The Russians are slowly advancing near Kharkiv. In Severodonetsk, only one 74-year-old man went out into the evacuation corridor towards the occupied territories.

 During the daytime air aalarm, on the territory of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, air defense forces shot down a Russian missile.

         In Zolochiv, Lviv Region, 6 people were injured by falling debris from a downed missile. In addition to the Lviv region, the Russians launched rocket attacks on the Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi regions.

      The Air Force of Ukraine shot down a total of three cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea.

     **** The Russians offered the Ukrainian defenders of Severodonetsk, concentrated at the Azot chemical plant, to lay down their weapons by 8 o'clock in the morning. The Russians are offering to evacuate the civilians who were hiding on the territory of the plant through Svatovo, in the occupied Luhansk Region. Ukraine insists that 500 civilians sheltering in "Azot" should be evacuated to Lysychansk, controlled by Kyiv. The Russians say that this is impossible due to the destruction of three bridges across the Siverskyi Donets River.

 Russia launched a missile attack on Pryluky, Chernihiv region. The arrival of three missiles was recorded.

 At night, rather late yesterday evening, the Russians bombed Chortkiv, Ternopil region. Although I was born in Germany, Chortkiv is the first city I remember from childhood. I started go to a school there. Therefore, I consider Chortkiv, and Ukraine in general, my Motherland. As a result of the bombing, the city was left without gas supply. Panic began among the residents of the city. People tried to leave the city at night, despite the fact that there was a curfew. It is reported that there were four rocket assaults. A military facility and four residential block of flats were partially destroyed. 22 victims who were hospitalized. Among them is a 12-year-old child who was evacuated from the Kharkiv region not long time ago. Due to significant destruction, it is not excluded that the dead may be found under the rubble.

 Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko suggested that Belarusian troops may have to fight for Western Ukraine so that it is not occupied by the "West".

*** State Russian news agencies report that Russian-occupied passports will be issued in Kherson and Melitopol. It is not specified how many passports were issued in Melitopol, but it is reported either 23 or 25 passports were issued in Kherson.

 Two Britons and a Moroccan, who served in the Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were sentenced to death by the so-called DPR court. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the British authorities will seek the release of their citizens.

***The Russian agency "Intefax" reported that the occupation authorities of Melitopol have started exporting cherries to the annexed Crimea and are planning deliveries to Russia.

 Around one o'clock in the morning, a Russian rocket damaged a multi-story building in the city of Novograd-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region. The city of Novohrad-Volynskyi is located 160 km east of us.

*** Night shelling of Kharkiv. Again a school, library, cafe. The shelling led to large-scale fires. Two people died, another 4 were injured. Air television broadcasting has disappeared in Kharkiv.

*** The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, reports that up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and up to 500 are wounded every day.