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[Korrespondent] 20:41 In the area of Marinka and Avdiivka, the Russians are suffering colossal losses, losing about two companies of personnel every day, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. According to him, positional battles continue in these areas, the Russians have mixed success, but the Defense Forces are retaking back all the positions that the enemy occupies.
17:55 Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, predicts that Patriot and other Western air defense systems will soon arrive in Ukraine: "We are talking about the systems that we have already been promised to provide - NASAMS, Iris-T, as well as Patriot and SAMP /T, which should enter Ukraine in the near future. It was announced two months that our specialists will study. We expect them to appear." He also stressed that the topic of F-16 fighters must be constantly raised, since their presence in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will allow them to gain an advantage in the air and win.
17:48 Macron said that the time for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia has not yet come: "I think that China is making the same observation that we are, namely that today the weather is military. The Ukrainians are resisting, and we are helping them. Now this is not the time for negotiations, even if we are preparing them and if we have to set milestones."
17:11 The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time showed the work of NASAMS, which protect the Ukrainian sky:
16:15 The enemy fired on Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, from the MLRS, it is known about two wounded local residents, the President's Office reported.
15:28 Russia began to transfer air units of its army to Bakhmut, including paratroopers. This is due to the huge losses among the mercenaries of PMC Wagner, explained the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty. At the same time, he added that the Russian paratrooper units, which are sent to Bakhmut, have also suffered losses and have been understaffed with mobilized ones.
According to Cherevaty, Russia loses about a hundred people every day in Bakhmut, there are also wounded and seriously wounded. "They have very heavy losses, especially now, when this flow from Russian prisons is not very continuous. This is the most aggressive group - Wagner - which showed the greatest dynamics of attacks. They are losing its potential," he added.
14:42 The Russians fired mortars at the village of Karaichnoye, Chuguyevsky district, Kharkiv region, one person was wounded - he is in serious condition. The enemy also fired MLRS on residential buildings and private areas in Kupyansk, the OVA reported.
14:17 The Russian army hit the border area of the Chernihiv region, in the Gremyach area, with an aviation missile. The enemy was aiming at the infrastructure of the settlement, there was no information about the losses among the local population, OK Pivnich reported.
13:56 In Avdiivka, parents hide four children to avoid evacuation, the National Police reported. They are currently looking for. Two children have already been found by the White Angels organization - they are trying to convince the family to leave the city.
13:31 The Russians fired guided bombs in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region. From aviation, the Russian army hit the village of Lvovo in the Tyagin community, the villages of Olgino in the Vysokopolsky community and Tomarino in the Berislav community. No people were hurt, the OVA said.
12:18 In the past two weeks, there has been an intensification of explosions at enemy military bases and an increase in the number of cases of reprisals against collaborators, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. In particular, more than 15 positions of Russians were destroyed during this time, seven of them in Melitopol. Explosions were heard twice at the airfield and three times - in the area of the locomotive depot. The location of the occupiers in Fedorovka, Vesele, near Tokmak, Upper Tokmak, Mirny, Molochansk was also destroyed.
11:27 Germany will present Zelensky with the Charlemagne Prize in May, and it is possible that the Ukrainian president will personally attend the ceremony, writes Bild. The award is given for a contribution to the unification of Europe, and this year it was decided to award Zelensky and the Ukrainian people for protecting not only their country, but also Europe and European values. The award ceremony is to be held in the German city of Aachen, where Charlemagne's residence was. Chancellor Olaf Scholz will speak at the ceremony. However, the publication adds that due to Ukraine's counter-offensive, Zelensky may receive an award via video link.
10:19 According to the "leaked" Pentagon documents, in early February, representatives of Wagner PMCs met with Turkish representatives to purchase weapons and equipment in Turkey in order to strengthen the position of PMCs in the war in Ukraine and Mali, writes The Washington Post.
09:43 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Russian troops are stepping up their use of artillery to compensate for their reduced offensive capabilities. At the same time, Ukrainian troops are likely to benefit from being on the defensive in most areas, since offensive operations require more artillery.
Analysts note that Russian attacks have slowed down across the front line and are more focused on diverting the Ukrainian Armed Forces and dispersing Ukrainian troops in anticipation of their counteroffensive. In particular, the pace of offensives in and around Bakhmut has slowed down in some areas and completely stopped in others. The Russian attack on Avdeevka and Maryinka also "bogged down".
09:26 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 9.
- personnel - about 178,150 (+470) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3636 (+0),
- armored combat vehicles - 7024 (+4),
- artillery systems - 2740 (+13),
- MLRS - 533 (+0),
- air defense systems - 282 (+0),
- aircraft - 307 (+0),
- helicopters - 292 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2312 (+14),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5602 (+3),
- special equipment - 309 (+5).
08:55 The Russians hit Zaporozhye at night, got into a private house. One person was rescued, two died, including an 11-year-old child, the OVA said. Over the previous day, three people were killed in the region as a result of Russian shelling, five were injured. The enemy shelled Zaporozhye, Orekhov, Hulyaypole and 15 other settlements with rockets, aircraft, drones and artillery.
08:28 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, more than 50 enemy attacks were repelled in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
05:10 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost at least 10 thousand units of military equipment, the Oryx research project has calculated. At the same time, the list includes only those equipment, the destruction of which is confirmed by photo or video recordings, so the real number can be much higher. Among the military equipment lost by Russia are 1928 tanks, 2281 infantry fighting vehicles and 12 ships. According to researchers, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost three times less equipment during the year of the war than the Russian Federation.
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