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.
Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denis Maliuska: The first sentences for Russia's war crimes are expected in at least 1-2 years.
During the delivery of medicine to the hospital in Sievierodonetsk, a police bus and a police officer's private car came under mortar fire. There are no victims - Luhansk Regional Military State Administration.
At noon on April 29, the Russians shelled a car with volunteers near Popasna. There are no victims - Luhansk Regional Military State Administration.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed a video of the strike at the Russian invaders.
Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military State Administration: Two schools and 20 houses were damaged on April 29, the Russians attack Rubizhne and Popasna. 16 massive artillery attacks withstood the cities and villages of Luhansk oblast over the past day. Five houses in Hirske and 10 more in Orikhovo were damaged.
Yesterday morning, the Russian army shelled a school building in the new districts of Sievierodonetsk.
The United States doesn't see any signs of a military threat to Moldova yet, according to US Ambassador to Moldova in Chisinau Kent Logsdon.
While Putin is invited to the G20 summit, US President Joe Biden's participation in it remains in question - the White House.
60% of the planned supply of American long-range 155-mm howitzers M777 was brought to Ukraine - Pentagon.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The Russians are moving some units from the Eastern Military District from the territory of the Belgorod oblast to the area of the town of Izyum. The unsuccessful offensive continues in the Lyman, Sievierodonetsk, Popasna, and Kurakhovo areas.
During the previous day, the air defense units of the Ukrainian Air Forces and the Ground Forces hit 10 air targets: one plane and nine Orlan-10 UAVs of the operational and tactical level. Over the past 24 hrs, 14 enemy attacks were repulsed, 11 tanks, 7 artillery systems, 28 units of armored vehicles, and 14 vehicles have been destroyed in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
The Biden administration has a plan to simplify the visa requirements for Russian scientists to lure them to the United States - Bloomberg.
Ukrzaliznytsia has published a schedule of evacuation trains for April 30 from Zaporizhzhia and Pokrovsk.
More than a dozen planes with military aid to Ukraine will fly from the United States to Europe during the day. This was stated by a representative of the US Department of Defense.
The cargo will consist of 155 mm howitzers and shells, Phoenix Ghost Tactical drones and radars.
The Russian offensive has slowed down near Izyum and there can be two reasons: either they are receding or they are tired and try to replenish, not attacking yet - Arestovych.
At the area of the Joint Forces Operation the Ukrainian servicemen have today destroyed 11 Russian tanks and more than 40 other machines - Facebook.
The Minister of Defense of Great Britain Ben Wallace stated that the president of Russia Vladimir Putin can announce the start of the massive mobilization on May 9th.
Destroyed Russian APC in Kharkiv region.
As the advisor of the Head of President Office Oleksii Arestovych informs, in skirmish between Buryats and Chechens of the Russian occupants that happened in the temporarily occupied Kyselivka near Chornobaivka Buryats won - Feigin Live.
The USA have started additional training of the Ukrainian servicemen at its military facilities in Germany. They are taught how to use radar systems and armored machines - CNN.
At the operational area of the Operational Tactical Group "East" the Armed Forces of Ukraine have today destroyed more than 170 Russian occupants, 4 tanks and 5 UAVs - Facebook.
Russia is "at least several days late from the schedule" with its attack on Donbas - one of the high representatives of Pentagon (BBC).
If Russian occupants manage to fulfil their plans even partially, they will have enough artillery and aviation to destroy the entire Donbas as they did with Mariupol. So the defense of the region is the fight for life - Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his new video address.
On Donetsk and Luhansk directions for the last 24 hours of April 29th Ukrainian servicemen have repelled 14 attacks of Russians.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have repelled 4 attacks of the enemy on the east for the last 24 hours - Operational Tactical Group "East".
The USA urge their citizens to refrain from travelling to Ukraine and offer to find some other way to help our country - the press secretary of the White House Jen Psaki.
Russia have launched 1300 missiles during the war in Ukraine. It cost the aggressor at least 7.5 bln USD - Forbes.
If Kremlin decides to use nuclear weapon during the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, Russia will never recover from such step - the Deputy Head of the State Department of the USA Victoria Nuland in her interview for Meduza.
Incumbent commander of the 36th Marine Brigade Serhii "Volyna" Volynskyi asks the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to evacuate the exhausted joint division of the AFU servicemen together with the civilians who are blocked in "Azovstal" to Turkey. The address to the people of Turkey and its leader was shown with the Turkish translation on Habertürk TV.
"Azov Kyiv" regiment of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine showed its everyday routine in the powerful video.
The video message of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi about the 65th day of the war.
The Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic resumed its work in Kyiv. The Consulate Division will work every day starting On April 30th.
The police arrested the possible hostile fire spotters after the missile hit the high-rise building in Kyiv on April 28th - the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhenii Yenin for TV marathon.
On April 29th the bridge across the Siverskyi Donets river between Raihorodok and Brusyno was destroyed by explosion: it was on the offensive live of occupants from Lyman towards Slovyansk. There are no official reports of the destruction of the bridge yet but there are some videos on the social networks that are confirmed true by CNN.
Russian occupants stole a collection of Scythian gold in the temporarily occupied Melitopol - the mayor Ivan Fedorov for the TV marathon.
Poland is ready to defend Slovakia’s airspace after it decommissions its MiG-29 waplanes until F-16 fighters are sourced from the USA, Slovakian Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said after meeting with his Polish counterpart Mariusz Błaszczak, Pravda reports.
On Friday, a high-rank Pentagon official said that missile strikes and other Russian Forces’ attacks in Ukraine indicate Russia’s efforts to disrupt the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ personnel replenishment and supply of new equipment and ammunition to Ukraine, CNN reports.
At least two people had been detained for photographing the destruction after the missile strike on the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv and forwarding photos to Russians, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhen Yenin said on the air of the national TV marathon.
The self-proclaimed president of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has admitted to leading a dictator regime during his visit to an agricultural enterprise in the Gomel Region, the dictator’s press service reports.
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has supported the decision to denounce the Double Taxation Agreement and the Science and Technology Agreement between Ukraine and Russia, government representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk wrote on Telegram.
The United States Department of Defence has published on Twitter a video of “NATO-calibre” shells being loaded in a military transport aircraft bound for Ukraine.
The evening update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
- In the direction of Siverskyi Donets, the Russians are trying to prevent Ukrainian military reserves from moving to the Eastern operational zone. Also, the invaders have positioned a number of units previously withdrawn from the battle for reconstitution in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions, which border Ukraine.
- In the direction of Izyum, the Russians are creating pontoon crossings on the Siverskyi Donets River to put additional pressure.
- In the Donetsk and Tauria directions, the occupiers are attempting offensives on Lyman, Severodonetsk, and Popasna. Also, the Russians keep trying to take Rubizhne and Popasna under complete control and prepare for an advance toward Severodonetsk. The artillery shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ positions continues.
- The Russians have bolstered their combat group in the direction of Kurakhove. Also, they continue airstrikes in the direction of Mariupol. The invaders are currently focused on blocking Ukrainian units in the area of the Azovstal plant and pushing the Ukrainian forces from the Mariupol direction toward Kurakhove.
- In the Southern Buh and Bessarabia directions, the Russian army has attempted to improve its tactical positions. Also, the enemy regroups and builds up its numbers.
- In the Transnistria area of Moldova, the Russians keep spreading fakes about the threat to the region’s population from Ukraine. Specifically, they allege that Ukrainian drones have been used again to strike at their ammunition depots.
The Ivan Sirko 92nd Mechanized Brigade has published a video from the zone of hostilities showcasing the precision with which they dropped improvised explosive devices on Russian occupiers from a multi-copter. The Russians tried to flee in a combat motor vehicle, but the Ukrainian defenders managed to hit it right in the top hatch.
The Russian invaders have taken some ventilators that remained intact in the hospitals of Mariupol, Mariupol City Council informs on Telegram.
British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons announced on Twitter that she had returned to Kyiv: “It was a long drive but worth going the distance. So good to be in Kyiv again.”
It was a long drive but worth going the distance. So good to be in #Kyiv again. pic.twitter.com/FsQe0xnEIz
— Melinda Simmons (@MelSimmonsFCDO) April 29, 2022
In the Luhansk Region, the King Daniel of Galicia 24th Independent Mechanized Brigade has eliminated a group of Russian assault troops who tried to storm the positions of Ukrainian forces, the Brigade’s press services reports on Facebook.
Mariupol mayor Vadym Boychenko said that the number of injured at the Azovstal plant has increased to 600 after the recent bombings.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, the two Ukrainians appointed by the invaders as the heads of Kherson and Kherson Region have been charged with treason. Specifically, the SBU is talking about the so-called leaders of the Kherson regional and city administrations.
In the Mykolaiv Region, the enemy keeps shelling the localities from which it has withdrawn, the South operative command reports on Facebook.
In Bukovyna, Mykola Shevchuk, an 82-year-old resident of the Novodnistrovsk community, donated UAH 125,000 and USD 10,000 to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Chernivtsi Regional Council wrote on Facebook.
The displaced persons have received UAH 2.6 billion in payouts under the state support programmes, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said during the government session.