A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk sentenced two British citizens and one Moroccan to death as mercenaries for their participation in the Azovstal defense.

A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk sentenced two British citizens and one Moroccan to death as mercenaries for their participation in the Azovstal defense.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least three Mi-8 helicopters during supply and evacuation missions to the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

Total of 7 helicopter missions were conducted, with 16 Mi-8 helicopters flying aid and delivering 72 soldiers on one occasion.

One helicopter was shot down during the return leg of the fifth flight.

On the seventh flight, a helicopter caught fire and fell on occupied territory.

A rescue helicopter sent from Dnipro to save survivors of the seventh crash was ambushed and shot down by a Man Portable Air Defence System.

The last supply flight occurred in April or May 2022, 20 days before the defenders left Azovstal.

Two British citizens, Sean Pinner and Andrew Hill, and Moroccan national Saadoun Brahim were sentenced to death on June 9 by a Russian-installed court in Donetsk.

Russian forces have likely intensified efforts to advance south of Izium and continue fighting in Siversk.

Russia is attempting to restore its Eastern Group of Forces after significant losses during the Kyiv offensive.

An occupation court in Donetsk sentenced British citizens Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, and Moroccan Saadoun Brahim to death.