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

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Near Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kherson oblast, Ukrainian forces destroyed an ammunition depot and a large number of enemy personnel (more than 70 people were killed). The exact number of dead is being clarified. Units of the invaders also suffered losses in the area of Novodmytrivka and Bilousovo.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the Russians are moving command centers closer to the line of combat. Fighting continues near Rubizhne, Popasna, the Russians fail the offensive in the direction of Avdiivka and Kurakhove.

On April 26, Ukrzaliznytsia provides evacuation trains from Zaporizhzhia, Pokrovsk, Kharkiv and Odesa.

The White House claims that there is no such thing as delaying the imposition of sanctions against Alina Kabayeva, who is considered by the media to be a companion of the leader of the Russian occupiers, Vladimir Putin.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: Russia is sensing the defeat in the war with Ukraine and cannot scare away support from it, so Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks of the threat of a third world war.

Trump: Russian dictator Putin has started to mention the dangers of nuclear war more often because the world fears it. He must be told that the United States has more powerful nuclear weapons than Russia.

The fire at the oil depot was still raging in Bryansk at night, TASS propaganda media reports.

The main news that happened overnight:

- The governor of the Belgorod oblast of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov again reports the alleged shelling from the Ukraine side. Several non-residential buildings and four houses were "damaged", there were no casualties.

- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, following a visit to Kyiv, said that one of the main goals is to weaken Russia so that in the future it would not have the resources to encroach on the sovereignty of independent states.

- On April 25, three NATO warships arrived at the port of Turku in southwestern Finland for a two-day training with the country's navy as Helsinki considers joining NATO amid escalating tensions with Russia over the war in Ukraine.

- Finland and Sweden intend to join NATO together in mid-May, there is an agreement between the countries. Simultaneous applications can be submitted during the week of May 16th.

- In Dnipro, the names of more than three dozen streets and lanes in different parts of the city have been changed.

- In the Black Sea, Russian warships are trying to pick up things from their flagship, the "Moskva" cruiser, destroyed by Ukrainian Neptune missiles.

- Losses of the Russian military in the southern direction on April 25: 13 pieces of equipment: two tanks, three armored vehicles, six units of engineering equipment, two vehicles; 48 Russians.

- Results of the 61st day of the war from the Ministry of Defense: estimated losses of the enemy - 21,900 people; Russian war criminals strike at railway junctions; Air defense destroyed a Russian Su-34 aircraft in Kharkiv oblast; Ukraine has prepared a database of documents for a military tribunal over the Russian Federation.

- Explosions in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic are a planned provocation of the Russian intelligence agencies, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported.

- The railway connection between the Sumy oblast and the capital of Ukraine has been restored. The train will run daily from Sumy to Kyiv via Konotop and Nizhyn and back on the same day.

The United States is preparing to sell ammunition to Ukraine: for the first time during Joe Biden's presidency, the State Department used an "emergency declaration" form to approve a potential arms and ammunition sale. This was reported by the Voice of America.

It is specified that $ 165 million worth of ammunition is expected to be sold: shells and ammunition for Soviet weapons, including Hyacinth and Msta artillery, T-72 tanks and others.

The UK is sending 22 new ambulances, 40 fire engines with rescue equipment, 10 000 pieces of protective clothing, medicine and funding to health experts to help Ukraine cope with the aftermath of Russia's attacks. This was reported by Reuters.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny thanked the countries of the world that provided assistance and support to Ukraine in difficult times.

Russia is losing all hope of deterring the world from supporting Ukraine and is threatening World War III. The reason - Moscow is defeated. Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba wrote about this on Twitter.

Colonies of military equipment of the Russian occupiers are moving north from Simferopol to the Kherson region. This was reported by the Operational Armed Forces in Telegram.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained two employees of Ukroboronprom on suspicion of adjusting the fire of the Russian occupiers at the company's plants. This was reported by the press service of Ukroboronprom.

One of the detainees is a leading engineer of one of the plants, he is suspected of involvement in a missile strike on the enterprise. The second detainee was a former employee of another plant of the concern, he provided coordinates for the Russians to launch missile strikes.

Russia's war against Ukraine will affect the growth of world grain prices, which could have serious consequences for markets. This is stated in a report by British intelligence on April 25.

"The harvest of Ukrainian grain in 2022 is likely to be about 20% lower than in 2021, due to the reduction of sown areas after the invasion," the report said.

Shakhtar football club started to a charity match in T-shirts in memory of 215 Ukrainian children killed as a result of a full-scale Russian invasion. This was reported on Twitter.

The T-shirts showed Valeria Glodan's hand with a badge from the maternity hospital about the birth of her daughter Kira. Valeria, three-month-old Kira and her grandmother were killed by a Russian rocket in their apartment in Odessa on the eve of Easter.

In the evening of April 25, Sumy region was shelled at four times from the territory of Russia - "15 arrivals were recorded." From the territory of the Russian village of Tetkine it was attacked with heavy weapons to the direction of the Ukrainian village of Rivne in the Konotop district. Small arms fire was also heard near the border. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service.

Ukrzaliznytsia has published a photo of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken being safely delivered to Kyiv.

Good job of the Stuhna unit near Izyum.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba thanked Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov for his solidarity with Ukraine - "for initiating a public fundraising campaign for Ukraine and helping to strengthen our defense." He wrote about this on Twitter.

The UK has abolished tariffs on Ukrainian exports - these are new trade measures to support Ukraine. All tariffs on goods imported from Ukraine will now be reduced to zero, and all quotas will be removed in accordance with the free trade agreement, which will provide economic support to the country during the war. This was reported by the press service of the British government.

During the day, the Ukrainian military hit 10 air targets of the Russian occupiers, including three planes. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

→ 3 aircrafts (Su-34, Su-25,Su-30);

→3 cruise missiles;

→ 4 UAVs (probably Orlan-10).

Moldova and Kazakhstan need to prepare for the fact that Russia wants to strengthen "fraternal" relations with them. This was stated by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov on the national telethon. He noted that since 2014, Russians have been actively "fraternizing" with Ukraine through weapons.

The girl decided to hug the rescuer of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, who conducted a preventive raid. The child came to Prykarpattia from Kyiv region.

The head of the Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, said that the occupiers had increased the intensity of shelling of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the direction of Kryvyi Rih. But all attempts to attack were successfully repulsed by the Armed Forces.

The foreign minister of the aggressor country, Sergei Lavrov, said that "it would not be a waste for Russia" to have contacts with the United States on Russia's war against Ukraine, but Washington is not interested in them. He said this on Russian propaganda television, according to the propaganda agency RIA Novosti.

In the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, Russian troops may plan provocative explosions on the dam of the Karlivka Reservoir, the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council reports in a Telegram.

The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, held a meeting to create a Book of Executioners to bring to justice all Russian war criminals.

Zelensky informed on the number of towns and villages that have been deoccupied as of today. A total of 931 settlements were liberated.

"This war has become truly people's war for Ukraine. And it has shown that throughout our territory - from east to west, from north to south - the Ukrainian idea is equally strong, equally nation wide," Zelenskyy said.

9,781 defenders of Ukraine have been awarded by the state for 2 months of the hostilities. 142 of our defenders have been awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky informed.

One railway worker has been killed and four wounded today after Russian troops shelled five Ukrainian stations, according to Oleksandr Kamyshyn, CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia.

During the week, the number of internally displaced persons registered in Kyiv increased by more than 9,000 and reached 26,397 people, according to the Kyiv City State Administration.

About 1 million people were saved through the humanitarian corridors, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk reported.

Allied forces have successfully repulsed six enemy attacks today. Ukrainian defenders destroyed:

• 4 tanks;
• 5 artillery systems;
• 13 units of armored vehicles;
• 15 units of motor vehicles;
• two refuelling trucks;
• one anti-aircraft gun.

The German federal government has received an application from Rheinmetall to export 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by the German newspaper Die Welt with reference to the documents received by journalists.

In the temporarily occupied Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, Russian invaders have arranged a concentration camp on the territory of one of the factories, according to the press service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time spoke about the situation around Chongar and "demined" roads from the occupied Crimea.

The message of the General Staff on Facebook emphasizes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine perform tasks as assigned, guided solely by national interests and act correspondingly to the situation.

The government has already raised about UAH 45 billion in equivalent from the sale of military bonds. They were purchased by more than 9,000 Ukrainians and business representatives.

The Ombudswoman of Ukraine demands the evacuation of 58 orphans and children deprived of parental care from the Kherson region. Lyudmyla Denisova wrote about this on her Facebook page.

More than a thousand women, children and more than 500 wounded are in Azovstal, according to the Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, the Government portal reports.

In Irpin on the evening of April 25, two looters threw a grenade at the women who reported them. The attackers were detained by local territorial defense fighters. The mayor of Irpinj Oleksandr Markushyn reported about it.

Poland has confirmed sending tanks to Ukraine. The respective statement was made by the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki.

Russian invaders believe they have found a way to "loot smart" in Ukraine. This is evidenced by new telephone conversations of the Russian occupiers, intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine.

The Central Intelligence Service (CIS) of the Ministry of Defense believes the shelling of the building of the Ministry of State Security in unrecognized Transnistria is a provocation of the Russian special services. To confirm this, the CIS showed the document on the preparation of protected bunkers in the "republic".

The Russian occupiers made several missiles strikes at Ochakiv in the morning. Preliminary, anti-ship missiles type X-35 were used. Civilian objects along the coast were damaged. This was reported by the Operational Command "South".

Also occupiers shelled Mykolaiv by Smerch multiple launch rocket systems. The residential area was hit, one person was wounded.

Tonight in the Sumy region there was a provocative shelling of the Bilopil community territory from enemy positions located in Russia. This was reported by the head of Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi in the Telegram.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three tanks and eliminated about 120 Russian invaders in the east. This was reported by Operational Tactical Group East on Facebook.

Russian invaders are blocking the men to leave Melitopol in order to forcibly mobilize them into the Russian army. The mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said this on the air of the national telethon.

Ukrainian singer Tabakov recorded a song about the defenders of Mariupol.