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.
The German government is discussing the provision of the Panzerhaubitzen 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled guns to Ukraine, Die Welt reports.
The problem of fuel deficiency in separate regions of Ukraine is promised to be liquidated during the next seven days. The cost of petroleum products is going to rise due to complex logistics, First Vice Prime Minister of Economy Yuliya Svyrydenko informs.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Orders of Gold Star to the AFU military who were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine and to the members of military families honored with this title posthumously. The celebrations took place in the hall of the Mariinskyy Palace.
Buryats against Chechens: In the Chornobaivka community, the Russian occupants shot each other. The shooting took place in the temporarily occupied Kyselivka. According to Ukrainian Intelligence, the reason for the shooting was that the occupants "could not share the spoils" and did not want to go on the offensive.
More than 119 billion hrivnas for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. These funds will go to salaries, equipment, fuel, food, protection and weapons. This was announced by Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal at a government meeting. He stated that providing the Ukrainian army is the first and key priority of the government.
Rules of slavery: occupants bans banned almost everything for those who remained in Mariupol: you can not use credit cards, you can not leave the city until the "filtration".
This became known from a leaflet with "answers to questions", which the occupants are distributing among civilians. The leaflet also says that in Ukraine refugees are being sent to the frontline. The photos were published on Telegram by the advisor of the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko.
"They said to me that Germany is my best option. I said to them: "I hope you are right", 90-year-old Ukrainian Jew Halyna Ploshchenko tells.
The New York Times wrote down the storied of Ukrainians who survived the Holocaust and were forced to flee to Germany. The text emphasizes the cruel historical irony that Ukrainian Jews are forced to flee from the aggression of Russia — a country they believed was their liberator from the Nazis.
Norway closes its borders and ports for Russian trucks and ships accordingly to the 5th sanctions package of the European Union. The ban will take effect on May 7, CNN informs referring to the request of the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.
However, the ban will not apply to fishing, search and rescue and research vessels under a special agreement between Norway and Russia on the management and storage of fish stocks in the Barents Sea.
In the Kyiv region during restoration work law enforcement officers found abandoned "Kamaz", "Ural", IFV-2, and T-72 tank. Also, they detained a Russian machine gunner from Tatarstan who was hiding in the Hastrolychchya village.
In the Brovary district in the hangar of one of the residents ISD operatives found and seized the arsenal of occupants' ammunition and a damaged "Tornado-C" MRL. This equipment will replenish the fleet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The FAB-500 air bomb was neutralized today by sappers of the Mobile Rescue Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
The court seized UAH 469 million related to a Russian oligarch in an account in a Ukrainian bank, the General Prosecutor's Office informs together with the Bureau of Economical Security and the Tax Service.
In the Chernihiv region near the village of Shestovytsya explosions are likely to be heard within the next hour due to the detonation of munitions to destroy them, the head of Chernihiv Regional Administration Vyacheslav Chaus informs.
The Ministry of Finances of Russia which on April 4 tried to pay in rubles $649.2 million on bonds maturing in 2022 and 2042, paid in dollars. If investors did not receive money in foreign currency before May 4, when the grace period ended, Russia would be in danger of default.
In Ukraine an interactive map of cities destroyed by the Russians is being created which includes photos in 360 degrees. You can already see such places as Irpin, Hostomel, and Bucha. The destruction of Borodyanka, Marakiv, and Horenka in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions are to be added.
"Putin and Shoigu brought us to this...", one of the commentators complains under the photo by a Russian occupant who published a comparison of a Russian soldier's first aid kit (above) and a Ukrainian's one (below).
The poll of the Rating group shows: in the last two months, the attitude of Ukrainians has significantly improved towards the leaders of Poland, Great Britain, the USA, Turkey, Lithuania, France, and the head of the European Commission also.
Russia's economy will shrink by 8-10% this year, according to new estimates by Russia's Central Bank. The Bank states that in March, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both consumer and business activity and imports and exports declined, according to CNN.
In Odesa "prolonged" curfew will be introduced — from 22:00 May 1 to 05:00 May 3. The information is provided by Odesa RMA.
Also the warriors of the National Guard "Azov" Regiment publish the losses of the Russian occupants during the defense of Mariupol:
- 1 157 live forces of the enemy destroyed, +840 according to unconfirmed data;
- 520 confirmed injured, +3150 unconfirmed;
- 49 tanks destroyed, 24 damaged;
- 23 APCs destroyed, 24 damaged;
- 36 IFVs destroyed, 24 damaged;
- 5 BMDs destroyed;
- 1 "Raptor" boat destroyed;
- 1 SU-25 damaged;
- 2 "Tayfun" AFVs destroyed, 2 damaged;
- 3 "Tyhr" IMVs destroyed, 2 damaged;
- 2 "Rys" LMVs destroyed, 2 damaged;
- 25 cargo vehicles destroyed, 2 damaged.
The National Guard Regiment "Azov" publishes the chronicle of the battle for Mariupol:
Rating group poll shows statistically there are no more people in Ukraine who treat Putin well.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained the Russian military who tried to capture the South Ukrainian NPP, and a former assistant to the liquidated leader of the DPR terrorist organization Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the press service of the SSU informs.
Video by The 92nd Mechanized Brigade named after Koshovyi Otaman Ivan Sirko: dropped two bombshells from a drone and destroyed Russian occupants
Great Britain sends an expert group to help collect the evidence of war crimes on the territory of Ukraine and to bring the Putin regime to justice for everything they have done, the head of the British MFA Liz Truss. The group is scheduled to arrive in Poland in early May.
Kyiv City Council has urged residents of the capital to use private cars less due to fuel shortages. The authorities claims there are no problems with public transport in the city.
Ukrainian forces liberated the Ruska Lozova village in the Kharkiv region which is a strategically important settlement, Denys Kazanskyy, a journalist, informs. This information is confirmed by Ukrainian Intelligence.
In Kryvyy Rih a planned explosion in the "Pivdennyy" ("the Southern") quarry will be heard at 14:00, the City Military Administration informs to assure the citizens there is no reasons for concern.
British Intelligence publishes a renewed map of Russian invasion to Ukraine as of April 29:
International Company Hendel announced the resumption of work of its two Ukrainian plants, which produce building materials and mixtures of the well-known brand Ceresit.
Henkel strongly condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine and supported the international community's call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Later on, the company officially announced its decision to cease operations in Russia.
234 crimes of Russian aggressors against Ukrainian journalists and media are recorded in Ukraine in 16 regions of the country. During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, 7 journalists were killed by the occupants, 15 went missing, 14 died as participants in hostilities or shelling, and 9 were injured.
The monitoring results were published by the State Television and Radio Committee.
Latvia is ready to spend up to 116 million euros to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The government has approved a plan of measures, according to which Ukrainians will be provided with housing for up to 90 days and food for up to 30 days. The information is provided by LETA Ziņas.
Binance Exchange has blocked cryptocurrency accounts of relatives of Kremlin officials, the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov informs. Listed individuals cannot use their accounts to sell, purchase, or transfer cryptocurrencies.
Minister of Defense of Estonia Kalle Laanet visited Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov a few days after the meeting at the Rammstein base.
Ministers discussed specific areas of assistance to Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression. The Estonian delegation visited Bucha, Hostomel, Irpin, and Borodyanka, once again ascertaining what atrocities the occupants from Russia are capable of.
The Prosecutor General's Office reported suspicion to a Russian Lieutenant-General, Commander of the 11th Army of the Russian Air Force, who ordered the bombing of oil depots in the Rivne region.
In Vinnytsya Moskovska Street (Moscow Street) will be renamed Mariupolska Street (Mariupol Street). Today Vinnytsya City Council decided to rename seven Russian place names. There will be no streets of Vatutin, Mayakovskyy, Suvorov, Kutuzov and Tereshkova in the Ukrainian city, as well as the Friendship of Peoples Park.
Deputy Mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko published a video from the last street battles, where Russian Marines tried to attack the defenders of Mariupol near Azovstal:
As a result of Russian missiles hitting a residential building in Kyiv, the producer of the Kyiv bureau of Radio Svoboda, Vira Hyrych, died. Her body was found under the wreckage on the morning of April 29. The death of a colleague was reported by the editorial office.
The Russians fired at the Sumy region from the RF territory. Mortar shelling continued from ten in the morning. More than 30 mines were dropped on the territory of the region from the Russian village of Horodyshche, the head of Sumy Regional Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyy informs.
Residents of the Novi Petrivtsi community, Kyiv Region, are warned to not worry about loud explosions — explosive devices are being neutralized.
The Russians are using phosphorus shells again — this time, in Solovyove village of the Ocheretyn community, the head of Donetsk RMA Pavlo Kyrylenko 
. Also, Lastochkyne was under fire again — a residential building and a shop are damaged. In addition to the Ocheretyn direction, the shelling lasted all night in the Mariinka and Avdiivka directions. Despite constant shelling and Russian attempts to attack, the Ukrainian military are holding on to all their positions.
The Ground Forces of Ukraine demonstrates the destruction of the enemy equipment.
The 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo publishes a video of the destruction of an occupants' tank by the members of the Brigade in the Luhansk region. "This is just one of the recorded moments of constant and coordinated work of our ATMS "Stuhna-P" operators", the Brigade informs. A few minutes after the hit, the ammunition began to detonate.
Anti-aircraft missile forces of the Pivden (the South) Air Command received the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system from partner countries, which significantly strengthened air defense in the southern region, the Pivden Air Command informs on Facebook. The S-300 anti-aircraft missile system effectively performs its work against a large part of the facilities of the Russian occupants and can shoot down aircraft, cruise, and ballistic missiles at a distance of 5 to 150 km.
Advisor of the head of the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Herashchenko publishes on his Twitter from the scene of the explosion at the police station in the temporarily occupied Kreminna, where the occupants held a meeting with collaborators.
К вниманию предателей и оккупантов из Херсона, Мелитополя, Бердянска, Новой Каховки и других временно оккупированных территорий.
— Антон Геращенко (@Gerashchenko7) April 29, 2022
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In the temporarily occupied town of Novoaydar in the Luhansk region local collaborator Pavlo Sharohradskyy was found dead, the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence informs. The traitor disappeared on April 25 and soon was found shot dead in the head and wounded.
After the occupation, Sharohradskyy provided information to the enemy concerning Ukrainian patriots, members of ATO/JFO, their family members, and workers of local administration having pro-Ukrainian beliefs.
This morning the enemy fired at the Sumy region from the Russia territory, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine informs. The Border guards recorded the arrival of more than thirty mines dropped from the Russian village of Horodyshche. In one case, the enemy fired at the crossroads between three villages of the Shostka district of the Sumy region. In another, mines erupted on the outskirts of one of these villages.
In the last 24 hours Russian occupant troops carried out 16 artillery shellings, 2 strikes by multiple rocket launchers, and one missile strike on Kharkiv, the head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Oleh Synyehubov informs. In one day 5 civilians died of the shelling, 11 more were injured.
Occupants shelled the districts of KhTZ, Pyatyhanka, Saltivka (the 602nd microdistrict), Pivnichna Saltivka (the Northern Saltivka). Artillery, mortar, and tank strikes were also inflicted on Kulynychy, Khroly, Kotlyary, Pokotylivka. This morning the occupants fired at Sokilnyky from barrel artillery.
