[NewsFrontInfo] 21:39 Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment Svyatoslav Palamar announced the conditions for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the territory of the Azovstal plant, the Strana newspaper reports. The military does not agree to surrender. But they are ready to evacuate to a third country or with its assistance, keeping their personal small arms.
Another condition is that they will be allowed to pick up the bodies of the dead. According to Palamar, Ukrainian negotiators Podolyak and Arakhamia agree to come to Mariupol if their Russian counterparts Medinsky and Slutsky arrive there in order to resolve the issue of the garrison and civilians leaving.
21:37 Cavusoglu: there are countries in NATO that want to "continue the war in Ukraine."
21:36 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 498 UAVs and 2,397 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:36 The RF Armed Forces with high-precision missiles attacked 12 Ukrainian military facilities, including two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Osa-AKM air defense system was destroyed.
21:35 During the day, the Russian Rocket Forces attacked four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:34 Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by Russian air defense systems in Donbass.
21:33 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit 73 military facilities of Ukraine during the day, including two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition.
21:32 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on the fact of damaging the monument to Soviet soldiers in Tallinn, the press service of the RF IC reported.
20:19 UN Secretary General António Guterres sent letters to Putin and Zelensky with a request to receive him in Moscow and Kyiv.
20:18 Alarms are roaring in a number of regions of Ukraine, missiles are flying towards enemy facilities in Nikolaev.
19:11 The Ukrainian military in Kharkiv started equipping firing points in schools. According to Come and See, at least three schools in the north of the city are home to Ukrainian military and territorial defense forces. “They occupied about three or four schools,” a channel source in the city said. At the same time, another Kharkiv resident confirmed to “Come and See” that a command and control center was deployed at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs in the south of the city.
18:04 MFA: Ukrainian negotiators are trying to drag out the negotiation process, refusing to be constructive on priority issues. Kyiv also refuses to promptly respond to Moscow's proposals, Zakharova said. Moscow urges Kyiv to start looking for realistic options for agreements with Russia.
16:52 Our source in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that by the evening of April 18, Russian forces blocked significant forces of the 1st brigade of the National Guard in the Izyum direction near the Seversky Donets River. The withdrawal of units of the 1st brigade was not allowed in the president's office. The guards were pinned down by the river, and the bridges for the crossing had already been destroyed. Therefore, for complete destruction, they had only a few days, if not hours.
15:23 Persons who took part in hostilities in Ukraine are trying to enter Russia under the guise of refugees - Ministry of Internal Affairs
15:22 Boris Johnson urged to treat with mercy the British mercenaries captured in Mariupol.
15:20 Shariy: "John Kirby, Petagon: "Ukraine has received new planes." Ukrainian Armed Forces: "Ukraine did not receive new aircraft, only spare parts." The answer is simple - now you can assemble new aircraft from spare parts. The main thing is to pick up the right screwdrivers and wrenches.
14:44 Air defense worked out in Melitopol and a parachute appeared in the sky. Presumably, a Tu-143 Reis drone was shot down.
13:47 An armed warehouse of the VFU was found in the Kherson school.
13:46 Delivery of heavy weapons to Kiev from the stocks of the Bundeswehr is not provided - the Ministry of Defense of Germany.
13:40 Tokmok was shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched two OTR "Tochka-U" in the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region. One of the missiles was shot down by Russian air defense, the fragments of which fell on the premises of a poultry farm on the southern outskirts of the city. The second rocket flew into the area of the city cemetery.
12:47 Russian Muslims fully support the efforts of the RF Armed Forces to denazify Ukraine and protect the LDNR. The chairman of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia, Talgat Tadzhuddin, issued a fatwa (theological justification) of the Ulema Council of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board declaring all Russian soldiers who died during the SVO as martyrs (martyrs for the faith).
12:43 The calculation of the Bal coastal missile system from the Black Sea coast launched four high-precision missiles at the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:34 The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that Ukraine has not received new aircraft from Western countries, as was announced the day before by the Pentagon. And only received spare parts and components for the restoration and repair of the fleet of aircraft that are already in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:34 Russia has lost confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators - the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.
10:32 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 496 UAVs and 2,388 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:31 Rocket troops and artillery attacked 1,053 infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:31 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 900 strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in total more than 1,500 objects were hit.
10:31 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces during the night struck 73 military facilities of Ukraine, including seven strongholds and four ammunition depots.
10:25 Russian air defense systems shot down two Tochka-U tactical missiles in the air in Donbass.
10:20 Russian Armed Forces with high-precision missiles destroyed up to 40 people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seven pieces of equipment in the areas of Novovorontsovka and Kiselevka.
10:20 Russian rocket artillery is working on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region.
10:05 A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber is working on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
09:33 Three members of the territorial defense in the Kherson region surrendered to the Russian Guard - TASS with reference to the department.
08:51 Ukrainian "defenders" in Nikolaev are mining roads, preparing to repel the offensive of Russian troops. However, civilians who are undermined by shells suffer from this.