{"id":186032,"date":"2022-06-15T13:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=186032"},"modified":"2022-06-15T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:13:31","slug":"day-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/day-111","title":{"rendered":"Day 111: Missile strikes on Lviv, Ternopil regions, 10 per cent of arms requested by Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Missile strikes on Lviv, Ternopil regions. <\/strong>On Tuesday, explosions heard in Ternopil and Lviv regions as Ukraine\u2019s anti-air defense shot down Russian missiles. Missile fragments hit an infrastructure site in Zolochiv, in Lviv region. Six people, including a child, were wounded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine\u2019s anti-air defense shot down a missile over Zolochiv, in Lviv region, head of the Lviv regional military administration Maksym Kozytskyi said. Missile fragments hit a brick factory. Initial reports said four people, including a child, were wounded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers went up as an evening report said six people had been injured. They are in fair condition and had received medical aid, the head of the regional administration stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western partners give Ukraine 10 per cent of requested weapons. <\/strong>Ukraine has received about 10 per cent of the arms it requested from Western allies to fight against Russia\u2019s onslaught, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said in televised remakrs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUkraine has received about 10 per cent of the arms it requested [from Western allies],\u201d Malyar said. Ukraine is using 5,000 to 6,000 artillery rounds a day. Russia uses 10 times more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUkraine resists Russia in every way possible. Yet Russia has more weapons and troops. No matter how hard Ukraine tries, no matter how professional our army is, without the help of Western partners we will not be able to win this war,\u201d the Deputy Defense Minister added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe expect our Western allies to not just help us as they already do. We need to have clear deadlines. We also need to get [the weapons] in the nearest time and we need to make sure that that is what Ukraine has requested,\u201d Malyar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Donbas, fighting rages. <\/strong>On the Slovyansk axis, Ukrainian troops recorded systematic artillery strikes on the towns Tetyanivka, Chepil, Dolyna, Dibrivne, and Bohoroduchne. Russian forces shelled civilian infrastructure sites in and around Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Bila Hora, Ustynivka, Toshkivka etc. They conducted an air strike from helicopters near Metyolkino. Russian troops storm Severodonetsk. Fighting rages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Bakhmut axis, Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian troops with mortars, and tube and rocket artillery near Mykolayivka, Berestove, Vrubivka, Pokrovske, and New York. Russian air force conducted an air strike near Bilohorivka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside Berestove, Ukrainian troops repulsed Russia\u2019s assault. Russian forces took losses and had to retreat to the positions they held earlier. Russia conducts an assault near Zolote. Fighting rages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explaining Ukraine podcast: Kharkiv, a fortress city<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our episode about Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second largest city, located 40 km from the Russian border. Kharkiv has severely suffered from the Russian shelling, and is still bombed almost every day. Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. Support us on patreon.com\/ukraineworld<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video version on youtube, with videos from the city: www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2sIj58qSG1I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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