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

Russians drop parachute bombs on Kharkiv. The Mayor Ihor Terekhov asks locals not to touch such parachutes and immediately call rescuers at 102 and 112.

Stories | Who saved Horenka. Here is a reportage from the nearest suburb of Kyiv, which did not burn down and survived the Russian invasion.

In a new address to the nation, Volodymyr Zelensky said that freedom and Ukraine have no time to wait. Therefore, it is necessary to act immediately and impose an oil embargo on Russia at the level of all democracies.

Today, the units of Joint Forces have successfully repulsed eight attacks, four tanks, eight units of enemy armored vehicles and vehicles. Four UAVs and three cruise missiles were shot down in Donbass. Earlier it was reported that one aircraft and a helicopter were shot down.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Territorial Defense Forces destroyed an enemy T-72 tank and an MTO-80 armored repair vehicle, the Territorial Defence of Armed Forces of Ukraine informed.

Operational Tactical Command East destroyed 80 occupants, three tanks, five IFVs, one aircraft and a helicopter.

Arestovych: Russian occupants will not be able to implement the plan to encircle the Ukrainian military in the JFO zone in Donbas, but they may advance and seize some more small settlements, and Ukrainians need to be prepared for losses among the defence forces. This opinion was expressed by advisor to the head of the presidential office Oleksiy Arestovych on the Pryamy TV channel.

Russians beat up civilian ships in Mariupol port and offer sailors to "go to a safe place", the Azov National Guard regiment has reported.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Boris Johnson walked through the center of Kyiv - they visited Khreshchatyk, Independence Square, and honored the memory of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes.

Volunteer Ihor Kurayan was abducted by the Russian military in Kherson. He was abducted on April, 6 and is still being held illegally. His son Ruslan Kurayan wrote about the abduction.

Zelensky about the #StandUpForUkraine fundraiser in Warsaw in support of Ukrainians:

Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that Britain and its partners will increase economic pressure and intensify sanctions against Russia every week, not limited to asset freezes and sanctions against oligarchs. Britain and its partners intend to affect Russia's ability to use its energy resources.

The management of Enerhoatom (National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine) predicts radiation sickness to the occupiers of the Red Forest. Indicators of radiation levels in that area are abnormally high: the gamma background is 10-15 times higher, and the indicators that form the internal radiation are 160 times higher than normal.

Finland has banned Russian and Belarusian trucks from entering the country's borders. This was reported by Yle news agency, quoting the director of the customs board's Enforcement Department, Sami Rakshit. The ban is implemented in accordance with the fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Boris Johnson made a statement to the media. President Zelensky thanked the British Prime Minister for effective sanctions and for strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities. He stressed that "Western democracies must follow the example of Great Britain."

The third exchange of POW took place today. Twelve Ukrainian servicemen are returning home, including one female officer. 14 civilians, including 9 women, were also released. A total of 26 Ukrainians were released from captivity, wrote Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.

"It is thanks to the resolute leadership of President Zelensky and the invincible heroism and courage of the Ukrainian people that Putin's terrible goals are being thwarted," Boris Johnson said after meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in a statement on Downing Street.

Britain will send 120 units of armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine according to Downing Street.

Pro-Russian demonstrators in Germany could be prosecuted for demonstrating with the Z symbol, used by the Russian occupiers during the invasion of Ukraine. This was stated by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in a comment to Welt am Sonntag.

9,1 billion euros have been raised for #StandUpForUkraine fundraising event to support Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion in Ukraine and abroad.

In the Chernihiv region, the Russian occupiers shot two brothers with machine guns because the boys saw them stealing food from a store. The security forces found the burial place of the younger brother, search for the older brother’s body continues, writes the Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.

The Russian occupiers collect the bodies of killed Ukrainians in Mariupol and take them out for incineration in mobile crematoria or bury them in mass graves. The photo is taken in the underpass in the Sadky area. Every day, special “mopping up” operation groups took hundreds of corpses to similar collection points throughout the city, according to the Mariupol City Council reports.

Romanian Red Cross delivered 20 tons of humanitarian aid to Chernihiv. This was written by the head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Chaus.

In the Zaporizhzhya region, the Russian occupiers have already abducted 106 Ukrainians, including 21 local officials and two journalists. This was reported by the ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova.

In the Kharkiv region, the Russian occupiers are jamming mobile communications to hide the movement of their units through the region. This is stated in the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on April 9.

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine have 182 more tanks than at the beginning of the war. The number of Russian equipment captured by the Ukrainian defense forces was published on the Oryx portal. In the war with Ukraine, Russia lost 1,794 units of equipment, of which 877 were destroyed, 34 were damaged, 228 were abandoned, and 655 were seized.

Eurocon, the Science Fiction Convention, has deprived the representatives of Russia and Belarus of the right to be awarded. This was reported on the website of the European Science Fiction Society.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a "Stand Up For Ukraine" fundraising event in Warsaw starting today. It is reported by the press service of the European Commission.

The wind drives the nitrogen cloud towards Russia after the explosion in Rubizhne:

Photos from the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visit to Kyiv:

Dzhemilov has stated, that the Russian occupants are taking the activists captured on mainland of Ukraine to a pre-trial detention center in the annexed Crimea. These are the Ukrainian activists captured in Kherson region and Melitopol. This was stated by the leader of the Crimean Tatar people on the air of the national telemarathon.

Soldiers of the Azov Battalion showed the results of their work on the positions of the Russian occupiers from where they fired mortars: the enemy's KRAZ trucks were damaged without the possibility of further exploitation and the occupiers' ammunition was destroyed.

Rescuers of Chernihiv region continue to dismantle the debris in the region's capital's school № 21, writes Vyacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration. This school in the Stara Podusivka microdistrict was destroyed by an air strike by Russian invaders in early March. The bodies of the dead are still being found in the ruins of the school.

Over 80 injured people from Kramatorsk, which train station was shelled by Russian troops on April 8, are receiving treatment in the Dnipropetrovsk region, writes Suspilne referring to Victoria Kulyk, acting Director of Health Department of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration. 19 patients are children, 20% of patients are severely injured. Among them, there are children with amputated limbs, both lower or upper ones.

State Emergency Service units continue to search and dismantle the debris in Borodyanka. 237 rescuers and 35 units of equipment are working on the site. Rescuers are being helped by 70 volunteers. The body of the deceased was found while dismantling the debris. The work continues.

The occupants hit again the tank with nitric acid near Rubizhne, as stated on Telegram by Serhiy Haidai, Chairman of the Luhansk Regional State Administration. Local residents must stay in shelters with doors and windows closed.

In an interview with the BBC, Christo Grozev, Bellingcat's leading investigator, spoke about what is happening to Russia's intelligence services amid the failed war in Ukraine, NATO's reaction to the war, prospects for nuclear weapons, responsibility for Russia and Putin and more:

A spokesman for the Hungarian prime minister said Viktor Orbán condemned the atrocities committed by the Russian occupiers in Bucha. It was stated by Bertalan Havasi on MTI on Saturday, Telex.hu reports.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson arrived to Kyiv, his visit started with a tete-a-tete meeting with President Zelensky, as reported on Facebook by Andriy Sibiga, the Deputy Head of the President's Office

New defensive lines are being actively built in the Kyiv region to prevent the possibility of artillery shelling or the entry of troops, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk announced.

Occupants kill and torture journalists, states Lyudmila Denisova, the Commissioner for Human Rights. She is providing new details about the death of Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius in Mariupol. He was taken prisoner by rashists, who later shot him dead leaving his body on the street.

Another victim of Russian occupants is a journalist, writer and volunteer Yevhen Bal. 78-year-old man was captured by the occupants in Melekino near Mariupol, released three days later heavily beaten. Being tortured the man died of injuries afterwards.

The State Emergency Service Rescuers are returning home from the occupied areas. They say that most of all that want to come back home and see their relatives. They also describe their experience: occupants have stolen everything they reached out to, but did not commit such atrocities as in Bucha.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to fight back Russia's offensive in any direction, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

At a meeting in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer discussed supporting Ukraine on its path for membership in the European Union, as well as increasing sanctions on Russia to stop aggression against our country, the President's website reports. Austria plans to tighten sanctions within the EU until the war in Ukraine ends.

About a quarter of Russia's troops used during the invasion of Ukraine are "effectively inoperable," due to heavy losses, poor logistics and sustainment, CNN reported, citing a European official. This is about 29 armored personnel carriers out of 120.

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railway) has evacuated 3.5 million people since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, the railway reports. At the same time, more than 470 thousand will be transported by train abroad. The majority left Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donbas for Lviv and Uzhhorod.

More than $80,000 were raised at charity auction for medals of Ukrainian athletes, the Ministry of Youth and Sport reports. The funds will be used to help the Armed Forces.

37bn euros European countries paid for energy resources to Russia during the first 40 days of Ukraine's deadly war, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, informed.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi told a joint conference with Austrian Federal Chancellor Karl Negammer that Mariupol defenders were holding back 10,000 occupants.