109 days have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The invading army continues to concentrate its efforts in the Luhansk region, with heavy fighting in the city of Severodonetsk. An attack by Russian forces on Saturday caused a fire at the Azot chemical factory, where hundreds of civilian victims or wounded are hiding in bomb shelters.

An explosion in the occupied city of Berdyansk in the Zaporizhzhia area damaged an electrical substation, leaving half the city without power, the municipality said. The Russian forces justified the problems with a short circuit in the substation. Russia claimed to have destroyed a large warehouse with weapons from the United States and Europe in the Ukrainian region of Ternopil, in the west of the country.

On a more positive note, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, was in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to inaugurate the first cultural and educational center for Ukrainian refugees. The idea came from Zelenska and the Lithuanian first lady, Diana Nausediene. “We wanted the 50,000 Ukrainians who were forced to come to Lithuania because of the war to have a truly native place,” Ukraine’s first lady said.

Discover in more detail what happened during the day in this article or in our live bloghere.

What happened during the afternoon and early evening.

• The Russian army is concentrating all its military power in and around Severodonetsk, with the aim of rapidly conquering the region.. The regional governor admits that the city could fall between today and tomorrow. A US Defense Department source told The Washington Post that the Lugansk region could fall into Russian hands in the coming weeks.
• Resistance continues at the Azot chemical plant. A separatist official told the Interfax news agency that the invading forces do not plan to storm the factory, which is home to several hundred civilians. The fighters will have to surrender. The Russians intend, therefore, to follow a strategy similar to that used in Azovstal, where, after more than two months of resistance, the Ukrainian soldiers ended up surrendering.
• It is said that a British fighter was killed in the defense of SeverodonetskThe family announced on social media. Jordan Gatley left for Ukraine in March to help defend the territory and train new recruits. He is the second Briton to die since the start of the war.
• One of the pro-Russian separatist leaders in Donetsk said on Sunday that he had no intention of changing the death sentence for two Britons and a Moroccan. whatwho were captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian armyqualifying the sentence as “fair”.
• Russia wants to increase the number of troops in Ukraine. In accordance with According to the British Ministry of Defense’s recent update on the conflict, Moscow is expected to introduce a third battalion into some combat formations in the coming weeks. Most brigades only send two battalions into the field at a time, which will make Russia dependent on new recruits or reserves.
• Joe Biden said that Vladimir Putin “does not just want to invade Ukraine, he wants to destroy Russian culture”. Speaking at a reception for the Democratic National Committee in California, the US president declared that, for Putin, there is no “independent Ukrainian culture,” noting that Russian forces are destroying Ukrainian museums, schools and cultural monuments.
• Ukraine has established two alternative routes, through Poland and Romania, for the export of grainthat still face limitations, announced the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
• THE Finland announced that, without Sweden, it will not join NATO.
• Regarding Ukraine’s cereal exports, Spain defended the reaches an agreement to overcome the blockades on exportsto “help guarantee the availability and accessibility of food, keeping agri-food markets open”.
• A Russian troops bombed a bridge connecting the city of Severodonetskthat could prevent the evacuation of civilians.
• Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said that the Ukraine needs to strengthen anti-corruption laws in force to “attract investors”.
• The United Kingdom Confirmed the death of a British soldier. who fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the city of Severodonetsk.

What happened during sunrise and morning.

• Heavy fighting continues in Severodonetsk. An attack by Russian forces on Saturday caused a fire at the Azot chemical plant, where hundreds of civilians are hiding in bomb shelters, the governor of Lugansk said on Sunday, without specifying whether the fire is under control and whether it has caused deaths or injuries.
• The governor further reported that the situation remains difficult in Toshkivka, on the outskirts of Severodonetsk, but that the Ukrainian forces succeeded in blocking the advance of the Russian army on Popasna.
• An explosion in occupied Berdyansk damaged an electrical substation, leaving half the city without power.the municipality said second The Kyiv Independent, which reported a total of three explosions that recently occurred in the city in the Zaporizhzhia region. Russian officials justified the problems with a short circuit in the substation, mentioned the next.
• In Chortkiv, in western Ukraine, rarely targeted by Russian bombardment, at least 22 people were injured in an attack on Saturday afternoon.. According to the governor of the region, four missiles were fired from the Black Sea.
• Russia claimed to have destroyed a large warehouse with weapons from the United States and Europe in the Ukrainian region of Ternopil, in the west of the country.. As reported by Interfax, the Russian Defense Ministry said the attack was carried out with Kalibr missiles. Three Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down near Donetsk and Kharkiv, Moscow also reported.
• McDonald’s, renamed Vkusno i torch (“Delicious and full stop”) in Russia, has reopened its doors. A total of 15 units were inaugurated this Sunday in various parts of the country.
• The First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, was in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the opening of the first culture and education center for the Ukrainian community in the country.. “We wanted the 50,000 Ukrainians who were forced to come to Lithuania because of the war to have a truly native place,” Zelenska explained on Instagram.