[Korrespondent] 23.56 On the evening of Saturday, April 4, Kharkiv was hit by another strike from the Russian military. The strike was recorded near residential buildings in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Enemy drones damaged three dormitories and three high-rise buildings. There is no information about casualties yet.
22.43 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky met with sergeants and soldiers of the airborne assault and assault units. They talked about the needs of servicemen, problems, vision of the front, issues of support and much more that "is not always visible from the offices."
"The most important thing in the Defense Forces is people. The task of commanders and chiefs is not only to set a task and demand its fulfillment, but, first of all, to provide, train, and preserve the lives of their soldiers. This should work through mutual respect between the commander and subordinate. And this is what fundamentally distinguishes the Ukrainian army from the Russian occupation army," said Syrsky.
The Commander-in-Chief reported that during the conversation he heard directly from sergeants and soldiers their feedback on the service, visions of actions on the battlefield, options for countering enemy UAVs. They discussed issues of training of servicemen, especially newcomers, the coordination of military teams, etc.
22.24 The Defense Forces of Ukraine responded to the report of the Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets about large-scale violations in the Uzhhorod District CCC and SP. The work of a special commission has been initiated to verify the facts indicated in the statement of the Ombudsman's representative and to clarify other violations.
Based on the results of the commission's work, all materials will be transferred to law enforcement agencies, where they will be given a proper legal assessment.
21.01 Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Konotop district of Sumy region. Residential buildings were damaged in the Popivska community. Two people were injured. The man was treated on the spot. A 65-year-old woman was hospitalized with injuries.
20.29 The number of injured as a result of Russian strikes on the market in Nikopol has increased to 27, five people have died. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha.
According to him, eight victims have been hospitalized. A 14-year-old girl was transferred to a regional hospital.
Ganzha added that another man, 42 years old, was injured in another Russian attack in the Nikopol region. He is receiving outpatient treatment.
"In the Nikopol region, the district center, Chervonogryhorivska, Pokrovska, Marhanetska, Myrivska communities were affected. More than three dozen trade pavilions, an agricultural enterprise, a private house, an outbuilding, and a car were damaged," the head of the OVA noted.
19.32 An American delegation led by US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner may visit Kyiv after April 12. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham may also be part of the delegation. This was reported by the head of the President's Office, Kirill Budanov.
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"We have long defined what we want. I think it will be implemented soon. What happens next is another question. But in terms of security guarantees, we have definitely made progress - we are already moving forward," Budanov said.
18.31 The Ukrainian Navy does not confirm its involvement in the incidents with Russian An-26 and Su-30 aircraft in temporarily occupied Crimea and suggests that the cause could have been an accident or the actions of the Russian systems themselves. This was stated by the Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk.
"We cannot confirm our involvement in these events regarding the specified aircraft (An-26 - ed.) with passengers on board, there were allegedly 29 people, including crew members. According to the information available at the moment, it was most likely an accident," he said.
The spokesman added that in the conditions of active operation of Russian air defense systems and electronic warfare in Crimea, the possibility of influence by the enemy's own means, in particular through GPS jamming, or errors in the operation of air defense during combat operations, cannot be ruled out.
According to him, the Ukrainian Navy is also not involved in the incident with the Su-30 and cannot confirm the fact of the plane being shot down.
"Most likely, there was an accident related to the operation of the specified aircraft. This may be due to the extreme operating conditions of these aircraft," the spokesman noted.
17.19 A Ukrainian pilot shot down two Russian Shahed attack UAVs with Sting interceptors while being 500 kilometers away from them, the press service of the Wild Hornets defense company reported.
It is noted that the Russian "Shaheeds" were hit from a distance of 500 kilometers by the pilot of the Bulava unit Roman, call sign Hulk.
"This is the first time in the world that someone has tried to shoot down not one, but two Shaheds at such a distance from the operator's launch point," the company said.
15.58 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, after monitoring the Uzhhorod RTCC and the Joint Venture by its representative, stated about illegal detention, unsanitary conditions, and ignoring diseases in the center's premises.
"Today, the system of mobilization measures has built its own model of permissiveness. The premises of the CCC and the Joint Stock Company have actually turned into places of deprivation of freedom without any legal grounds. There is still an opinion in society that raising such facts means playing into the hands of Russian propaganda. In reality, it is lawlessness that plays into the hands of the enemy, because legal protection mechanisms do not work, and the situation is only getting worse every day...
"Here (in the Uzhhorod RTCC - ed.) people were held for weeks - detention for 21, 24, 30 and even 50 days was recorded! In the video, there is a veteran who shows his UBD certificate, but even this status did not become a basis for his release. Documents and phones were confiscated from people without proper registration, depriving them of the right to protection," Lubinets said.
According to the ombudsman, the conditions of detention humiliate human dignity: for 40-60 people - only three mugs and eight metal plates, people are forced to eat in turns from one dish without processing, there is no confirmation of the organization of food. There is also complete unsanitary conditions - one toilet and one shower for such a number of people, there is no bed linen.
15.32 Five people were killed and 23 injured as a result of a Russian UAV strike on Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
At around 9:50 a.m., Russian military drones struck the market. In addition, two more men were injured in a second strike by the Russian military on the same civilian facility. Commercial premises were damaged.
Three of the injured, a 14-year-old girl and two men, ages 28 and 72, are in serious condition. The condition of the other victims is assessed by doctors as moderate.
9.58 Cases of sabotage among Russian military personnel are being recorded in the Konstantinovsky direction. Russians are deliberately disabling equipment to avoid being sent to the front line. This was stated by the partisan movement ATESH.
9.25 Russia attacked Ukraine with 286 attack drones from six directions. Air defense forces managed to shoot down most of the enemy drones. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
7.59 Russians attacked Kyiv with drones on Saturday morning, April 4. An office building in the city caught fire due to falling debris in one of the districts. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on Telegram.
7.38 Russia has lost another 1,110 soldiers in the war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours, according to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
03.50 Russians hit Sumy with attack drones. A fire broke out on the upper floors of one of the high-rise buildings. At least three people were injured.
03.25 Drones attacked the Russian city of Togliatti, located in the Samara region, on the night of Saturday, April 4. Social media reports of a large-scale fire at one of the chemical plants. It is not known exactly which plant is burning. According to some reports, it is Togliattikauchuk, according to others, it is KuibyshevAzot. Still others write that fires are being recorded at both plants.
01.30 In temporarily occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhia region, a substation was attacked, after which the city lost power. The occupation authorities announce a power outage in the southern part of Zaporizhia region after the attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.