[NewsFrontainfo] 23:04 The city of Kremennaya has completely passed under the control of the armed forces of the LPR. AFU abandoned positions and armored vehicles, leaving the city in a hurry.
22:12 Since the beginning of the current day, the DPR servicemen have destroyed 27 Ukrainian nationalists, 2 armored personnel carriers, 3 firing positions of 122-mm D-30 artillery howitzers and 1 cargo vehicle. 1 armored personnel carrier and 2 cargo vehicles were captured.
21:35 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of 13 civilians as a result of shelling of the previously liberated territories of the Republic by the AFU:
n.p. Mariupol:
— girl born in 2010;
- men: born in 1959, 1978, 1950, 1965, 1948, 1970;
- women: born in 1971, 1936, 1959, 1953.
n.p. Pavlovka:
- a girl born in 2010.
n.p. Volnovakha:
- a woman born in 1985.
21:03 “No one got out of Azovstal itself, but taking advantage of the silence from the houses that are in close proximity to the Azovstal checkpoint, about 140 people left,” Alexei Nikonorov, head of the administration of the Head of the DPR, told Zvezda TV channel.
20:37 As a result of a strike by high-precision air-launched missiles, two strongholds in the Kalinovo-Papasnoye area and six enemy manpower and military equipment concentration areas in the areas of Mirny, Slavyansk and Popasny were hit. Up to 180 personnel and 15 armored vehicles were destroyed, and a Buk-M1 air defense missile launcher was also destroyed in the Barvenkovo area - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
20:33 Residents of Lisichanskstartedprovide armed resistance to the Ukrainian authorities.
20:32 The LPR forces took a strategically important height at the stronghold of the Ukrainian troops, from here they fired at Donetsk, Frunze, Golubovsky.
20:10 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU in Donetsk at the following addresses:
Petrovsky district: st. Ulyanovs. Kuibyshevsky district st. Oginsky, 46 - a fire in a private house. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
19:44 Armed formations of Ukraine continue to terrorize the civilian population of the DPR. As a result of artillery shelling, a residential private sector of Gorlovka was hit.
19:15 “The Azovstal plant was bombed and almost completely destroyed,” said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment* Svyatoslav Palamar
18:47 As a result of the shelling of the VFU, a two-story building on the street was damaged. Federative, 19 in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - Kulemzin.
18:45 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
18:32 More than 120 civilianscame outfrom Azovstal. Taking advantage of a short lull, the civilians of Mariupol, who became hostages of neo-Nazi militants, were finally able to get out of the basements of houses that stand directly at the main Azovstal checkpoint.
18:24 Even before the special operation, neo-Nazis in Mariupol were preparing hundreds of coffins in order to bury civilians. On the frames it is seen that the coffins were made back in 2014. They were brought to Mariupol in order to carry out the operational burial of civilians who died at the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:20 "Officers of Russia"broughtassistance to Volnovakha and Mariupol hospitals. The representative of the regional branch of "Officers of Russia" in the Tyumen region, Alexander Sukachenko, said that he had come to the Republic for the correct and targeted formation of cargo with the help of Donbass. During the visit, guests from Russia brought humanitarian kits to the doctors of the hospital in Volnovakha, as well as food and sweets for the children's department in Mariupol.
18:09 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: from the direction of the settlement. Orekhovo in the settlement Donetsk with the use of 152mm artillery guns (10 shells) - the representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
18:05 "This is not an army - these are real criminals!". A resident of Novoaydar, who suffered from shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about his attitude towards Ukrainian militants.
18:00 No one took advantage of the new humanitarian corridor for civilians organized near Azovstal, said Alexei Nikonorov, head of the administration of the head of the DPR.
17:50 Departed from Grozny to Donbass new group of volunteers. It was instructed to "protect each other" and "protect the civilian population of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics."
17:46 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Maryinka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
17:44 One of the primary tasks is to move the front line away from our cities so that Donetsk, Gorlovka and Yasinovataya stop appearing in reports - Alexey Nikonorov.
17:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
17:28 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: from the direction of the settlement. Novozvanovka by settlement Kalinovo with the use of artillery guns 122mm (6 shells) - the representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
17:17 More than 200 stores have been restored in liberated settlements of the DPR - Ministry of Industry and Trade
17:01 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the wounding of two civilians - born in 1939 and 1960. as a result of a direct hit of the VFU ammunition in a residential building in the settlement. Mineralnoe at st. Komsomolskaya, 19. The victims were taken to the Yasinovatsky central district hospital, where they receive the necessary assistance. As a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, housing construction was damaged at the following addresses:
- st. Krasnogorovskaya, 12/1 - a direct hit, a gas pipe was also broken, a bandage was applied;
- st. Federative, 19 - the territory of Avtotransportnik LLC.
16:39 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: eight 122mm rounds were fired.
16:20 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired six shells with a caliber of 122mm.
15:55 Ministry of Defense on the situation at Azovstal:
Official representatives of Kyiv claim about the allegedly large number of civilians at Azovstal - this is another information stuffing, invented to save the nationalists.
If someone from the civilian population is at Azovstal, we demand that measures be taken to release them and exit through humanitarian corridors.
The Russian Federation guarantees the safe evacuation of all civilians without exception and their movement as part of humanitarian convoys in any direction they choose.
Officials of the Kiev authorities and the perpetrators of the inhuman action at Azovstal are war criminals and terrorists.
15:43 Fighting on the approaches to the Estuary: the situation on April 19, 2022:
After establishing control over the eastern bank of the Oskol River and the village of Kremennaya, the allied forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the LPR began to develop attacks on the city of Liman.
On the morning of April 19, allied troops attacked units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the villages of Zarechnoye and Torskoye. By the middle of the day, enemy resistance in Torskoy was crushed. The forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the railway bridge across the river Seversky Donets near the village of Dronovka to slow down the advance of Russian forces. Liman (Red Liman) is a major transport hub.
Taking the city under control will allow developing a further offensive to the southwest towards Slavyansk and southeast in the direction of Seversk - Severodonetsk.
15:27 Eyewitnesses report arrivals at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national battalions on the territory of the Starokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant (SKMZ).
15:25 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian born in 1957. as a result of a direct hit of VFU ammunition in an apartment building at the address: st. Krasnogorovskaya, 12, apt. 1, Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
The area of responsibility of the motorized infantry battalion (commander - Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Matyushka) of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Maistrenko Alexei Sergeevich). The victim was taken to the Central City Hospital No. 14, where she is receiving medical care.
15:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
15:12 The Russian Defense Ministry has opened humanitarian corridors from Azovstal. We observe: they will come out - they will not come out.
15:00 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation again called on the official authorities of Kyiv to show prudence, to give appropriate instructions to the militants to stop the senseless resistance and leave the center of resistance at the Azovstal plant.
14:54 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.
14:49 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired. As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the number of victims increased to 2 people.
14:00 A direct hit by a Ukrainian shell was recorded in the apartment of a residential building on the street. Krasnogorovskoy, 12/1 in the Petrovsky district of the city. The glazing was damaged, the gas pipe was broken - Kulemzin.
13:54 The Russian military began distributing bread from their own bakery to residents of the village of Markino (DPR).
The company was up and running the day before. Its capacity is up to 8 tons of bread per day.
It was built specifically to provide fresh bread to the residents of Mariupol and its environs.
13:23 As a result of the morning shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Petrovsky district, a woman born in 1953, living on the street, was wounded. Kosareva, 63. With a diagnosis of shrapnel wound to the right thigh with the presence of a foreign body, the victim was hospitalized in the city hospital No. 14 - Kulemzi
13:10 In Mariupol opened school №53.
13:05 Information was received through the operational line of the JCCC of the DPR about the wounding of a civilian born in 1979 on April 16, 2022. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka.
The victim was taken to the Central City Hospital No. 14, where he received medical assistance.
13:04 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: from the direction of the settlement. Kamyshevakh along the settlement Pervomaisk with the use of a 122mm artillery gun (six shells) - the representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
13:02 Shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction of:
n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four shells of 122mm were fired;
n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm were fired.
13:01 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu: the armed forces of the Russian Federation are consistently fulfilling the plan for the liberation of the LPR and DPR.
13:00 News directly from the scene: resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement Torskoye was completely suppressed, the fighting stopped, all firing points and defense lines were destroyed.
12:47 Kadyrov said that the "Banderites in Mariupol" will be finished off "already today" and Azovstal will be completely taken away.
12:46 The Russian Armed Forces are consistently implementing the plan for the liberation of the LPR and DPR - Shoigu.
12:20 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian born in 1979 on April 16, 2022. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka. The victim was taken to the Central City Hospital No. 14, where he received medical assistance.
12:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Dry Balka - n.p. Gorlovka (village Glubokaya): two shells of 122mm were fired.
11:54 DPR artillery strikes at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The video filmed this night was published by the First Deputy Minister of Information of the Republic Daniil @neoficialniybezsonov Bezsonov.
11:40 Pushilin: The information that there are supposedly civilians on the territory of the Azovstal plant, where the remnants of the Ukrainian group in Mariupol are blocked, has not been confirmed.
He stressed that there are about 400 mercenaries from different countries at Azovstal, and the Ukrainian side will continue to come up with pretexts to create “all kinds of new corridors” for them, although they were given such an opportunity the day before.
“If we pay attention, yesterday Viktor Medvedchuk, I am sure, was forced to pronounce a certain text, which also pointed to the civilian population, which is located directly at Azovstal. I think this is not the last such step on the part of the Ukrainian regime, which will put pressure on the emotional component,” he said.
11:35 Shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction of:
Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: four missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.
11:33 Residents of Mariupol tell how the nationalists constantly mocked the Russians: “The Azov people showed themselves very brazenly both at checkpoints and drove around the city, they behaved very impudently”; “It got to the point of insanity ... it happened that they asked you to smoke in Russian, you answer in Russian - it means you are Russian, and it even came to a showdown”;
“The most important thing is that our children will study in Russian. It was terrible, just a nightmare. It’s a pity for the children, the Russian-speaking population was tortured.”
11:20 “I have no illusions about the corridor announced by the Russian Defense Ministry. I don't think the nationalists will leave Azovstal. They have a command not to give up, so they are not expected in Kyiv, if they enter our territory, they will be judged,” Denis Pushilin.
11:18 Troops of the DPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 163 settlements, including Novoandreevka, Stepnoe (Volnovakhsky district) and Kropivnitskoe. The cleansing of Mariupol is being completed.
11:10 Information about civilians in Azovstal is not true - Denis Pushilin.
11:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:06 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation again offered the Ukrainian military in Azovstal to lay down their arms and surrender from 12:00 Moscow time. According to the plans of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a silence regime should be introduced from 13:30. From 14:00 to 16:00, without exception, the defenders of Azovstal will have to leave without weapons and ammunition.
10:13 Special groups began to storm the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's Militia of the DPR.
10:07 During the clashes with units of the defense department of the LPR, over the past day, Ukrainian punishers suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:
- 28 personnel;
- 2 tanks;
- 2 infantry fighting vehicles;
- 1 armored personnel carrier;
- 3 vehicles.
09:57 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Donetsk People's Republic, 66 transformer substations and 5,552 household subscribers are de-energized - the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the DPR.
09:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Ozeryanovka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): eight shells of 12 mm caliber were fired.
09:32 Armed formations of Ukraine are shelling the Gorlovsky villages of Zaitsevo and Michurin. Explosions of shells are heard in the villages. All residents urgently go to shelters - Prikhodko.
09:31 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Codema - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): 10 shells fired caliber 122mm.
09:29 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case against the Ukrainian battalion commander involved in the shelling of Donbass.
08:41 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Marinka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
08:27 Correspondent showed weapons and equipment abandoned by Ukrainian nationalists near the Ilyich plant in Mariupol. During the retreat, the Azov fighters left behind combat vehicles, anti-tank complexes, heavy machine guns, as well as communications equipment and night vision devices.