[Korrespondent] 22:53 The Russians fired at Belozerka, Kherson region - they hit the territory of the local hospital, several private houses were also damaged. One person died and three were injured, the IVA said.
21:39 Western partners are ready to speed up the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine after today's rocket attack. More details - in the material The reaction of the world to the tragedy in Uman .
20:44 Zelensky said that during a telephone conversation with Xi Jinping, issues of implementing the Ukrainian peace formula, returning deported Ukrainian children from Russia, releasing prisoners, and ensuring the work of the Black Sea Grain Initiative were discussed.
19:52 The death toll in Uman has increased to 23 people, four of them are children, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
19:39 The Danish government has launched a new program to support Ukraine for 2023 in the amount of 1 billion euros, Foreign Minister Lars Lykke Rasmussen said. The main goal of the program is the restoration of Ukraine, in particular Nikolaev.
19:33 The state budget of Ukraine received another tranche of grant funds from the United States in the amount of $1.25 billion, the Ministry of Finance announced. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has already received about $16.7 billion in grants from the United States.
19:27 The United States handed over radiation sensors to Ukraine to detect nuclear explosions, writes The New York Times. According to the newspaper, this will help to prove the guilt of Moscow if it detonates a radioactive weapon on the territory of Ukraine.
18:44 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council Charles Michel: "We discussed in detail the situation around the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products by certain neighboring states. The artificial illegal restriction of trade with the European Union hits Ukraine, which opposes Russian aggression, as economically and politically."
18:42 Czech President Petr Pavel announced that his country would soon open a consulate in Dnipro. According to him, another consulate will allow more active assistance in the restoration of the region, since the Czech Republic was assigned to the Dnipropetrovsk region in the list of regions, the reconstruction of which is supported by the EU countries.
18:21 The Presidents of Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia signed in Kiev a joint declaration on support for Ukrainian European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
18:15 Ukraine and the Czech Republic will jointly produce weapons and training aircraft, as well as repair tanks, said Czech President Petr Pavel. According to him, six projects have already been developed in this direction: “This is the production of weapons, ammunition, the repair of tanks such as the T-62, as well as the potential production of training aircraft. For us, the transfer of technology and production is a priority so that this production is partially or completely could be carried out on the territory of Ukraine.
17:37 Lukashenko said that Ukrainians are not going to attack Belarus: "I don't want to fight. I'm always surprised when they start talking about the war. Calm down, work calmly, no one is going to attack us. Including Ukrainians. Yes, and Westerners whom I meet, they tell me: Alexander Grigoryevich, Mr. President, neither Ukrainians nor Poles are going to visit you. was stronger. So don't worry."
According to Lukashenka, he needs nuclear weapons in order to secure the country, "so that they are afraid to look in our direction, otherwise we will again walk under someone's boot."
17:32 The counteroffensive should not be considered a decisive battle, Kuleba said: "The decisive battle is the one that will lead to the complete liberation of Ukrainian territories. This conclusion can be drawn at the end, not at the beginning of the battle."
17:29 Ukraine has earned membership in NATO, said Czech President Petr Pavel during a visit to Kiev. According to him, the resistance to Russian aggression has made Ukraine "an example for us all." Pavel assured that the Czech Republic would continue to provide assistance to Ukraine - both financial and military. In particular, he mentioned the possibility of manufacturing training aircraft for pilot training for Ukraine.
17:16 Russian troops fired at Donetsk today from their deep rear, journalist Andrei Tsaplienko said. He refers to a video shot by the so-called "volunteer" Andrey Lysenko, which shows part of the MLRS ammunition that destroyed the house. The slope of the ammunition indicates that it did not come from the direction of the airport and not from the direction of Avdiivka, but from the direction of the approximately occupied Mospino, that is, from the deep rear of the Russian troops.
Meanwhile, the "DPR" said that as a result of allegedly Ukrainian shelling, 17 people were injured.
17:11 The death toll in Uman has risen to 20, according to the Interior Ministry.
16:58 Today, at the invitation of Kuleba, a joint visit of the Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the Deputy Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland is taking place in Odessa. Kuleba asked his colleagues to make every effort to expedite the decision to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft, "which in turn will eventually lead to a decision to provide such aircraft to Ukraine."
"We must throw Russia out of the sky... We need combat aircraft to cover our combat brigades that will launch a counteroffensive. We need combat aircraft to protect the Black Sea and our coastal territories," the Ukrainian minister stressed.
16:33 The death toll in Uman has increased to 19, rescue work continues, the National Police reported.
16:04 Putin signed a law toughening the punishment for high treason up to life. Such a measure may threaten for espionage and the issuance of information constituting state secrets to foreigners, as well as for going over to the side of the enemy or providing financial, consulting or other assistance to the state in "activities directed against Russia."
Another signed law is on toughening criminal liability for sabotage and terrorism. For sabotage, now it is supposed to be punished with up to 20 years in a colony (previously it was 15), for international terrorism - up to 12 years (it was 10).
15:21 In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian forces managed to achieve parity in artillery due to the accuracy of their work, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He clarified that the enemy still has a mathematical advantage in artillery, however, Ukrainian fighters work as accurately as possible: “We are, roughly speaking, on an artillery diet ... Our artillerymen and missilemen are used to this, so they compare targets with drone data as accurately as possible and try to hit them. And, in fact, they achieve parity by hitting targets with high quality."
Cherevaty added that artillery in the Eastern direction is the main player, since enemy aircraft cannot fully operate due to the work of Ukrainian air defense and cannot create a significant advantage for the occupiers.
14:52 Ukraine demands from Russia to open humanitarian corridors for residents of the temporarily occupied territories who wish to travel to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government, but Moscow does not make contact on this issue, Reintegration Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, commenting on the decree signed by Putin on the deportation of Ukrainians who do not want to obtain Russian citizenship. She stressed that thousands of Ukrainians want to return to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
14:35 Putin signed a law on the deprivation of acquired Russian citizenship for "discrediting the Russian army" and for committing actions "creating a threat to national security."
14:33 The SBU announced suspicion to a novice of the UOC-MP Pochaev Assumption Lavra, who actively disseminated Kremlin propaganda narratives, praised the top military-political leadership of the Russian Federation and tried to discredit Ukrainian defenders.
14:29 As of 14:00 in Uman, as a result of a rocket attack on an apartment building, 16 people were killed (including three children), 18 people were injured (of which nine remain hospitalized), 17 people were rescued (including three children) and removed one body fragment, the State Emergency Service reported.
14:27 Russian aviation hit the border areas of the Chernihiv region - in Semenovka, the FAB-500 bomb destroyed the enterprise, OK Pivnich reported.
14:24 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that at night a missile attack was carried out "on the points of temporary deployment of the reserve units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Moscow claims that "the goal of the strike has been achieved, the advance of enemy reserves into the combat areas has been thwarted."
14:20 Independent experts checked the scandalous Amnesty International report dated August 4, 2022 with accusations against the Armed Forces of Ukraine and recognized its conclusions as "insufficiently substantiated", writes The New York Times. In some respects, the panel of experts agreed with Amnesty International and noted that the group's records clearly show that the Ukrainian military was often in close proximity to civilians. At the same time, the experts unanimously decided that the key conclusions of human rights activists about Ukraine's violations had insufficient evidence.
In a widely publicized report, Amnesty International accused the Ukrainian army of violating humanitarian law and endangering civilians by deploying military bases in residential areas, schools and hospitals.
14:09 "Authorities" of Donetsk announced the shelling of the city allegedly by the Ukrainian side, as a result of hitting a fixed-route taxi, seven people were killed.
14:01 As part of the forced evacuation from the Donetsk region, 370 Ukrainian children were taken to safer regions in two months, said the Minister for Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk. She added that the process is ongoing.
13:57 Six Leopard 2A4 tanks transferred by Spain to Ukraine have arrived in Poland, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
13:50 Ukrainian military commissars in the rear will be sent to the front, and wounded soldiers will be transferred to their place, Reznikov said. He clarified that Zaluzhny received such an order from Zelensky: “There is one of the simple recommendations of the President of Ukraine. He gave a serious recommendation to Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny - the vast majority of military commissars, who have long been sitting in recruitment centers, should be sent as military personnel to the front line. And sent to their place wounded servicemen who know, among other things, how to properly carry out work to meet mobilization needs.
The minister also said that the authorities are preparing a reform of the recruitment centers - the newly appointed first deputy defense minister Alexander Pavlyuk, together with the Ministry of Digital Development, is engaged in it. The project was named Amulet.
13:41 Peskov said that the prospects for extending the grain deal are "not very good", some of the agreements, according to him, have allegedly not yet been fulfilled.
13:17 Ukraine "in the global sense" is ready for a counteroffensive, the necessary weather conditions and the decision of the command are expected, Reznikov said. According to him, the training of the Ukrainian military on modern weapons is being completed. At the same time, the minister noted that the American Abrams tanks would not participate in this counteroffensive, since they would arrive later.
"If in a global sense, in a high percentage mode, we are ready, then the question is up to the General Staff, the command. As soon as God's will, the weather and the decision of the commanders, we will do it," Reznikov added.
12:49 The X-101, X-555 missiles that Russia used today against Ukraine are not a difficult target for the Patriot air defense system, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "As you know, we have NASAMS, IRIS-T, and Patriot is already working. For a complex like Patriot, this is an easy target, a cruise missile is eventually shot down, Kh-101, Kh-555. These are the types of missiles that were used today. They are shot down by different types of weapons, even mobile fireteams work out."
At the same time, Ignat stressed that the Air Force never discloses exactly which weapons worked in one direction or another, since this would allow the enemy to draw conclusions about the location of our equipment.
12:36 In Uman, the body of another deceased was removed from the rubble, the total death toll has increased to 12, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
12:34 Caesar howitzers from Denmark have already taken up combat duty in Ukraine, Reznikov said.
12:23 Pope Francis arrived in Hungary, where, in particular, he will meet with Orban. It is expected that Russia's war against Ukraine and migration issues will be the main topics of his public addresses and negotiations, reports Radio Liberty.
12:05 In Uman, the death toll rose to 11 people, nine were hospitalized, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
11:48 The official telegram channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the morning of April 28, after a massive missile attack on Ukraine and hitting an apartment building in Uman, published a post:
Andrey Yermak, head of the President's Office, commented: "The Ministry of Murder of the Russian Federation rejoices that a rocket hit a residential building and killed civilians. The obvious inadequacy and complexion of a whole nation of terrorists and murderers."
11:26 Russian brutality only strengthens the resolve of Ukrainians and deepens the commitment of the United States to support Ukraine in its struggle, US Ambassador Bridget Brink said, commenting on the Russian missile attack.
11:24 The morning missile attack of the Russians did not damage the energy infrastructure and did not lead to the need to limit electricity consumption. However, the situation remains difficult in eastern Ukraine, where an energy facility was damaged due to shelling, Ukrenergo reported. As of April 28, electricity generation is sufficient to cover consumption. Electricity exports to Poland and Moldova continue, with minor imports from Slovakia.
11:17 This night, Russia used Iskander-K missiles for attacks on Ukraine, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "According to updated information ... Iskander-K missiles were flying from the southern direction. This is also a cruise missile, which, in principle, has such the same performance characteristics as the Caliber, but the Iskander-K is a ground-based missile, not a ballistic, but a cruise missile.It is this missile that flies very low, this is the problem of detecting and shooting it down.But such missiles were shot down by our air defense ".
According to Ignat, the attack on Nikolaev on the night of April 27 was also delivered by Iskander-K missiles.
11:11 Germany will begin transferring 80 Leopard 1 main battle tanks to Ukraine in mid-2023, and this week the training of more than 100 Ukrainian military has already begun, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. He recalled that in March, Ukraine received 18 Leopard 2 A6 tanks and 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, as well as the necessary spare parts and ammunition.
11:02 Among the dead in Uman are two ten-year-old children, said the head of the Cherkasy OVA, Igor Taburets. Three days of mourning has been declared in the city.
10:37 According to the preliminary data of the National Police, a Russian X-101 missile hit a high-rise building in Uman. The death toll, meanwhile, rose to ten people, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said.
10:15 Early in the morning on Friday, April 28, Russia launched a new massive missile attack on Ukraine. An air raid alert was issued in all areas and lasted two hours, from 04:02 to 06:14. The military assumes that Kyiv was the main target of today's shelling. More details - in the material Strike on civilians .
10:07 According to preliminary data, 109 people lived in the destroyed entrance in Uman. Of the 46 apartments, 27 were completely destroyed, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. Meanwhile, the death toll has risen to nine, and rescue work continues.
10:03 Presidents of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel and Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova arrived in Kyiv.
09:48 Iranian Shahed-136 drones are equipped with an engine based on German technology illegally obtained by Tehran more than 15 years ago, the British organization Conflict Armament Research, which studies weapon components, found out. The Mado engine, which is used in Iranian UAVs, was developed after Iran received drone engines from the German company Limbach Flugmotoren in 2006.
In addition, in 2020 it was revealed that Iranian Quds-1 missiles use a copy of the Czech TJ-100 engine manufactured by PBS Velká BÃteÅ¡. These findings point to Iran's ability to use military technology it obtained illegally. In this regard, the West is concerned that Russia may transfer weapons and equipment found on the battlefield in Ukraine to Iran, CNN notes.
09:22 The death toll in Uman has grown to six people , nine more are in the hospital, the rescue operation continues, said the head of the Cherkasy OVA, Igor Taburets.
09:15 In the city of Ukrainka, Kiev region, as a result of the fall of fragments of a Russian rocket, there is a hit in a multi-storey building, apartments on two floors are damaged, one child was injured, the head of the Kiev OVA Ruslan Kravchenko said.
09:13 There are already more than 40,000 Russian citizens in Mariupol, and they continue to arrive, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said. Mostly these are representatives of remote regions of the Russian Federation.
09:07 As a result of a missile attack on Uman, about ten apartment buildings were damaged, an entire entrance was destroyed in one of them, Zelensky specified. People remain under the rubble.
09:01 In Uman, the number of deaths as a result of a strike on an apartment building has grown to four, 17 people were injured , rescuers are still working on the spot, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said.
08:49 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 28.
- personnel - about 189,460 (+540) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3694 (+0),
- armored combat vehicles - 7181 (+3),
- artillery systems - 2905 (+18),
- MLRS - 543 (+1),
- air defense systems - 294 (+1),
- aircraft - 308 (+0),
- helicopters - 294 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2467 (+6),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5819 (+14),
- special equipment - 353 (+1).
08:36 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed more than 65 attacks on the indicated sectors of the front. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In the Melitopol district of the Zaporozhye region, 20 people died as a result of poisoning due to the "use of an unknown substance" in one of the enemy units on April 24, the General Staff said.
08:13 The Office of the President showed the consequences of a missile attack on an apartment building in Uman:
07:48 After a pause of 51 days, the Russians launched another missile attack on Kiev (the last missile attack on the capital was on March 9). According to preliminary data, 11 cruise missiles and two UAVs were destroyed in the airspace of the capital, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA.
Previously, as a result of falling debris in the Obolonsky district of the capital, a local power line was broken and the road surface was damaged. There were no casualties or damage to residential facilities or infrastructure.
07:41 In the Dnieper, as a result of a nighttime enemy attack, a private house was destroyed, a two-year-old child and his mother died, three more people were injured , said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. In addition, the building of a private enterprise and a construction base were destroyed, and another person was injured there.
07:24 In Uman, Cherkasy region, two cruise missiles hit a residential building and warehouse buildings, it is known about three dead and eight wounded , the rescue operation continues, the head of the OVA Igor Taburets said.
07:17 The Russians delivered another massive blow to Ukraine. They attacked from Tu-95 strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea area. It was possible to destroy 21 out of 23 Kh-101 / Kh-555 cruise missiles , as well as two operational-tactical UAVs, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
04:03 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russian troops have changed the tactics of missile attacks on Ukraine in order to complicate the task of the Ukrainian air defense forces. Analysts made such a conclusion after the attack on Nikolaev on April 27 by four Caliber missiles. Russian forces targeted the missiles using varying terrain, launch heights, and multiple trajectory changes to make them harder to intercept by air defenses.
Experts note that the Russians also save their missiles in this way. At the same time, analysts say Russian forces retain the ability to restart their missile campaign if they want to.
01:10 Ukraine is the largest mined area in the world, surpassing even Afghanistan and Syria in this indicator. Globsec, an international think tank, has published a report that refers to the "difficult, costly and almost impossible" task of clearing the country's mines, which Ukraine will eventually face after the end of the war. More details - in the material The risk of being blown up in Ukraine .
00:07 Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Milkov said that his country is facing unprecedented hybrid attacks from Russia against the backdrop of military aggression against Ukraine. In particular, according to him, Russia is using a full arsenal of hybrid tactics: the instrumentalization of energy and basic food supplies, cyber measures to control sensitive technologies, an unprecedented increase in propaganda aimed at domestic political destabilization and provoking discontent and reducing solidarity with Ukraine.