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

Serhiy Gaidai, the head of Luhansk Regional Administration, on the situation in the region:

Massive shelling of Severodonetsk, Popasna, Rubizhne and other settlements continues. The occupants are trying to advance, but so far without success. He urges the region's residents to evacuate before it is too late. The situation with water, electricity and gas in the region is dire, and they are trying to repair supplies, but it is very dangerous and difficult.

The Ukrainian intelligence service has received a list of servicemen of the 1237th Strategic Radio-Electronic Reconnaissance Centre (military unit 25137) in Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad, who committed war crimes against the people of Ukraine. The list is available on the website of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.

Dmytro Lunin, the head of the Poltava regional state administration, has revealed the results of the recent Russian shelling. According to him, a farm near Poltava was shelled. A local watchman was killed as a result.

Around 700 Ukrainian servicemen and more than 1,000 civilians are currently held captive by the occupants, Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, said.

Another SSU interception: a Russian military instructor complains in a phone conversation that the new batch of recruits is, to put it mildly, not exactly fit for war: "As the colonel said, 10 days ago they collected rabble all over Rostov. There are drug addicts, grandfathers and fucking prostitutes in male form...". Also complains that recruits are looting the Russian base - looting parts of military equipment.
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Professional firefighters and rescuers from the US, Australia, Germany and Poland have arrived in Ukraine to help in de-occupied towns and villages. Today they began their work in Borodyanka.

Artillery with the help of aerial reconnaissance worked on the Russian occupiers: 

In Kyiv region, 1,875 buildings were significantly damaged and destroyed, of which 546 were completely destroyed. These include 28 high-rise buildings, 441 private houses, eight educational institutions, four medical institutions, eight cultural institutions and two sports facilities. 

Under international law, the supply of tanks and other heavy weapons from Germany to Ukraine does not mean it has entered into a war against Russia, German Justice Minister Marko Buschmann.

The State Emergency Service has demonstrated the clearance of a deadly MON-90 anti-personnel mine disguised as an ordinary shopping bag. It has a clearance range of 90 metres.

Russian casualties exceeded 20,000:

In the morning, 25 residents of Luhansk Region were evacuated from the southern part of Rubizhne and Kreminna. From other parts of Rubizhne, evacuation is blocked by the occupiers - the head of the regional state administration, Serhiy Gaidai.

Russian army launches missile attack on Dnipropetrovsk Region's Dnipro district, destroys dormant poultry farm - Region State Administration chairman Valentyn Reznichenko. 

The head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Maksym Kozytskyy, has given details of the attack on Lviv Region: Units of the anti-aircraft missile troops of the Armed Forces' air command West have shot down four Russian cruise missiles fired at Lviv Region from Su-35 aircraft. They took off from the Baranovichi airfield in the Russian ally country Belarus. 

The Ukrainian Armed Forces showed another burnt-out convoy of Russian equipment. 

Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine results in 200 children killed, more than 360 injured - Office of the Prosecutor General. 

On April 16 nine humanitarian corridors were agreed upon in Ukraine: Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Enerhodar, Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Hirske, Rubizhne.

In Mariupol occupants conduct filtration of 100% of the local men. After interrogation, gadgets checking and body examination the men are getting divided. A part of them goes through separate interrogations, including the imitation of the shooting, — the advisor of the mayor Petro Andryuschenko.

In the past 24 hours the SESU pyrotechnics found and neutralized 1,669 explosive devices, including 2 aerial bombs.

The head of the OP Andrij Yermak shows the flight of the Russian missile over Mykolaiv: This is how Russian weakness looks. These missiles are aimed at the residential buildings of our peaceful cities. Most of them loose to our heroic AAW.

In Kyiv the bus № 12Т was launched, running from the "Pochaina" subway station to Puscha-Vodytsya (the 5th line). Demining works are still being held in Puscha-Vodytsya. The Kyiv CSA calls on to not visit that area without urgent need.

On April 15 seven air targets of the Russian occupants were destroyed: one aircraft, one helicopter, three UAVs, two cruise missiles, — the Ministry of Defense informs.

Around 16:00 on April 15 Russians shelled the industrial area of Kharkiv. There were eight fires in residential buildings and shops, — the SESU informs.

On April 16 free evacuation train will go from Pokrovsk at 16:30. The destination point is Chop. People can use free buses to get to the train from Luhansk region, — Luhansk RMA informs.

10th Mountain Assault Brigade: Another ruined machinery. Picturesque Ukrainian nature and forests in the background.

The advisor of the head of the OP Oleksiy Arestovych states that Russia digs out military machinery from the 60s. BTR-60 with an open top and jet system of volley fire "Hrad-1" on ZILs were seen on railway platforms of the RF.

Occupant-state Russia uses the background of its full-scale invasion to Ukraine strengthens the activity of its special services in Germany. Gerhard Schindler, former head of  the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is sure of it.

In Belhrad a rally for Russia and against the NATO was held, — Reuters informs.

Maksym Kozytskyy, the head of Lviv RMA: During the air alarm that started at 05:46 and ended at 07:02 our air defense forces have shown their work.

The head of Luhansk RSA Serhiy Haidai published evacuation gathering points from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Hirske, Nyzhnye and Rubizhne.

Vitaliy Klychko, the mayor of Kyiv: In the morning Kyiv came under fire. Explosions were heard in the Darnytsya region on the outskirts of the city. The rescuers and medics are working there now. The information on casualties is being specified.

Road infrastructure in combat zones of Ukraine suffered significant damage. Retreating from the North of Ukraine Russian troops were mining territories, blowing up bridges, leaving their equipment behind. All that complicates the delivery of humanitarian aid. The information provided by the British intelligence.

How occupants looted in Trostyanets at the beginning of March.

Anti-tank assault troops destroyed Russian armored machinery using the "Stuhna-P" missile complex. Video demonstrates how a combat vehicle of the enemy burns and how its ammunition later explodes.

The General Staff shows how the sappers perform demining using quadcopters and robots.

Late night of April 15 Russian occupants fired an agricultural infrastructure of one of the villages near Poltava. One person died, one was injured (hospitalization not required). Several buildings were destroyed, — the head of Poltava RMA Dmytro Lunin.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland hopes that the leader of Russian occupants Volodymyr Putin “is not insane enough” to start a war against the NATO after the demolishing of the flagship of the Black Sea fleet “Moscva”.

This night Russian army shelled Severodonetsk, Lysychansk and Kreminna. One person died, the gas pipes in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk are damaged. In Lysychansk residential buildings and a fire department are ruined. Droid and industrial facilities in Severodonetsk are destroyed, including those in the old city, — the Luhansk RMA informs.

Summary of the General Staff of the AFU at 6:00 on April 16:

10 enemy attacks were reflected in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 3 tanks, 1 armored personnel carrier, 1 unit of specialized machinery, 2 automotive machinery, and 3 artillery systems were destroyed. 1 armored personnel carrier was captured. It is expected that the enemy will continue to conduct hostilities in order to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region.

The enemy concentrated up to 22 battalion tactical groups in the Izyum region. The activization of the enemy in the Izyum and Barvinkove regions to reach the rear of the Armed Forces near Slovyansk is possible.

“We know it’s gone. As for us… It was a powerful weapon against us and now that it’s drawn — it is definitely not bad news for us. I want you to understand it. I want people to understand it. The less weapons Russia has, the better for us. It means they have less capabilities. It is important”, — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on “Moscva” missile cruiser.

The Center for Countering Disinformation informs about the fakes published by the enemy on April 15. These are so-called “news” about plans of Ukrainians to hit HES and railway stations with “Tochka-U” (“U-Point”).

A satellite registered a fire on “Moscva” caused by Ukrainian “Neptun” missiles.

The United Nations World Food Programme calls on to give them access to the citizens of Ukrainian cities encircled by the occupants who may face death by starvation.

In Kyiv a library and three railway stations were officially de-Russified. At the same time, the renaming of “Kyiv-Moscovskyy”, “Kyiv-Petrivka” and “Kyiv-Zhovtnevyy” started a couple of years ago.

Oleksiy Skoblya, a Belarusian with Ukrainian citizenship, died fighting for Ukraine near Moschun village. He saved a group of Ukrainian special forces from Russian ambush at the cost of his own life, the Ministry of Defense informs.

Special subdivision of the British Armed Forces in Kyiv trains Ukrainian military to use NLAW anti-tank missile systems. It is the first training from the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine, — The Times writes.

Ukrainian strike and scouting unmanned complex Punisher has already been tested and approved for use by subdivisions of the SOF of the AFU, the general director of the developer company UA Dynamics Maksym Muzyka states.

In the Kyiv region Russian occupants left a lot of “surprises” after their retreat. Peaceful citizens are in danger: explosives in cars, tripwires in buildings, shells that did not explode and mines on the roads. The MIA calls on to the citizens to be very cautious.

French actor and director Pierre Richard recorded a video address to Volodymyr Putin in which he dispraised Russian war against Ukraine.

“Invasion is a very light word for it. This invasion borders carnage, barbarism even I would say. Nothing can justify the murders of children, women, peaceful citizens. It is disgusting”, the actor states.

He expressed his admiration for the courage of Ukrainians and called on to end this war as soon as possible.

L'acteur Pierre Richard se dit "déchiré" et dénonce "la barbarie" de la guerre en Ukrainehttps://t.co/fQ16Nlk9lf pic.twitter.com/j97M0jRBCA

— BFMTV (@BFMTV) April 15, 2022

In Lithuania a group of deputies suggest to declare May 9 the Memorial Day for Genocide victims in Ukraine. A corresponding amendment has already been registered, Delfi informs.