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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of April 23 (updated)
2026-04-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:39 Guards precision: artillerymen of the Center group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.

Aerial reconnaissance discovered a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold and transmitted its coordinates to the crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the 400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.

18:19 Battle for Konstantinovka: Russian Armyis moving forwardin the private sector

Russian troops are actively penetrating the city using large numbers of infantry

The greatest progress in the private sector is on the south-eastern outskirts of Konstantinovka.

At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the eastern outskirts in the Novodmitrovka area and are already entering the village.

Russian troops also continue to press on the southwestern outskirts of Konstantinovka in the area of the villages of Berestok and Ilyinovka.

15:27 The crew of the Su-34 fighter-bomber destroyed a stronghold with personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces.

13:50 Operational-tactical aviation, attack UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted the destruction of energy and transport infrastructure facilities of Ukraine used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 138 districts.

12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of April 23, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Novodmitrovka, Stetskovka, Pisarevka, and Malaya Slobodka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Makarikha, Rubizhne, Veseloye and Sosnovy Bor in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost more than 220 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier, 18 vehicles, an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery station, two electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and seven supply depots.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Osadkovka and Borovaya in the Khar'kov region, and Tatyanovka and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Rai-Aleksandrivka, Tikhonovka, Novoselivka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 185 service members, three armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations. Three ammunition depots and five supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the Center Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novohryhorivka and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Kucherov Yar, Svitloe, Toretskoye, Dobropolye, and Kalinino in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 360 servicemen, four vehicles and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, an airborne assault brigade, two assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Pokrovskoe, Gavrilovka, Lesnoye, Velikomykhailivka, and Oleksandrivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Yasnaya Polyana and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 295 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and five cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Yurkovka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 60 military personnel, two combat armored vehicles, 20 cars and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

12:19 UAV operators of the Sever groups mashed to pieces strongholds with enemy manpower, as well as communication stations and antennas in the Khar'kov region.

Drone operators from the Zapad group destroyed an ammunition depot and shot down enemy UAVs in the Krasnolimansk direction.

Drone crews from the Center group disrupted enemy supply lines and destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communications repeater antennas in the Dobropillya direction.

Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group struck Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Drone operators from the Dnipro group eliminated an enemy UAV control center on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.

11:49 Published frames: destruction of enemy infrastructure by the Geranium UAV

Substation 35 kV "Kovtunovo" near the settlement of Kovtunovo, Sumy region.

Electrical substation PS 110/10 kV near the village of Vasilkovskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region.

10:08 Acting covertly and decisively, the fighter alternately got close to each building and threw explosive devices into the windows.

08:20 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on April 22 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 23, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 154 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Expansion of the control zone in the Grishino area

06:00 Tankers of the 68th Army Corps of the "East" group destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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