Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 21.30 The number of victims as a result of the Russian drone strike on Kharkiv has increased to 11 people. This was reported on April 22 by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
19.39 A military aircraft with the call sign WELCOM has been recorded in the skies over the territory of Ukraine for the second day already, which attracted users of the tracking service Flightradar24. The head of the communications department of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, spoke about the purpose of the flights.
The plane flew , in particular, over the Lviv and Vinnytsia regions.
Ignat confirmed that this was a military transport aircraft An-26 of the Ukrainian Air Force.
"This aircraft performs certain tasks (the officer did not specify which ones - ed.). In total, dozens of aircraft and helicopters of various types perform tasks, both combat and special, as well as training flights, in the airspace of Ukraine every day," Ignat added.
19:30 During the day on April 22, 2025, the Air Defense Forces shot down 38 Russian drones. 31 enemy drone imitators were lost (without negative consequences). This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:10 The Security Service has sent an indictment to court against a Russian agent who committed sabotage at Ukrzaliznytsia facilities in the Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi regions. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property. This was reported by the SBU on April 22.
17.46 On April 22, Russian troops shelled Myrnohrad. At least three people were killed and two were wounded. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin. It is noted that around midday, the Russians attacked a civilian car with a drone and killed two people: a 75-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman. Another victim was a 72-year-old man who died in the private sector. In addition, two people were wounded in the city center and taken to hospital.
17.35 As a result of the bombing of Zaporozhye by Russian troops, one person was killed and 26 people were injured, including four children. 12 victims remain in hospitals - all of them with mine and blast injuries. The condition of four of them - men aged 37 and 67 and women aged 57 and 67 - is serious.
According to the police, the Russians struck Zaporizhia with two FAB-500s from the UMPK. The air attack damaged six apartment buildings, a gymnasium building and 28 vehicles.
16.40 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited a military base in the west of the country where Ukrainian troops are undergoing training, Sky News reports. Starmer addressed British, New Zealand and Ukrainian troops at a military base in the west of England. He noted the "resilience of the Ukrainians" and thanked them for coming to Britain for further training.
16.19 State Bureau of Investigation officers exposed the deputy commander of a military unit in the Vinnytsia region, who illegally issued almost 5 million combat payments for dozens of servicemen in the rear in 2022. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
16.10 Another supporter of the Kremlin ideology has been exposed in Kharkiv. The 58-year-old resident of the regional center has been an active participant in pro-Russian Telegram channels since December 2023. The man left comments in which he claimed that he was "waiting for the capitulation of the Kiev regime" and the so-called "liberation" of Kharkiv.
The suspect spoke negatively about Ukrainian patriots and rejoiced that "the Russian Federation is destroying Banderovites."
15:29 European countries told the United States last week which aspects of a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia would not be the subject of negotiations, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
14:37 American actor Sean Penn visited the Special Operations Forces servicemen stationed in Kropyvnytskyi. This was reported by the fighters of the 3rd separate special forces regiment named after Svyatoslav the Brave on Facebook and they posted a corresponding video.
13.49 Russian invaders carried out a massive attack with "shahed" type attack drones on Kharkov. Explosions were heard in four districts of the city - Kievsky, Saltovsky, Novobavarsky and Shevchenkovsky. So far, seven victims are known.
13.33 As a result of a bombing attack by Russian aggressors in Zaporozhye, one person was killed and 15 were injured. This was reported by the head of the local OVA Ivan Fedorov. Among the injured, two children - a 14-year-old teenager in serious condition, and a 4-year-old boy in moderate condition.
13.00 Russia's so-called "Easter truce" with Ukraine was a marketing operation by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to win the trust of US President Donald Trump, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
According to him, the temporary "truce" that the head of the Kremlin declared on April 19, and which Kyiv immediately and repeatedly accused Moscow of violating, was only for show.
"The Easter truce that he (Putin, - ed.) announced somewhat unexpectedly was a marketing operation, a decoy operation, aimed at preventing President Trump from becoming more impatient and angry," Barro said.
12.15 Russian invaders attacked the residential sector of Zaporozhye with guided aerial bombs (UABs). The enemy hit a residential high-rise building . As of now, one woman is known to have died and two injured.
11:57 Russian troops continue to strengthen their military presence in the temporarily occupied Mariupol: two military bases have appeared. This was reported on Telegram by the Mariupol City Council.
11.47 Russian troops carried out artillery, mortar, air and UAV strikes on Kherson, Antonovka, Sadovyi, Prydniprovskyi, Belozerka, Molodezhnoye, Stanislav, Tavricheskyi, Vysuntsy, Zelenovka, Kamyshany, Berislav, Gavrilovka, Zolotaya Balka, Novokainy, Novoraysk and Burgunka during the past night.
11.28 Russian troops carried out a series of airstrikes on the frontline village of Gorokhovatka in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region. Two civilians were injured, housing infrastructure was destroyed. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
10:58 Ukrainian military have thwarted a massive assault and disrupted the enemy's offensive plans in the Zaporizhia direction. This was reported by the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Artan on its Telegram channel and a video with the relevant footage was posted.
10.38 The Russian military has increased the number of Kalibrs on submarines from four to six. This was reported by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk.
"As for the water area (seas - ed.), in principle, no changes have occurred. They did not withdraw additional units, although the dispersal of the naval composition was in Novorossiysk. Most likely, they expected some trouble, but this is an assumption. The very fact that they dispersed. Now there is one carrier - an underwater one. in a different way. Previously, you saw a submarine with four possible Kalibrs, now - this is already six possible missiles," he said.
According to the speaker, the Russians thus decided to increase the combat capabilities of the carriers for delivering strikes.
10:20 The Security Service has detained another member of the Russian intelligence group in Nikolaev that was exposed in March. At that time, four Russian agents were detained during a special operation, who were adjusting missile and drone strikes on the city.
The enemy's main targets were the reserve command posts and logistics units of the defense forces fighting on the southern front.
A fifth adjuster was detained at his place of residence, who, after the enemy cell was exposed, "lay low" to avoid justice. He turned out to be a 50-year-old local unemployed man.
09.43 On the night of April 22, Russia attacked Ukraine with 54 Shahed-type attack drones, as well as different types of drone imitators.
As of 09.00, damage to 38 Shahed-type attack UAVs (other types of drones) has been confirmed in the east, north, south and center of the country. Another 16 drone imitators have been lost without any negative consequences.
The Russian attack affected the Odessa and Kyiv regions.
09.11 At night, Russian troops attacked the Kiev region with drones. Local residents' houses and cars were damaged.
A fire broke out at a construction site in Buchansky District, which rescuers have extinguished. The blast wave damaged the premises of a country complex and the foundation of an unfinished building. Six private houses, four cars, three utility buildings and three garages were also damaged.
The police have not yet received information about victims.
8.39 The Defense Forces have stopped 61 attacks by Russian invaders in the Pokrovsk direction. Over the past 24 hours, 165 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, including 21 in the Kursk region. This is evidenced by the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.57 Ukrainian defenders have eliminated another 1,130 Russian invaders over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on its Facebook page.
7.28 Kremlin master Vladimir Putin has offered to hold bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the full-scale invasion. Although Zelensky has not responded to Putin's initiative, he has stressed that Ukraine is "ready for any discussion" about a ceasefire. Putin's statement comes amid pressure from the United States, which has threatened to "abandon its peace efforts if no progress is made."
05.24 In the Kupyansk direction, fighters of the 2nd operational battalion of the 15th brigade of the NGU "Kara-Dag" captured an enemy infantry group that was trying to gain a foothold in the unit's area of responsibility.
04.11 The UN Secretary General's office is aware that during the so-called Easter truce, the aggressor country Russia and Ukraine continued military actions. The UN called for an end to the war in accordance with its resolutions, international law and with respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
01.55 Odessa was subjected to a massive attack by Russia. The invaders used Shahed-136 attack drones flying towards the city from the Black Sea. This attack took place immediately after the end of the "Easter truce" declared by Russia, which lasted from April 20 to 21. According to the head of the Odessa OVA, Oleh Kiper, civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, an educational institution, vehicles were damaged in the city, fires broke out. Three people were injured.
00.45 Since 2014, Ukraine has lost half of its child population in the occupied territories, Crimea stated in an interview with Radio Liberty’s project.
"In 11 years, Ukraine has become poorer by half of its child population. Of these, 20% remained first in Donbass and Crimea, then plus new territories - this is almost 1.6 million children that we lost due to occupation. This is 20% of the child population - exactly there. The other 30% - all over the world, almost 30%, somewhere around 25%, a little bit 25%, a little more.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian army has received a "strict" order to reach the Dnipropetrovsk region by May 9, the military says.
Moscow has given its troops a "stern" order to reach the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region by May 9, the Vugledar tactical group reported. The defense forces have already stopped several large-scale attacks, for more details, see the story. Historical parallel
Our military notes that two captured occupiers testified during interrogation about a "stern" order for Russian troops to reach the administrative border between Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk regions by May 9.
For the Kremlin, the “liberation of the DPR” was supposed to become a historical parallel with 1945, a symbol of victory over “modern fascists – Ukrainians,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces say.
To this end, the enemy has carried out two massive offensive operations in the Vugledar tactical group's area of responsibility since the beginning of April, involving a large number of tanks, armored fighting vehicles, armored vehicles and personnel.
After the defeat of these columns, the Russians resorted to using motorcycles, buggies and quad bikes. With their help, the occupiers are looking for "gaps" in the Ukrainian defense, trying to break through to populated areas for the purpose of stockpiling, the military adds.
"The calculation is simple - fast movement, according to the Russians, complicates the detection and destruction of such groups by artillery, FPV drones and bombers. However, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance works perfectly. Most of the Russian military personnel are destroyed before they reach Ukrainian positions," the Vugledar tactical group said in a statement on April 19.
"EASTER" ASSAULT
On the night of April 21, in the direction of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russians began to actively storm our positions. As reported by the squad commander of the 24th separate assault battalion, Aidar, call sign Osman, the enemy used armored vehicles and infantry for the attack.
"Since the night in the direction of the Dnepropetrovsk border, the enemy has been constantly storming our positions, both with equipment and infantry. At least 4 BMPs have been destroyed, the car and motorcycle have not yet been counted, there are a lot of them," the soldier wrote .
According to him, for three days the Russians carried out minimal assault actions, accumulating forces in the rear. However, the attempt to break through by the Russian units failed - they were defeated in the middle of the fields and forest belts of the Donetsk region, unable to advance to the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Later, this information was confirmed by Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the operational-strategic group of forces of Khortitsa. According to him, the enemy is slowly retreating from the western outskirts of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
Tregubov added that the Russians were indeed actively trying to advance in this direction to cut off the highway from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from Pavlograd to Pokrovsk. But they failed – there was a "small turning point" after the Defense Forces recaptured Kotlino at the end of February 2025.
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region remains an important logistical, humanitarian and medical hub for Ukraine's troops in the east of the country. Control over the roads leading to Donetsk region allows for stable supplies for the Defense Forces and the evacuation of the wounded.
In addition, as the local authorities stated, when it comes to the country's mineral resources, this is directly about the Dnipropetrovsk region. Also, in the event of a "freeze" of the war, an international military contingent may be deployed in the region, if it is in Ukraine at all, local officials believe.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Popovka, Prokhody, and Okop (Sumy region).
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Kamenka, Doroshovka, Moskovka (Kharkov region), Novoye, Kirovsk, and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 250 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, five field artillery guns as well as one Czech-made Vampire MLRS launcher. Two Kvertus electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were eliminated.
As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Sukhaya Balka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops hit clusters of manpower and hardware of one heavy mechanised brigade, three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Novoolenovka, Zarya, Ulyanovka, Vasyukovka, Novaya Poltavka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, and Yablonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 300 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, eight motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and one Grad MLRS launcher. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops launched attacks on formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and two National Guard brigades near Krasnoarmeysk, Mirolyubovka, Lysovka, Novonikolayevka, Bogdanovka, and Novoekonomicheskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 310 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Tolstoy, Komar (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyaipole, and Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, including two NATO-made ones.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were over 70 troops, two motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two counter-battery radars, and two ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the production site of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as temporary deployment areas of the AFU and foreign mercenaries in 141 areas.
Air defence facilities shot down three JDAM guided bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile as well as 99 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU losses amounted to 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 53,034 unmanned aerial vehicles, 604 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,985 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,546 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,962 field artillery guns and mortars, 34,416 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 inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, and one territorial defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gornal.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Varachino, Velikaya Rybitsa, Vodolagi, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Studenok, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
During the day, the AFU losses were more than 160 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 10 motor vehicles, one self-propelled artillery system, three artillery guns, one mortar, one OSA-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, one EW station as well as six UAV command posts, one ammunition depot, and one technical equipment depot. Four AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 75,540 troops, 412 tanks, 336 infantry fighting vehicles, 311 armoured personnel carriers, 2,283 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,759 motor vehicles, 636 self-propelled artillery systems and field artillery guns, 62 MLRS launchers, including 15 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 29 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 130 EW stations, 18 counter-battery warfare radars, 12 air defence radars, 57 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] 21:48 Unmanned aerial vehicle crews are catching up with the enemy in the SVO zone.
Drone operators of the Vostok group destroyed an M-113 armored personnel carrier and enemy personnel in the South Donetsk direction near the village of Bogatyr, and FPV drone operators of the Sever group destroyed a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle Baba Yaga of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region —video.
20:51 Attack on Ukrainian position in residential area of Loknya, Sumy region —video.
20:00 Drone operators of the "North" group of troops methodically are destroying equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.
19:30 Ukrainian Armed Forces attack Belgorod region continue:
In the village of Shakhovka in the Volokonovsky district, as a result of an explosive device being dropped from a drone, windows were knocked out and the roof was damaged in a private house.
In the Borisovsky district, the village of Gruzskoye was attacked by a drone - an outbuilding and a fence were damaged in a private home.
In the village of Ilek-Koshary, Rakityansky district, a drone detonated on the roof of one of the premises of a manufacturing plant - the roof was damaged.
In the Shebekinsky District, seven drones attacked the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. As a result of attacks by five drones on the enterprise, a passenger car was destroyed by fire and a truck was damaged. In addition, the glazing of two buildings on the territory of the enterprise was damaged. Two more drones struck passenger cars, as a result of which one vehicle had damaged windows and a body, and the second completely burned down. In the village of Grafovka, a drone strike knocked out windows and damaged the facade of a private house.
The village of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod district was also attacked by a drone - the roof of a private house was damaged. In the village of Chaiki, as a result of an FPV drone attack, the roof of an outbuilding was broken.
18:54 UAV operators of the Tula paratroopers continue to destroy weapons, military equipment and personnel of the enemy in the border areas of the Kursk region.
18:42 Around 18:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
18:27 April 22 as a result of a fire on the territory of a military unit in the Vladimir region, stored ammunition in a warehouse was detonated.
Regular fire brigades from the military unit and the Ministry of Emergency Situations were called in to extinguish the fire. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties; the cause of the fire is a violation of safety requirements when working with explosive materials.
On the instructions of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, a commission was created to establish all the circumstances of the incident under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General A.M. Bulyga. Following the results of the investigation, the guilty officials will be held accountable.
18:09 FPV drone operators of the North group of forces destroyed a dugout with enemy manpower in the Sumy region.
17:30 Servicemen of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed ammunition depot and pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction.
Intelligence discovered an enemy ammunition depot located in an abandoned house near the village of Sukhaya Balka. Having received the coordinates, a 122mm D-30 howitzer crew destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces depot.
17:15 During the counterbattery battle, artillerymen of the North group of forces destroyed enemy field artillery gun in Sumy region.
16:08 Four civilians suffered from an attack on a civilian vehicle in the Belgorod region.
A Ukrainian drone hit a car in the village of Kosilovo, injuring four civilians.
15:04 In the Kherson region after the end of the Easter truce increased enemy strikes on the territory of the region.
Russian helicopter pilots are processing the entire eastern part of the coastal zone of the Kherson region, destroying enemy air defense systems. Our aviators also destroyed the building of the 178th TCC in Kherson with four precise hits of the FAB-500.
In the area of Golaya Pristan, Aleshka, logistics are difficult on our part. There is constant control and work of enemy drones in the air. The enemy also constantly carries out remote mining.
In the area of the Antonovsky Bridge, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still trying to launch small groups onto our bank towards the dacha area. Our operators are meeting the enemy, and work is ongoing around the clock.
The situation is calmer near the Kazachi Lageri and Dnepryan. Ukrainian formations are trying to remotely mine the coast. At night, "Baba Yaga" often flies out, creating problems in the coastal zone.
However, unlike other areas, in the Kherson direction, control of the sky remains with our operators. Delivery of provisions, ammunition, evacuation of transport from the enemy often ends with burned transport and loss of people.
14:35 Servicemen of the "East" military group evacuated another group of civilians from Constantinpol to the DPR.
During the evacuation, the militants opened fire from artillery and aimed FPV drones at the people. In order to protect the civilian population from the impact of enemy UAVs, our motorized riflemen deployed electronic warfare equipment.
13:20 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of populated areas on the left bank of the Kherson region.
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Seven rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– Five rounds to the village of Bolshie Kopani;
– Three rounds to the settlement of Kairy;
– Two rounds to the settlement of Tavriysk;
– Four rounds to the village of Aleshki;
- Three rounds in the village of Sagi.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kazachi Lageri, Dnepryany, Korsunka, and Aleshki, firing a total of 12 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.
12:02 UAV calculation of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army discovered an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a communications antenna and an enemy repeater.
11:45 Ukrainian military are applied artillery strikes on the city of Kamenka-Dniprovska in the Zaporizhia region.
11:30 Investigating Ukrainian serviceman who fired at residential buildings in the village of Spalnoye in the Kursk region.
The Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case against a serviceman of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sergei Safronov, suspected of attempted murder, as well as intentional destruction of someone else's property (Part 3 of Article 30, paragraphs "a", "e", "g" and "l" of Part 2 of Article 105 and Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
10:47 Around 9.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Bryansk region.
10:06 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles, communications equipment and drones in the Donetsk direction.
9:50 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
In the Belgorod district, the settlements of Malinovka and Oktyabrsky, the villages of Bessonovka, Bochkovka and Nikolskoye were attacked by 11 drones, three of which were shot down by the air defense system.
In the village of Nikolskoye, a passenger car and a private house were damaged. Tonight in the village of Bochkovka, as a result of explosive devices dropped from a drone, two private houses, a passenger car and an outbuilding were damaged.
In the Valuysky Municipal District, 24 drones attacked the villages of Borki, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe, Kazinka, Karabanovo, Kukuyevka, and the hamlets of Babka and Leonovka, 13 of which were shot down and suppressed.
In the village of Dolgoe, a woman was injured as a result of two explosive devices being dropped on a private house. The victim received all necessary assistance at the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital. Hospitalization was not required, and treatment will continue on an outpatient basis.
In the village of Dolgoe, a private house, garage, and car were damaged. In the village of Kazinka, a power line was damaged - emergency services restored power supply to the villages of Arkatovo, Kazinka, Tulyanka, Posokhovo, and Gladkovo.
In the village of Kukuyevka, two private houses, a garage, and a car located in it were damaged, in the village of Dvuluchnoye - a private house, and in the hamlet of Leonovka - a car.
In the Volokonovsky district, the village of Tishanka was attacked by a drone tonight. As a result of explosive devices dropped from the drone, a house was partially destroyed, two outbuildings were destroyed by fire, and a private home was damaged.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, 16 rounds of ammunition were fired during five attacks and 6 drones were attacked in the settlement of Gorkovsky and the villages of Bezymeno, Dunayka, Kozinka, Mokraya Orlovka, Poroz, Rozhdestvenka and Spodaryushino. No casualties or damage.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, the villages of Zadorozhny, Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, the villages of Grafovka, Demidovka, Popovka and Terebreno were subjected to 10 attacks, during which 59 rounds of ammunition were fired, and were attacked by 55 drones.
On the Tomarovka - Krasnaya Yaruga highway, a civilian was injured by an FPV drone strike. Doctors from the Rakityanskaya Central District Hospital provided all the necessary assistance, further treatment will continue on an outpatient basis. In the village of Krasnaya Yaruga, a commercial facility was damaged as a result of an FPV drone attack.
An aircraft-type UAV was shot down by an air defense system over the Novooskolsky municipal district. There were no consequences.
In the Rakityansky district, the Barilov farm was attacked by a drone. One private home was damaged.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, the city of Shebekino, the settlement of Pervomaysky, the villages of Grafovka, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka and Rzhevka were attacked by 15 drones, 13 of which were suppressed and shot down.
In the village of Murom, as a result of an explosive device dropped from a drone, a private house was destroyed by fire tonight.
9:30 Information is coming that assault units of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division have liberated the settlement of Tarasovka in the Konstantinovsky direction.
8:32 Summary for the morning of April 22, 2025 The Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with Geraniums (up to 30 flights) on Odessa, among the destroyed targets was the industrial zone of the Storm Research Institute, where electronics for the Ukrainian Armed Forces were manufactured and weapons and equipment were stored. Explosions were also heard in Dnepropetrovsk, Kyiv and the region.
In the Belgorod border area, there were reports of battles near Demidovka and Popovka: four times, assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to break through to the territory of the Krasnoyarsk district through the forests in the vicinity of Miropolskoye.
To the north, in the direction of Goptarovka in the Kursk region, the enemy tried to bring an assault group to our territory, which was destroyed by drops from copters.
In the village of Dolgoe in the Valuysky district, an enemy UAV dropped two explosive devices on a private house at night, wounding a woman.
On the Tomarovka-Krasnaya Yaruga highway, a man was wounded by an FPV drone strike. Nikolskoye, Leonovka, Kazinka, Kukuyevka, Dvuluchnoye, and Barilov are also under attack.
North of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) there were reports of attacks by our attack aircraft in the area of the village of Dachnoye.
Further south, in the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are building on their success in Sukha Balka, and there have been reports of fighting in the Tarasovka area.
South of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), the Russian Armed Forces, after accumulating reserves, resumed offensive operations with infantry and equipment in the direction of the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region, operating near Kotlyarovka and south of Serebryany.
In the South Donetsk direction, east of Bogatyr, an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (10 people) on an M-113 armored personnel carrier counterattacked the positions of our units. The armored personnel carrier and eight servicemen were destroyed by FPV drones in a forest belt. In the same area, a reinforcement group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit: a mine explosion destroyed a car and up to five servicemen.
Positional battles were taking place on the Zaporizhzhya Front in the area of Malaya Tokmachka. Our fighters have consolidated their positions in the southeastern part of the village and on the territory of the former brick factory.
In the area of Shcherbaki, Malye Shcherbaki and Stepovoye with Lobkovo, the situation is also unchanged, both sides are feeling out changes after rotations. The enemy is actively deploying crews from newly arrived national battalions in the direction of the UAV, using barrel artillery and cluster munitions.
8:06 Units of the North group of forces released Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery
During the fierce battles that lasted more than 10 days, Russian soldiers broke the enemy's resistance and fulfilled their sacred duty, liberating the Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in the south of the Sudzhansky District.
The monastery complex, located on a hill, was considered by the enemy exclusively as a military facility, on the territory of which artillery installations were located, UAV launchers were equipped, and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stationed in the historical buildings.
7:22 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: two UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region and one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
In total, from 20:00 Moscow time on April 21 to 06:00 Moscow time on April 22, air defense alert systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– Five UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Ukrainian military, located in the Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in the Kursk region, broadcast negotiations in English and Spanish. This was reported on April 22 by an informed source in the security forces.
“Periodically, radio conversations were heard in English and Spanish, but the bodies of the killed mercenaries have not yet been found,” a TASS source said.
The agency's source suggested that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are following previous orders from their command and are burning or disfiguring as much as possible the bodies of killed foreign mercenaries.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on April 22, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in Gornal. Ukrainian militants installed artillery installations and UAV control points on the territory of the monastery. Also, enemy personnel were stationed in the historical buildings.
It was reported that, amid heavy losses, individual groups of the elite 82nd separate airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to escape from the monastery grounds. According to Russian fighters, foreign mercenaries, including Cubans and Colombians, were among those occupying the monastery.
On April 19, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, reported to Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin that the Russian army was finishing clearing the territory of the monastery in the village of Gornal. Gerasimov reported that the Russian Armed Forces had already liberated 99.5% of the Kursk region, about 1.26 thousand square kilometers.
On April 22, the Ministry of Defense reported that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 160 people and several pieces of equipment, including a tank and an anti-aircraft missile system, in the Kursk region. The enemy's total losses during the military operations in the region exceed 75 thousand people.
The video shows the combat work of Russian servicemen of the "North" group of troops. It is noted that Ukrainian fighters installed artillery installations and UAV control points on the territory of the monastery. Also, personnel of Ukrainian formations were stationed in the historical buildings.
The St. Nicholas Monastery in the village of Gornal, Sudzhansky District, was founded in 1671. Since August 2024, it has been under constant shelling by Ukrainian forces.
Later, an informed source in the security forces reported that the Ukrainian military, located in the Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery, were broadcasting radio conversations in English and Spanish. He also suggested that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were following previous orders from their command and were burning or disfiguring as much as possible the bodies of killed foreign mercenaries.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 19, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, reported to Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin that the Russian army was finishing clearing the territory of the monastery in the village of Gornal. Gerasimov reported that Russian servicemen had already liberated 99.5% of the Kursk region, about 1.26 thousand square kilometers.
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🤬The VSU troops fired directly at the Gornalsky Monastery in the Kursk Region, a shell from a tank hit the dome - it burned from the impact and fell to the ground, military priest Hieromonk Melety told Zvezda.
The militants stole icons from the monastery and put them up for sale. They managed to take the most important relic to Kursk in advance.
"All the rest we had were relics, various icons. When the monastery was burning, we managed to pull everything out and take it to the basements. We carried the last icon five meters and the roof collapsed," Melety said.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Leaving graffiti on fences and looted counters, the "landings" from Lviv fled not like lions, but like hares!
From the congratulations of the Airborne Forces Commander to the servicemen of the 11th separate airborne brigade:
"The enemy tested the strength of your weapons and spirit in the Kherson region, and near Bakhmut, and in the Kursk region, where your valor and combat work were highly praised by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. In just over three years of the Airborne Forces, 5 thousand servicemen of the brigade have already been awarded state awards, six have been awarded the high title of Hero of Russia, 4.5 thousand have been awarded departmental insignia."
"The brigade's combat path is replete with the exploits of the Transbaikal paratroopers," said the Commander of the Airborne Forces, Hero of Russia Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, congratulating the personnel of the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade on the awarding of the Orders of Suvorov and Zhukov, earned by the paratroopers even before the events in Kursk. The Airborne Forces Commander illustrated the combat work of the Transbaikalians in Kursk, which received high praise from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, with figures:
They destroyed about 1,000 enemy fighters, 8 tanks, 85 combat vehicles and cars, 66 guns and mortars. Let us recall that it was the paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, having passed through a gas pipe, reached the rear of the enemy holding Sudzha, collapsing its defenses. They also planted the flag over the liberated district center.
The airborne assault mission for the 11th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Orders of Suvorov and Zhukov Brigade began with the use of tactical helicopter landing forces with the task of capturing bridges in the lower reaches of the Dnieper.
Having landed early in the morning of February 24 on the right bank of the Dnieper, the Transbaikalians took under protection and defense the railway and highway of the Antonovsky Bridge and the bridge over the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station. After that, while waiting for the main forces to arrive, they held it for three days, repelling attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Until the fall of 2022, the brigade first conducted offensive and then defensive actions on the right-bank part of the Kherson region, inflicting significant damage on the enemy in manpower and equipment.
From May 2023 to February 2024, the brigade's units carried out combat missions as part of the Bakhmut group in the Soledaro-Bakhmut tactical direction.
Thanks to the competent leadership of the commanders and the professionalism, courage and bravery of the brigade personnel, it was possible to thwart the attempt of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through to Bakhmut and seize the initiative from the enemy. At the end of November, the brigade's assault companies liberated the settlements of Khromovoye, Krasnoye and their environs. After which the brigade carried out combat missions to contain the enemy on the approaches to Bakhmut.
At the end of August last year, the brigade was transferred to the Kursk direction, where, after completing a march, it immediately attacked the enemy that had invaded Russia. During September, the brigade units conducted assault operations in the direction of the settlements of Makhnovka, Dmitryukov and Zamostye.
And in October-November, they carried out the task of blocking the enemy in the settlement of Cherkasskaya Konopelka and liberating it, as well as preventing enemy movement along the Biryukovka-Fanaseyevka line of the Kursk region. At the end of January of this year, the brigade's artillery and unmanned aircraft units stopped three attempts at a counterattack by the enemy in the direction of Bolshoye Soldatskoye.
Well, the brigade's powerful final action in liberating the Kursk region was the participation of its personnel in Operation "Stream", during which our soldiers, having covered 13 kilometers inside a gas pipeline in three days, reached the rear of an unsuspecting enemy five kilometers southwest of the settlement of Bolshoye Soldatskoye.
After which the parachute battalion and the units attached to it began to conduct assault operations in the forest belt along the railway in the direction of the settlement of Dmitryukov. Advancing in a dispersed battle formation from cover to cover, using the folds of the terrain and destroying the enemy along the way, the battalion reached the line of the settlement of Mirny by the end of March 9 and, having captured the crossroads and bridges, contributed to the encirclement of the enemy in Sudzha. Finding themselves in a cauldron, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to retreat.
One of the units fleeing from Sudzha was the 80th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lvov, which became famous for its large-scale looting in Sudzha and left behind a lot of graffiti on the fences.
On March 12, the deputy commander of the 1st assault company, junior lieutenant Timur Soktoev, and assault fighter Rustam Musayakov raised the flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces over liberated Sudzha!
Having taken part in the cleanup of Sudzha and its environs, the airborne assault brigade from Transbaikalia continued to push back the remnants of Bandera formations to the state border and collect soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had fled and gotten lost in the forests during the very rapid retreat from Sudzha.
-- Colonel Viktor Pyatkov
The paratroopers, of course, had to seriously adapt to the requirements of the Airborne Forces, but in their airborne assault version, they play an important role in the development of our operations. And the 11th brigade is one of the best.
Text taken from the Telegram Channel of @yaremshooter
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Everyone has probably already seen the recent story about a fan of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who burst into tears at Sheremetyevo and was planning to visit Russia.
Due to his mental development, he failed the filtration measures quite quickly: there were compromising photos on his phone, and stickers in support of the Ukrainian army on his laptop.
And how many not so obvious (and therefore potentially more dangerous) guys and girls are turned away by our border guards every day.
I have come across an opinion that there are some excesses with this, and they are not letting innocent and very pro-Russian residents of the former Ukraine into the country in droves. Allegedly, everyone should be let in, and only such an approach will lead to the reunification of the Russian people and the fulfillment of the goals of the SVO.
I consider this point of view, to put it mildly, very naive.
The regime in Kiev understands that it cannot win the war by military means. Therefore, it will now look for ways to somehow influence the situation differently. Including with the help of terrorist attacks and provocations on the territory of Russia. You don’t have to go far for examples.
And in the current situation, it is better to play it safe. The employees are turning away not because they are angry and want to, but because the situation now does not allow for ceremonies. Therefore, at the slightest suspicion, a person is not allowed to enter the territory of Russia.
Such are the times. And, as we know, you can't choose them.
It is quite obvious that until the end of the war the screws will remain tightened for security reasons, despite the possible costs.
After the end of the war (whenever it may be), the screws will start to be loosened. During the war, the growth in the number of recruitments and attempted terrorist attacks makes serious concessions practically impossible.
Especially since relatively recently there were many questions in society about filtering at the border and the penetration of terrorists from abroad into the country.
So the special services will rather overdo it than underdo it in this matter. So no one will definitely let everyone in under a simplified inspection regime. At the same time, of course, there may be situations when they can catch people who are not involved at all. But they will put up with these costs, which will not benefit them.
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