Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the RF Oleksiy Kudrin predicts that Russia's economy will face two difficult years.

Yermak presented to foreign ambassadors in Ukraine the Action plan to strengthen sanctions against Russia, which was developed by the Yermak-McFaul International Expert Group.

Five brand new pickups, purchased by the Povernys Zhyvym (Return Alive) Foundation, went to the front to the third tank brigade.

Ukraine was invited to the Summit of G20, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informs.

A touching video of a little girl meeting her dad, whom she hasn't seen in months. Source: UkraineWorld.

The paintings by Arkhip Kuindzhi and a canvas by Ivan Aivazovskyy were taken out from Mariupol by the Russians, Advisor for the Mayor Petro Andryushchenko informs, according to Krym.Realii.

The occupants' ships are now candidates for nationalization, the SBGS informs. In particular, the Belarussian ship "Nadyezhda", dry cargo barge and oil tanker "Volhoneft-268".

Occupants force Zaporizhzhia NPP personnel to hang Putin's portrait and get ready to "celebrate" the 9th of May, the head of Energoatom Petro Kotin informs on air of the telethon.

In Kherson, more than 300 pro-Ukrainian activists and veterans of the ATO/JFO are being held in the pre-trial detention center, interrogated and tortured, — the Main Directorate of Intelligence informs.

The occupants are massively abducting Ukrainians of military age to replenish the exchange fund. This is their preparation for the 9th of May, the Main Directorate of Intelligence informs.

24 Russian time-lapse mines were neutralized by the pyrotechnics in a village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Suspilne informs referring to the head of the pyrotechnic group Ihor Ovcharuk.

A video of the Russian military dispersing a peaceful rally in Kherson where four people were injured appeared.

Today, Kherson residents gathered for a peaceful rally to show that they are part of #Ukraine and are against Russian occupation. The Russian military dispersed the activists, using tear gas and stun grenades. At least two people are known to have been injured pic.twitter.com/3E9Z9Ukq9U

— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) April 27, 2022

Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova shows leaflets with which ROC "blesses" every Russian occupant to kill Ukrainians.

"You are a Russian Warrior.
Your duty is to defend the Motherland from Ukrainian nationalists.
Your task is to wipe off the Ukrainian nation from the face of the Earth.
Your enemy is the ideology that carries sinful damage to the human soul."

A journalist and historian Ann Applebaum believes that the image of Ukraine as a post-Soviet state, corrupt, weak and disorganized has vanished now.

A journalist and historian Ann Applebaum in her interview with Holos Ameryky states that now the main US military concern is how to arm Ukrainians, what to give them, what would be most effective and how to do it quickly.

A journalist and historian Ann Applebaum in her interview with Holos Ameryky expresses her amazement for the Ukrainians and them being "normal" at such times. She says it is impressive to watch as people continue to work, be productive and help their country.

"They wanted to finish off the wounded". The Russians fired at the hospital in Severodonetsk, Serhiy Haidai informs. One woman died.

A new water supply system was laid in Irpin, Kyiv CSA informs. In total, two threads of polyethylene pipes with a diameter of 160 mm and a length of 7 km were laid and water wells were installed.

Four European companies have already paid rubles for Russian gas, Bloomberg agency informs referring to one resource close to Gasprom.

The Russians killed peaceful citizens in Bucha according to some lists, Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk informs. According to him, these lists were compiled by local collaborators.

The AFU successfully attacked the enemy in the southern direction 13 times, the OC "Pivden" (OC "South") informs. As a result, 21 occupants are liquidated, one AFV destroyed. 5 units of engineer and demining equipment are now trophies to Ukrainian Army.

Russia does not plan to exchange prisoners of war from Mariupol to Medvedchuk, Putin's Spokesman Pyeskov states.

Russia banned 287 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from visiting the country, The Guardian informs, referring to the Russian Interfaks. This is the RF answer to the sanctions against 386 deputies of Gosduma (the State Duma).

RF occupied Transnistria states that they were shelled from the territory of Ukraine.

Podolyak on the negotiations of Zelenskyy and Putin in Turkey: "The time and the context of the two Presidents meeting have not been determined yet".

The Russians forcibly take foreigners from Kherson to Crimea for PR, the conversation of the employee of FSB RF intercepted by the SSU testifies. This concerns 19 Vietnamese citizens. The Russians planned to shoot a video where the foreigners would thank them for their salvation. However, as it turned out, the Vietnamese do not want to leave the city. And tried to escape the occupants.

Ukraine handed over suspicions to two Russian servicemen who mistreated prisoners in absentia. The Russians tortured a captured soldier of the Territorial Defense in Bohdanivka village.

It became known that four people were injured in the dispersal of a rally by the occupants in Kherson, Suspilne.Kherson informs.

Belhorod, Voronezh, and Kursk regions are starting to actively study the concept of "demilitarization" and disarmament, — Mykhailo Podolyak.

Kyiv residents are asked to not visit cemeteries during the martial law to avoid big gatherings of people. There are facts of the Russian shelling cemeteries, the Kyiv CSA reminds.

American diplomats started to return to Ukraine, Holos Ameryky informs referring to the US Department of State. So far, these are one day trips. The first group crossed the border the day before and headed to Lviv, the same day they returned to Poland.

In the last 24 hours three persons died, 15 were injured in Kharkiv city and districts as a result of Russian shelling, Oleh Synyehubov informs.

The Defense Staff of Kharkiv does not confirm information that phosphorous bombs were dropped on the city, Oleh Synyehubov informs.

Ukraine has the right to defend itself, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson states on air of Talk TV, commenting on the possibility of the Ukrainian military using British weapons against facilities in Russia, BBC informs.

In the Dnipro region Ukrainian military brought down an occupant missile. The wreckage fell at the opening, no casualties reported, the head of Dnipro RSA Valentyn Reznichenko informs.

The Russians hit Avdiivka with phosphorous shells twice, the head of Donetsk RSA Pavlo Kyrylemko informs. Primarily, last night in the area of the coke plant, and this morning — in the city center. As a result of these shellings, several fires broke out in the city. Following the second shelling, the Russians launched an airstrike on Avdiivka, aiming at an apartment building. There is at least one person injured. The Armed Forces repulsed an attempt by Russian troops to break through in this direction.

The National Police demonstrates what the shelled Donetsk region looks like. The building of one of the schools where more than 20 people were hiding in the bomb shelter was damaged during the shelling of Lysychansk yesterday. A local resident was killed during a shelling of the town of Pryvillya near one of the private households.

23 218 explosive devices have already been removed during the demining of the Kyiv region, the head of Kyiv RSA Oleksandr Pavlyuk informs.

Advisor of the head of the OP Mykhailo Podolyak reacted to the explosions and fire in the RF: "In the Belhorod, Voronezh, and Kursk regions large fuel depots, providing fuel to the armored vehicles of the Russian army are periodically burning, and ammunition depots explode. How can it be explained? Really easy. If you (Russians) decided to decide to attack another country en masse, kill everyone there in a row, massacre civilians with tanks, and use warehouses in your regions to ensure the killings, sooner or later the debts will have to be repaid".

After the meeting of Defense Ministers of 40 states at the Ramstein airbase Western military support of Ukraine will be extended, Advisor of the head of the OP Mykhailo Podolyak informs on Twitter.

In Mariupol Wi-Fi spots appeared in the building of former ATB on Skhidnyy and on Pashkovskyy Str., 64. The information is provided by the Telegram channel of Mariupol mayor Petro Andryushchenko. Previously, there was only one Wi-Fi hotspot in PortCity.

The General Staff renews data on occupant losses

The National Police demonstrates what the shelled Donetsk region looks like. 11 settlements were affected. At least 35 civilian objects were destroyed — residential buildings, a hospital, a school, a cinema, community and railway infrastructure.

American Intelligence helped Ukraine to maintain air defense and disrupt the operation of the Russian army in Hostomel, a suburb of Kyiv, NBC News informs referring to its resources. According to the channel data, a few weeks before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, an American military group arrived to study the state of air defense and give recommendations on how to disperse it.

An airstrike hit the Hirske community this morning — at least one person died, the head of Luhansk RSA Serhiy Haidai informs. Starting from 05:00 Russian troops are continuously shelling settlements of the Hirske community. Multiple destructions, the body of one victim has already been found. The search continues. An electric substation has also burned down in Hirske.

Occupants forcibly take foreigners from Kherson to Crimea for PR about grateful evacuees, the SSU informs. The Security Service gained access to the phone of an FSB officer who oversaw the creation of a "picture" for the occupants in the Kherson region. He was responsible for the "special operation on evacuation" to Crimea of 19 citizens of Vietnam who worked at the market in Kherson. But foreigners did not want to take part in it and managed to partially escape to Odesa. The occupants reached 14 Vietnamese citizens and filmed a story about 140 grateful foreigners.

The JFO press service on the last day in Donbas: Mariupol, Krasnohorivka, Lyman, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Mariinka, Druzhkivka, Niu-York, Nelipivka, Stavky, Berestove, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Popasna, Lysychansk, Nyzhnye, Hirske, Bilohorivka were under enemy fire. Enemy airstrikes and artillery shelling destroyed and damaged about 29 apartment and private houses. Two women died, five more people injured as a result of the shelling of Niu-York village, Bakhmut district, and Lyman.