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2025-04-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 8, 2025
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21.35 Russian troops attacked Kharkov with drones on the evening of April 8. It is already known that they arrived in one of the districts. This was reported by the city mayor Igor Terekhov.
"In Kharkov, an aircraft arrived in the Kievsky district. There is a fire on site. Information about the victims and destruction is being clarified," he noted.
20:50 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that it successfully repelled a cyberattack on the War&Sanctions portal. Russian special services did not achieve their goal. The portal did not lose any data, and its infrastructure was not damaged.
19:33 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has confirmed the killing of at least 12,910 civilians, including 682 children, across Ukraine since the start of the war, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said.
18:54 Ukrainian aviation struck a complex of warehouses in the village of Ozerki in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which were used by the Russian army. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:42 A military court in Russia has wrongfully convicted seven Ukrainian soldiers captured in the Kursk region for alleged "terrorist acts." They were sentenced to prison terms of 15 to 17 years, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee announced.
18:33 China supports Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with media representatives in Kiev.
18.06 The key topics during the meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format will be the supply of additional Patriot systems, defense packages, as well as the issues of uniting states that will be ready to open weapons factories in Ukraine. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever.
17.23 "A coalition of the willing" may appear in Ukraine after a complete ceasefire. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever.
17.01 During the visit to Ukraine of the Prime Minister of Belgium Bart de Wever, three agreements in the defense sphere were concluded. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a joint press conference with Bart de Wever on April 8.
16:33 The State Bureau of Investigation has clarified the military update on the procedure to follow after a unit has abandoned its military unit, which came into effect on March 1, 2025.
If the part is abandoned spontaneously for up to three days.
Criminal proceedings are not initiated;
The soldier can return to the rest of the unit;
Upon return, payments of cash, food, language and other types of support are resumed.
If the spare parts supply is more than three days .
It has happened for the first time and the serviceman wishes to return to service:
Criminal proceedings are initiated;
A military man personally applies through the Army+ application to the commander (chief) of a military unit (institution) and receives written consent for further service;
A serviceman submits to the prosecutor, the pre-trial investigation body (State Bureau of Investigation or National Police), or the court a petition stating his intention to return to service and adds the written consent of his commander;
Materials on the release of such a serviceman from criminal liability are sent to the court, which makes an appropriate decision;
The serviceman gives the commander the court's decision and returns to duty.
Repeated offense or the serviceman does not wish to return to service:
Criminal proceedings are initiated;
The serviceman is wanted and detained;
A preventive measure is chosen for the serviceman;
An indictment is being sent to court against him;
The court passes a sentence (for committing a crime the punishment is imprisonment for a period of 5 to 10 years).
16.03 In occupied Mariupol, spontaneous graves of local residents who died during the storming of the city are still being discovered. This is reported by the Mariupol City Council.
15:38 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 who are abroad may be denied a passport if their military registration documents are invalid. This was reported by the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In this case, you should contact the Ministry of Defense.
12.44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down the most expensive Russian drone Merlin-VR in the Liman direction. This was reported by the operational-strategic group of forces (OSGV) Khortytsia on its Telegram channel.
12:43 In 2024, the procurement agency of the Ministry of Defense, the State Logistics Operator, saved more than UAH 16.3 billion. This was reported by the press service of the defense department.
"This is the result of the efficient use of funds and better organization of procurement. The freed up resources were directed to additional needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said Gleb Kanevsky, Director of the Procurement Policy Department of the Ministry of Defense.
12:23 Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 811 incidents involving civilians caused by explosive remnants of war have been recorded. 1,158 people have been injured, 355 of whom have died, including 18 children, Colonel Oleg Shuvarsky reported.
12:08 In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops attempted to cross the Oskol in armored vehicles, but the BMP-2 sank along with the crew.
11:59 In April 2022, Ukraine, together with its allies, created a center for coordinating the supply of military aid in Wiesbaden, Germany. This was stated in a message from the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and concurrently the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Maritime Organization Valeriy Zaluzhny on Facebook.
10:36 On Tuesday morning, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, Foreign Minister Maxime Prevost and Defense Minister Theo Francken arrived in Kyiv by train. During the day, the Belgian delegation will hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Bilateral meetings at the ministerial level are also planned. The delegation has already visited Bucha in the Kyiv region.
10:20 The Security Service has thwarted an attempt by Russians to obtain up-to-date information about the defense of Kharkov. A Russian informant who spied on Ukrainian Armed Forces units has been detained.
The perpetrator turned out to be a 49-year-old handyman at a local publishing house, recruited by the occupiers through Telegram channels.
Following the enemy's instructions, he drove around the northern outskirts of the frontline city, where he tried to find reserve command posts of the Ukrainian troops. The Russians were planning to prepare a new series of air strikes on Kharkov using guided bombs.
09:41 Russian troops attacked the village of Vysoky in the Kharkiv region. An Iskander ballistic missile hit the building of an inactive recreation center, three people were injured.
09:22 Russian troops attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region at night - houses, administrative buildings and an enterprise were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
In the Samarovsky District, infrastructure was damaged. Six apartment buildings and a store were damaged. In Nikopol, administrative buildings, an industrial enterprise, a private home, and a bus were damaged. In Sinelnikovsky, two private homes and an outbuilding were damaged.
08:55 On the night of April 8, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 46 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators.
As of 08:00, the downing of 9 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones in the east and north of the country has been confirmed. Another 31 enemy drone imitators have been lost without any negative consequences.
The Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions suffered as a result of the Russian attack.
08:33 Over the past 24 hours, 159 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. Russian invaders are active in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions.
Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the defense forces hit 17 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, one command post and a radar station of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system of the Russian invaders.
08:20 Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Georgiy Tykhyi commented on the words of the American congresswoman Victoria Spartz, who stated that Ukrainians need to come to terms with the loss of territories occupied by Russia.
In an interview, Spartz stated that she "does not understand how Ukraine can demand the preservation of all territories."
In response, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman stated: “Unlike Victoria, all our lands have always been and will remain Ukrainian.”
07:55 As of April 8, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 926,310 people (+1290 per day).
03:25 Ukrainian defenders managed to push back the occupation forces in the village of Shevchenko in Donetsk Oblast. However, they advanced near Guevo (Kurshchyna), Novolyubovka (Luhansk Oblast) and in Chasovy Yar (Donetsk Oblast), DeepState reports.
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