Russian forces increase the pace of the offensive operation in the East. In almost all directions, the Russian occupiers are exerting intense fire. Explosions have been heard in Belgorod, Voronezh, and Kursk oblasts of Russia; a fire broke out in an ammunition depot 20 miles from the Ukrainian border in Belgorod Oblast. Bombings have destroyed a part of the Azovstal Plant and an underground field hospital, more than 600 wounded Ukrainian soldiers are trapped inside. Ukrainian military sources: Russia is preparing a missile strike on Transnistria with civilian casualties.