[NewsFrontInfo] 23:52 Painted in the center of Kherson hit at least two Tochka-U missiles and several Hurricanes. A series of powerful explosions thundered in the center of Kherson, next to the television center.
23:42 The Armed Forces of Ukraine wanted to hit Tochka-U in the center of Kherson. The rocket was shot down. Most likely, the target was the administration building, which is under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
23:21 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces defeated 17 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them were destroyed: two command posts of Ukrainian troops, as well as 15 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment.
22:31 A total of 331 tons of humanitarian aid were transferred to the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions.
21:52 In the liberated territory of the Kharkiv region, the fourth issue of the newspaper Kharkiv Z has already been published.
There is also a radio of the same name, and after the supply of electricity to the region, television towers will be launched to broadcast Russian channels.
21:30 The flag of Russia was hoisted over the administration of the liberated Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.
21:16 In the Nikolaev region are happening events traditional for the Ukrainian theater of operations.
- In the children's town "Skazka" the basement was turned into a cache for storing weapons and ammunition. Coordinates: 46.964247, 31.984844
- In the Ship area, they continue to intensively dig in and create long-term firing points. Coordinates: 46.859005, 32.023822 | 46.859211, 32.025550
- The old Nikolaevsky cemetery was converted to the needs of the front and a firing position was created. Coordinates: 46.964495, 32.036435 | 46.963635, 32.033802
- Taking into account the decommissioning of the capacities of the Ukrainian Navy, it was decided to turn the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant "Ocean" into a fortified area. Coordinates: 46.858188, 31.99185
- South of Nikolaev, in the village of Novaya Zarya, units received a new batch of Javelin and Corsair anti-tank systems. Coordinates: 46.743374, 32.091699
20:44 In the Kherson region, an employee of the Ukrainian KORD (similar to SOBR)gave out Russian special forces caches with weapons and ammunition. An AK-74 assault rifle, a pistol, two hand grenades and ammunition of various calibers were confiscated. According to the Cordovian, he refused to carry out the "crazy" orders of the Kyiv authorities to organize sabotage activities against Russian troops in Kherson.
Currently, the security of the employee and his family is provided by the Russian security forces.
19:39 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the aircraft of the Aerospace Forces hit 38 military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 27 places of concentration of manpower and military equipment.
As specified in the department, over 210 nationalists and 43 units of armored vehicles and cars were destroyed.
19:30 Ukrainian Gauleiter of Kherson Kolykhaev was fired. Kobets, a member of the local council, became the new mayor of the city liberated from the Nazis.
19:10 Today at 13.30 two drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Polish manufacturer "Warmate" attacked the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region, exposing the world to the danger of a new nuclear catastrophe.
The goal of the first was the Zaporozhye NPP, the second - the city administration of Energodar. Thanks to the professional actions of the National Guard employees, both UAVs were shot down, and human lives were saved.
18:51 Vladimir Putin sent an unambiguous signal to those who decide to intervene in the course of a special military operation:
“For a lightning-fast response, we have all the tools. The kind that no one else can boast of right now. We won't brag. We will use them if needed. And I want everyone to know about it.”
18:34 Melitopol notes May 9. For eight years, Kyiv forbade celebrating Victory Day. Today Russia re-lit the Eternal Flame. The townspeople are preparing with might and main to celebrate the great holiday. People repair monuments with their own hands, young mothers with tears in their eyes tell their children the real history of the family and the Motherland, flowers again lie on the memorials. As it should be.
18:21 Today On the Arch of Victory in Melitopol, the Order of Victory, the St. George ribbon and the inscription Glory to the winners were returned.
17.09 Vladimir Putin: all tasks of the Russian special operation in Ukraine and Donbass will be unconditionally fulfilled. We guarantee that Russia will adequately respond to all challenges and threats, as it has always been and will continue to be.
16:25 In the Russian-controlled Kakhovka, a stele with the coat of arms of Ukraine, installed at the entrance, is being dismantled.
15:49 The sixth humanitarian convoy has arrived in Berdyansk. The total weight of the cargo is 47 tons. Food packages were delivered to the residents of Berdyansk: buckwheat, rice, cereals, pasta, flour, stew, tea and coffee, sweets and cookies. In addition, they delivered detergents, personal hygiene items, baby food, diapers and diapers. Aid was collected in all regions of Russia, including the Crimea. The trucks were loaded in Armyansk. The convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry was accompanied by a convoy of the Russian Guard. Food packages will be distributed to needy Berdyansk residents on Saturday.
15:27 As a result of a long negotiation process, Trevor Reed was exchanged for Yaroshenko on April 27, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.
In 2020, a Russian court sentenced Trevor Reed, a student from Texas, to 9 years in prison for using violence against police officers - in August 2019, he quarreled on the street with two women and attacked an arriving PPS squad, hitting a policeman.
Konstantin Yaroshenko was sentenced in the United States to 20 years in a general security prison in 2011 on charges of preparing a conspiracy to deliver a large consignment of drugs to the United States.
15:21 Cossack teams of Melitopol guard the city's educational institutions.
15:17 According to the Arbalet news agency, a group of Ukrainian negotiators arrived in Bezymennoye near the city of Mariupol, who will try to convince the terrorists of Azov * (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) to release civilians from Azovstal.
15:15 In Kyiv, they propose to rename Leo Tolstoy Street into the street of the Azov Regiment. This was reported in the mayor's office of the Ukrainian capital.
13:43 In Ukraine, the dismantling of Soviet monuments continues. The Star of Glory and the Order of the Red Banner of War were removed from the Eternal Glory Memorial in Lutsk. The photo was published by the mayor of the city Igor Polishchuk. In addition, he said that instead of the number "1941" the authorities are going to set "1939" by May 1.
13:25 Residents of the Kherson region and other liberated territories can travel to Crimea without restrictions if they have valid documents. So all three automobile checkpoints: "Armyansk", "Perekop" and "Dzhankoy" operate in a regular and round-the-clock mode.
13:18 In the liberated city of Kamenka-Dniprovska (Zaporozhye region), a cash withdrawal point has been opened.
13:12 The radius of the shock wave in the event of an explosion at military depots in Kolbasna. According to experts, brick walls and reinforced concrete structures will be destroyed at a distance of 4.5 km. In this case, the total radius of the shock wave can exceed 50 kilometers.
13:03 New head of the Kherson regional administration Volodymyr Saldo delivered "Holy Fire", which arrived from Jerusalem, in the main Orthodox church of Kherson - the Holy Spirit Cathedral. The head of the Kherson region personally carried the fire, which arrived in Kherson from the Crimea, to the temple.
12:17 The air defense system in Kursk shot down a Ukrainian drone tonight, regional governor Roman Starovoit said:
“No one was hurt, there was no damage. The military, special services and the regional administration are in full control of the situation, there is no cause for concern.”
11:28 Hangars with weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine were destroyed by Kalibr on the territory of the Zaporozhye aluminum plant - Russian Defense Ministry.
11:23 In the Kharkiv region, Russian military doctors continue to provide medical assistance to civilians who are being shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. People are being helped and given medicines. In emergency cases, patients are hospitalized in Russian medical facilities.
11:04 In the liberated city of Golaya Pristan (Kherson region), the Russian military lit the Eternal Flame on the Alley of Glory of the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
11:02 Briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense 04/27/2022 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
High-precision long-range sea-based missiles "Caliber" on the territory of the Zaporozhye aluminum plant destroyed hangars with a large batch of foreign weapons and ammunition supplied by the United States and European countries for Ukrainian troops.
Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 59 military facilities of Ukraine overnight. Among them: 50 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, four warehouses with weapons and ammunition in the areas of the settlements of CHERVONOE, DOLGENKOE, PASHKOVO and VESELOE, as well as the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system in the SLAVIANSK region. As a result of the strikes, more than 120 nationalists and 35 armored vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.
Rocket troops and artillery completed 573 fire missions during the night. Affected: 432 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy, 67 artillery positions, two batteries of multiple launch rocket systems, as well as seven ammunition depots.
Russian air defense systems shot down 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of ALEKSANDROVKA, BALAKLEYA, BRYANKA, ZAPOROZHSKOE, IZYUM, KAPITOLOVKA, PEREMOGA, PETROVKA, PAPASNOE, PROLETARSKOE, TRUDOLYUBOVKA, including two Bayraktar-TB2 UAVs in the area of settlements Kalesnikovka and Krasny Liman. In addition, a Ukrainian tactical missile "Tochka-U" was shot down over the settlement of ILYCHEVKA.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 141 aircraft, 110 helicopters, 607 unmanned aerial vehicles, 273 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,596 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 296 multiple rocket launchers, 1,134 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,413 units of special military vehicles.
09:51 FSB delayed supporters of the Ukrainian Nazis who planned sabotage. Two Russians were preparing a sabotage at a transport infrastructure facility in the Belgorod region.
09:43 Volunteers, with the support of the National Guard and the mayor's office of Berdyansk, hoisted the Russian flag on the flagpole of the Monument to the sailors of the Azov Flotilla.
09:19 A sowing campaign has begun in Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions - the Russian Defense Ministry.
08:27 In the morning, a second strike was made on the railway bridge in Zatoka, which had already received damage yesterday after the first strike. The results of the 2nd strike are still unknown.
08:13 Ukrainian militants have prepared a provocation with many victims in Nikolaev, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of Russia Mikhail Mizintsev.
08:00 Military police provided help to a family with small children from the Kharkov region in evacuation to the territory of Russia.