Ukraine: Russia reports numerous deaths - and reports capture of the largest coal-fired power plant

Created: 07/27/2022, 05:50

By: Franziska Schwarz

Scene from Donetsk region in July 2022 © Anatolii Stepanov/AFP

Donetsk is partly controlled by Ukraine and partly by Russia.

The invaders announce the takeover of the largest coal-fired power plant.

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Update from July 26, 8:11 p.m

.: In the Donetsk region (eastern Ukraine), Russian troops say they have taken control of Ukraine’s largest coal-fired power plant near Svitlodarsk.

Media of the Donetsk separatists already reported the capture.

Pictures should prove the presence of Russian mercenaries of the so-called Wagner group in front of the administration building.

According to other reports, however, the fighting around the power plant site, which has been going on since the end of May, is continuing.

The information cannot be verified independently.

The Ukrainian General Staff made no further mention of the power plant in its July 26 evening situation report.

Instead, the military leadership only reported fighting for the western Semyhirya.

In the morning report there was still talk of air raids on Ukrainian positions on the power plant site.

Killed civilians in the Ukraine war: Military governor reports on Telegram

Update July 26, 4:03 p.m

.: Russia has launched missile attacks on an “International Legion” base with foreign fighters.

Several dozen foreigners were killed near Kostyantynivka (Donetsk region), most of them Poles.

This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The information cannot be independently verified.

The International Legion fighting in the Ukrainian army only provides isolated information on its own losses and does not provide any information on the composition of the volunteer unit, which also includes Germans.

First report from July 26

: Kramatorsk/Donetsk - The UN has officially registered more than 5,200 killed civilians across Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The number is constantly increasing.

More civilians have died in the fighting in the Donetsk region.

Meanwhile, Russian forces are once again targeting the Odessa region:

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Killed civilians in the Ukraine war: Military governor reports on Telegram

Three people were killed and eight injured in the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region, military governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told Telegram.

The dead were in the following towns:

• Krasnohorivka

• Marjinka

• Soledar

"There is not a single settlement in Donetsk region that is not being shelled and that is safe or relatively safe," Kyrylenko later said on TV.

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UN census of civilian casualties: Higher number in separatist areas

The numbers of civilian casualties in the two parts of Donetsk differ greatly.

In the Ukrainian-controlled part, the authorities put them at 642.

There were also 1,600 injured.

In the separatist part, on the other hand, almost 760 civilians were killed and more than 2,400 injured.

The information provided by both sides cannot be independently verified.