[VESTI] April 26 is the 427th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Chernihiv and Sumy regions. During the night, Russian troops fired 12 times at the border areas of the regions.
Zaporozhye region. On the night of April 26, Russian troops launched 67 attacks on 19 peaceful communities: 53 shelling, six attacks from MLRS, seven using UAVs and one air strike.
Kherson region. During the day, the Russians shelled the Kherson region 75 times, firing 389 shells from heavy artillery, UAVs and aviation . The city of Kherson was under shelling 11 times. We ended up in residential areas of settlements in the region; buildings of the church and shops of the Belozerskaya settlement community of the Kherson region. One person injured.
08:00 . Kharkov region. During the day, the Russian Federation shelled at least 17 border and front-line settlements in Kharkov, Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts. As a result of a missile attack on Kupyansk, two women, aged 54 and 57, were killed and 10 people were injured. Of these, four were hospitalized, 6 more received minor injuries.
09:00 . Lugansk region. On a farm in Kremennaya, the Russians are holding people who are suspected of "collaborating with Ukraine." We are talking about the territory of the former fur farm near Kremennaya. It is there, according to witnesses, that some of the people detained in the Svatovshchina on suspicion of cooperation with Ukraine are located.
Donetsk region. Commander of the MTR of Ukraine Viktor Khorenko visited Bakhmut. He said that the situation in the city is difficult, but the Ukrainian military takes quality, not quantity.
10:30 am . Kherson region. Explosions are heard in Kherson.
11:30 am . Zaporozhye region. Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye.
12:00 . Donetsk region. The Russians shelled Druzhkovka and Avdievka : a residential building and an administrative building were damaged, there were no casualties.
13:00 . Sumy region. The Russians fired at the Sumy region from the mortar of the Yunakov community: two civilians were wounded.
Kherson region. The authorities plan to evacuate the residents of the village of Kizomys due to active shelling. Residents of the villages of the Kizomyshsky headman will be offered evacuation within the community, families with children will be evacuated to other places. Also in the village of Kizomys, the "Point of Invisibility" will be reopened and provided with drinking water and food.
14:00 . The situation in the Limansky and Kupyansky directions in a day: the Russian Federation has not carried out attacking actions for several days, said Sergey Cherevaty, a representative of the eastern group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
But these areas are leaders in terms of the number of artillery attacks by the Russians - 379 times over the past day, the Russians opened fire on our positions, and also delivered 3 air strikes. Ukrainian artillery strikes back - 25 Russians were eliminated, 72 more were wounded. Also on this sector of the front, the Russian T-72 tank, BMP-2, Acacia self-propelled guns and the Rapira anti-tank gun were shot down.
15:00 . The Leopard 2 service center from Ukraine will start operating in Poland in May, the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense said.
16:00 . Kherson region. As a result of an artillery attack on Stanislav, a 26-year-old man was injured. The Russians also fired at the Antonovsky Bridge area, as a result of which a foreign press representative was injured.
17:00 . Russia uses about 370,000 troops in combat operations against Ukraine. According to the latest data, the country has thrown up to 48 brigades and 122 regiments, the forces number about 315 formations. In general, the Russian Federation uses about 369,000 personnel and about 5,900 pieces of heavy weapons against the Ukrainian troops,
Another exchange of prisoners took place - another 44 people returned to Ukraine : 36 privates and sergeants, six officers, two civilians. These are the military, border guards, national guardsmen, sailors who defended Mariupol, Azovstal, Kherson region, fought the Russians in the east. Among those released are wounded survivors of torture in captivity, and two men whose wives were previously released from captivity.
18:00 . During the day, the enemy launched three missile, 31 air strikes and made about 26 attacks from the MLRS, there are wounded among the civilian population, houses and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
18:24 . Soldiers of the 68th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone from machine guns. The video with the downed UAV was shown in the press service of the brigade.
18:55 . A journalist for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica was wounded during a shelling in Kherson. This was stated by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The Office of the Prosecutor General also reports that as a result of the shelling of Kherson, a foreign journalist was wounded and one civilian was killed. It is alleged that the journalist was working on material about life in the city.
19:20 . A total of 20 Valuk armored personnel carriers secretly transferred from Slovenia to Ukraine. This is reported by the local edition 24UR. "Valuks" are designed to transport infantry and protect it from anti-personnel mines and infantry weapons with a caliber of up to 12.7mm.
19:46 . The occupiers fired artillery at Orekhov, Zaporozhye region. As a result, a 46-year-old civilian died. The head of the Zaporizhia OVA reported that during the night of April 26, the Russians launched 67 strikes on 19 communities in the region, and were destroyed.