Ukraine claims over 34,000 Russian soldiers killed since military conflict began on Feb 24

As conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to intensify, with Russian forces being relentless in ir pursuit of capturing more and more Ukrainian territories, in its latest military briefing on Thursday, Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that its troops have killed at least 34,430 Russian soldiers since onset of war.

In dition, y have also destroyed over 1,500 Russian tanks, 756 artillery systems, 240 MLRS, and 99 anti-aircraft warfare systems, along with 216 Russian planes and 183 helicopters. " Russian enemy suffered greatest losses (of last day) in Bahmut direction," statement furr said.

UK DoD says Lysychansk-Sieverodonetsk under immense pressure from Russian troops

Meanwhile, UK Department of Defence, in an intelligence report, has stated that Russian troops are steily vancing, putting fringes of Lysychansk-Sieverodonetsk under immense pressure. Some Ukrainian units have withdrawn, probably to avoid being encircled, brief ded.

"Russian forces are putting Lysychansk-Sieverodonetsk pocket under increasing pressure with this creeping vance around fringes of built-up area. However, its efforts to achieve a deeper encirclement to take western Donetsk Oblast remain stalled," report stated.

Russia conducts large-scale cyber attack on Ukraine: Report

As Russia-Ukraine war continues unabated for over 120 days, Russia has reportedly conducted a large-scale cyber attack on Ukraine. Russian authorities have wd a digital war against Kyiv as Russia's majority of cyber activity was focused on Kyiv, claimed a report released by Microsoft on June 22.

If report is to be believed, analysis by software firm has stated that Russian hackers attempted at least 128 network intrusions in 42 countries. However, only 37 of detected attacks were successful, and only 9 penetrations resulted in data loss, Microsoft said. 

Ukraine's Kherson & Zaporizhzhya regions support integration with Russia: Crimean official

Meanwhile, reports have also emerged that Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions are showing a high demand for Russian passports and with this development, it is clear that local residents are supporting accession to Russia, said Crimea's Permanent Representative to Russian President, Georgy Murov. "As for legal processes, regions need to define ir own path. However, I do kw that issuance of Russian passports encourd people to support idea of restoring historic region of Tavria. "It makes it clear that process of integration with Russian Crimea—with Russia—will continue," he pointed out, reported Russia's TASS news ncy.

(Im: AP)