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[Korrespondent] 17:57 The number of victims as a result of today's Russian strike on the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov has increased to three, among them a 12-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The educational institution and housing infrastructure were damaged. Also today, the Russians hit three settlements in the Kharkov region with KABs - a store and a boiler room, and a private house were damaged. There were no reports of casualties.
17:34 Zelensky, during a working trip to the Chernihiv region, met with a delegation of the US Congress - both parties and both chambers were represented. He informed about the situation on the front line, the priority needs of the army and the scale of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
16:38 The Russian Army fired a ballistic missile - probably an Iskander-M - at the Odessa region. A hit was recorded at a public utility facility, equipment and an administrative building were damaged. An employee of the company was killed, the Southern Defense Forces reported.
16:13 The Russians struck the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkov - according to preliminary data, one person was killed and another was injured. Civilian infrastructure was damaged, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
15:19 Ukraine received M577 command and staff vehicles, transferred by Lithuania as part of the long-term assistance package worth 200 million euros announced in January. The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense does not disclose the number of vehicles, but only reports that they arrived on April 5.
11:32 In the Rostov region, near the settlement of Azov, a pipeline was blown up at night, through which oil products are pumped from a local oil depot to tankers on the territory of the Azov seaport. The loading of tankers has been suspended indefinitely, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. Intelligence officials emphasized that the facility was used by Russia for military purposes.
11:24 The most difficult situation at the front has now developed in the Bakhmut direction in the areas east of Chasov Yar and Kleshcheevka; on Avdeevsky - in the areas of Berdychi, Orlovka, Vodyanoy, Pervomaisky; on Novopavlovsky - in the Novomikhailovka area, Syrsky said. The most brutal battles today are taking place in the Pervomaisky and Vodyanoy areas, as well as east of Chasov Yar, where the enemy is trying to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. At the same time, the commander-in-chief assured that Chasov Yar remains under the control of the Defense Forces; all enemy attempts to break into the populated area have failed.
At the same time, in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the Defense Forces have “a certain tactical success,” Syrsky added.
11:19 At night, the Russians launched two missile attacks on Slavkurort in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh. The building of the mud baths was partially destroyed, but no people were injured.
11:05 The number of wounded in Zaporozhye after yesterday's missile attack has increased to 23, the National Police reported. The wounded included two children and a policeman. Four people died.
09:12 At night and in the morning, the enemy attacked the Kiev region with attack drones and cruise missiles, said the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko. All enemy targets were destroyed; as a result of falling debris, a fire occurred in a hangar building in one of the populated areas; it has already been localized. Makarovsky village head Vadim Tokar reported that the premises of one of the private enterprises in the community were damaged by debris.
09:07 The number of victims as a result of the night attack in Kharkov has increased to 11, six people were killed, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The Russians again launched repeated strikes soon after the first. As a result of a series of attacks with S-300 missiles, nine residential buildings, an administrative building, a kindergarten, a cafe, a service station car wash, a gas station store, dormitory buildings, cars and trucks were damaged.
09:01 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 6:
- personnel - about 446,690 (+790) people,
- tanks - 7057 (+24),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,497 (+38),
- artillery systems - 11,262 (+41),
- MLRS - 1032 (+3),
- air defense systems - 749 (+2),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 8895 (+48),
- cruise missiles - 2060 (+1),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,992 (+70),
- special equipment - 1854 (+5).
08:35 Over the past 24 hours, 80 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 22 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Umanskoye, Nevelskoye, Pervomaiskoye, Yasnobrodovka, Semenovka in the Donetsk region. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 20 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Konstantinovka, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, more than 16 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Andreevka, Zelenopolye, Kleshcheevka, Novy, Sporny, Ivanovo, Donetsk region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy made 16 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has not carried out offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, three enemy attacks were repelled in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - one attack in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region.
08:11 Air defense at night destroyed three cruise missiles and 28 out of 32 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, the Air Force command reported. Russia attacked with drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, as well as six missiles of different types: three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region, two Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from strategic aircraft from the Saratov region and one Kalibr cruise missile from the Black Sea. They managed to destroy two Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles and one Caliber.
07:58 The Russians attacked Zaporozhye with missiles in the morning, industrial enterprises were damaged. According to preliminary information, no people were injured, said the head of the police department, Ivan Fedorov. The missile strike also damaged the Melitopol House in Zaporozhye - a place where, since the beginning of a full-scale war, the Melitopol team has been helping tens of thousands of displaced people from the occupation.
07:43 At night, the Russians fired artillery twice at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. In the city, a cultural center, a library, housing for displaced people, a shopping center, a sports club, eight high-rise buildings, and 16 private houses were damaged. No people were hurt.
07:37 Russian public pages write about the shelling of Belgorod. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems allegedly destroyed ten RM-70 Vampire MLRS rockets over the Belgorod region in the morning. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that as a result of the air attack, 12 apartment buildings and a children's clinic were damaged.
07:29 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov again, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. As a result of the strikes, six people were killed and ten were injured. Hits were recorded near a residential building in Kharkov; in the Dergachiv community, an enemy missile hit a store. High-rise buildings and gas stations were damaged.