Ukraine reports 197 frontline clashes as Putin acknowledges fuel issues
Ukrainian forces reported 197 combat clashes on June 28, with Russian assaults most intense on the Sloviansk, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole directions. Putin acknowledged domestic fuel supply problems.
Ukrainian forces reported 197 combat clashes on June 28, with Russian assaults most intense on the Sloviansk, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole directions. Concurrently, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged domestic fuel supply problems, reportedly due to Ukrainian attacks on oil infrastructure, confirming an existing gasoline export ban and an anticipated diesel restriction. Updated casualty figures include a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Zmiivska community in the Kharkiv region on June 28, which killed one and injured seven, including two children. In Zaporizhzhia, a guided aerial bomb strike's death toll rose to two, with 16 injured, including two children, one in serious condition. Separately, all 11 occupants, consisting of five nurses, five instructors, and the pilot, perished in a plane crash in Tomblaine, northeastern France, on June 28.
Sources: Громадське, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда