Victorious news on 426th day of war: in Bakhmut, Ukrainian army pushed Russian forces off the "road of happiness", and EU donated €1.5 billion in aid

Court seizes assets worth over UAH 1 billion from Oksana Marchenko  

A court has arrested the corporate rights of Oksana Marchenko, the wife of former pro-Russian MP and leader of the banned Ukrainian party, Viktor Medvedchuk, in Zaporizhzhia Ferroalloy Plant. The total value of the blocked assets is over UAH 1 billion (more than USD 26 million - ed.)

This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

"The court's decision concerns 13.7% of the company's shares, which Medvedchuk's wife owns through four offshore companies. Zaporizhzhia Ferroalloy Plant is a monopoly producer of metal braziers in Ukraine and is among the largest metallurgical companies in Europe. The seizure of the assets will protect them from being sold or re-registered to fictitious persons and will allow them to be transferred to our state in the future," the Ukrainian Security Service said.

The European Union allocates another tranche of 1.5 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

This was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

This is the third tranche of the EUR 18 billion aid package that the EU has pledged for Ukraine.

"Today we are providing another €1.5 billion to Ukraine under our annual macro-financial assistance package. We will continue helping Ukraine resist Russia’s aggression, keep its institutions and infrastructure running, and conduct crucial reforms," von der Leyen wrote.

C215, the renowned French street artist, creates a portrait of Lesya Ukrainka in Borodyanka

This was reported by the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko.

Tkachenko wrote that the work of Parisian street artist Christian Guemy, known as C215, was called "the French answer to Banksy."

On Monday, a portrait of poet, translator and cultural activist Lesya Ukrainka appeared on the ruins of a house in the town of Borodyanka, Bucha district, Kyiv region.

Ukrainian army pushes Russian forces away from the "road of happiness" in Bakhmut

This was reported by the Patronage Service of the Azov Regiment.

"We pushed the enemy away and destroyed a significant number of Russian personnel. Our control over the intersections has been established. Russian losses amounted to 40 people, 30 of whom were killed."

Ukrainian aviation carries out 5 strikes on the enemy

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 5 strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian military personnel and equipment, as well as 1 strike on an anti-aircraft missile system.

Missile and artillery units, in their turn, also struck an anti-aircraft missile system, an area where Russian troops and military equipment were concentrated, and a radar station of the invading Russian army.