[Korrespondent] 23:20 The invaders launched an attack on Krivoy Rog, Arestovich said. According to him, on April 25, the Russians shelled the territories in the area of the Zelenodolsk community, the settlements of Novopavlovka, Novovorontsovka, Trudolyubovka, Knyazevka and a number of others.
23:13 Thanks to humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, about a million people were saved, Vereshchuk said. In addition, according to her, thanks to the exchange, 250 military and civilians were released from Russian captivity.
23:11 Lavrov, after stating that "the risk of nuclear war is real," said that "nuclear war is unacceptable, this is Moscow's principled position."
23:09 Zelensky said that Russia had used more than 1,100 missiles against Ukraine in two months, "a countless number of bombs, artillery." “Part of Ukrainian cities and communities were destroyed right to the stone. But they didn’t achieve anything. And they won’t achieve anything,” the president said.
23:07 Zelensky: "Russia wants to play a fake "referendum" somewhere on our land? Even if they try, it will be as shameful as everything else that was "created" in Moscow to occupy Ukraine."
In his evening address, the president also said that as of this time, 931 settlements have already been de-occupied: "Many more cities and communities are under the temporary control of the Russian army. But I have no doubt that it is only a matter of time before we liberate our land" .
23:00 Lavrov said that the war to Ukraine "will end with a treaty, but its parameters will be determined by the stage of hostilities during which it will be concluded."
22:57 Zelensky: "In two months of hostilities, 9,781 defenders of Ukraine were awarded state awards. The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to 142 of our defenders. Ukrainians and Ukrainian women have shown massive readiness to defend the state. Ukrainians and Ukrainian women of any age, any property status, any education are the same stood in defense of the state. This war became a truly popular one for Ukraine. And it showed that throughout our territory - from east to west, from north to south - the Ukrainian idea is equally strong, equally popular."
22:53 Lavrov said that "the real position of Kiev is determined in Washington, London and other Western capitals," but Russia still continues to contact Zelensky's team. He also once again intimidated the world with the threat of nuclear war, noting that "the risk of nuclear war is real, this danger should not be underestimated."
According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in the updated version of the treaty handed over to Ukraine, Russia "took into account Kyiv's remarks, but has not yet received a response to its proposals."
22:50 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that the Russian Federation may be planning provocative explosions on the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir near Donetsk. So, in several Telegram channels, information appeared that "in the village of Karlovka (ORDO), nationalist battalions mined the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir."
At the same time, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, the propagandists report that "in the event of a dam blowing, six settlements with a total population of more than ten thousand people will be in the flood zone."
Such information stuffing can be an information-psychological operation of the occupiers, but the possibility of implementing such a plan cannot be completely ruled out.
22:47 As a result of today's shelling of five railway stations, one employee of Ukrzaliznytsia was killed and four were injured, said the head of the company Alexander Kamyshin.
22:43 Intensive use and loss of weapons by Russia in Ukraine, combined with tough Western sanctions, will limit the military power of the Russian Federation for many years. More about this in the material The collapse of the Russian army.
22:15 In the Donetsk and Lugansk directions during the day on April 25, the military personnel of the Joint Forces group successfully repelled six enemy attacks. In particular, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed four tanks, five artillery systems, 13 armored and 15 vehicles, two tankers and one anti-aircraft gun.
Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas shot down two aircraft and three Orlan-10 UAVs.
22:09 In Irpin, the terrorist defense detained two marauders who threw a grenade at two local women who complained about them. According to Mayor Alexander Markushin, the condition of one of the women is critical, doctors are fighting for her life.
21:43 In the Donetsk region, the curfew will begin an hour later - at 20:00, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. He also said that active hostilities are taking place in the Limansky community, including for the city of Liman. 47 people have been evacuated from the city today.
21:40 The status of France as a key element of the EU and the strongest member of NATO in its support of Ukraine is provided for another five years, they write in the media. Read more in the material Triumph for Europe .
21:25 The Russians carried out a provocative shelling of the Sumy region from the territory of the Russian Federation, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
21:23 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed that Warsaw handed over to Ukraine T-72 tanks, which were previously reported. In return, the UK is sending Challenger 2 tanks to Poland.
21:18 Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, every sixth resident has become an internally displaced person, according to the UN. Thus, the number of IDPs exceeded 7.7 million people. People need cash, medicines, transportation, stress the organization.
21:16 The UK estimates the losses of the Russian army in Ukraine at about 15 thousand people, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said during a speech in Parliament: "Along with the number of dead, there are losses of equipment, and in general, a number of sources suggest that to date, destroyed or captured "More than 2,000 armored vehicles. Of these, at least 530 tanks, 530 armored personnel carriers and 560 infantry fighting vehicles. Russia has also lost more than 60 helicopters and fighter jets. The offensive, which should have taken a maximum of a week, is already going on for many weeks."
21:11 Explosions in the unrecognized "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" are a planned provocation of the Russian special services, Ukrainian intelligence says. On April 25, at about 5:45 pm, a series of explosions thundered - they occurred in the premises where the offices of the local "Ministry of State Security" and the "branch" of the Russian FSB are located. As a result of the incident, the building was damaged, the windows were broken. On the street next to the room are objects - presumably used RPG-22 and RPG-27.
But for the leadership of the "PMR" this event did not come as a surprise: on April 22, Secretary of the State Commission for the Elimination of Emergencies of the "Republic" Vadim Shmalenko sent a letter to the Chairman of the Kamensky District Vladimir Bychkov, in which he announced the urgent preparation of information on the presence and location of the "protected point city civil defense department. And in the absence of such an item, the question was raised about its immediate creation.
That is, even three days before the incident, the leaders of the "PMR" were preparing for it and took care of arranging a secure and comfortable bunker. It is obvious that this case is one of a series of provocative events organized by the FSB to whip up panic and anti-Ukrainian sentiments, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense notes. As conceived by the authors, they must justify the war on the territory of Ukraine or involve the "PMR" in the fighting.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB will continue a series of provocative terrorist attacks on the territory of the "MRT".
20:48 Russian invaders seized the building of the Kherson City Council , removed the flag of Ukraine from it and took away the keys from the guards, the mayor of the city Igor Kolykhaev told the UE. According to him, he and the employees of the City Council were given the opportunity to go home. From tomorrow Kherson City Council will not work.
20:44 Thanks to artificial intelligence systems, about 200 people involved in illegal armed groups, criminals and deserters were detained, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said.
20:38 The Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court in The Hague has officially joined the international Joint Investigation Group, which is investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The corresponding agreement was signed on April 25 by ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and the Prosecutors General of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania.
20:35 In the Kremennaya Lugansk region, a building exploded, in which local collaborators and Russian occupiers gathered for a meeting. As the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said, when the meeting began, the crawls were demolished along with the "power block" and the traitors who were going to rule the city. Many Russian security officials and collaborators died, and many were injured.
"In Kremennaya, the occupiers took off into the air in the mayor's office during their gathering. They did not follow safety precautions: gas is such a thing. The traitors appointed by the orcs were also in the room," Gaidai said.
In short: there is no one else to hold meetings. There is nothing even to put in the balls.
20:19 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, high-ranking American officials arrived in Ukraine for the first time. Details - in the material Results of the secret visit of the Americans .
20:01 The Russians this morning tried to launch another missile strikes on the Odessa region: one missile fell into the water, the second was shot down by air defense, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Marchenko.
20:00 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of six traction substations in the areas of the railway stations Krasnoe, Zdolbunov, Zhmerinka, Berdichev, Kovel and Korosten, "through which foreign weapons and military equipment are delivered to the Ukrainian group of troops in Donbass."
19:43 Berlin "in the near future" will decide to provide Ukraine with 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, permission for which was requested by the defense concern Rheinmetall, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebeshtreit.
19:38 The threat of missile and air strikes throughout Ukraine remains to this day. Ignoring an air raid alert can cost a life. Korrespondent.net has compiled a selection of sites, as well as an application that allows you to learn about the danger in your region and assess the situation throughout the country. For more details, see the material Air Raid Map Online .
19:11 Erdogan said that on April 26 he would call Putin.
19:09 Baku will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, Azerbaijani oil company SOCAR has said.
19:08 The Belgorod governor announced the shelling "from the side of Ukraine" of the village of Nekhoteevka, residential buildings and personal vehicles were damaged.
19:06 In the village of Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, Kherson region, the occupiers announced to the local population the need to leave the settlement before April 28. Residents who do not comply with the order are forcibly evacuated, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:00 "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of Transnistria reported that the building of the "Ministry of State Security" was fired from a hand grenade launcher, no one was injured.
18:59 Ukrposhta showed a postage stamp, which it plans to publish next. This is an illustration of the Ukrainian Mrії - the world's largest aircraft. Even before the war, it was drawn by eleven-year-old Sofia Kravchuk from the Volyn region to participate in the contest What is Ukraine for me?
18:53 Media reports about explosions and shooting near the building of the so-called "Ministry of State Security" in Tiraspol (Pridnestrovie).
18:50 Vice President of the European Commission Vera Yurova expects that the sixth package of sanctions against Russia will be introduced this week.
18:46 Ukraine calls on the EU to impose a "real embargo" on Russian oil, Kuleba said: "If world leaders and business are serious about putting an end to Russia's war crimes, they must first deprive Putin of oil revenues. Enough excuses and half measures while Ukrainians are bombed ", killed, tortured and raped. Russian oil is full of Ukrainian blood. Stop buying it!"
He also emphasized that the Russian Federation is desperately trying to circumvent the already imposed restrictions: "Any mixture containing any Russian oil should be considered as 100% Russian oil. Do not let the Russians bypass the restrictions."
18:24 The UK will provide Ukraine with a "small number" of Stormer armored personnel carriers with anti-aircraft systems installed on them, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. He also said that the British would send their Challenger 2 tanks to Poland in order to compensate for the T-72s transferred by the Poles to Ukraine.
18:01 The satellite has already recorded the third mass grave near Mariupol. The dug trenches appeared on the territory of the cemetery of the village of Stary Krym, occupied by Russian troops, located 5 km from the city. The trenches are over 200 meters long, Radio Liberty reports.
The first dug trenches on the territory of the Starokrymsky cemetery appeared on March 24 - already after the village was occupied by the Russian military. On the Planet satellite image, you can see that they reach 60-70 meters in length.
17:58 The Russians have captured Novotoshkivske in the Luhansk region , the head of the military administration of the Mountain community Aleksey Babchenko said: “Novotoshkivske was occupied, it was almost razed to the ground. Everything is being destroyed. Zolote and Gornoye were covered with phosphorus yesterday. Infrastructure is being destroyed. There are dead, both civilians and military are injured."
17:54 Ukrainian pilot Roman Vasilyuk released from captivity. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, a Ukrainian Su-25 pilot, while performing a combat mission on March 14, was shot down by hostile air defenses over Volnovakha, Donetsk region. He was able to eject, but was wounded and captured by the invaders.
He went through numerous interrogations by the Russian special services, until his release he was in the regional central clinical hospital in Donetsk. On April 24, he returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine and immediately met with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, and the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Alexei Danilov.
17:47 In the Black Sea there are eight Russian carriers of cruise missiles of the Caliber type, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. Their total missile salvo is 58 missiles.
According to him, the ship groups of the Russian Federation in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas continue to isolate the area of combat operations, conduct reconnaissance and provide fire support to their troops in the coastal direction.
17:41 The United States is putting pressure on Indonesia to invite Ukraine as a guest to the G20 summit in November, writes Bloomberg. In addition, according to the publication, Washington is disappointed with the refusal of Jakarta to withdraw the invitation for Putin.
17:40 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia records "endless evasion and rejection of even previously declared positions by the Kiev regime."
17:39 Moscow stated that Ukrainian Bayraktars were shot down in the village of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russian troops were ordered to collect and deliver to the territory of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions the wreckage of downed Ukrainian Bayraktors and helicopters - the FSB and the Russian Defense Ministry are preparing large-scale provocations in these territories with explosions at civilian infrastructure facilities and in residential areas.
17:19 Anonymous hackers reported that they hacked more than a million emails of the Russian customs broker ALET from correspondence with companies exporting coal, oil, oil products and liquefied gas.
17:14 During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already shot down three planes, Arestovich said at a briefing: "There is a feeling that the Russian Federation wants to end the war without aviation. Well, we will help them."
17:13 About ten deputies of the Verkhovna Rada went abroad before the war and did not return to Ukraine. Most of them are members of the former OPF faction, Stefanchuk said.
17:10 The self-appointed "mayor" of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko said that the Azovstal plant will not be restored, not only because it was destroyed, but also because the attitude of Mariupol residents towards it is negative because of environmental issues. At the same time, he promised to restore Azovmash and Ilyich's plant.
He also said in an interview with Russian media that the first bus would be launched in Mariupol one of these days: "The route will be laid from the Metro store (right bank) to the left bank in order to connect relatives of local residents."
17:06 Moscow sees no point in a ceasefire in Ukraine, since "Kyiv can use it for provocations," Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said.
17:04 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about 400 employees of Russian diplomatic missions have been expelled from 28 countries, the Foreign Ministry reported.
16:46 More than 26 thousand internally displaced persons have been registered in Kiev, their number has increased by more than 9 thousand in a week, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Most of the migrants are from the Kyiv, Donetsk and Chernihiv regions.
16:40 The Security Service of Ukraine commented on "another creative of the FSB of the Russian Federation, which "heroically detained neo-Nazis" who allegedly planned the murder of "public figure" Vladimir Solovyov by order of the SBU":
"Soloviev is not a public figure, but an ordinary propagandist - the Russian analogue of Goebbels - who will definitely answer for his crimes in international courts after the victory of Ukraine. The SBU has no plans to kill Solovyov. At the same time, given the number of fakes and anti-Ukrainian hatred that this person broadcasts, he can independently drown in the "products" of his own low-grade propaganda activities."
16:35 In the Kharkiv region, residents of Dergachi and nearby villages suffered from the shelling of the invaders today. The Russians are firing artillery at the streets, residential buildings, as a result, three civilians were killed, one was wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, due to daytime shelling, two civilians were injured in the Zolochiv region.
16:34 Moscow declared 40 employees of the German diplomatic missions in Russia persona non grata, and the German ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry - he was protested in connection with the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
16:32 As a result of Russian missile attacks on the railway infrastructure in the Zdolbunovshchina of the Rivne region, about 20 nearby houses were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval. According to him, three enemy missiles hit the railway infrastructure.
16:30 Arakhamia asks the leadership of the EU and the US to impose sanctions against the "chief Georgian oligarch" Bidzina Ivanishvili. According to the adviser to the head of the OP, Ukrainians and Georgians have always been and will be fraternal peoples. Georgians are rooting for Ukraine and our victory in the war - but not the Georgian authorities. The reason is that Ivanishvili is closely connected with the Russian political elite, this is also confirmed by the recently published "tapes of Ivanishvili".
"The whole policy of the Georgian authorities is the implementation of instructions from the Kremlin. This is the reason for their rhetoric about non-recognition of Russia's war crimes against Ukraine and attempts to help the Russian Federation circumvent sanctions. Today, Ivanishvili has turned into a Georgian Yanukovych. He and his people are pursuing a policy on Ukraine that is not "supports the Georgian people. They want to quarrel Georgians and Ukrainians for a decade ahead. No one will escape responsibility. Neither the occupiers, nor those who help them," Arakhamia concluded.
16:23 Russia announced in response to Japan's statement about the illegal occupation of the South Kuriles that it will accelerate the industrial and tourist development of these islands.
16:16 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, after a visit to Kiev, said that American M777 howitzers are already in Ukraine. Also, according to him, the training of 50 Ukrainian artillerymen has been completed and a six-day course for the next 50 people will soon begin.
“18 howitzers are already in Ukraine. Seven more are being prepared now, and 72 more are coming soon. Foreign military assistance in the amount of $322 million has been allocated to buy everything Ukraine needs, including former Soviet ammunition,” Austin said.
15:57 Rosneft was unable to sell 6.5 million tons of oil during the tender, as it demanded a full prepayment in rubles, writes Reuters.
15:40 In the Vinnitsa region, as a result of rocket attacks on Zhmerynka and Kazatin, according to preliminary information, five people were killed, 18 people were injured, the prosecutor's office said.
15:36 The United States is preparing Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to be sent to Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
15:02 The heads of the Novouspenovskaya and Kirillovskaya communities of the Zaporozhye region, Ivan Senik and Ivan Maleev, were released from captivity, Klitschko said. Eight mayors continue to be held captive by the Russians, their fate is unknown.
14:58 In Mangush near Mariupol, the occupiers are disguising a huge mass grave, placing signs on it that allegedly testify to individual burials. They showed "photos", which show one sector of the burial, where, judging by the numbering of the plates, at least 268 burials are located.
Satellite images from April 9 show four such sectors. Therefore, Russian propagandists themselves documented the fact of the murder of thousands of Mariupol residents. "Given the information of eyewitnesses about the nature and scale of burials throughout April, we confirm the preliminary estimate - from three to nine thousand Mariupol residents were buried in Mangush," the city council said.
14:55 On Easter, the invaders deported 149 people from Mariupol to Russia, of which 23 are children. All failures of real evacuation to Ukraine lead to increased deportation to the Russian Federation, Andryushchenko said. According to him, the occupiers do not hide their intentions - to limit the population of Mariupol, to settle mainly in the area of the seaport to provide its services.
"From the very beginning, we noted that the only and main goal of control over Mariupol is access to the port as the deepest in the Sea of Azov, and the arrangement of a military base there. All this should serve a limited number of the population," the mayor's adviser wrote.
14:40 There are no agreements on humanitarian corridors from Azovstal today, Vereshchuk said. "We ask that representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross be present in the humanitarian convoy. We hope for the effectiveness of the negotiations between the UN Secretary General and Russian representatives," she added.
14:38 Kyiv region received the first subvention in the amount of 400 million hryvnia for the restoration of housing and damaged infrastructure, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko. According to him, the funds will be used to replace windows, roofs, clean streets, and repair roads.
14:33 Biden officially announced the nomination of Bridget Brink for the post of US Ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said.
14:31 Russian missiles destroyed a thermal power plant in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, the next heating season was under threat, the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Maletsky, said. Local media also write that the supply of hot water to the city is under threat.
Due to Russian shelling, one person died and seven were injured. The deceased is an employee of the thermal power plant, five injured are also employees of the thermal power plant.
In addition to the thermal power plant, the Russians also fired at the local refinery. A fire broke out there, it has already been eliminated.
14:19 Putin said that the FSB stopped the activities of a group that allegedly planned an assassination attempt on well-known Russian journalists: “Tolerating the information fiasco in the Russian Federation, the West turned to attempts to kill Russian journalists. We know by name the curators of Ukrainian Nazis from Western services, primarily the CIA, who give advice such as killing journalists."
The FSB said that it was about preparing the murder of Vladimir Solovyov "on the instructions of the SBU."
14:13 In Kiev, this week, a sculpture of two workers, which was installed in 1982 "to commemorate the reunification of Ukraine with Russia," is being dismantled near the Arch of Friendship of Peoples, Klitschko said.
13:47 Ukrzaliznytsia announced that it had restored the movement of all trains after Russian missile strikes.
13:39 In the Kharkiv region, near Balakleya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian plane - according to preliminary data, a Su-34, the Air Command of Skhid reported. Two pilots have ejected, they are being searched for.
13:16 The Pentagon will expand training for the Ukrainian military, in particular, on the use of new weapons for them, transferred as part of military assistance. This is stated in the communiqué of the State Department following the visit of the Secretary of State and the Minister of Defense to Kyiv, writes UP.
13:14 Greenpeace activists blocked the tanker that delivered Russian oil to Norway - they chained themselves to the ship in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ust-Luga tanker is currently anchored near the Exxon Mobil oil terminal in Slagen, about 70 kilometers south of the capital Oslo.
13:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that today at 14:00 it will open a humanitarian corridor from Azovstal. It will be intended "for the civilians that Kyiv is talking about." Moscow assured that "there are no obstacles for the exit of civilians from Azovstal.
13:04 Russian troops launched a missile attack on Korosten in the Zhytomyr region in the morning, Mayor Vladimir Moskalenko said. There is no information about the dead.
12:58 Two cruise missiles were spotted over the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant on the morning of April 25 - they flew over a cooling pond. The rockets were fired by the Russian military, presumably in the direction of Rivne or Zdolbuniv, Energoatom reports.
12:55 Russia has not abandoned plans to use chemical weapons at Azovstal. According to Ukrainian intelligence, in order to avoid losses among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the so-called smoking out of Ukrainian defenders and civilians from the premises of the enterprise can be carried out.
To this end, the Russian leadership plans to carry out bombing and missile strikes with artillery and aviation munitions - carriers of chemical warfare agents. In parallel, Russian units of the "radiation, chemical and biological defense troops" will use aerosols with chemical weapons.
12:48 In Mariupol, the "police" of the occupiers began to work. Former police officers are required to report for duty, Andryushchenko said.
12:44 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that the bombing and shelling of Azovstal from heavy artillery does not stop despite public statements. Yesterday, the occupiers again tried to enter the territory of the plant with sabotage groups, but failed.
12:41 In the Kherson region, the invaders demand that farmers give them most of the future harvest for free, and also force them to dig trenches with their own equipment, said an expert at the Center for Middle East Studies, political scientist Sergei Danilov.
According to him, in the Chaplinsky district, the Russians have allowed farmers to sow only grain and sunflower and demand that they agree to give 70% of the future harvest to the occupiers free of charge.
12:38 Borrell said again that there is no agreement among EU members on a complete embargo or higher duties on Russian oil and gas imports: "Stopping oil and gas imports or a punitive tariff would be important to put pressure on Putin and bring him to the negotiating table But at the moment we do not have a unified position in the EU on this issue."
12:33 Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis admits that a strategic defeat in the war in Ukraine will increase revanchist sentiment in Russia, and in 5-10 years it may unleash a new war. However, according to him, military threats will depend on who will be in power in the Russian Federation.
12:12 Austin is convinced that Ukraine can win the war with Russia with the right equipment and the right support.
11:46 Ukraine's needs have changed after the hot war zone moved to the east of the country, the United States plans to respond to changes as quickly as possible and provide the necessary support, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said following a visit to Kiev.
“We need long-range weapons. You heard that they expressed the need for tanks. And we are doing everything possible to provide them with support, types of artillery and ammunition that will be effective at this stage of the struggle,” the head of the Pentagon emphasized. He also said that he "sees signs" that many countries "intend to move forward and provide additional ammunition and howitzers."
11:40 In the Lugansk region, the supply of voltage to the surviving substations has begun, soon the light will return to the houses, Gaidai promised. Repair of damage, according to him, is currently impossible due to active hostilities.
11:37 From April 25, cars that are imported into Ukraine for personal needs will be issued only at certain checkpoints, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem said. On the Polish border, these are Ugrinev, Grushev, Smilnitsa, Ustilug. In Slovak - M. Berezny, in Hungarian - Davinkov, Kosino.
This innovation is associated with large queues at the border due to the abolition of customs duties and a sharp increase in car imports. As a result, humanitarian supplies also stand in line for two days, and EU law does not allow creating separate lanes for them.
"In Poland, Slovakia and Romania, they are slightly surprised by such an active renewal of the fleet of a warring country, for which the whole world is raising funds for humanitarian aid. They are shocked by the industrial scale of imports" for the needs of ZSU "luxury cars. Including dozens of BMW X5, Mercedes S -Class, 2022 Audi Q7 and even Cadillac Escalade for UAH 3.1 million," Nayem emphasized.
11:30 Blinken said following a visit to Kiev that the United States will support Ukraine until "final success": "We do not know how other wars will unfold, but we know that a sovereign independent Ukraine will exist much longer than Vladimir will act Putin: And our support for Ukraine will continue. It will continue until we see ultimate success."
11:26 Zelensky said that negotiations with Austin and Blinken lasted more than three hours and were very productive. The main theme is the supply of arms. Also, the President of Ukraine insists on even greater sanctions against Russia, so Washington was given a plan for a package of sanctions developed by the group of Yermak and McFaul.
11:22 Deputies of the Kyiv City Council propose to demolish 60 monuments in the capital, including the monument to Bulgakov, Pushkin, Vatutin, Zhiglov and Sharapov and others. Alina Mikhailova, one of the initiators of the project from the Golos party, said that such a proposal is contained in the draft decision on the dismantling of memorial signs in Kyiv that are related to Russia and the USSR. Among its initiators is also deputy Ksenia Semenova from the Servant of the People.
11:20 Lugansk region was left without electricity - the invaders de-energized the new Kremensk substation with a voltage of 500 kV, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, alternative power supply options for the region are currently being worked out.
11:18 According to the prosecutor's office, as of April 25, 3,818 civilians were killed in Ukraine, more than 4,000 were injured, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. At the same time, she stressed that these figures are just as incorrect as the UN statistics, since they do not take into account the blocked Mariupol and those places in the Kyiv region where the prosecutor's office cannot yet enter.
11:15 As a result of Russian shelling of Zhmerinka and Kazatin, Vinnitsa region, there are dead and wounded, their number is being specified, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov.
10:57 Chairman of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky said that as a result of a missile strike, an explosion occurred at the traction substation of the Krasnoe railway station, the State Emergency Service is now extinguishing the fire. There is no information about the victims yet.
One rocket on the territory of the Lviv region was destroyed by units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Zakhid Air Command. The invaders fired missiles from strategic aircraft, probably Tu-95.
10:39 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the facilities of an oil refinery, as well as storage facilities with oil products, were destroyed in Kremenchug. Also hit "56 military facilities of Ukraine, including a fuel storage facility in the Kharkiv region."
10:37 The American Institute for the Study of War showed how the map of hostilities in Ukraine has changed since February 24:
10:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 25:
personnel - about 21,900 people were liquidated,
tanks - 884,
armored combat vehicles - 2258,
artillery systems - 411,
MLRS - 149,
air defense systems - 69,
aircraft - 181,
helicopters - 154,
automotive technology - 1566,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 201,
special equipment - 28,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:24 Europe resumed buying oil from the UAE to replace Russian oil. France's TotalEnergies chartered a tanker to ship oil from the UAE in early May to Europe, Reuters reported. These are the first deliveries in two years.
10:18 At night, the occupiers fired at the Novolatovskaya bulk of the Dnipropetrovsk region from multiple rocket launchers. The blow fell on the outskirts of the settlement, no one was injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
10:15 In the Nikolaev region, about 30 retreating Russians were shot by their own and then burned, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim, citing the interception of enemy conversations.
10:13 The media write that in Bryansk the railway was damaged, along which military equipment and ammunition were transported to Ukraine. The information has not been officially confirmed.
10:07 The Rada will not yet ban the activities of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate because of the risk of a split in society, speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, the deputies will return to this issue after the war.
10:04 The Russian military has gathered a large number of equipment and personnel at the Velyka Novoselka - Novodarovka - Malinovka section and are preparing for an offensive towards Zaporozhye, said Ivan Arefiev, a representative of the UVA. At the same time, he added that the enemy’s offensive was not successful, so the disposition of forces at the front did not change.
10:03 The Russians attacked the railway in the Rivne region, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval. According to him, there are no victims, the damage is being established. The blow fell on Zdolbunov.
10:01 Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov sent a note of protest to Washington regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine. He called the shipments an attempt to "inflate the stakes even more, see more losses", and said that they "do not contribute to finding a diplomatic solution to the situation" and should be stopped.
09:59 The head of Ukrzaliznytsia, Kamyshin, said that five railway stations in central and western Ukraine came under fire this morning for an hour, and at least 16 trains would be delayed.
09:55 After the morning explosions, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that due to damage to traction substations, there was no voltage in the contact network at the Shepetovka-Kazatin, Zhmerinka-Kazatin, Kazatin-Fastov sections. Trains following these sections have been delayed.
09:29 There were several explosions in the Vinnytsia region, the regional administration asks to stay in shelters.
09:25 Zelensky said that he had discussed with Blinken and Austin defense assistance, strengthening the sanctions policy against Russia, financial support for Ukraine and security guarantees.
09:23 British intelligence notes that Russia has made little progress in some areas since it focused on the complete occupation of Donbass. However, it is too early to talk about a significant breakthrough without sufficient logistic and combat support.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that the decision of the Russian Federation to encircle, rather than attack, Azovstal means that many units are forced to remain in Mariupol and cannot be redeployed. The Ukrainian defenders of the city also exhausted many Russian units and reduced their combat capability.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposed that compensation payments to the families of dead servicemen be controlled by the military, and not by civilian officials. This is probably dictated by the desire to hide from the local population the real extent of the losses.
09:20 The State Department for the first time since 2019 appoints the US Ambassador to Ukraine - it will be the current head of the diplomatic mission in Slovakia, Bridget Brink, Blinken said during a visit to Kiev. He also noted that American diplomats would return to Ukraine "gradually."
09:16 Air defense works in the Lviv region, residents are asked to stay in shelters, said the head of the Regional State Administration Maxim Kozitsky. He also said that a fire broke out in two settlements in the Zolochiv district, the situation is under control, details will be later.
08:45 Russia plans to hold a staged referendum in Kherson to justify its occupation, British intelligence notes.
08:43 As a result of yesterday's shelling of Kremenchug, one person died and seven were wounded. According to the head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, this was the largest shelling of the region during the full-scale Russian invasion. According to him, nine enemy missiles hit the Kremenchug Thermal Power Plant and again the Kremenchug Oil Refinery.
08:40 Russian media write with reference to eyewitnesses that not only the oil depot, but also the missile arsenal was on fire in Bryansk. Moreover, we are talking about the oil depot of the Druzhba oil pipeline complex, through which oil enters Europe.
Also, according to unconfirmed reports, the 120th arsenal of the Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate was engulfed in fire. According to RIA Novosti in emergency services, in the Bryansk region there were fires "on the territory of the oil depot of JSC Transneft-Druzhba and at another facility."
08:22 The Russian army shelled an oil refinery in Lisichansk for the third time, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, on April 24, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhnoye, and Gorskoye suffered the most from Russian shelling. A total of seven houses were damaged.
08:19 Latvia will help Ukraine with the export of grain through its ports - this was agreed upon by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Nikolai Solsky during a visit to the Republic of Latvia.
08:09 APU returned under control five settlements of Nikolayevshchina, reported operational command Pivden. The settlements are located near the administrative border with the Kherson region.
08:04 During their visit to Kiev, Blinken and Austin told Zelensky that American diplomats could return to Ukraine in the next week, Reuters writes.
They also announced more than $322 million in new military funding for Ukraine. Thus, total US security assistance to Ukraine since the Russian invasion amounted to about $3.7 billion.
08:00 In Volchansk, Kharkiv region, the invaders took the capacities of one of the captured factories to Russia, and set up a concentration camp and a torture chamber in the empty premises, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
"A prison, a real concentration camp, was set up in the premises of the plant, where people are subjected to certain torture, they are forced to cooperate, to join the ranks of the Russian armed forces," he said.
07:45 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the directions of Izyum - Barvenkovo and Izyum - Slavyansk, the enemy tried to storm, but had no success, fired at the settlements of Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Vernopolye and Novaya Dmitrovka.
In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Mariupol, the enemy launched missile and bomb attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops on the territory of the Azovstal plant. Conducts assault actions of the settlement of Popasnaya.
07:10 The French Interior Ministry officially announced Macron's victory: he won 58.08% of the vote, Le Pen - 41.92%.
07:02 Ballingcat investigative journalist Khristo Grozev believes that the failure of the second phase of the war is approaching for Russia: “If the situation near Izyum and Gorlovka does not change within a few weeks towards the conquest of new territories by Russia or they are minimally tactical, this can be considered a failure of the second phases of the Russian war in Ukraine".
He also foresees that in the near future, in two or three weeks, heavy battles will take place for the south and east of Ukraine.
04:50 In Russian Bryansk, an oil depot is on fire, the press service of the regional government reported. Media publish photos:
03:13 Russia is trying to get anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles and secret documents from the sunken cruiser Moskva, writes Bild. To do this, the rescue ship Commune was driven to the place of flooding. Due to the size of the cruiser Moskva (187 meters long), the 110-year-old Commune is unlikely to be able to lift it entirely. Therefore, stakes are made on the extraction of ammunition and documents.
00:42 Zelensky congratulated Macron on his victory in the presidential elections in France.
00:36 Arestovich said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the location of enemy troops in Chernobaevka for the 17th time.
00:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "capacities for the production of explosives and gunpowder were destroyed by the impact of high-precision missiles in the Pavlograd region."