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

In Kyiv two tram (№11 and №22A) and two trolleybus (№27K and №31) routes resumes their traffic.

Combat losses of Russian occupant's personnel reach 21 600:

In the last 24 hours the pyrotechnics of the SESU found and neutralized 1 572 explosive devices, five aerial bombs included.

The occupants fired at an abandoned cafe in Mykolaiv this night. No casualties. Due to the possibility of provocations in the region, the curfew will start at 19:00 and end at 05:00 on April 24, — the head of Mykolaiv RSA Vitaliy Kim informs.

412 people were killed by the occupants in Bucha. This means that every third person killed in the Kyiv region is a resident of Bucha, — the mayor of Bucha Anatoliy Fedoruk informs.

The Occupants complete the regrouping of troops and prepare for a large-scale offensive in the East. For the attack on Azovstal the Russians plan to involve the FSB and the Russian Guards, — Representative of the MDI of the MDU Vadym Skibitskyy informs.

Russian projectile hit a transformer substation supplying water pumping stations in the center of Lysychansk, Novodruzhesk, and Pryvillya, — Luhansk RMA informs.

The number of children injured during the war increased to 387. The death toll for the last two days remains the same — 208, Prosecutor General's Office informs.

The head of Luhansk RMA Serhiy Haidai publishes gathering points for evacuation from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, Popasna, Hirske and calls on to the residents to evacuate.

Azov Regiment shows how children survive in the basement of Azovstal.

List of buses and trains running inside and outside the Sumy region.

British Intelligence informs: Despite the increased activity, Russian troops have not made significant progress in the last 24 hours, as Ukrainian counterattacks continue to hamper their efforts. Russia's air and navy forces have not gained control of the sky and the sea due to the effectiveness of the air and naval defense of Ukraine. Heavy combats continue in Mariupolб thwarting Russian attempts to seize the city, further slowing their desired progress in Donbas.

Two people died during the shelling of Popasna — the city is under heavy fire by the Russians. On April 22, occupants fires residential buildings of the city 12 times, — Luhansk RMA informs.

The Russian army has deployed an air defense battery near Skadovsk and is trying to create conditions to advance in the direction of Mykolaiv and to gain a foothold on the administrative borders of the Kherson region, — the summary of the General Staff of the AFU.

In the Donetsk direction the RF Army is advancing along the entire front line. The main efforts are concentrated on the offensive in the Severodonetsk direction, The enemy is also trying to create conditions for the attack on Slovyansk, continues the offensive in the area of Novotoshkivsky, performs assault operations in the areas of Rubizhne, Popasna, Mariinka.

National Guard Air Defense Subdivision brought down Russian Ka-52 helicopter "Alihator". The Ka-52 fired thermal traps and tried to leave the area, but was still shot down by a portable anti-aircraft missile system.

The Russian occupants could use tear gas mixed with chemicals during the storming of Mariupol, United States ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Michael Carpenter says during the special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna.

In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the last 24 hours eight enemy attacks were repelled, nine tanks, 18 units of armored and 13 units of automotive machinery, a tanker and three artillery systems were destroyed.

Main news that happened overnight:

• 815 shelters in Kyiv have Internet connection now, Kyiv CSA informs.
• On Tuesday, April 26, large-scale talks on Ukraine's long-term security will be held at the US military base Ramstein in Germany. The Pentagon has invited 40 allies inside and outside the NATO, AFP informs.
• Since April 2021, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been secretly cooperating with the FSB to provide Russia with customer data, including names and addresses, Reuters agency informs.
• On April 28 German chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Japan for negotiations with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and China's growing influence are expected to be on the agenda, Japan News reports.
• The Netherlands intends to stop the import of Russian gas and oil by the end of 2022. The country has focused on savings, renewable energy, and increasing imports from other countries, Spiegel writes.
• Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal believes the situation in Mariupol to be "the greatest humanitarian catastrophe" since the Russian invasion, and, maybe, the most horrifying catastrophe of the century. The city is constantly under occupants' bombing, thousands of people have died. The information is provided by CNN referring to Shmyhal's speech at a press conference in Washington.
• Belgian government decided to continue the supply of weapons to Ukraine, VRT News informs. The weapons are anti-tank missile systems and possibly self-propelled artillery.
• The USA have no intention to return their diplomats to Kyiv now due to the threat of a missile strike by Russia on a building or American personnel, CNN informs referring to the information from three sources.
• Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal named three factors that might help Ukraine to win the war with Russia during his meeting with the United States secretary of state Antony Blinken. Those are sanctions, finances, and weapons.
• In Ukraine, a court seized shares and accounts of one of the mining and processing plants for evading income tax for more than 10 million hryvnias. During 2020-2021, instead of exporting to Austria, the company exported titanium-containing raw materials to Russia and Belarus. This was reported by the Bureau of Economic Security.
• The USA will provide Ukraine with $500 million of additional direct financial assistance to stabilize the economy in wartime. The funds will be spent on salaries, pensions, and social help, the Ministry of Finances informs.
• The Czech Republic wants to replace Russia, which was previously expelled because of the war in Ukraine, in the UN Human Rights Council. The country has already submitted its candidacy, the Czech Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter.
• Russia uses its submarines in the Black Sea to launch cruise missiles across Ukraine. Missile launches from a depth of 50 meters are difficult to detect even with the help of satellites, The Times writes.
• The Pentagon is looking for new opportunities for the US industry to increase capacity and accelerate the production of weapons that require minimal training and can be quickly exported to Ukraine, Reuters reports.
• The UN Secretary-General António Guterres plans to visit Kyiv next Thursday, April 28, the UN press service reports. Before that Guterres will visit Moscow on April 26 to meet Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin and his Minister of Foreign Affairs Serhiy Lavrov.
• In the last 24 hours Ukrainian military repelled eight enemy attacks and destroyed around 50 units of enemy equipment, the JFO Staff informs on Facebook.
• On April 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova summoned Russian Ambassador Oleh Vasnetsov because of the words of the Russian general that one of the goals of the war in Ukraine is "access to Transnistria." This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova.
• The United Nations has accused Russia of ignoring humanitarian lawю Russian troops are committing war crimes: disorderly shelling and bombing settlements, killing civilians and destroying hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure. This statement was made by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

• Minister of Finances of Australia Magnus Brunner states to CNN that his country supports all sanctions against Russia, excluding the gas embargo — Australian industry is so dependent on Russia's gas that they "have no choice".

• Advisor of the head of the OP Mykhailo Podolyak believes that consultations with partner countries on safety guarantees might be completed within a week. He said this on air of the joint telethon on Friday night.

• The USA help European Union to decide how to reduce oil imports from Russia and reduce the Kremlin's foreign exchange earnings. There are several variants: embargo, setting marginal prices, the mechanism of revenue withholding, Bloomberg informs referring to the sources.

• In the USA New York will allocate $ 2 million to help Ukrainians who already live in the city and those who come to escape Russian aggression. This will allow the citizens of Ukraine to gain access to immigration legal aid, translation services, social services, and other resources. The information is provided by the press release from the office of Mayor Eric Adams, according to CNN.

• Russian occupational forces shelled settlements of the Kryvyy Rih region located on the border with the Kherson region. There are no casualties. The situation in the region is stable, the head of Kryvyy Rih Military Administration Oleksandr Vilkul informs.

• Canada recently handed over 155-mm M-777 howitzers to Ukraine, Canadian National Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Twitter.

• Taiwan will send $ 8 million in financial aid to Kyiv: $ 3 million will go to the city authorities, $ 5 million to six local hospitals, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu states, according to CNN.

• On April 22 Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with United States secretary of state Antony Blinken. The information is provided by Telegram.

Okean Elzy held a concert in the Kyiv metro at the Golden Gate (Zoloti Vorota) station.

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— Paul Niland (@PaulNiland) April 22, 2022

87 people were killed in Mykolaiv since February 24 because of actions of the Russian Federation, among them - one child, 399 people are wounded, three of them - children, the mayor Olexandr Senkevich reported.

"The same, which was in Bucha". fighters of 93 brigade destroyed the technique and personnel of occupiers from 64th OMSBr, Militarnyi writes, referring to the photos of the volunteer Roman Donik.

There is a possibility that a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol will be opened on April 23, Iryna Vereshchuk said. People should come to Port City shopping center at 10:00. She asks to follow the official announcements in the morning.

Arestovych informs about a strike on the advanced command post of the Russian Federation with 50 senior officers there.

The USA and other representatives of the transatlantic community signal Putin that the use of nuclear weapons will become a catastrophe for him in particular and Russia in general. The information is provided by Victoria Nuland in her interview with Yevropeyska Pravda.

Zelenskyy: "Whenever possible, everyone must resist the occupation. Ignore the occupants. Do not cooperate with them. Don't help them. Neutralize collaborators".

Humanitarian headquarters are operating in more than 500 deoccupied settlements. Medicine, education and financial institutions return to almost 100 settlements every day, Zelensky said.

Zelenskyy to countries that might be next in the RF plans: "If a country that might become the next one wants to remain neutral today to not risk anything, is, in fact, risking everything right now. Because you will lose".

In order to do everything that they (Russians - ed.) have done against Ukrainians in our cities, all humane must be killed in person. A person with any faith simply cannot do that, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address to the nation.

Russia has confirmed that the Kremlin lied and wanted to capture part of Ukraine from the very beginning, Mykhailo Polodiak said when commenting on a statement by Russian Major General Rustam Minnekayev.

JFO fighters reflected eight enemy attacks. The losses of the occupants are:

• 9 tanks;
• 3 artillery systems;
• 18 units of the armed machinery;
• 1 armed combat vehicle;
• 13 units of the automotive machinery;
• 1 fuel tanker;
• 4 "Orlan-10" UAVs.

"We will have a military Easter, only in our head", Serhiy Haidai addressed the residents of Luhansk region who did not leave.

Summary of enemy losses from the Ministry of Defence for April 22:

• a Russian tank destroyed from a distance of 4.5 km;
• 10 enemy attacks reflected, 33 units of heavy weapons liquidated, 15 air targets brought down;
• the defense of Azovstal in Mariupol continues.

From February, 24 it was eliminated 21 200 personnel of russians.

They say on social networks that the air of Ukrainian TV was hacked again. A message about the "assassinated President" and "surrounded Kyiv" appears in the moving line.

Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, in her interview with Yevropeyska Pravda: the USA is ready to supply multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine.

Three civilians died and seven civilians were injured in Donetsk region on April 22 as a result of Russian aggression, Pavlo Kyrylenko said. The exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha is currently unknown.

There was a fire in Koroliov, the "space capital" of the Russian Federation. Photos and videos are published on social networks. Authorities did not say what was burning there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine launched the site for Ukrainians who left for Poland. They also launched a telegram bot.

Given that most residents of Donetsk region have left, this still is not enough, Pavlo Kyrylenko says. In order to focus efforts exclusively on defending the territory, more civilians must leave.

The curfew for Easter in Kyiv will run from 11 pm on Saturday to 5 am on Sunday, Vitaliy Klitschko informed. Easter services will be conducted online.

A woman was raped in front of her daughter. In Irpin, three Russians raped a woman and her younger daughter, forcing the elder daughter to watch, Liudmyla Denysova informed. They were killed, and the eldest daughter in shock lived with the bodies for four days. The occupants told her to "live and pass on this story to others."

The bodies of two tortured civilians were found in Izium district, according to Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. The bodies of a man and a woman were found in the basement. The occupants fired them after torturing.

Another mass grave was found near Mariupol, according to Schemy citing satellite data. City officials say they have been informed of the probable burial place of those shot by Russians.

The UN Secretary General is going to Moscow to meet with Putin and Lavrov on April 26, according to the organization's website. It is not reported what the reason of his visit is.

The EU calls on Russia to immediately organize evacuation corridors for Mariupol residents.

The next four weeks will determine the final outcome of the war, writes NYT, citing statements by senior officials of the Biden administration.

Oil from Russia is "wandering" on tankers, Putin faced a new Ukraine. Western media review.

Three residential buildings were damaged in Popasna and Rubizhne, Serhiy Haidai informed. The evacuation bus could not stop in Rubizhne. However, 33 people were evacuated from Popasna.

Future security guarantees for Ukraine will not be similar to NATO's Article 5, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, BBC informs. Instead, in the announced agreement, the Western allies promise to provide weapons, training and exchange of intelligence service data.

Invictus Games. The national team of Ukraine finished the competition with 16 awards: five gold, five silver, six bronze, Suspilne. Sport informs.