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.
Residents of Novyy Bykiv village in the Chernihiv region tell about the consequences of Russian occupants stay.
The cruise missiles fired at Odesa were launched from Russia's TU-95 strategic aircrafts from the aquatorium of the Caspian Sea. The Air Defense Forces of the "Pivden" (the "South") Operational Command destroyed two enemy missiles (X555 or X101 preliminary) and two UAVs that were possibly correcting the flight of the missiles.
From 12 a.m. tomorrow cars for personal purposes can be imported and cleared only at certain checkpoints. Such restriction is due to long lines on the Western border that impede traffic for vehicles with humanitarian aid, informs Mustafa Nayyem, the Deputy Minister for Infrastructure.
Yesterday the Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated two Russian generals, one more is heavily wounded, the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine informs.
Two young actresses who played in the Mariupol independent theater "Conception" have died, according to theather's Instagram page.
"The only goal of Russian missile strikes on Odesa is terror. Russia must be recognized as a sponsor of terrorism and treated accordingly. No business, no contacts, no cultural projects. We need to build a wall between civilization and barbarians who fire peaceful cities with missiles", Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba reacts on Twitter.
The Russians fired at the center of Zolote in the Luhansk Oblast at about 3 p.m. Two were killed and two were injured, reports Luhansk military administration.
In Odesa, several cruise missiles were shot down — residents of Odessa saw explosions in the sky and falling debris, writes the local newspaper Dumskaya. At least one missile exploded during the crash. A fire broke out in a residential building in one of the densely populated areas.
Gas distribution in 103 settlements in the Kyiv region has been partially or completely restored.
Over 3 000 explosive devices are neutralized in the Chernihiv region, the Ministy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine informs.
A subsidiary enterprise of the German defense concern Rheinmetall has sent the German federal government an official request for supplying Ukraine with 100 IFVs Marder, writes Deutsche Welle with the reference to Welt am Sonntag.
A deceptive mobilization may be performed in Russia. "Volunteers" are being recruited there, ostensibly to help the residents of Donbas near Mariupol. It is possible that these "volunteers" will be thrown into the fight against the Ukrainian military. The information is provided by the Center for Countering Disinformation of NSDC.
A Ukrainian is fighting against Russian disinformation in Japan by operating a noncommercial news website in English — UAposition.
"The world has to know the truth about how Russia kills peaceful civilians in Ukraine", speaks Liliia Tiazhka on the mission of her website. She was forced to move to Japan from the annexed Crimea in 2014.
The witnesses have published a video of the missile in the sky above Odesa
Odesa was shelled. Infrastructure is damaged. It is still dangerous to leave shelters! The "Pivden" ("South") Operational Command informs.
In Bucha, 412 bodies of those killed during the occupation by Russian troops were exhumed and found. The next step is to identify each victim. The information is provided by the mayor of Bucha Anatoliy Fedoruk. He also added that every third killed in the Kyiv region is a resident of Bucha.
a portrait of Putin using almost 1 500 photos of Russian atrocities in Ukraine.More and more Russian attacks in the Luhansk region, up to two battalions are being thrown at the same time to breakthrough and all the cities and villages of the region are shelled around the clock, the head of Luhansk RMA Serhiy Haidai on air of Suspilne.
The Dnipro Separate Battalion of Territorial Defense repelled an assault on one of the southern directions and replenished the armament depot of the AFU: AK-12, an anti-tank guided missile and a 120 mm mortar!
An installation "Easter egg: a symbol of hope" was organized in New York. The initiator is an American ethnographer of Ukrainian origin Sofiya Zelyk. She collected Easter eggs from all over the world for the exhibition, and after the victory, she plans to take them to Ukraine, according to Sofiya Zelyk herself.
In Kyiv, the movement of the subway will be suspended on the ground sections of the red line and the green line across the South Bridge, Metropolitan of the capital informs.
The occupants plan to stage even more shelling of civilians and Ukrainian defenders on Easter, the Security Service of Ukraine informs. "Christ has risen!" is being written on the shells.
Airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed how they demolished almost half a hundred airstrikes of the Russians.
Russian occupants have resumed bombing the positions of Mariupol defenders in the Azovstal area and are trying to launch an assault, said Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to the head of the OP, at a regular briefing.
The Regiment of the National Guard "Azov" published a video in which they help civilians in the bomb shelters of "Azovstal". This video is additional evidence of the fact that there are peaceful citizens on the territory of the plant which was stormed by the Russians.
The "Kadyrovites" seized the Ahrospivdruzhnist (Agricultural Commonwealth) enterprise that cultivates around 20 000 hectares of land in the Henichensk region, ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova informs.
Ukrainian activists created a website Kolyskova200 (Lullaby200). One of the available variants to lull yourself is the song "Kolyskova dlya voroha" ("A lullaby for the enemy") by Stasik. Another one — numerous interceptions of conversations of Russian soldiers with their friends and relatives, where they complain about losses and defeats in Ukraine.
Regina Shafir, an artist, drew doctors and nurses of the Israeli field hospital in Mostyska village of the Lviv region. "They are so brave and wonderful — I fell in love with them", — the artist publishes following the paintings. She also added that they all are very beautiful and radiate light.
In the Svatovsk district of the Luhansk region terrorist organization LPR forces farmers to start sowing work. They promise to provide everything necessary for free but then the harvest will be "nationalized" in favor of the occupants, Lyudmyla Denisova informs.
Pryvatbank informs of the possible services malfunction: delays in the operation of the bank's apps, ATM network and card payments through terminals.
The Senior Advisor of the U.S. Congress Paul Massaro on the significance of Ukraine: "The best thing for the security of the USA, Europe, and all democracies is total Ukrainian victory. Anything less invites another invasion."
The best thing for the security of the USA, Europe, and all democracies is total Ukrainian victory. Anything less invites another invasion
— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) April 23, 2022
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has virtually no "people's militia" left. Most of the members have died in an attempt to take Mariupol, writes the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. According to the Intelligence Service, about a thousand people died, 28 cadets among them; about 2800 are injured.
The global demand on nuclear weapon might go up due to Vladimir Putin's "nuclear blackmail" after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This was stated by an expert on Russia and a former White House intelligence adviser Fiona Gill, according to The Guardian.
Russian invading forces fired at the Chernihiv border guards for the fourth time. The invaders fired about ten grenades near the border village Senkivka from the Russian territory.
In Kherson Oblast the invaders stole all the grain out of the grain elevator and took it to the Crimea, said the Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denysova.
"Every war prisoner is a potential life of our soldier saved at the exchange", Davyd Arakhamia, head of the Ukrainian delegation, leader of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, reacted to angry Facebook comments that Ukraine shouldn't take invaders as prisoners.
On Easter there will be a higher risk of Russian cyber attacks, informs the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine. The Service asks people to be cautious: not to follow suspicious links from strangers and acquaintances, not to open unchecked attachments and to turn on the two-step login verification for their accounts.
In Sumy Oblast on the night of the 23th to 24th of April the curfew will be prolonged for 2 hours. The movement restrictions will be in place since 11 p.m. to 5 a.m, said Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the chief of the Regional Military Administration.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces once again addressed bloggers, influencers and social media users and asked to "refrain from public assessment of the military operations, logistics, supply and commandment's decisions", so that not to help the enemy. He advised to continue trusting in the Armed Forces.
The invaders take out corpses from under the debris of the Drama Theater and move them to Manhush, where they dump them in a 300-m-long mass grave, says Petro Andrushchenko, the adviser of the city mayor
The Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk warned that the invaders may arrange their own parallel "evacuation" from Mariupol to Russia.
The United States Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland claims that Washington conducts negotiations with Ukraine for "security assurances", not guarantees.
In the Donetsk region, the invaders killed and wounded civilians in a day, the police have already opened criminal proceedings. The Russians shelled 13 settlements, destroyed 51 buildings - housing, a school, a children's camp, a farm, and administrative buildings.
About 30 people from Severodonetsk have been evacuated today, 15 of them are bedridden patients - the Luhansk Military Regional Administration.
The curfew was also extended in Kharkiv from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am on April 24.
In the Kyiv region and in Kyiv on Easter night of Saturday April 23 to Sunday April 24, a curfew is from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am. Only employees of the religious institutions are allowed to stay in templates with limited access for the population.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a successful counteroffensive and recaptured the settlements of Bezruki, Slatino, Prudyanka in the Kharkiv region and secured their positions - the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.
How the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine survived and returned the village of Kukhari in the Kyiv region under their control, striking a crushing blow on the enemy:
The Cyber Police of the Dnipro region exposed a 22-year-old man who was selling non-existent military goods.