[NYP] Ukraine purportedly attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin with a killer drone — but it crashed short of its high-profile target, a report claims.
Unidentified sources claimed that the Ukrainian secret service launched a UJ-22 drone loaded with C4 explosives on Sunday, the German newspaper Bild reported.
The drone was allegedly intended to target the Rudnevo Industrial Park, where Putin was expected to visit either Sunday or Monday.
Instead, the outlet said, it exploded about 12 miles away, on the outskirts of Voroskogo.
Photos published by Bild purportedly show the wreckage of the device in a wooded area.
Ukrainian activist Yuriy Romanenko also claimed on Twitter a day after the drone crash that the country’s intelligence "had received information about Putin’s trip," and that "our guys launched a kamikaze drone that flew through all the air defenses of the Russian Federation and fell not far from the industrial park," according to a translation by the German publication.
Romanenko said Putin’s planned visit to the park was indirectly confirmed by a Kremlin spokesperson on Telegram on Sunday.
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There were reports earlier of a small handful of Ukrainian drones carrying C4 found crashed in Russia due to empty fuel tanks.
No doubt the thought of killing Putin makes the regime-change crowd moist and it would be a huge PR victory, but the consequences for Ukraine would be ++ungood.
The U.S. Military’s Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) have begun to Install a Network of Atomic Sensors throughout Ukraine and the Region that will be able to detect and characterize Radiological Activity allowing the U.S to know if a Nuclear Weapon has been used and by whom. pic.twitter.com/3wNvaYz9HH
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You need to understand. The line of attack runs through the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in europe. Russia has been fortifying the plant for weeks. Think "larger than Chernobyl".
The monitoring equipment doesn't only detect bombs.
(There is, however, the possibility of 'false flag' bombs ...)
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[LB] Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions were attacked.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kyiv region, a nine-story residential building in the town of Ukrainka was hit by falling debris. The child was hospitalized. The apartments on the fifth and sixth floors were damaged, according to the report from OVA as of this morning.
In Cherkasy , during the morning alarm around 4:30, the enemy attacked Uman. Two cruise missiles hit a residential building and warehouse buildings. About 10 apartment buildings were damaged. As of 9 a.m., it was known about six dead and nine injured. According to updated data as of 10:15, the number of victims has increased to ten.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy hit civilians in Orichov, Gulyaipol, Novodanilivka, Preobrazhenka, Zaliznychny, and Kamiansky. During the day, Russian troops carried out 90 attacks on 21 front-line settlements: 74 artillery strikes, four from rocket salvo systems and 12 attacks using UAVs.
In Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 27 shellings of border communities. Territorial communities of Seredino-Budsk, Znob-Novgorodsk, Esmansk, Shalyginsk, Svesk, Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Khotynsk and Myropilsk came under fire. More than 130 mortars, artillery, grenade launchers, and rocket launches from Russian territory were recorded.
In Dnipropetrovsk this morning, the Russian army launched a massive attack. Soldiers from the Eastern Air Command shot down seven cruise missiles. A private house was destroyed in Dnipro. A two-year-old girl and a 31-year-old woman died. Three people were injured. In the city, the building of a private enterprise was also destroyed as a result of the attack. The fire that broke out has already been extinguished. The fire on the territory of the construction site was contained. A 70-year-old woman was injured. Doctors helped her. Also at night, the enemy shelled Chervonogrigorivsk community of Nikopol district. No casualties. The consequences are clarified.
In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the settlements of Basove, Bugaivka, Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Vilkhuvatka, Bolohivka, Dvorichanske and Kolodyazne. Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Lyman Pershi, Doroshivka and Berestov came under enemy fire in the Kupyansk direction.
As a result of shelling, houses in the village were damaged. Lyptsi, Kharkiv district, village Petropavlivka, Kupyan district. Yesterday, between the villages of Tokarivka and Kochubeyevka of the Kharkiv district, during work on the restoration of power lines, the "Kharkivoblenergo" car blew up on explosive objects. The 54-year-old driver of the car died, four workers were injured. One of the wounded is in a serious condition, the condition of the others is moderate.
In the Chernihiv region, there were six shellings in the Novgorod-Siversky district. The enemy also used mortars, artillery, and self-propelled grenade launchers, firing in the direction of the city of Semenivka. Regular shelling of the bridge across the Sudost River, near the village of Grem'yach, Novgorod-Siversky district, put the bridge out of order. It passed without casualties. There is destruction. No casualties or injuries.
In Luhansk, 48 explosions occurred during the day near Novovodyanyi, Nevsky, and Makiivka due to massive enemy fire. The invaders aimed at the fortifications of our soldiers. The settlements of Novoselivske, Dibrova and Bilogorivka were under enemy fire last day.
In Donetsk, the enemy carried out 25 shellings during the day, 14 settlements were under fire. Among them are Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Krasnohorivka, Khromove, Shakhtarske, Ivanopillia, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar. 14 residential buildings (eight of them multi-apartment buildings), three premises of the city hospital, a school, a kindergarten, a power line, a garage, two farm buildings, and two civilian cars were damaged. In a day in Donetsk region: one wounded.
In Mykolaivska yesterday morning, the enemy made artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community. There are no casualties.
In Khersonska during the day, the enemy launched 61 attacks on the region, of which the enemy launched six attacks (39 shells) on Kherson. Enemy troops targeted the districts of 27 settlements in the region. Due to the Russian aggression, two people died, three were injured. Occupants shelled a residential quarter of Kherson. Due to the enemy attack, several apartments of Kherson residents were damaged. Unfortunately, a 42-year-old man received non-life-threatening injuries. Also, the enemy once again struck Kizomys of the Bilozersk community - five guided aerial bombs were dropped on the village.
Information about the destruction and victims is being clarified. In addition, the enemy shelled Odradokamyanka of the Tyagin community, an elderly couple was injured. The enemy hit a residential building in the village at a time when there were peaceful people in the yard. A 60-year-old woman died of her injuries on the spot. Her 73-year-old husband was seriously injured. Doctors are fighting for the victim's life. 94 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
We will remind you that around 4 o'clock in the morning, the enemy launched a massive air attack on Ukraine. 21 out of 23 missiles were shot down and both drones were launched. In the Kyiv region, two people were injured by debris.
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[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 Bíteš. 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.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:59 Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in his Telegram channel announced the dispatch of another group of volunteers, including seventeen Chechens, to the zone of a special military operation. 21:59 In Artemovsk, an officer of the Ukrainian SOF, Lieutenant Volodymyr Obodenko, was eliminated.
21:59 Liquidated 44-year-old senior lieutenant Dmitry Bibikov. Served as an officer in the missile forces. At one time, he completed a course of training for the use of missile systems "HIMARS" in the training center of the Bundeswehr. It is possible that it was eliminated during the hunt for HIMARS and MLRS in the Zaporozhye region.
20:18 An unexploded explosive object was found on the territory of the Graivoronsky District of the Belgorod Region - Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov
“Now an investigation team is working on the spot, a decision has been made to temporarily resettle the residents of a nearby street,” the head of the region said.
19:46 Russian army left take a few blocks for the complete liberation of Marinka
Russian tankers and attack aircraft push Ukrainian units to the outskirts of the regional center of Marinka near Donetsk, fighters from the scene say that only a few blocks remain to be liberated
19:45 An air alert has been declared throughout Central and Eastern Ukraine, the siren is still silent in the western regions
18:37 TOS-1A “Sun” burns out Ukrainian positions at night
The work of a heavy flamethrower system in the Avdeevsky direction.
17:47 Kalmius Brigade destroyed accumulation of artillery, equipment and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka
Artillerymen of the 14th Kalmius Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, using Krasnopol guided munitions, destroyed a cluster of equipment and artillery pieces, as well as an ammunition depot of Ukrainian Nazis in the Avdievka direction. Projectile guidance was carried out using UAVs.
16:40 Visual result of the work of Russian artillerymen through the eyes of the enemy
16:39 Destroyed installation of the S-300 air defense system of the Ukrainian army. The shots were taken in the area of the village of Luch, Mykolaiv region.
16:38 Two people died when entering the forbidden zone in the village of Zhuravlevka, Belgorod Region — Gladkov
The official cause of death has not been reported. According to some media reports, four fishermen decided to cut their way to the river through the field, but their car ran over a mine.
15:40 Highlights from the new Defense Ministry briefing:
🔹Up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, an ammunition depot and a D-20 howitzer were killed in the Kupyansk direction in a day.
🔹Up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, 152mm self-propelled guns "Akatsiya", as well as one 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction.
🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, three infantry fighting vehicles, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
🔹Rocket troops hit the Ukrainian joint defense headquarters of the city of Artemovsk, as well as units of the so-called Foreign Legion.
🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed, as well as two howitzers - 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, the 152mm Akatsia self-propelled guns, as well as the 122mm D-30 howitzer were liquidated per day.
🔹A Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by the Aerospace Forces.
🔹Air defense systems intercepted eight HIMARS and Uragan MLRS rockets, as well as five enemy UAVs.
14:28 Zurab Odishvili is a militant of the so-called. "Caucasian Legion" and another Georgian mercenary, destroyed in the NVO zone
13:40 Tankers of the Western Military District render fire support for motorized rifle units, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops.
Combat vehicles operate from closed firing positions, acting as self-propelled artillery pieces. This allows the crews to go unnoticed.
Quick and well-coordinated actions allow you to arrange a real fiery carousel for the enemy.
Tanks T-72B3 successfully solve the tasks. Crews hit targets at a considerable distance and out of line of sight. According to the coordinates obtained with the help of the UAV, observation posts, ammunition depots, foreign military equipment and manpower of the enemy are destroyed.
12:46 Kamikaze drone “Lancet” destroyed American howitzer M777
The work of the OBTF "Cascade" in the Ugledar direction.
12:44 VKS RF inflicts massive attacks on the fortified positions of Ukrainian militants
Russian aviation inflicts crushing blows from the sky on the fortified areas of the enemy in the Avdeevsky direction and destroys them, which gives a huge advantage over the enemy.
11:26 The mobilization of Ukrainians continues.
The village of Klishkivtsi, Chernivtsi region, employees of the TCC took away the documents from the man and are waiting for the police
Woman on video this greatly outraged her, and she tries to ask with tears why no one takes away the children of deputies, the children of officials from the local community, but only ordinary hard workers
11:24 Russian military destroyed 36 Ukrainian militants in the South Donetsk direction
Servicemen of the group of troops "Vostok" stopped two attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct reconnaissance in combat of forward positions. A reconnaissance group was also opened and destroyed by artillery fire - 16 militants were liquidated. In addition, 12 units of lightly armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a howitzer, and an UAV were also shot down by a rocket and artillery strike.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked a stronghold of Ukrainian militants in the Malinovka area. More than 10 militants were liquidated, as well as a howitzer, an armored car and a UAV were destroyed.
10:36 The locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were covered in the Kharkiv region
According to "Come and See", several locations of Ukrainian soldiers in the Kharkiv region were covered with strikes by the RF Armed Forces at once.
"The Russians covered several locations. The account of losses can go to tens," said the source of the channel.
According to him, in particular, the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk were covered. The wounded are delivered to the Kharkov hospital.
09:22 In the NWO zone eliminated Irish mercenary Finbar Kafferki.
09:05 VKS RF inflicts massive attacks on the fortified positions of Ukrainian militants.
Our aviation inflicts crushing strikes from the sky on the enemy's fortified areas in the Avdeevsky direction and destroys them, which gives a huge advantage over the enemy.
08:55 Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces in the Kremensk direction 24/7 destroy Nazis.
08:20 During the night missile attack on Ukraine, two oil depots were destroyed in Dnepropetrovsk.
07:58 Russian military plucked rotation of Ukrainian troops near four settlements in the DPR, up to 50 militants were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
07:05 The crew of the T-90M “Proryv” tank of the 20th Guards Army of the Western Military District destroyed Ukrainian stronghold.
06:40 Ukrainian drone attacked Bryansk region at night - governor
Oleksandr Bogomaz said that due to a night attack by a Ukrainian drone, the garage and the car in it were damaged. None of the civilians were hurt.
“There is also partial damage to one household. Operational services are working on the spot," the governor said.
06:15 Personnel combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft in the NVO zone. With their help, military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully affected.
06:00 Appearedframesfrom Uman - a residential building collapsed due to the work of Ukrainian air defense
Ukrainian channels publish footage of a burning destroyed high-rise building in Uman. Apparently, a fragment of a rocket hit the building as a result of the work of the curved air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Kyiv is actively dispersing fakes that it was a Russian projectile that allegedly flew into the house. However, judging by the footage of the destruction that appeared on the network, it is obvious that the reason is the work of the Ukrainian air defense system, and not a direct hit.
05:47 In Uman (Cherkasy region), when Ukrainian air defense tried to shoot down a cruise missile, a hit in a high-rise building was recorded
05:10 Ukrainian media report a re-launch of Kh-101/X-555 cruise missiles by Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea.
04:49 There is a massive missile attack on Ukraine - explosions in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and the Nikolaev region, as well as the Poltava and Cherkasy regions. All over Ukraine air raid alert.
04:14 An air alert has been announced in the capital of Ukraine, as well as in the Vinnitsa, Kyiv and Cherkasy regions in addition to eight regions in the south and east of the country. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.
Previously, sirens were turned on in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Odessa, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions, as well as in the Kiev-controlled areas of the DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:40 Fixed shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction. 22:22 Russian air defense shot down a missile over Donetsk. wreckage turn on in the industrial zone of the Kyiv region.
21:31 The official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric after today's Ukrainian artillery attack of Donetsk urged not to strike at civilian infrastructure and civilians.
"Deadly strikes are being reported today in Donetsk. Authorities there said a number of civilians were killed and injured when a bus and a hospital in the city center were hit, Dujarric said. – It is important to recall that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected under international humanitarian law. They should never be hit."
In addition, he added that acting. Matthew Hollingsworth, humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, denounced the "deadly wave of airstrikes" that resulted in casualties. He stressed that these indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas must stop.
19:15 Russian forces have taken several blocks for the complete liberation of Marinka, said a Russian fighter at the scene.
19:03 Ukrainian militants continued artillery attack of Donetsk, according to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
18:20 APU in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) use almost silent Polish 60mm mortars. About their dangertoldone of the "Wagners" to RT correspondent Ilya Vasyunin:
"You can’t hear him, especially when there are fights, and he has quite a few fragments. It doesn’t tear anything, it doesn’t directly cripple, but the fragments themselves are multiple."
American ATGMs with ammunition, cables for fuses, and grenades were left at the positions from which the Armed Forces were knocked out.
18:10 Consequences of artillery attack of the Republican Traumatology.
During today's massive artillery attack of Donetsk, the blows fell on the Republican Trauma Center. One employee of the RTC was slightly injured, there were no casualties among the patients.
Director of the RTC Andrei Boryak and Deputy Minister of Health of the DPR Anastasia Martynova spoke about the consequences of today's artillery attack and the assistance provided to the victims.
18:06 Ukrainian militants fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:00 As of April 28, as of 18:00, the operational lines of the DPR JCCC received updated information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
As a result of a massive artillery attack of the center of Donetsk, nine civilians (six women and two men) were killed, incl. The child is an eight year old girl.
A total of 16 people received injuries of varying severity.
17:59 Ukrainian neo-Nazis are again artillery attack the village of the mine named after. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are also recorded between the village of the mine named after. Gagarin and residential area "Komsomolets".
17:18 Under the fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of the mine named after. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
16:52 Ukrainian militants fired on Yelenovka and the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported
16:29 Front in the Ugledar area. Russian artillerymen attack the fortifications of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
16:15 Employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia inspect Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk after artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:05 Artillerymen of the “Kalmius” brigade destroyed artillery, vehicles and ammunition of the enemy with guided projectiles "Krasnopol"
Artillerymen of the 14th Kalmius Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, using Krasnopol guided munitions, destroyed a cluster of equipment and artillery pieces, as well as an ammunition depot of Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdiivka direction. Guidance of rounds was carried out with the help of UAVs.
15:51 Ukrainian militants fired at Nikolskoye and Yakovlevka, firing nine rounds, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:20 In Artemivsk (Bakhmut) APUchanged clothesinto a civilian, trying to merge with the civilians. The locals themselves helped the Russian fighters to figure them out. One of the Wagners told RT correspondent Ilya Vasyunin:
“They [the Armed Forces] know where the civilians are. When we jump in there and try to evacuate them [civilians], heavy “fallouts” begin, that is, they begin to heavily work with mortars.
The Wagner operators had to take people out of Artyomovsk at night - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deliberately not allowed to leave at another time. In addition, the Ukrainian military come right into the gardens, put up a gun, hit from there, leave - then it flies in response, and civilians cannot even get out of the basements. Locals also told Russian fighters that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were sometimes not allowed to take humanitarian aid:
“Opponents fired at them. Let's say a woman walks with a child. And many times it happened that they even shot at a child - that is, not exactly at the child, but nearby. And with whomever we talked to civilians, they [the Armed Forces] often show this.”
According to the latest information, the Armed Forces of Ukraine control only eight percent of the territory of Artyomovsk.
15:09 Consequences of artillery attack of the Republican Traumatological Center in Donetsk. One of the rounds destroyed the MRI room.
15:01 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 28, as of 15:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
As a result of the massive artillery attack of the center of Donetsk, there are casualties among civilians.
According to preliminary data, it is known about seven dead in the minibus No. 25, as well as 17 injured, incl. on Universitetskaya and Artem streets and in the Republican Traumatological Center. The exact number of dead and wounded is being established. All services are running.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
Fixed damage to 16 addresses:
- a direct hit in the Republican trauma center;
- a direct hit in the KP "Green Construction of the Kievsky district of Donetsk";
– the building of the Institute of Economic Research was damaged;
– the football field of the RSC Olimpiyskiy was damaged;
– 10, Titova Ave. “a” – a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artyoma, 149 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artyoma, 102, 104, 104 "a", 147 "a" - apartment buildings;
- st. Universitetskaya, 74, 76 - apartment buildings;
- st. Shchorsa, 65 - apartment building;
- Liberation of Donbass Ave., 10 - multi-apartment residential building;
– forged figures hit the territory of the Park along the street. University;
- fixed fire cars and bus on the street. University.
14:15 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
In the Soledaro-Bakhmut direction, a missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the temporary deployment point of the 60th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Druzhkovka.
Artillery units of the Southern Military District carried out fire raids on the points of temporary deployment of the 24th and 110th Separate Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinskoye and Netaylovo.
As part of the counter-battery fight, artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces in the area of Chasov-Yar destroyed a 122mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1, and in the area of Maryinka, two artillery pieces of the enemy, 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Large-caliber artillery of the formation of the Southern Military District hit the enemy’s temporary deployment point in the Avdiivka area, and also fired at a column of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kurakhovo area.
Special forces units of the Southern Group of Forces, with artillery support, disrupted the rotation of enemy units at the forefront in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Spornoye , Druzhba and Marinka.
As a result of fire damage, up to 50 servicemen were destroyed.
14:08 Today, the central districts of the capital of the Donetsk Republic were subjected to another brutal artillery attack from the armed forces of Ukraine - the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
“VFU hit the hospital, the park, residential buildings. According to preliminary data, seven people, one of them a child, died due to hitting the bus. There are more than 10 wounded in the Republican Traumatology, including one employee of the RTC,” Pushilin wrote in his Telegram channel.
13:50 Consequences of arrivals in the area of ??the supermarket "Ukraine" in the central part of the city of Donetsk.
13:48 Ukrainian militants fired another 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:41 Kyiv district of Donetsk came under fire from Ukrainian militants -photo.
13:15 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:10Ukrainians releasedthree artillery rounds at a store in Aleshki. During the inspection of the impact site, fragments of rounds were seized - they will be sent for ballistic examination.
12:43 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:41 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 28, as of 12:30, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the lane. Poltavsky, a man born in 1991 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district):
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 13, 17, 23, 26 - private residential buildings, power lines were also damaged;
- st. Gorky, 13, 15, 17 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
artillery attack at 10:05:
- st. Rubizhnaya, 15 - apartment building;
- st. Stozhka, 139 - an apartment building.
artillery attack at 10:45:
- fixed damage to the bus of the city route No. 25.
12:17 APU scattered private house in the center of Donetsk. Ukrainian artillerymen continue to terrorize the residents of Donetsk, striking at residential areas.
Less than an hour ago, one of these strikes was inflicted in the private sector on Chelyuskintsev Street. There were no casualties. Measures are being taken on the spot to ascertain the type of ammunition used by the terrorists.
12:07 OBTF Cascade destroys an American M777 howitzer with the help of the Lancet kamikaze drone in the Ugledar direction.
11:40 Consequences of shelling in the Green Plaza area in the center of Donetsk.
11:37 Consequences of artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
11:30 Over Donetsk, the air defense forces of the RF Armed Forces shot down several enemy missiles. Two explosions were heard near the Central Department Store. The fragments fell at the intersection of Lagutenko and F. Zaitsev streets.
11:29 Arrivals in the center of Donetsk. Oncadresit can be seen that there is not a single military facility in this quarter. Pure terror of the civilian population.
11:15 AFU fired at the shopping center "Green Plaza" in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
11:10Ukrainians resumed artillery attack of the mine village named after. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
10:35 As a result of the artillery attack of the village of the mine. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), a civilian from Gorlovka was wounded by Ukrainian terrorists.
10:16 Ukrainian militants fired on the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, firing six rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:05 Air height of drones in real time.
While patrolling the area near Avdievka, an enemy drone was discovered. The operator decided to go to the ram. During the operation, a Ukrainian drone was shot down.
09:45 Ukrainian militants fired on Vladimirovka, firing three rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:35 New Kakhovka in the Kherson region was shelled by Ukrainian troops all night, the city is still de-energized, saidRIA NovostiVladimir Leontiev, head of the administration of the Novokahovsky urban district.
The night before, as a result of massive shelling, an electrical substation was damaged. The city was left without electricity.
“The artillery attack of the city and the suburbs continued all night. They (Ukrainian troops - ed.) see that the city continues to live, and therefore they want to show that it is also bad here, they want to bring confusion, fear and panic. But the city lives on, its beautification continues, it is preparing for the May holidays and is full of strength in the hope of a brighter future,” said Leontiev.
According to him, the city continues to remain without electricity, repair work continues.
09:26 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
– Aleshki fired four rounds;
- Peschanovka fired seven rounds;
- Korsunka fired eight rounds;
- Krynki fired six rounds;
- Podlesnoye fired six rounds;
- Dnepra fired five rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 38 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:16 Fighters of the Vostok groupeliminated36 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction and stopped two attempts by Ukrainians to conduct reconnaissance in combat on the front line.
Russian artillery destroyed 12 units of lightly armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a howitzer and a drone.
In the Malinovka area in the Zaporizhia direction, the Russian Armed Forces struck at the enemy’s opornik, destroying ten Vesushniks, an armored car, a howitzer and a drone.
09:05 The RF Armed Forces destroyed a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer and a mortar crew in the Kherson region.
Yesterday, in the area of Burgunka, artillery fire destroyed a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it - four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, three were wounded.
In addition, at night, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer with ammunition was destroyed by artillery fire in the Nikolsky area - five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
09:03 The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reports 35 facts of firing by the AFU per day.
The enemy fired from MLRS, attack UAVs, 155mm, 152 and 122mm artillery, firing 153 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Mikhailovka, Panteleimonovka, Novobakhmutovka, Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, Kashtonoye, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Nikolskoe, Vladimirovka, Stepnoe, Petrovskoe.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian in Panteleymonovka. eight civilians, including four children, received injuries of varying severity.
09:00 Exclusive RT from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)
Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" complete the liberation of the city from the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It remains to advance three km. The Russian Armed Forces continue to provide flank support to the "musicians".
Now the fighting is going on in the western quarters - on the streets of Levandovsky, Yubileinaya and Chaikovsky. The private sector here is replaced by a nine-story building, which is also located on a hill. Despite the circumstances complicating the assault, the Wagners continue to push the enemy out of the city.
08:18 Artillery units of the “Center” group of forces in the Krasnolimansk direction struck about 130 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported to us by the head of the group's press center Alexander Savchuk.
08:05 The Ukrainian military fired from a tank at a five-story building in Artyomovsk, after the residents who remained there refused to leave for the territory controlled by Kyiv, while the children with their mothers were taken out by force,toldRIA Novosti evacuated resident.
08:02 Front-line summary for the morning of 04/28/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian artillery shelled Kamensky, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhny and Gulyaipol. APU launched a missile attack on Melitopol.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations in the city of Marinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement north of Vodyany) and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. APU held positions.
Russian troops shelled Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyovka, Georgievka, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoy, Karlovka, Lastochkin, Berdychi, Novokalinov, New York, Yeug and Severnii (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). APU beat on Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner", with massive support from artillery and aviation, resumed assault operations in the area of Ivanovsky and continued in the southern, western and northern parts of Bakhmut. Khromovoy and Bogdanovka have fierce oncoming battles. After the artillery strikes, Russian troops tried to advance towards Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novomarkov, Vasyukovka, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, units of the Russian army, after shelling, attacked in the direction of Torsky and Terny. No advance.
08:00 Work of snipers of the naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet in the Ugledar direction.
“There is no definite direction of our work. We work according to the situation, but they can be different. We can cover our infantry on the offensive. This often happens. We can also repel the enemy’s offensive,” said the sniper with the call sign "Sailor."
According to the commander of the group of snipers, their high performance is confirmed by the fact that they are being hunted by SBU officers and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:50 It is reported that today Wagner attack aircraft occupied the building of an industrial college in Artemovsk. This cuts the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city into two parts and seriously complicates the position of the defenders.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, April 27:
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Rovenki using seven UAVs of the Mugin-5 Pro type, five of which were shot down.
As a result of the shelling, administrative buildings and technical premises of the Rovenkovsky oil depot were damaged.
06:55 elevator in Bakhmut:report from the front line.
The assault groups of the "Wagnerites" again crossed the Rubicon, having managed to take one of the key points in Bakhmut - a granary, which is located on the railway.
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[REGNUM] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the defeat of the Ukrainian joint defense headquarters of Artyomovsk
The missile forces of the Russian Federation hit the Ukrainian joint defense headquarters of Artyomovsk, a unit of the "Foreign Legion" in the area of the city of Konstantinovka. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
“The missile forces hit the Ukrainian joint defense headquarters of the city of Artyomovsk, as well as units of the so-called “Foreign Legion” in the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” said Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, during a briefing .
The ministry added that enemy units in the area of Bogdanovka, Chasov Yar, Nikolayevka, Krasny and Predtechino (DPR) were hit by air strikes and artillery fire.
In total, over the past 24 hours, six sorties have been made in this area, 52 fire missions have been worked out.
As REGNUM reported, Russian forces prevent the Ukrainian military from bringing additional reserves to the city of Artyomovsk. The Russian Aerospace Forces fired missiles at the temporary deployment points of Ukrainian reserve units at night . Long-range air-based weapons were used, the goal was achieved.
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[REGNUM] The use of planning bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forces the enemy to pull long-range S-300 systems closer to the LBS. The enemy is trying to push back the UMPC launch zones. To cover the S-300 from the interior regions of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to take Soviet-made Osa and Tor anti-aircraft systems and the German Gepard. At this moment, the Lancet appears on the arena.
The regular use of UMPC (universal planning and correction module) systems by the Russian Aerospace Forces is already well known, but not everyone has understood what the systemic consequences of such use are.
Our answer to the American JDAM glide bombs is an attachment to conventional FABs of the M62 model, which turns an unguided aerial bomb into a high-precision “smart” bomb with “wings.”
The use of gliding bombs requires the approach of combat aircraft close to the line of contact, for the maximum range of hitting targets in the depth of defense (up to 30-40 km). The appearance of such weapons has a serious impact on the course of hostilities.
Gliding bombs have been added to the arsenal of high-precision weapons that was previously introduced, including the Lancet kamikaze UAVs, which successfully knock out UAF vehicles in the immediate rear of the forward units.
In order to talk about a counteroffensive, at least in theory, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to accumulate forces in front of the front line. And for the period of concentration, these forces must somehow be protected.
These are the circumstances in which an interesting scheme of the work of the Russian army emerges, which becomes a headache for the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The massive and very effective use of gliding bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forces the enemy command to pull long-range S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems closer to the LBS. Thus, the enemy is trying to push back the launch zones of planning bombs.
But the S-300s do not work alone, they are covered by short-range systems within the framework of layered air defense. To cover the S-300 from the interior regions of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to take Soviet-made Osa and Tor anti-aircraft systems and the German Gepard.
At this moment, the Lancet appears on the arena. The hunt for air defense installations, which are now next to the LBS, begins. "Thor" and co. begin to suffer losses.
And this is not just a coherent theoretical scheme. This is already happening in practice.
"The Russian Armed Forces destroyed four S-300 launchers and a German Gepard self-propelled gun in the Kherson region with the help of Lancet drones," a RIA Novosti source in the Kherson direction reports.
Following this message from the news agency, video confirmation of the defeat of the relevant targets appeared.
As a result, the interior regions of Ukraine are left without air defense cover, "Gepards" and "Wasps" were primarily intended to fight against Geran attack drones and Caliber class cruise missiles.
There will be practically nothing to repel a new mass strike by Geraniums, Kh-101, Kh-50 and Caliber in the depths of the country.
Of course, this is not a protocol for suppressing air defenses using a combined strike of cruise missiles and aircraft, but also an elegant solution.
And one more aspect. On the eve of the announced counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the forward formations need military air defense cover so that the advancing Ukrainian armored fists do not smash the attack aircraft and bombers of the Aerospace Forces from the air. However, SAMs intended to cover become vulnerable to Lancet strikes.
Thus, the recent effective strike in the Kherson direction, in addition to incapacitating a long-range air defense division, calls into question the effectiveness of covering offensive combat formations.
It is worth noting that the enemy had a plot similar in effectiveness after receiving the Hymars multiple rocket launchers. At that moment, they really changed the situation at the front very seriously. Vulnerability from shelling in the operational depth made it necessary to disperse warehouses, disposition of personnel, and increase the number of air defense systems on the line of contact.
Gradually, the experience of fighting the Hymars, their detection, the improvement of the interception of launched missiles, the defeat of installations, reduced the effectiveness of such strikes, and from the beginning of spring the situation changed in a mirror. Moreover, when using the UMPC, the weight of the warhead is almost an order of magnitude greater, and, consequently, the amount of destruction when hitting targets is much greater than that of the American MLRS.
And if the Russian army was able to basically neutralize the Hymars factor, then in the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine it is impossible to find new S-300 complexes, like the Buk complexes. Namely, they are the backbone of the Ukrainian air defense system.
Western air defense systems are inferior in terms of efficiency, quantity, and mobility. And accordingly they will not be able to change the situation.
Under the condition of increasing the depth of the gray zone and the removal of military facilities from the LBS, the accumulation of forces for a surprise strike becomes an order of magnitude more difficult, and thus the chances of a successful offensive are reduced to zero.
And trying to cover the deployment of forces with air defense systems near the LBS, they fall under the action of the Lancets, rapidly lose anti-aircraft installations, and the situation returns to the beginning again.
Only a quick delivery of several hundred fighters, with pilots and technicians, can change it, but the West is not ready to hand them over without confirming the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to take offensive actions. And they are extremely difficult to start without having cover for deploying forces before the offensive.
All together, this forms a classic example of the already well-known since 2014 “Wheels of Genoty”, when another “victory” is rapidly turning into “bad luck”. And then the weather did not work out, the rainy spring does not allow the soil to dry out, the postponement of the start date of the offensive allows the Russian Aerospace Forces to accumulate more UMPCs, and the Russian army to recruit more volunteers.
All together, it leads to the fact that if before the beginning of the summer the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not launch an offensive, even with minimal targets, then by the end of the summer there will be practically no chance to hold the front.
This means that in the near future we should see an example of a suicidal attack, and let's hope that it will bog down and thereby lead to the rapid completion of the NMD after the collapse of the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[REGNUM] A large number of refugees from Ukraine apply to the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, asking for help to return their children, selected by the authorities of European countries. Dmitry Polyansky , First Deputy Representative to the UN, wrote about this on his Telegram channel .
The diplomat said that the problem "with the selection of children from Ukrainian refugees" is acute.
"In our English social networks with the hashtag #EuropeStealsChildren” a special mailbox europestealschildren@gmail.com has been created. The condition for publication was the explicit consent of the applicant to this," Polyansky specified.
During the month, a large number of requests for help were received. It is noted that the theft of children from vulnerable segments of the population and their exploitation - "the West does not want to notice."
“So far, we have published the appeals of Ukrainian women Emilia Zhurba (Finland), Tamara Zandfos (Germany), Oksana Buratevych (Germany), Yulia Panasenko (Spain), and also handed over to the UN Secretary General a letter from Brygida Adamska, a Polish woman living in the UK,” said Dmitry Polyansky, adding that the children of these women are in shelters and are kept in poor conditions.
The diplomat explained that participation in such situations, although not within the competence of the diplomatic mission, is “ humanly very difficult to dismiss them.”
As REGNUM reported , many children who came from Ukraine to the EU countries are subjected to sexual exploitation. This was announced on March 26 in the Telegram channel by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
In Europe, they hush up sexual slavery , into which many refugees from Ukraine fall. Against the backdrop of accusations of Russian military personnel in sexual violence in Ukraine, put forward earlier by Russia, the UN is in no hurry to defend those forced to flee to Europe.
Russia intends to take schoolchildren out of Gorlovka.
The Russian Federation, through intimidation and lies, takes Ukrainian children to its territory, where it tries to make them "Russians."
The Russian occupiers are planning under the guise of "evacuation" to take all schoolchildren from the city of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, to the Russian Federation. It is reported by the Center for National Resistance.
According to the CNS, the Russians intend to take out local schoolchildren at the end of the school year.
According to the Center for National Resistance, the parents warned that they would have to travel with their children.
"This is done in order to take Ukrainians to the Russian Federation, assimilate them and destroy their Ukrainian self-identity. All this is a sign of genocide according to international law," the Resistance said in a statement.
Olena Zelenskaya, wife of the head of the Ukrainian state, during her speech at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, pointed out that more than 19,000 children from Ukraine are in captivity at the aggressor state of Russia .
As you know, on March 17, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova. They are suspected of involvement in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
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[REGNUM] Andrzejczak, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, is sure that Russia has funds for a special operation
The Russian army, unlike the Kyiv one, has enough funds for a special operation, which cannot be said about Ukraine. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army Raimund Andrzejczak , whose opinion is quoted by the magazine Do Rzeczy.
The officer drew a conclusion from the financial instruments available to Russia, the dynamics of its expenses and the low effectiveness of sanctions.
According to the expert, Ukraine is facing serious economic problems and is quickly spending the funds provided to it. At the same time, Andrzejczak admitted that a dangerous situation with national security is developing in Poland due to the lack of ammunition, which "is not corny."
"Poland is not only unable to supply military equipment to Ukraine, but also unable to replenish its rapidly dwindling stocks. The financial instruments that Russia owned before the war, the dynamics of its spending and the effectiveness of sanctions against the backdrop of the entire difficult economic situation indicate that Russia will have money to participate in the conflict," the chief of the general staff expressed his opinion .
The Pole believes that the Western allies do not understand the seriousness of the conflict - they are not ready to assess the real threat, they are in illusions.
"This is surprising and even shocking," concluded Andrzejczak.
As REGNUM reported , President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is not coping with his duties both in relation to the economic situation in the country and in relation to military operations, and the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, contrary to numerous statements on this subject, is not ready , Oleg Soskin , a former adviser to the ex-president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.
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It's costing you what, a million rubles each to kill people who are not on the battle line or generally contributing to the war effort?
Superb return on investment there.
I realize there's an attempt to 'break' the will of the enemy, in the "Bomber Harris" and Curtis LeMay school of thought. Looking back, Britian, Germany, Japan, Vietnam. It's never actually worked.
Not unless you destroy the enemy's logistical trail does the military machine grind down.
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