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.
In Ukraine "TyKhto" (Who are you) app was created to check people for links to the "Russian world". The product of IT specialists will help law enforcement officers, the military, and territorial defense fighters at security checkpoints to learn about the "dark" connections of a person.
Poland will ban gas and coal imports from Russia in the coming months. Deputy Foreign Minister Shinkovsky: "Even if the EU does not make such a decision, we will make it ourselves <...> to set a good example and encourage other countries to do the same.", Berliner Zeitung citing.
In places visited by the occupiers, they put up tripwire mines at the entrance to houses, near fences, in houses and apartments, washing machines, cars, etc., said the Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky. He urged to do not try to define your apartment on your own if there were Russians there! Wait for the sappers to check it!
Mykolaiv airport after the attempts of Russians to take the city (photos by Liubov Kitsul):
The Foreign Ministry and its partners have created an online archive of Russian war crimes.
More than $80,000 for Ukraine and the Armed Forces was collected by selling medals of Ukrainian athletes at charity auctions, General Staff of the Armed Forces informs.
Cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT paid $30,000 for the "gold" of the 2020 Paralympic rower Serhiy Emelyanov. A resident of Japan bought the "bronze" of Tokyo 2020 karate player Stanislav Goruna for $20,500. The gold medal of Danylo Sikan, forward of FC Hansa Rostock at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, was sold at the World Sports For Ukraine auction for $32,000.
In the summer of 2021, Western intelligence found out that a "small group of Russian officials" was planning a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC News Ukraine reports.
This is how one of the districts of Irpin looks like now. Source: Kyiv Maps
In the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv oblast, police officers document the war crimes committed by the Russian occupying forces. This was reported by the press service of the National Police.
It is specified that the invaders bombed the homes of civilians on March 12. Investigators gather evidence of shelling of civilians, record destruction and damage, establish the exact number of injured and killed.
The Ukrainian military has been defending besieged Mariupol for 45 days, despite textbooks saying that under such conditions it's possible to last no more than a week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces informs.
Ukrainian marines under constant fire were able to maintain combat capability, destroy enemies every day, and inflict huge losses on the Russian invaders. The General Staff believes that the resistance of the Ukrainian armed forces may be included in martial arts textbooks.
Japan is preparing to begin annual talks with Russia on a quota for fishing salmon and trout spawned in Russia's rivers, Japan Today reports.
It is specified that the talks may face difficulties, as the Kremlin regime opposes economic sanctions imposed by Japan along with other countries due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
NATO intends to have a permanent military presence near its borders to repel possible future Russian aggression. The decision will be made at the Alliance's summit in Madrid in June, said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Reuters writes.
"What we see now is a new reality, a new normal for European security. Therefore, we have now asked our military commanders to provide options for what we call a reset, a longer-term adaptation of NATO," Stoltenberg said.
Mexico has condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, even though it has previously abstained and, in particular, did not vote in the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from the UN's human rights body, Reuters reports.
"We do not accept Russia's invasion of Ukraine because we have suffered from invasions," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a video message.
In Chernihiv, looters who claimed to be part of the territorial defense forces and robbed the homes of local residents were detained.
In Poland, during a football match between Lech and Legia, fans hung out an expressive banner dedicated to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
In Donetsk oblast, where active combat is taking place, the Russian invaders are carrying back people who were previously forcibly deported to Russia, he ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova reported.
"The forced return of civilians to the territory where hostilities are taking place is a direct violation of Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and may lead to the deliberate killing of Ukrainian citizens," the ombudsman said.
In Pakistan, parliament ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was visiting Russia on February 24, when a full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, BBC reports.
Canada will organize charter flights to carry Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian aggression. This was announced on the website of the Government of Canada.
It is specified that Ukrainians will be provided with financial support and accommodation in hotels for up to two weeks. Canada will also provide an additional $ 100 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
On April 9 several trains in Ukraine under number 52 run empty – they were filled with flowers in memory of 52 victims of Russian occupant shelling on peaceful citizens of Kramatorsk who were waiting for evacuation, – Ukrzaliznytsya informs.
From the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine many convicted Ukrainians expressed a desire to fight against the occupants, – the Ministry of Justice informs.
From the beginning of the war with Russia President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed three pardon decrees – 363 convicted took up arms and went to defend Ukraine.
Burnt photographs, documents, icons, diplomas – all that left in people's houses in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, after the retreat of Russian occupant troops. The SESU collects it during the elimination of consequences to give it to the people survived. The information given on the SESU's Telegram page.
Ukrposhta and Ukrzaliznytsya started a joint project on humanitarian aid delivery to help the volunteers, – the press service of Ukrposhta informs on Telegram.
“We will cruise from Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro to Kyiv and back again”, – the message states.
Delivery price equals 25 UAH. One can apply online or at the offices.
The Kyiv-Zhytomyr route opens in the nearest time , – the Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kurbakov informs.
According to Kurbakov, nearly 37 km of Irpin streets are cleaned from garbage, soil, trees, collapsed fences and parts of buildings. He also states that in the last three days 67 km of Kyiv-Chop road had been cleaned up.
The mayor of temporarily occupied Melitopol Ivan Fedorov calls on to civilians to not evacuate to the Crimea under the pressure of the Russian occupants. He stated it on air of united national telethon. He recommends residents to use the possibility and evacuate to the territories under the control of Ukrainian government.
"You shouldn't go to the Crimea, because the peninsula is now occupied by Russia and you shouldn't go there, just like in Russia in general — it's a one-way ticket," the mayor says.
Yesterday the Russian warships were shelling the Ukrainian shores of the Black Sea for multiple times – several missile hits were fired, – the Operational Command Pivden' (South) informs.
It is specified that the goal of these shellings is physiological pressure on the civilians and panic provocations.
On April 9 a mourning chamber was held in Warsaw in memory of the victims of the Russian occupation forces atrocities in Ukraine. The photos were published on the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland Facebook page.
The number of victims of Russian occupant troops attack on civilians in Chernihiv is not possible to establish. Many peaceful citizens are missing. It is possible they could have completely burned down in the places where heavy bombs were used, – the mayor of Chernihiv Vladyslav Atroshenko in his interview for Deutsche Welle.
According to the mayor, starting from February 24 in Chernihiv 700 people were killed, 40 are missing.
The monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv is under reliable protection from Russian occupant shelling. The photo is published by Kristina Bedinskykh, a journalist, on Facebook.
A number of NATO member-states discusses the possibility to train the AFU to use the new model weaponry, Bloomberg informs. As noted, what led to this topic is the understanding that the stocks of Soviet-era weapons are running out and the war might actually drag on.
The rescuers continue to rake blockages and inspect houses in cities and villages of Kyiv region after the retreat of Russian occupants. The bodies of the dead are removed from the ruins. To finish the initial stage of work requires at least two more weeks, – the Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyy informs.
Yesterday Russian occupants shelled Mykolaiv region seven times. Fortunately, there were no victims. Invaders' goal is “to pump up panic among civilians and to destroy transport communications at maximum”. The Operational Command Pivden' (South) informs on Facebook.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the gathering of Russian occupant troops in Kupyansk region with four Tochka U (U-Point) missiles, the advisor of the OP head Oleksiy Arestovych says on the interview for Mark Feyhin.
Arestovych informs that missile hit on the railway station in Kramatorsk, which killed over 50 civilians, was inflicted by the occupants with Tochka U (U-Point) from the Izyum side. According to the previous information, one of them was high-explosive, the other one was a cluster.
After the liberation of Olkhivka in Kharkiv region the fighters of 92nd SMB found a mass grave of Russian occupants. According to one of the versions the invaders died on March 30 – the day when the AFU destroyed two battalion tactical groups of the RF army, the Center of Strategical Communications informs on Facebook.
18+ photos of occupant mass grave may be seen here.
The photos of Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy having a walk in Kyiv during martial law. These were published on Volodymyr Zelenskyy Facebook page.
The offense of Russian occupants in Donbas has already started. Now the first stage is underway, reinforcements for the second are expected to arrive. The information is provided by the advisor of the OP office Oleksiy Arectovych on his interview for Mark Feyhin.
According to Arestovych, “the intrigue” of this RF army offense should be that it comes both from the north and from the south.
In Moldova unknown people painted blue Z and V letters used by the Russian occupiers, as well as a swastika on monuments to Romanian soldiers killed during World War II. The monuments are located near Russian school “Felesht” – a lyceum named after Pushkin, – the Newsmaker informs.
On April 9 at least 13 air targets of Russian occupants were hit by the Air Forces, the Land Forces and the Air Assault Forces. The information is provided by the Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces.
After retreating temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Russian occupants left evidences of war crimes against civilians. This is stated in the report of British intelligence on April 9.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson changed his nick on Instagram to “borisjohnsonuk” after visiting Kyiv.
Russian occupants stole vegitables from the animals in Feldman Ecopark – cabbage, carrot and beetroot. The invaders aproached park closely. The deputy mayor of Dnipro Mykhailo Lysenko published this on Facebook.
After four days of waiting for the evacuation, 529 Melitopol residents are finally in Zaporizhzhia, the Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko informed.
Russian soldiers fled from Pripyat after learning about a high radiation dose in their fellow soldier. The unit consisted of about 200 people. Christo Grozev, the chief investigator of the Bellingcat project, wrote about this, referring to his own sources in Wagner's APC.
During the 45 days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has recorded 100 cases of massive environmental damage that could cause an environmental catastrophe, acting Minister of Environmental Protection Ruslan Strelets informed on Suspilne.
Great Britain is ready to lead the restoration of Kyiv and the region after the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in today's video address to Ukrainians after a meeting with the British Prime Minister.
Long-distance runner Oz Pearlman broke the record for most miles ever run around Central Park as part of a fundraiser for Ukraine, Reuters informed in Twitter.
Long-distance runner Oz Pearlman broke the world record for the most miles ever run around Central Park as part of a fundraiser for Ukraine pic.twitter.com/K8HUQRIowa
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 9, 2022
Today 4532 people were evacuated to Zaporizhzhia. 3425 people were able to leave Mariupol and some settlements in Zaporizhzhia region by their own cars. 1107 people were evacuated from Luhansk region and Melitopol by buses.
The Kadyrovites staged another provocation. The main role was played by a drunken man from allegedly Ukrainian army who fought against the civilians. The video shows some Kadyrovites laughing at the man.
During a walk in Kyiv. the British Prime Minister was presented with ceramic roosters. The same rooster was in the kitchen cupboard, which was the only unbroken thing in a building destroyed by Russian troops in Borodyanka in Kyiv region.
The government has imposed a trade embargo on Russia, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk informed after today's meeting.
The European Commission has imposed new sanctions against the aggressor. All trucks registered in Russia and Belarus are obliged to leave the territory of the European Union by April 16, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine informed.