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2025-04-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 24, 2025
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:35 During the 11 years of war with Russia, Ukraine has lost many territories and it will be very difficult to get them back. In particular, this concerns Crimea. This was stated by US President Donald Trump.
"It has nothing to do with me, Crimea. It was 11 years ago for the Obamas. And they made a decision. There was no shot fired. There was no fighting. There was nothing. They just handed it over. Now they say, 'Can you get it back?' I think it will be very difficult to do. I think it was very difficult to do. It was done by Barack Obama when he was president, and Donald Trump," he said.
22.16 According to preliminary information available to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia's attack on Kiev on April 24, which killed at least 12 people, was carried out by a ballistic missile produced by the DPRK.
"Our special services are checking all the details. If the information about the production of this missile in North Korea is confirmed, this will be further evidence of the criminality of the alliance between Russia and Pyongyang. They kill people and mock life together - this is the only meaning of their cooperation. Russia constantly uses such weapons - missiles, artillery. At the same time, Pyongyang has received the opportunity in real war conditions to make its weapons more deadly," the head of state said.
21.12 The US has a specific deadline for achieving peace between Ukraine and Russia. This was stated by US President Donald Trump.
The American leader expressed his conviction that Kyiv and Moscow "both want peace, but they must sit down at the negotiating table."
"We've been waiting a very long time. They have to sit down at the negotiating table. And I think we'll get peace... We have a deadline. And after that, our attitude (towards a peaceful settlement - ed.) will be very different, but I think we have a very good chance of doing it (achieving peace - ed.)," Trump emphasized.
20:55 Ukraine views the United States as a strong strategic partner and would like to have a common understanding that Russia is an aggressor, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with American journalist Ben Shapiro.
"We know that the United States has a position of a mediator in this conflict. And this is the choice that the United States made. But we consider the United States as a strong strategic partner that has influence. And we would very much like these two forces to be used against Russia, so that the force would be directed at the Russian Federation, because it is the aggressor. And we would very much like to have a common understanding that Russia is the aggressor, and not us," the head of state said.
20.30 According to the results of the forensic examination, the cause of death of journalist Victoria Roshchina, who died in Russian captivity, could not be established due to the condition of the body. At the same time, numerous signs of torture were found on Victoria's body. This was reported by the head of the War Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, Yuri Belousov.
"The victim's body showed numerous signs of torture and cruel treatment, in particular abrasions and hemorrhages on various parts of the body, and a broken rib. And the experts also saw possible signs of the use of electric current. This information will also be clarified during an additional forensic examination," he said.
20.23 An underground school-shelter designed for 700 people was opened in the village of Molodezhnoye in the Odessa region. It was built from scratch on the basis of the Molodezhnoye Lyceum. This was reported by Ukrinform
The dual-use radiation shelter was built under a programme initiated and financed by the European Union. Co-financing was provided by the Irish Government. The total cost of the project is €2.4 million, of which €75,000 was allocated for the interior fittings.
19:50 The United States will demand that Russia recognize Ukraine's right to its own armed forces and defense industry as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.
It is noted that US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff will raise issues of the Ukrainian army and defense industry at a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
The publication notes that agreeing to a properly equipped and staffed army, as demanded by Ukraine and its European allies, would mean that Putin would have to abandon one of his declared goals of a full-scale invasion – the demilitarization of Ukraine.
18.55 US President Donald Trump's words "about Ukraine's loss of Crimea" are fully consistent with Russia's position on this issue. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian media.
18:47 UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine and Humanitarian Coordinator Matthias Schmale strongly condemned the Russian shelling of Kiev.
"The nighttime massive shelling of residential areas of Kyiv and surrounding settlements by the armed forces of the Russian Federation is another violation of international humanitarian law, which causes outrage... Civilians should never be targets. This unjustified use of force must be stopped," he stressed.
17:50 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv reported that the Russian attack killed a brother and sister, children of a neurologist at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv’s University Clinic, Yaroslav Kozlov, Nikita and Sofia. They were 21 and 19 years old, respectively.
Nikita, born in 2003, was a student at the National Transport University. Sofia, born in 2005, graduated from the professional college of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design.
17:45 Rescuers have freed two more bodies from under the rubble in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev. The death toll now stands at 12.
17.15 In Kiev, rescuers have freed the body of another person from under the rubble. The death toll from the Russian strike on the capital has risen to 10 people, with 90 injured. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing.
16.56 In the Kurgan region of the Russian Federation, the regional court sentenced a former law enforcement officer, a local resident, for allegedly passing information about Russian servicemen to Ukrainian military intelligence. This was reported by the FSB, as reported by Russian media. It is noted that the defendant was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony, followed by a restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year. He was also fined 200 thousand rubles. The sentence has entered into legal force.
16.49 The number of people killed in Kiev as a result of Russian shelling has increased. Nine victims are already known. Rescuers have pulled the body of a 27-year-old girl from under the rubble of a house in the Svyatoshinsky district. It is also known that among the dead are two children born in 2003 and 2005 from the same family.
The number of victims has risen to 90. Of these, 44 people are in hospitals.
Search and recovery operations continue after the Russian strike on the residential building. There may still be people under the rubble.
15.47 US President Donald Trump is "not happy" with the large-scale Russian missile and drone strike on Kiev on Thursday night. He published a corresponding harsh statement on his social network Truth Social.
15.19 President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia's night attack on Kiev one of the most difficult and linked it to Russia's desire to put pressure on the United States. He said this at a joint press conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following talks in Pretoria.
15.14 Eight residents of Poltava sought medical help after the Russian attack on the night of April 24. Three of them are in hospitals. This was reported by the acting mayor of Poltava, Ekaterina Yamshchikova, on Telegram.
According to her, as of now, damage has been recorded to 128 objects, including 33 apartment buildings and 85 private houses. In total, 468 households with 580 residents were damaged, 810 windows were damaged.
14.57 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed over to South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa a list of 400 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, calling on South Africa to facilitate their return. He announced this during a joint press conference on Thursday, April 24.
14.38 Special Operations Forces servicemen destroyed a platoon of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The number of Koreans exceeded three times. The video of the battle was published by the Special Operations Forces Command.
The SOF operators engaged a 25-man enemy platoon - three times their number - in close combat and maintained the initiative until the battle was over.
14.19 EU High Representative Kaja Kallas stressed that it is Russia, which dealt a deadly blow to Kiev, that is an obstacle to peace. She reported this on Platform X.
13.49 The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed to simplify the procedure for the production and purchase of explosives and their components for the production of ammunition for manufacturers that do not have government contracts. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
13.42 A Russian radar station was destroyed on the outskirts of the village of Razdolnoye in temporarily occupied Crimea on Monday, April 21. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel "Krymsky Veter".
12:44 Sixteen thousand people, including 1,600 children, were buried in the Kiev metro during the massive combined shelling of the capital by Russian invaders. The Lukyanovskaya station, namely the glass dome and the facade, was damaged by the attack of the invaders. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv Metro Municipal Enterprise.
12.27 Russia seems to be ready for a "peace agreement", but it is more difficult to reach an agreement with Ukraine. This was stated by US President Donald Trump the day before during a conversation with journalists in the Oval Office.
12.24 Due to the latest Russian strikes on civilians in Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is convening a special permanent council, declaring the need to hold Russia accountable in order to achieve a just peace, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said.
12.13 The Security Service detained a Russian citizen and his accomplice who were spying on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Sumy region, preparing a route for the breakthrough of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups from the Bryansk region. This was reported by the SBU press service.
In order to plan the route of the enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups to "bypass" the positions of the Defense Forces, the Russian had to discover the locations of Ukrainian troops on the border of the Shostka district.
12:05 Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported that on the eve of Easter, the Ukrainian and Russian sides began delivering letters from families and parcels from the International Committee of the Red Cross to prisoners of war.
11:42 Ukraine has managed to return the body of journalist Victoria Roshchina, who was killed in Russian captivity. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Leonid Timchenko.
11:16 Since the start of the full-scale war, Russia has killed 13,000 Ukrainian civilians, including 618 children, and carried out 1,700 attacks on schools, more than 780 attacks on hospitals, more than 30 massive and hundreds of smaller attacks on energy. For this, the aggressor country must pay a double price , Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram.
10.57 President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to shorten his visit to the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and immediately return to Ukraine due to Russia's massive missile and drone attack. He reported this on Telegram.
10.28 The Central Wedding Palace in Kiev was damaged by a Russian missile attack. Windows were knocked out and the interior was damaged. This was reported by the Ministry of Justice on its Telegram channel.
10.23 On Thursday night, Russian aggressors launched 70 missiles and 145 drones of various types at Ukraine. Most of them were intercepted by air defense or were affected by electronic warfare. The Ukrainian Air Force reported details of the attack repulsion.
9.59 Rescuers have pulled a living man out from under the rubble of a house destroyed by Russian war criminals. We are talking about one of the houses in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev. This was reported by the spokesman for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kiev, Pavel Petrov.
9.53 In Zhytomyr Oblast, as a result of combined Russian air attacks, a rescuer was injured and the State Emergency Service equipment was damaged. This was reported by the head of the Zhytomyr OVO, Vitaliy Bunechko. Private garages were also damaged and a fire broke out. The blast wave blew out windows in several apartment buildings.
9.46 Russian occupiers launched a combined attack on Kiev at night. The invaders launched various types of missiles and drones. This was reported by the head of the Kiev City Military Administration Timur Tkachenko on Telegram.
9.22 In the Khmelnytsky region, as a result of a Russian missile attack, two people were injured and a gas distribution point was damaged. This was reported on April 24 by the head of the Khmelnytsky regional state administration, Serhiy Tyurin.
8.43 The Donald Trump administration has presented Kiev with a plan for an agreement with favorable conditions for Moscow. However, the idea of America recognizing Russia's sovereignty over Crimea and Ukraine's refusal to join NATO is unacceptable to the EU, the Financial Times reports.
8.27 The rescue operation in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev continues: phone calls are heard from under the rubble of the house destroyed by the Russians, two children are being searched for. This was reported by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko on his Telegram channel.
7.56 The Russian army has lost 1,060 soldiers at the front over the past 24 hours. This is stated in the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.25 The occupiers have brought 11 ships, including missile carriers, into the Black Sea. This was reported by the Ukrainian Naval Forces (Ukrainian Navy) on Facebook.
05.15 US President Donald Trump has announced his readiness to meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and has announced the approximate dates for the talks. The head of the White House suggested that he would meet with Putin shortly after his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in May.
04.55 The Norwegian government has announced an increase in support for Ukraine, allocating NOK 2.4 billion (around $157 million – ed.) to the Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Fund (URTF) established by the World Bank. The total amount of Norwegian assistance through the URTF has already exceeded NOK 9 billion (US$592 million – ed.), which is more than a third of the fund’s total funding. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stressed that support for Ukraine remains a strategic priority.
04.13 On Wednesday, April 23, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine received a new batch of engineering equipment from South Korea, which included dump trucks and bulldozers. In particular, rescuers received dump trucks and bulldozers. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine noted that this equipment will significantly enhance the capabilities in eliminating the consequences of emergency situations and conducting emergency rescue operations.
03.24 Russian occupiers hit Kharkov with rockets twice at night. There were more than 20 explosions in total. As a result of the last "arrival", civilians were injured. The strike hit a densely populated area. Windows were knocked out in several multi-story buildings. That's where the injured were.
01.11 On the night of April 24, Russians launched ballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, and attack UAVs at Ukrainian territory. The invaders struck Kiev. According to preliminary data, more than 50 people were injured in the strike, and there were fatalities. In the capital, according to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, a fire broke out in a residential building in the Svyatoshinsky district. There is destruction, and there may be people under the rubble.
00.45 Ukraine needs $17.3 billion for priority recovery in 2025. However, only $7.4 billion of this amount has been raised. This was reported by Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Olha Zykova. The official explained that these $7.4 billion were raised thanks to the state budget and donor support. So now another $10 billion is missing. According to Zykova, the priority areas for financing rapid recovery are housing, energy, social and critical infrastructure (transport, heat and water supply), as well as social protection.
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