Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news
Early in the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine and launched a direct full-scale invasion. Ukraine repulses the enemy. As of April 28, 2022, more than 22800 russian servicemen, thousands of units of military equipment (187 planes, 155 helicopters, 970 tanks, 2389 armored vehicles, 1688 machines, 582 artillery / rocket artillery systems, 8 ships and more) have been eliminated.
In Kherson, the Russian military seized the city council building. They removed the flags and ordered all employees to leave the building, Suspilne reports.
Denmark has made a contribution and become the first donor to the Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine's war-torn energy infrastructure. This was announced by Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko, according to the press service.
Today, the Russians killed another four civilians in the Donetsk region: two children in the Lyman, one civilian in Marjinka and one in Yampil, according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.
In the temporarily occupied Kreminna of the Luhansk region, explosion occurred in the city hall building where members of the terrorist organization of Luhansk People's Republic and the "people's mayor" appointed by them gathered for meeting. This was announced on the air of the telethon by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai.
In Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, the Russian soldiers have established a concentration camp and are torturing civilians, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The telephone conversation is scheduled for tomorrow, April 26, according to Anadolu Ajansı.
In the morning, Russian troops tried to launch a missile strike on the Odessa region from the occupied Crimea: one missile fell into the water, the other was shot down by the air defense, said the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Maksym Marchenko.
Today in Hostomel Ukrposhta presented a new stamp in front of the "Mriya" plane destroyed by the occupants. The stamp is named "Ukrainska Mriya" ("Ukrainian Dream"), — the CEO of the company Ihor Smilyanskyy informs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba discussed the sixth sanction package and military and technical cooperation with his Dutch colleague Wopke Hoekstra. The information is provided by Kuleba himself on his Twitter page.
Defense Minister of Great Britain Ben Wallace told that according to the agency, approximately 15 000 Russian military have died in Ukraine. Also, the RF Army lost almost 2 000 units of the equipment, 530 tanks including.
Several explosions broke down n the building of the Ministry of State Security unrecognized Transnistria in Tiraspol around 17:00, the MIA of Transnistria informs.
Common Ukrainians become targets for Russian hackers more and more often, The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection informs. The number of information and psychological special operations against Ukrainians on social networks and messengers is also growing.
Great Britain will hand over to Ukraine a small amount of Stormer armored personnel carriers equipped with Starstreak anti-aircraft missile launchers. They should strengthen the forces of the AAW of Ukraine. This was declared by the Defense Minister of Great Britain Ben Wallace, according to BBC.
The General Staff reports as of 18:00:
- Russian troops strike with missiles and bombs on the objects of military and civil infrastructure, in particular with the involvement of strategic bombers, ships, and submarines.
- They try to ruin the ways of military and technical aid supply from the partner states. For this, they concentrate the strikes on railway junctions.
- The enemy continues to enlarge the long-range air defense system by moving from the territory of the Russian Federation additional anti-aircraft missile systems, trying to create stocks of ammunition, material and technical means, and special engineering equipment.
- Russian Command continues to look for ways to replenish personnel losses in units directly involved in the war on the territory of Ukraine.
On the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, in the town of Velyka Oleksandrivka, occupants announced to the local population the need to leave the settlement by April 28. Forced evacuation will be applied to those who do not carry out the order, the General Staff informs.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on political matters calls on to unite and put maximum pressure on the Russian Federation in order to stop its aggression.
On the background of Tokyo's strengthening position on the Southern Kurils matter, the Russian Federation will lead the industrial and tourist development of the Kuril Islands, DW informs.
In Estonia, Russian singers Philip Kirkorov and Polina Haharina are banned from entering the country for five years, ERR national broadcaster informs.
In Kherson, 58 orphans and children deprived of parental care are hiding for over a month, in the basement of a local church. 10 children aged four months to one year, the rest - under four years, including children with disabilities who need special care and treatment, Ombudswoman Lyudnyla Denisova informs.
Russian occupants continue to shell the Kharkiv region. As a result of enemy attack, 3 peaceful citizens have died, one more is injured, the head of Kharkiv RMA Oleh Synyehubov informs.
The head of the OP Andriy Yermak said that the available number of weapons in Ukraine could not be called sufficient but the supply is increasing.
Ukrainian pilot Roman Vasylyuk is released from captivity. Vasylyuk is a Ukrainian Su-25 pilot who on March 14 was shot down by enemy air defense over Volnovakha in the Donetsk region when performing a combat mission. He was able to eject but was wounded and taken prisoner by the occupants.
The head of Luhansk RMA Serhiy Haidai asked to make faster decisions about the evacuation from Rubizhne. According to him, there are many people who want to leave the city but due to constant positional battles, leadership opportunities for the safe evacuation of people are limited.
"This is for Mariupol! For Lviv! For Frankivsk! For Starychi!".
This is how the artillerymen of the 80th Brigade of the AAF of the AFU follow the video in which they demonstrate how they demolish Russian occupants.
Sappers of the 112th Brigade of Territorial Defense of Kyiv work on demining the Kyiv region.
Photos demonstrate remnants of jet artillery equipment of the Russian occupants from the 37th Separate Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade (m/b 69647) from the city of Kyakhta, Buryatia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba on his Twitter calls on to the leadership of the EU countries to reject "excuses and half-measures" — and impose a full embargo on Russian oil.
Arestovych on foreign policy contacts and visit of American high-ranking officials to Ukraine: "The world has finally realized who Putin is and understood that this war might be won only by the victory of Ukraine, in which everyone finally believed. And we knew it from day one", — the advisor of the head of the OP states at another briefing.
Oleksiy Arestovych commented on information about three downed Russian planes per day: As I understand, Russia wants to finish this war without aviation. Well, we are eager to help them.
Arestovych: Russian occupants continue to attack and assault the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, thereby violating the order of Russian Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Putin. Once again these actions demonstrate with whom we are at war.
Davyd Arakhamiya addresses the leadership of the EU and the US about imposing sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and his assets in the West. Ivanishvili is tightly connected to Russian political leaders. The information is provided by the website of "Sluha Narodu" political party.
Constructors of the Ukrainian Defense Industry plan to examine and restore the newest sample of armored machinery of the RF BMD-4M2 "Synytsya".
It is equipped with a 7.62-mm machine gun, and 100-mm and 30-mm paired guns. It has an advanced guidance system that automatically recharges: guides, accompanies the target and recognizes its own and enemy armored vehicles by identifying symbols.
The SSU comments on the informational fake of Russian propaganda about the plans to kill "a public figure" Volodymyr Solovyov.
"The SSU has no plans to kill Volodymyr Solovyov. At the same time, taking into account the number of fakes and anti-Ukrainian hatred that are being broadcasted by this person, he might drown on his own in the "products" of his own low-level propaganda activities", — the Security Service of Ukraine published on its Telegram.
Airbnb will help find housing for hundreds of thousands of temporary migrants from Ukraine. The online service has agreed to partner with several charities that will ensure that temporary housing will be provided to those who need it the most.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier accused Putin of "malicious cynicism" during the meeting with Ukrainian Jews.
Steinmeier visited a house for the elderly, a home for Ukrainians who survived the Holocaust and were now forced to flee from a full-scale Russian invasion, dpa agency informs.
US President Joe Biden has proposed the candidacy of US Ambassador to Ukraine - as predicted, the head of the diplomatic mission would be Bridget Brink, according to the White House website.
Another video of a downed Russian Su-34 plane. A helicopter is also seen flying to the crash site:
US Air Force pilots are preparing boxes with Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-armor systems and other equipment to be sent to Ukraine.
Our @usairforce Airmen prepare supply crates containing Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-armor systems, and other equipment bound for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base in April 2022. pic.twitter.com/nh51xhkSuK
— Department of Defense
The Kyiv City Council is collecting proposals to rename nearly 300 streets, lanes, alleys, avenues, highways and subway stations, the names of which are linked to the Russian occupying country and its ally Bilorus in a full-scale war against Ukraine. The secretary of the City Council Volodymyr Bondarenko reported about it.
Proposals for renaming are accepted until May 1 here - [email protected]
Video of the Russian plane crash in Kharkiv region:
The heads of two communities of the Zaporizhia region - Novouspenivska and Kyrylivska - Ivan Senyk and Ivan Maleev have been liberated, according to the Head of the Association of Ukrainian Cities Vitaliy Klitschko.
Another Eight Ukrainian mayors are being held captive by the Russians.
Today, there are no humanitarian corridors from Azovstal again. Considering this, Iryna Vereshchuk appealed to UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres to act as a guarantor of the safe evacuation of civilians from Mariupol. The column should be accompanied by representatives of the UN and the Red Cross.
Today, the Russian side announced the existence of humanitarian corridors from Azovstal.
An Israeli citizen of Ukrainian origin shows an eliminated Buryat tanker from Russia who came to "denazify Ukraine". The occupier is dressed in civilian clothes stolen from Ukrainians.
Ukrainian-language channels where it is possible learn JavaScript and Python have been created in Telegram. There, enthusiasts publish free programming lessons and share useful materials.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has canceled his participation in the annual federal Bundespresseball for the press and politicians scheduled on April 29.
According to the German president's office, given the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, participation in the ball is "inappropriate", Tagesspiegel writes.
The General Staff reports on the largest losses of the Russian army in the Severodonetsk direction. The 30th separate motorized infantry brigade of the 2nd all-military army of the RF Armed Forces has been eliminated.
Photo by German landscape painter Johannes Hulch:
Russians shot some of their soldiers for retreat - and burnt the corpses - the Head of Mykolaiv region Vitalii Kim citing the interception of the talks of Russian occupants about the shooting of the soldiers for the retreat from the battlefield last weekend.
The bronze sculpture of two workers near the arch "Friendship of the Peoples" that was built in 1982 in commemoration of the "reunion of Ukraine and Russia" will be demounted this week.
"8 meters of the so-called "friendship of two peoples" will be removed from the centre of Kyiv" - the mayor of the capital city Vitalii Klychko.
In Rivne region three Russian missiles hit the railway infrastructure in Zdolbuniv district. No victims, one employee is lightly wounded. 20 houses nearby are damaged - the Head of Rivne Region Military Administration Vitalii Koval.