Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 23.50 British Prince Harry arrived in Lviv as part of an unannounced visit, where he visited a clinic where wounded defenders are treated.
The Duke of Sussex visited an orthopaedic clinic in Lviv that treats and rehabilitates wounded soldiers and civilians. The unannounced trip was only revealed after the prince had already left Ukraine.
Photos from the visit show Prince Harry, wearing a jacket with the name of his Invictus Games foundation, talking to wounded Ukrainian veterans.
23.25 A Russian drone hit a multi-story building in the Zhitomir district on the evening of April 10. The State Emergency Service published a photo of the destruction.
As a result of the enemy attack, one person was killed, five are known to have been injured. Among them is a child born in 2011. All the injured were hospitalized in medical institutions.
As a result of the attack, at least five multi-story buildings were damaged, and a fire broke out in one of the buildings. It has already been extinguished, and the aftermath of the emergency is being eliminated.
22.20 Russian troops struck a multi-story building in Zhitomir district with a drone. One person was killed, five others were injured, including a child born in 2011. This was reported by the head of the OVA Vitaliy Bunechko.
19:40 The SKALA regiment successfully carried out a combat operation in the area of the village of Shevchenko in the Pokrovsky direction. The video was published on the TG channel of the 425th OSHP Skala. As a result of 6 days of fighting, Shevchenko was gradually cleared of occupiers. As a result of the assault actions, the enemy's losses exceeded 1,100 people killed and wounded.
18.19 Ukraine continues to clarify all the circumstances of the involvement of Chinese citizens in the Russian occupation contingent. This concerns the systematic work of the Russian Federation to recruit Chinese citizens, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The head of state also released a video of the interrogation of one of the captured Chinese.
17:30 Since the beginning of the day, 85 combat clashes with Russian invaders have occurred on the front. Fighting is currently ongoing in six directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00.
17.19 Russian troops have begun using UAVs with explosive devices. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Attention, new threat! Russian troops have begun using UAVs that scatter explosive objects," the statement noted.
The Interior Ministry noted that they could be used by the enemy to strike any region of the country. The risk is extremely high also because the time of explosion of such ammunition is unknown.
16.08 An indictment has been sent to court against two occupiers for cruel treatment of civilians and other violations of the laws and customs of war by prior conspiracy by a group of persons. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General. According to the investigation, in July 2022, in Izyum, the accused, together with other occupiers, broke into the house where a woman lived - the mother of a Ukrainian law enforcement officer. They detained her and took her to a prison set up on the territory of a railway hospital.
15.01 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will join the next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format virtually, Defense News reported.
14.21 The Chinese authorities are calling for a correct understanding of the role of the PRC in the "Ukrainian conflict" and not making "irresponsible statements" about the participation of Chinese citizens in the war in Ukraine. The corresponding statement was made by the spokesman for the PRC Foreign Ministry, Lin Jian.
13.33 Russian aggressors attacked the city of Nikopol with a drone. 12 people were injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. As a result of the strike, a hostel and five cars were damaged in the city. The territory is being surveyed.
13:19 Russian troops have stepped up their offensive attempts in the Liman direction, as well as in the Kupyansk area - on both sides of the Oskol River. This was reported on air by Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops.
According to him, the Russians are trying to increase their presence in this area, setting up a permanent crossing over the river to supply forces.
12:19 Four people were injured in the night attack by Russian troops on the capital. Two of them were hospitalized. This was reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
12:10 The United States and Russia have exchanged prisoners in a sign of "confidence building." The exchange took place in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.
Russia released Ksenia Karelina, a US and Russian citizen sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security penal colony for donations to a Ukrainian charity in the United States.
In exchange, the United States released Artur Petrov, a citizen of Germany and Russia, who was arrested in 2023 in Cyprus at the request of the United States for the possible export of sensitive microelectronics.
12:09 During the intensified shelling of Kharkov, Russian troops began using a new tactic, in which they strike a large number of times at one district of the city in a short period of time. This was reported by Kharkov Mayor Igor Terekhov on the air of the telethon.
10:32 Russian troops killed four civilians in Donbass on April 9: in Novoekonomichesky, Bogatyr, Konstantinovka and Pokrovsk. Two more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours.
In total, since the beginning of the invasion, 3,135 civilians have been killed in the region, 6,911 have been wounded (excluding the victims of Volnovakha and Mariupol).
10:10 Three people were injured as a result of the night attack by Russian drones on the capital. One of them was hospitalized. Two were treated by doctors on the spot.
09:30 Russia attacked Ukraine at night with 145 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators. Air defense forces eliminated 85 drones. Another 49 enemy drone imitators were lost without negative consequences.
As a result of the Russian attack, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kiev, Khmelnytsky, Poltava and Nikolaev regions suffered.
08:52 Over the past 24 hours, 149 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit 11 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, an air defense system and two guns of the Russian invaders.
08:36 Ukraine is ready to pay for future aid packages from the United States, including Patriot systems. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
During a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, the issue of transferring at least 10 Patriot systems was discussed.
"I told him on the phone, give us at least ten (Patriot systems – ed.). This is protection, this will help us after the end of the war, this is a guarantee of security, that Ukraine is covered by air defense. There are many different formats and instruments that we are ready for. We were ready to find 30 and 50 billion for the corresponding package," the president said.
08:10 Two women were injured during a night attack by Russian drones in Kyiv's Darnitsky district. One of them had an acute stress reaction, the other had multiple minor wounds to her right forearm. The victims were treated on the spot without hospitalization.
In Darnitsky district, private houses and cars were damaged, and one of the outbuildings was completely destroyed.
In Goloseevsky district, as a result of an enemy attack, a warehouse caught fire.
07:55 As of April 10, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 929,000 people (+1,420 per day).
07:35 As a result of falling debris from downed Russian drones, 10 residents of Nikolaev were injured. Nine apartment buildings, three cars, 30 garages and an administrative building were damaged in the city.
As of this morning, a 29-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man are in hospital in moderate condition.
03:57 As a result of the UAV attack on Mykolaiv, two fires occurred in the city. Two people were hospitalized, others are receiving medical assistance on the spot.
0:45 In the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, a fire occurred in a non-residential building due to falling UAV debris. And in the Darnitsky district, a private building was destroyed as a result of falling debris.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The most active battles are being fought in the Pokrovsky direction. There, the occupation army is trying to advance in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 85 combat clashes with the Russian invaders on the front. Fighting is currently ongoing in six directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00 on Thursday, April 10.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction , the Defense Forces repelled two enemy assaults near Vovchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to advance four times in the direction of Peschanoye and in the area of Zagrizovoye. Three combat clashes are ongoing.
Eight combat clashes occurred in the Liman direction . The enemy attacked near the settlements of Novoye, Yampolovka and in the direction of Dronovka, Grekovka, Olgievka, Kotlyarovka, Novomikhaylovka. Four battles are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out four attacks, three of which have already been repelled. The occupiers are trying to advance towards Grigoryevka and in the Belogorovka and Verkhnekamyansky areas.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped three enemy attacks near Belaya Gora and Kurdyumovka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attempted to advance in the Druzhba and Toretsk areas 16 times. Three combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy initiated clashes of varying intensity 27 times towards Alexandropol, Sergeyevka, Kotlyarovka and near the settlements of Elizavetovka, Lysovka, Zvirovoe, Udachnoye, Preobrazhenka, Andreyevka, Bogdanovka. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 22 attacks.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, two enemy assaults near the settlement of Konstantinopol and in the direction of Bagatyr have been stopped. One attack is still ongoing.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction , in the Privolnoye area, three military clashes have now ended.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made two fruitless attempts to advance towards the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In Kursk region, Ukrainian defenders repelled six attacks by the invaders.
We remind you that on April 9, 149 combat clashes occurred on the front in 24 hours . At the same time, Russian losses exceeded 1,400 people killed and wounded.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Prokhody, Turya, Krasnopolye, Ugroyedy, and Miropolskoye (Sumy region).
The AFU losses were up to 105 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops launched strikes on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Dvurechanskoye (Kharkov region), Yampol, and Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were over 250 troops, three motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Zarya, Kleban-Byk, Grigorovka, and Tarasovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 330 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, and one territorial defence brigade close to Kotlino, Udachnoye, Yelizavetovka, Petrovskogo, Kotlyarovka, Novosergeyevka, and Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 430 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Poddubnoye, Bogatyr, Shevchenko, and Otradnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns, including one French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade close to Novopavlovka, Blagoveshchenskoye, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 90 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the military airfield infrastructure, missile artillery, ammunition, and military hardware depots as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas.
Air defence systems shot down nine JDAM guided bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile as well as 200 fixed-wing drones.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU losses amounted to 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 50,812 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,752 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,534 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,434 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,876 units of special military vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Zhuravka (Sumy region).
Moreover, strikes were delivered at formations of one mechanised brigade, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU close to Gornal and Oleshnya.
Operational-tactical, Army Aviation, and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Varachino, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Loknya, Maryino, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
The AFU losses were more than 420 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, four mortars, and two UAV command posts.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 73,410 troops, 405 tanks, 331 infantry fighting vehicles, 301 armoured personnel carriers, 2,262 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,664 motor vehicles, 601 artillery guns,53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 123 EW stations, 18 counter-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:29 Group led by Captain Viktor Shaldinperformedcombat mission to search for armed formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a given area.
While moving through the area, Viktor discovered a group of Ukrainian militants preparing an ambush on the supposed route of the Russian Armed Forces column. Captain Shaldin and his group, having carried out a maneuver using the terrain, secretly went behind the militants.
Having caught them by surprise, our servicemen destroyed the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The group did not allow the enemy to reorganize into a battle formation to repel the attack. The enemy suffered losses and retreated, leaving their positions.
The bold and decisive actions of Captain Shaldin and his subordinates thwarted the ambush being prepared by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and also ensured the arrival of the Russian Armed Forces convoy to the designated area without losses.
20:55 Army Aviation Engineers provide combat readiness of Ka-52M helicopters in the special operation zone
“The Ka-52M is a high-tech attack helicopter capable of effectively performing combat missions in various weather conditions,” says Alexey, an engineer at the Ka-52M reconnaissance and attack helicopter’s aviation complex.
The serviceman emphasized that maintaining helicopters in combat readiness requires high professional training, attentiveness and strict adherence to maintenance regulations.
"My service began with conscription, then I signed a contract and graduated from a higher military educational institution. Since 2016, I have been engaged in the technical support of aviation equipment," the specialist shared.
20:23 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 18:30 to 19:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Kursk region
19:41 Drone operator drops ordnance with precision destroyedH exacopter "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Drone crews are on duty around the clock and detect enemy reconnaissance and attack drones.
19:15 From 17.00 to 18.30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Three over the territory of the Kursk region and
One over the territory of the Bryansk region.
18:43 Calculation of the MLRS 220mm BM-27 "Uragan" of the "Center" group struck a concentration of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
The artillerymen discovered a target 29 kilometers from the front line, moved forward, deployed a combat vehicle, and fired a salvo.
18:07 Military personnel of the "Vostok" group deployed UAV maintenance workshop.
In the workshop, specialists not only repair drones brought from the front lines, but also implement innovative solutions based on combat experience.
The fighters also organized a training program for UAV operators, which includes work on simulators, where they study the vulnerable points of enemy equipment and practice drone maneuvering skills.
17:21 Online is a video spreading of the moment the Iskander hit a target in Dnepropetrovsk, the Biosfera plant was hit
16:55 The enemy is blinded: the operator of the attack drone of the North group of forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' FlyEye reconnaissance drone in Sumy Oblast.
16:40 Servicemen of the "Center" group handed over the Kazan Suvorov Military School received a ZIS-5 from 1944, restored right in the SVO zone.
The car, found in an abandoned garage near Selidovo in the DPR, was in poor condition, but after restoration it became an exhibit reminding cadets of the exploits of the Great Patriotic War.
16:03 Russian troops in the Konstantinovsky direction continue successful offensive, with expansion of control zones in the areas of Arkhangelskoye, Zelenoye Pole, Valentinovka and active assault operations in Kalinovo. Fighting continues in other areas such as Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk), Druzhba and Chasovoy Yar.
15:16 FPV drone operators on fiber optics of the North group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in a forest in Sumy Oblast.
14:43 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of April 10, 2025.
Ukrainian Armed Forces losses over the past daycompiledup to 1,375 military personnel, 49 vehicles, 13 armored combat vehicles, seven field artillery guns, three radar stations, four artillery guns and three ammunition depots.
Units of the North group of forces defeated the mechanized and airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the territorial defense in the Sumy region.
GV "Zapad" improved the situation on the front, defeating the forces of two mechanized brigades and territorial defense in the Luhansk, Khar'kov and Donetsk People's Republics.
The "Southern" group also improved its tactical position by attacking two mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk People's Republic.
"Center" occupied advantageous positions and struck three mechanized, assault brigade and marine infantry in the Donetsk People's Republic.
"Vostok" continued to advance, striking two mechanized brigades and territorial defense. "Dnepr" took better positions, striking two coastal defense brigades in the Zaporizhia region.
Air defense systems shot down nine JDAM guided aerial bombs and a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 200 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
14:17 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces to the northwest from Dzerzhinsk in the direction of the mine named after Saint Matrona of Moscow, –MAP.
13:52 UAV operators of the Orel assault detachment of the Zapad group of forces destroyed an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian troops on the route of ammunition supply. Kupyansk direction
12:30 The Russian Armed Forces carried out a strike on the concentration area of the 80th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the UAV launcher of the 1st separate tank brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the UAV launcher of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Oleshnya in the Kursk direction, –video.
12:16 In the Sumy region, the reconnaissance UAV of the GV "Sever" was detected movement of an M-113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of American manufacture, an attempt to camouflage the equipment in a forest belt turned out to be futile - our FPV operator carried out a targeted strike.
12:03 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon center continue to burn out enemy equipment in the border areas of the Kursk region.
11:30 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
In the Belgorod district, the settlement of Komsomolsky, the villages of Blizhneye, Bessonovka, Krasny Khutor, Nikolskoye, Petrovka, Toplinka and the village of Tserkovnywere subjected to shelling, during which two rounds were fired, and attacks by eight drones, seven of which were shot down by the air defense system.
In the village of Tserkovny, equipment was damaged on the territory of an agricultural enterprise, and in the village of Komsomolsky, as a result of air defense operations, a private house was damaged.
In the Borisovsky district, the villages of Berezovka, Bogun-Gorodok, Gruzskoye and the village of Klimovoye were attacked by five drones, one of which was shot down.
In the village of Bogun-Gorodok, a truck was damaged, in the village of Gruzskoye - an administrative building of an enterprise, in the village of Berezovka - a car.
In the Valuysky Municipal District, in the city of Valuyki, the villages of Borki, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe, Karabanovo, Kukuyevka and Sukharevo, 22 drones attacked, of which 12 were suppressed and shot down.
In the village of Dvuluchnoye, a passenger car was damaged, in the village of Kukuyevka - two private houses. After explosive devices were dropped from drones at night in the village of Borki, a car, two private houses and an outbuilding were damaged, in the village of Sukharevo - a private house and three cars, one of which burned down.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, the villages of Golovchino, Kozinka, Mokraya Orlovka, Novostroevka-Pervaya and Poroz were subjected to three attacks with seven munitions and nine drone attacks.
Yesterday evening, a woman sought medical help after suffering a barotrauma during a drone attack in the village of Golovchino. She refused the proposed hospitalization and continues to receive outpatient treatment. In the village of Golovchino, five vehicles were damaged, one of which was destroyed by fire, and in the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, a tractor was damaged.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, 63 munitions were fired in nine attacks at the settlements of Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, the villages of Grafovka, Demidovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka and Staroselye, and attacks by 13 drones were recorded, eight of which were suppressed and shot down.
In the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga, a civilian was killed when a drone struck a car. His wife, who was nearby, was injured. At the Rakityanskaya Central District Hospital, a woman with a mine-explosive injury and multiple shrapnel wounds received medical care. Then she was transferred to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod for further treatment.
Another civilian was also injured as a result of an FPV drone attack on a car. The victim continues to receive outpatient treatment. In the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga, a private house, three cars and a GAZelle were damaged, and in the village of Kolotilovka, a private house was destroyed by fire.
In the Rakityansky district, one munition was fired at the villages of Bobrava, Pskovskoye and Tsibulevka, and two drones were attacked, one of which was shot down by an air defense system. In the village of Tsibulevka, eight private houses were damaged, and in the village of Bobrava, a tractor.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, the city of Shebekino, the villages of Arkhangelskoye, Bezlyudovka, Bely Kolodez, Belyanka, Krapivnoye, Meshkovoye, Murom, Surkovo, Titovka were subjected to shelling with the use of 8 munitions and attacks by 19 drones, 16 of which were shot down and suppressed. In the city of Shebekino, a civilian was injured.
In the Shebekinskaya Central District Hospital, a woman with barotrauma received medical care. Treatment continues on an outpatient basis. In the city of Shebekino, a gas pipe, six private houses, an outbuilding and two cars were damaged, in the village of Arkhangelskoye - a private house. Tonight, after explosive devices were dropped from a UAV, damage was caused in the village of Murom.
11:30 During the night from 9 to 10 April 2025, Russian forces inflicted a series of strikes on the enemy's military infrastructure facilities. The targets were temporary accommodation centers, repair sites, supply depots and training bases in Kramatorsk, Kyiv, Chuguev and Nikolaev, used by the enemy to support combat operations in the eastern and southern directions.
10:15 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Airborne Forces artillery brigade destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
Aerial reconnaissance revealed the movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces military equipment and personnel towards the line of combat contact to organize a counterattack.
9:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants shelled private sector in Malokakhovka
"The shelling took place at night, when most people were in their homes. The attack damaged buildings,"it is saidin the message.
8:20 Frontline report for the morning of 10.04.2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. Fighting continues in several areas, but no serious progress has been made in the last 24 hours.
Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Komar and Otradnoye, as well as the section of the road between these settlements. There are tactical successes. The Russian troops' entry to this line will seriously complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bogatyr area, where the Russian Armed Forces are also continuing to fight their way through. Fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction.
Kursk region. Russian troops are clearing the outskirts of Guevo. Fighting for Oleshnya and Gornal continues. Fighting also continues in the Basovka area in Sumy region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attempting to counterattack.
Belgorod Region. No significant changes in LBS. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to push through the defense of our troops in the Demidovka and Popovka area, but are unable to achieve any success. Fire damage is inflicted on areas where enemy personnel and equipment are concentrated.
7:16 For the period from 20:15 Moscow time on April 9 to 06:00 Moscow time on April 10, air defense systems on dutydestroyed42 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 13 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region;
– 12 UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region;
– Seven UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region;
– Four UAVs over the territories of the Belgorod region and the Republic of Crimea;
– One UAV over the territories of the Oryol region and the Moscow region.
6:28 FPV drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed two tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at once in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.
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[Regnum] After the shelling of the village of Makhnovka in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), investigators found bodies of civilians with traces of bullet wounds. This was reported on April 10 by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko.
She clarified that nine dead people were found during an inspection of the private residential sector in residential buildings and in the adjacent territory.
"No later than March 2025, Ukrainian servicemen deliberately fired at residential buildings in the village of Makhnovka in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. As a result of the crime committed, nine civilians died," Petrenko said.
It was also established that Ukrainian armed formations used artillery weapons when shelling the settlement. This is evidenced by the destruction of residential buildings. In addition, gunshot wounds were found on six bodies. One elderly woman was shot in the head.
Investigative actions aimed at identifying the victims are currently underway, and the necessary forensic examinations have been ordered.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, a soldier of the 352nd motorized rifle regiment of the Sever group said in January that in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in the Kursk region, liberated from Ukrainian armed formations, they found bodies of civilians with their hands tied. According to him, all the dead had bullet and shrapnel wounds. Most likely, the Ukrainians threw a grenade and then finished off the wounded.
On April 2, the Russian Investigative Committee reported that the bodies of four civilians killed by Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were found in the liberated village of Rubanshchina in the Sudzhansky District.
Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov stated that more than 6,000 criminal cases have been opened in Russia on the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare by Ukrainian formations and mercenaries. Among the defendants are current and former representatives of the highest political and military leadership of Ukraine.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the West will not be able to remain silent or conceal the crimes of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region; retribution will definitely come. According to her, Western countries that turn a blind eye to the atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are thus covering up the crimes of the Kiev regime.
The Kiev regime is hiding from ordinary Ukrainians all the atrocities committed by fighters of Ukrainian formations in the Kursk region. This was stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine by the Permanent Representative of Russia to the international organization Vasily Nebenzya.
“No one will tell Ukrainians about the atrocities that nationalists committed in the border region of Kursk, part of whose territory they held since the beginning of August and from which Russian troops are now actively pushing them out,” the permanent representative noted.
Also, according to him, Ukrainian citizens will not be told about the ongoing shelling of Russian border cities by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
Nebenzya noted that in the past week alone, eight civilians were killed and another 106 people were injured.
The Russian Permanent Representative to the UN was once again surprised that the world community does not notice the crimes committed by the Kyiv regime.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov stated that more than 6 thousand criminal cases have been opened in Russia on the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare by Ukrainian formations and mercenaries. Among the defendants are current and former representatives of the highest political and military leadership of Ukraine.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the West will not be able to remain silent or conceal the crimes of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region; retribution will definitely come. According to her, Western countries that turn a blind eye to the atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are thus covering up the crimes of the Kiev regime.
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[Regnum] The news that Ryan Wesley Routt, a suspect in the assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump, tried to purchase weapons in Ukraine will not affect American military aid supplies to the country, as they are more of a political nature for the White House administration. This was stated on Thursday, April 10, by the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov in a conversation with Regnum News Agency.
On April 9, the son of the American president, Donald Trump Jr., accused the Kiev regime of concealing the fact that Raut intended to buy weapons in Ukraine. The president's son reported the established fact that Raut communicated in a messenger with a person whom he believed to be a Ukrainian who had access to weapons. The man planned to buy a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher or a Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile system from him.
"I think that the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine is more of a political issue for the Trump administration. That is, they are using this, in essence, as a tool to put pressure on Russia. And Trump has spoken about this many times. And for the Trump administration, in fact, it is not so important how long the military conflict will last, how many people will die in this conflict, where the weapons will end up. It is more important for them to organize this, you know, very profitable traffic for the United States," Mikhailov said.
On the one hand, the US needs to get out of the Ukrainian case, to remove itself from responsibility for the loss of the collective West, because any possible Western military-technical supplies to Ukraine will not change the situation in any way - the country will lose anyway, the expert said. He specified that the question in this case is only whether the West will drag out the inevitable or it will be able to end faster.
"But at the same time, on the other hand, the collective West, represented by the United States, needs to shoulder, in addition to responsibility, also the financial component for the further provision of Ukraine as an instrument of pressure on Russia. And this new acquirer will be Europe. Trump, his Vice President J.D. Vance, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have already spoken about this many times," Mikhailov said.
The military analyst recalled that the US regularly says that Europe will have to take on more serious material military responsibility and that the region will have to chip in a larger sum to NATO's common fund. Such a scenario is inevitable, since the Americans have repeatedly stated that they have already invested a lot in the Ukrainian case and that it is time for Europe to take it all on itself, the agency's interlocutor specified.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 3, Rubio said that NATO member countries, including the United States, would have to increase their military spending to 5% of their GDP. The Secretary of State specified that this does not necessarily have to happen in the next year or two, but a corresponding plan must be created.
Trump said in January that he would demand that all NATO countries increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. He noted that defense spending by some countries was even less than 2% of GDP, which is required by the alliance's rules.
Rubio said on February 26 that the United States no longer has the ability to subsidize NATO allies that do not spend enough on military needs. The US Secretary of State specified that he was talking about the rich countries of Western Europe.
On September 15, 2024, an assassination attempt was made on Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. The shooter was 58-year-old American citizen Ryan Wesley Routt, who stuck the barrel of an AK-47 through the fence of a golf club. He missed Trump. Routt was detained and taken into custody. It turned out that he had been to Kiev and participated in the recruitment of mercenaries for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene pointed out Raut's participation in a video in support of the Ukrainian national formation "Azov" (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Ivan Lizan
[REGNUM] Oil at $40 per barrel is postponed. US President Donald Trump, who brought down world markets with his tariffs, has now rolled back the tariffs for some countries, except for those that have "sinned" especially. This primarily concerns China and the European Union.
Against this backdrop, the oil price chart, which had been nodding off, perked up and grew. However, this did not reduce the number of questions. What was that and what will Russia do if oil starts to cost $40?
TURNED ON THE REVERSE
Trump's tariff adventure has several layers, like an onion. The first is ideological: an attempt to restore justice - of course, in the American sense. The US created the current system of world trade, but has ceased to be its beneficiary, turning into an importer. The EU and China are now skimming off the cream.
The second is, of course, strategic: the US can no longer financially bear the burden of a superpower, so it must cut costs and take a course toward becoming a regional power. To do this, it is necessary to launch a program to restructure the American economy, which will certainly affect the global economy.
The third layer is practical. The US has accumulated a mass of economic problems that require solutions. This includes the exorbitant size of the national debt and the cost of servicing it, the federal budget deficit, and the negative trade balance.
An important diplomatic level: Trump, who will soon be 100 days into his second presidential term, needs diplomatic victories. And they are in trouble: Panama's ports have not been taken under control, Greenland and Canada have not become part of the United States, the Ukrainian crisis has not been resolved.
And then there’s the personal layer: Trump doesn’t have an adequate understanding of objective reality, he overestimates America’s place in the world and his capabilities as the US president.
All of this led to the launch of a new trade war. In a dashing cavalry charge, Trump managed to reduce the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds, the most important borrowing instrument for covering the US budget deficit. But then US allies, including Japan, began selling these same bonds, which blurred the effect of the maneuver.
To put it into perspective, the US spends over $1 trillion a year on debt servicing – now this is comparable to the Pentagon budget, which was recently increased by $150 billion.
However, this is clearly a Pyrrhic victory, since Trump has destroyed the last of his authority. Trust in the American financial system has also been undermined - it was not possible to significantly reduce the cost of servicing the national debt, and there is a real pogrom on the stock exchanges.
Judging by the reaction, many things came as a surprise to the Trumpists. Americans were overwhelmed by consumer panic, corporations came running to the White House with calculations of their losses, China and the EU showed enviable stubbornness, and the Republicans themselves did not show the expected unity with Trump. As a result, he, realizing the scale of the problems, wavered, but did not bend: tariffs on Chinese and European goods are still in effect.
WHO WILL BLINK FIRST?
As a result of the first round of the trade war, duties of 125% were imposed on China, making it unprofitable to supply goods to the United States. Last year, China supplied America with $439 billion worth of goods, or $36 billion a month.
Suppose that a protracted trade war cuts supplies in half and that this becomes the new normal in U.S.-China relations. In that case—if other markets fail to replace half of the lost supplies—the Chinese economy will shrink, and China's demand for oil will decline, and with it, world prices for it.
In this case, the United States and China will be drawn into a confrontation, the outcome of which will depend on their margin of safety.
On the PRC's side is $3.2 trillion in accumulated gold and foreign exchange reserves, which could be used to mitigate the crisis and make structural changes in the Chinese economy. On the US side is a reduction in the volume of the trade deficit at the cost of more expensive imports and the creation of colossal problems for American business.
There is no need to look far for examples. The cost price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, as one of the most high-margin American goods produced in China, is about $485. And it is sold in the US at a price of $1,200. Doubling the cost of the smartphone means an automatic reduction in Apple's income, which will collapse its stock quotes and remove it from the camp of unicorn companies with a capitalization of over $1 trillion.
And this is Apple. And many other companies are even more dependent on the Chinese market, and they won’t be able to afford to ignore 125% import duties – they’ll go broke.
In this case, the US has less of a margin of safety than China, and Trump's position can hardly be called cast-iron. After all, in a year and a half he has midterm elections to Congress and the Senate, in which American voters traditionally give preference to the opposition.
Therefore, the likelihood that Trump will once again back off is very high. Especially since Beijing has no intention of giving in and lifting its duties on American products.
MOTHER OIL
Now it's time to return to Russia. By the beginning of 2025, oil and gas revenues provided about 30% of federal budget revenues. The figure looks impressive, but in 2014, oil and gas revenues provided 50% of "federal" revenues. And in the period from 2015 to 2019, this figure fluctuated in the range of 36-46%.
As you can see, the "people are the new oil" policy has borne fruit in 10 years. Against the backdrop of growing tax collection from citizens and businesses within the country, dependence on oil and gas has decreased. At the same time, over the past three years, the share of gas in the structure of oil and gas revenues has fallen to 20%.
The bulk of oil and gas revenues comes from the extraction, processing and export of oil: in different years, the share of the oil sector in total revenues fluctuated from 66% to 77%.
Therefore, the issue of oil prices has not only a theoretical but also a practical dimension: the reconciliation of budget debits with credits depends on them. And federal budget expenditures in 2025 are almost 2 times higher than expenditures for 2021: 41.4 trillion rubles versus 21.5 trillion.
At the same time, defense and security expenditures have almost tripled during this time. Simply put, ensuring that the budget is filled in the conditions of the SVO is no less a priority task than the conduct of the SVO itself.
This is precisely why the jumps in oil prices so frighten certain media-active citizens and make the domestic bureaucracy nervous.
And while globally the price of oil depends on the balance of supply and demand, prices are regularly distorted by several factors.
The first is oil's status as a commodity, which is affected by market unease. The second is the activity within OPEC+, whose members regulate the volume of oil production to maintain prices for "black gold" acceptable to all cartel members, mitigating for themselves the negative consequences of long-term changes in the oil market caused by reduced consumption.
Consumption itself is declining due to periodic crises, which are typical of any economy, especially a market economy.
Trump, with his actions, risks initiating just such a crisis – tariffs against China and the EU have been maintained.
DEBIT AND CREDIT
At the height of the jitters, the price of Brent crude - with Russia's Urals trading at a discount to it - fell from $67 a barrel to $57, then rose to $62.
The federal budget for 2025 is based on oil at $67 per barrel, while in neighboring Kazakhstan the budget included oil at $75 per barrel, and in distant Saudi Arabia at $93. Therefore, short-term fluctuations in oil prices are not a problem.
Firstly, quotes are rising again. In 2020, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin estimated the cost of Russian oil production in the range of $9 to $20 per barrel, depending on the project.
At the same time, the cost of shale oil production in the US varies between $30 and $60, depending on the region and the technologies used.
As you can see, the Russian oil industry has a much higher margin of safety than the American one, and the first to leave the market with oil at $40-50 per barrel will be the American shale oil industry.
Therefore, cheap oil is not beneficial for the US itself - it will ruin the oilmen as a support for the Republicans, and will also begin to transform the US from an exporter to an importer of oil.
At the same time, we should not forget about the successful interaction of OPEC+ countries to maintain oil prices.
Secondly, the Russian bureaucracy has developed a number of tools to reduce the impact of fluctuations in oil prices on federal budget revenues.
The main instrument is the budget rule, according to which all excess budget revenues from oil sales above a certain price level are directed to the National Welfare Fund.
At the beginning of the SVO, the budget rule was cancelled, but since 2025 it has been in effect again. The cut-off price is set at $60 — everything above that is directed to replenish the National Welfare Fund. Therefore, the first thing federal authorities will do when serious problems with replenishing the budget arise is to adjust the budget rule again.
By the way, the liquid part of the National Welfare Fund, although continuing to shrink, exceeded 3.26 trillion rubles (1.5% of GDP) by the end of March, and the peak of budget expenditures for this year has already passed - the government has advanced many expenditure items.
In the meantime, the dollar exchange rate is creating far more problems for the federal budget: the dollar is budgeted for this year at 95.6 rubles per unit, while it is currently being sold at 87.6 rubles. The ruble has strengthened precisely against the backdrop of renewed contacts between the US and Russia.
But here too the federal government has tools, including adjusting the standard for mandatory return of foreign currency earnings by exporters. And at worst, it is always possible to lower the ruble exchange rate in order to increase the ruble revenues of the federal budget against the backdrop of a reduction in foreign currency trade.
In general, there are no grounds for panic yet, and rumors about Russia's death from malnutrition caused by falling oil prices are greatly exaggerated. The domestic bureaucracy has drawn conclusions from previous oil crises, and even despite the ongoing SVO, the economy and budget have a margin of safety.
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