Live battle in Ukraine, day 870 | Attack near a bus station in Donetsk. Discussion between chairs

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Peloso, BBC Russia reported.

Details of the discussion were not specified, except that the officials “exchanged views on the situation around Ukraine,” and Austin noted the importance of maintaining communication channels.

The Russian minister emphasized “the risk of a new escalation of the situation in connection with the continued supply of American weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces.”

This is the second phone conversation between the two officials recently, the previous one took place on June 25.

On Friday, July 12, attacks in the Donetsk region of Ukraine left at least five people dead and ten others wounded, Vadim Pilashkin, head of the regional state administration, announced in Telegram. Ukrianska Pravda.

“For the second day in a row, Mirnohrad was hit. According to preliminary information, two strikes took place in the city today: near the administrative building and near the public transport station,” the official said.

Three people were killed and ten wounded.

Konstantinovka was also attacked. There, the Russians attacked a company, killing two and wounding three.

Russian forces launched an aerial bombardment of the town of Liman, injuring four people, damaging houses and damaging cars.

The situation on the front is tense, there have been 94 military clashes since the beginning of the day, and Russian troops are trying to advance in several directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its latest report, BBC Russia reported. .

A large number of skirmishes occurred in Pokrovsky’s direction.

Fighting continues near Krasnogorovka, Paraskovivka and Konstantinovka in the direction of Kurakovsky.

In the direction of Liman, the Russian army, with air support, launched ten attacks on Ukrainian positions near Makevka, Nevsky, Torsky and Terni.

Clashes are also taking place in the direction of Kubyansk, Kharkiv and Doretsk.

Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said in a message on Telegram that there were explosions in the city and smoke in the airport area. Ukrainian Pravda.

According to the official, local residents reported the activity of Russian air defense. Explosions were heard in the Primorsky District and the outskirts of the city, and plumes of smoke were seen rising behind Flotskaya Street.

According to preliminary information from the mayor’s office, the possible strike took place in the airport area.

Russia’s average daily losses – killed and wounded – increased significantly in May and June and reached the highest values ​​during the entire war against Ukraine, according to information from the British Ministry of Defense cited by Pravda.

According to the British, in May 1,262 people were killed and wounded daily in Russia, and in June – 1,163 people, which was the highest daily average loss during the entire war.

Overall, British intelligence indicates that more than 70,000 soldiers may have been killed and wounded in Russia in the past two months.

Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional military administration, announced that Russian troops shelled 19 settlements in the Kherson region last day, injuring 7 people.

The Russian military attacked critical infrastructure, a gas pipeline, a farm and a utility company; Residential areas of residences in the region, including two blocks and 10 private houses. Garages, cars and an ambulance were damaged. Seven people were injured as a result of the Russian aggression, Prokhudin pointed out.

Russian forces launched an offensive with 15 drones and 5 missiles from Thursday night into Friday, and Ukrainian air defenses said they shot down all the missiles and 11 drones. The attack mainly targeted Stargostiantyniv, Hemelnytky region.

“On the evening of July 11, 2024, the aggressors attacked from strategic airfields with 5 X-101 air cruise missiles (launched from the Saratov region – Russian Federation), and at night – with 19 Shahed drones,” they announced. Ukrainian Air Force.

Missiles were shot down in Khmelnytskyi, Sumy and Cherkasy regions. Air defense also shot down 11 drones in Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Kherson and Sumy regions. The remaining eight drones, according to the Air Force, were lost on the spot.

The Russian military attacked a town near Volsansk in the Kharkiv region, killing two people and wounding eight others with an airstrike, regional administration chief Oleg Sinekubov said.

The enemy attacked the village of Beli Kolotes in the community of Volsyansk. Aerial bombardment hits the private sector. They are dead and wounded,” declared Oleg Sinekupov.

According to preliminary data provided by local Ukrainian authorities, at least two civilians were killed and eight others were injured. Doctors and rescue teams are working on the spot.

On Thursday, July 11, Russian troops carried out guided bomb attacks on the village of Borovaya, Izium District, Kharkiv Region. As a result of the attack, four people were injured.