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

Ukrainian Air Forces destroyed seven Russian air targets in one day. In particular, one plane, two helicopters and four UAVs.

The Center of Strategical Communications and Informational Security reminds how to act during a chemical weapons attack

The White House: Biden will not visit Kyiv even after Johnson's visit to Ukraine

The President of the United States does not plan to visit Ukraine even given a safe trip of the British Prime Minister, the White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced. "It is more important for the Ukrainian leadership that we speed up arms supplies and provide the necessary security assistance. This is what we are focusing on," she said.

The majority of the civilian population of Donetsk region has already left, the authorities are currently continuing the evacuation, the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko informed.

During only the last day, the Russians have killed three civilians in the region: in Vuhledar, Mykhailivka and Krasnohorivka. Eight people were wounded, he added.

Bloomberg announced the suspension of the publication of news in Russian language

During the day, 4,354 Ukrainians were evacuated, said Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.

In particular, despite the constant violation of the regime of silence by the Russian Federation, 3,854 people reached Zaporizhzhia through the evacuation corridors from Mariupol and Berdyansk by their own vehicles and buses. More than 500 people were evacuated from Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna and Popasna, Luhansk regions.

Ukrainian troops in Donbass repulsed six attacks of the Russian occupiers during the day, the Joint Forces Operation informed.

Four tanks, five armored units and 26 units of motor vehicles, eight enemy artillery systems were destroyed. Air defense units also destroyed two helicopters and four drones.

The Russians continue shelling nitric acid tanks in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs informed. What to do if you are near the nitric acid tanks explosion:

• Nitric acid - yellow. As a result of the explosion, the cloud may glow red, pink or purple.
• Do not leave the shelter in case of explosion of nitric acid containers!
• Close the doors and windows in the room!
• Nitric acid is dangerous if inhaled, swallowed and in contact with skin and mucous membranes. Acid fumes are irritating to the respiratory tract.
• With mild poisoning there are signs of bronchitis, dizziness, drowsiness; with severe poisoning - pulmonary edema.
• Gas masks are used to protect against nitric acid fumes. Prepare protective face masks soaked in soda solution.
• Upon contact with the mucous membrane of the eye, nitric acid causes damage with extensive necrosis of the cornea and conjunctiva, leading to vision loss. Therefore, wash eyes immediately with plenty of water.

A curfew has been imposed in Irpin till Friday. Entry into the city will be prohibited.

The Russian occupiers probably dropped chemical weapons on Mariupol. This was reported by Azov Regiment, noting that the Russians dropped an unknown chemical on the city from a drone.

"The victims have respiratory failure, vestibulo-atactic syndrome," Azov mentioned in a statement.

As a result of Russian attacks in Kharkiv and the region on April 11, 11 Ukrainians were killed, the head of the regional administration Oleh Synegubov informed.

A 13-year-old child was among the dead. Another 19 people were wounded, including children aged 4 and 9.

Ukraine has risen to 34th place in the world in the possibility of visa-free travel to countries with Ukrainian passports. This is a record level in its history. With a document with a trident on the cover, you can travel to 143 countries without a visa or with a visa upon arrival, according to the rating for the first quarter of 2022.

Instead, the Russian passport has lost four marks and ranked 49th with open trips to 117 countries.

The only new resident was born in Luhansk region last week: a boy weighing 2.85 kg from a woman who did not have time to evacuate from Lysychansk before giving birth, the head of the regional state administration Serhiy Haidai informed.

Three more pregnant women, transportation of which for long distance dangerous, were transferred from the Severodonetsk city hospital to the Kreminna multidisciplinary hospital. A total of 28 pregnant women were sent to safe regions from Luhansk region.

The Russians have already destroyed almost two dozen Ukrainian oil depots. Russia is destroying Ukrainian oil depots and refineries to keep the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of fuel. But Ukraine managed to arrange its supplies from other countries.

Russia wants to deprive of their citizenship all those who criticize the attack on Ukraine. This proposal was made by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian media report.

The defenders of Mariupol have a difficult situation with water, food and ammunition - the replenishment channels are no longer working, said the commander of the Azov territorial defense Maksym Zhorin. Previously, a certain volume of aid was transferred to Mariupol through volunteers, but, according to him, today these channels no longer work.

At that, the regiment commander Sviatoslav Palamar appealed to citizens of all countries to take to the streets under Ukrainian flags: "Call on politicians, call on them to act decisively to free from captivity Mariupol, Kherson, Izyum and other Ukrainian cities that have become hostages in this war. Help our government to be heard - heard in the struggle for Ukraine."

PrivatBank warned about the delay in launching Privat24. Services will resume tomorrow. Maintenance of Privat24 application took more time than the bank had planned.

Today, the Russians carried out one attack in the area of the responsibility of the operational and tactical group "East". Ukrainian defenders killed 92 occupiers, destroyed one tank, three armored vehicles, three artillery systems, 24 anti-aircraft guns, one helicopter and three drones.

Russian oppositionist Vladimir Kara-Murza was detained in Moscow, his colleague Ilya Yashin said. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they created the "Anti-War Committee of the Russian Federation."

More than 1.5 million Ukrainian children lack food because of the war, according to the UN.

"Of the 3.2 million children, about half are undernourished. Attacks on water and energy systems have left 1.4 million people without access to water. Another 4.6 million have limited access. The situation is even worse in Mariupol and Kherson, where children and families do not have access to running water and sanitation, medicine and regular food for weeks", said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF's Director of Emergency Programs, during a debate at the UN Security Council on situation of women and children in Ukraine.

The Kyiv City State Administration supported the idea of ​​renaming streets and metro stations in Kyiv, which  names are associated with Russia and Belarus.

In total, they plan to rename 15 streets and five metro stations, City Council Secretary Volodymyr Bondarenko said, calling it "de-Russification." The official list of objects and the new proposed names should appear on the website of the City Council soon.

"Now I can say that it will definitely affect Moskovskaya Street, Heroes of Stalingrad Street, Druzhby Narodiv (Peoples' Friendship) Boulevard, stations of the Kyiv subway Heroes of the Dnipro river and Minska," Bondarenko said.

In Borodyanka, Kyiv region, rescuers found another seven dead people under the rubble.

Enemy shelled and damaged 30 houses in Mykhailivka, Donetsk region. Rescuers continue to work at the site of the blockage, they have already extracted one suffered.

The meeting between Austrian Chancellor Karl Negammer and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has ended in Moscow. According to Negammer, it "was not a friendly visit."

His most important message to Putin was that the war in Ukraine must end because "there are only those who lose in the war on both sides," the Austrian chancellor stated.

temporary crossings in Chernihiv region will start operating by the end of the week, Ministry of Infrastructure reports. The enemy destroyed 16 bridges and viaducts in the region.

Construction of a temporary crossing near Smolyn on the R-69 Kyiv-Vyshhorod-Desna-Chernihiv road has started today. It is planned to be finished in a few days. Another building is expected to appear near Yakubivka village by the end of the week.

Further plans include the road H-27 Chernihiv - Mena - Sosnytsia - Gremyach near the village of Kiselivka.

Over the past week, the direct losses of Ukraine's economy due to the war increased by $12.2 billion and amounted to $80.4 billion or UAH 2.4 trillion as of April 11, according to the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

According to joint estimates of the Ministry of Economy and KSE, the total losses of Ukraine's economy due to the war, including both direct and indirect losses (GDP decline, labor outflow, additional defense spending) range from $564 billion to $600 billion.

Summary of the General Staff at 18:00:

• In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to partially block Kharkiv, shelling from multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars.
• In the area of Izyum, the occupiers are trying to keep the line reached earlier.
• In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the enemy tried to storm the city of Severodonetsk, but was unsuccessful. During the shelling of Popasna, the enemy used the Tochka-U tactical missile system. Attempts to advance deep into Ukraine to improve the tactical situation were unsuccessful.
• Street fights continue in Mariupol.
• In the South Bug direction, the occupiers are trying to improve the tactical situation and gain a foothold on the administrative borders of the Kherson region. There are quite a few cases of desertion in enemy units.
• The occupiers are trying to carry out measures of information and psychological influence on the residents of Kherson and the region. For this, information bulletins are distributed, which distort information on the course of hostilities.
• Mobile patrols and posts conposed from the mobilized residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions operate in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia region.
• In order to quickly replenish the losses of its troops, the occupation authorities announced another wave of mobilization of men under 65 in Luhansk. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conduct raids on municipal enterprises and factories to identify conscripts and forcibly send them to military registration and enlistment offices.
• At that, in Alchevsk with the beginning of hostilities, among the mobilized locals deaths amount to more than 300 people. More than 1,200 dead people have been brought to the hospital in Donetsk since the beginning of the full-scale war.
• Among the personnel of the occupation units in the temporarily occupied Crimea, information is being spread that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning a counteroffensive in the Kherson region with the possibility of success and develop it further into Crimea.

The Ministry of Culture is launching the project "Ukrainian Unity Borsch".

The main goal of the project is to hold charitable events on the preparation of Ukrainian borsch and consolidate Ukrainians in the world to support and provide humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine. The first event of the project will be held on April 13 in Warsaw.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, after criticism from Russia, reiterated his statement that Ukraine should defeat Russia "on the battlefield."

The journalist asked him: "The Russians are criticizing you for your words that the battle will be won on the battlefield (as if the EU is pushing Ukraine to continue the war). Do you still believe that it will be?"

"Usually wars are won or lost on the battlefield. Yes," Borrell said.

The EU Mission to Ukraine resumed its work in Kyiv after the break.

Ukraine has launched an official LinkedIn account - Ukraine.ua The English-language page will focus on working with a professional audience, such as entrepreneurs, opinion leaders, journalists, as well as expats and foreigners in general, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared.

In addition, now the Ukrainian community on LinkedIn can mark Ukraine's account as a place of work and emphasize their Ukrainian origin.

Law enforcement officers blocked the withdrawal of assets of almost 7,000 pro-Russian companies that could be used to support hostilities in Ukraine.

The sanctions, the international investigations, the seizure of assets in criminal proceedings with the subsequent transfer to the ARMA (Asset Recovery and Management Agency) and nationalization is currently being resolved, the National Police reported.

Ukrainians enroll en masse as rescue volunteers, Ministry of Internal Affairs informs. More than 8,000 citizens enrolled to volunteer in just six days of registration. However, due to mining and danger, it is not possible to involve everyone now.

Ukrzaliznytsia resumes suburban trains on the South-Western Railway.

Starting tomorrow, six trains will run daily:

• Tereshchenska - Shostka (departure at 15:07, arrival at 15:30, return - departure at 15:50, arrival at 16:15).
• Konotop - Shostka (departure at 6:40, arrival at 8:38, return departure at 8:58, arrival at 10:56).
• Konotop - Vorozhba (departure at 9:20, arrival at 11:29, return departure at 11:55, arrival 14:00).
• Konotop - Bakhmach (departure at 7:00 and 15:50, arrival at 7:40 and 16:30, respectively, return departure at 7:55 and 16:50, arrival at 8:35 and 17:30, respectively).
• Khutir Mykhailivskyi - Konotop (departure at 6:15 and 13:50 - arrival at 8:46 and 17:50, respectively); return - at 10:25 and 14:20, arrival at 12:54 and 16:49, respectively.
• Tereshchenska - Konotop (departure at 7:14, arrival at 8:46, will run only on April 12 instead of the route Khutir Mykhailivsky - Konotop)

The Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonite visited Borodyanka, Kyiv region, destroyed by the Russian occupiers.

Today, my visit in Ukraine started in Borodyanka.

No words could possibly describe what I saw and felt here. pic.twitter.com/Z1Bz0FBrhT

— Ingrida Šimonytė (@IngridaSimonyte) April 11, 2022

The destroyed Mariupol Drama Theater.

In Rivne, a citizen of Ukraine was declared guilty of treason and promoting a terrorist organization. She was sentenced to 13 years in prison with property confiscation.

More than 33,000 people were forcibly deported from Mariupol by the Russian occupiers, the ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova reported.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a former employee of the President's Administration (former title of President's Office) of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region. He is accused of working for the Russian special services. Roman Dudin, head of the SBU department in Kharkiv region, told ICTV Fakty in an interview.

Active hostilities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions may begin in the near future, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk stated during a briefing at the Media Center of Ukraine.

The construction of a temporary crossing on the R-30 road to Irpen has been completed. It is 245 meters long and 9 meters wide. The permanent bridge connecting Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel, Vorzel with Kyiv should be completed this summer, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov informed.

Ukraine has received 44.5 million euro from Sweden.

"This aid will allow Ukraine to increase funding of social and humanitarian needs and will ensure the macro-financial balance of our state," Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko stated.

The state starts to build housing for people who lost it during the war. The building will take place in 10 regions and projects that can be completed within in 3-4 months will be selected. This was stated by Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.

The material losses caused to Energoatom by the occupiers exceeds UAH 18 billion. This is stated in the Telegram channel of the state enterprise.

"I am confident we will manage to rebuild our state quickly. Whatever the losses may be... It will be a historic reconstruction. A project that will inspire the world just as our struggle for freedom. Just as our struggle for Ukraine" - the President wrote.

The Ministry of Defense showed the crushed machines of the occupiers, destroyed by the servicemen of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade named after Cossack Ataman Kostj Gordienko.

The National Police of Ukraine has launched a "hot line" for relatives of those killed as a result of Russia's war activities.

In the Chernihiv region, the construction of temporary crossings on the road R-69 Kyiv - Vyshhorod - Desna - Chernihiv near the villages of Smolyn and Yakubivka started today. This was announced by First Deputy Head of the State Agency of Highways Andriy Ivko.

The occupiers are strengthening anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western propaganda in Russian military medical facilities to campaign for the military to return to Ukraine.

In the Luhansk region, our defenders shot down an enemy aircraft.