[Korrespondent] 23:06 The next US anti-Russian sanctions will be directed against the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, said US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wall Adeyem.
23:04 Zelensky acknowledged that in the east and south of Ukraine, Russian troops are attacking "a little more thoughtfully than before" - they are looking for weak points to enter with the main forces. "But let them not hope that it will help them. The liberation of our entire territory is only a matter of time," the president assured.
22:56 After the Russian attack, the President of Ukraine has become in the eyes of the West an icon of the struggle for freedom. Zelensky won sympathy for his emotionality and straightforwardness. Read more about this in the material Zelensky's Speech: how the whole world listens to the president .
22:52 Zelensky said that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbass, which they have been preparing for so long. According to him, a significant part of the Russian troops is concentrated there for the offensive. "No matter how many soldiers are driven there, we will defend ourselves. We will fight. We will not give up anything Ukrainian," the president stressed.
22:49 Macron said his dialogue with Putin stalled after massacres were discovered in Ukraine: "After the massacres that we found in Bucha and other cities, the war took a different turn, so I have not spoken since then with him directly, but I do not rule out doing so in the future."
22:22 Yermak said that now a lot of fakes are spreading about the Russian offensive: "The second phase of the war has begun, but I will tell you that the Armed Forces of Ukraine - everything is reliable. Believe in our army, we have it very strong."
22:19 The commander of the Azov regiment, lieutenant colonel Denis Prokopenko, said in an address to international leaders that right now hundreds of civilians are hiding from the "Russian world" at the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
"The Russian-occupation troops and their proxies from the 'LNR/DNR' know this, they know about civilians and willingly fire at the plant. They use free-fall bombs, rockets, bunker bombs, all types of artillery - both ground and naval , for indiscriminate attacks," Prokopenko said.
He called on politicians from all over the civilized world to organize a proper green corridor, ensure its safety and immediate evacuation and protection of civilians, wounded soldiers and the bodies of dead soldiers, and bury them with honors.
22:13 The Central Bank of Russia admitted that it is no longer able to contain the economic consequences of the sanctions imposed because of the war against Ukraine. More about this - in the material of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, a crisis in the economy awaits .
22:11 In the Donetsk and Lugansk directions, the JFO soldiers repulsed seven enemy attacks, destroyed ten tanks, one artillery system, 18 armored units, eight vehicles and one enemy mortar along with the calculation.
Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbass shot down one enemy Su-30 fighter and four Orlan-10 drones.
21:42 Yermak said that the Temporary Protected Status announced in early March for Ukrainian citizens who were physically in the United States has been officially introduced from today. The status of temporary protection will allow Ukrainians to stay in the United States for up to 18 months with the possibility of applying for a work permit in the country.
21:33 The rector of the church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Novograd-Volynsky district will stand trial for calling on parishioners to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Zhytomyr regional prosecutor's office said.
The suspect tried to convince the community that the Russian authorities had sent troops "to liberate Ukrainians from the Nazis and Bandera, to protect the Russian-speaking population of the fraternal people."
21:28 The US military plans to begin training the Ukrainian military in the handling of howitzer artillery in the coming days, a senior Pentagon official said, Reuters writes. The exercises will take place outside of Ukraine.
21:25 The Mariupol City Council reports that the Russian invaders are attacking Azovstal with super-heavy air bombs. There are at least a thousand civilians in the underground shelters of the metallurgical plant - mostly women with children and the elderly.
21:18 Russian troops set themselves the task of completely getting the Donetsk and Luhansk regions before Easter, said NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov.
21:09 Near Balakleya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian plane, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA, said.
21:07 The EU condemns the ongoing "indiscriminate and illegal" shelling of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine by the Russian armed forces, Borrell said.
21:03 The US and Romanian defense ministers discussed the need for urgent assistance to Kiev against the backdrop of a possible Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine, the US department said. Also discussed was the formation of a multinational NATO battle group in Romania under the leadership of France.
20:59 In the Kharkiv region, 13 civilians were killed today as a result of shelling by Russian troops, the National Police reported.
20:32 In the Zaporozhye region, 155 facts of the abduction of civilians by Russian occupiers were registered, the OVA reported. Of these, 86 hostages were released, 69 people are in captivity.
Of the total number of abducted - 34 representatives of local authorities (24 were released), 14 entrepreneurs (six were released), 12 heads of enterprises, institutions, organizations (five were released), three lawyers (two were released), two journalists (both were released). Also on the list is one teenager - the 16-year-old son of the head of the Zaporizhzhya regional state administration Oleg Buryak. Now his whereabouts are unknown.
20:27 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said that in the morning the Russian invaders began the second phase of the offensive: "Our troops are holding out. Only in two places they managed to break through - this is Kremennaya and another small town. Fighting continues. We do not surrender our territories."
20:15 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "a high-precision strike in the Lviv region struck a joint center for providing rear services to Ukrainian troops, and large batches of foreign weapons from the United States and European countries were destroyed."
Also, in the area of the settlement of Vasilkov, Kiev region, a "large ammunition depot" was allegedly destroyed. And in the Dnieper, a factory for the repair of warheads of Tochka-U tactical missiles was allegedly destroyed. In total, according to Moscow, "operational-tactical aviation of the Aerospace Forces carried out strikes on 84 military targets of Ukraine in a day."
20:07 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Putin has not canceled the task of destroying the top political leadership of Ukraine.
20:00 Washington and Beijing are closer than ever to an armed conflict over a strategic island. Details - in the material Factor of Ukraine: Taiwan is preparing for war with China .
19:57 The Russian Federation has strengthened its presence in the east and south of Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said, CNN reports. Since the end of last week, Russia has added 11 battalion tactical groups to its forces in eastern and southern Ukraine, according to US estimates, bringing the total number of Russian BTGs to 76.
19:50 During the war with Ukraine, Alexander Chirva, the commander of a large landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Caesar Kunikov, died. The "head" of the administration of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that Chirva died from wounds received in battle on the mainland of Ukraine. He did not provide other details.
The commander of the 49th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the tactical air defense unit of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel Ivan Grishin, also died.
19:28 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that his country would help Ukraine with weapons - this decision was almost unanimously approved by the country's parliament.
19:17 The grouping of the occupying forces of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine continues to focus its main efforts on capturing the settlements of Liman, Kremennaya, Popasna and Rubizhne, as well as on establishing full control over Mariupol, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The enemy stepped up offensive operations in the Severodonetsk, Popasnyansky, Kurakhovsky and Zaporozhye directions. To build up efforts, the enemy continues to concentrate additional tank and artillery subunits. The fighting for Mariupol continues, the Russian Federation is trying to storm in the seaport area.
19:08 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced "signs of the beginning" of an offensive operation in the Eastern Operational Zone. Thus, in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk operational regions, the aggressor intensified offensive and assault operations in certain areas. It is expected to continue attempts to advance on the Izyum-Slavyansk and Izyum-Barvenkovo directions.
The goals of the Russian Federation are the occupation of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the retention of control over the occupied territories.
In order to strengthen their offensive capabilities, the invaders continue to form additional units on the territory of the Rostov region and in the Crimea. According to available information, the approximate date of formation is until April 24. Also, provocative actions and the use of army aviation by the enemy in the regions of the Russian Federation bordering Ukraine with Ukraine, including strikes against civilian objects, are not ruled out.
18:53 The World Bank lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2022 from 4.1% to 3.2%.
18:36 The detention of Medvedchuk, who escaped from custody, stirred up Ukraine. The ex-people's deputy and godfather of Putin is suspected of treason and assistance to the activities of a terrorist organization. Everything that is known at the moment is in the material Medvedchuk's Exchange: a new way to help Mariupol .
18:18 The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine plans within a few weeks to return the possibility of conducting transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate in territories where hostilities are not ongoing, said the head of the department, Denis Malyuska.
18:03 In Mariupol, the invaders are inciting the local population to cooperate, promising to pay compensation for destroyed housing in rubles. According to the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, in this way the enemy is trying to carry out a ruble occupation of the occupied territories in order to isolate the population later, following the example of ORDLO. They promise to pay compensation only to those who receive fake documents from the invaders. The next step is the forced renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship.
17:56 Russia is carrying out the militarization of children in the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. According to the Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, it is planned to open the largest Cossack cadet corps in the Lugansk region for 400 seats in Starobelsk. In addition, the occupying authorities plan to open cadet corps and classes in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk.
As of the end of 2021, there were 62 cadet classes in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region, with more than 1,200 children, and two cadet corps, with 417 children.
There are already dead among the graduates of the cadet corps. In particular, in early April 2022, Andrei Degtyarenko, a graduate of the Republican Cossack Cadet Corps named after Air Marshal Alexander Efimov (Lugansk), a graduate of 2017, died while performing "combat missions" of the invaders.
17:42 Zelensky handed over the completed questionnaire to the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine to obtain the status of a candidate for membership in the European Union.
Zelensky handed over a questionnaire to the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership
17:39 Putin awarded the 64th motorized rifle brigade, which was located in Bucha, the title of guards - "for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by personnel in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests."
17:28 Le Pen said that "Russia is a great power," and she would not want Russia to "finally enter into an alliance with China."
"As Emmanuel Macron said, the rapprochement between Russia and Europe is an important condition for ensuring the security of our continent and our country. Imagine: the largest country in the world will unite with the country with the largest population. The first producer of raw materials in the world, Russia, with the first world plant, China, in order to create, let's say, the first military force in the world. I think this is a great danger. Therefore, it is necessary by diplomatic measures, until the war is over, until the agreement is signed, to avoid this merger, which risks becoming a great danger of the 21st century for us" , - considers the candidate for the presidency of France.
17:25 Russian invaders have stepped up the activities of their sabotage groups in Ukraine. Terrorist attacks are possible on Easter, and not only in war zones, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin warned: “Unfortunately, DRGs do not walk with parachutes behind their backs and do not have other characteristic differences. That is why we call on our conscious citizens to be vigilant.” .
Earlier today, saboteurs were detained in Zhuliany near Kyiv. And in Moscow they said that the Ukrainians for Easter are preparing "sophisticated monstrous provocations with numerous victims in the Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy and Kharkov regions."
17:00 Two British fighters captured by the Russian military appeared on Russian state television. Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin asked Johnson to trade them for Medvedchuk, reports Sky News.
16:51 Russia has concentrated carriers of at least 36 cruise missiles in the Black Sea, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "Over the past day, the number of sorties of Russian operational-tactical aircraft has increased by more than one and a half times, and there are five Russian carriers in the Black Sea sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type. Their potential total salvo is at least 36 missiles."
16:49 Belgium most effectively applies sanctions against the Russian Federation - they froze Russian assets worth about 200 billion euros. At the same time, Portugal blocked one account for 242 euros, and Spain arrested three yachts, said Daniil Getmantsev, head of the BP Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy.
16:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated several settlements in the vicinity of Izyum , said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
16:24 Denisova said that on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, which the invaders are going to storm, there are at least a thousand civilians, including women, children and the elderly. They hide in the premises and basements of the plant, as their houses are destroyed and they do not want to be sent to filtration camps and the Russian Federation.
16:19 Monobank stopped serving customers who were before the war and still have not left the territories of Russia, Belarus, Crimea, LDNR, North Korea, Siri and Eritrea. According to the head of the bank, Oleg Gorokhovsky, there are a total of 11,251 people. Their accounts will be closed.
16:14 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that a total of about 50,000 civilians from settlements controlled by Ukraine remain in the region. In the occupied cities, Russian mercenaries are looking for men, they are immediately seized and sent to fight against Ukraine.
Gaidai also said that the bulk of the local authorities either left for controlled territories or do not cooperate with the occupiers, although there are several collaborators.
16:11 The Azov Regiment reported that, despite the superior forces of the enemy, the defense of Mariupol continues, the Ukrainian defenders are conducting a counterattack.
16:08 The number of official refuseniks is growing among the Russian military. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, among contract soldiers in units of the 150th motorized rifle division of the 8th army of the southern military district of the RF Armed Forces, the number of refusals reached 60-70% of the total number of personnel.
The deputies of division commanders for military-political work and FSB officers "work" with refuseniks. In case of repeated refusal, they threaten reprisals against relatives. Those who have not been convinced, who have not yet participated in the war against Ukraine, but remained in the so-called strategic reserve, as well as those who arrived in the unit during the rotation, but refused to participate in hostilities, are put on a military ID corresponding stamps.
Also, Russian servicemen are promised a payment for a wound or concussion in the amount of 3 million rubles, but it can only be received if the serviceman returns to the unit for further participation in hostilities. Otherwise, there are critical problems with paperwork and even obtaining proper medical services and certificates of the very presence of an injury.
15:57 Ukraine has sent the first part of the completed questionnaire to the European Commission to obtain the status of a candidate member of the EU and is already working on the second part, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshina said.
15:54 In the Chernihiv region liberated from the Russians, the bodies of 71 people were removed from the rubble of houses, 41 people were saved, the rescuers said. Since the beginning of hostilities in the region, 14,553 explosive items have been seized.
15:42 In the occupied Genichesk, a monument to Lenin was restored on the central square, local residents report. The monument was dismantled in July 2015 as part of decommunization.
15:33 Vereshchuk appealed to the military-political leadership of Russia in connection with the situation in Mariupol: "We demand the opening of a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Berdyansk for civilians. Separately, we demand an urgent humanitarian corridor from the territory of the Azovstal plant for women, children and other civilians Your refusal to open these humanitarian corridors will in the future be the basis for bringing all those involved to criminal liability for war crimes."
15:28 In Russia, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the website of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch was blocked because of an article about events in Ukraine.
15:22 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, believes that after the capture of Kremennaya, the Russians will try to take Rubizhne and Popasnaya. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a very powerful line of defense in Zolote, and Russian troops will not be able to pass this city. But around Popasnaya and Rubezhnoye they have accumulated enough equipment and manpower.
He said that in the Kremennaya Armed Forces of Ukraine they would retreat to new positions, since those that were were well known to the Russians. Gaidai also added that about four thousand people remain in the city.
There is also a risk that Russian troops will move towards the Luhansk region from Izyum. It is not safe for them to move towards Kharkov, since the Ukrainian defense of the city is very powerful, "but if they go down from Izyum, then there is a possibility that they will cut off the Luhansk region completely."
15:16 Austria plans to start its own investigation of war crimes committed in Ukraine. Currently, the Ministry of Justice of the country is sorting out the legal side of the issue so that work can begin, writes Euractiv.
15:04 Among the victims of the shelling of Lviv is a three-year-old boy who, along with his mother, came from Kharkov to escape the war. Nothing threatens his life, Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovy said. Three other victims are in critical condition in intensive care.
14:55 In Kharkiv today, around noon, the Russians fired at the Osnovyansky district. According to the regional prosecutor's office, shells fell on the territory of playgrounds near residential buildings. As a result of the shelling, a man and a woman were killed, residential buildings were damaged.
14:37 There will be no additional days off in April and May due to martial law in Ukraine. According to the State Labor Service, April 25, May 2 and May 9 will be working days, which will be paid in the usual way.
14:21 The police have completed all the necessary investigative actions in Irpin to fix the war crimes of the Russian military and handed over the bodies of 269 dead local residents for examination.
14:19 According to the UN, more than 4.9 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Of these, over 2.7 million people crossed the border with Poland, more than 743 thousand - to Romania, about 522.4 thousand - to Russia, more than 461 thousand - to Hungary, 423.8 thousand - to Slovakia.
14:14 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the country's embassy in Kiev will soon resume work "as a sign of the commitment of the government and Spanish society to the Ukrainian people."
14:06 Google Maps opened all the military and strategic facilities of Russia - they became available in the maximum resolution (up to 0.5 meters per pixel). Any user can view Russian airfields, naval bases, intercontinental ballistic missile launch silos, training grounds, command posts, etc. Previously, all these objects were displayed in much worse quality, according to ArmyInform.
14:00 The commander of the 36th separate marine brigade, Major Sergei Volyn, wrote a letter to Pope Francis to help save people from Mariupol: "I have little time to describe all the horrors that I see here every day. People live in bunkers at the plant women with children, babies.In hunger and cold.Every day at the sight of enemy aircraft.Every day the wounded die, because there is no medicine, no water, no food.I turn to you for help.Because the time has come when not by united prayers .Help save them."
13:54 Members of the crews of three cargo ships remain in captivity of the invaders - Azburg under the flag of Dominica, Smarta and Blue Star-1 under the flag of Liberia. According to the Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, 42 crew members and the wife of the captain of the Smarta ship were taken hostage on the territory of the Mariupol Commercial Sea Port.
According to the captain of the ship Azburg, Sergey Dzysyak, the crews were "checked" in the filtration camp in Mangush. Now they are in Donetsk under the constant supervision of the armed Russian military.
13:38 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić accused Ukraine of alleged involvement in the mass mining of Serbian aircraft flying to Moscow. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry categorically denied these accusations.
He also stressed that Kyiv is disappointed that Belgrade has not yet joined the sanctions against Russia because of the war against Ukraine.
13:27 The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting reported that 30 European countries have already supported the call to turn off Russian propaganda channels, ten of them began broadcasting Ukrainian channels.
13:22 As a result of yesterday's shelling of the Kharkiv region, nine civilians were killed and another 25 were injured, the IVA reported.
13:19 In Russia, preparations have begun for the Victory Parade on May 9 on Red Square in Moscow. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that more than 11,000 servicemen, 131 units of "modern weapons and military equipment", 77 aircraft and helicopters were involved in the rehearsals.
13:18 Peskov said that "the Ukrainian side does not demonstrate constancy in the agreements reached in the negotiations with the Russian Federation, it is changing its position." According to him, the dynamics of the progress of the negotiation process "leaves much to be desired."
13:16 As a result of today's shelling, fires broke out in Lviv, which have already been completely extinguished, said the head of the OVA Maksim Kozitsky. There were hits in military warehouses that were not used, and a tire shop, both objects were completely destroyed.
The death toll has increased to seven people - these are the first deaths as a result of a hit in Lviv. It is also known about 11 victims, including one child.
Lvov was hit by four air-launched cruise missiles. According to preliminary information, they were released from the Caspian region.
13:11 Medvedchuk turned to Zelensky and Putin with a request to exchange him for the defenders and residents of Mariupol. The video with the appeal was published by the SBU.
12:58 Peskov once again stated that the "special operation" of the Russian Federation in Ukraine "is going according to plan."
12:55 Ukrposhta reported that half of the millionth edition of the stamp Russian warship, go ...! sold out in the first five days. No more stamps with this design will be produced. In connection with speculations, Ukrposhta imposes restrictions on the stamp - no more than five sheets in one hand (six stamps in one sheet).
12:51 Since February 24, a little more than a million citizens have entered Ukraine, spokesman of the State Border Service Andriy Demchenko said. According to him, this week on the eve of Easter, the number of Ukrainians wishing to return home will grow. He also confirmed the information voiced earlier by Polish border guards that last Saturday, for the first time since the start of a full-scale war, border guards recorded more of those who enter Ukraine than those who leave.
12:48 More and more cities around the world are placing banners and billboards with the phrase Be Brave Like Ukraine - Be brave like Ukraine . One of the latest examples is Times Square in New York, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development.
12:44 The National Police are investigating almost 900 cases of missing Ukrainians, more than 500 cases of abductions of civilians, as well as more than 2,500 cases of the death of Ukrainian citizens. We are talking about the territories that were and are still under occupation, said the first deputy head of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police Sergei Panteleev.
12:40 The Cabinet of Ministers approved the National Bank's proposal to nationalize 26 billion hryvnias of assets of Russian banks withdrawn from the market. The decision must be approved by the National Security and Defense Council and the president, director of the Deposit Guarantee Fund Svetlana Rekrut said in an interview with Economic Truth.
12:37 In Bucha, during the occupation by Russian troops, every fifth inhabitant was killed , the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk said: "We calculated: every fifth of those who remained in the city under the occupiers were killed. And I personally, like thousands of my fellow citizens, I feel hatred for those who tortured and killed peaceful Buchanians."
12:34 In Kharkiv, a point for issuing humanitarian aid was fired upon. According to the director of the Center for Emergency Medical Assistance and Disaster Medicine Viktor Zabashta, according to preliminary data, one person died and six were injured.
12:22 In Bucha, Kiev region, liberated from invaders, the police detained a group of marauders. Four criminals, including two women, robbed one of the construction supermarkets destroyed by shelling. Marauders stole tools and equipment worth five million hryvnias.
12:09 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that even without humanitarian corridors and a regime of silence, more than a hundred people were evacuated from the region today. Together with the patrol police, the State Emergency Service and volunteers, 49 residents of Lisichansk, 18 residents of Severodonetsk, 23 people from the Mountain Community, 14 from Rubizhne and four from Popasna were able to take out.
For the rest, food, medicines and hygiene products have been delivered, they are already being transported to bomb shelters. Tomorrow the evacuation will continue.
12:06 The RF Ministry of Defense stated that "the Kiev regime, with the support of the West, is completing the preparation of sophisticated monstrous provocations with numerous victims in the Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy and Kharkiv regions."
"For this purpose, more than 70 mobile groups were formed from among the nationalist battalions in vehicles equipped with mortars (the so-called wandering mortars), with the task of shelling Orthodox churches and churches on Easter night (from April 23 to 24) and then blaming the Russian military," - the message says.
12:02 According to updated data today, the occupiers are holding at least 20 thousand people in filtration camps along the Mangush-Nikolskoye-Yalta line, not allowing them to evacuate due to the deliberate delay in the filtration procedure, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. Also, at least 5-7 thousand people are in the filtration camp in the village. Nameless at the stage of preparation for deportation.
11:58 In Mariupol, the invaders were not going to release Ukrainian defenders, despite the official offer to surrender and promises to save lives. According to the mayor's adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko, the occupiers' plans are clear: "According to their report, the corridor for a safe exit should have been marked with red flags, but no mark was made. This once again confirms only the trap prepared for our defenders."
11:47 The State Border Service confirmed that citizens of Ukraine must have a passport to cross the border. At the beginning of the war, citizens were also allowed to pass on other documents, since then service centers were not working, and people could not draw up the proper documents, but now there is no such "emergency situation", the State Border Guard Service explained.
At the same time, in relation to persons leaving the regions where hostilities are taking place, border guards can make a separate decision.
11:38 The Department of Civil Protection of Kharkiv urged residents of the city not to leave their shelters all day today, as Russian troops continue to continuously shell sleeping areas. They ask to be in shelters all the time, even despite the absence of air raid alerts.
11:26 The deputy of the Lviv City Council Andrian Gutnik said that the guided missiles that hit the infrastructure of Lviv were sent to the Ivano-Frankivsk region, but changed direction at the last moment.
11:23 Vereshchuk said that humanitarian corridors would not work again today, because the occupiers did not observe the silence regime.
11:20 The occupiers took control of Kremennaya , said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, fighting in the city continues, evacuation is no longer possible. People are being taken out of Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya, Gorny and Rubizhny.
He also said that in Kremennaya, the invaders fired at a civilian car, according to preliminary information, four people were killed, one was wounded. People tried to leave the city on their own, but the Russians opened fire on them. Gaidai urged not to leave the shelters and not to try to leave the city on their own.
11:16 Residential quarters of Kramatorsk were subjected to rocket fire, said the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko.
11:13 The representative of the Azov Regiment Vladislav Sobolevsky said on the air of the telethon that the Russians would probably hit the military on Azov with heavy high-explosive bombs, dropping them from strategic bombers.
He called on the authorities to carry out an operation to unblock the city: "If Mariupol falls, it will be worse than Ilovaisk and other tragedies."
11:07 The number of wounded after the attack on Lviv has grown to 11, six people died, said the mayor of the city Andriy Sadovy. According to him, one of the rockets hit a civilian facility - a tire shop, about 40 cars were damaged or destroyed. Also from the shock wave, the windows in the hotel where the evacuated Ukrainians live are broken.
11:02 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 18:
- personnel - about 20,600 people liquidated,
- tanks - 790,
- armored combat vehicles - 2041,
- artillery systems - 381,
- MLRS - 130,
- air defense systems - 67,
- aircraft - 167,
- helicopters - 147,
- automotive technology - 1487,
- ships/boats - 8,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 155,
- special equipment - 27,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4
10:54 Russian occupiers continue to force mobilization in the so-called "LDNR". Men are caught on the streets, taken from work, from apartments and simply removed from buses. "Recruits" are dressed in unmarked uniforms, all documents are taken away and sent to the front line. They are transported in closed railway cars, according to the SBU, based on the results of interrogations of one of the prisoners.
10:46 In the village of Stoyanka near Kyiv, on the Kyiv-Chop highway, Ukravtodor opened a temporary crossing over the Irpin River. The first overpass on the Kyiv-Chop highway was previously destroyed. It was on this bridge that the Russians planned to get to Kyiv, which is seven kilometers from here, but it was blown up.
10:27 The State Bureau of Investigation, during the investigation of the treason case of Ilya Kiva, discovered the property of the Russian general. The property was registered in the name of Kiva's business partners - relatives of the Russian Colonel General, head of the Federal Directorate for the Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons under the Russian Munitions Agency Valery Kapashin.
Among the identified property are hotels, restaurants, land plots, etc., through which the general laundered funds in Ukraine.
10:14 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, announced four missile strikes on Lviv: three - on military infrastructure facilities, and one more - on tire fitting. So far , six dead and eight injured are known , with one child among the injured.
10:03 As a result of a missile attack on Lviv, there was a hit "next to railway facilities," Alexander Kamyshin, head of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, said. There were no casualties.
10:01 Podolyak announced five powerful strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Lviv.
09:58 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that the hottest spot now is Kremennaya, where there is a lot of Russian equipment, evacuation is no longer possible.
09:51 Ukrzaliznytsia announced the delay of trains as a result of attacks on Lviv: “The situation at the Lviv railway station is under control, passengers were placed in safe shelters. Disembarkation and boarding of trains resumed after the end of the alarm signal. Trains that still reach Lviv were delayed at the entrance to the city until the end of the alarm, traffic has now been resumed.
09:45 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that at night the enemy managed to break into Kremennaya, but could not gain a foothold. Fighting continues in the city itself. Due to the failure to go deep into the cities, the Russians began to shoot them remotely.
09:32 The Russian command will be concerned about how long it will take to capture Mariupol, according to British intelligence. The concerted Ukrainian resistance put Russian forces to a severe test and distracted men and equipment, slowing the Russian advance elsewhere.
The British Ministry of Defense also notes that the strikes on settlements in the Mariupol region are in line with Russia's approach to Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016. And this is despite the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense on February 24, 2022 that Russia will not strike at cities and threaten the population of Ukraine.
09:10 In the Lviv region, according to preliminary information, the enemy launched four missile strikes, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. At the same time, the mayor of Lvov, Andriy Sadovy, reports five targeted missile attacks on the city.
09:04 A morning missile attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region was carried out on an infrastructure facility in the Sinelnikovsky district, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Two people were hurt.
08:40 Kiev metro from April 18 will carry passengers from 06:30 to 20:00, ground transport - from 07:00 to 21:00, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
08:36 The police of the Kiev region, while cleaning up the territories liberated from Russian invaders, found secret documents of the special forces of SOBR, OMON and the National Guard, among which was a detailed plan for the capture of Kiev.
Andrey Nebitov, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kiev region, said that the police also found chemical protection suits - apparently, the Russian military believed in the Kremlin's fakes about biological laboratories. According to Nebitov, the costumes were packed in World War II pouches, and the overalls consisted of "fishing boots" and a raincoat "from museums."
08:29 In the morning, the invaders launched missile attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, 60% of the missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defense, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.
08:05 The Russians fired at the building of the patrol police in Lisichansk, as a result, six employees were hospitalized, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Sergei Gaidai.
He also said that the occupiers hit the recently rebuilt Olimp sports complex in Kremennaya, where representatives of the Ukrainian Olympic team used to train. The fire area is 2400 sq. m. Rescuers are trying to localize the flame, near the forest.
Artillery shelling of Kremennaya continued on April 17 and became more frequent and powerful at night. Seven residential buildings, outbuildings, and forest litter caught fire. Residential areas in Rubizhne were also damaged - seven local residents were evacuated from the rubble of three houses, two injured were taken to the hospital.
07:44 More than 140 cases are being investigated in Germany to approve Russia's war against Ukraine - most of the open cases involve the use of the letter Z, DW reports, citing the Redaktionsnetzwerks Deutschland group of publications.
07:13 The General Staff expects that the enemy will continue to conduct hostilities to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region. In total, 87 enemy BTGs were involved in the groupings to carry out combat missions on the territory of Ukraine.
07:11 In the East, the enemy is restoring combat capability and replenishing supplies. He is trying to improve the tactical position of his units and intensify the fighting. Russian occupiers continue shelling N. p. Seversk and Pokrovskoye, according to the General Staff.
The main efforts of the enemy were concentrated in the areas of the settlement. Liman, Kremennaya, Popasnaya and Rubizhne, tried to establish full control over Mariupol. He carried out offensive operations in the Severodonetsk, Popasnyansky and Zaporozhye directions.
Also, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to gain a foothold in the areas of the settlement. Kremennaya and Rubezhnoye. They tried to storm in the areas of the settlement. Novotoshkovskoe, Popasnaya, Avdeevka and Maryinka. There was also no success.
07:06 In order to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Seversky Donets River and create conditions for the operational deployment of troops, the Russians conducted reconnaissance in combat in the areas of the settlement. Factories, Dmitrovka and Dibrovnoe. They had no luck, they suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
06:50 OSINTtechnical researchers released the first photos of the cruiser Moskva after the shell hit. The author of the public admits that he cannot confirm the authenticity, "but this is a Glory-class cruiser, and I do not think that any of them were destroyed in this way."
06:17 Civilians, including women and children, are hiding on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. People are hiding from shelling in the plant's storage facilities, they have no medicine, food or water, said Mikhail Vershinin, head of the city's patrol police.
06:01 At night, the Russians fired at the outskirts of the Krivoy Rog district from the territory of the Kherson region, one person died, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk.
03:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt another blow to the invaders in Chernobaevka, Arestovich said.
02:40 Arestovich said that Medvedchuk was already giving evidence to law enforcement officers. In addition to him, people who were detained together with Medvedchuk began to be interrogated. When asked about the possibility of exchanging Medvedchuk, Arestovich replied that he "hadn't told everything yet."
02:12 Ukrzaliznytsia said that to cross the border with the EU countries, you must have a passport. Exceptions are possible at the discretion of the border guards in the presence of other identification documents and the presence of hostilities in the region from which the passenger left.
UZ reported that it had not received warnings from the State Border Service about changes in the rules for crossing the border by citizens of Ukraine and expected "more clear explanations from colleagues to prevent refugees without international passports."