[NewsFrontInfo] 23:51 In Svyatogorsk, the Ukronazis placed artillery right in the monastery. According to available information, Ukrainian militants deployed their artillery directly on the territory of the Holy Dormition Monastery of the Svyatogorsk Lavra. Local residents say that there are about 10 self-propelled guns and MLRS near the temple.
22:47 Putin clearly said civilians can leave Azovstal and military lay down their arms, this is not a topic for negotiations - Peskov
22:45 The US Congress voted for the law on Lend-Lease for Ukraine.
22:20 Washington has set up an intelligence center in Lvov, where the Americans work together with General Staff officers to obtain quick information from reconnaissance aircraft, UAVs and satellites that collect data around and above Ukraine in space.
22:16 Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, after Zelensky's meeting with the UN Secretary General, announced the start of planning an operation to evacuate civilians from Azovstal
21:57 Air raid alert sounds in almost all regions of Ukraine. There were four explosions in Odessa.
21:56 Zelensky said he was ready for immediate negotiations with Russia on Azovstal.
21:56 The Office of the President of Ukraine is against the evacuation of only civilians. Zelensky, in talks with the UN Secretary General, said that he believes in the possibility of a successful result “in terms of deblocking the Azovstal plant and evacuating everyone indiscriminately.
21:55 An explosion occurred in Khmelnitsky (western Ukraine).
21:55 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in Kharkov and Odessa, neo-Nazis, hiding behind civilians as a "human shield", equipped firing positions and placed heavy weapons. Also in Liman, the Ukrainian military is shelling residential areas, and Western journalists are filming for the subsequent accusation of Russia, the ministry said.
21:01 Russian air defense is working again in the sky over Kherson. The VFU once again tried to strike at the civilians of the city.
21:00 A missile attack in Kyiv was carried out on the defense plant "Artem". Klitschko: two hits in the Shevchenko region. The Artem plant produces a fairly wide range of ammunition: missiles for anti-tank systems, for the Vilkha MLRS and anti-ship missiles for the Neptune coastal systems, as well as air-to-air guided missiles
20:59 Three rockets hit military facilities in the city of Fastov, 75 km from Kyiv.
19:57 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 38 military facilities in Ukraine.
19:56 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 76 military facilities of Ukraine.
19:56 Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and seven drones.
19:56 Russian missile forces destroyed the Ukrainian launcher of the Tochka-U tactical missile system.
18:54 Today, another exchange of prisoners took place, during which 45 Ukrainians were released from Russian captivity - 13 officers, 20 soldiers and 12 civilians, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.
18:53 US will not allow Russia to use its oil and gas to avoid the consequences of Western sanctions - Biden.
18:53 We are not attacking Russia, we are helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression - Biden.
18:53 London confirmed the death of a Briton who fought in Ukraine on the side of Kyiv - Sky News.
18:06 The bridge blown up by saboteurs in Vladimirovka, near Melitopol, along which troops were transferred from the Crimea, is already being restored by Russian specialists.
18:05 Air defense is working again in the Belgorod region.
17:04 The Russian army attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov.
17:03 There is a big fire in Kherson. Local residents write in social networks that the city is literally shrouded in smoke.
16:02 "The Ukrainian army does not care about the civilian population of Kherson." Vice-Governor of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov issued a statement in connection with the shelling of residential areas in the central part of Kherson by the Ukrainian armed forces.
“Glasses were broken even in the city council, the House of Trade Unions. Most importantly, the released Tochka-U was shot down by air defense systems. If she had flown, of course, the destruction would have been more serious.
16:00 A part with a serial number was found at the crash site of a Ukrainian rocket in Kherson, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
14:58 Ukraine will defend itself against Russia in any way - Podolyak. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, notes that Ukraine will defend itself against the Russian Federation in any way, even by attacking Russian warehouses and bases. Podolyak wrote about this on Twitter.
“Ukraine should decide for itself whether to strike Russian military targets,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. Russia has attacked Ukraine and is killing civilians. Ukraine will defend itself in any way, including strikes against warehouses and bases of Russian assassins. The world recognizes this right,” Podolyak stressed.
14:57 The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service announced plans to establish Polish control over part of Ukraine.
13:56 Russian air defense units repelled a missile attack by Ukrainian troops on residential areas of Kherson - Russian Defense Ministry.
13:54 Ukraine asks the United States to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with MQ-1C Gray Eagle attack drones with the appropriate ammunition - AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. UAVs of this class are under special control in Washington. Previously, Qatar and Indonesia wanted to get the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, but they were denied.
13:53 Two more W-Points shot down over Izyum.
12:59 The Indiana National Guard is preparing to transfer M113 tracked armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, which fought in Vietnam.
12:56 In the village of Velyka Znamenka, Zaporozhye region, the Russian flag is raised over the administration.
11:49 Ukraine wants to seize ammunition from warehouses in Transnistria. The West is not supplying enough weapons to Ukraine, which has led Kyiv to want to seize ammunition depots near the town of Kolbasna in the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, said Vitaly Kiselev, assistant head of the Interior Ministry of the Luhansk People's Republic.
11:48 The US showed how 155mm howitzers are being loaded for Ukraine. Howitzers are loaded onto a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a reserve airbase in California. According to Pentagon Speaker John Kirby, more than half of the 90 howitzers promised by the United States are already in Ukraine.
11:48 The Pobeda cinema is reopening in Melitopol. From May 1 to May 9, screenings at the cinema will be free.
10:59 FSB officers prevented a terrorist attack in a shopping center in Simferopol. It was prepared by a former Ukrainian marine who acted on orders from neo-Nazis from the Azov organization banned in Russia. As a result of the search, a bomb and paraphernalia of Ukrainian national formations were confiscated from him. A criminal case has been initiated.
10:57 Houses, a communication center and a polyclinic, the mayor's office, a maritime house, a maritime college and the House of Trade Unions were damaged from fragments of rockets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson.
10:57 According to the internal report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three tanks, 15 armored vehicles, 19 field artillery guns and mortars, eight MLRS, one long-range and medium-range air defense systems, two short-range air defense systems, 14 vehicles and special equipment, onw helicopter and six UAV.
10:56 During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 680 people killed, wounded and captured. The total losses in killed, wounded and captured in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NGU and State Border Service are over 46,000 people.
10:56 At 6 am, another Point U was shot down over Izyum. In total, three rockets were launched into the city. One exploded in the center.
10:55 In the liberated Melitopol, the Order of Victory was returned to the central arch. Also, a St. George ribbon and the inscription "Glory to the winners" were also placed on it.
10:54 Ukraine agreed with Western partners the allocation of monthly funding in the amount of $5 billion for three to four months to meet the country's humanitarian and civil needs. However, the mechanisms of this assistance have not yet been worked out, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said.
10:54 More than three million refugees have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since February 24.
10:53 More than 7,200 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered to the territory of Donbass and regions of Ukraine.
09:50 A part with a serial number was found at the crash site of a Ukrainian rocket in Kherson. It contains the number 43003500100 N 100229 and the technical control stamp of the OTK that the part was accepted.
09:22 A Russian humanitarian convoy came under fire from Ukraine near Belgorod.
08:55 During the shelling of Kherson by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were no dead, information about the victims is being specified.
08:55 Deputy head of the Kherson region Stremousov ruled out the return of the region under the control of Ukraine.
08:30 Kherson region will move to the ruble zone from May 1.