Sunday, June 12. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Sunday, June 12. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jun 12, 2022, 04:54pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Farmer Serhiy throws grains from a bucket in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk . .

. [+] region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grain because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling.

Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia’s invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) 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. Sunday, June 12. Day 109.

By Daryna Antoniuk Kharkiv. Russian troops bombed a children’s camp in Kharkiv Oblast, damaging three buildings. No casualties were reported.

Dnipro. A Russian rocket hit the Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, destroying one house and killing one woman. Ternopil .

Four Russian missiles, fired from the Black Sea, hit the city of Chortkiv in the Ternopil region destroying part of a military facility and damaging four residential buildings. The attack injured 23 people, including a child. Luhansk .

Russian troops have destroyed 26 buildings in the Luhansk Region over the last 24 hours. A six-year-old child died in the Russian shelling of Lysychansk in Luhansk Region on Sunday, according to Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration. 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 Donetsk .

Russian troops killed 1 civilian and wounded 3 others in Donetsk Oblast on Sunday. Russia’s artillery attacks also hit a thermal power plant in Donetsk Oblast, causing a fire on its territory. Zaporizhzhia .

The Russian Education Ministry said that children from the occupied cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast will study the Russian school curriculum from Sept. 1. Sievierodonetsk .

Overnight, Russian troops destroyed the second of three bridges leading to Sievierodonetsk. The third bridge is under attack and in danger of collapsing. This bridge is the only way for people to get out of the city.

“The Russians are throwing all their forces at “cutting off” Sievierodonetsk. The next two or three days will be important,” said Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration. Former British soldier Jordan Gatley was shot dead in combat in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk .

Gatley, 24, went to Ukraine to help fight Russian forces and train Ukrainian soldiers. “It takes a lot of courage to leave home and go a thousand miles to defend what you believe in,” said Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office. “Jordan Gatley was a true hero,” Podoliak said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won the Boris Nemtsov Prize for Courage. “Zelensky remained in Kyiv and decided to defend his homeland together with his people. He showed courage,” said the founder of the award Zhanna Nemtsova.

More than 32,000 Russian soldiers were killed in Ukraine since the start of the invasion. Russian forces have also lost 3,484 armoured combat vehicles and 226 multiple rocket launchers. The UN commission visited the Kyiv region on Sunday to investigate war crimes.

The commission will carry out its first mission in Ukraine through June 16. Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.