The one hundred and twenty-eighth (159th) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the russian military invasion continues.
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77About us: The “Active Community” initiative was launched by activists of the “Republika” Institute after the Euromaidan (2014), which focused on the activation and involvement of Ukrainians in the decision-making process. The goal for 2025: to activate and involve at least 1% of citizens in making decisions and promoting reforms in Ukraine on a systematic basis for the well-being of Ukrainian communities. Today we work in 30 communities in Ukraine.
Ukraine in brief:
The one hundred and twenty-eighth (159th) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the russian military invasion continues.
The russian occupiers continue to launch rocket attacks on civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine.
There are no major changes on the Volyn, Polis, and Siver directions. The enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Gremyach, Mykhalchyna Sloboda, Kolos in the Chernihiv Oblast and Starykovo and Atynske in the Sumy Oblast with artillery.
In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy fired artillery in the areas of Chepil, Zolochiv, Ruska Lozova, Rubizhne, Khrestishche, Pechenygi, Kharkiv, Pytomnyk, Bazaliivka, Ruska Lozova and Prudyanka. Conducted an airstrike by a pair of Ka-52 helicopters near Mospanovoy. Continues to conduct aerial reconnaissance. In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy is defending previously occupied lines, regrouping funds, trying to improve the tactical position. Conducted artillery shelling near Dolyna, Mazanivka, Dibrivny, Hrushuvaha, Dovgenky, Krasnopill, Asiivka, Slovyanska, Mykilsky, and Bogorodichny.
In the Lysychansk and Bakhmut directions, the occupiers are shelling the areas of the settlements of Sidorove, Pereizne, Kryva Luka, Mayaki, Siversk, Privillia, Lysychansk, Vovchoyarivka, Zolotarivka, Bakhmut, Klynove, Kodema, New York, Novoluhanske, Berestov, Loskutivka, Pokrovske, Zaitseve, Travneve and Vershyn. Enemy airstrikes were recorded near Klinovo and Pokrovsky.
In the Avdiivsk, Kurakhivsk, Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy fired artillery of various calibers and tanks on the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka, Novoselivka Druga, Vodyane, Tonenke, Krasnohorivka, Pisky, Orihiv, Shevchenko, Novomykhailivka, Hirske, Gulyaipole, Vremivka, Vugledar, Novoandriivka, Chervone, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne and Maryinka.
The Ukrainian forces successfully and competently repelled the enemy’s attempt to conduct reconnaissance by fighting in the direction of the Lysychan gelatin plant. The occupiers left.
In the Southern-Buh direction, the enemy continued shelling in the areas of the settlements of Posad-Pokrovske, Stepova Dolyna, Tavriyske, Prybuzke, Oleksandrivka, Myrne, Shevchenkove, Novogrigorivka, Shiroke, Partizanske, Blagodatne, Pervomaiske, Kobzartsi, Chervyn Yar, Kavkaz, Stepeve, Kalynivka, Velike Artakove, Dobryanka, Potemkine and Mykolaivka. Conducted an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Divizia.
In preparation for missile strikes on objects on the territory of Ukraine, the occupiers are taking part in the Black Sea with two carriers of high-precision weapons.
The anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the russian UAV “Forpost”, worth approximately 7 million US dollars, in the Mykolaiv Oblast.
Ukrainian aviation and rocket-artillery units continue their activities to eliminate the enemy’s material and technical centers, pneumatic supply points, collective combat armored vehicles and manpower. In connection with significant losses of personnel of military units in accordance with the Eastern Military District of the russia, an active conscription company operates on its territory in this way, the recruitment point of the mobilization reserve was deployed in the city of Vladivostok and Sergeevka, the point of permanent deployment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army.
Northern Oblast
Kyiv
In the capital, the work of roadblocks has been strengthened. The number was increased at the entrances and exits from the city and decreased throughout the city. It allows you to control security and curfew.
Roads are being repaired in the Darnytskyi and Dnipro Raion of the city.
On Obolon, they are restoring a house that was destroyed by shelling on the seashore.
More and more people are returning to the city, and Mykola Povoroznyk, deputy head of the Kyiv City Administration , assures that if there is a need for more kindergartens, they will increase their number.
Starting next week, rescuers of the State Emergency Service will inspect schools that are not far from the shelling.
Kyiv Oblast
In Demydov, a storm destroyed the city across the Irpin River, which is now planned to be rebuilt in three weeks.
Law enforcement officers in Kyiv Oblast are investigating 76 cases of aid from local occupiers. The places provided them with housing and food, including for our military.
Zhytomyr Oblast
Representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to improve the interaction of defense headquarters at all levels. 35-year-old staff sergeant Mykola Mykolayovych Ivantsov, sniper, border guard inspector, died. A native of the village Krasnosilka, Bondariv Starostyn Raion.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has provided phone numbers that can be used to notify or find out information about a person who has been captured.
95 enemy rocket-bomb attacks have already been carried out in Zhytomyr Oblast, rescuers urge not to ignore alarm signals.
People are massively discussing the consequences of the airstrike in Odesa. Artists of the Zhytomyr Oblast’s Philharmonic named after Svyatoslav Richter was directed to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine from his salary of over 100,000 hryvnias. In Zhytomyr, the memory of children who became victims of the war in Ukraine was commemorated on Mykhailivska Street.
Another police station was opened in Novohrad-Volyn district.
The coordinator of the AUI “Active Community” established contacts with representatives of the authorities regarding internally displaced persons.
Chernihiv Oblast
Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko announced that he will go on a business trip to Switzerland regarding the restoration of Ukraine.
Almost 43 million UAH were allocated from the city budget of Chernihiv for the arrangement of bomb shelters. The purchase of bio-toilets, benches and generators is planned, and the houses will undergo cosmetic repairs.
Last day, the Orks (russian occupational forces) continued shelling the communities of Semenivska and Novgorod-Siverska. 10 mortar explosions near Leonivka and 6 explosions near Mykolaivka were recorded.
Sumy Oblast
As a result of shelling by the russian occupiers over the past day, one person died in Sumy Oblast, and four others were injured.
In the morning, the russians wanted to fire at the Bilopol community from a drone, but it was destroyed by the Ukrainian military. Around 18:30 there was a firefight with the russians on the border.
The russians shelled the Krasnopil community several times with mortars (20 shots) and rocket artillery and self-propelled guns, 25 and 47 sorties. Subsequently, an enemy drone dropped an explosive device. Also, at half past four in the morning, the russians opened mortar fire on the Velikopysarov community. Three arrivals were recorded there. Immediately after that, the occupiers fired 10 missiles from a helicopter, from the territory of the russia. A house of civilians and a civilian farm building were damaged. After 20:00, the russians fired four more rockets. There were 14 shots from a mortar in the Khotynsk community closer to 5 p.m., three more in half an hour.
Eastern Oblasts
Kharkivska
The terror of the population of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv Oblasy by the russian occupiers continues.
During the day, the russians shelled the Slobid Raion of Kharkiv. At night, the occupiers launched a rocket attack from Belgorod on the Industrial Raion. Industrial buildings were damaged, rescuers extinguished the fire.
On the night of June 30, the russian occupational military shelled an enterprise in the Osnovyansky Raion of Kharkiv. A 12-meter-deep crater was formed from the rocket impact.
On the territory of the Oblast, during the day, the enemy raided the settlements of Izyum, Kharkiv, Bogoduhia and Chuguyiv districts. Private houses, commercial buildings, and production facilities were damaged. Firefighters extinguished several fires.
During the day, 3 people were killed in Izyum Raion as a result of shelling, and 2 more were injured by explosions. 1 person was killed and 1 was injured in Chuguyiv Raion .
1 person was hospitalized in Kharkiv and 1 in Kharkiv Raion.
Active hostilities continue on the territory of Kharkiv Oblast. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is defending the occupied territories. In the Izyum Raion, the occupiers are regrouping and trying to improve their tactical position in order to continue the offensive in the direction of Sloviansk.
Donetsk Oblast
In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy’s troops continue their defence, regroup and try to improve their tactical position. The aggressor carried out artillery fire on positions of Ukrainian troops near Dolyna, Mazanivka, Dibrivny, Hrushuvaha, Adamivka, Husarivka, and Ivanivka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on encircling Ukrainian troops in the Lysychansk direction from the south and west, as well as establishing full control over the Luhansk Obast. It conducts assault operations with the aim of blocking the logistical support of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Lysychansk direction, Ukrainian positions are shelled from barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Siversk, Bilogorivka, Lysychansk and Vovchoyarivka. It is trying to take control of the section of the Bakhmut – Lysychansk highway, but it is not succeeding.
At the same time, the enemy intensified combat operations in the Kramatorsk direction.
In the Avdiyiv, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv, and Zaporizhzhya directions, it shelled the positions of the defenders of Ukraine with barrel and rocket artillery along the contact line.
On June 30th, the russians killed 4 civilians of Donetsk oblast: in Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Gostrom, and Siversk. Another 18 people were injured.
Since the beginning of the russian invasion of Ukraine, 545 civilians have been killed and another 1,425 injured as a result of shelling and bombing in the Donetsk oblast.
Kramatorsk
Enemy action in Kramatorsk was not recorded.
In Slovyansk, the enemy damaged several houses in the private sector using rocket salvo systems. There are no victims. The mayor addressed the residents and also thanked the Buchansk community and its head for the generators sent.
The armed forces of Ukraine are giving a decent rebuff to the enemy, which is trying to conduct military operations in the directions of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. Territorial Defence fighters are preparing to meet the enemy.
In Kramatorsk, the graduates were presented with certificates of completion of general secondary education. The mayor of Kramatorsk, Oleksandr Honcharenko, congratulated the graduates of the 11th grade of the community’s schools and participated in the ceremony of awarding certificates of completion of general secondary education.
More and more residents are returning to the city. Despite the shelling of neighbouring cities, people are forced to stay in the city because there is a lack of funds to live in other cities of the country. Many people turn to humanitarian centres for help.
In general, the situation in the community is alarming. During the day, the sounds of explosions are heard. News about the shelling of neighbouring cities is constantly published.
The AUI “Active Community” coordinator held negotiations with one of the foreign non-governmental organisations. Joint activities were coordinated to provide assistance to cancer patients who remain in Kramatorsk.
Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk Raion
The enemy targeted the cities of Avdiivka, Selidove, Ukrainsk, Karlivka, Tonenke. The occupiers hit with Kh-22 missiles, S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, artillery, Hail and Uragan rocket salvo systems. In total, 19 strikes were recorded in the Donetsk oblast, the most “arrivals” – in Avdiivka.
On June 30th, Selydivska and Novogrodivska communities of Pokrovsky Raion were shelled.
The troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy’s attack. Representatives of the local security forces patrolled the Pokrovsk community.
The last day in the Pokrovsk community was relatively calm. No facts were recorded regarding casualties and damage caused by shelling on the community’s territory. According to information from the dispatcher of the Pokrovskvodokanal utility company, the water main at the Karlivka filter station was damaged. “Voda Donbasu” company informs about reconnection of the water supply network.
Adaptation of special children in society directly depends on constant professional support. However, because of the war, they were deprived of the opportunity to exercise, train, and communicate. In order to correct the situation, the specialists of the “Myloserdya” Rehabilitation Center introduced individual classes for everyone at home.
Bakhmut
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is shelling the areas of the settlements of Berestov, Yakovlivka, Vidrodzhenny, Mayorsk and Vugledarskaya TPP with artillery. Attempts are being made to improve the tactical position in the direction of the settlement of Pokrovske, but there is no success.
On the night of June 30th, the russian army struck the communal enterprise “Bakhmutelectrotrans” in Bakhmut. The building of the utility company was destroyed, and at least ten trolleybuses were damaged.
On June 29th, a bus station was damaged by the russian “Hail” in Bakhmut. Buses no longer run from the station, but the trolleybus still stops.
Luhansk Oblast
The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the occupied LNR, in Kadiivka (Stakhanov), destroyed a warehouse with ammunition belonging to the russian occupiers. Rashists attack the oil refinery in Lysychansk, and hold the north-western and south-eastern parts of the plant. The shelling of Lysychansk does not stop, the attack is carried out from the south and west, with many house fires and the burning of two shopping centers. The Topolivka-Lysychansk road is under the fire control of the Rashists.
The situation in Severodonetsk is complicated. It is impossible to restore the infrastructure of the city, there is no food supply to the city. Luhansk Territorial Defense received 10 new buses today.
As of July 1st, some residents of the Luhansk Oblast have had their pensions increased.
Southern Oblast
Kherson Oblast
The russian occupiers in the Kherson oblast are demanding from state and communal institutions re-registration to switch to payment in rubles. On June 28, together with the mayor of temporarily occupied Kherson, the russian military kidnapped five more people.
Servicemen of the 60th separate infantry brigade conducted a successful offensive and liberated the village of Potemkine in the Kherson oblast.
Odesa Oblast
As of 1:30 p.m. as a result of a rocket attack in the village of Serhiyivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky District, Odesa Oblast a high-rise building and a recreation centre were damaged. 20 people died (16 people – in a residential building and 4 people – in a recreation centre, including 1 child), and 38 people were injured (37 people – in a residential building, including 6 children and 1 person – in a recreation centre). 38 people were hospitalized. 8 people were saved, including 3 children (7 people – a residential building, including 3 children and 1 person – a recreation centre). Rescue operations are ongoing, and psychologists of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene.
Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov announced on his Facebook page that the rocket attack on the Belgorod-Dniester district is another crime of the Russian Federation and a terrible tragedy for the Odesa oblast. He noted that all those involved in the crimes of the occupiers are and will be responsible for every drop of Ukrainian blood. The mayor expressed his sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.
People are united and active, engaged in volunteering.
The situation is tense due to the threat of rocket attacks.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” provided information on receiving psychological, social and humanitarian assistance. Conducted art therapy “Painting of eco-bags”.
Central Oblasts
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
As a result of enemy attacks on Zelenodolsk and Velika Kostroma, which occurred this morning, a warehouse, more than one and a half dozen units of agricultural machinery, a non-residential building in a summer association, and five beehives were destroyed in populated areas. In addition, three houses, including the premises of the village club, and a power line were damaged.
The Nikopol district was also shelled. As a result of the impact, a 2-meter deep crater was left on the field.
The number of migrants in the oblast is growing. Only according to official estimates, it is more than 260 thousand people. Unofficially – more than 300 thousand people.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” disseminated information among citizens about the conditions for admission to higher education institutions in Kyiv and Kyiv oblast.
Kirovohrad Oblast
An air alert was announced in the oblast due to the threat of a missile strike.
Today, on July 1st, at 5:20 a.m., an anti-aircraft defence shot down an enemy missile that fell on the border of the Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv oblasts.
A strong explosion occurred in the Pervomaiskyi district, and the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration reported about it. Currently, the search for the place where the rocket fell is ongoing. The Armed Forces of Ukraine guard the borders of the oblast and military facilities. Territorial defence fighters conducted tactical training and patrolled the city.
The head of the Kirovohrad oblast council, Serhiy Shulga, said that council deputies of various levels are joining the volunteer defence forces of the Kirovohrad oblast and rallying concerned residents on the ground.
Kropyvnytskyi track and field athlete Oleg Doroshchuk will take part in the World Athletics Championships, which will take place on July 15-24 in the USA. So, Oleg Doroshchuk became the only athlete from Kirovohrad Oblast who will participate in these competitions. The tournament will be held in the city of Eugene. In addition, the other day the athlete won second place in the tournament in Belgium.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” provided advice to the displaced people on obtaining documents on the status of an internally displaced person, as well as information on the available resources of employers in the regional centre and surrounding communities.
Poltava Oblast
On July 4, 5 kindergartens equipped with air alert shelters will open their doors for children.
In “Poltava Central Raion Clinical Hospital”, a renovated department of anesthesiology was opened. It is fully equipped with modern equipment: ventilators and devices for resuscitation (defibrillator, centralized oxygen supply, etc). The department has 3 wards designed for six people who need intensive treatment at the modern level.
Four Poltava officials were informed by the Security Service of Ukraine about suspicion of embezzlement of the budget for the employment of cleaners of the Mamaia estate. They were involved in the crime scheme. Two of them are also suspected of forging documents. Thus, the community suffered losses in the amount of more than half a million hryvnias.
Poltava volunteers help animals affected by the war and support shelters. About 40 dogs of the Laika breed currently live in one of these shelters.
Pothole repair of local roads continues in the communities of Poltava Oblast. Currently, work is ongoing in 18 communities. 14 objects out of 30 started have already been completed. This is 30 thousand “squares” of renewed road surface.
The team of AUI “Active Community” in Poltava continues to care for the family that came from Volnovakha. A mother and a child with a disability are in the neurological department of the Poltava Oblast Hospital. They need food and help in purchasing medicine. The team helps the family not to feel alone in a foreign city, brings home-cooked food, necessary things, provides psychological support to the family.
Vinnytsia Oblast
Khmilnyk and Khmilnyk Raion
During the day, the air raid signals were constantly sounded.
The past day passed peacefully in the Khmilnyk community.
The Khmilnyk community received another humanitarian tranche of public aid.
This week, support shipments arrived in Khmilnyk from:
• twin city of Urzad, twin city and Gmina of Busko-Zdrój, and Tarnów County (Republic of Poland). The community of the city and Gmina of Busko-Zdrój handed over a complete children’s sports ground, 3 biotoilets, medicines, products for long-term storage (canned foods and stews – 200 cans) and hygiene products. Residents of Tarnów handed over medicines, medical equipment and food products;
• friendly city of Wroclaw (Republic of Poland). A cargo with food, water, work equipment (shovels in the amount of 50 pieces) was received;
• friendly residents of Milan (Republic of Italy). A shipment of foodstuffs arrived: pasta – 20 kg, hygiene products (diapers) – 40 kg, and antiseptics.
In June 2022, 530 internally displaced families, approximately 2,100 people of different age categories, from infants to elderly people, visited the humanitarian aid distribution point at the territorial social service center of the Khmilnyk City Council.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” of Khmilnyk and Khmilnyk Raion was preparing for the next event.
Western Oblasts
Lviv Oblast
The activities of the Moscow Patriarchate were banned in Lviv and the Lviv Raion. Within 14 days from the adoption of this decision, religious communities, monasteries and spiritual educational institutions of the Moscow Patriarchate can transfer to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. After this period, their activities will be terminated, and the property will be confiscated for the benefit of the local community. Their property and land use agreements will be terminated.
Activists from Sloviansk, who were evacuated to Lviv, do not stop their charity work. They open a social canteen and plan to organize a hub for vulnerable people. The canteen will open on July 5 at 2 Berestyana Street. Anyone who can be classified as a vulnerable population can eat there.
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
The situation in the oblast is stable and under control. Yesterday, a significant event took place in the community – the opening of the “I am Mariupol” center. This is an initiative of the Mariupol City Council, supported by international organizations. The center is very important for the grouping of Mariupol residents, because there are currently more than 3,000 of them in the community.
The Logistics Center for sending goods to hot spots continues its work. Residents can use the center to donate long-term food to their relatives and friends who are on the front lines.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” joined the project of career counselors and helps internally displaced persons to find work in the community.
Rivne Oblast
The general situation is relatively calm, as of 16:30 there were no air alarms.
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine patrol the border with belarus. Representatives of the local Territorial Defense unit patrol and are on duty at checkpoints.
In the Rivne Oblast, 153 employers received compensation from the state for employing 287 internally displaced persons.
Employees of the Rivne NPP bought three cars for Ukrainian defenders.
The Rivne Oblast Military Administration informs daily about the availability of fuel at gas stations in the oblast.
The coordinator of AUI “Active Community” helped moderate the Board Games Club event, which takes place in the youth space. This was an integration event in which internally displaced and local youth participate. This contributes to a better adaptation of the youth to life in the Rivne community.
Chernivtsi Oblast (Bukovyna)
Currently, it is safe in the Chernivtsi Oblast: representatives of the security forces protect the peace of Bukovyna residents and guests of the oblast around the clock.
Dmytro Toderash from Bukovyna has been the owner of an Italian passport for a long time. He lived in Italy for many years. He had a small business and two daughters. But on February 24, the man’s life changed: he voluntarily came to the Chernivtsi City Military Committee and went to serve in the army. “Who if not me?” Dmytro says.
During the meeting, the head of the National Health Service of Ukraine Nataliya Husak and the head of the Chernivtsi Oblast Military Administration, Serhiy Osachuk, discussed the work of the oblast’s medical institutions under martial law.
The residents of Chernivtsi received humanitarian cargo from the “Caritas Dusseldorf” foundation in the form of 10 trucks filled with already formed food kits.
An artist from Chernivtsi collected 70 thousand hryvnias for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There are currently about 83,000 internally displaced persons in Bukovyna.
Zakarpattya
Ukrainians will get everything, or the types of volunteers: “Nasha Faita” filmed a humorous video in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In July, one of the enterprises relocated from Dnipro to Uzhgorod is scheduled to be launched – this is the production of polycarbonate.
At the British film festival “Sheffield DocFest” the documentary film “Between the sky and the mountains” by Zakarpattya director Dmytro Greshko was presented.
Last modified: 3 Липня, 2022
