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.
Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry) confirms Russia's hit on one of the missile enterprises of Ukraine — "Vizar" plant. It is assumed that Moscow is taking revenge for "Moscva". However, despite the shelling of our defense enterprises, Ukraine has weapons to fight, Ukroboronprom assures.
Rivne Zoo sheltered 17 evacuated primates from the park of Kyiv region, 20 racoons from Dnipro and 8 alpacas from Kharkiv.
"Perhaps these people died here, their names are also written on the wall". Radio Svoboda (Radio Freedom) shows a basement in Yahidne village (Chernihiv region) where occupants kept people for 27 days. During this time 11 citizens died there, 5 more were tortured.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on to the US President Joe Biden to include Russia to the list of terrorism sponsor-states, The Washington Post informs.
The USA express doubts on if the nuclear weapons ever were on board of the "Moscva" cruiser.
The OCU calls on to the believers from the frontline territories to follow the curfew on Easter — services to be held not at midnight, but on Sunday morning. In relatively safe regions can contact local authorities on the matter.
Prosecutor General Venediktova does not rule out the possibility of prisoner exchange of Medvedchuk. On air of the telethon she stated that his citizenship is not an obstacle.
Matti Maasikas, the head of the European Union Agency in Ukaine, calls the abduction of Ukrainian children and their "adoption" by the Russians a " cynical, appalling violation of International Humanitarian Law".
Ukrainian stamps with "the warship" are already on sale even on the American platform eBay. The price of some lots reaches up to $400.
A "Povernys Zhyvym" ("Return Alive") calendar was handed to Prince Harry who visited the Invictus Games. This calendar includes 12 stories that show the real scale of the aid that the fund transfers to the front.
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A couple of volunteers came under fire in Lysychansk, Serhiy Haidai said. A man died on the spot, a woman is in critical condition in hospital.
Powerful lines and shapes as seen in the designs by the warriors of the Kholodnyi Yar 93rd brigade.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has presented another irrefutable evidence of the destroyed columns being Russian.
There are less than 100,000 residents left in Mariupol, they live in basements and shelters, Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
The Russians are bringing bodies of civilians to the occupied Khartsyzsk, Donetsk Region, to cremate with the intention of hiding war crimes, Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrayinska Pravda in an interview.
At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a shelling by Russians in Mykolayiv on April 15, head of Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim said.
Eight killed in a missile strike on Kharkiv, Suspilne reports,citing the director of the Regional Healthcare Department.
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According to the Donetsk Regional Military Administration’s data, Russia will direct the most experienced of its surviving forces to take the Donetsk Region, Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrayinska Pravda in his interview.
The water supply system was damaged, two food warehouses were destroyed as a result of the Russian shelling of Severodonetsk on April 15, Serhiy Haidai said.
The invaders are attempting to hold “elections” in some localities to put people loyal to them in charge—General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian saboteurs steal or forcefully take civilian cars and clothes—General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russians have attempted an assault on Mariinka, albeit unsuccessfully—Armed Forces of Ukraine General Staff's evening update.
Medvedchuk will definitely remain in custody as a pre-trial restriction, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said during the United News marathon. Two cases have been filed against him: the investigation has been completed under the first one (treason); the second one (war crime) is still being investigated. His sentence will be determined by the court.
Gas supply has been restored in two localities in the Luhansk Region, Serhiy Haidai reports.
The displaced persons requiring additional protection will get UAH 2,200 per family member monthly, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said.
The Russians fired on a housing estate of Kharkiv. Seven people died, including a seven-month-old baby, 34 wounded, including three children, the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov informed.
UAH 578 million has been allocated for aid payments to displaced persons, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said.
The International Demining Centre will be established in Ukraine, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said.
The government has started implementing a plan to restore Ukraine, PM Denys Shmyhal said in his address.
It was important to show that a country suffering from genocide has its own position, said First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko.
“You go rape those Ukrainian women there.” The journalists of Skhemy have identified the Russian married couple heard on the intercepted radio conversation, in which the wife jokingly permits her husband to rape Ukrainian women. They are the 27-year-old Roman and Olga Bykovskyis. Born in Russia, they currently live in occupied Crimea and raise a son. The woman who encouraged raping women was looking for a babysitter position.
The Russians have carried out three missile strikes in the Kyiv Region on 15 April, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavlyuk informs.
Official Washington believes that the war in Ukraine may continue until end-2022. US Secretary of State Blinken has discussed this scenario with European partners.
According to the Russian propagandist resources, crew members of the destroyed Moskva cruiser have arrived in Sevastopol. However, they don‘t mention anything about the exact number of rescued or perished. No dead among the rescued members of the cruiser crew, as the saying goes.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reminds the Russian navy that the Black Sea straits are closed for entry only. The part of Russian fleet that remains afloat (still) may use the straits for exit.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reminds the russian navy that the Black Sea straits are closed for entry only. The part of your fleet that remains afloat still has a way out.
— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) April 15, 2022
"It is necessary to understand that nuclear weapon is the last trump of the RF. At the moment, we see no sign that Russia can use these weapons", — the spokesmen of the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuznyak says during the briefing.
The speaker of the SSU Artem Dekhtyarenko informs that starting February 24 the SSU has neutralized almost 100 sabotage scouting groups and detained more than 300 collaborators.
Over 900 bodies of civilians have already been found on the territories of Kyiv region liberated from Russian occupation, the chief of the MD of NP in Kyiv region informs during a briefing. The blockages in Marakiv and Borodyanka are still being disassembled. The number of casualties may increase.
CNN report about a sea ferry that usually runs between Tallinn and Stockholm and that are now converted into housing for refugees from Ukraine.
CNN's Scott McLean reports from Tallinn, Estonia, where a ship is housing refugees from Ukraine who are fleeing Russia's invasion of the country https://t.co/dIGvJppY27 pic.twitter.com/rcxiaSitc9
— CNN (@CNN) April 15, 2022
According to the MDI data the "mobilization plan" for 26 000 "reservists" from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine is practically thwarted. Men of military age do not want to become "cannon fodder" for the Russians.
"The time has come for Europe to send the real Moscow to the financial and economic bottom. All it takes is a complete embargo on Russian oil and gas". - Ukrainian adviser to the president Mykhailo Podolyak said.
Україна вже відправила на дно російський крейсер «Москва». Настав час для Європи відправити на фінансово-економічне дно реальну Москву. Все, що для цього треба, – повне ембарго на нафту й газ.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) April 15, 2022
Since the full-scale invasion, the occupiers have damaged 324 hospitals, including 14 children's hospitals. Sixty ambulance crews came under fire. Six doctors were killing, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said.
The terrorists of the DNR group accused the employees of the joint monitoring OSCE mission of spying for Ukraine and started the criminal investigation against them, the Russian propaganda media TASS informs.
The Russian ambassador was summoned today to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and given the list of six employees of the Russian embassy that were announced non grata (MIA).
Kim: "We wanted to make an overwater museum out of unfinished "Ukraine" cruiser, but guys made an underwater museum out of "Moskva" cruiser"
Russian occupants shelled the residential areas of Mykolaiv using the rocket launch systems, there are wounded, the Head of Mykolaiv Region Council informed.
Austrian machine building company Andritz stated that it ceases new operations in Russia until further notice. The statement of the company says that it "condemns the invasion in Ukraine that led to infrastructure demolition and people's deaths" (Deutsche Welle).