Saturday, June 18. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Saturday, June 18. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jun 18, 2022, 05:24pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A house is on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory occupied by Russia. Friday, June 17, .

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(AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) ASSOCIATED PRESS Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation.

Saturday, June 18. Day 115. By Daryna Antoniuk Dnipro.

Russian missiles destroyed a fuel storage depot in Novomoskovsk, a town in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region . Eleven people were injured. The Ukrainian industrial city of Kryvyi Rih was also hit by a missile.

Some people were injured. Kharkiv . Several Russian missiles hit the gas processing plant near Izium, in Kharkiv Oblast, on Saturday, causing a massive fire.

Poltava. Russian missiles hit an oil refinery in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. The refinery won’t be repaired until the end of the year, according to the oblast’s governor.

Mariupol . Citizens of Mariupol have limited access to drinking water and people are forced to collect it from puddles, said Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the city’s mayor. MORE FOR YOU Pfizer Tests Pill That Could Prevent Covid Infection Liz Cheney Needles Trump For Bashing Bush: ‘I Like Republican Presidents Who Win Re-Election’ Covid Pandemic Slashes Life Expectancy — Here’s Where It Fell The Most The cost of the damage Russia has caused to Ukraine’s infrastructure has already reached $104 billion, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

At least 45 million square meters of housing, 656 hospitals, more than 1,200 educational institutions, nearly 25,000 kilometers of roads, 300 bridges, and 12 airports have been destroyed or damaged as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. British prime minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Ukraine should host the Eurovision song contest in 2023. “I believe that Kyiv or any other safe Ukrainian city would be a fantastic place to have it,” Johnson said.

His comment came after organizers said that next year they want to hold the contest in the UK due to the war in Ukraine. Five Ukrainian civilians returned to Ukraine in an exchange for five Russian prisoners of war. Four of the released Ukrainians were taken prisoner during fighting in the Kyiv region.

Ukraine may resume talks with Russia in August, according to Ukraine’s chief negotiator with Russia David Arakhamia. But first, Ukraine should conduct several counterattacks, he said. The lend-lease program, which helps Ukraine to get weapons from Western allies more easily and quickly, has not yet started, said Oleksii Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.

According to him, it may start in July through September. Danilov didn’t specify the reasons for the delay. Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.