According to Konashenkov, the Ukrainian command post in the Dnepropetrovsk region, near the settlement of Shyroka Dacha, south of the city of Kryvyi Rih, was hit by sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles. The missiles are said to have a range of up to 2,500 kilometers.
In addition, several Western artillery systems of the M777 type and up to 20 armored vehicles at a factory in Mykolaiv were destroyed by Kalibr missiles. Other missiles hit a railway station in the Dnepropetrovsk region, where Ukrainian military personnel were being loaded. In addition, a larger Ukrainian unit was also fired upon with rockets in the Donetsk region. Konashenkov put Ukrainian losses in the last two cases at more than 300 soldiers. This information cannot be independently verified. On Sunday night, however, the Ukrainian side confirmed the death of a high-ranking commander. Ivanofrankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv announced on Facebook that Carpathian Battalion commander Oleh Kutsyn has been killed.
The army spokesman also announced that the village of Metjolkine had been completely taken over by Russian troops. The Ukrainian general staff had already recognized a partial Russian success in the struggle for the suburb of the administrative center of Severodonetsk. According to a statement from the Ukrainian staff on Sunday night, this continued to be the target of gunfire. “The fight continues, but the enemy is not successful,” the Ukrinform agency said.
The capital Kyiv was again attacked from the air on Sunday morning – air raid sirens and explosions could be heard. However, according to official information, Ukrainian air defense dropped Russian missiles over the city. According to the military governor of the Kyiv region, Oleksiy Kuleba, there was no damage or injuries in the city. However, he urged the people of Kiev to continue to visit shelters after the air raid alarm.
According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Russian troops are also trying to advance into Kharkiv and bomb the city again. The situation north of Kharkiv is quite difficult, Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to the ministry, told Ukrainian television. “Russia is trying to make Kharkiv a frontline city.” The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, urged the city’s residents to stay at home if possible and not to believe Russian “disinformation”, the Ukrinform news agency reported. Kharkiv is located in the northeast and is the second largest city in the country after Kyiv.
In Novomoskovsk, in the east, a fuel depot exploded after Russian rocket launches. One person died and two were injured, said the head of the regional administration, Valentyn Resnichenko. Three Russian missiles hit the camp on Saturday. According to Resnichenko, eleven people were injured in the attack itself.
Ukrainian forces repelled Russian troops near the town of Krasnopillya, according to a statement from the Ukrainian General Staff. Russian soldiers were on a reconnaissance mission and suffered heavy casualties. Supporters also reported successes in the south of the country. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Facebook on Sunday that Ukrainian troops had advanced more than ten kilometers towards the occupied city. According to Fedorov, the army will liberate Melitopol and the regional center of Kherson “in the near future”. The Ukrainian general staff reported in the evening that the enemy was strengthening air defenses in the Kherson region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Sunday morning his visit to the Ukrainian armed forces in the south of the country the day before. In the video, which appears to have been taken on a moving train, Zelenskyi said he spoke to soldiers, police and the National Guard in the Mykolayiv region, about 550 kilometers south of Kyiv. “They all have no doubts about our victory,” Zelenskyy said. “We will not give the South to anyone and we will take back everything that is ours.”