[Korrespondent] 23.27 In the Bila Tserkva district of the Kyiv region, a fire broke out at an enterprise due to enemy fire. There were no casualties.
22.55 On the evening of April 15, the Russians attacked the Dnipro, three people were injured. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleksandr Ganzha. According to him, as a result of the attack, a fire broke out on the territory of an educational institution. An office building and a garage were also on fire. Cars were damaged. Two young boys were injured. Later, it became known that a 38-year-old woman was injured. She was hospitalized in moderate condition.
22.31 One person was killed and six others were injured in a Russian attack on a high-rise building in Odessa. This was reported by the head of the Odessa City Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, on April 15. As reported by the head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Oleh Kiper, on Telegram, at least three apartments in the nine-story building were damaged, and another was destroyed.
"A hostile attack on a residential building in Odessa caused casualties and destruction. Unfortunately, six people aged 20 to 67 were injured as a result of the UAV strike. A man aged about 60 died," he noted.
At least three apartments in the building were damaged, and another apartment was destroyed. The fire that broke out has now been extinguished.
22.13 The Netherlands will invest 248 million euros in drones for Ukraine. This was announced by Dutch Defense Minister Dylan Jeshilgos-Zegerius during a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Issues in Ukraine.
21.56 Following the results of the next meeting in the Ramstein format, the allies announced new support packages, including in the field of air defense, drones, and logistics, and also confirmed contributions to joint defense programs. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
21.32 Russian troops attacked the Dnipro on April 15, a fire broke out in an educational institution. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha. According to preliminary information, there were no deaths or injuries.
20.55 A new model of warfare is being implemented in Ukraine - drone assault units, which combine air and ground drones with infantry into a single system. The Ministry of Defense reported this on April 15. It is noted that this approach has already shown results in the south, where a large amount of territory has been liberated since February, precisely thanks to the use of these new units.
20.13 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States supports plans to create a new military bloc in Europe with the participation of Ukraine.
According to him, despite the agreements reached during the meeting of the US and Russian presidents in Alaska, Washington has not abandoned its policy of deterring Moscow. Lavrov also claims that the US supports the formation of a new military alliance in Europe.
20.10 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi announced on April 15 that he took part in a meeting of the commanders-in-chief and chiefs of general staffs of the armed forces of the member states of the Coalition of the Willing, which took place in a video conference format.
19.35 On April 15, the Russians shelled Odessa. Preliminary reports indicate that a nine-story residential building was hit. This was reported by the head of the Odessa MVA, Serhiy Lysak. Later, he added that, according to preliminary information, four people were injured. Apartments on several floors were damaged - from the fifth to the seventh. Rescuers and all emergency services are already working at the site of the hit. An operational headquarters has been deployed.
18.48 A number of countries announced new contributions to the PURL program during the 34th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Issues in Ukraine in the Ramstein format in Berlin. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
18.32 Unmanned Systems Forces conducted a reconnaissance mission at an enterprise in Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan, Russian Federation), 1,500 kilometers from the border. This was reported by the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
"It's not just about pecking at the wormy military-industrial complex, but burning out the very illusion of security relative to the depth of the enemy's rear. The Governor of Bashkortostan will confirm. 1,500 km deep into the swamps is not about protection. It's about the flight time of the freedom-loving Ukrainian Ptah. A little diet for the carriers of KABs: the petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan) is a manufacturer of aviation fuel, additives for aviation kerosene and the only manufacturer of neodymium synthetic rubbers in the Russian Federation, slightly spoiled on April 15 by the Ptahs of the 1st Airborne Forces. More to come," noted "Magyar."
17.58 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on an official visit to the capital of Italy, Rome. This was announced by the head of state's spokesman, Serhiy Nikiforov, Suspilne reports.
17.43 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during the 34th meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine Defense (Ramstein) in Berlin, called on allies to continue supporting Ukraine and expressed hope for the announcement of new commitments, Interfax-Ukraine reports. He stressed that "allies must invest more to reach the target of $60 billion in support of Ukraine's security and defense this year."
17.35 An agent of the Russian GRU, who persuaded the mayor of Ochakov to surrender the city to the Russians, received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU reported this on April 15. The suspect was exposed in March 2023 in the Mykolaiv region. He turned out to be a former commander of one of the special forces centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recruited by the enemy, who settled in the Ochakov city council.
17.17 In the Donetsk region, the Russian occupation army is losing an average of 428 soldiers per square kilometer. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov at the 34th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format.
16.55 Since the beginning of the day, 58 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary. More than a third of Russian attacks are concentrated near Pokrovsk in the areas of 11 settlements.
16.22 The Security Service, together with the State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor General's Office, exposed two assistants of current people's deputies of Ukraine in "evasion schemes".
They offered conscripts $16,000 to avoid conscription through fake medical documents or to travel to the EU bypassing border checkpoints. After receiving the full amount for their services, the dealers immediately blocked their clients' contacts and disappeared "from the radar."
Law enforcement officers documented the crimes of both suspects and arrested them "red-handed" after receiving the funds. During the searches, smartphones containing evidence of the transaction and money were seized from them.
On November 16, the Defense Council of the Kharkiv Region adopted a decision to expand the mandatory and forced evacuation zone in the Kupyanskyi district. This was announced by the head of the Defense Council, Oleg Synegubov.
15.35 Russian troops have the opportunity to accumulate infantry and equipment in the south of Myrnohrad, in particular due to the fact that Ukrainian pilots are unable to reach it by drones. This is reported by the OSINT project DeepState.
"Currently, the enemy is using the accumulated resources to put pressure on the northern outskirts of the city to press the city and its agglomeration. At the same time, there is an advance and consolidation of the enemy's landing north of Rivne, which endangers those who hold this pocket in the Svitly region," the report says.
It is noted that the Russians also control the kill zone with drones within a radius of 20 km from the center of Myrnograd and strike at everything that moves, which complicates any movement and actions in this area.
The pressure and advance of the Russian troops towards Hryshynye from Pokrovsk also continues. The enemy is gradually drawing into the village and has almost completely occupied the village. Infiltrations are increasingly being recorded in the area of Novooleksandrivka and Vasylivka.
15.17 A district council deputy was exposed in Transcarpathia, suspected of organizing an illegal channel for transporting conscripts to Romania. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office.
According to the investigation, the official established a mechanism for the illegal transfer of military-age persons outside Ukraine.
15.16 As of April 13, there are 404 convicted collaborators living in Ukraine who, through the state project " I Want to My Own," have declared their desire to leave for Russia. They will be able to do this provided that Ukrainians return from Russian captivity.
Each of them has a timer on their page that shows how long they have to wait to leave for Russia. Rita Kuks has the least waiting time - 2 months and 11 days. She provided the enemy with information about the movement, movement and location of Ukrainian troops in the city of Selidove, Donetsk region.
At the same time, one of the "record holders" in the waiting period for departure to the Russian Federation remains Gleb Manakov. He collected and transmitted information to the Russians about the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Lysychansk. The convict is waiting for 1 year, 11 months and 29 days.
"The Russian authorities are aware of the desire of each collaborator presented on the hochuksvoim.com website to leave for the Russian Federation. But Moscow is in no hurry to return its former agents. Now, having found themselves in prison, they are of interest to Russia only as material for propaganda and fakes," the project website states.
It is noted that 70 collaborators have already taken advantage of the opportunity to travel to Russia on the condition that Ukrainians return from Russian captivity. The profiles of 34 of them are presented on the project website.
15.03 On April 14-15, the Ukrainian military struck a number of military facilities of the Russian invaders, mainly in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
14.56 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have created the Military Expert Council ARES (Allied Reform and Expert Support) - an advisory body to the Commander-in-Chief. The press service of the General Staff reported this.
Its task is to exchange advanced Ukrainian and international experience for the development of the army.
Among the priorities are the development of military science and education, increasing the efficiency of meeting the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as advisory and consultative support on other issues falling within the powers of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
British General Sir Richard Shirreff (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, 2011 - 2014) has been appointed as the Chairman of the Military Expert Council.
14.42 The Security Service and the National Police have detained two more Russian agents who committed arson in different regions of Ukraine. Both suspects are local residents who agreed to work for the enemy in exchange for money.
An agent of the Russian FSB was exposed in Dnipro, who set fire to an armored evacuation tractor BTS-4, which was being loaded at the Ukrzaliznytsia station for further transportation to the front line. The man also tried to destroy a cellular base station with a flammable mixture in order to "cut off" local subscribers from the network.
In Odessa, a 25-year-old repeat offender who already has a criminal record for theft, but committed a new crime while on probation, was suspected. The attacker tracked the cars of Ukrainian soldiers, and then, with the coordination of Russian special forces, set fire to the vehicles.
The suspect's next task was to prepare a terrorist attack in the city. To do this, the Russians instructed him to make a homemade explosive device with remote activation.
14.38 British Malloy T-150 drones are used not only for logistics, but also for combat missions. They were used during the operation to destroy a bridge in the Kherson region. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports this on its website.
14.14 The United Kingdom will transfer at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year. This is the largest package of drones the country has ever provided during a full-scale war, the British government has announced.
13.59 An explosion occurred near a military plant near Samara in the Russian Federation, the Russian publication Astra reported, citing information from local residents.
13.45 In March, the Ukrainian army liberated almost 50 sq. km of territory from Russian invaders. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, in Telegram following the meeting.
13.29 Law enforcement officers reported in absentia the suspicion of collaborator Andriy Malgin for organizing the removal of almost 11 thousand exhibits from the Kherson Regional Art Museum by Russian military personnel during the occupation of the city. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.
As the investigation established, during November 1-2, 2022, the defendant organized the removal of exhibits from the Kherson Regional Art Museum named after O.O. Shovkunenko, which was seized at that time.
The robbery of the cultural institution occurred during the flight of Russians from the regional center amid a counteroffensive by the Defense Forces.
13.05 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The Ukrainian leader reported this on Facebook.
Ukraine, together with Norway, is building a strategic partnership in the field of security and defense, the president noted.
12.58 The occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region is completely without electricity due to night strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the Russian-appointed "governor" Yevgeny Balytsky on social networks on Wednesday, April 15.
According to him, last night the energy infrastructure of the occupied part of Zaporizhia was again subjected to "massive attacks by the enemy".
"As a result of the shelling, a number of energy facilities were damaged, which led to a complete power outage in the region", - Balytsky wrote.
Due to a "failure in the power system" there is also no electricity in most of the occupied Kherson region, the "authorities" of the region said. 14 districts remain without electricity.
12.45 Ukraine currently has a critical shortage of missiles for Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the ZDF television channel.
12.23 On the night of April 15, Russian troops attacked two higher education institutions in Dnipro. The academic buildings and student dormitories of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology and the National Technical University Dnipro Polytechnic were damaged. This was reported by the city's mayor, Borys Filatov.
"At night, the Russians meanly and purposefully attacked two Dnipro universities. The academic buildings and student dormitories of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology and the Polytechnic University were damaged," the mayor noted.
As a result of the enemy attack and the blast wave, about three dozen residential buildings were also damaged. In total, over a thousand windows were broken, and the extent of other damage is still being determined.
12.16 One person died in an explosion at a gunpowder factory in Kazan on April 14, his body was pulled from the rubble, Russian propaganda news agency Interfax reported, citing the Tatarstan Ministry of Health.
The department clarified that a man and a woman who were taken to Kazan hospitals the day before after the explosion suffered burns and injuries.
On April 14, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov reported a fire on the territory of the enterprise, which led to the partial collapse of structures.
11.35 The National Police detained five criminals at once, who offered to "solve the issue" with mobilization for money. In Kyiv, businessmen guaranteed conscripts positions with "armor", and in Khmelnytskyi region, a man and a woman promised a quick removal from the wanted list.
11.21 Military counterintelligence officers detained an FSB informant in Kramatorsk who was correcting enemy missile and drone attacks. The SBU reported this.
It is indicated that this is a deputy principal of a local school. The head teacher came to the attention of racists when she traveled to Belarus at the beginning of the full-scale war.
10.59 The Russian city of Sterlitamak in the Republic of Bashkortostan has come under attack by drones, according to the Russian publication Astra, which positions itself as independent.
Local residents are reporting explosions over the city and its surroundings, media reports say.
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10.49 President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold a series of meetings in Norway, after which he will pay a visit to Italy. This was stated by the Ukrainian leader's press secretary, Serhiy Nikiforov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
10.42 It became known about the death of two men in the Dnipro district of Kherson due to attacks by Russian drones on April 13. They received fatal injuries as a result of enemy drones hitting their cars. Currently, the relevant services are establishing the identities of the deceased.
10.29 On Wednesday morning, five regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to new shelling by Russian invaders and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work has already begun where security conditions currently allow.
10.26 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published data on 48 enterprises of the Schwabe holding, which is part of the Rostec state corporation, on the War&Sanctions portal.
Despite positioning itself as a manufacturer of medical equipment, the holding's enterprises are involved in the creation of a wide range of military products - from strike and reconnaissance UAVs to sighting systems for aviation and armored vehicles, thermal imagers, as well as components for ballistic missiles and corrected artillery ammunition.
The structure of Shvabe includes, in particular, foreign assets - the Chinese company SHVABE OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD and the Belarusian enterprise Shvabe (Minsk)”, which expand the holding's capabilities in terms of access to technologies and component base.
It is probably the "medical" cover that allowed a significant part of the enterprises to avoid sanctions pressure - 30 of them are still not under restrictions from any of the countries of the sanctions coalition. Among them:
Moscow Saphir Plant - manufacturer of photodiodes for Iskander-M ballistic missiles and photodetectors for Krasnopol-M2 guided artillery shells;
Foton Central Design Bureau, which produces laser rangefinders and thermal imagers;
Germanium JSC produces germanium and its compounds, which are used for the manufacture of infrared optics, optical fibers, as well as in the nuclear and radioelectronic industries.
10.04 On the morning of April 15, Russian troops struck the central part of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, with a FAB-1500 aerial bomb.
According to him, at 5 a.m. the Russians hit the center of Slavyansk with a FAB-1500. A children's sports facility, which was a historical monument of the city, was completely destroyed. An administrative building was destroyed, another was damaged.
At least 39 high-rise buildings and 15 cars suffered varying degrees of damage.
Currently, there is one injured person known to be a 57-year-old man. He is being prepared for transportation to the Dnipro clinic.
9.41 AM 19 people remain in Dnipro hospitals injured in Russia's missile strike on April 14. 13 of them are in intensive care. Two men, ages 51 and 45, are in critical condition. The rest are in moderate condition. Eight of the injured are being treated as outpatients.
9.25 The Russian army continued to strike the Cherkasy region with drones since night. The regional center was again under the sights, as it was the night before. Air defense forces neutralized 41 Russian drones in almost a day.
As a result of the latest attack by Russian drones, four people were injured, two of them were hospitalized.
In total, there are four locations where the UAVs fell. Residential infrastructure was damaged: dozens of private houses, cars.
8.58 The warhead of a Russian Iskander-K missile has been discovered in the Desnyanskyi district of Kyiv. It is now planned to detonate the discovered part. Kyiv police reported this.
8.47 During March 14, 212 combat clashes took place at the front. The largest number of battles were in the Pokrov direction - 42 and Kostyantynivka - 22. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.34 Partisans destroyed the communication between the occupiers: in the village of Gorsky Shchyt, Sverdlovsk Region, a telecommunications cabinet of a key communications tower was destroyed. It provided operational control and protected data transmission channels for the headquarters of the Central Military District. This was reported by the Atesh partisan movement in Telegram.
7.59 Russian troops launched several ballistic missiles and over three hundred strike drones into Ukraine at night. Most of the enemy targets were eliminated by air defense forces. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Telegram.
7.42 The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to inflict losses on Russia - over a thousand invaders have been neutralized over the past day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its morning update on Facebook.
06.01 Cherkasy at dawn on Wednesday, April 15, was again subjected to a massive attack by Russian drones, as a result of which at least three people were injured. Several enemy targets were recorded falling in various locations of the regional center. This was reported by the head of the Cherkasy regional military administration, Ihor Taburets.
05.26 As a result of the shelling by Russia of Zaporizhzhia at dawn on Wednesday, April 15, a fire broke out in one of the residential areas. As reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov, as a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in one of the residential areas, the flames also engulfed the parking lot. The Russians also struck a bus stop. Preliminary reports indicate that there are casualties.
03.59 On the night of Wednesday, April 15, the movement of enemy drones and missiles was recorded in several regions of Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Izmail, Dnipro, and Cherkasy.
"The enemy struck the Dnieper. An administrative building was set on fire," wrote the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, and a little later reported on the injured 29-year-old woman.
03.30 On the night of Wednesday, April 15, the power went out in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions after a drone attack. In part of Zaporizhzhia region, power supply was lost due to damage to power equipment. This was reported by representatives of the Russian administration. As reported by the Ukrainian Telegram channel Supernova+, an electrical substation was attacked in Melitopol, which caused power supply to be lost in the occupied city itself and throughout the southern part of the region.
01.29 Norway has handed over the promised F-16 fighters to Ukraine, but they are still being repaired and prepared for operation. As Norwegian Prime Minister Gar Støre said, Norway has provided Ukraine with aircraft that have not been used in the country's armed forces for several years due to the transition to more modern F-35 fighters. Therefore, before Ukrainian pilots start using these F-16s, they need repair and proper training. All the transferred fighters have already officially become part of the Ukrainian Air Force and the first of the aircraft will be ready for service in the near future, Støre emphasized.