1. The Russian Aerospace Forces and Missile Forces continue to strike targets across the country, the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate in Kiev was hit. Russian ground attack aviation is operating in the sky. A no-fly zone for civil aviation has been formed over the territory of Ukraine.
2. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov reported about the counter-offensive of the DPR and LPR troops in certain sectors of the front and added that only the areas of concentration of troops become the target of Russian attacks.
3. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Russia and called for large-scale protests against the military operation.
4. The units of the Russian army deployed in Crimea crossed the border and entered the territory of the Kherson region. They established control over the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric power station. Eyewitnesses filmed abandoned columns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of the peninsula. The Ukrainian defense in this area collapsed.
5. On the outskirts of the second most populous city in the country of Kharkov, there are battles with the use of armored vehicles. Ukrainian media resources reported about the capture of two Russian servicemen, but their documents were not shown. The Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured one checkpoint at the entrance to the city.
6. In the Kiev region, near the Gostomel airfield, helicopters were seen that struck on a military unit. Anti-aircraft missiles were launched against them: several helicopters were shot down. Residents reported about Russian fighter jets flying over the capital. One Ka-52 helicopter was shot down.
7. Russian units also entered the territory of the Sumy region and took the city of Putivl. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are destroying bridges in order to slow down the advance of the Russian troops. Footage of surrendering Ukrainian servicemen appears on the network, although so far the phenomenon is not widespread.
8. Ukrainian propagandists are actively spreading fakes about Russian losses, passing off a seven-year-old video as new and footage from computer games as real.
9. Long-range radar reconnaissance aircraft of NATO countries are actively operating (https://t.me/rybar/24525) from Polish airspace.
10. The Kremlin announced about the possibility of negotiations with Ukraine on its neutral status and refusal to deploy weapons if it is ready in response.
At this moment:
1. Ukrainian troops suffered heavy losses in aviation and air defense. Not all aircraft and air defense systems have been destroyed: MANPADS continue to pose a threat, with the help of which they managed to hit several helicopters.
2. The greatest advance was recorded in the Kherson region, where the defense on the isthmus collapsed. The heaviest fighting takes place in the vicinity of Kharkov, where Russian troops have suffered losses.
3. The operation will continue: after the first battles, the main defense nodes and places of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are opened. They will become the targets of new strikes.
Russian Aerospace Forces and Missile Forces continue striking targets across the country
