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.
John Lenon's son Julian performed Imagine for the first time in public at a benefit concert in support of Ukraine, thus breaking his promise that he would only perform the song if it was the end of the world.
The War on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy...
— Julian Lennon (@JulianLennon) April 8, 2022
As a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to respond in the most significant way I could. So today, for the first time ever, I publicly performed my Dad’s song, IMAGINE. pic.twitter.com/Qcggk2XaAx
The occupiers have abducted Izyum volunteer and writer Volodymyr Vakulenko. As reported by the activist’s ex-wife, he was abducted about a week ago.
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Russia's ballistic missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station "clearly is genocide".
A large evacuation of Kreminna residents is planned for 13 April, Luhansk Regional Military Administration reports.
The assembly point is at the Ukrposhta building at 10:30.
You can pre-register for the evacuation on Monday, 11 April, in the building of the city council (room 19) or by phone, 066 000 22 01.
According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, more than 250 million hryvnias have been raised for the army through the “Diia” app. More than 245,000 people have joined the fundraising. All the expenditure reporting is being conducted by the Come Back Alive foundation.
On Sunday, Russian occupiers shelled nearly all of Severodonetsk. According to Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, the invaders hit two houses and a private clinic. The city's infrastructure is nearly destroyed.
Russia's first external default since 1917 is "virtually inevitable". The Treasury has halted Russia’s ability to make debt payments in dollars from its accounts through U.S. banks, Bloomberg reported.
Russian tanks shot and crushed civilian vehicles near Makariv in Kyiv region. The Ministry of Defence reports that the bodies of their owners are still inside.
Defenders of Mariupol say that politicians have not contacted them or picked up the phone for more than two weeks. This was reported in a video message by the Deputy Commander of the AZOV regiment, captain Sviatoslav Palamar.
Josep Borrell will hold a meeting with EU Military Committee in order to discuss military support to Ukraine at a moment when it is faced with impending attacks in Donbas, the head of European diplomacy tweeted. A meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers is also scheduled for tomorrow to prepare further steps to support Ukraine.
Following up to meetings in Kyiv w/ @ZelenskyyUa & @Denys_Shmyhal yesterday, I convened today a joint session of EU Military Committee + Political&Security Committee to discuss military support to #Ukraine at a moment when it is faced with impending attacks in Donbas+in the South pic.twitter.com/7hhkoCKNSb
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) April 10, 2022
A mini-football tournament has been held in the occupied town of Hola Prystan, Kherson Region, under the slogan “Hola Prystan is Ukraine”, a local informs on Facebook.
Turkey will not grant the warships of warring parties passage into the Black Sea, Head of Turkish MoD Hulûsi Akar assured on the air of the TR Haber TV channel.
Five members of emergency response teams were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk Region as a result of the Russian invaders’ airstrike. Also, one person was killed in Novopavlivka, having taken an unexploded bomblet into their hands, Head of Regional Council Mykola Lukashuk said.
LIGA.net interview Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych: The rockets reach us within three minutes. All of Mykolaiv is in crosshairs.
A camp for the residents of Mariupol forcefully deported from Ukraine has been set up in Russia's Penza Region. There are over 400 Ukrainians there at the moment, primarily women and 147 children of all ages. About 150 more people will be forcefully taken there in the next couple of days, ombudswoman Denysova informs.
Privat24 services will not work from 23:00 on April, 10 to 8:00 on April, 11. PrivatBank will carry out scheduled work.
Police have detained about 2,200 conscripts at the border since the Russian invasion. Border guards also continue to find the bodies of men on the shores of reservoirs, according to the SBGS.
As of April, 10, 1,222 people had died in the Kyiv region as a result of the invasion by Russian troops, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told Sky News.
Billie Eilish dedicated the song Your Power to Ukrainians. She performed it as part of the global charity campaign Stand Up For Ukraine.
Today, the Russian occupiers struck at the airport in Dnipro. According to the head of the Regional State Administration, "there is no corner that is not destroyed.”. An infrastructure facility in the village of Zvonetske was also shelled. The number of victims is being determined.
Photo of the Russian Orlan drone destroyed by the 95th Air Assault Brigade with British Starstreak MANPADS. This is the second downed complex of occupiers, according to the Armed Forces.
Number plates with the letter Z will no longer be issued in the District of Herford, Germany, DW reports.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has downed a SU-34 fighter bomber that attempted an attack on Mykolaiv, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reports.
The National Guard of Ukraine has found the Russian invaders' large munitions cache in the Kyiv Region: 90 boxes of tank munitions, hundreds of rounds, RPG rockets, and grenades.
President Zelenskyy talked to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the phone.
Had a phone conversation with @OlafScholz. We emphasized that all perpetrators of war crimes must be identified and punished. We also discussed anti-Russian sanctions, defense and financial support for Ukraine.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 10, 2022
In Mariupol, a Ukrainian border guard surrounded by Russian troops blew himself and his radio station up to prevent invaders from capturing it, Arestovych said. The heroic soldier’s last words were, “Glory to Ukraine!”
Voting has begun under the first round of presidential elections in France, with Marine le Pen being the main challenger for Emmanuel Macron, Reuters reports.
Ukraine has prepared its suggestions for the sixth raft of EU sanctions, the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine informs.
In an interview for Associated Press, Zelenskyy said Mariupol was “the heart of this war” with Russia. He also added that its defenders were distracting a big part of the enemy forces, helping strengthen the Ukrainian positions.
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksii Arestovych has briefed the press about the situation on the ground in Ukraine on 10 April:
Almost 200 people have been evacuated from Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, and Kreminna today, Head of Luhansk Region Serhiy Haidai informs.
LIGA.net interview| "Raped by a group, as per the plan, girls want to wipe their skin: a psychologist about three stories."
Kuleba called on scientists around the world to investigate who prepared the ground for the atrocities in Bucha.
Bucha did not happen in one day. For many years, Russian political elites and propaganda have been inciting hatred, dehumanizing Ukrainians, nurturing Russian superiority, and laying ground for these atrocities. I encourage scholars around the globe to research what led to Bucha.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) April 10, 2022
Zelenskyy's interview to APNews:
Russia is delaying the offensive in Donbass because it does not want to repeat the "stupid blitzkrieg", the head of the Luhansk Region Military State Administration said.
An occupiers' ammunition depot is burning in the east:
A mass grave with dozens of bodies of civilians killed by the Russian occupiers was found in the village of Buzova near a fuel station in Kyiv, Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka village community, told Reuters.
The village of Andriyivka in the Kyiv region has survived through Russian occupation:
Maxar satellite images show an almost 13-kilometer column of occupiers' equipment near the village of Velykyi Burluk in the Kharkiv region:
A 8-mile-long Russian military convoy of trucks, armored vehicles, towed artillery, support equipment moving south through Velykyi Burluk, east of Kharkiv. images taken 8 April by
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have completed the clearing of the territory in Vilkhivka. The soldiers of the 92nd Brigade found a pit with the corpses of Russian soldiers. This is an example of how these scoundrels act even with "their own comrades", the head of Kharkiv Regional Military State Administration Synegubov commented.
Tonight, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a large column of enemy machines and manpower heading towards Izyum, the head of Kharkiv Regional Military State Administration Synegubov said.
During the day, 2,790 explosive devices were detected, seized and neutralized, including 481 bombs, according to the State Emergency Service. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, 46,275 explosive devices and 1925 bombs were detected, seized and neutralized.
The Parliament's committee will consider a draft law whereby illegal leaving abroad by the conscripts during the war may result in up to 12 years in prison for them.
Illustrator Maria Karbovska and her defenders of Ukraine:
The story of a Chernihiv resident who survived the Russian airstrikes, but lost his home and son.
Situation as of the morning of April 10.
Donetsk region. Active fighting along the entire line of contact. The offensive near Marinka was repulsed. It is restless in the Kherson region. Residents of almost all settlements reported explosions and shelling, especially on the border of the regions. There are reports of looting by the occupiers in the villages, throwing grenades at houses, taking away food and transport. A humanitarian catastrophe is in the region.
In the Luhansk region, border guards "generously treated the orcs with lead" and repulsed the fourth enemy attack of the Russians: "Several invaders remained to improve the Ukrainian soil, and one wounded begged not to shoot and surrendered.", according to the State Border Guard Service.