Monday, June 12. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
Katya Soldak
Forbes
Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 474.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2023/06/12/monday-june-12-russias-war-on-ukraine-news-and-information-from-ukraine/?sh=3f9b30152489
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.
REGIONAL.
ODESA REGION. In the early hours of Jun. 10, the wreckage of a Russian drone crashed onto a nine-story apartment building in Odesa after being shot down by Ukrainian defenses, authorities reported. The resulting fire killed three residents and injured 26 others, including three children. The same night, the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovksyi was also under attack, with ten civilians wounded and several homes blown out by the blast wave.
ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION. A medical facility in the southeastern town of Hulyaypole came under Russian fire on Jun. 9, local authorities said. The guided bomb claimed the lives of two people, a 46-year-old hospital worker and a 55-year-old woman who was passing by at the time of the attack. Two nurses sustained minor injuries.
CHERKASY REGION. Russian forces fired two Kalibr missiles at the central Ukrainian town of Uman on Jun. 9, regional governor Igor Taburets announced. The blast hit an empty workshop and a car wash, which was razed to the ground. Ten civilians were wounded in the attack, with one woman remaining in critical condition.
NOVA KHAKOVKA DAM. Only Russian passport holders are being permitted to leave flooded areas in the occupied parts of Kherson region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Jun. 10. There are also reports that Russian troops are evicting residents from their homes to house their personnel. During the evacuation, the city of Kherson was under bombardment, with at least two volunteers injured. In total, 47 settlements in the Kherson region are still flooded, and more than three thousand civilians have been evacuated.
The [Ukraine] SSU liquidated a bot farm in Vinnytsia [200 Km southwest from Kyiv], which created up to 500 fake accounts every day to "disperse" kremlin narratives.
Specialized equipment allowed criminals to register up to 500 anonymous accounts in various social networks every day, including those banned in Ukraine.
According to the case file, the Russian clients of the bot farm used fake accounts for mass "dispersal" of pro-Kremlin narratives. In particular, regarding the situation at the front and the socio-political situation in Ukraine. [FLASH News, June 12, 2023]
