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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 22, 2026
2026-06-23
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[Korrespondent] 22.58 Evening on Monday, 22 worms, the Russian troops launched an attack on Sumy from the stagnation of ceramic bombs, as a result of which the industrial zone of the community suffered. According to the latest information, six ceramic bombs were dropped on the outskirts of the place. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged and the trolleybus driver was injured. The transport system was destroyed by fire.

21.43 Ukrainian drones have since started successfully hitting over 800 thousand targets, securing over 90% of the occupiers’ expenses. As Minister of Defense Mikhailo Fedorov reported, during this hour the Ukrainian defense forces liquidated or left nearly 167 thousand Russian soldiers seriously injured. The grass was particularly effective when it hit 181 thousand targets, and the number of liquidated or seriously injured occupiers fell to 31,530 people.

20.32 Russian troops expanded their positions on Sumskoe straight, seizing the remaining 3.45 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in the area between the villages of Ryasne and Grabovske. To compare the map data to the OSINT project DeepState. Overnight, the area of ​​the gray zone in this region changed by 2.27 square kilometers. Today, with the updates, military operations are taking place in similar outskirts of the village of Ryasne, which is no longer under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

In addition, according to DeepState information, near Kostyantynivka (Donetsk region), the enemy penetration zone has increased by 7.4 square kilometers. The enemy remains in the modern half of the place, but the residential areas are being deprived of uncontrolled occupation forces, and the hidden area under the enemy’s control has not grown.

20.13 Soldiers of the special forces of unmanned aircraft complexes of the Lasar's Group of the National Guard of Ukraine, working together with the artillery of small aircraft, seized 18 tanks Russian occupiers under one special operation. The military publicized the video of the combat robots.

19.00 The Belarusian opposition sent a 30-story report to Ukraine, citing all the factors that can indicate the strengthening of Belarus’ preparations for a possible military conflict. The following factors raise concerns:

1. Changes to military legislation
2. Increasing military potential
3. Reorientation of the economy on military lines
4. The closeness of the Western Union with Russia
5. Militarization of marriage
6. Preparing the civilian sector to become military minds
7. Accumulation of strategic reserves
8. Uninterrupted military activities.

18.33 15 years of connection with the confiscation of the mine, having been seized by an agent of the Russian military intelligence (mostly known as the GRU), which the SBU revealed to the Cherny 2025 in preparation podrivіv near Kiev. As reported by the Security Service of Ukraine, the criminal was caught “in hot water” when they got out of the warehouse in order to transport them to other hiding places intended for terrorist attacks.

The investigation established that the evildoers were local, unmanned people who had already been recruited by the Russian GRU in 2014. At that time, he took part in combat operations against ATO forces at the warehouse of the terrorist group Iskra-2. His fate in the battles for the Donetsk airport resulted in his illegal transfer to Ukrainian-controlled territory after his recruitment.

18.05 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on changes to the state budget, which will transfer a record increase in defense spending. About these changes in the draft law No. 15224 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.

17.49 Near the Lviv region, the senior commander of the territorial defense brigade (TDB) was informed about the suspicion of the authorities regarding the collection of combat payments. The Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of the Western Region reported this.

17.17 The formal leaders of Russia and Belarus Volodymyr Putin and Oleksandr Lukashenko will immediately discuss the situation related to the remaining statements of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the address in Minsk. Kremlin spokesman Dmitro Peskov said this in comments to Russian propagandists.

16.45 From the beginning of the battle to 16:00, the Russian aggressors attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army 44 times. The price is a third less than the previous show, having informed the ZSU General Staff in the operational information.

16.12 During the weekend in the Zhytomyr region, due to the attack of Russian drones, five forest fires started, which burned a grassland area of ​​over three hectares. As reported by the Metropolitan Forestry Office, there were fires on the territory of the Forestry Department of Ukraine, including Korostensky, Korostyshivsky, Baranivsky and Zvyagelsky. In the steamy weather and strong wind, the fire expanded even faster, gradually extinguishing. Before that, forest workers had to work under the threat of repeated detonation of the vibration devices.

15.49 During the last few days, the Defense Forces attacked a petroleum depot, gas compressor stations, PPTsir and S-400 PPO complexes, and Nebo-U and Casta radar stations in the Crimean Peninsula. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported about this, announcing the “close of the holiday season” on the island, which will soon turn into an island.

15.22 Near the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia, the 118th Separate Separate Infantry Brigade struck a record number of Russian lightning strikes with one additional unit - 61 UAVs. The average cost per drone was 17.5 rubles. The crew worked continuously in position for 18 years, says military correspondent Andriy Tsaplienko.

13.40 More pro-Kremlin agitators have been caught in various regions of Ukraine. The criminals acted in support of the brutal aggression of the Russian Federation, called for an increase in the intensity of shelling in Ukraine, and also justified the military atrocities of the Russians. The SBU informs about the 22 chernya

11.25 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is actively informing the international community and the International Maritime Organization about Russia’s overnight attack on ships, one of which belongs to Turechchyna. The Minister of Abroad Affairs Andriy Sibiga informed the social media about this.

10.56 There was a high-profile terrorist attack near the center of Kiev, which was planned by two FSB agents. The SBU reported this. One of them is a mobilization, which is self-deprived of the military unit (SZCh), the other is a capital marketer.

10.33 On Monday, in seven regions of Ukraine, violence was recorded through attacks by Russian aggressors on energy infrastructure facilities. Ukrenergo reported about this. Energy can be used in every possible way in order to heal as quickly as possible all impatient subscribers.

10.27 Due to the Russian shelling of Donetsk region, one person died, seven were wounded. The National Police reported about this 22 chernya. It appears that there were 4 strikes on Druzhkivtsa by the Russians, covered by FPV drones - they killed a civilian and injured two more people. One injury - near Kramatorsk. Russian troops attacked the place with KAB-250 bombs and several drones. Slovyansk Vorog is crooked from the RSZV Tornado-S - four civilians were injured, 8 apartment buildings, 2 cars were destroyed.

9.45 Anti-aircraft defense forces eliminated 79 of 88 drones with which Russian fighters attacked Ukraine. About this 22 worms are reported by the Ukrainian forces of the ZSU. The presence of ballistic missiles and 5 attack UAVs at 6 locations was recorded, as well as the fall of downed soldiers (tricks) at 9 locations.

9.20 As a result of the strike of a Russian drone on the house of a wealthy family near the Shostka district of the Sumy region, a child and two adults died. The Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office reported about this 22 rubles. It appears that at around 04:50 the Russians attacked the booths near the Znob-Novgorod community with a drone. A 13-year-old boy, a 36-year-old father, and a 73-year-old grandmother died. The dead boy's 31-year-old mother, his 13-year-old sister and 10-year-old brother were injured.

8.54 At the front of the last battle, 246 combat battles between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian fire fighters were recorded. The General Staff of the ZSU informed about this 22 chervnya. Aviation, rocket artillery and artillery of the Defense Forces hit four control points, five areas of concentration of Russian manpower, six commandos, two UAV control points and two other important targets.

8.32 The Russian military attacked Zaporizhzhya with strike drones at night. We know about two people who died and were also injured. The Zaporizhzhya Regional Prosecutor's Office reported about this 22 rubles. It turns out that as a result of the enemy’s shelling, two women died, aged 39 and 53 years. Another 7 people were injured, the middle of which was an 11-year-old boy. Information about the victims is being clarified. As a result of the attacks, private and large buildings, warehouses, non-living buildings and government spores were often destroyed.

8.12 A Russian UAV hit a foreign vessel and wasted. About 22 thousand were lost to the Military-Navy Forces of the ZSU. It appears that as a result of the strike by a Russian drone on the dry-vantage vessel Turecchini VICTRESS (ensign of Panami), a large-scale fire was caused. There were nine crew members on board - people from Egypt, Turkey and India. Considering the difficult situation and the threat of further expansion of the fire, the crews of the Ukrainian Navy boats successfully carried out a ritual operation to evacuate the crew of the dry-vantage vessel, “among them there is no loss.” Deputy Prime Minister of Renewal - Minister of Development of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Kuleba, specifying that on the night of 22 worms, as a result of the attack of Russian drones, two civilians were destroyed merchant ships that went directly to Ukrainian ports.

In his words, after the blow of the drone, the vinikla burned on the ship under Ensign Panami. Having lost a member of the crew - a 58-year-old cook, a giant of Egypt. Eight sailors, among the giants of Turkey and India, were evacuated in confusion on the ritual raft. The ship suffered significant damage and lost its seaworthiness. The same night, the Russians attacked ships under the ranks of Palau and Belize. There were no casualties, the ships continued to sink due to damage.

7.50 ZSU over the past year, another 1,190 Russian units, 51 artillery systems and 384 units of vehicles and tank trucks have been destroyed. The ZSU General Staff reports this. The military losses of the Russian army from 02/24/22 to 06/22/26 amounted to approximately 1,393,140 individuals.

4.58 Moscow was attacked by over 60 drones at night until Monday, 22 thousand. Moscow airports have introduced interchanges in work. Moscow Mayor Sergiy Sobyanin stated this on Telegram.

He also spoke about the “extermination of drones.” Over the course of a year, we have already seen 27 such unmanned aerial vehicles.

Telegram channel Exilenova+ includes video with drones flying to Moscow, as well as with vibrations and sounds of robotic software.

3..44 Russia and the occupied regions attacked drones, covering the hostile infrastructure of the enemy. Please watch the following videos from the Exilenova+ monitoring Telegram channel.

Respect! In the video I use slightly Russian language, 18+

2.59 A series of vibukhs appeared in occupied Crimea at night on 22 cherni. After this, residents of several places were informed about power outages. This is reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Krimskiy Veter.

00.59 The Russians struck a rural enterprise in the Odessa region in the late evening of the 21st. The blow began to burn; one person died, three more were injured. About this, check out the addition of the head of Odeska OVA by Oleg Kiper.

As he said, the enterprise was attacked by an Iskander missile.

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