoners were beaten with rifle butts and given no food or water. Russians threatened to kill them and imitated the execution," the post reads.
Source: Prosecutor General’s Office
Russian Army destroys roads and bridges to Lysychansk with missiles from helicopters
“Russian soldiers strike approaches to Lysychansk. The bridge was damaged, so now it is possible to pass it only by passenger transport, not a truck.” This was announced by the Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai.
Source: Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration
In the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia, 20 houses were damaged by enemy shelling
The occupiers fired on the village of Balabyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, damaging 20 houses.
The press service of the Zaporizhzhia regional prosecutor's office reported about it.
"According to the investigation, on the night of June 24, the Russian occupying forces fired from multiple rocket launchers at the civilian infrastructure of the Balabyne village. There are wounded among the civilian population. According to preliminary data, up to 20 homes of local residents were damaged,” the statement reads.
Oleh Buriak, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration reported that the enemy fired mortars and cluster shells at the community. There is a risk of accidental detonation or the presence of unexploded ordnance as the strike hit the private sector. The SES specialists and demining units are working at the site of the attack.
Sources: Zaporizhzhia Prosecutor’s Office; Ukrinform, government-owned media
In the Kyiv region, 1,338 civilians were killed in the Russian invasion
As a result of the Russian invasion, 1,338 civilians were killed in the Kyiv region. 700 of them were killed by small arms.
Oleksii Kuleba, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported about it to the Italian broadcasting organization "RSI" (Radio Swiss Italy)
He noted that more than 5,000 families were left homeless. Besides, about 26,000 infrastructure facilities were damaged or completely destroyed.
According to him, the Military Administration is making every effort to, firstly, improve the living standards of citizens of the Kyiv region, and secondly, to ensure the legal recognition of war crimes against the Ukrainian citizens.
"It is very important that the international media cover the true history of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the military actions in the Kyiv region. We are very grateful to them for doing it," Kuleba added.
Source: Head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration
In Mykolaiv, occupiers hit civilian infrastructure
As a result of missile strikes by Russian occupiers in Mykolaiv, the areas of private enterprises were damaged.
The press service of the Regional State Administration reports this, citing the Mykolaiv Military Commandant's Office of Defense.
It is noted that the shelling of the city's outskirts has damaged the area of private enterprises, namely, agricultural equipment parking and a non-functioning base of fuel and lubricants of an agricultural enterprise.
So far, there is no information about the victims of the shelling in Mykolaiv
Source: Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration
Russian troops continue to shell cities in the Kharkiv region
On June 23, Kharkiv, Izium, Loziv, Bohodukhiv districts, Derhachi, and Zolochiv communities came under fire in the Kharkiv region. Residential buildings and outbuildings were destroyed. One person was killed and two were injured.
In particular, on the night of June 24, Russian occupying forces fired two missiles at the Sports Complex “Polytechnic” on Alchevskyh Street. According to preliminary data, the complex was fired at by the K720 “Iskander”.
Anatolii Torianyk, the deputy head of the regional department of the SES told Suspilne media about this.
"These were two missiles that hit a sports complex, directly in the sports arena of the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”. There was a fire. The fire was on an area of about 200 square meters. Sports equipment, gym mats, floor, wall cladding were on fire," he reported.
A Ukrainian serviceman with the call sign "Artilleryman", who inspected the place of the hit, says that the sports complex was shelled by missiles launched from the K720 "Iskander" in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
"We recorded launches from the Belgorod region at night. Today we can see by the nature of the destruction, by the wreckage, that it was “Iskander” missiles fired by Russian troops from the Belgorod region," he said.
"This morning, one woman was injured in the shelling, another woman was killed and her husband was injured," the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration said in a statement.
Source: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration; Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
An ambulance got under shelling in the Kharkiv region, one person injured
In the Kharkiv region, an ambulance got under fire, a paramedic was wounded, but the ambulance crew drove to the scene and helped the patient.
This was reported by the Center of Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine. "On June 24, emergency medical care team 1104, led by paramedic Daniel Dziuba, went on a call to a 63-year-old resident of Zmiiv district.
On the way to the patient, the specialized ambulance got under fire. The paramedic was wounded in the lower extremities, but still reached the patient and provided the necessary help", - says the report.
It is noted that only after this the paramedic examined his own wound, treated himself, and went to a medical facility. Now his condition is satisfactory.
Source: Kharkiv Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine
Shelling in Donetsk region: three people killed
On the night of June 24, the Russian occupiers launched a missile strike on Kostiantynivka. At least one person was killed. The Russian military also attacked a fire station and injured four rescuers. The press service of the SES reported about it.
The settlement of Raihorodok also came under artillery fire. As a result, two people were killed and one injured. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration informed about it.
In addition, Russian occupation forces fired on other settlements in the Donetsk region.
"There is a difficult situation in the Marinka community. Artillery and mortar shelling continued during the night. Kindergartens and four houses were damaged by shells in Maksymilianivka, and three more were set on fire. The AFU are repelling all enemy attacks in this direction," Kyrylenko added.
Source: Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration
Occupiers used prohibited weapons in Sumy region - white phosphorus munitions
Russian military units used white phosphorus shells in the Sumy region, the morning summary of the civil-military administrations reported.
"Russians used prohibited weapons - phosphorus shells in the Sumy region. One child is in hospital," - the report says.
Source: Suspilne, public broadcasting company
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