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 The Czech Republic has found more than 1 million artillery shells for Ukraine, said President Peter Pavel. He added that other countries are also developing programs for the supply of shells to the Ukrainian Armed Forces: “Our initiative is not the only one; Estonia and Great Britain are developing a similar one; France has also spoken about this.”
22:06 Ukraine is consulting with partners about the possibility of providing additional air defense systems to protect the Dniester hydroelectric power station, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said: “This is important. If something happens to this facility, it will affect not only Ukraine. I hope Western partners will agree to provide necessary air defense systems. Consultations continue. Attempts to strike were repeated several times. This means that the enemy has a target."
20:59 Ukraine is now actively negotiating for two Patriot batteries and one Samp-T, Kuleba said: “All Patriot batteries, in the end, depend on the decision of the United States, because this is an American system. We know exactly where and what is located. There are currently active negotiations for two Patriot batteries and one SAMP-T battery." According to the minister, if there is a willingness of countries that have these systems to transfer them to Ukraine, then it would be “a matter of weeks.”
20:08 Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said that protection from drones is available at almost all Ukrenergo substations. He clarified that there are now several levels of protection for energy facilities, and almost all 22 substations of Ukrenergo managed to build second-level protection. However, this level does not protect against missiles - only the third level can protect against them. But there are no such facilities that have been fully built yet; they are in varying degrees of readiness, the minister added.
19:56 During his presidency, Trump believed that Ukraine should be part of Russia, Fiona Hill, a former official of the Trump-era White House National Security Council, writes in her book. "Trump made it clear that he thought Ukraine, and especially Crimea, should be part of Russia," the author notes.
19:14 The Russians shelled New York in the Donetsk region - at least one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
18:47 Commander of OK Pivden, Major General Andrei Kovalchuk, announced his resignation. He was appointed the new head of the Odessa Military Academy.
18:33 The EU Council has finally approved a directive that criminalizes violations and circumvention of sanctions, including against Russia. Punishment for deliberate circumvention of sanctions is provided in the form of imprisonment for up to five years.
18:18 The Cabinet of Ministers made a decision that will allow financing the purchase of electronic warfare for critical infrastructure facilities, Shmyhal said.
17:52 Air defense shot down a missile in the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region - as a result of falling debris on a private house, one person was injured, said the head of the Air Force Sergei Lysak.
17:36 The Russians attacked Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, wounding six people, the prosecutor’s office reported. Residential buildings, cars, and power lines were damaged.
17:29 The Russian Army launched an airstrike on the civilian infrastructure and housing sector of Sumy - according to preliminary information, three people were injured, the OVA reported. Non-residential premises, two administrative premises, and three residential buildings were damaged.
17:24 Zelensky said that he was in Chernivtsi and met with representatives of the World Congress of Ukrainians. We discussed how to intensify international support and maintain the world’s attention to Ukraine.
17:13 The General Staff reported that a planned rotation of units that have been performing tasks in combat areas since the beginning of the full-scale invasion is currently underway. At the same time, “a set of measures is being applied to strengthen the brigades that continue to carry out combat missions at the front.” This decision was made, in particular, after a revision of the number of certain units not participating in hostilities. The released thousands of military personnel were sent to combat units, the General Staff clarified and promised that “this process will continue.”
16:47 Russian troops attacked residential buildings from a drone in Berislav and Novoberislav, Kherson region, two people were wounded, OVA reported.
16:21 The Netherlands has allocated another 1 billion euros for military assistance to Ukraine and 400 million for reconstruction - in addition to obligations under the bilateral security agreement, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. They also discussed the supply of shells for artillery, ammunition and air defense systems.
15:40 Energy Minister German Galushchenko advised Ukrainians to stock up on generators and power banks “to be prepared for any scenario.” At the same time, he added that “the energy workers will do everything you don’t need.”
15:34 The Russians fired artillery at the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Kharkov region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported. In addition, two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling. Monachinovka, Kupyansky district.
15:28 The Russian army continues a series of massive attacks on the energy sector of Ukraine. Moreover, this time the enemy is focusing on thermal power plants, central lines and hydroelectric power stations. It is their restoration that takes a very long time - from several months to years. About what Ukrainians should prepare for in the event of complete destruction of thermal generation, see the article Will Ukraine Have Light?
14:51 In Moscow, the car of former SBU officer Vasily Prozorov was blown up, his legs were damaged, Russian public pages write. Since 2014, Prozorov has collaborated with Russian intelligence services. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the article of attempted murder.
14:35 The International Energy Agency said that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries risk disrupting global markets for petroleum products. In particular, shutting down damaged refineries or units for four to eight weeks for repairs “could mean significant damage” to Russian exports of petroleum products, the agency said, adding that “international markets depend on Russian exports of diesel, crude oil and aviation fuel.”
13:59 Prime Ministers of Canada Justin Trudeau and France Gabriel Attal said that Ukraine itself must decide how to defend itself and its people. They also assured that their countries will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine for as long as necessary. In addition, Ottawa and Paris promised to continue efforts within the framework of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
13:36 There is no electricity in the entire deoccupied territory of the Kherson region, said the head of the Kherson GVA Roman Mrochko. According to him, this is due to the shelling of critical infrastructure in the neighboring Nikolaev region. The lack of light also led to breakdowns in the water supply system. Thus, the water supply network in the village of Tekstilny in Kherson experienced interruptions in the water supply.
13:11 General Director of the Yasno electricity supply company Sergei Kovalenko called on Ukrainians to save electricity daily during peak hours: “What can we do now? Save consumption during peak hours. And if there are many of us, it will work. Therefore - from 19 to 22 hours. Every day. Please save energy. Every day. All of 2024. Make it a habit."
12:48 Ukraine has returned the bodies of 99 dead soldiers, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
12:40 The Cabinet of Ministers has established an additional payment of 70 thousand hryvnia for military personnel and police officers performing combat missions on the first line, Shmygal said. A one-time reward will be awarded for every 30 days of completing such tasks.
The prime minister also said that the government has allocated an additional 3.88 billion hryvnia for the further construction of defensive lines. Of these funds, 1.7 billion are provided for the Kharkov region, 1.5 billion - for the Sumy region. Donetsk, Kherson and Nikolaev regions will also receive additional resources. In total, since the beginning of the year, the government has already allocated almost 30 billion UAH for the construction and improvement of fortifications.
11:57 In Belgorod, a drone hit the Gazprom administration building, Russian media write. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced two wounded, and the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of five drones over the region. Russian public pages also write that in the Rostov region the Novoshakhtinsky Oil Refinery was hit by drones - one of the downed UAVs fell on the territory of the plant.
11:46 Air Force Speaker Ilya Yevlash confirmed media information that Russia could hit the Trypillya thermal power plant with an X-69 missile: “This is an improved system of the X-59 version. Now it is being established what kind of missile it was, what its type was. Preliminarily, "Russia has used similar missiles before. These are fresh missiles, the parts of which were manufactured in 2023." According to him, Patriot "will most likely be able to withstand it, since it fought with more complex types of missiles, like Zircon and Kinzhal."
11:23 Tonight, a Russian UAV caused damage to equipment at one of the Ukrenergo substations in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Household and some industrial consumers were partially de-energized, the company reported.
10:55 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps does not rule out that London could send Ukraine its DragonFire laser weapon, capable of shooting down UAVs. Britain plans to put this new weapon into service with its army until 2027. But its prototypes may appear in Ukraine earlier, even if they are not 100% improved, the minister clarified. A feature of DragonFire is its low cost - the stated cost of a shot is less than 12 euros.
10:41 The death toll as a result of the Russian attack on the transport and logistics infrastructure of the Odessa region on April 10 increased to six - one of the 14 wounded died in the hospital, the prosecutor's office reported.
10:19 Great Britain transferred two minesweepers of the Royal Navy to Ukraine. They have already arrived in Portsmouth, where their crews are being trained to prepare for missions in the Black Sea, the British Ministry of Defense said. The department clarified that these ships cannot currently enter the Black Sea due to the terms of the Montreux Convention, but they will become a critical asset for Ukraine in its future coastal defense.
09:52 Russia is sending personnel of the Pacific Fleet, as well as the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army, to the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian military intelligence reported. According to the decision of the command of the Pacific Fleet, rotations to Syria have been completely stopped, and all personnel are sent to the combat zone on the territory of Ukraine. We are talking about 2,000 Russian military personnel from the Primorsky and Kamchatka territories of the Russian Federation. About 400 more military personnel from the military units of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army, stationed in the Khabarovsk Territory, should join the 155th and 40th Marine Brigades, which are fighting in Ukraine. Some of the personnel from the military formations of the Russian Far East will be included in the new motorized rifle brigade, which is being formed in Voronezh.
09:14 Since the beginning of the year, Russia has fired 1,000 missiles, about 2,800 suicide bombers and 7,000 aerial bombs into Ukraine, reported Ukraine’s permanent representative to the UN Sergei Kislitsa. "The total explosive yield of combined air strikes on Ukraine during this period exceeds 9 kilotons. Only 3% of Russian missiles, drones and guided bombs hit military targets, while 97% hit civilian infrastructure," he added.
08:53 The Russians fired at the village. Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Chuguevsky district, Kharkov region - a forestry building was damaged, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of shelling. Great Passages, Kharkov region.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 12:
- personnel - about 451,730 (+840) people,
- tanks - 7146 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,698 (+19),
- artillery systems - 11,486 (+34),
- MLRS - 1042 (+2),
- air defense weapons - 755 (+1),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 9161 (+57),
- cruise missiles - 2087 (+18),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 15,339 (+41),
- special equipment - 1888 (+6).
08:20 Over the past 24 hours, 78 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 29 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region, as well as Vyemka, Razdolovka, Kleshcheevka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Ivanovskoye in the Donetsk region. In addition, the enemy tried 26 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions. In the Avdeevsky direction, seven enemy attacks were repelled in the Novokalinovo, Umansky, Pervomaisky and Netaylovo areas of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - five attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - seven attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:57 The death toll as a result of yesterday's missile attack on an industrial enterprise in Nikolaev has increased to five - one of the wounded died in the hospital, said the head of the Air Defense Forces Vitaly Kim. Among the five victims is a 16-year-old teenager. About 20 residential buildings were damaged.
07:38 In the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, during a night attack as a result of falling debris from downed drones, a fire occurred at a critical infrastructure facility. The fire has already been extinguished, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
06:59 Air defense at night destroyed 16 of 17 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Nikolaev, Odessa, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions. In addition, the enemy attacked with an X-59 guided missile from the airspace of the occupied Donetsk region.