[NewsFront] 21:21 In the period from 16:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions.
20:55 Drone operators of the North and West groups shot down Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the skies over the Khar'kov region.
FPV drone crews from the Vostok group destroyed an enemy field ammunition depot and strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region.
UAV operators from the Burevestnik unmanned aerial vehicle regiment of the Southern Group's Volunteer Corps hit a temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.
Attack drone crews from the Center group disrupted the rotation, burned camouflaged artillery pieces, and grounded Ukrainian Armed Forces reconnaissance drones in the Dobropillya direction.
19:33 Calculation of the 122mm towed howitzer D-30 destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.
18:53 FPV drone operator inflicted nn attack on a combat group of the 21st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during its transfer to the village of Myropillya in the Sumy region, where fierce fighting is currently taking place.
18:34 As a result of the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area a civilian was wounded.
An enemy drone attacked a civilian vehicle in the village of Korenevo in the Korenevsky District. A 43-year-old man was injured: he suffered a shrapnel wound to his right forearm, a fractured hand, an ulna, a right hip, and a knee, and an open fracture of the right tibia.
17:12 In the period from 08:00 to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
15:59 Two civilians suffered from further attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
In the city of Grayvoron, an FPV drone struck a passenger car, injuring the driver. Orlan soldiers transported the victim to the Grayvoron Central District Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a mine blast injury, barotrauma, and a shrapnel wound to the forearm. After receiving medical treatment, he was sent home for outpatient treatment. The car was damaged by fire.
In the village of Nikolskoye, Belgorod District, a drone detonated in the parking lot of a retail outlet. A 15-year-old boy, who was nearby at the time of the attack, suffered blind shrapnel wounds to his abdomen. An ambulance crew is taking him to the regional children's hospital. Four cars were damaged at the scene.
15:23 Our UAV operators left enemy drone pilots without communications
In a forested area near Zapsel'ye (Krasnopolsky district, Sumy region), our UAV operators uncovered and destroyed the antenna of the notorious Starlink complex.
14:48 Zaporizhzhia direction Eastern flank
The Eastern Group of Forces continues its offensive in the western sector.
Fierce head-on fighting is taking place on the Vozdvizhevka-Verkhnyaya Tersa line, where the Russian Armed Forces continue to break through to the Lyubitskoye-Omelnik line.
Despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' earlier breakthrough near Tsvetkovoye toward Svyatopetrivka, the Russian Armed Forces continued to exploit their gains in the southern part of Verkhnyaya Tersa and reached its central part. The supply route along Road O-081344 came under the physical control of our units.
The enemy penetration near Tsvetkovoye and Petrovka (Svyatopetrivka) is being eliminated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were unable to break through to Hulyaipole here and to Zheleznodorozhne (Zaliznychne) near Staroukrainka.
Our units have regained control of the eastern outskirts of Tsvetkovo and the ravine to the east. The enemy still holds strongholds of the 3rd defensive line between Tsvetkovo and Krinichnoye in the ravine area and the western outskirts of Petrovka (Svyatopetrivka).
Fighting in the southern part of Vozdvizhevka, where our attack aircraft drove the enemy out of the 2nd stronghold, and further south, in the area of Tokovaya ravine, where the Russian Armed Forces are developing a penetration between Vozdvizhevka and Verkhnyaya Tersa and attacking in the direction of the old airfield.
South of Verkhnyaya Tersa our units advanced in the direction of Gorky – Komsomolskoye (Gulyai-Polye), further south they are attacking Charivnoye.
14:27 Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' assault regiment and six territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Malaya Slobodka, Novodmitrivka, Novi Virki, Pisarevka, and Stetskovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, and three border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Velykyi Burluk, Veseloe, Izbitskoe, Mala Vovcha, Rubizhne, and Skoryki in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 200 troops, an armored personnel carrier, 16 vehicles, a field artillery gun, three US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery stations and an Israeli-made RADA radar station, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot and seven supply depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Borovaya and Petrovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman, Prishib, and Tatyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, a Cossack armored fighting vehicle, 16 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Nikanorivka, Rai-Aleksandrivka, Stenki, and Tikhonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots and four supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. Four mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, and four National Guard brigades were defeated near the settlements of Kucheriv Yar, Novonikolaevka, Lenina, Svetloe, Sergeyevka, Belitskoye, Shilovka, Toretskoye, Kalinino, and Dobropolye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novohryhorivka and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 325 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, nine cars and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, two assault brigades, and five assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Gavrilovka, Lesnoye, and Malomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Barvinovka, Vozdvizhevka, Charivne, and Lyubitske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 230 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles and six cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Yurkivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Zmievka in the Kherson region.
13:59 Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in Belgorod attacked a repair crew was restoring a civilian facility. One person was killed, the other was seriously injured.
According to the governor, at the time of the drone attack, two workers were on the roof of a commercial building repairing damage from a previous drone attack.
The drone deliberately struck a man, who died at the scene from his injuries. The other man suffered shrapnel wounds to the head and forearm, and a traumatic amputation of a finger. The victim is being taken to the hospital.
13:17 Attack aircraft from the Dnepr group in buggies captured an important stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region, video.
12:50 Tank crew of the T-90M "Breakthrough" worked at the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Krasnolimansk direction.
12:10 In Belgorod, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a commercial facility one civilian was killed and another was injured.
At the time of the drone attack, two workers were repairing damage to the roof of a commercial building following a previous drone attack. The drone deliberately struck a man, who died at the scene from his injuries.
Another man suffered shrapnel wounds to the head and forearm, and an amputated finger. An ambulance crew took him to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
11:01 The Investigative Committee of Russia willinvestigatecriminal actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in the Samara, Bryansk and Belgorod regions
According to local authorities, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack in Syzran, Samara Oblast, resulted in a partial collapse of the entrance to an apartment building. There are casualties.
In the Bryansk region, a civilian was killed and a man was injured as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.
In the Belgorod region, a woman and a man were injured during an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:13 In Syzran after an attack by an enemy drone killed two people: an adult woman and a child. Their bodies were recovered from the rubble of the destroyed entrance.
9:20 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 16 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 09:00 on April 21 and 07:00 on April 22.
8:30 In the Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked civilian car. The driver was injured.
The crime was committed in the village of Novy Ropsk in the Klimovsky district. Ukrainian terrorists attacked a civilian vehicle using an FPV drone.
A civilian was injured in the terrorist attack. The man was taken to the hospital, where he received all necessary medical care.
8:24 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of Kursk, Samara, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Saratov, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
8:07 Artillerymen of the Vostok group inflicted strikes on enemy positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The jet fighters destroyed the locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves.
The 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun crew destroyed the UAV operators' shelters and enemy manpower.