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| Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 11, 2026 |
| 2026-04-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Korrespondent] 22.20 After 4:00 PM on Saturday, April 11, as of 10:00 PM, 469 cases of ceasefire violations were recorded. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its evening summary. ![]() 21:25 Russian war criminals shelled Kherson with artillery: four people were injured, including a 14-year-old teenager. This was reported by the Kherson regional and city military administrations. 20:33 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the Easter silence regime in an evening video address on Saturday, April 11. Easter should be a time of security and peace, and it would be right for the ceasefire to continue, the president said. 19.45 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a journalist by profession, visited the advanced positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhia region, and also spoke with anti-aircraft gunners from the Kyiv air defense. Together with British and Ukrainian journalists and a Ukrainian escort group, Johnson visited the village of Komyshuvakha and three other villages in Zaporizhia. 18.55 On the night of April 10-11, Ukrainian defenders struck an oil depot, an oil pumping station, three ammunition depots, and enemy manpower. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Saturday, April 11. Oil infrastructure facilities involved in supplying the Russian occupation army were hit: the Krymskaya oil pumping station (Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia), as well as the Gvardiyskaya oil depot on the territorial sea of ​​the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Enemy ammunition depots were hit in the areas of the settlements of Makedonivka and Donetsk in the Donetsk region, as well as Osipenko in the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian fighters inflicted fire damage on drone control points in the Konovalov districts of Zaporizhia region and Hola Prystan in Kherson region. The enemy's manpower concentration near the settlements of Stepove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Stepnohirske, Pryazovske and Rybne in Zaporizhia, was also hit. 18:30 The driver, who was seriously injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a trolleybus, died in hospital, the head of the Kherson Regional Emergency Management Agency reported. 16.55 Since the beginning of the day on April 11, as of 16.00, the aggressor has attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 50 times. The hottest since the beginning of the day on April 11 was in the Kostyantynivske and Pokrovske directions, the General Staff reports. 16:30 In Kherson, Russian war criminals dropped an explosive device from a drone onto a trolleybus. This was reported on Saturday, April 11, by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin. An ambulance took the driver to the hospital in extremely serious condition. 15.40 In the Shostka district of Sumy region, a young man blew himself up on a mine. This happened near the border village in the Khutir-Mykhailivska community, said the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov. The 17-year-old boy, previously evacuated from this village, arrived there for Easter. He was riding a motorcycle and came across an explosive device. 14.55 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has assigned the Defense Forces of Ukraine the task of ensuring compliance with the ceasefire regime on land, at sea, and in the air during the Easter celebrations. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 14.10 Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on the eve of Easter. 182 Ukrainians returned home - 175 defenders and 7 civilians, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Telegram. 13.43 On Saturday morning, Russian invaders carried out a massive airstrike on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region. At least 10 people were injured, the National Police reported. 13.14 Ukraine has proposed to Russia to extend the ceasefire after Easter. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram. The absence of Russian strikes in the sky, on the ground, and at sea will mean the absence of Ukrainian responses, the head of state assured. 12.22 The Russian occupation army is trying to turn the tide of hostilities in southern Ukraine. Our defenders are inflicting maximum losses on the enemy and exhausting the enemy, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky, reported on Telegram. 11.34 In Odessa, during a night attack, a Russian "Shahed" strike drone flew straight into an apartment window and did not explode. Local media reported this. 11.06 Brigadier General Serhiy Sirchenko was relieved of his position as commander of the 11th Army Corps. The unit's press service reported this. Already after his release, Sirchenko admitted that he "was silent when he should have spoken." 10.38 Russian troops are building a base for launching Shahed attack drones near the border with Ukraine, the Atesh guerrilla movement reported. 10.13 On Saturday night, the Defense Forces attacked oil depots in the Russian city of Tver and an oil pipeline station in the Kuban. This was reported by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC) of the National Security and Defense Council, on Telegram. Monitoring channels released videos of powerful "arrivals" in Tver and videos of the attack on the Krymsk oil pipeline station. 09.22 Over the past 24 hours, 173 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and Russian invaders were recorded on the front in 12 main directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its morning briefing. 08.45 On Saturday night, Russian aggressors launched 160 strike drones of various types over Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units intercepted the vast majority of them, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. 08.22 Two people were killed and two more were injured as a result of another attack by Russian strike drones on Odessa. This was reported by the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Serhiy Lysak, on Telegram. Dozens of private and apartment buildings, a dormitory, and a kindergarten building suffered significant damage. Infrastructure facilities were also hit. 08.01 Russia spread another fake as part of a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine's international cooperation in the field of defense technologies and the work of Ukrainian specialists in the Middle East. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC) under the National Security and Defense Council. 07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,440 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational report. The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 2,250 units of Russian equipment, including nine armored vehicles, 64 guns, three air defense systems, and two MLRS. 07.21 Over the past 24 hours, 33 attacks on 23 settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Sumy region. 23 people were injured. 02.15 In Odessa, during a night attack, a UAV hit several houses and damaged the roof of a dormitory. Fires broke out. No information about casualties was previously available. 01.53 Russian invaders struck the Lubny district of Poltava region, killing one person and injuring another. An enemy drone damaged a shop and a coffee shop. 00.50 Russians attacked Sumy twice with drones in the evening. The first attack damaged the roof of a five-story building. The second attack seriously damaged another five-story building. 14 people were injured. Most of them were elderly. |
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