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

Occupants promise to the people of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to save them from "Nazists", but instead use them simply as a cannon fodder, — the SSU.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi asked Finnland in his speech to "show even more leadership".

Chief Intelligence Staff of the Ministry of Defense has obtained the list of the servicemen of the Russian Guard Staff in Khabarovsk region who participated in the genocide of Ukrainians in Kyiv region. 

In Leningrad region of Russia fighter aircraft MiG-31 fell down - propaganda media RIA Novosti.

Curfew in Mykolaiv region will be reduced - from 21:00 till 6:00.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi: By buying Russian oil and gas you are financing killing Ukrainians. Act strong. Stop feeding the Russian military machine. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have already refused to finance genocide. 

State Investigation Bureau is investigating illegal escape across the border of the former Head of Constitutional Court of Ukraine Oleksandr Tupytskyi. The Bureau is looking for people involved.

Ukrainian Olympic athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych showed the destroyed Chernihiv stadium named after Yuri Gagarin.

The Minister of Defense of Latvia Artis Pabriks: Scholz delays tank supply for Ukraine - another shameful decision when the future of Europe and liberty is at stake. Any delay of the military support for Ukraine is anti-European!

40 corpses of the killed Bucha residents. The most massive burial place.

Over 4000 people, mainly women and children, were at the Kramatorsk railway station at the moment of missile attack - Office of Prosecutor General.

President of the European Council Charles Michel on railway station shelling: More sanctions and more weapons are needed.

As of 13:00 it is informed about 39 deceased and 87 wounded people due to the strike on Kramatorsk railway station. Among the wounded many are in poor condition.

Today at night occupants shelled the icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov" with the civilian crew at Mariupol Trade Port. Due to shelling one man died, several were wounded. 

Kyiv military administration addresses all the city residents: it is too early to return, as the actions of the enemy can be unpredictable.

The Russian telegram channel "Siloviki" (“National Security Structures”) published the information about shelling by alleged “Armed Forces of Ukraine combatants" at the Kramatorsk railway station. After the information of victims among civilians, the posts disappeared - Denis Kazansky.

 The President of Ukraine's Children Rights Ombudsman in  2014-2021 Mykola Kuleba published a photo of a child that was killed due to the missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station. 

The mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Markushyn told about the period of occupation and showed the liberated city.

39 deceased people, 4 of them children, as the result of shelling of Kramatorsk railway station - Security Service of Ukraine.

The head of the Kyiv Metro addressed the city mayor with initiative of renaming 5 metro stations – (Russian and Ukrainian) Peoples Friendship, Beresteiska, Minska, The Dnieper Heroes and Lev Tolstoy Square.

At least 2 children were killed from the shelling of Kramatorsk railway station by Russian troops, according to operational data, - the chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC Oleksandr Kamyshin.

Telegram channel controlled by the Russian special service stated that the Russians were launching strikes on the Kramatorsk railway station, after which the post was quickly edited.

The occupants who felt the power of Ukrainian Armed Forces sending their last will to their loved ones. They ask to keep their sons from joining the russian army – Ukrainian Security Service.

While the Kramatorsk station is closed for trains, an evacuation train #45 will leave Sloviansk today to Uzhgorod,and trains #274, 276, 278 and 92 are expected to depart to Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ternopil and Odesa, respectively. We do not announce the exact departure time yet, trains will depart as they are full – Ukrzaliznytsia.

"Each such action is also a response to the delay of our Western partners with the introduction of truly devastating sanctions, an oil embargo, as well as powerful weapons that we ask for" - Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak commented on the missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station.

Tochka-U missile hit the railway station in Kramatorsk - Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "For the children” was an inscription on the missile.

This morning, Russian troops shelled the Shostka region. In the village of Sobichevo, a residential building of civilians was damaged. One person received a shrapnel wound, - Dmytro Zhyvytsky, Sumy Regional State Administration.

The advisor of the OP head Mykhailo Podolyak: "Russia's ruling elite is gradually starting panicking". Podoyak lists three phenomena: open statements of Russian tops to foreign media, statements about the resignation of ministers, and Putin's almost daily meetings.

In the past 24 hours, the occupants opened fire 21 times in Luhansk Region. The enemy launched air and artillery strikes on Kreminna, Severodonetsk, Novotoshkivske, Popasna, and Novozvanivka - the National Police. 

New evacuation column has already left Zaporizhzhia for Berdyansk. A total of 12 buses accompanied by the SESU should reach the point of the gathering today. The information on the beginning of evacuation will be published additionally, the City Council of Mariupol.

On April 7, a car with the service brigade of Sumyoblenergo (power supply company of Sumy region) was blown up on an anti-tank mine left by the occupants, Dmytro Zhyvytskyy informs. One man died, two injured were hospitalized, two more received a shell shock.

Russians lie about taking Mariupol under control, the advisor of the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryuschenko informs. According to him they (Russians) advanced to only one block, relatively controlling the area around the destroyed Drama Theater. This cannot be called "city center" control at the slightest.

Russian military prepare dying requests to relatives asking them do not let their children to go in the army at any price, — the SSU publishes the intercepted conversation of one of the occupants.

The US decision on land lease for Ukraine means that the sole fact of Putin's existence threatens the world democracy, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the MDU Major General Kyrylo Budanov believes.

"The USA make it clear that Hitler's Nazism and Putin's Russcism are the same kind of cancer", — Budanov states.

Over 30 people killed, 100 injured in the result of missile hit in Kramatorsk, Ukrzaliznytsia informs.

The Russians shelled Kramatorsk railway station with "Iskander" cluster bombs, says Pavlo Kyrylenko. He reports about dozens of dead and wounded. There were thousands of people waiting to be evacuated.

Ukraine receives the first batch of tactical individual first aid kits (8 000 received, 30 000 bought total), the Ministry of Healthcare informs. The money were taken from the crypto fund.

Kramatorsk hit by 2 missiles. They hit the railway station area, says Oleksander Kamyshyn, Chairman of Board of “Ukrzaliznytsia” (Ukrainian Railway)

Due to the general mobilization there will be ho spring conscription in 2022, the General Staff informs.

Losses of Russians as to the morning of April 8:

"It is impossible to look at these images calmly," the State Emergency Service showed how the wreckage in Borodianka, where people are lying, is being dealt with.

Occupants took away buses with humanitarian aid for Melitopol that was aimed to return with evacuated people, the head of Zaporizhzhia RSA Oleksandr Starukh informs.

The Derzhspetszviazok (The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine) informs about  a new cyber attack on state bodies of Ukraine. They warn about receiving new dangerous e-mails themed "№1275 of 07.04.2022" ("№1275 від 07.04.2022).

The help for Ukraine: Canada will allocate about $ 800 million to the support fund and another $ 400 million to military aid. South Korea provides humanitarian aid of $ 30 million.

A gas pipeline damaged in Kharkiv region after the Russian shelling, the head of Kharkiv RSA Oleh Synyehubov informs.

The register of collaborators. The NSDC Secretary Danilov promises to publish the list of those who cooperated with the enemy even before February 24. Those include some TV presenters, Danilov states.

Occupants advance to the south from Izium, the RF prepares for combats in Donbas region, British Intelligence informs.

Police arrests a looter who robbed residents of Irpin who had given him shelter. The arrested is a 31 y.o. citizen of Donetsk region. Confiscated items include jewelry, computers, tablets, phones.

The summary on Luhansk region residents evacuation: starting February 24 30 000 people were officially evacuated, not including those who evacuated on their own or with the help of the volunteers.

The General Prosecutor's Office investigates the torture of Izium region residents.