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.
Ukraine has recorded an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia: On April 16 three cruise missiles which were launched, probably, from the territory of Belarus in the direction of Mykolaiv went over The South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant. The information is provided by "Enerhoatom" State Enterprise following the published recording from security cameras.
he Secretary of the NSDC Oleksiy Danilov in his interview for Ukrainska Pravda states that he does not believe in any peace treaty with the Russian Federation and is sure that the war might return even if such a treaty is signed.
The command of the Russian troops of the Central District declared the "second phase" of the war against Ukraine. Russian troops were ordered to capture the entire Donbas and southern Ukraine.
Swedish company Essity has announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. Essity owns such brands as Zewa, Libresse, Leukoplast, Tork.
Russia's "newest" missiles use the PGI-2M navigation system, developed in 1977, and its "modern" guidance units were developed in 1960-1970. The information is provided by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Telegram.
Germany plans to give Ukraine 37 million Euros for the reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure and homes during the Russian invader war. the information is provided by the Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the FRG Svenja Schulze in her interview for Augsburger Allgemeine.
In the authorial article for The Wall Street Journal "The U.N. Is an Enabler of Russian War Crimes" Oleksiy Reznikov states that after this war a new architecture of global security should be built. However, he also states that this architecture would not be possible to build without the victory of Ukraine. Reznikov calls on world leaders to demonstrate their will and not to tarnish their reputation by its absence.
Online sales of "Russian warship" stamps to stop until 13:00. Ihor Smilyanskyy, Director General of Ukrposhta, informs the reason is a huge influx of the site and the suspicion of an attack on the network.
Ukrainian helicopters flew to besieged Mariupol to replenish the stocks of the city's defenders, — the Secretary of the NSDC Oleksiy Danilov informs in his interview for Ukrainska Pravda.
Border Guards of the Kharkiv region destroyed artillery and the AAW system of the Russians.
European Union countries have frozen 35 billion euros in Russian assets in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The information is provided by the Bloomberg agency referring to the information from the European Commission as of April 5.
In the morning of April 22 an An-26 aircraft crashed in the Zaporizhzhia region during a technical flight, Zaporizhzhia RMA informs.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration informs: An-26 Military transport aircraft crashed in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine is working to destroy unexploded ordnance collected in areas where intense fighting with Russian invaders has taken place. The work of explosives technicians in the Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia regions were documented by the photojournalists of Ukrinform.
In Stuttgart there is an operational group from the European Command of the AF of the USA that coordinates Ukraine's requests for weapons, its search, and delivery to the Ukrainian border. The information is provided by The New York Times referring to two high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense of the USA.
The Secretary of the NSDC Oleksiy Danilov in Ukrainska Pravda interview: Russia's invasion of Ukraine began at 3:40 a.m. in the Milove area of Luhansk Oblast, and at about 5 a.m., the offensive was everywhere.
Russia tried to block the work of Starlink terminals with means of electronic warfare, but the attack was demolished with a simple software update performed by the employees of Elon Mask's SpaceX company. The information is provided by Breaking Defence referring the head of SpaceX and the director of electronic warfare for the Pentagon’s acquisition office Dave Tremper.
The cost of war-torn buildings and infrastructure in Ukraine has reached $ 60 billion and continues to rise. The information if provided by President of the World Bank Group David Malpass in Washington, according to Reuters.
And on a bright spot. The losses of the Russians from the beginning of the invasion to Ukraine as of April 22.
The Head of Dnipro RMA addresses residents of the region and calls on them to stay home for Easter despite the abolition of the curfew. His address is published on Telegram.
Partisans of Melitopol have already killed about 100 Russian occupants! This is evidenced by data from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, the mayor of Melipotol informs.
The MFA of Japan issues a diplomatic directory "The Blue Book of Diplomacy" in which for the first time in 19 years it is clearly stated that "the Kuril territory is Japanese but now illegally occupied by Russia".
Full-scale assault on "Azovstal" will result in significant losses for Russia and further reduce their combat effectiveness. Such data were published by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain on Twitter.
In the Luhansk region another attempt to evacuate people from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, Hirske, and Popasna will be made on Friday, without a "silent mode". The information is provided by the head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai.
- Severodonetsk: Khimikiv avenue, 28;
- Lysychansk: HTV (RTI), (RTP), 40 years of the Victory; Sosyura Street, 324, the SESU;
- Popasna: Shcherbakova Street, 1-a;
- Hirske: Haharina Street, 13a;
- Rubizhne: Chekhova Street, 11.
This night Russian troops shelled Slovyansk, Donetsk region, with, likely, cluster bombs. The information is provided by the head of Slovyansk City Military and Civil Administration Vadym Lyakh on his Facebook page.
Heavy explosions were heard in Kherson region overnight. The situation was most critical in settlements bordering neighbouring regions. Almost all of the villages in Beryslav district (Novovorontsivska, Vysokopolska, Velikoalexandrovska, Kalynivska TG) and part of the villages in Kherson district (Chernobaivska, Stanislavska TG) are on the verge of humanitarian disaster.
Donetsk Region: Steadily tense along the entire front line. Avdiivka, Marinka, Ugledar - the shelling has not stopped. For several days now, there has been aggravation near Liman following hail shelling, and the regional trauma hospital is on fire. There are wounded, their number is being clarified.
Mariupol is unchanged, despite the enemy's claims to have taken the city. Azovstal is holding out.
There will be no humanitarian corridors on the routes today, 22 April, because of the danger, Iryna Vereshchuk said.
he Russian army has herded 25 battalion-tactical groups to Izyum and seven to Kharkiv. The Russians are trying to advance and conduct assault operations in Donbas. This was stated in the morning report of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Pentagon on Thursday.
Today, I welcomed with Ukrainian Prime Minister @Denys_Shmyhal to the Pentagon. I reiterated our unwavering and enduring support for Ukraine’s Armed Forces as Russian forces launch a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine, including the new $800m aid package announced today. pic.twitter.com/iFWNKFpf0F
— Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) April 21, 2022
This is a photo of an Azov military medic from Mariupol besieged by Russian troops. "Tell my mother the words - I have seen so much pain, but I will never break," the medic captioned the photo.
The Lithuanian Seimas has decided to extend until 29 June the state of emergency imposed in connection with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"A total of 124 lawmakers voted in favour of the decision, with six abstentions, LRT.
A C-8 aircraft missile did not explode in a house in Severodonetsk. It was discovered in time by specialists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk RMA, has said.
The Russian invaders continue to mobilise men for the war against Ukraine. In order not to disrupt manpower replenishment, they are closing Crimea to entry and exit. This is notified by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Faced with growing criticism over the lack of direct deliveries of heavy arms to Ukraine, Germany has "made it clear" that it is planning a trilateral arms swap in which the Armed Forces will receive T-72 tanks from Slovenia and will be compensated for such a loss with German Marder BMPs and TPz 1 Fuchs armoured personnel carriers. Deutsche Welle quoted officials in Berlin as saying this.
Finland is ready to apply to NATO as soon as possible.
The war in Ukraine has shown all the risks of "neighbourhood" with Russia, so the country has decided to join the Alliance as soon as possible.
Nearly three quarters of the population have left Donetsk Region's controlled territory, RMA head Pavlo Kyrylenko told a TV marathon. Until 24 February, 1.67 million people permanently resided in Donetsk Region. Now there are about 430,000 people left.
Ukrainian ambassador to Austria Vasyl Khymynets has said that Ukraine's neutral status is not an option for a country whose geographical neighbour is Russia and that it would be safer in NATO. He said this in an interview with the Die Presse newspaper, Ukrinform.
Paratroopers shoot down Russian Orlan 10 UAV
Anonymous hackers broke and shared 365,000 emails from Russian investment company Accent Capital. The hackers reported this on Twitter.
The company is engaged in banking investment funds, sales and leasing of commercial real estate, including retail and logistics space in major shopping malls in Moscow and St Petersburg.
The US is helping to collect and preserve evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, US Attorney General Merrick Garland has said.
Ukrzaliznytsia has published a schedule of evacuation trains for Friday, 22 April. An additional 7 trips have been scheduled for today. This is reported by Ukrzaliznytsia.
The evacuated residents of Mariupol say that the Russians have been carrying out heavy air strikes and bombardments, the city is simply no more, it has been razed to the ground.
There are bodies lying all over the city with no one to bury them. There is no communication and no light in the city, so information exchange is very difficult. The Russians are shooting at civilian houses from tanks, despite the fact that there are people inside. This is reported by Radio Svoboda.
Men of conscription age accompanying children and other persons can use a special guide to find out the necessary documents for travelling abroad. This was written about by the President's wife, Olena Zelenska, in Телеграмме.
Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov has to help evacuate people living in those parts of the city that are under constant bombardment by the Russian occupiers.
Top news that happened overnight:
- Training has begun in the UK for the Ukrainian military, mastering new weapons that the British government will provide to the AFU for the battle with Russia
- The US has said it is ready to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, a mechanism has been developed for the entry of citizens from Ukraine fleeing Russian aggression, US President Joe Biden has said.
- The US is cooperating with the Office of the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine and assisting in preserving and collecting evidence of war crimes committed by Russia, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said
- On 21 April, Marines destroyed two Russian Mi-8 transport and attack helicopters with Stinger man-portable air defence systems.
- Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will not be in a strong position to take over Ukraine because the US, its allies, partners and the Ukrainian people have united to oppose him, US President Joe Biden said.
- On 21 April, Russian occupiers launched a cruise missile at Zaporizhzhya - it landed on the island of Khortytsya near the Preobrazhenskyi bridge. A second missile damaged the building of a recreational sanatorium of an enterprise, injuring eight citizens.
- In the long term, Ukraine's post-war reconstruction will require at least $600bn. The plan is being drawn up by the Ukrainian government together with world experts, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said in a statement.
- Forensic experts from Slovakia have arrived in Ukraine to help investigate Russia's war crimes.
- US troops will not take part in operations in the Black Sea to de-block Mariupol, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing.
- Ukraine's war with Russia will end after Russian occupants are expelled from the entire territory of the Ukrainian state, including Crimea, National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov has said.
On April 21, in the southern direction, the Russian occupiers continued their attack and suffered casualties. The situation in the Kherson and Mykolayiv oblasts remains tense. Ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are around the place where their flagship was destroyed. This was reported by the operational command South.
US State Department representative Ned Price considers the sanctions imposed on him in Russia as a compliment. This was reported by CNN.
"I must say that this is nothing but praise, anger of a government that lies to its people, is cruel to its neighbors and seeks to create a world without freedom," he noted.