Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
I held no ill will for Bentley while he was alive. I knew of his pedigree, and each time someone pointed out that Bentley was fighting for the separatists I never failed to point out his past.
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Doesn't make sense. He was fighting for Russia and was kidnapped and murdered by Russian soldiers? He is well known how could they mistake him for a spy?
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[LB] The Donetsk direction remains the main one for the offensive actions of the occupying forces.
by Vera Perun
In recent days, the number of Russian attacks has increased on all front lines in Ukraine, the intelligence center of the Estonian Defense Forces reported in its weekly summary, ERR reports.
Russia achieved some success: it made a tactical breakthrough northwest of Avdiivka, and also advanced 5 km. Near Chasovoy Yar, the invaders advanced from the southern flank. Frequent attacks and maintenance of the operational tempo indicate that the Russians are maintaining the initiative, which puts the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a difficult position.
Estonian intelligence emphasized that the Armed Forces need the support of Western partners, there is a noticeable shortage of ammunition. There is no unplanned retreat of the Armed Forces or breakthrough of the front line. Ukraine is forced to gradually relinquish control of territories where there are no prepared defensive positions or the possibility of defensive actions.
No significant changes are recorded between the settlements of Kreminna and Liman. Occupiers continue to reorganize units. This means that units that are on the front line go to the rear to restore and replenish supplies.
The Donetsk direction remains the main one for the offensive actions of the occupying forces. They continue their attempts to encircle and capture the settlement of Chasiv Yar west of Bakhmut. However, the city has powerful defensive fortifications, so the attacker suffers heavy losses in battles. A quick capture of the settlement is not expected.
Intense fighting is taking place in the Avdiyivka-Marinka direction. Russia advanced towards the settlement of Pervomaiske.
On the southern front line - in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions - low intensity of fighting is maintained.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:56 The leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, said that he is ready to support a package of bills with the allocation of aid to Ukraine after it is approved by the House of Representatives. According to Schumer, if the House of Representatives approves a package of national security laws, including additional funding for Ukraine, the Senate will “soon send” it to Biden for signature.
21:15 In the Odessa region, Russia today attacked two terminals in the port of Yuzhny, specializing in the transshipment of agricultural products, with missiles, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. One of the terminals belongs to the world famous Singaporean company Delta Wilmar. As a result of the missile attack, containers with agricultural products that were supposed to be exported to Asian and African countries were destroyed. This is already the 39th attack by Russia on port infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region - 215 facilities, 153 vehicles, eight civilian ships were damaged and partially destroyed, and 26 civilians were injured.
21:42 The Pentagon is ready to send a military package to Ukraine immediately after the vote in Congress, said US Department of Defense Speaker Patrick Ryder. According to him, this package will include, in particular, air defense and artillery assets.
19:58 The US House of Representatives supported the introduction of a bill to help Ukraine in the amount of more than $60 billion. The final vote will take place on Saturday, April 20.
19:34 Zelensky said that he was in the Dnieper and held a meeting on the situation in the region, the protection of the Dnieper, all cities and communities in the region. Heard reports on critical infrastructure facilities, construction of protective structures, restoration and modernization of energy facilities.
19:09 During the day on April 19, four Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAVs were destroyed in the Odessa region, the Air Force reported.
18:57 The Netherlands will allocate more than 200 million euros for new initiatives to quickly supply Ukraine with ammunition for air defense and artillery, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced following a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council. In addition, the Netherlands will purchase air defense systems for Ukraine for 60 million euros. We are talking about short-range air defense systems that can be used, in particular, to combat drones.
18:42 At a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, Zelensky voiced five priorities that he asks his partners to focus on:
For defense, Ukraine needs at least seven more Patriot or similar air defense systems - they can save many lives and really change the situation.
A million artillery shells for Ukraine must finally be delivered to the front line.
Long-range capabilities. “It’s absurd when partners are afraid of their own strength. The more long-range weapons our fighters have in their hands, the closer peace is. Long-range missiles and artillery are now very much needed on the front line,” the president emphasized.
Aviation. “If we have a coalition of fighters, then we need a sufficient number of aircraft to actually defeat the Russian air fleet. It is not a matter of the number of promises, but the actual number of aircraft in the sky,” Zelensky added.
The fifth point is speed. “This year we cannot wait for decisions to be made. I ask you to consider our request for your determination as soon as possible - each of its elements,” the head of state noted and added that “Putin must be brought down from heaven to earth, and our heaven must become safe again."
18:15 Last week the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading bill No. 11079-1 on the mobilization of convicts. The document provides for voluntary participation in hostilities, but at the same time, desire alone, as people’s deputies explain, will not be enough - you need to meet the requirements for military service. The priority for mobilization is corrupt officials and those convicted of murdering one person. For more details, see the article Who will be given the weapon .
18:11 Blinken said that China is the main supplier of critical components for Russia's war against Ukraine: “When it comes to the Russian military-industrial complex, the main participant is currently China. We see how China shares machine tools, semiconductors, etc. dual-use goods that helped Russia restore its defense industry."
18:06 Participants in the Ukraine-NATO Council meeting agreed to strengthen support for Kiev with air defense systems , Stoltenberg said: “NATO has identified available resources throughout the Alliance. There are systems that are available to Ukraine. Therefore, I expect new announcements on assistance to Ukraine with air defense in the near future ". The Secretary General added that several NATO allies have made specific commitments, and countries that do not have air defense systems have promised financial support.
17:19 Citizens of Slovakia, despite the official position of the government not to provide military assistance to Ukraine, in a few days collected about 2 million euros for the purchase of shells for the Armed Forces of Ukraine within the framework of the Czech Republic’s initiative, Sky News reports. One of the organizers of the fundraiser is 99-year-old journalist Otto Simko, a Holocaust survivor.
16:58 In Lugansk, as a result of a Storm Shadow strike on April 13, the commander of the 59th brigade of the Russian Federation, Pavel Kropotov, was eliminated, Russian media write.
16:51 Radio Liberty showed the first satellite images showing the consequences of missile attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Russian military airfield in Dzhankoy on the night of April 17. Planet Labs images from April 19 show, in particular, damage near an ammunition depot and air defense systems.
16:45 The Russians fired artillery at the Kutsurbskaya community of the Nikolaev region - one person was killed, two were wounded, among them a 14-year-old teenager, said the head of the OBA Vitaly Kim.
16:42 Russian troops fired artillery at the center of Belopolye, Sumy region - one person was killed, three were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. A multi-storey building, shops and a pharmacy were damaged.
16:29 The Russians attacked the Odessa region with missiles - the port infrastructure was damaged, currently one casualty is known, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA.
16:24 For the first time during a full-scale invasion, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a strategic bomber in the air during a combat mission. They “caught” a Tu-22M3 in the Stavropol Territory, 300 km from the border with Ukraine. It is officially known that the plane fired missiles at the Odessa region and paid for it. Everything that is known about this is in the material Destruction of the Tu-22M3 .
15:50 The EU External Action Service and the European Commission intend to present to member countries their proposals for the 14th package of sanctions against Russia next week. A senior EU official said the new package of sanctions will include punitive measures against those who circumvent existing restrictions against Russia, BR24 writes.
15:21 The foreign ministers of the G7 countries approved a declaration following the meeting, but the issue of transferring Russian assets to Ukraine, at the request of the country leaders, was postponed until the next high-level summit, which will take place on June 13-15.
14:48 Zelensky said that he visited one of the command posts of the 41st separate mechanized brigade, which defends Chasov Yar. I talked with the military, heard a report from the brigade commander, and presented awards.
14:43 In Dnieper, the number of victims as a result of the night attack has increased to 24 people, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Emergency search operations continue in the most damaged house. According to updated data, five more high-rise buildings and two private houses, three educational institutions, seven administrative and office buildings, a market, shops, a hotel, a service station, as well as the city’s infrastructure were damaged. In the Sinelnikovsky district, more than 60 private houses and an enterprise were damaged, and a solar power plant was destroyed. There are seven wounded there.
14:20 Zelensky took a photo near the stele at the entrance to the Donetsk region, which has been painted by the Ukrainian military since 2014 and which has recently been painted. This caused outrage among the military and ordinary Ukrainians, after which inscriptions began to appear on the stele again. Judging by the photo, Zelensky also left his signature there.
13:54 German drone manufacturer Quantum-Systems announced that it has opened drone production in Ukraine. The plant plans to produce a thousand unmanned systems per year, as well as spare parts and components. Over the next two years, the manufacturer will invest 6 million euros in the plant. In Ukraine, this is already the company’s second enterprise - there is also a center for research, development, support, training and logistics. Quantum-Systems produces, in particular, Vector reconnaissance UAVs, which Ukraine began receiving in May 2022. During this year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces should receive 500 Vector drones.
13:18 According to the Istanbul Agreement, which was discussed in 2022, Article 5 of NATO applied to Ukraine, but without extending to Crimea and Donbass, Lavrov claims. In addition, according to him, the agreements assumed that there would be no military bases or exercises in Ukraine with the participation of third countries, except with the consent of all guarantor countries, including the Russian Federation and China.
12:56 Lavrov said that Russia supposedly “always prefers negotiations to fights and wars.” At the same time, according to him, Moscow has “full conviction of the need to continue the military defense today” in Ukraine, and if negotiations with Kiev begin, there will be no pause in hostilities. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled the meetings in Belarus and Istanbul and said that Switzerland is not suitable for Russia as a platform for negotiations, since “it has turned from a neutral country into an openly hostile one.”
12:44 Zelensky said that today he is on a working visit to the Donetsk region. He visited military personnel undergoing treatment in the medical company of the 95th separate air assault brigade, presented state awards, and also held a meeting on the security situation in the region and inspected the construction of fortifications.
12:37 Information about the death of a third child as a result of an enemy strike in the Dnepropetrovsk region was not confirmed - doctors managed to save a six-year-old boy, the prosecutor's office clarified.
12:16 As a result of a Russian attack on the railway infrastructure of the Dnipropetrovsk region, seven railway workers were injured while on duty, one died, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. The Dnieper station has already resumed operations, but several trains are delayed.
11:40 The UK has allocated more than $180 million to strengthen Ukraine’s energy system, said the country’s permanent representative to the OSCE, Neil Holland.
11:19 At night, Russian troops shelled the Dnieper district of Kherson, hitting private houses and high-rise buildings. As a result of the attack, three people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
11:14 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, after the morning missile strike, about 2,700 household consumers were cut off from power, Ukrenergo reported. Overall, the energy system remains in deficit due to damage from missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian power plants. From 18:00 to 22:00, power limitation schedules may be used for business and industry. Round-the-clock restrictions continue to apply to industrial consumers in the Krivoy Rog region. Also, since the morning, restrictions have been in effect for household consumers in the Kharkov region; about 203 thousand consumers have been de-energized.
10:48 Ukrainian media write, citing sources in the Defense Forces, that the Tu-22M3 plane was shot down from the S-200 complex.
10:36 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the number of deaths as a result of the night attack increased to nine - another child died in the hospital and was seriously injured. In total, three children were among the dead. 29 people were injured , the prosecutor's office said.
10:27 The Main Intelligence Directorate clarified that the Russian Tu-22MZ aircraft was shot down at a distance of about 300 km from Ukraine by the same means that had previously hit the A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft. After the defeat, the bomber was able to fly to the Stavropol area, where it fell and crashed. The Main Intelligence Directorate emphasized that this is the first successful destruction of a strategic bomber in the air during a combat mission since the beginning of a full-scale war.
09:59 In the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - in Volchansk and in the village. Sorokovka-2, Kharkov district, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:21 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, there are already eight dead and 25 injured as a result of the night attack, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Among the dead are two children. The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that in Dnieper, as of now, there are two dead and 16 injured, in the Sinelnikovsky district, six people were killed, including children of six and eight years old, and two more people were injured. Debris clearance continues and the number of victims may increase.
09:13 For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, in cooperation with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, destroyed the long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3 - the carrier of X-22 cruise missiles, which Russian troops use to attack Ukrainian cities. During today's attack, two such missiles were also destroyed for the first time, said Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk.
Air defenses destroyed 15 missiles and 14 attack drones during the night. In total, during the attack the enemy used 36 air attack weapons - 22 missiles of various types and 14 attack drones:
two X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area - Ryazan);
14 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk region);
six Kh-22 cruise missiles from long-range strategic bombers Tu-22M3 (water areas of the Black and Azov Seas).
Air defense forces destroyed 29 air targets:
two X-101/X-555 cruise missiles;
14 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type;
11 guided aircraft missiles Kh-59/Kh-69;
two X-22 cruise missiles.
08:56 The enemy carried out a targeted massive shelling of civilian infrastructure facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia in the Dnieper and region , Ukrzaliznytsia reported. There are wounded among the railway workers, information about the dead is being clarified. The operation of the Dnepr station has been suspended. Long-distance and suburban trains do not yet run to Dnepr station; temporary final stops are Nizhnedneprovsk and Goryainovo. A number of trains are delayed in arriving in Dnepr.
08:44 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 19:
personnel - about 457,830 (+870) people,
tanks - 7205 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 13,852 (+17),
artillery systems - 11,658 (+21),
MLRS - 1046 (+0),
air defense systems - 762 (+2),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9311 (+27),
cruise missiles - 2096 (+3),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 15,671 (+53),
special equipment - 1915 (+0).
08:23 Over the past 24 hours, 86 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, 25 attacks were repelled in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar, Novy, Ivanovskoye, Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region. In addition, the enemy tried 20 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Urozhainy, Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled four attacks in the Torskoye and Yampolevka areas of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - 16 attacks in the Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - 11 attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:10 In Krivoy Rog, three people were injured as a result of a night attack, three more in Sinelnikovo. Among them are two children. One eight-year-old child died in the hospital, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Police Department, Sergei Lysak.
07:59 In the Stavropol Territory, a Tu-22M3 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed after completing a combat mission while returning to its home airfield, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. The pilots ejected, three crew members were evacuated, and a search is now underway for another pilot. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that there was no ammunition on board, the plane crashed in a deserted area, and the cause of the accident was a “technical malfunction.”
07:46 At night, the Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to preliminary information, 11 missiles were shot down, but there were also hits, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. A five-story building in the Dnieper was partially destroyed and a fire broke out there. Two infrastructure facilities were also damaged. According to preliminary information, two people were killed and 15 were injured .
One of the enterprises in Pavlograd was damaged. In the Sinelnikov district there are also dead and injured, including children. Four private houses were partially destroyed and eight more were damaged.
07:18 The General Staff reported that Natalia Gumenyuk was dismissed from the post of Speaker of the Southern Defense Forces, candidates for this position are currently being selected. Earlier, 150 media representatives approached the Verkhovna Rada with a demand to dismiss Gumenyuk. They cited incompetence as the reason.
07:14 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed 25 Vampire shells, three drones and three ATACMS missiles over the Belgorod region and over the Black Sea during the night.
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[Korrespondent] During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on six areas where Russian personnel were concentrated and control points.
A total of 79 military clashes were recorded at the front during the day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the evening of April 19.
In general, the enemy launched 25 missile and 52 air strikes, and carried out 42 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, there are civilian casualties as a result of Russian terrorist attacks. Multi-storey and private houses, as well as other infrastructure facilities, were destroyed and damaged.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the Volyn and Polesie directions is without significant changes. No signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were identified.
In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the Russian Federation maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from Russian territory, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy launched an air strike in the area of the village of Volfine, Sumy region. More than 10 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, resulting in civilian casualties.
In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. About 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka in the Kharkov region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 9 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tverdokhlebovo, Kremennaya in the Lugansk region and Terny in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Makeevka, Nevskoye in the Lugansk region and Ternitorskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 15 attacks of the invaders in the areas of settlements of Belogorivka, Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye, Chasov Yar, Klishchievka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Druzhba, Ivanovskoye, and New York in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Grigorovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 26 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdich, Umanskoye, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to oust our units from their occupied lines. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Yuryevka and Novopokrovskoye, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Pobeda in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 16 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Urozhaynoye, Vodyanoye, and Ugledar in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers, including Krasnohorivka, Paraskoveevka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders 4 times in the Staromayorskoye area of the Donetsk region and north-west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. Conducted air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Krasnoye, Belogorye, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours, with the support of aviation, the enemy made 6 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Krynki, Kherson region. Conducted an airstrike near the village of Ivanovka, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on six areas where Russian personnel were concentrated and control points.
Let us remind you that during 6 months of fighting in the Novomikhailovka area of the Donetsk region, Nikolaev paratroopers destroyed more than 300 units of enemy equipment .
It was also reported that on April 10, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed the Russian ship-borne anti-submarine helicopter Ka-27.
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[EngMilRu] From 13 to 19 April 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in response to the Kiev regime's attempts to cause damage to the Russian energy and industrial facilities, have carried out 34 group strikes by high-precision air- and sea-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit energy industry facilities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and railway infrastructure of Ukraine, air defence facilities, and ammunition and fuel depots for military hardware.
Moreover, drone operators' training centres, temporary deployment areas of AFU troops, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries were hit.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and hit manpower and hardware of 12 AFU and national guard brigades close to Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Zagoruykovka, Kotlyarovka (Kharkov region) and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, 11 counterattacks were repelled by units of AFU 3rd Assault, 21st, 63rd Mechanised, 12th National Guard Special Operations forces, and 125th Territorial Defence brigades close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 380 Ukrainian troops, one tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, and 16 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, 18 field artillery guns including three U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, as well as six ammunition depots and five Nota and Anklav electronic warfare stations were hit.
In Donetsk direction, as a result of successful actions of the Yug Group of Forces' units, the Russian troops seized more advantageous lines, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four assault, two airmobile, and six mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorovka, Razdolovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyovka, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counterattacks launched by units of AFU 46th airmobile and 10th mountain assault brigades were repelled near Krasnogorovka and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3550 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and 87 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, 31 field artillery guns, 14 of them were Western-made, as well as four Nota and Anklav electronic warfare stations, and seven ammunition depots were eliminated.
In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defence.
With the support of air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire, 53 counterattacks launched by assault groups of nine AFU brigades have been repelled close to Leninskoye, Novgorodskoye, Novokalinovo, Berdychi, Umanskoye and Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
More than 2,170 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 35 motor vehicles, and 19 field artillery guns including two M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, and one U.S-made M777 howitzer have been eliminated during the week
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and hit units of AFU 58th Motorised Infantry, 72nd Mechanised brigades, three territorial defence brigades and the Ukrainian National Guard Brigade close to Ugledar, Urozhaynoye, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Priyutnoye, Mirnoye, Malinovka, and Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost up to 760 Ukrainian troops, one tank, 22 motor vehicles, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, 14 field artillery guns, eight of them were Western-made.
One Nota and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations, as well as four field ammunition depots have been eliminated.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 65th, 117th Mechanised, 35th, 36th Naval Infantry, 121st, 126th Territorial Defence, and 15th National Guard brigades close to Orekhov, Rabotino, Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Zmeyevka, Berislav, Ivanovka and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 365 Ukrainian troops, 24 motor vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, including six U.S.-made, German-made, and Polish-made howitzers, as well as three Nora and Anklav electronic warfare stations.
Missile troops, artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated three MiG-29 fighter jets, four An-26 military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force at the home airfield, two air target guidance radars, four S-300 anti-aircraft missile launchers, as well as one IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile launcher.
Air defence systems have shot down 10 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, five French-made Hammer and U.S.-made JDAM aerial bombs, two U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles, four U.S.-made MALD aerial false targets, two Tochka-U tactical missiles, 78 HIMARS, Vampire, and Uragan MLRS projectiles, and 1,278 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past week, 27 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.
In total, 590 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 21,882 unmanned aerial vehicles, 506 air defence missile systems, 15,802 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,267 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,981 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,143 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/19/2024 to 00:00 04/20/2024.
A total of 31 cases of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the death of one civilian, three civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity.
DAMAGED:
1 residential building.
Eight attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 23 attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 103 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:35 Military expert Boris Rozhin about situations in the Avdeevsky direction during the Northeast Military District on April 19, 2024.
1. Netailovo.
Fighting on the eastern outskirts continues.
The Russian Armed Forces also expanded the zone of control to the south of the settlement. Pervomayskoe.
2. Yasnobrodovka.
So far there is no further progress here.
Positional battles are underway.
3. Umanskoe.
Fighting continues near the southeastern outskirts of the village.
The village itself is still completely under the enemy.
4. Semenovka.
Up to 70-75% of the village is under the control of Russian troops.
The enemy maintains a presence in the northern and northwestern parts of the village. Semyonovka, as well as in the plantings to the west of it.
5. Berdychi.
The enemy maintains a presence in the northwestern part of the village. Berdychi.
Up to 75-80% of the village is under the control of Russian troops.
North of Berdychi, the Russian Armed Forces slightly expanded the zone of control to the west.
6. Ocheretino.
The Russian Armed Forces continue fighting on the eastern outskirts of the village. Ocheretino. The enemy is hastily transferring reserves to the populated area in order to prevent the loss of the village, which will mean an actual breakthrough of the next line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the loss of the Tonenkoye-Berdychi line.
The Russian Armed Forces are also probing the enemy’s defenses on the near approaches to the settlement. Novobakhmutovka.
7. Novokalinovo.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the enemy in the village. Meanwhile, the enemy is strengthening the defense of the village. Keramik, where he intends to stay after the loss of the settlement. Novokalinovo.
8. The arrival of two to three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Avdeevsky sector of the front is expected to strengthen the sagging front and compensate for heavy losses in recent weeks.
9. The active work of aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is still the dominant factor that prevents the enemy from stabilizing the front. Hence the whining about the lack of air defense and rounds.
20:57 Russian Aerospace Forces cover New York with cluster bombs.
Aviation again attacks RBK-500 New York (formerly Novogorodskoe) between Gorlovka, Avdievka and Toretsk, where the enemy is concentrating forces.
19:25 An air raid alert has been declared in a number of regions of Ukraine -map
Dnepropetrovsk region
Kirovograd region
Nikolaevkskaya area
Poltava region
Kharkov region
18:38 Massive attack on enemy railway infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Today, Russian troops carried out a combined attack on enemy railway infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Dnepropetrovsk:
Two missiles hit the electric train repair shop on the territory of the locomotive depot.
Coordinates: 48.4763838, 35.0123901
As a result of the impacts, a fire broke out at the facility over an area of over 2,500 sq.m. Six electric locomotives and over 10 cars were destroyed/damaged.
In addition, the territory of the central bus station was hit by strikes, causing further fire.
There were also consequences from the air defense work. It hit a residential building on Vokzalnaya Square.
Pavlograd:
The territory of the Pavlograd power supply distance was hit by missile strikes and kamikaze drones.
Coordinates: 48.5487325, 35.8586917
Garages and utility rooms were destroyed outside the facility. No fire was recorded.
Krivoy Rog:
The territory of the locomotive depot of the Krivoy Rog-Glavny station was hit by two missiles.
Coordinates: 47.9149300, 33.4557929
As a result of the strikes, the depot administration building was destroyed, two diesel locomotives were destroyed and the railway track was damaged.
Sinel'nikovo:
One of the affected objects was the House of Culture of Railway Workers.
Coordinates: 48.3186855, 35.5316952
According to the data received, the building was used by one of the enemy units to accommodate personnel, and a parking lot for military vehicles and a fuel and lubricants warehouse were organized on the adjacent territory.
As a result of the defeat, about 15 personnel were killed and over 20 were injured of varying degrees of severity. Vehicles were also damaged/destroyed. A powerful fire broke out on the territory of a fuel and lubricants warehouse.
The attacks also partially destroyed the operation workshop of the locomotive depot, the agricultural enterprise Sinelnikovo-AGRO and the local solar power plant.
17:29 Fights at Chasov Yar: the enemy launched a counterattack, but was met by special forces.
On the flank of Chasov Yar, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an assault group, which holed up in the house, in a suicidal counterattack.
The unit was discovered and destroyed by a group of Vagabonds attacking the building.
The house has been completely cleared of the enemy by kamikaze drones.
The second video shows the clearing of the trenches from enemy infantry before our fighters break through the defense line.
16:30 Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Ocheretino.
Reported, about another successful attack by our assault units on Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds.
It is also reported that the enemy is moving deeper into enemy positions at a distance of up to 2.5 km.
14:32 Missile strikes were carried out on enemy targets: a fire and a huge column of smoke over Odessa.
Reported, that there were at least two arrivals, a large fire in the Yuzhny area.
13:33 Since yesterday come reports of the advance of the Russian army deeper into the city. p. Netaylovo.
So far there is no evidence of this success of the Russian Armed Forces, but after the capture of Pervomaisky such events seem logical. Netailovo, which lies in the lowlands, is actually the last obstacle before the Russian Armed Forces before reaching Karlovka.
The garrison in Avdievka was supplied through Karlovka for a long time, and now the village is an outpost of the Ukrainian Armed Forces between the attack trajectory of the Russian army and a cascade of water barriers - the Karlovka Reservoir and the Vovcha River, along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces dug in after the fall of Avdievka.
In the future, this may lead to the fact that first the southern line of defense will be under threat, and then the northern one. Ukrainian troops can try to hold them with a counterattack similar to the attack on Berdychi-Semyonovka, but if the operation fails, the area to a depth of 20-25 kilometers will probably have to be abandoned.
12:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group -video.
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
During active operations, the group's units improved the situation along the front line, disrupted the enemy's reinforcement of forward positions and the supply of ammunition in the areas of Vladimirovka, Staromayorsky, Dorozhnyanka, and destroyed the engineering group north of Lugovsky.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and areas where manpower and equipment accumulated in the 58th motorized infantry brigade, 72nd mechanized brigade, 102nd and 128th territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Vodyanoy, Ugledar, Urozhaynyy, Malinovka and Staromayorsky.
Over the course of 24 hours, up to 140 enemy military personnel, a UK-made AS-90 Bravehard self-propelled artillery unit, four vehicles, twenty unmanned aerial vehicles and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
11:09 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the Avdeevsky direction in the zone of a special military operation.
The group's units, through active actions, improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the 68th Jaeger, 24th, 47th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Artemovo, Semenovka, Netailovo and Orlovka.
We repelled seven counterattacks by units 24, 115 Mechanized, 71 Jaeger brigades, 78 Air Assault Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novokalinovo, Novgorodsky, Vodyanoy, Pervomaisky, Berdychi and Novobakhmutovka.
Artillery fire and air strikes hit 380 identified enemy targets, including 25 strong points and about 120 field artillery positions.
The enemy lost up to 130 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, an American-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and a 152mm D-20 gun.
10:24 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.00
Positional battles continued in the Orekhovsky direction at night. The enemy actively used Baba Yaga hexacopters and FPV drones to attack our positions, as well as Israeli M971 cluster mortar mines of 120mm caliber.
In Rabotino, the enemy tried to regroup his forces, but was covered by cannon artillery and MLRS.
Northeast of Verbovoy, during the night battles, our troops managed to move forward. The enemy is suffering losses, but does not abandon attempts to seize the initiative
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09:59 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kakhovka three rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka four rounds;
-- n.p. Gornostaevka three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds;
-- n.p. Kairo three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Korsunka fired a total of 20 rounds from cannon artillery.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Alyoshki injured ONE civilian; in the village of Novaya Kakhovka, Kyiv militants attacked a utility vehicle on the territory of the housing office.
09:32 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 04/19/2024
– On the Zaporozhye front north of Verbovoy, the Russian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on Ukrainian positions. There are some small advances. From both sides, strikes are actively carried out with long-range weapons.
– Donetsk front. Assault operations continue in Krasnogorovka, where Russian troops are fighting their way into the city. Fierce fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Netailovo and the approaches to Umanskoye. In Semyonovka and Berdychi there were oncoming battles.
In Ochertino, Russian troops were able to successfully gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village and continue successful assault operations in the village itself with the active support of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The advance of Russian troops continues in Novokalinovo, where airstrikes are also being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– Chasovoyarsk direction. Long-range weapons are actively working, striking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar. The Russian Armed Forces have gained a foothold in positions recaptured from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eastern suburbs, and are now trying to pull up their flanks to continue successful offensive operations.
08:54 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for April 18, 2024
– Russian troops attacked enemy aircraft at the airfield in Dnepropetrovsk, and also destroyed the S-300 air defense system, guidance radar and control cabin in the Lyubimovka area. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Russian border area, including using weather balloons and missiles.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar at the Kalinovka - Kanal microdistrict line. In the Stupochek area, an enemy howitzer and air defense system were hit.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russians pushed through the enemy’s defenses 2.5 kilometers in depth, completely occupying the territory of the Zarya SNT. Fighting is taking place in the area of ??the Ocheretino-Uzlovaya substation along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street.
– In the Donetsk direction, fighting continues on the south-eastern outskirts of Krasnogorovka. Russian troops are advancing in the area of Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, using artillery and aviation, and the private sector is being cleared.
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces hold positions in Rabotino, positional battles continue northeast of Verbovoy. The enemy once again tried to attack the territory of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant with a drone; the air defense shot down the target.
08:05 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
39 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Information was received that 11 civilians were injured, including one child.
Damaged:
For residential buildings,
One car,
Four civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 14 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 23 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Volnovakha direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fird 133 units of various ammunition.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Andrey Musalov
[REGNUM] On the eve of a large-scale military operation, the state, in addition to planning the operation itself, must solve three more key tasks: modernize, re-equip and re-suit the army. The process of changing the clothes of the Russian army lasted almost a decade.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The former flight attendant, now an officer of the Russian Armed Forces, was at the center of the main events that brought Donbass to Russia
by Kristina Melnikova
The fate of the former flight attendant and now political officer of a motorized rifle company, Anna Ilyasova, in some ways repeats thousands of other fates of people who ten years ago chose to stay with Donbass. Like many others, she could not stand aside during the coup in Kyiv, which shook up her native Donetsk.
Continued on Page 49
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Germany's appeal to the Russian Embassy in Berlin with a request to refrain from participating in commemorative events on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of German concentration camps is disappointing, the Russian diplomatic mission said on April 19.
“This position causes deep regret and disappointment. Dictated by considerations of the current political situation, it completely ignores the historical context... does not correspond to the spirit of the successful long-term cooperation of our countries in the military memorial sphere,” says a commentary published on the official website of the embassy.
“How dare you resent our noble rescue of Germany from the Nazis as a partially successful attempt to conquer you for the glories of Soviet Communism!”
The diplomatic mission emphasized that Berlin’s actions run counter to German cultural memory and contribute to the erosion of the process of post-war reconciliation between peoples.
Continued on Page 49
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] Interesting footage from the Omsk Transport Engineering Plant, where they produce heavy armored vehicles.
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