[NewsFront] 20:50 From 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type that flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
19:53 However, our UAV operators also operate in the dark, controlling the airspace of the Vovchansky district, carrying out targeted strikes on enemy NRTK and leaving the advance groups of Ukrainian nationalists without food and ammunition.
19:06 Eight civilians were attacked in the Belgorod region. Three died due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy deliberately struck a passenger bus in the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky District. Three women died instantly from their wounds. In moments like these, it's difficult to find words to express the grief and sorrow... This is an irreparable loss for us all.
Eight wounded were taken to the Shebekino Central District Hospital, two of whom, unfortunately, are in serious condition: a man with blind penetrating head wounds, a brain contusion, blind shrapnel wounds to the abdomen and arm with an open fracture, and a woman with multiple blind shrapnel wounds to the head, arms, and legs. They are being transported by ambulance crews to the regional clinical hospital. Four more men with various shrapnel wounds to the arms and legs and a woman with a shrapnel wound to the chest are being transported by ambulance crews to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. An eighth victim with a shrapnel wound to the leg is undergoing surgery at the Shebekino Central District Hospital.
18:41 Crew of 152mm towed guns "Giatsint-B" of the 11th Army Corps of the "North" group destroyed the launch point and control center of the enemy's UAVs in the Khar'kov region.
18:01 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate a new attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Belgorod region
According to government authorities, a car was attacked by a drone by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AF) in the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky District, Belgorod Region. A civilian was injured.
17:55 According to preliminary information, today near the village of Peschanoye, Belovsky district, an FPV drone committed an attack on the car.
A 63-year-old man was injured. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs. He is receiving first aid.
16:24 GAZelle in the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky District was subjected to FPV drone attack. A civilian was injured.
Self-defense forces transported the victim to the Shebekinsky District Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the head and legs. He was taken to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 for further treatment.
15:53 Russian intelligence officers opened the location of an enemy pickup truck loaded with supplies was located. Soldiers from the 11th Army Corps of the Guards "North" immediately engaged the enemy vehicle with fire and destroyed it.
15:28 From 7:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand 50 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were destroyed over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Orenburg regions and the Perm Territory.
14:36 Over the past 24 hours, as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region five civilians were wounded.
In Golaya Pristan, a drone strike on a car injured women born in 1982 and 1990, as well as a man born in 1973. They were hospitalized at the Golaya Pristan Central Regional Hospital.
A woman born in 1957 was injured in a drone attack in Gornostayevka. She was hospitalized at the Genichesk Central Regional Hospital.
In Knyaz-Grigoryevka, a woman born in 1955 was injured as a result of a munition dropped by a drone. Medical assistance was provided at the scene. Shelling and drone strikes damaged private homes in Korobki, Velyka Kardashinka, and Dobropillya, as well as an unoccupied house in Novaya Mayachka.
13:54 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 29, 2026
As a result of active operations, units of the North military group established control over the village of Novodmitrovka in the Sumy region.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and six territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bachevsk, Chervonoe, Tolstodubovo, Mirlogi, Novaya Sich, Khrapovshchina, and Myronivka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov region, manpower and equipment of three mechanized and three motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya, Bugayevka, Staritsa, Polnaya and Karaichnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 170 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and six supply depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kovalivka, Monachinovka, Kutkovka, and Pristen in the Khar'kov region, and Tatyanovka and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 servicemen, 17 vehicles, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, motorized infantry, assault and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Nikolaevka, Orekhovatka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Rai-Aleksandrovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 170 service members, three armored combat vehicles, a field artillery gun, and 11 vehicles. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, five supply depots, and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment, a Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned aerial systems battalion, two naval ingf brigades, the Azov* special forces brigade, and six National Guard brigades near the settlements of Priyut, Novogrigorovka, Lenina, Rubezhnoye, Krasnoyarskoye, Gruzskoye, Svetloye, Kucherov Yar, Zolotoy Kolodez, Shevchenko, Novooleksandrivka, and Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 275 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars, two artillery pieces, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, an airborne assault brigade, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kolomiytsy and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novoselivka, Rivne, Barvinovka, Lyubitske, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 295 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, four cars, a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and a supply depot.
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 Malokaterinovka, Dimitrovo, Kamyshevakha, Orekhov and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 military personnel, 20 vehicles, an artillery piece, a Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, three electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
13:00 Supply groups of the 177th Nava; Infantry Regiment of the Center group continue to supply the advancing assault units in the Dobropillya direction, – video.
12:38 Convicted a Ukrainian officer who ordered mortar attacks on Russian territory was sentenced in absentia.
The court found the evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Bunyaev, platoon commander of the 2nd Self-propelled Artillery Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Belgorod Region (Clause "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code).
12:06 Civilian died as a result of the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region
This morning, an enemy drone attacked a moving vehicle on the road near the village of Bobrovo in the Rylsky district.
To our deep sorrow, the driver died at the scene. Yuri Nikolaevich was 59 years old.
11:52 Over the past 24 hours recorded 10 cases of targeted enemy attacks on civilian settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. There are casualties and one fatality.
On a road near the village of Basan in the Pologovsky Municipal District, a drone struck a passenger car. A man born in 1964 died at the scene from his injuries. The victim's family will receive assistance.
In the Chernihiv Municipal District, private homes were damaged during the attack. A girl born in 2012 was injured and suffered a serious back injury. The child was hospitalized.
In the town of Dneprorudne, Vasylivka Municipal District, a hostile drone struck the central hospital, damaging the building's façade and windows. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Another attack on a private home was also recorded in the district, damaging the house and causing a fire.
A drone attack in Energodar caused dry vegetation to catch fire. The fire was extinguished by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Zaporizhzhia region.
11:21 Tor-M2 air defense missile system crew attacked enemy reconnaissance and strike UAVs.
10:32 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 60 Ukrainian drones of various types were shot down between 09:00 on April 28 and 09:00 on April 29.
9:46 FSB detained a Russian citizen who was preparing terrorist attacks in Crimea against the head of a law enforcement agency and sabotage at gas and electricity supply facilities
9:11 AFU continue attacks on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 25 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Aleshki - Six;
Kakhovka - Three;
Kairy - Eight;
Dnepryany - Four;
Novaya Kakhovka - Four.
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery strikes in the Kherson region, firing a total of 19 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Velyka Lepetikha, Nova Mayachka, Nova Kakhovka, Oleshky, Kakhovka, and Dniproyany.
8:38 Frontline summary as of the morning of April 29, 2026
>Zaporizhzhia Front
Fighting continues in the Kamensk direction, no changes in the LBS have been reported.
In the Hulyai-Polye area, fighting continues in the areas of Charivne and Hulyai-Polye, as well as Verkhnyaya Tersa and Vozdvizhevka.
Clashes continue in the western part of Malaya Tokmachka and in the area of Novodanilovka.
Donetsk Front:
The situation remains tense in the Krasnoarmeysk sector near Novooleksandrivka.
In the Dobropillya sector, fighting for Belitske continues, with gains in the southern and eastern parts of the town.
There is also advancement from Dorozhne.
Fighting is ongoing near Pavlovka, with Russian forces advancing southeast of Novopavlovka.
In the Konstantinovka sector, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced the liberation of Ilyinovka, located on the western outskirts of Konstantinovka.
Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces continue to expand their territorial control in this area.
Heavy fighting continues in the Chasov Yar area.
In the Krasnolimansky sector, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near the villages of Krymki and Korovy Yar.
In the Seversky sector, fighting continues near Kaleniki and Krivaya Luka.
Kharkov Front
In the Kupyansk direction, fighting is taking place east of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya and in Kupyansk itself, in the western and northern parts of the city.
In the Volchansk sector, Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the outskirts of Pokalyanoye and in the Okhrimovka area.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the village of Zemlyanki, located on the northern bank of the Volchya River, 3 kilometers southeast of the village of Krugloye.
8:17 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on April 28 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 29, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 98 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov, Saratov regions and the Republic of Crimea.
8:00 A crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer from the howitzer artillery battalion of the 80th Guards Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.