[NewsFront] 21:16 UAV crews from the Vostok group shot down enemy reconnaissance and attack drones and also prevented the delivery of supplies to Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators of the Center group destroyed drones, personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropillya direction.
UAV crews from the Dnipro group destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in the Kherson region.
FPV drone operators from the Sever group rammed an aircraft-type UAV belonging to Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
18:44 Servicemen of the 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the West group accepted participation in the first liturgy after the completion of the construction of the field church.
15:13 Servicemen from the air surveillance posts of the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (mountain) as part of the North group of forces successfully applied the new Yolka interceptor drone is used against strike and reconnaissance drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.
12:22 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of April 19, 2026)
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Novaya Sich, Taratutino, Velyka Pisarevka, Korenek, Shostka, and Malaya Rybitsa in Sumy Oblast.
In the Kha'rkov region, units of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Veseloe, Izbitskoe, Ternovaya, Liptsy, Bogodukhov, and Zemlyanki in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 165 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, a field artillery gun, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, 10 supply depots, and a fuel depot.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Velyka Shapkovka and Pristen in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Lozove in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, and three artillery pieces, including a US-made Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery mount and a Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery mount. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Nikolaevka, Konstantinovka, Novoselivka, and Nikolaipole in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 200 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, three artillery pieces, including two NATO-made 155mm self-propelled artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots, 10 supply depots, and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, six National Guard brigades, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Svetloe, Belitskoye, Krasnoyarskoye, Grishino, Kucherov Yar, Novooleksandrivka, Torskoye, Lenina, Dobropolye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 315 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, six cars and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Pokrovskoe, Velykomykhaylovka, Kolomiytsy, and Lesnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Charivne, Komsomolske, Barvinovka, and Dolinka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 240 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six cars, an artillery piece, and two supply depots.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrovo, Zaporozhets, Balabino and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 50 military personnel, 16 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA radar station, four ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
12:19 Operational-tactical aviation, attack UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted the destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, production workshops and sites where long-range UAVs are prepared for launch, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
11:31 The crew of the Su-35S fighter provided providing cover for army aviation helicopters during attacks on manpower and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
10:46 Sumy direction. Russian Armed Forces advanced in the Miropol region, MAP
09:50 To the servicemen of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group were handed overstate awards for the successful completion of combat missions in the special operation zone.
08:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Adjustment of the control zone in Kupyansk
Advance between Vozdvizhevka and Verkhnyaya Tersa
Russian Armed Forces approached Taratutino.