[Korrespondent] 20.56 Activity at the port of the Russian city of Tuapse has halved compared to the average for the past 24 hours. According to data from the VesselFinder service, only three ships arrived there, reports the Russian publication Novaya Gazeta, which positions itself as independent.
19.35 Information spread on Russian resources about the alleged "capture" of the settlement of Zybyne is not true. This was stated by the servicemen of the 16th Army Corps of the Ukrainian SSR on Facebook and showed how they are destroying Russian invaders in the Kharkiv direction.
19.11 Russian troops struck Bogodukhov in the Kharkiv region, hitting a gas station. Three men were injured in the attack, the regional police reported .
18.33 Teachers from eight schools in the Chelyabinsk region were caught up in a prank by Belarusian prankster Vladislav Bohan. They recorded a video address to participants in the war against Ukraine based on a speech by Adolf Hitler. This is stated in his video, which he published on his YouTube channel.
18.33 Two women died in Nikopol due to a Russian drone attack. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha in Telegram. The enemy strike in the city damaged five-story residential buildings, a private house, as well as cars.
17.36 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is introducing a universal ground station for fiber-optic drones into the army for the first time. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov on his Telegram channel.
17.29 In Kharkiv, an FSB agent who collected and passed on to Russian special services the coordinates of Ukrainian defensive positions and fortifications was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU press service reported this.
17.09 Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office identified an employee of the Russian Guard's mobile special forces unit in the Tyumen region who was involved in sexual violence against a minor girl. The Russian woman was reported as a suspect. The Prosecutor General's Office reports this.
16.41 Since the beginning of the day, 52 clashes have occurred on the front between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers in 10 main directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational summary as of 16:00.
15.55 "Oil rain" took place in the Russian city of Tuapse after two Ukrainian attacks. In addition, a giant oil slick formed in the sea nearby. This is reported by the Russian publication ASTRA, which positions itself as independent, referring to statements from residents of the city.
"Oil rain" in Tuapse after the attack on the refinery pic.twitter.com/AVJHRU3rzw
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15.54 A bot farm with almost 20 thousand accounts that were spreading Russian disinformation was exposed and liquidated in Zhytomyr. This was reported by the SBU.
Law enforcement officers detained the organizer of an underground bot farm that the Russians used to carry out information sabotage against Ukraine.
The person in question sold over 3,000 fake Telegram pages to the aggressor country every month to spread Kremlin propaganda. To do this, he created "fake" accounts registered to mobile numbers of Ukrainian operators, and then sold them on specialized hostile online platforms.
15.27 Russian aggressors have not carried out any actions that could be called breakthroughs and attempts to "semi-encircle" the city of Sumy. This was reported by the Communications Center of the Kursk Group of Forces.
Unverified rumors and gossip about the alleged danger to the regional center contribute to the destabilization of society and the emergence of panic, the military noted.
14.24 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the repeated destruction of the oil refinery in Tuapse, two large landing ships and an oil depot in Crimea, and ammunition depots of the Russian invaders.
14.16 Within the framework of the Unfair Procurement program, on April 15, large-scale investigative actions were carried out in criminal proceedings regarding abuses during the procurement of wood for defense needs. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office. It is noted that the operation covered 11 regions - Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv regions and the city of Kyiv. 38 searches were conducted, during which means of communication, office equipment, official documentation and draft notes of evidentiary value were seized.
13.49 In the border areas of Sumy region, an infiltration zone of Russian troops has been recorded, who are trying to intensify assaults. But there is no breakthrough deep into the territory of Ukraine, said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC) of the National Security and Defense Council, in Telegram.
13.06 Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia on April 20. A fire broke out. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov. Later, he added that four people were injured. As a result of the enemy attack on Zaporizhzhia, a fire broke out, private houses and non-residential buildings were damaged.
12.36 Russian troops carried out a drone strike on Pryluky on April 20. One person was injured, and a fire also broke out on the territory of the Pryluky regional police department in Chernihiv region. This was reported by the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus.
"Today in the afternoon, the Russians struck Pryluky with drones. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out on the territory of the regional police department. Civilian infrastructure and vehicles were damaged. As of now, one civilian has been injured. Other information is being clarified," he noted.
12.05 Law enforcement officers exposed fraud with salaries for military personnel in the Odessa region - the command of the military unit embezzled almost 16.7 million hryvnias. This was reported by the National Police.
11.39 A serviceman from the Kharkiv region was detained, who after escaping from the unit tried to sell weapons obtained in the combat zone. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on April 20. According to the investigation, the man hid the weapons and other means of destruction issued to him, and in March of this year he left the unit, taking them with him. After that, he began looking for buyers. Investigators documented an attempt to sell an AK-74 assault rifle and 17 F-1 grenades with fuses for 150 thousand hryvnias. He was detained during the transfer of weapons. In addition, 174 5.45 mm caliber cartridges and a loaded magazine with 41 cartridges were seized during searches in his apartment.
11.32 Counterintelligence officers detained an FSB agent near Kyiv who was involved in preparing a new series of enemy missile and drone attacks on the capital region. The SBU reported this.
A drug addict resident of the Obukhiv district was working for the enemy. He was caught red-handed.
11.11 Russian aggressors tried to kill an advisor to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov, with a Shahed strike drone . He reported this on Facebook.
10.35 On Monday morning, six regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to Russian drone attacks and artillery strikes. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is being carried out wherever security conditions currently allow.
10.23 In the Weapons Components section of the War&Sanctions portal, an interactive 3D model and information about 103 enterprises of the cooperation for the production of multi-role Su-57 fighters have been published. This was reported by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense.
9.35 On the night of April 19, the "Ghosts" successfully struck two ships - the Project 775 Yamal and the Project 1171 Nikolay Milchenkov. The video is published by the Main Intelligence Directorate. It is noted that at the time of the strike, the ships belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet were in the Sevastopol Bay. The Project 775 Yamal is a 1988-built ship, 112.5 m long and capable of transporting up to 500 tons of cargo, including armored vehicles and landing forces. The estimated cost of the ship is over $80 million. The Project 1171 Nikolay Filchenkov is a 1975-built ship with a carrying capacity of up to 1,000 tons, which allows it to transport dozens of armored vehicles and a large landing contingent. The estimated cost of the ship is over $70 million.
9.18 On the front of the past day, 206 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded. The Pokrovsky and Gulyaypil directions are the hottest. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 20. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four areas of concentration of Russian personnel.
8.48 Three people were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack in Velyky Burluk, Kharkiv region, on the night of April 20. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on April 20. As a result of drone strikes in a three-apartment residential building, a fire broke out on an area of ​​200 sq. m. Three residents were injured.
8.19 Air defense forces neutralized 113 of the 142 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 28 strike UAVs were hit at 18 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at 6 locations.
7.52 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 1,050 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, with the enemy's total losses in the war amounting to 1,319,270 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.23 Russian troops advanced near the village of Riznykovka in the Donetsk region. This was reported by the analytical project DeepState.
05.25 p.m. An emergency rescue operation is underway at the infrastructure facility hit by the UAV. High-rise buildings were also damaged. Ossetians attacked Kryvyi Rih with Shahedas
04.50 Kyiv region was attacked by enemy drones, houses were damaged in the Brovary district, one person was injured.
04.25 Drones attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse, in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. Two tanks are on fire at the facility. The glow from the fire can be seen for many kilometers.
01.25 Drones attacked Mykolaiv. The attack damaged high-rise buildings and several private houses, power lines, and a tram track.
00.21 On the evening of Sunday, April 19, enemy drones attacked Kharkiv. The city authorities reported two incidents in the Osnovyanskyi district.