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2025-04-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 18, 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] 20.38 In Kharkov, the number of children injured as a result of Russian shelling has risen to nine; a 12-year-old boy has been hospitalized.
20.10 Russia and Ukraine will hold a new prisoner exchange on Saturday, April 19, with the mediation of the United Arab Emirates, Sky News reports.
"A source told Reuters that the latest exchange would involve nearly 500 Russian and Ukrainian prisoners and 46 wounded soldiers. The swap would involve 246 prisoners on each side, the source said," the report said.
19:50 The military personnel fighting against Russia from 2022 will be withdrawn from the front. This was stated by the First Deputy Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk.
"The development of a mechanism in the event of the necessary arrival of human resources for the preparation and replacement of troops currently performing tasks in combat zones is being completed. As for the gradual replacement, starting with those military personnel who have already been performing tasks since 2022," he said.
19.19 The Ukrainian people deserve protection from Russian missile strikes just like anyone else, President Volodymyr Zelensky said , justifying his request for American Patriot air defense systems.
"When we turn to our partners, first of all to the United States, for the Patriot system and missiles for them, which can protect against this Russian evil - against cruise missiles, against ballistics - we turn to them for protection that every nation deserves. And it should not be that some nation deserves more help, and some less. And it is Christian to help. Especially when there is such an opportunity to help," the head of state said.
19.05 Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Masashi Nakagome signed an agreement providing for the provision of a loan to our country in the amount of up to 471.9 billion Japanese yen (about $3 billion). The loan will be serviced and repaid at the expense of future income received from the immobilized sovereign assets of the Russian Federation.
18:42 The Ukrainian side considers March 25 to be the beginning of the energy truce. It was on this day that Ukraine and the United States published the corresponding statements. This was stated by the presidential adviser on communications Dmitry Litvin, commenting on the statement by the Kremlin speaker about the alleged end of the month-long energy truce.
18.18 The US delegation presented its proposals to its allies in Europe for concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg , citing its own sources.
18:10 In each region of Ukraine, centers for training citizens for national resistance will operate. The territorial defense forces will approve training programs and curricula. War veterans will be primarily appointed as heads and instructors of the centers.
15:30 75-80 thousand students from higher education institutions will undergo basic military training.
"The theoretical part, which we are preparing for... 170 educational programs have already been developed and submitted for approval to the General Staff within the framework of current legislation. We are currently forecasting 75-80 thousand students - these are all second-year male students. Girls, according to current legislation, join at their own discretion," he said.
14:56 Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan Grishenkov, call sign Pugach, has been appointed the new commander of the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Azov National Guard. This was stated in a message from the Azov Brigade on Instagram. It is noted that Bohdan Grishenkov is a professional soldier with almost ten years of experience serving in Azov. He went from being a private soldier to a company commander, chief of staff, and battalion commander.
13.38 A former deputy of the Simferopol City Council of the VI convocation, former Minister of Information and Mass Communications of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment for treason. This was reported on April 18 by the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
13:05 In Ukraine, 8% of civil servants have been mobilized. This was reported by the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleg Nemchinov.
"About mobilization. The National Agency for Civil Service keeps such statistics. We currently have about 8% of men mobilized... Currently, several thousand civil servants are serving in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said.
According to the minister, there are losses among the mobilized civil servants. "We have lost more than 120 of our colleagues," Nemchinov noted.
12:20 Police officers will work in an enhanced mode during the Easter holidays. Crews will be brought closer to places of worship, we are ready for enhanced measures to ensure law and order - on the streets, near churches, on the roads.
The National Police noted that law enforcement officers can conduct a superficial inspection of citizens' belongings.
12:18 Information that is being spread online that allegedly on April 15 two employees of the State Emergency Service were hospitalized in serious condition with chemical poisoning after inspecting the crash site of a UAV in the Poltava region is not true. This was reported by the State Emergency Service on April 18.
10:55 In the village of Nikolskoye, near the temporarily occupied Mariupol, a Russian military base was hit at about 2 a.m. This was reported on April 18 by the Mariupol City Council, citing the Center for the Study of the Occupation.
"We are clarifying the results, but preliminarily at least 10 injured occupiers and three units of damaged vehicles. It is unknown whether this was a deliberate attack or a consequence of the work of Russian air defense," the report says.
10:42 In the Donetsk region, a female agent of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) has been detained. The defendant previously worked as a secretary of the city court in Myrnohrad, and recently began collaborating with the enemy and helped Russians break through to Pokrovsk and waited for the region to be occupied. The SBU reported this on April 18.
9:58 The number of people injured in the attack by Russian occupiers in Kharkiv has grown to 67. The Russians fired three Iskander ballistic missiles at the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv.
9:40 On the morning of April 18, the Russians shelled Dnieper. As a result of the missile attack, a hotel, an office, and a fitness center were damaged, private houses were damaged in the Dnieprovsky district, and fires raged.
9:25 On April 18, Russian drones hit a confectionery plant in Sumy, damaging the production of Easter cakes. This was reported by the head of the Sumy District State Administration, Mykhailo Melnyk.
8:52 Over the past 24 hours, 143 combat clashes took place on the front. Most often, the Russians attacked the Liman, Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Kursk directions. This was reported on April 18 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:20 As a result of a missile attack on Kharkov, one person was killed, 54 are known to have been injured. This was reported on April 18 by the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov. The head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov clarified that 13 people were hospitalized in city hospitals, including two children. According to him, four people are in serious condition.
7:50 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated another 1,530 Russian occupiers, and also destroyed 8 tanks and 88 artillery systems of the enemy. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:23 On the morning of April 18, Russian troops attacked an industrial facility in Sumy, one person was killed. This was reported by the acting Mayor of Sumy Artem Kobzar. According to him, there were three UAV hits on an industrial facility in Sumy. All three drones hit the same building. The building was damaged, the roof was destroyed.
04:14 Republican Member of the US House of Representatives and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Brian Fitzpatrick arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit. Zelensky said that he discussed with Fitzpatrick "efforts to establish a dignified and lasting peace, the American proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire, and security guarantees for Ukraine."
02:12 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is creating a register of qualified specialists to provide psychological assistance to military personnel. The register will contain verified information about a specialist or organization, qualifications, capabilities and services that they can provide in the field of psychological assistance to Ukrainian military personnel.
01:38 The Verkhovna Rada registered a bill proposing to extend the simplified mechanism for returning to service under the Special Purpose of Military Service until August 30. The mechanism, which was in effect until March 1, allowed military personnel who voluntarily left military units or places of service or deserted from November 29, 2024, to return to the army without consequences. Within 72 hours of returning to service, the military resumed payments and provision of food and clothing.
00:30 On Russian territory opposite the Sumy region, the occupiers have amassed about 60,000 troops. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this at a briefing. According to the president, Ukraine does not allow the Russians to concentrate enough troops opposite Chernigov, Kharkov and Zaporizhia for a full-fledged offensive. Therefore, the occupiers act in "waves."
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