Russia fired from "Hurricanes" on the residents of Lisichansk, who were gathering water, eight people were killed, 21 were injured. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration (OVA) Sergei Gaidai.
“Today in Lisichansk, when the civilian population was collecting water from the brought tank, the Russians hit a crowd of people from the Uragan MLRS. Eight Lisichansk people died, 21 people were taken to the hospital, five of them remained in Lisichansk after receiving medical assistance. 16 citizens were evacuated to hospitals in other regions. Among the dead is a guy born in 2007, among the wounded is a guy born in 2008.”
Earlier in the day, Russian rockets hit a shopping center in Kremenchuk, where there were more than a thousand people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. According to the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration (OVA) Dmitry Lunin, at least 11 people died and 40 were injured. The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that Russia fired X-22 missiles from Tu-22 M3 long-range bombers. The planes took off from the Shaikovka military airfield, launches were carried out from the Kursk region.
On June 26, Kiev was subjected to rocket fire. The shell hit a nine-story residential building in the Shevchenko district, the top three floors were destroyed. As a result of the shelling of a residential building, at least one person was killed, two were hospitalized. Also, the Russian military fired 24 rockets at the outskirts of Zhytomyr from planes that came from the territory of Belarus, said Mayor of Zhytomyr Sergei Sukhomlin. The head of the regional administration, Vitaly Bunechko, specified that 30 rockets were fired at the region, one soldier was killed, and another was wounded.
Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine reported that Russia plans to blow up residential buildings, hospitals and schools in the town of Mozyr, Gomel region of Belarus, in order to drag the republic into the war. According to the GUR, sabotage groups, which include Russian intelligence officers and mercenaries from private military companies controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, arrived in the city from Russia under the guise of civilians to carry out a provocation. As Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine, former deputy chairman of the SBU Viktor Yagun told The Insider, if Ukraine wanted to hit some object in Mozyr, it would be the Mozyr oil refinery, not residential buildings.