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

Rescuers from the State Emergency Service continue to dismantle rubbles in Chernihiv, including near the Chernihiv Stadium.

Municipal football stadium in Chernihiv, which was destroyed by Russia, will help rebuild Germany and the Dortmund club, according to Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko. Germany also stressed in its unchanging position on the postponement of the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee from Kazan, Russia.

The threats of the occupying country to increase its military nuclear presence in the Baltic region are "not news". This is how Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrid Shimonite reacted to the statement of the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in the Seimas, the website of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television reports.

The next, fourth, exchange of prisoners of war took place today, Iryna Vereshchuk reports. Five officers and 17 privates were exchanged. Eight civilians, including one woman, were also released. In total, 30 of our citizens are going home today.

In the Kyiv region, border guards reached the Vilcha checkpoint on the border with Bilorus. This was announced by the head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Serhiy Deyneko. There is still a danger of mining and shelling, in particular, yesterday in the Chernihiv region fire from grenade launchers and small arms was opened by russians from their checkpoint "Pogar".

The Russians have been repeatedly shelling Kreminna in recent days, Head of Luhansk State Military Administration Serhiy Haidai reports. There are damaged houses that are still being inspected. Currently, two people are reported injured by shell fragments. The state of health of women and men of moderate severity.

How 24 OMBr named after King Daniel works:

Turkey will comply with all restrictions agreed and approved at the UN level regarding Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on NTV, Anadolu reported.

As a result of fighting with Russian invaders in the south of the country, Ukraine's defense forces eliminated more than 50 occupiers in one day. This was stated in a daily statement by the officer of the "Pivden" operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Nazarov.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has launched a Russian-language version of the platform on the war in Ukraine https://war.ukraine.ua. The purpose of the Russian version of the web-resource is to provide access to all Russian-speaking people to verified, not distorted by Russian propaganda information about the war, its price for Russia and its consequences for the whole world.

The cat, found by rescuers on the ruins of Borodyanka and whose photo flew around the world, unfortunately, did not survive, according to Anton Gerashchenko. The cat was taken away with trying to save him and even founding his owners, but the wounds received by Murchyk (this is the real name of the cat) turned out to be incompatible with life.

Servicemen of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully continue to liberate Ukrainian settlements in the southern regions of Ukraine from the Russian occupiers. No details are available yet, but it is reported that as a result of an excellent operation, Lviv paratroopers managed to suppress the enemy and force them to leave several settlements.

The fifth package of sanctions imposed by the European Union late last week finally closed a loophole that allowed European countries to sell weapons to Russia, despite its years of aggression against Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters.

A search of the house of former Kremlin political prisoner Edem Bekirov in Novoolektiyivka, Kherson Oblast, took place today at around 7 am, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said. People in military uniforms, masks and weapons broke into the yard through the fence, asked about Gulnara, who is the deputy head of the Genichesk district state administration, a member of the Crimean Tatar People's Majlis and their daughter Eleanor, Denisova's adviser on the Crimean Tatar people, and insisted urgent return home.

The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet cruiser "Moscow" after last night's strike on it by missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "overturned and began to sink." Vladislav Nazarov, an officer of the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this in a daily midday message.

Pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service continue to clear the Kyiv region of ammunition, according to the State Emergency Service. Shells and mines are found in the yards of private houses, along roads, in open areas and infrastructure. In just one day, sappers neutralized about 500 items of ammunition.

Mariupol State University resumes its work in Kyiv, Mariupol City Council informs. "Now we are trying to keep our teachers, students and research base so that we can return to our hometown after our full release. Also on the basis of the university together with the city authorities of Mariupol we plan to deploy a large center of assistance to our compatriots ", - said the rector of MSU Mykola Trofymenko.

Voice of America has published a short film with the stories of a platoon of defenders of Kyiv from the 72nd OMBR named of Black Cossacks. They were one of the first to meet the Russians in the suburbs of Kiev. They withstood a five-day artillery shelling on their front line and then repulsed an attack by the overwhelming enemy infantry. The Russians reached their trenches at a distance of 10 meters.

The mayor of Dnipro described the Russians what will happen if they go towards Dnipro: "If they come here, they will lose not thousands, but tens of thousands of their soldiers. We are preparing. And we are ready." He added that currently the Russians are shelling mostly infrastructure: oil depots, airports, military units, despite the fact that these facilities are located close to the homes of civilians.

Australia has imposed sanctions against Gazprom and Transneft, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak has said. In total, the new sanctions list includes 13 companies that belong not only to the oil and gas sector, but also to the energy and telecommunications sectors. The list includes Rostelecom and electricity producer RusHydro.

Germany is doing more to arm Ukraine than appears publicly, but even so, it cannot give the Armed Forces everything the Bundeswehr has. This was stated to Handelsblatt by Commissioner of the Bundestag for Defense Eva Hoagl.

As a result of the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense, two Ukrainian pilots who were held captive by the Russian occupiers were released: Ivan Pepelyashko and Oleksiy Chyzh. They were in a cell with eight other Ukrainian officers. Ivan Pepelyashko says that despite the serious injuries, most Ukrainians do not receive basic medical care in the pre-trial detention center. In addition, they were subject to permanent exhausting interrogations .

Mykhaylo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, said that the number of dead occupiers had already reached 20,000+.

People continue to be evacuated from Donetsk and Luhansk region, of which almost two hundred evacuated residents of Luhansk oblast have already arrived in Kyiv region. The evacuees were housed in modular houses in the Obukhiv district. It is reported that they were provided with everything they needed: clothes, food, hygiene products.

The Security Service of Ukraine has neutralized a powerful criminal group in Odesa, which had agreed to cooperate with the enemy and wanted to join the occupying authorities if the Rascists seized the city. Among those detained were known in criminal circles as "Emil Varshavsky" and "Paizulayev". The collaborators were in contact with Russian Federation representatives, "reporting" to them on the situation in the region, as well as terrorizing and intimidating the local population.

Irish Foreign and Defence Minister Simon Coveney is going to visit Kyiv today, the BBC reports.

Russia threatens Sweden and Finland with nuclear weapons and missile forces near them if those countries join NATO. The threatening message appeared in a Telegram of Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council.

The State Bureau of Investigation has unmasked the head of the Mariupol city council's OPZZ party faction who called for the overthrow of the incumbent Ukrainian authorities on the eve of the military invasion. He is also the ex-husband of Nataliya Poklonskaya, one of the main figures during Russia's annexation of Crimea. Became the Kremlin's mouthpiece in the east - advocating the restoration of economic ties with Russia.

The Donetsk regional prosecutor's office has exposed a resident of Kramatorsk who was passing data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the enemy via social networks. The enemy used this information to shell residential areas and infrastructure in Donbas. The citizen was handed a suspicion of treason.

Ukrainian forces hit a convoy of inmates in the Kharkiv region.

The works of Russian writers who propagated the ideas of Nazism may be excluded from the Foreign Literature course in Ukrainian schools. All recommended works will be reviewed. This was announced by Education and Science Minister Serhiy Shkarlet during a TV marathon.

The SSU intercepted another conversation between Russian occupiers. In it, a Russian soldier brags about how he "ran over a lorry with a tank".

In Mariupol, Russian occupiers are encouraging civilians to wear a white ribbon, which is a hostile symbol - they want to make people "bait" for Ukrainian snipers, Mariupol mayoral adviser Petro Andryushchenko said in a Telegram.

A new cyber attack aimed at stealing Ukrainians' data has been recorded.
Enemy hackers have once again attacked Ukrainians using "hot" military topics. This time it is about mobilization, the State Service of Ukraine for Special Communications has said.

A woman was detained for a manicure made in yellow and blue colors in temporarily occupied Yalta. Olha Dyachenko of 46 y.o. was interrogated and the "documented facts of the crime" were handed over to a local division of the FSB (the FSS).

The journalists of Slidstvo.info had identified the paratroopers who committed atrocities in Borodyanka, Kyiv region.

There is a threat of illegal adoption of Ukrainian children by Russian citizens without following all the necessary procedures set by the legislation of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Ukrainian marines destroyed Russian "Orlan-10" multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle complex and "leaped" the Russians who wanted to take the remains.

The police have arrested a collaborator who tortured the citizens of Bucha. According to the police data, a resident of Kryvyy Rih came to Bucha to his relatives, patrolled together with the RF soldiers, performed phycological pressure on the citizens of Bucha, threatened them with murder and weapons and tortured the supporters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For such actions he might face life imprisonment.

In 49 days of the war against Ukraine Russian military have lost 753 tanks, 160 aircrafts, 144 helicopters. The number of liquidated Russian occupants now equals 19 900, the General Staff of the AFU informs.

About 39,000 people left Ukraine in the last 24 hours. More than 23,000 of them crossed the border into Poland. Border guards also registered more than 500 vehicles with humanitarian aid.

Ukrainian cities continue to face indiscriminate attacks from Russia. Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka cities will possibly become the main targets for Russian shelling, the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain states.

In case Russians shell Kyiv, Ukrainian side might resort to an adequate response. The Office of the President informs that there are "wonderful possibilities for Russia", — the advisor of the head of the Office of the President Oleksiy Arestovych stated on air of Feihin LIVE.

Border guards published a video with captured pilot of SU-34 bomber carrier who was destroying the neighborhoods of Chernihiv.

An abandoned ammunition depot of the Russians was found in Chernihiv region. All ammunitioned will be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The USA has sent so many of their Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine that its stocks are running low for possible use by their own forces. Replenishing US supplies with new weapons will take years, the CNN reports.

The road on the M-06 Kyiv-Chop on the section from 49 to 52 kilometers will be closed for safety reasons, Ukravtodor reports. This also applies to the entrances to the route near 51 kilometers. Restrictions will last for at least three days.

That is all that's left from one of the fire and rescue units of Kyiv.

Nine Humanitarian Corridors are agreed for April 14:

— From Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak and Enerhodar to Zhaporizhzhia using personal transport.

— Severodonetsk — Bakhmut (the gatherting point is Khimikiv avenue, 28).

— Lysychansk — Bakhmut (the gathering point is RTI, 40 Rokiv Peremohy (40 years of Victory), Sosyura street, 324).

— Popasna — Bakhmut (the gathering point is Pervomayska street, 42).

— Hirske village — Bakhmut (the gathering point is Haharina street, 13).

— Rubizhne — Bakhmut.