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Daily Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Friday, September 16, 2022.
by PAVLO VITENKO, Ukrainian Freedom News
Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region / Photo: General Staff
Summary by Oblasts (regions)
LUHANSK REGION
The general situation on the contact line is unchanged - positional battles continue. During the night: three mortars and 9 artillery shells. Twice the occupiers used MLRS and tanks. Due to the massive losses of the occupiers after the fire damage inflicted by the Defense Forces on the places of concentration of Russian troops, in particular, effective high-precision strikes in the Perevalsk region, the corpses of Russian soldiers are being taken out in overcrowded trucks.
DONETSK REGION
At night, the Russians shelled settlements on the front line in the Pokrovsk and Bakhmut districts.
In the middle of the night, Smerch and S-300 anti-aircraft missiles struck Selydove - one person was killed and 5 wounded. Rockets damaged 32 five-story buildings, a school, a gymnasium, and a kindergarten. Mariinka, Krasnohorivka, Nova Mykhailivka and Georgiivka came under artillery fire - there were no reports of casualties or destruction. In Avdiivka, there was another massive shelling of the city center in the morning. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
In the Bakhmut district, there were no victims at night, but there was destruction. Shortly before midnight, Toretsk came under fire - a shell hit a wasteland, but the explosion damaged the windows and roofs of nearby buildings. Also on the territory of the community it was loud in the Pivnichne. In Paraskoviivka Russians destroyed 1 house overnight, and damaged 5 more.
The region remains without gas and partly without water and electricity. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues. In one day, 5 civilians were killed and 6 wounded in the Donetsk region.
SUMY REGION
This morning, four mines from Russia flew over the territory of the Krasnopillia community. According to preliminary information, there were no victims or destruction.
Over the past day, the enemy shelled the communities of Velyka Pysarivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Shalyhyne and Seredyno-Budsk.
KHARKIV REGION
That night, the enemy launched rocket attacks on Kharkiv and the village of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district. In the Sloboda district of Kharkiv, a rocket hit the ground near a residential building. The house was partially damaged, 5 garages were destroyed, and the car was burned. Four people were lightly injured, including two children aged five and 17. A rocket hit a one-story non-residential building in the Kyiv region. Fortunately, no losses.
In the village of Zolochiv at night, two rockets of the occupiers hit the asphalt near the educational institution. Windows in the building were broken. Previously - without losses.
During the past day, the enemy massively shelled the recently liberated settlements of the Kharkiv region in the Kharkiv, Kupiansk and Izyum districts. Residential buildings were destroyed, there are victims.
According to the Center for Emergency Medical Assistance, 10 people were injured in the Kupiansk district during the day, including 2 children aged 12 and 13. One more person was wounded in Izyum district, one in Kharkiv district.
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION
That night, the Russians shelled the Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts. Nikopol was hit 5 times with "Hrad" and heavy artillery. A woman was injured in Nikopol, medics provided help - she is being treated at home. In the city, 11 high-rise and private buildings, a lyceum, a kindergarten, a social service center, several businesses, gas pipelines and power lines were damaged.
3 high-rise buildings, a store and a car were damaged in the Chervonohryhorivka community. People were not injured.
In the Marhanets and Zelenodolsk communities, there were also no casualties.
MYKOLAYIV REGION
At night, the town of Berezneguvate was shelled, as a result of which the warehouse of the farm was partially destroyed. Also, a fire broke out due to the fall of ammunition and their fragments. There are no casualties. Settlements of the Berezneguvate community remain under constant fire. Yes, over the past day there were shellings in the village. Murakhivka, the Berezneguvate station, Chervonyi Yar village, also came under fire.
During the past day, periodic shelling of the outskirts of the village continued. Nova Oleksandrivka. There were no injuries or damage.
KHERSON REGION
The situation in the region remains difficult. Positional battles continue, the Defense Forces continue to improve their tactical position and entrench themselves in the liberated territories. The enemy tried to conduct an assault in the direction from Arkhanhelske to Ivanivka. He had no success, retreated with losses.
During the night, rocket and artillery units performed 140 fire missions. Including in the areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and equipment of the enemy. The Kakhovka Bridge is under close fire control. Occupiers have no opportunity to use it.
Read the full report at Ukrainian Freedom News.
Near-Daily Ukraine War Journal, 15 Sept: Notes About Freedom from Lviv and from a train
Sep 15, 2022
Part of the Speak Freely Podcast, from Ukrainian Freedom News In war-time, two friends, Zakhar Pikh, Ukrainian bartender before the war; and Joe Lindsley, American writer in Ukraine since the pandemic started share a real conversation about life under Russian threat.
Here, Joe speaks from a train from Kharkiv, where he was just blocks from missile and shelling attacks, on the way to Kyiv. Zakh, having just finished a trip through Ukraine, speaks from Lviv.
Due to lack of cell service on the train, they each record their experience of the day. Joe talks about an intense experience under shelling with brave, noble-hearted volunteers from Canada, France, and Ukraine.
Zach speaks about internal displaced person, domestic refugees. He wants Ukrainians to leave the more dangerous front-line cities and come to safer ones.
Includes explicit language, because the goal is to share honest thoughts and the mood of the moment.
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Sep 12, 2022
Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bob Sirott on Chicago's WGN Radio has been speaking daily with Joe Lindsley, an American in Ukraine since the pandemic started.
In this episode, Bob asks Joe, about his background, specifically about the film The Loudest Voice, in which Russell Crowe plays Joe's former boss Roger Ailes, and Emory Cohen plays Joe.
Speaking from the Ukrainian seaside city of Odesa, Joe describe the city's war-time mood, its elegance, and its history.
You can find all the episodes here: https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/ukrai...
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