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.
President of France Emmanuel Macron called for the Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko to rebute the role of Russia’s “vassal” and its factual accomplice in the war against Ukraine. Macron called for Lukashenko to demand the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Belarus as these troops are waging a unilateral and unjust war against Ukraine.
Military actions of the aggressor state present a threat of environmental catastrophe to Europe. This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, Lyudmyla Denysova.
- It has been two days that the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant remains under control of the Russian Army. Personnel of the plant is still held hostages without rotation or rest.
- Armed Forced of the Russian Federation are approaching the town of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhya region and begin to set Grad rocket launchers aiming at the Zaporizhyzhya Nuclear Plant.
Dur to an explosion on the outskirts of Sartana and Buhas villages in Donetsk region, ten ethnic Greeks have been killed and six more have been injured. Amongst the victims, there was one child.
This was reported by the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He called for the bombing to be stopped immediately. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece voiced their strong protest to the Ambassador of Russia in Athens and called for him to appear at the Ministry.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, called to avoid any actions that might threaten the safety of nuclear sites in Ukraine.
During an artillery attack on Kyiv, the Russian Army shot a missile at the radioactive waste management facility of the Kyiv branch of the State Specialized Enterprise “Radon”.
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate reports that currently it is impossible to assess the scale of destruction as shell-fire continues.
However, as per preliminary evaluation by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, there is not threat to the local residents.
According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the missile hit the fence of the enterprise and not the building itself, so the tanks remain intact.
Due to the fighting, firefighters cannot put out the fire at the oil depot near Vasylkiv. Viktoriia Ruban, the spokeswoman of the State Emergency Service in Kyiv, has told about it on the air of the TV channel Rada. She has also mentioned that there is no threat of fuel spilling as all reservoirs were banked. That's why it isn't planned yet to evacuate residences.
London Philharmonic Orchestra performed Ukraine’s national anthem before starting their concert.
There are 37 thousand Ukrainians who have registered in the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.
Russia has recognized the death of its soldier in the war with Ukraine for the first time.
Sergey Melikov, the Head of the Republic of Dagestan, has reported on the death of Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov.
According to his information, he had served in the 247th Guard Air-Assault Cossack Regiment of Airborne Forces of Kavkaz.
It was the first time when Russia officially reported on the dead military man, although the Office of the President of Ukraine had claimed in the morning that more than 3500 Russian military men had died for the last 48 hour of war in Ukraine.
In Danilovka neighborhood of Kharkiv city the gas pipeline caught fire after the Russian Army's attack.
A Russian actress, Lia Akhedzhakova, voiced her financial support for Ukraine.
“My heart is sinking as I realize that right now in your country, both your boys and our boys are dying”, writes Lia Akhedzhakova.
Close all windows! Because of the fire at Vasylkiv oil terminal, smoke and harmful substances can be carried by the wind!
Evacuation began in the town of Shastya in Luhansk region, as reported by the head of Luhansk Military and Civil Administration, Serhii Hayday.
According to him, over 200 people have been evacuated since the 26 of February, however, there is still around 500 people remaining in town.
Moreover, the Ukrainian Army destroyed a Russian Army convoy near Severodonetsk.
Lysychansk endured a shelling attack. As a result, the Russian occupants damaged a residential building, a boiler and heating facility, and a cafe. No casualties reported. The gas supply pipeline has been damaged as well.
In Luhansk region, Ukrainian military destroyed two Russian tanks, an infantry combat vehicle, and seized three antitank MT-12 cannons.
Earlier, it was reported that the Russian army occupied Stanytsia Luganska and Stanytsia Krymska, Muratovo and Markovka.
Clients of the Russian banks hit by the sanctions are already experiencing problems: their cards have been disabled abroad and are unable to use Apple Pay and Google Pay now. Sberbank is also under sanctions, but they claim to work as normal. US banks are expected to cease correspondent banking with Sberbank within 30 days.
Commander-in-Chief of the Territorial Defense Halushkin: the Russians have intensified spreading disinformation to confuse and make our troops fight with one another. That's why fighters of the Territorial Defense should coordinate their actions with the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the National Guard of Ukraine.
Herashchenko: in Vasylkiv, the occupants launched missiles at the oil depot belonging to KLO company. The depot will keep burning for a long time - the environmental damage caused is immeasurable.
NATO: 13 member countries of the Alliance have sent or given their permission to provide Ukraine with the military aid such as guns, ammo and missiles, including air defence and anti-tank equipment. Italy will provide the financial support and Spain — humanitarian aid.Turkey is "deepening defence ties" with Ukraine.
Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2022
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: a series of the Russian banks have been cut off from SWIFT. This would block Russian import and export. In addition, the West will paralyze the assets of the Central Bank of Russia that is freeze its transactions and render their asserts illiquid. Moreover, the Russian oligarchs will be banned from using their financial assets on the Western markets. All of these efforts are meant to inhibit Putin from funding the war against Ukraine.
First, we commit to ensuring that a certain number of Russian banks are removed from SWIFT.⁰
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2022
It will stop them from operating worldwide and effectively block Russian exports and imports.
The Russian state TV channels have been hacked by Anonymous to broadcast videos of fighting in Ukraine and anti-military poem by the Ukrainian singer Monatik.
JUST IN: #Russian state TV channels have been hacked by #Anonymous to broadcast the truth about what happens in #Ukraine. #OpRussia #OpKremlin #FckPutin #StandWithUkriane pic.twitter.com/vBq8pQnjPc
— Anonymous TV
Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Iryna Venedyktova reports of crimes committed today by the occupants against civilian population. In Kherson region, they fired at an ambulance carrying the wounded, as a result, two persons were killed. In Zelenovka village in the Kherson region, Russians fired from a vehicle at Dilerbek Shukurovicj, a civilian reporter of the Vokrug Tebya media outlet. A residential building in Kharkiv also suffered a shelling attack.
Today before the football game Manchester City — Everton players have walked out wearing and holding the Ukrainian flag. Football fans have unveiled the banner calling Putin to stop the war too. There are Ukrainians in both teams — Oleksandr Zinchenko and Vitaliy Mykolenko.
"You did something that no politician could have done in our entire history: nobody could have managed to unite Ukrainians so fast," says the fighter of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine addressing the Russian Army.
He has also added that the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine "are behind your backs" of the aggressor.
Kyivites, air assault alert has just been announced: take cover immediately! The occupants are planning to use all means available to them within the next half an hour, as reported by the peoples’s deputy Iryna Herashchenko.
Deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak is also informing of Russia’s plans to employ all available munitions.
Shmyhal: Ukraine is temporarily closing the checkpoints on the border with Belarus and Russia. Citizens who are staying in these countries are free to return home if they wish. "We encourage you to come back home, prove that you are on the right side".
Kyiv mayor Klitschko about the situation in the city: the situation is intense but the occupants have not broken through into the city.
The enemy’s secret subversive groups are active in Kyiv. Our security forces track and neutralise them. It’s dangerous in the streets, so please stay home or at the bomb shelters.
All objects of critical infrastructure in the city are working. Since the invasion into Kyiv started, six civilians and 14 military officers have died, and 71 persons have been injured.
Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has reported that the Russian troops had captured Ukrainian civilian rescue ship Sapfir conducting the rescue mission in the area of Zminyi island. Touch with the Ukrainian ship is lost.
According to the data of the Ministry of Defense, in three days of Russian invasion into Ukraine:
- more than 210 civilians, including six children, died;
- more than 1,100 people, including at least 100 children, were injured;
- more than 350 objects of civilian infrastructure were destroyed (houses, bomb shelters, shops, hospitals, bridges, schools);
Since February 25, the shelling of hospitals and schools has intensified.
An update regarding Russian invasion: briefing of Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal.
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Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
"For the last 24 hours the Russian occupation forces had lost at least eleven helicopters of different types, three Su-30 SM fighters, two Su-25 attack aircraft, and one more IL 76 MD airlifter with dozens of soldiers."
Enemy machines were destroyed by Su-27 fighters and the combat crews of S-300 and Buk M-31 surface-to-air missile systems.
The front-line strike aircraft of the UA Air Forces Su-24 destroyed in one go the convoy of 20 units of military equipment.
The crew of the unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar TB2 had lightning-like destroyed the whole railway train carrying oil fuel and lubricant materials.
Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Death to Enemies"!
A special broadcast of the Donbas project. Realities about the third day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine A huge convoy of Russian military equipment was destroyed in Ukraine: video
Liga.net’s contact in the Kyiv Regional State Administration reports heavy fighting with numerous military vehicles in Hostomel, ongoing battle for the airfield in Vasylkiv, and substantial build-up of armor and vehicles in Vyshhorod.
Oleksii Arestovych gave an update about the latest developments on the frontline:
Russians suffered enormous losses and had to pause operations. They are accumulating forces west of Kyiv. However, they sustained heavy casualties and are standing still.
Sumy is under Ukrainian military’s control, the invaders are demoralized and have no fuel.
Kharkiv still holds. Ukrainian soldiers hold positions in the Joint Forces Operation zone, too. A Russian brigade combat force is on the move from Melitopol to Mariupol.
The Ukrainian forces will meet them. This direction is the only one where Russians managed to push further. The Enerhodar/Zaporizhzhia direction is problematic. A Russian forward unit is heading there, but they shall not pass.
Kherson resists for the sake of all Ukraine, and the enemy is incurring losses there. In Perevalne, Crimea, 53% of Crimea’s reservists fled home, refusing to go to war.
WE DISRUPTED THE SCENARIO OF OCCUPATION OF OUR COUNTRY. TO VICTORY! Full text of the evening address of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:
Ukraine's readiness to defend its state, our solidarity with each other and courage have disrupted the scenario of occupation of our country. The world has seen - Ukrainians are strong, Ukrainians are powerful, Ukrainians are brave. So it is not surprising that such people always have friends more powerful than enemies. During the day, I spoke every hour with the leaders of states - friends of Ukraine. An incredible result was reached in relations with Italy. This is truly a new chapter for our states. The conversation with Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Mario Draghi put everything in its place. India is a traditional world power. Discussed with Prime Minister Modi the course of our repulse of the aggressor. Received full support. Thanked my and our friend Erdoğan for the unwavering support to our independence and territorial integrity. We agreed that today the ban on the passage of Russian warships in the Black Sea is extremely important. They did it. I told a good friend of Ukraine, Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, that our country lacks oil and oil products. Everything is not easy, but now everything will be provided. By the way, Ilham Aliyev and President Erdoğan offered to organize talks with Russia. This can only be commended. And also the President of Switzerland, the Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rutte... It seems that Ukraine has gained the sincerity and attention of the entire normal civilized world. What is the practical result? Here it is - SWIFT. There is so much sense in this word for the Russian Federation! Disconnection from global financial civilization. Our diplomats fought around the clock and with inspiration for all European countries to agree on a strong and fair decision to disconnect Russia from the international interbank network. We also gained this victory. This is billions and billions of losses for Russia - a concrete price for this vile invasion of our state. We always said: the truth is on our side. This means that even the greatest achievements are possible. Today I spoke with the leaders of churches and religious communities of Ukraine. Metropolitan Epiphanius, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine; Metropolitan Onufriy, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Sheikh Tamim, Supreme Mufti of Ukraine; Yaakov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, and His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church. All leaders pray for our defenders, for the souls of our heroes who gave their lives for our Ukraine, and for our unity and our victory. And this is very important. You know, today was a very good, sunny day in Kyiv. The day that the invaders tried to destroy for us, like everything else in the country. But today is also the first day of the life of a girl who was born in the Kyiv subway this Saturday night. Now it's a shelter. We give a decent rebuff - I'm sure you see it in the news. I want to say just one more thing. We will fight as long as it takes to liberate the country. If children are born in shelters, even when the shelling continues, then the enemy has no chance in this undoubtedly People's war. To victory! Glory to Ukraine!
Zelenskyi: "To deprive the aggressor country of the right to vote in the UN Security Council".
Позбавити країну-агресора права голосу в Раді Безпеки ООН, кваліфікувати дії та заяви РФ як геноцид українського народу, допомогти з доставкою трупів російських солдатів. Говорив про це з Генсеком #ООН @antonioguterres.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 26, 2022
CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen has spotted live a substantial Russian military hardware movement toward Ukraine in Belgorod Region.
CNN correspondent @fpleitgenCNN spots a large Russian tank movement heading towards Ukraine. Follow CNN's live coverage of the Russian invasion here: https://t.co/HfiLGzZfWn pic.twitter.com/0gzklG0eJ1
— CNN (@CNN) February 26, 2022
Scholz: Germany will supply Ukraine with 1000 units of antitank weapon and 500 Stinger missiles. "Our duty is to support Ukraine in its defense against Putin's Army."
The Ministry of Justice decided to give 600 cars and other property confiscated by the courts and customs officials for defense.
UK Ministry of Defence: Latest Intelligence Update on Ukraine
Latest intelligence update on Ukraine pic.twitter.com/k3XadYzUoL
— Ministry of Defence
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The residents of Chernihiv region report that the invaders are desperate and afraid to carry out an attack. At the entrances to the city, the Russians drain fuel from the gas tanks of their vehicles in order to “not face the assured self-destruction”
Near Konotop, Sumy region, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed the whole convoy of the Russian military equipment, approximately 30 units.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy: We withstood and successfully repel enemy attacks. The fighting continues. In many cities and districts of our state. But we know what we are defending. The country, the land, the future of children. Kyiv and key cities around the capital are controlled by our army. The invaders wanted to block the center of our state and put their puppets here, as in Donetsk. We broke their plan.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: The Russian troops are approaching Enerhodar and placing Grad combat vehicle in the direction of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. There is a threat of shelling of the power plant.
The resource of the Donetsk Regional State Administration told LIGA.net that in the morning the Russian troops broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and temporarily occupied the villages of Mykolayivka and Novohnativka, and in the afternoon they occupied Buhas village. Volnovakha city was shelled by heavy weapons. The Russian troops bypassed Volnovakha and are currently in Donske village.
During the battles for Chernihiv, the Ukrainians carried out a hit-and-run attack. As a result, they returned to their positions with two prisoners, including the chief of staff of the military unit.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: Cyber police and volunteers hacked a number of websites of Russian state institutions, major media, and banks. In particular, such mass media as Lenta.ru, Russia Today, RIA and other propagandist mass media, as well as the websites of the Kremlin and Sberbank are under attack.
Verkhovna Rada: When you hear church bells, go immediately to the bomb shelter. The bells can be used as an alert signal.
Minister of Defence of Ukraine: Attention, Russians. This is for anyone who has a Russian soldier lost in Ukraine.
Poster translation: Hotline for relatives of Russian soldiers and officers. If your close ones went to drills over the past months, and you lost contact with them, they are most probably participating in Russia’s assault on Ukraine. Over the past two days, Ukrainian military killed and injured over 3,000 Russian invaders and took 200 captive.
38 (089) 420 18 60
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“Return from Ukraine alive!”
Call this hotline to find out if your relatives are alive, taken captive, or injured, or how you can get the body of those killed in action. If your family member is among captives, you will be able to leave a short message for your husband or son.