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[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.
13:10 Ukrainians 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.
11:10 Ukrainians 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.