By the end of 2024, Elokhin's kidney disease worsened. Despite a diagnosis of a kidney stone requiring urgent surgery, his commander denied permission, threatening, "We'll send you to the front lines, you'll come home in a black bag."
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Commander orders soldier to kill, soldier refuses and is beaten
7/ "The commander said: “You haven’t killed anyone yet, you need to kill someone. Here’s an automatic rifle for you.” I said: “I’m not going to kill anyone” — for which I got what I got, of course: they beat me up.
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Elokhin’s account: clerical role photographing dead broke psyche
5/ Elokhin's account corroborates many of these accusations. He was put to work in a clerical role, filling out documents and taking identification photographs of the dead – a gruesome task which he says "completely broke my psyche: I became even more afraid."
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Elokhin sent to notorious 9th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade
3/ Elokhin was sent to the 9th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (military unit 71443), formerly part of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' (DPR) armed forces. The unit is notorious for its mistreatment of its own members.https://t.co/Q6X8FnCw8D
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 23 juin 20253/ Elokhin was sent to the 9th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (military unit 71443), formerly part of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' (DPR) armed forces. The unit is notorious for its mistreatment of its own members.
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Kyiv hit by massive ballistic and drone strike, casualties reported
❗️At night, the enemy launched a massive combined strike with ballistics and strike UAVs on 🇺🇦Kyiv
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 23 juin 2025
In total, 6 people are currently known to have died and 13 injured as a result of the attack.
Video: Kyiv State Emergency Service pic.twitter.com/0KMhRL3O9pAt night, the enemy launched a massive combined strike with ballistics and strike UAVs on Kyiv In total, 6 people are currently known to have died and 13 injured as a result of the attack. Video: Kyiv State Emergency Service
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NATO Agrees to Increase Defense Spending to 5% of GDP
NATO countries have agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, according to media reports. https://censor.net/ua/n3559329
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Rescue work and risk of collapse in Shevchenkivskyi district (Kyiv)
The clearing of rubble in the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kyiv is ongoing; the situation is dangerous, with a threat of collapse, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. The head of the media relations department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine notes that
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Casualties after Kyiv house collapse
There are already 6 killed in a house in Shevchenkivskyi district, – Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy @Klitschko
— EMPR.media (@EuromaidanPR) 23 juin 2025
"There are 19 victims in total in the city. 8 of them are in the city hospitals. Rescuers are working in the damaged house, doctors are on duty," he added. pic.twitter.com/bbrWifhIevThere are already 6 killed in a house in Shevchenkivskyi district, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. "There are 19 victims in total in the city. 8 of them are in city hospitals. Rescuers are working in the damaged house, doctors are on duty," he added.
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354 of 368 Russian targets destroyed overnight
During the night, the Ukrainian military neutralized 354 out of 368 Russian air targets. Shot down/launched:
339 out of 352 Shahed-type strike UAVs and simulator drones (up to 160 of them were 'Shahed');
7 out of 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, with 3 more lost in transit;
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Russia hits village in Chernihiv region with drone: two dead, 10 injured, three children
Russian troops hit a village in the Chernihiv region with a drone: two people were killed, 10 were injured, including three children. https://censor.net/ua/n3559344