[Korrespondent] 22.27 The Ukrainian side will provide its partners with the information it has about the operations that the Russians are potentially planning in NATO countries. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this in an evening address.
21.50 Strikes on Russian energy facilities in Tuapse could lead to an ecological disaster. This was stated by the head of the ruling regime of Russia, Vladimir Putin, during a meeting on the upcoming elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2026 on Wednesday, April 28, as quoted by Russian propaganda media.
20.59 Ukraine is launching arms exports and has already agreed on all the details at the level of state institutions. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.
19.54 A release of burning petroleum products occurred in Tuapse after a night attack by Ukrainian drones on the refinery. Petroleum products are leaking from damaged tanks directly onto the street. A regional state of emergency has been declared in the Tuapse municipal district. This is reported by Russian media, as well as the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory.
In Tuapse, after the third attack by Ukraine, burning petroleum products flow through the streets pic.twitter.com/JrwXx0dw1X
— Lee (@lipcansmaks1) April 28,
In Tuapse, after the third attack by Ukraine, burning petroleum products flow through the streets pic.twitter.com/UXsKs0YY0h
— Lee (@lipcansmaks1) April 28,
19.59 Ukraine has learned with regret that Russian citizen Alexander Butyagin, who is reasonably suspected of committing a crime on Ukrainian territory, has not been extradited to Ukraine. This was stated by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhiy Tykhyi, to journalists.
18.59 The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported a successful attack on the Russian Federation's missile infrastructure in temporarily occupied Crimea. The Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on their Facebook page.
18.39 The aggressor country Russia is planning further offensive operations in Ukraine by expanding mobilization. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following the report of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), Oleg Ivashchenko.
18.27 Russia plans to recruit tens of thousands of foreigners to the army in 2026. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. It is noted that the Russian Federation has intensified its campaign to recruit foreigners, primarily migrants. In all federal districts, checks have been carried out on the number of foreign men aged 18 to 60. The military commissariats have been given clear indicators: to recruit from 0.5% to 3.5% of the total number of foreigners in each region to the war against Ukraine. For this purpose, 97 contract selection points are used. The largest number of such centers operates in the Central Military District - 30. In the Moscow and Southern Districts - 21 each, in the Eastern District - 14, and the smallest in the Leningrad District - 11. According to estimates, in 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans to recruit at least 18,500 foreigners.
17.46 As a result of a daytime attack by Russian strike drones on Kyiv, two citizens were injured, and there is damage in two districts. This was reported by the National Police.
Investigative and operational teams of district police departments, explosives technicians, and units of the State Emergency Service are working on the ground.
17.25 The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court (SAC) has seized the assets of former MP Oleg Tsarev to the state's revenue. The court announced this on Tuesday.
As is known, in March 2023, Tsarev was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison. He was found guilty of encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.
And in November, the former MP was sentenced in another criminal case – for financing Russia's armed aggression. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and the confiscation of all his property worth 500 million hryvnias.
16.59 Since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, 59 clashes have been recorded on the front in eight directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
16.55 Water supply has been temporarily cut off in Tuapse and the adjacent Shepsinsky rural district. The cause was a failure of the power supply system of the water pumping station located on the territory of the oil refinery, which is on fire after a drone attack. This was reported by the head of the municipal district, Sergey Boyko, rosZMI reports. According to the authorities, by the end of the day, water tanks will be installed in the outage areas. Also, water will be returned to citizens' homes in the evening, but only for an hour - from 18:00 to 19:00, so that people can stock up. A new attack by Ukrainian drones on the Tuapse refinery took place on the night of April 28. This is the third strike on the enterprise in the past two weeks. The flames engulfed the gas turbine unit and "two or three" new tanks that were not damaged by previous attacks. At the same time, the situation continues to worsen. Smoke from the fire can be seen even from the Krasnaya Polyana resort. The Tuapse authorities announced the evacuation of local residents.
16.29 As part of an exchange with Russia, Poland handed over to Moscow Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin, whose extradition was requested by Ukraine for excavations in occupied Crimea. This was stated by the Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper reports.
16.19 On Tuesday, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed a note of protest. This was stated in a comment by the spokesman for the department, Georgy Tykhy.
Ukraine demands that the Israeli side immediately take measures to stop the import of stolen grain.
15.56 About a third of Ukrainian drone strikes are aimed at the manpower of the Russian army, and this figure already exceeds the planned level. This was stated by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, in an interview with the BBC. "30% of all drone strikes should be on military personnel. You can call this a plan of destruction, and now we will exceed it," he noted. According to Brovdi, Ukraine has effective weapons not for waging an offensive war, but in order to prevent the enemy from effectively advancing through its territory.
15.44 On the northern borders of Ukraine, large-scale construction of a continuous line of defense from the Kyiv Reservoir to Sumy is underway. This was reported by the Chief of the Engineering Troops of the Armed Forces Support Forces Command, Brigadier General Vasyl Syrotenko, in a comment to Ukrinform.
15.26 Cases of insufficient supply of products to remote positions in the 30th Separate Brigade, 128th Separate Brigade and 108th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Army should not become systemic. The Ministry of Defense reported that it is working with the General Staff on this issue. "The situation in the 14th Separate Brigade is indicative: the Ground Forces commission is conducting an investigation, the brigade commander has been removed, the perpetrators will be held accountable. Commander-in-Chief General Syrsky ordered the commanders of groups and corps to check the provision of fighters on the contact line by May 20. Distorted reports on the combat situation will have direct negative consequences for officials," the report says.
15.03 The Ukrainian Navy conducted an operation to evacuate a Ukrainian intelligence officer from the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region. This is stated in a message on the Navy's telegram channel. "The life of a citizen of Ukraine, who, under the conditions of occupation, saved our soldiers and transmitted valuable intelligence data, was under threat. Later, Serhiy was released, but he found himself in a trap: without documents, under constant surveillance of the FSB and the "commander's office", which critically complicated any possibility of movement," the message says. By order of the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, the Navy's special intelligence detachment "Yangola" conducted a risky and complex operation to evacuate a man from the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
14.51 Russian Shahed attack drones were able to break through to Kyiv during the day. Air defense is working on them, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram.
Meanwhile, a video was posted on social media showing a "shaheed" hitting a high-rise building in the Creator City residential complex.
14.22 A man was detained in Kyiv who, under the guise of a "major general" and head of internal security of a public organization, promised a serviceman to pass a military medical commission (MMC) and be removed from the military register for $15,000. The National Police reported this.
13:45 The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for the 19th time. This was announced during a plenary session on Tuesday.
13.27 The Ukrainian authorities, due to the arrival in Israel of a second ship with stolen Ukrainian grain, have begun preparing a package of sanctions against companies associated with this scheme. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
12.59 Law enforcement officers have foiled the contract killing of the Hero of Ukraine - Major General of the Defense Forces of our country. This was reported by the SBU. Two killers were detained during the preparation stage of the assassination attempt.
12.46 Russian troops attacked Chuguiev with a drone. Previously, one person was killed and another was injured as a result of the shelling. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Syngubov. He added that a 74-year-old man was injured as a result of the enemy shelling of Chuguiev. He has explosive wounds, his condition is serious. The wounded man is currently in the hospital, and doctors are providing all necessary assistance. A passenger car was damaged by the Russian UAV strike. All relevant services are continuing to work at the scene.
12.29 On Tuesday night, the Ukrainian military carried out a new attack on the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
12.22 Russian troops struck Konotop with drones. Four people are known to have been injured. This was reported by the city's mayor, Artem Semenikhin, on April 28.
"We have four wounded city residents. One of them is in moderate condition, now doctors are fighting for his health in the operating room. A man born in 1969," he noted.
11.15 Law enforcement officers have dismantled an international channel for supplying "prize" weapons, with which the leader of the so-called "DPR" Denis Pushilin awarded Russian propagandists and foreign politicians who are supporters of the Russian Federation. The National Police reported this.
10.49 Ukrainian special services managed to detain two FSB agents. One of them is an IT specialist from Cherkasy region who was recruiting local residents, the SBU reported.
10.25 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in 10 regions of Ukraine due to shelling by Russian aggressors and bad weather. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The situation is most difficult in Sumy region, where consumers remain without power due to both enemy strikes and bad weather.
09.47 Russian troops attacked the infrastructure of Kryvyi Rih. A 40-year-old man died as a result of enemy strikes. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha.
Russian troops carried out several strikes on the city. The attacks damaged infrastructure.
"A 40-year-old man died. Five more men - 31, 32, 41, 45 and 57 years old - were injured," Ganzha added.
08.44 The 1525th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. In total, 226 combat clashes took place on the front during the past day, as of this morning. This is stated in the General Staff report.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out 76 air strikes, dropping 247 guided bombs. In addition, it used 6,251 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,283 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops, including 34 from multiple rocket launchers.
08.33 Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 123 attack drones. Air defense neutralized 95 enemy drones. This was reported by the Air Force.
08.17 Russian troops launched a massive strike on Konotop in the morning. Residential buildings, a hospital, administrative buildings, and a tram network were damaged in the city. This was reported by the city's mayor, Artem Semenikhin.
"We have damage to residential buildings... We have damage to the tram network! Temporarily (until restoration) tram number 2 will not run to "Zhytlomasyv", - noted Semenikhin.
08.04 During the day, Russian troops attacked the Mykolaiv region with drones. A 60-year-old man was injured. This was reported by the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
"Yesterday, the enemy attacked the area with a Shahed UAV. After the attack in Mykolaiv, a 60-year-old man went to the hospital. He received minor injuries and will continue to be treated on an outpatient basis," Kim noted.
07.39 During the day, Russian troops carried out 614 strikes on 45 settlements in Zaporizhia region. Two women were injured. This was reported by the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
A total of 58 reports of damage to homes, cars, and infrastructure were received.
"Two women were injured as a result of enemy attacks in the Zaporizhia district," the head of the OVA informed.
07.13 Over the past 24 hours, the defense forces eliminated and wounded 1,180 Russian occupiers, the total enemy losses in the war amounted to 1,327,640 people. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
03.16 Tuapse Oil Refinery has been hit by a new drone attack. Fires are being recorded on four tanks.
00.44 On Monday evening, the Russians attacked parking lots in Sumy with drones twice. Both strikes occurred in the Kovpakiv district. The first strike by a Russian drone damaged 15 trucks and two buses. A second strike damaged seven vehicles.