The headquarters of the “DPR” territorial defense, as well as the Russian media, report on the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which 2 people were killed and 6 more were injured. The head of the "DPR" Denis Pushilin also claims two dead. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, announced the continuation of shelling by the Russian side in the Donetsk direction.

“In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues shelling the units of the Defense Forces along the entire line of collision. Uses assault and army aviation. Conducts reconnaissance to find weaknesses in the defense of our troops, ”the General Staff said in a statement.

RIA Novosti writes that the bus station was fired upon. The agency released a video of the destruction, as well as impact craters. The publicationclaims that the victims of the attack were the driver of the shuttle bus and another person.

The day before, the Head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, wrote on his Facebook page that Russian mercenaries from the Liga PMC were entering Ukrainian checkpoints and trying to find weaknesses in the defense of the Luhansk region. According to him, the invaders speak Ukrainian and are dressed in the uniform of Ukrainian defenders.

Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities reported a strike on the center of Vinnytsia by Russian Caliber cruise missiles launched from a submarine in the Black Sea. According to the latest data, the death toll from the rocket attack on Vinnitsa has risen to 23 people, including three children. The Russian Ministry of Defense explained the missile attack on Vinnitsa by the fact that "Nazis" were allegedly based in the local House of Officers.

On July 9, the Russian military attacked Chasovoy Yar. According to the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration (OVA) Pavel Kirilenko, the shelling was carried out with rockets from Uragans. The State Emergency Service reported 43 dead, including a child (a boy of about 9 years old).

Since the first day of the war, the Russian side has been claiming that it is only attacking the military infrastructure of Ukraine. In fact, it regularly shells civilian targets. So on July 3, the Russian military attacked Slavyansk. The mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh, said that it was "the largest shelling of the city in recent times." Also, Russia regularly attacks Nikolaev. According to the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich, during the war, Russian troops caused damage to Mykolaiv in the amount of 633 million hryvnias ($21.4 million).