Yesterday, in the afternoon, social networks and Telegram channels reported on combat clashes on the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Belgorod region of Russia. The "Russian Volunteer Corps", whose soldiers are fighting on the side of Ukraine, announced that it was carrying out combat missions on the territory of Russia. Another "Legion of Freedom of Russia", consisting of citizens of Russia, called on residents of the Russian border regions to stay at home and "not to resist". They also recorded an appeal to Russians to fight for a Russia free from Putin.

 The night air alert continued for almost two hours. The Russians bombed  Dnipro cyty and the region. Air defense shot down 15 drones and 4 cruise missiles. It is reported that the Russians used 16 missiles of various types and 20 Shahed attack drones. The fire station was hit. 3 buildings and more than 20 vehicles were destroyed. This is already the 12th mass attack on Ukraine since the beginning of May. Previous strikes were mainly aimed at Kyiv.

 In the morning, there were reports that Russian troops had completely captured the city of Bakhmut.

 At night, the Russians bombed Kyiv and Odessa. Near Kyiv, all the missiles were shot down. 6 missiles were shot down near Odesa and fell into the Black Sea. But there is a hit at an industrial facility, one person had been killed, two wounded. Civilians were injured.

 At night, the Russians comprehensively hit Kyiv from different directions at the same time with drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. All missiles were shot down, including 6 state-of-the-art Russian aeroballistic, ultrasonic "Kinzhal" missiles. The attack was from the northern, southern and eastern directions, 18 missiles of various types. Out of six MIG-31K aircraft, 6 Kinzhals were launched. 9 Kalibr cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea, and three ground-based Iskander missiles. Missile fragments fell in the Solomyansky, Shevchenkivsky, Svyatoshynsky, Obolonsky (right bank) and Darnytsky (left bank) districts of Kyiv. Several buses were burned by the debris jf missils. Missile fragments also fell in the zoo.

       ****CNN reports that as a result of a powerful night attack in Kyiv, one component of the Patriot air defense system may have been damaged. Ukraine currently has two Patriot systems. One was donated by the USA, the other by Germany and the Netherlands. It is not known which of these systems was damaged, but disabling one of them, even for a short time, could affect Ukraine's ability to defend Kyiv amid increased Russian missile attacks.

 There were two air raids during the night. The Ternopil region was shelled twice.

 The Russians launched 21 drones, 17 of which were shot down by our air defense. There are hits in the Khmelnytskyi region and in Mykolaiv. All drones flying to Kyiv were shot down. In the Khmelnytskyi region, there is a hit in the object of one of the communities near the regional center. 11 people were injured. There were no hits in the city of Khmelnytskyi itself, but primary institutions, medical and administrative buildings, industrial facilities and residential buildings were damaged in the city as a result of the blast waves.

        In Mykolaiv, a five-story residential building was damaged and a two-story building at the enterprise was destroyed.

      ***** Two helicopters, or one helicopter and one SU-24 aircraft, were shot down or fell in the Bryansk region of Russia near the city of Klintsy. Russian bloggers write that the plane and helicopter could have been mistakenly shot down by Russian anti-aircraft guns. The city of Klintsi is 50 km from the Ukrainian border. Who knocked them down, or did they fall themselves? - it is still unknown.