[Korrespondent] 23:20 In the east of Ukraine, the invaders captured international military observers from the OSCE. "The OSCE is extremely concerned that a number of members of the national SMM mission [Special Monitoring Mission] have been deprived of their liberty in Donetsk and Lugansk," the organization said. They also reported that they are using all available c
hannels to release their employees. 23:16 US officials refuse to comment to the American media on Zelensky's statement about Blinken and Austin's visit to Ukraine, writes UP.
23:09 For the first time in history, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine was invited to a meeting of the General Council of the European Central Bank, the NBU hopes to participate in them regularly, the press service of the Ukrainian regulator said.
23:04 Russia wants to arrange a parade of Ukrainian prisoners on May 9th. This is a very serious violation of the Geneva Convention and all the rules of war, Arestovich said.
23:01 French Economy Minister Bruno Le Mer said on BFMTV that the EU member states will soon decide on a complete cessation of Russian oil imports.
22:11 Over the past day, the JFO forces in Donbass have successfully repelled 12 enemy attacks, the Ministry of Defense reports. In particular, four tanks, five artillery systems, 15 armored vehicles, one armored combat vehicle and four vehicles were destroyed.
Air defense units in the sky over the Ukrainian Donbas shot down one Su-25 aircraft, one cruise missile and three Orlan-10 UAVs.
22:02 On its own initiative, the Berlin division of the Polish Pilecki Institute has joined the collection of evidence of war crimes of Russians in Ukraine. This institution is engaged, in particular, in the study and preservation of the historical experience of the Poles in the era of totalitarianism. The institute is named after the Polish officer Witold Pilecki, who risked his life to document the events in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, writes Reuters.
21:56 Zelensky ended the press conference with the words: "We'll meet when we liberate Mariupol. I think soon."
21:54 Zelensky on Russia's plans: "Can a new Mariupol happen in Odessa? Yes, maybe they have thousands of tanks and equipment, they have plans for a corridor to Moldova. I don't believe they will stop."
21:52 Zelensky said that, according to preliminary data, the Russians have already deported to Russia about 500,000 Ukrainians, including about 5,000 children.
21:50 Ukraine and Poland will create a logistics railway center, Shmyhal said. According to him, this will allow "drastically increasing the volume of rail transportation of Ukrainian exports to the EU and to world markets through Europe."
21:47 Zelensky on weapons: "Now we see a change in relation to Western partners. I especially see changes in the speed of the United States. And if this speed is increased in the same way as we are promised, if the steps coincide with the words, like any decent person and a leader, we will de-occupy our territories faster."
21:44 Zelensky about Abramovich: "I know that he is a member of the Russian negotiating group. As far as I know, he was in Kiev. I am not ready to discuss the format of his meetings."
21:41 Zelensky on nuclear weapons: “I don’t think that an adequate person can use nuclear weapons. If the Russian leadership does not lose touch with reality, they will not use nuclear weapons. Could it be from Russia, it can. Do I believe I don't want to believe in it. If we had nuclear weapons, then Ukraine would never use them. Because we are adequate people. Any head of state who put his finger on the button would simply be demolished by society ... But the risks of starting a war on the part of Russia would be minimized."
21:30 Zelensky said that Britain agreed to help rebuild the Kyiv region after the war, Sweden - the Mykolaiv region.
21:24 In Odessa, during today's shelling, rockets hit one of the city cemeteries, more than 1000 square meters were destroyed. m of territory, said the mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov.
21:16 Bloomberg writes that Abramovich did not live up to Washington's expectations as a mediator in the negotiations between Kiev and Moscow, and therefore the United States returned to the issue of imposing sanctions against him.
21:04 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the special services of Ukraine were preparing a provocation with the use of chemical substances in the area of ​​​​the Odessa port of Yuzhny: "Kyiv can simulate a missile attack by the Russian Armed Forces on the base of the Ukrainian Navy, as a result of which the cold storage facility of the port in Odessa will be blown up."
20:57 Yermak on "security assurances" instead of guarantees: "Enough of "assurances". Ukraine needs real security guarantees. There will be no Budapest-2. Anyone who strives for this, despite Bucha, Odessa, Mariupol, despite the pain of other cities , despite the thousands of killed, tortured, raped people, children, has no mind or heart."
20:52 Kiev and Moscow already have a draft joint declaration, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
20:50 Zelensky said that seven rockets hit Odessa, killing eight people.
20:47 Zelensky about the tribunal for Putin: "I'm sure they will appear - everyone who gave these shameful orders to destroy people, children, everyone. I believe in it. We know how the international process, the international court is going. It lasts years. We will wait. And if people like me do not wait, then our children will definitely wait. Believe me, I am sure that there will be the last nail in the politics of this state."
20:44 Zelensky: "I do not consider the option that the partners will not give us the promised weapons. We will not give them this alternative. Because we have no other choice."
20:43 Zelensky called the absence of Ukraine in NATO a strategic mistake, as it would strengthen the alliance.
20:42 Zelensky said that the war in Ukraine is unlike any other: "This is a different war, this war cannot be compared with any in the 20th century, there has never been such a war."
"There has never been such a war. There has never been such destruction in any of the wars waged by the Russian Federation. There has never been such an amount of heavy equipment and such military rudeness, violence. So fate fell that Ukraine can stop it. But you you need to help us. They will finish with us, they will take care of you," the president told a journalist from Azerbaijan.
20:41 Zelensky reaffirmed that he wants to meet with Putin to stop the war in Ukraine: "I want to stop the war and end it. There is a diplomatic path, there is a military path. Any healthy person always chooses the diplomatic path."
20:40 Zelensky: "The most pressing issues are guarantees of security and neutrality, the fate of Donbass and Crimea. I believe that there are no more questions."
20:37 Zelensky announced that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin would arrive in Ukraine on April 24.
20:36 Zelensky said that Ukraine has already become like Israel: "Is Ukraine ready to be like Israel? Most Ukrainians are not just ready - we have no way out, we have already become such a state. When we win, we will be a state with the most powerful army" .
20:35 Zelensky on the situation in Mariupol: "We offer a humanitarian solution to the issue of Mariupol - the exchange of civilians, the wounded. We are also ready for the exchange of our military defending Mariupol. We have proposed any format for resolving this issue."
He also stressed that " Ukraine is not capable of a military deblockade of Mariupol now , and the Ukrainian military who are stationed there understand this."
20:34 Zelensky: "As soon as we have more weapons, we will go ahead and return our territories. Everything that they break through or temporarily occupy, we will return. And this will not be in decades."
20:33 Zelensky said that Ukraine will return the ambassador to Georgia when the leaders of this country become friendly with Ukraine.
20:32 Zelensky: "If our people are destroyed in Mariupol, if pseudo-referendums are held in the occupied territories, Ukraine will withdraw from the negotiations."
20:06 Zelensky gives a press conference for the Ukrainian media:
19:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "high-precision long-range air-launched missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces disabled the logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the United States and European countries was stored."
19:33 In the Mountain community of the Lugansk region (Zolotoye district), six civilians were killed today, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
19:32 Shelling continues in Kharkov and the region, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to him, Northern Saltovka and Saltovka suffered the most in the regional center. Streets, residential buildings, warehouses are being shelled. According to preliminary data, six people were wounded in Kharkiv, and one more was wounded in the Chuguevsky district. Three died - in the Chuguevsky and Dergachevsky districts.
19:26 Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that his country would send scientific and forensic experts to Ukraine who would collect evidence and verify the facts of Russian war crimes in the de-occupied territories of the north for the International Criminal Court.
He also said that Italy, together with Turkey, is ready to act as a guarantor of an agreement on the security and neutrality of Ukraine.
The minister argues that from an economic point of view, the war in Ukraine has already become a world war, and Rome is participating in an important initiative to eliminate dependence on Russian gas. In his opinion, if the European "ceiling" of gas prices is not set, the problem of its cost will not be solved. The ceiling will stop financial speculation.
19:23 Turkey closed the skies for Russian military and civilian aircraft flying to Syria. The flight permit was issued for three months and expired in April, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said.
19:18 Poland has provided Ukraine with military equipment worth over $1.6 billion, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
19:16 The governor of the Kursk region said that the checkpoint on the border was fired from Ukraine, there were no casualties.
19:01 Zelensky and Johnson discussed new military assistance to Ukraine. It will include the provision of heavy weapons to Kyiv, Yermak said.
18:48 The Zaporizhzhya District Military District reported about the shelling of the city of Vasylivka at about 15:30 today. A rocket of the Hurricane system hit a residential building in the city center, but did not explode. There were no casualties, but the house was partially destroyed. The shelling was carried out from the side of the city of Burchak, which is under occupation.
18:41 In the Lugansk region, the invaders are trying to take control of Popasna, Rubizhne and are preparing for an attack on Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
18:35 During the shelling of Odessa, a rocket hit a 16-storey residential building, followed by the fire of apartments on the fourth and fifth floors. The fire was extinguished for more than two hours, the State Emergency Service said.
Currently, six people are known to have died, including one child, and 18 people were injured. Two people were rescued from the rubble, 86 people were evacuated.
17:47 Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko said about the risk of losing a third of transit to the EU due to the actions of the invaders in the occupied territories: "According to our estimates, a third of the volume of gas exported from Russia to the EU through Ukraine will be lost if the occupying forces do not stop disrupting our stations in the recently occupied territories."
17:43 Deputy Mayor of Dnipro Mikhail Lysenko said that the authorities would confiscate "high-speed" cars from those who like to arrange races around the city: "I explain - the patrol police stopped you, wave your car. Perhaps you can see it in Donetsk or Lugansk region under control of our Armed Forces. You have all been warned. No one will help."
17:35 The occupants again disrupted the evacuation from Mariupol, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. At least 200 Mariupol residents came to the collection point, waiting for evacuation in Zaporozhye. Instead of the promised buses, the military of the Russian Federation drove up to them and ordered them to disperse, because now there will be shelling.
At the same time, the occupants moved buses to a point near the Metro shopping center (200 meters from the agreed evacuation point near Port City) and began loading. After loading, the residents of Mariupol were told that there would only be "evacuation" to Dokuchaevsk, that is, to the occupied territory. People were not allowed to get off the bus. In response to questions, the invaders said that "the nationalists fired at the evacuation point."
17:31 On April 22, the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a crushing blow to the forward command post of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, which, "contrary to combat installations and common sense," was located at a slight distance from the line of combat clashes in the Kherson region, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.
As a result, PPU 49A was destroyed, two generals of the invaders were eliminated , one was seriously wounded, and was evacuated in critical condition.
17:27 In Odessa, after today's shelling, there are already five dead , including a three-month-old child, and 18 wounded Ukrainian citizens. "These are only those who were found. And, most likely, there will be more," Yermak wrote.
17:25 The governor of the Sumy region Dmitry Zhivitsky reported on the shelling of border communities from the territory of Russia.
17:24 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian rocket hit the outskirts of one of the villages and left behind a huge crater. No one was hurt, Governor Reznichenko said.
17:15 Air command Pivden reported that today from 14:00 to 15:00 Ukrainian air defense destroyed two enemy cruise missiles (preliminarily X555 or X101), which were fired at Odessa from TU-95 strategic aircraft of the Russian Federation from the Caspian Sea. Two UAVs of the operational-tactical level were also destroyed.
16:21 As a result of the shelling of the center of the city of Zolote, Luhansk region, two people were killed, two more were injured. It was possible to evacuate 15 local residents, including eight with disabilities. Artillery shells hit residential buildings, Gaidai said.
16:18 Kuleba commented on today's Russian missile strikes: "The only goal of Russian missile strikes on Odessa is terror. Russia must be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism, and it must be treated accordingly. No business, no contacts, no cultural projects. We need a wall between civilization and barbarians who hit civilian cities with missiles."
16:09 Russian media report that on the evening of April 22, a train with 308 refugees from Mariupol arrived in Nakhodka (Primorsky Krai, southeastern Russia).
Andryushchenko also reports that on April 8, Russia deported 466 Mariupol residents to Cheboksary (Chuvashia), including 106 children.
16:00 Russian occupiers fired at least six cruise missiles at Odessa, several were shot down. At least one rocket fell and exploded, hitting residential buildings. It is already known for sure about one dead person - he burned to death in his car in the courtyard of the house, according to Anton Gerashchenko.
15:55 The invaders began forced mobilization, including doctors, in the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in Volchansk, Kharkiv region, junior medical personnel are forcibly sent to the front line to provide assistance to Russian wounded. If they refuse, they are threatened with execution.
The mobilization of youth from among the local population in the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions has also begun. To do this, the possibility of leaving the Kherson region to the territories controlled by Ukraine is almost completely blocked. Significantly limited the ability to travel in the direction of the Russian Federation.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian military personnel and FSB officers are looking for people of military age - they must replenish the composition of the combat units of the Russian Federation in the most problematic areas.
15:53 ​​In Kiev, metro trains for the duration of the air alert will suspend movement on the ground section on the red line, and on the green line they will not run across the South Bridge, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
15:51 Information about Easter events from the OP:
15:21 A missile strike was inflicted on Odessa - it hit infrastructure facilities, Mayor Gennady Trukhanov said. He asked not to distribute photos and videos so as not to help the enemy.
14:50 A conference will be held in Germany on April 26 to discuss support for Ukraine. More than 20 countries out of about 40 invited have confirmed their participation, writes Bild. US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said earlier that this is not only about NATO countries, and this meeting is not taking place under the auspices of the alliance.
14:36 ​​IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi from April 26 will be at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant at the head of a mission of experts to control the supply of vital equipment and conduct radiological and other measurements at the de-occupied facility.
14:21 The World Bank will allocate $170 billion to countries indirectly affected by the war in Ukraine over the next 15 months. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said her country, together with partners, "secured the largest World Bank financial commitment in the history of low-income countries around the world - to support those facing economic hardship as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
13:59 The war in Ukraine has already affected about 25% of world grain trade and led to higher prices and reduced access to food in importing countries from Ukraine and Russia, First Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotsky said in a blog on Forbes.
He notes that the supply of wheat from Ukraine is more than 10% of the annual consumption of wheat for 15 countries. For example, this is 28% of the needs of Indonesia, 21% - of Bangladesh, and Egypt imports almost 80% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine.
13:38 Russian occupiers began to defiantly use Soviet symbols on their clothes and equipment:
13:33 France and Germany, after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, sold military equipment to Moscow for 230 million pounds. It was probably used during the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, writes The Daily Mail.
13:27 On Easter night, a curfew will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine. In most churches there will be no night liturgies, services will be held on Sunday morning. People are asked to avoid large gatherings. The authorities warn that on the eve of the Easter holidays, the Russians may arrange provocations in order to then shift the responsibility to Ukraine.
Easter service in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv can be watched on the air of the national all-Ukrainian telethon. It will last from 23:30 April 23 until approximately 03:00-03:30 April 24. The broadcast will also go on the Facebook page of the Primate of the OCU, Metropolitan Epiphanius.
13:20 In Mariupol, during internal filtration measures, occupiers announced the registration of housing stock. All real estate, the owners of which do not submit documents, will be "nationalized", said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
13:17 In the Chernihiv region last night, Ukrainian territory was fired from the territory of the Russian Federation at the site of the Gorsk department of the Chernihiv border detachment. About ten grenades fired from abroad from an automatic grenade launcher exploded near the border village of Senkovka, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports.
This is the fourth shelling of Chernihiv region from Russian territory recorded by the border guards after the Ukrainian Defense Forces ousted the invaders from the region.
13:13 Zaluzhny urged not to disseminate information that can be used by the enemy against the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “I urge everyone, especially bloggers with large audiences, to refrain from public assessments of military operations, logistics, support and decisions of commanders. Only the military leadership owns all the information and uses it to repel aggression. The key to the successful destruction of the enemy is the non-dissemination of this information."
13:05 Arakhamia said that Ukraine has problems with replenishing the exchange fund: “I see a lot of comments from angry Ukrainians about why take prisoners. I understand emotions, I myself recently had the same position, but we all must understand that every captured enemy - this is the potential life of our hero for exchange. And with modern artillery battles at long distances, it has become much more difficult to take prisoners, so we have problems with replenishing the exchange fund."
12:34 There are practically no "people's policemen" left in the "DPR" - most of them died in the battles near Mariupol. According to Ukrainian intelligence, in the battles in the Mariupol direction, the invaders involved the entire personnel of the so-called "Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR", including servicemen of the "internal troops of the DPR" and cadets of the "Donetsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs".
During the participation in hostilities only in the Mariupol direction, irretrievable losses amounted to up to a thousand people, incl. 26 cadets; sanitary losses exceeded 2800 people. In other directions, irretrievable losses amounted to about 500 people, sanitary - about 2100 people.
The lack of "law enforcement officers" led to a deterioration in the situation with the support of "public law and order" and greatly complicated further forced mobilization. The "Minister of Internal Affairs of the DPR" ordered a special internal investigation against the head of the "Donetsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" and the chiefs of the apparatus of the "VV MVD" on the fact of losses among the personnel.
12:23 In Britain, supermarkets are beginning to limit the sale of butter to one person - because of the war in Ukraine, butter stocks are declining, writes the BBC. Most sunflower oil in the UK comes from Ukraine, and export disruptions have led to a certain shortage and increased demand. The British Retail Consortium says the restrictions are temporary and meant to ensure equal access.
12:14 Podolyak said that it would be possible to rescue people from Mariupol in an exchange format - such an agreement can be reached during a meeting of the negotiating delegations of Ukraine and Russia in the blocked city. At the same time, the defenders of Mariupol will not lay down their arms when leaving. "That is, we give away a certain number of prisoners, but we take our people away. They [the defenders of Mariupol] will definitely not hand over their weapons," the adviser to the head of the OP emphasized.
12:03 Belgium will provide a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, and will also help investigate Russian war crimes, writes RTBF. Brussels has estimated all its deliveries to Ukraine since the beginning of the war at 76 million euros. The Belgian authorities will transfer to Ukraine 5,000 FN Herstal assault rifles, which are decommissioned from the Belgian army, 200 anti-tank weapons, 3,800 tons of fuel and protective equipment.
In addition, the head of the Belgian Ministry of Justice, Vincent Van Kuickenborn, announced the possibility of sending to Ukraine a group of experts on the identification of DVI victims, which had already cooperated with Dutch colleagues in Ukraine after the MH-17 crash.
11:50 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the United States is preparing provocations to accuse the Russian military of using chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in Ukraine. In particular, "the most likely option is a provocation at the chemical and biological facilities in Kharkov and Kyiv, and a provocation at the Zaporozhye NPP is not ruled out."
In addition, as stated by the Russian Defense Ministry, Kyiv "seriously considers the issue of strikes on the storage of radioactive waste in the village of Kamenskoye."
11:42 In Melitopol, Russians are hollowing out copper wire from the walls to be scrapped in Russia, the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory report.
11:18 Vereshchuk warned that the invaders may try today to organize their own corridor for evacuation from Mariupol to Russia. She stressed that the corridor, organized by the Ukrainian side, works exclusively in the direction of Zaporozhye.
11:10 In the Lviv region, they changed their minds about canceling the curfew for Easter - it will operate, as in the future, from 23:00 to 05:00. Governor Maxim Kozitsky explained this decision by saying that information had been received about the possible activities of sabotage groups. He stressed that the church leadership of the region is in solidarity with this decision, in all churches night services are transferred to the morning hours.
11:07 US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland explained that Washington is negotiating with Ukraine on "security assurances", not guarantees. "Security assurances" is a term in the Budapest Memorandum that provides for no fixed guarantees of protection or collective defence.
11:03 Russian invaders de-energized the pumping station in the Lugansk region with their projectile, as a result, the center of Lisichansk, as well as the cities of Novodruzhesk and Privolye, were left without water, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
10:58 Podolyak said that the main discussion in the negotiating groups is now around security guarantees, issues of territorial structure are taken out of brackets: "Here, Ukraine's position is clear, it was formulated by President Zelensky: ORDLO and Crimea are Ukrainian territories. Now the negotiating groups are working out the text of the basic agreement on security guarantees. It is this document that the guarantor countries will subsequently consider and sign. The Security Guarantee Treaty provides a mechanism for getting out of the war."
10:56 The curfew in Nikolaev on Easter night will operate from 19:00 to 5:00, Governor Vitaly Kim said. Previously, it operated from 21:00 to 6:00.
10:54 The EU is considering three options for restricting Russian oil imports: a complete embargo, the introduction of a cap price, or a mechanism to withhold revenues from the sale of raw materials, writes Bloomberg.
10:52 In the Kharkiv region, the occupiers inflicted 56 strikes in a day, as a result of which two people were killed, 19 more were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. He said that the Ukrainian defenders continue to hold defensive lines in the region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a successful counteroffensive. Fierce fighting continued throughout the day.
Ukrainian units drove the enemy troops out of the settlements of Bezruki, Slatino, Prudyanka in the Dergachev region and entrenched themselves in positions.
10:51 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics explained the importance of NATO expansion: "For those who believe that NATO expansion was a mistake, keep in mind: where NATO is, there is peace, where Russia is, there is war."
10:49 The Wall Street Journal writes about the scheme for circumventing sanctions by Russia on the example of oil supplies. So, the Russian Federation is loading raw materials onto tankers at the address "destination unknown." Further, Russian oil is mixed with other oil, turning into a "Latvian mixture" and "Turkmen mixture" on the market. Since the invasion of Ukraine, 11 million barrels have already been loaded under this scheme.
10:40 Andryushchenko reports on the increased filtration of men in the private sector of the Kalmius and Left Bank districts of Mariupol. The first confirmations of forced mobilization into the "army of the DPR" have been received. Mostly these are young men under 40 years old, they are sent towards Donetsk. Information about their number and further fate is being specified.
10:27 The invaders continue to cover up the traces of their crimes in the center of Mariupol: the rubble of the Drama Theater is currently being cleared. According to the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, in the process of cleaning they pack the found bodies of the dead in plastic bags, move them by tractors and trucks to the storage facility in the industrial zone near Nikolskoye Highway, and then, as they fill up, they take them to the village. Mangush, where they dump it in an embankment into a 300-meter trench.
Only seconded workers of the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR" were involved in cleaning up the bodies of the dead Mariupol residents because of the refusal of local residents to participate in such work.
Andryushchenko recalled that the territory of the square under the Drama Theater was used as a cemetery for soldiers of Nazi Germany, whose bodies were exhumed and reburied only in 2018-2019 during the reconstruction. Now the Russians have once again turned the center of Mariupol into a cemetery.
10:22 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of April 23:
personnel - about 21,600 people were liquidated,
tanks - 854,
armored combat vehicles - 2205,
artillery systems - 403,
MLRS - 143,
air defense systems - 69,
aircraft - 177,
helicopters - 154,
automotive technology - 1543,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 182,
special equipment - 27,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:19 Vereshchuk said that at 12:00 the evacuation of women, children and the elderly would begin in Mariupol. The meeting point is on the roundabout near the Port City Mall.
09:52 In Bucha, the collection and exhumation of the bodies of civilians who died at the hands of the invaders is coming to an end, the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk said: "The figure that we have today is 412. This means that every third person who died in the Kiev region is from Bucha ."
09:50 Podolyak on Russia's new plans: "Moscow's appetite continues to grow. Now they say that their goal in southern Ukraine is access to Transnistria, where Russians are allegedly also oppressed. It is obvious that the next target of the army of looters and rapists will be Moldova. What again proves that Ukraine today is fighting for the security of Europe."
09:42 The American Institute does not believe in the resumption of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow in the coming weeks, as both sides await the outcome of the ongoing Russian offensive in the Donbas.
Analysts note that the Kremlin is increasingly describing the war in Ukraine as a war with NATO for domestic Russian audiences to explain slower-than-imagined operations and mounting casualties. At the same time, Moscow will not be able to contain NATO expansion and is not in a position to disrupt Ukraine's military cooperation with the West.
Experts also consider it unlikely that the Kremlin will use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine at this stage of the war.
09:36 Russian troops are finishing their regrouping and preparing for a large-scale offensive , Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said. According to him, all BTG, which were previously concentrated on the territory of Belarus, are now being transferred to the east of Ukraine.
The attacks of the Russians in the east in all directions are attempts to determine the most vulnerable places of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to launch a large-scale offensive.
08:50 G20 cannot function effectively as long as Russia remains a member, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
08:49 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhyvitsky said that on April 22, the railway communication between Sumy and Kiev was resumed, temporarily with a change in Nizhyn.
08:48 New York will allocate $2 million from the city budget to help Ukrainian migrants.
08:46 Austria supports all sanctions against the Russian Federation, with the exception of the gas embargo, Finance Minister Magnus Brunner said. According to him, Austrian industry is so dependent on Russian gas that they "have no choice."
08:44 The Czech Republic has applied for the intention to take Russia's place in the UN Human Rights Council, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
08:40 British intelligence notes that, despite increased activity, Russian troops have not made significant progress over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian counterattacks continue to hinder their efforts.
The Russian air and sea forces have not established control in any of the areas due to the effectiveness of Ukrainian air and sea defense.
Intense fighting continues in Mariupol, thwarting Russian attempts to take the city and further slowing down their desired advance in Donbas.
08:38 The Times writes that after the sinking of the cruiser Moskva, the Russian fleet has become more cautious and is increasing missile launches in Ukraine from submarines.
08:35 The UN Secretary General said that after visiting Moscow on April 28, he would arrive in Kiev and hold a meeting with Zelensky: "We need urgent steps to save lives, end human suffering and establish peace in Ukraine."
08:31 British military intelligence commented on Shoigu's statement that "the introduction of new methods of warfare will make it possible to better adapt troops to modern conditions of armed confrontation." In London, they believe that these words are an implicit recognition that the Russian advance is not going the way the Russian leadership expected. It may also indicate the realization that the war is not going according to plan, but it will take time to adapt "tactics, techniques and procedures" and then implement them into operational practice.
This is especially true of mobile ground warfare. In the meantime, the "new methods" have not been introduced, the Russian army will rely on the old ones - primarily on artillery. As a result, it is likely that Russian troops will not be able to quickly break the Ukrainian defense, British intelligence notes.
08:22 Canada has delivered a batch of long-range M777 howitzers to Ukraine, Anita Anand, Minister of National Defense of the country, said. According to CBC News, we are talking about four 155-mm howitzers (range up to 30 km).
Ukraine was also provided with additional ammunition for Carl Gustaf anti-tank grenade launchers. In addition, Anand announced the supply of armored vehicles.
08:20 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that the evacuation of Mariupol residents to Zaporozhye will take place today. Only children, women and the elderly are taken out. The column will move out of the city at 11:00.
08:13 The Pentagon is looking for new opportunities for US industry to accelerate the production of "proven, effective weapons" that require minimal training of military personnel and can be quickly exported to Ukraine, writes Reuters.
07:49 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, units of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade, which took an active part in the massacres, torture and violence of the civilian population in the city of Bucha, are operating in the area of ​​​​Izyum and have already suffered losses.
07:47 In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is conducting offensive operations along the entire line of collision, the General Staff reports in the morning report . The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on offensive operations in the Severodonetsk direction, exerting intense fire pressure on our troops in order to drive them out and create conditions for the development of an offensive against Slavyansk. The offensive continues in the direction of Novotoshkovsky and assault operations in the areas of Rubizhnoye, Popasnaya and Maryinka.
07:18 The Russians could use tear gas with chemicals in Mariupol, said US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter. He said that at the moment experts are studying the information.
05:54 In the Kherson region, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian army-level command post with about 50 senior Russian officers, Arestovich said.