[Korrespondent] 22:17 In an evening video message, Zelensky announced an important week in the context of punishing the Russian Federation and all its war criminals: “We are preparing several important and powerful steps to consolidate partners more and give more energy to create a tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression and accelerate the defeat of the terrorist state. It is not enough for Ukraine and the world that Russia be weak, as it is already happening, it must be fully accountable for everything it has done."
The president also announced the preparation of new sanctions decisions against individuals and companies working for the Russian military-industrial complex, and against foreign entities whose supplies help the Russian Federation to prolong this aggression. These decisions will be made public soon, Zelensky promised.
21:34 In total, during the full-scale war, 45,038 Ukrainians and Ukrainian women have already been awarded state awards, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
21:19 The Russian state television channel Russia 1 showed video footage of a high-rise building destroyed by a Russian rocket in Uman and stated that this was allegedly shelling the occupied territories of the Donetsk region by the Ukrainian army.
20:45 Russia continues to produce missiles, but at a slow pace, said Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, analysis of the remnants of missiles found after the last strikes indicates that these are new missiles - they were produced in the fall, there are also winter spare parts.
20:21 Poland intends to strengthen the protection of the border with Russia, the length of which is about 200 km, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Almost $90 million will be spent on installing several thousand poles, video cameras and laying 700 km of cables.
18:49 In the area of ​​​​Marinka in the divisions of the Russian troops, cases of collective refusal to participate in hostilities have become more frequent. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the reason for this is large losses in manpower, untimely provision of ammunition, lack of sufficient personal protective equipment and forcing the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to conduct assault operations without the support of heavy equipment and artillery.
Meanwhile, in Crimea, the Russian invaders have strengthened the counterintelligence and police regime on the territory of the Kerch Peninsula. So, since April 26, the occupiers have increased the number of patrols, reinforced police posts on local roads with FSB officers who carry out selective checks of the civilian population, including checking mobile phones and the presence of a Russian passport.
18:33 Prigozhin wrote a letter to Shoigu, in which he stated that if the problem with the supply of ammunition for the Wagner PMC is not resolved by April 28, then his mercenaries will leave their positions in Bakhmut and expose the front. According to Prigozhin, on the eve of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, in his opinion, will begin no later than May 15, this could lead to catastrophic consequences for Russia.
17:22 The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that the Russians opened a case against the deported Ukrainian 14-year-old girl and under this "reason" they refuse to return her to Ukraine. According to him, the girl was examined by doctors without the permission of her parents, and now other Ukrainian children are not allowed to see her.
"Just think about the cynicism: a mother is in Ukraine, she is looking for her child, and the Russians, knowing this, come up with some kind of court case - only in order not to give the Ukrainian girl away," the Ombudsman said.
16:19 A rescue operation has been completed in Uman - 23 people have died, all of them have been identified. 22 people were rescued from the rubble, and another died in the hospital. Among the dead were six children. Two people are considered missing, the interior ministry said.
15:07 The Russians fired at the village of Belozerka, Kherson region. The hospital and about 30 households were damaged, one person died, three were injured, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
14:21 An explosion at an enemy oil depot that thundered on April 29 near Cossack Bay in occupied Sevastopol destroyed more than ten tanks with oil products with a total capacity of 40,000 tons, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the GUR, said in a commentary. According to him, the destroyed oil products were intended for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
"Bavovna" in Sevastopol - God's punishment, including for the murdered civilians in Uman, including five children. This punishment will be long-term. It is advisable for all residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea not to be near military facilities and facilities providing the aggressor's army in the near future," Yusov stressed.
He added that Ukraine is aware of the scale of the theft both at the oil depot in Sevastopol, which was struck on April 29, and at other similar Crimean facilities. As Yusov explained, these facts, of course, expand the capabilities of the security and defense forces of Ukraine.
13:52 Zelensky said that the Russians changed tactics, and the next wave of the war began: "They have already changed tactics. They are already thinking about the defense of the occupied territories. This is another wave of this war, it is not easy for us either. Their persistence on the battlefield "What was in the beginning is broken by our forces. And today they are digging in, making defensive lines, etc. It will be difficult for us, very difficult. But this is the second part in which we are going to take the initiative in this war."
12:58 In parallel with the morning attack of drones on Sevastopol, in the sky over Crimea, air defense forces allegedly shot down one UAV, and another was suppressed by electronic warfare, said the "head" of the occupied Crimea Sergey Aksyonov.
12:03 "Superfluous" information in the media is one of the reasons for postponing the counteroffensive of Ukraine, Zelensky said: "Sometimes there is information that comes out in this or that press, and this, unfortunately, is not only the Russian press. I believe that this information "It doesn't help. It won't stop us, we'll still go ahead and win for sure, but regardless of whether it's true or fake, extra information affects."
11:31 The Russians fired on Malotaranovka of the Kramatorsk community in the morning, two people were injured, the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
11:10 British intelligence believes that the Russians have changed the targets of missile attacks and are now trying to hit Ukrainian reserve units and military supply lines. In doing so, Russia is using an inefficient targeting process and prioritizing perceived military necessity over preventing collateral damage, including civilian deaths, analysts say.
The "density" of the rocket wave has also changed. It is noted that this time fewer rockets were fired than was practiced in winter.
10:48 Zelensky said in an interview with the Finnish edition of Yle that he believes in the success of the offensive and that Crimea will be returned to Ukraine. At the same time, he did not rule out that the war could continue "for years or even decades." According to the president, Ukraine's success largely depends on the volume and speed of deliveries of Western weapons. "It's cheaper for other countries to support Ukraine now than to increase the risks of a third world war," Zelensky added.
10:29 At the oil depot in Sevastopol, four tanks were damaged after the attack of two drones, "governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev said. The fire is almost localized, it is planned to completely extinguish it by the evening.
10:16 In the process of identifying the bodies of those killed in Uman, it turned out that five children were victims of the attack, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. Debris clearing continues. The death of 23 people was confirmed, of which investigators and police forensics identified 22 bodies. One person is considered missing.
09:12 In Uman, the rubble is still being cleared after a Russian missile attack on a multi-storey building. As of the morning of April 29, 23 people, including four children, had died as a result of the strike. 18 people were injured, another 17 people were saved, the State Emergency Service said. Currently, the structures are being analyzed and a search for possible dead and injured is being carried out.
09:08 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Toretsk), 11 more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died and six more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:46 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 29.
- personnel - about 190,040 (+580) people liquidated,
If true, that’s a really ugly number. If only half true, that’s still a really ugly number...
- tanks - 3697 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 7184 (+3),
- artillery systems - 2908 (+3),
- MLRS - 543 (+0),
- air defense systems - 294 (+0),
- aircraft - 308 (+0),
- helicopters - 294 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2471 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 932 (+21),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5836 (+17),
- special equipment - 355 (+2).
08:31 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, she made 48 attacks on these sectors of the front. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, Ukrainian forces are holding the line, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In the village of Bokovo-Khrustalnoe, Lugansk region, Russian military rob the houses of local residents. And in the Kherson region, the occupiers have stepped up filtration measures. In particular, in the settlements of Maloaleksandrovka, Novonikolaevka, Skadovsk and Lazurnoye, mass searches of residential premises and phone checks are taking place. The main attention is paid to residents who have sim cards of Ukrainian operators.
07:27 In Sevastopol, a fuel tank is burning in the Cossack Bay microdistrict. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by a UAV hit, said the "governor" of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev. The fire area is about 1000 square meters. m, the fire was assigned the 4th class - the most difficult of all possible. People were not injured, nothing threatens civilian objects, Razvozhaev emphasized.
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, published a photo and video and called it "preparation for the holiday season."
04:40 A group of American Democrats is putting pressure on Biden to allow the delivery of F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine, writes The Hill. The Biden administration opposes this, arguing that the US does not have extra ATACMS systems, and aircraft are not a priority for the Armed Forces. According to the publication, some US military leaders advocate the transfer of aircraft to Kyiv.
01:48 Germany intends to produce 250,000 155-mm artillery shells for Ukraine, which is a quarter of the total amount that the EU countries plan to provide, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Ammunition will be produced by Rheinmetall. The company can produce 450,000 artillery shells a year. The concern reported that they plan to increase this figure to 600,000 per year.
01:19 The French Foreign Ministry condemned the next Russian missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine. Paris is convinced that the Russian Federation deliberately targeted residential buildings in Uman, which "led to heavy casualties among the civilian population, including children," the statement said. Such attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians "underline Russia's obvious desire to continue the escalation of the war of conquest in Ukraine," the agency said.
Washington also condemned the missile strikes. Deputy Head of the US Department of State Vedant Patel assured that the US will continue to support Ukraine and will do everything possible to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes, including the latest missile attack.
00:21 In the Orel region of the Russian Federation, they also decided to cancel the parade on May 9, as well as fireworks and an evening concert due to "security requirements." The head of the region Andriy Klichkov said that the procession "Immortal Regiment" will be held in an interactive format. Previously, the parades were abandoned in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, as well as in the Crimea.
00:12 In Moscow, people carried flowers to the monument to Lesya Ukrainka to honor the memory of those who died as a result of rocket attacks in Uman and the Dnieper. However, the police soon collected them and threw them away, Astra reports. One of the policemen advised the Muscovites who laid flowers at the monument to "blame Ukraine." Also, the National Guard drove up to the spontaneous memorial, some of those who came to the monument are asked for their home address.