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[Korrespondent] 22.36 Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov reported that he had held talks with Belgian Defense Minister Theo Franken and Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles, during which the parties agreed on cooperation priorities on the eve of Ramstein. They synchronized key areas of cooperation - strengthening air defense, developing drone capabilities, and the Czech initiative to provide the front with long-range artillery, - Fedorov noted.
22.14 One of the countries has made another contribution of 2 million euros to the fund of the Coalition of Mine Action Capabilities of Ukraine. The decision was announced during the 20th meeting of the Coalition, which took place in Reykjavik (Iceland). This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. The participants of the event emphasized that Ukraine is forming a unique practical experience of mine action in conditions of full-scale war.
21.47 Kyiv is preparing for negotiations with European partners on the creation of a joint sky protection system. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the Office of the President reports. He emphasized that Ukraine's integration into the European security system is a matter of strategic choice. According to the President, Ukraine already has significant experience in countering air threats, in particular kamikaze drones, and is ready to share these developments.
21.25 The defense forces managed to take control of the occupiers' position with the help of drones and ground robotic complexes (GRC). The infantry did not participate in the operation. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. He noted that the future is "already on the battlefield" and is being created by Ukraine.
"For the first time in the history of this war, the enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms - UAVs and drones. The occupiers surrendered, and this operation was carried out without the participation of infantry and without losses on our side," Zelenskyy noted.
According to him, Ukrainian "Ratel", "Termit", "Ardal", "Lynx", "Zmiy", "Protektor", "Volya" and other robots have completed over 22 thousand missions in just 3 months.
20.50 In four years, Ukraine has built a new defense industry. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the occasion of Defense Complex Workers' Day.
"Our missiles, unmanned systems, our interceptors, strike and naval drones and reconnaissance aircraft, artillery, ammunition, armored vehicles, robotic complexes and much more. All that today is truly proudly called the "weapons of Ukraine". This is what strength, tempered by battle, pain, and fire, looks like. This is what protection, the desire for freedom and justice looks like. This is what quality and accuracy, perfection and long-range look like. And this is what independence looks like. Tools to defend it. Arguments to win our peace," the president emphasized.
19.55 On April 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine opened an updated exposition of defense solutions - they presented the Areion drone missile, developed on the basis of the "Palyanytsia" project. This is reported by Novini.LIVE. Areion is supplied in a container for launch from the "Neptune" complex installation, but it can also be transported and launched from a trailer or semi-trailer - similarly to "Palyanytsia". The warhead of the missile is up to 120 kg. The flight range is up to 600 km.
19.29 At least five people were injured in attacks by Russian drones in the Korabelny district of Kherson, the press service of the OVA reported.
As it became known, the medical team first transported women aged 76, 47, and 84 to the hospital in moderate condition. They suffered shrapnel wounds, contusions, explosive and closed head injuries.
A 42-year-old man was also treated at the scene. He was diagnosed with hand injuries, concussion, explosive and closed head injuries.
Later, the OVA announced an increase in the number of injured. Thus, a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital with an explosive injury and a head wound.
18.17 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported that on the day of the exchange of prisoners of war, on the eve of Easter, he once again held a working meeting with the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova. During the meeting, the parties discussed the verification and return of prisoners of war and illegally detained civilians, and also handed over letters from prisoners of war to their families. The ombudsmen outlined further steps for family reunification. Lubinets and Moskalkova agreed to continue work on the verification of persons missing under special circumstances.
17.59 Ukrainian units were forced to move to new prepared lines near the village of Myropilske, Krasnopil community, Sumy region. This was reported by the 14th Army Corps.
The command took such steps as a result of intense fighting and the enemy's superiority in forces and means.
17.21 Fighters of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense, together with other units of the Defense Forces, are carrying out a complex operation to liberate and clear the village of Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhia direction. The GUR reports this by publishing a video. In particular, the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate Artan is taking part in the operation. It is noted that to date, several hundred Russian soldiers have already been eliminated within the operation, more than 20 units of enemy armored vehicles have been hit - tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, scarce electronic warfare equipment. The exchange fund has also been replenished: the invaders were captured directly from the city buildings.
17.41 Russian troops launched a drone strike on the village of Velykyi Burluk, Kupyansky district. As a result of the attack, one person was killed and three others were injured. Four private houses and three outbuildings were damaged. A house and a car caught fire.
17.15 A former bank employee was detained in Cherkasy region, who embezzled more than 1 million hryvnia in payments to the grandmother of a deceased serviceman.
While serving as the chief economist of the bank branch, the woman misled and subsequently induced a 78-year-old bank client to open another account and transfer funds to it that were accrued in connection with the death of her grandson in the combat zone in the Kharkiv direction.
Subsequently, the defendant was able to secretly access the victim's newly created account and took possession of the woman's funds by systematically withdrawing cash from ATMs in the city.
16.56 Since the beginning of the day, Russian aggressors have attacked Ukrainian army positions 53 times. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its operational summary as of 16:00.
Russians traditionally concentrate most of their efforts on the Pokrovsky and Konstantinovsky directions.
16.33 A real prison term was given to an informant of the Russian FSB, whom the Security Service detained in September 2025 in Sumy. The man hitchhiked through three regions of Ukraine to track the locations of the Defense Forces, against which Russian troops were preparing air, drone and artillery strikes.
The Russians' task was carried out by a drug addict from Sumy, who came to the attention of the FSB when he was looking for money "for a dose" in Telegram channels. Initially, he monitored the combat positions of the Ukrainian air defense in his region.
Later, the occupiers "sent" the man to Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region. There he rented two apartments: in one he stayed himself for the period of reconnaissance sorties, and in the other he set up an "observation point."
After that, the attacker was given the task of marking the geolocations of checkpoints and fortified areas in the Pokrovske direction. It is documented how he arrived in a passing car to a settlement near the contact line, where he recorded the positions of Ukrainian troops during two days of walking.
16.31 Serbia is providing Kyiv with humanitarian, financial and material assistance during a full-scale war, in particular in the field of energy, emergencies and the supply of medicines. Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Lytvynenko stated this in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
"Over four years, they have provided up to 60 million euros in non-military assistance in the energy sector, in the field of emergency situations. Now 2 million euros have been allocated for energy and 600-700 thousand euros for medicines. For such a small country with a population of 6.5 million, this is serious money. And we are sincerely grateful to them for this," said Lytvynenko.
15.50 In the Russian Federation, 70.5 thousand Russians signed up for the military as contract soldiers and volunteers in the first quarter. This is evidenced by the calculations of an expert from the German Institute for International Security Problems Janis Kluge based on data from regional budgets. It is noted that the average daily recruitment rate fell to 800 per person per day, which was the lowest value since the first quarter of 2024. Compared to January-March last year, this figure decreased by 20%, and compared to the last months of last year - traditionally the most productive period for the recruiters of the Ministry of Defense - by more than 40%.
15.31 Russian information resources are using the topic of the "Easter truce" declared by dictator Vladimir Putin for a large-scale campaign to discredit Ukraine. This is reported by the Center for Strategic Communications SPRAVDI. It is noted that Russian propagandists are spreading messages about the "inability of the Ukrainian political leadership to negotiate" and accusing Kyiv of disrupting the ceasefire. Russian propaganda also manipulated statements by the head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, regarding the innovative nature of Ukrainian drones, using them to reinforce the narrative about a "failed state". As part of this campaign, it was claimed that Budanov allegedly "admitted" to complete dependence on foreign components and the lack of Ukraine's own production capabilities. During April 11-12, Russian foreign-language resources posted about 250 such publications.
15.30 The Security Service and the National Police have blocked five new schemes for evading mobilization and detained the organizers of the deals in various regions of Ukraine. For amounts of up to $20,000, the dealers offered conscripts to avoid conscription through forged documents or helped them escape abroad beyond checkpoints.
15.21 Ukrainian strike drones attacked the PhosAgro chemical plant in the Russian city of Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast. In total, at least two hits were recorded. This was reported by the Telegram channel Exilenova under the corresponding videos.
Warning! The video contains Russian obscene language, 18+
Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia. SOU strike UAVs attacked the PhosAgro chemical plant pic.twitter.com/yK7G8ZiZzp
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Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia. SOU strike UAVs attacked the PhosAgro chemical plant pic.twitter.com/Zwy6NAWetu
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15.01 Russian troops attacked civilians with drones in the Kherson region. One person died as a result of the shelling. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
Russians attacked an elderly woman with an FPV drone in the village of Osokorivka, Novovorontsovskaya community.
"At around 11:20, as a result of being hit by an enemy drone, an 89-year-old local resident received injuries incompatible with life," Prokudin noted.
In addition, at approximately 1:20 p.m., Russian troops attacked a civilian drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson, the OVA press service reported.
"At the time of the impact, a 65-year-old resident of Kherson was walking down the street. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his head and limbs, contusion, explosive and closed craniocerebral injuries," the report says.
14.48 Russian war criminals have begun using guided missiles to attack Ukrainian mobile fire groups (MWGs) during their work on air targets. This was reported by Advisor to the Minister of Defense Sergey "Flash" Beskrestnov on Telegram.
14.46 The SBU reported in absentia about suspicion to Russian Major General Denis Baril, who in March 2022 commanded Russian units during the occupation of Yagodny in Chernihiv region. This was reported by the SBU press service.
As the investigation established, in March 2022, the defendant commanded the 55th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 41st combined arms army of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation.
The Russian general's unit took part in the occupation of the village of Yagodnoye.
After capturing the community, the Russians, led by Baril, imprisoned 369 civilian residents, including 69 minors, including infants, in the basement of the school, under threat of execution.
14.22 Russian troops resumed active assault operations on the outskirts of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, trying to displace the Armed Forces of Ukraine and advance towards the city. This was reported by the spokesman for the Joint Forces Group Viktor Tregubov.
"Nothing much is happening in Kupyansk itself, there is currently an absolutely minimal number of Russian military personnel there, who are simply "cleaning up" there. That is, the city itself is normal, but the surroundings of Kupyansk are currently being subjected to very active attacks by the enemy," he said.
Tregubov also added that the Russians have renewed activity from the east in an attempt to push the Defense Forces from the left bank of the Oskol in order to try to enter the city from the north.
"They are constantly trying to climb there somehow, they constantly have to be destroyed. That is, they did not abandon their intentions regarding Kupyansk, they simply received a big beating, took a certain pause to recover and then climbed again," the spokesman explained.
14.13 Five people were injured as a result of a Russian strike on the city of Dergachi, in the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the head of the MVA, Vyacheslav Zadorenko.
"According to preliminary information, five civilians were injured, two of them in serious condition," the report said.
13.36 Ukraine is in communication on security with many countries in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. The basis for deeper security agreements in Europe is also being prepared. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.
13.11 The Russian occupation army is trying to expand control zones in the border areas of Sumy region. This was stated by the spokesman for the Joint Forces Group Viktor Tregubov during a telethon.
12.58 On the morning of April 13, Russian troops once again attacked Ukraine's railway infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Thanks to the clear work of the air threat monitoring center and locomotive crews of Ukrzaliznytsia, it was possible to stop the suburban train in advance and evacuate 500 passengers of the suburban train.
After that, the Russians struck near the locomotive of the freight train. None of the passengers or railway workers were injured. After the situation stabilized, the train movement was resumed.
12.29 In the Kharkiv region, civilians were injured as a result of Russian strikes on the Bogodukhov district. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office.
"According to the investigation, on April 13, at around 08:30, the Russian armed forces carried out an air strike with three guided bombs on the outskirts of the village of Ryasne, Bogodukhovsky district," the report noted.
12.00 The government has launched a pilot project that allows for the rapid procurement, testing, and implementation of innovative solutions for defense needs.
According to Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, there was previously no procedure that would allow the Defense Ministry to purchase innovations for testing in the troops. Therefore, innovations entered the troops unsystematically.
From now on, the Ministry of Defense has the right to quickly purchase innovative products under a simplified procedure. Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive innovations for combat testing and make decisions on their effectiveness. Solutions tested in combat are given a path to inclusion in the supply requirement.
This project aims to provide the troops with only proven and effective equipment. It involves innovative products, technologies, software, and solutions that can strengthen the capabilities of the troops now.
The government initiative makes it possible to shorten the path from development to application, respond more quickly to the needs of the front, and build systemic feedback between the military and developers.
The Cabinet of Ministers also approved a policy for managing intellectual property in the defense-industrial complex.
11.48 A pro-war festival of the Russian propaganda channel RT called Time of Our Heroes took place in Italy. There, in particular, a film with the kitschy title Bloody Puppets of the West was shown, reports the publication Astra, which positions itself as independent.
RT's pro-war festival "Time of our Heroes" took place in Italy pic.twitter.com/zphnZufOk4
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11.40 On the morning of April 13, Russian troops attacked the Dnipro, causing damage to infrastructure. Two people were injured - a 63-year-old woman and a 42-year-old woman. Doctors assess their condition as moderate.
11.01 During April 12, Russian troops carried out attacks on the front line and residential areas of Donetsk region.
Four settlements were under fire: the cities of Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, the village of Oleksievo-Druzhkivka, and the village of Ocheretinye. Four civilian objects were destroyed.
In Druzhkivka, Russians killed a civilian and damaged a car on the highway with an FPV drone.
Today at 01:46 Russia struck Kramatorsk - one person was killed and one was injured. As a result of enemy drone attacks, a garage was damaged in Kramatorsk, and a civilian car in Ocheretyne.
10.51 A Russian agent was exposed and detained in Kharkiv, who on April 2 was online guiding new enemy jet kamikaze drones of the Geran-3 type around the city. The SBU reported this.
A woman was detained "red-handed" in a city park while she was videotaping the second wave of drone strikes on a residential area in Kharkiv.
10.33 On Monday morning, two regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to shelling by Russian aggressors. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work has already begun.
10.05 During a full-scale war, Ukrainian intelligence officers successfully launched rocket launchers into space twice. This was stated by People's Deputy Fedir Venislavsky.
According to him, the GUR units have already launched rocket carriers from the territory of Ukraine into outer space twice. The first launch took place to an altitude of over 100 kilometers, and the second - to 204 kilometers. Both results were officially recorded by technical means.
"We have missiles that almost no one knows about, but which are capable of striking enemy territory at a distance of up to 500 km and flying at hypersonic speeds. And we are successfully using them. But their main purpose is to perform extraordinary operations," Venislavsky noted.
In addition to these launches, the GUR working group completed another unique task - launching a rocket carrier from a transport aircraft at an altitude of about 8 kilometers.
"This was done for the first time on the European continent and for the second time in world history. The first to do this was the United States in the mid-70s. But our launch height is a record," Venislavsky said.
According to the People's Deputy, this air system may turn into an "air cosmodrome" in the near future. Launching missiles from the air saves energy on passing through dense layers of the atmosphere, which significantly increases the range and effectiveness of the attack. The system is planned to be used both for peaceful purposes and to counter Russian Oreshnik missiles.
8.59 Russia attacked Ukraine with 98 strike drones from six directions on the night of April 13. About 65 of the drones launched were "Shaheeds". Air defense forces managed to shoot down most of the enemy drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram.
8.54 Over the past 24 hours, 107 combat clashes took place on the front. During the entire period of the so-called "Easter truce", the Russian invaders violated the ceasefire 10,721 times. This is evidenced by the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
7.48 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 960 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook.
04.29 As a result of the night attack by Russian occupiers on the Chernihiv region on April 13, thousands of people were left without electricity. In the Chernihiv region, enemy shelling damaged one of the power facilities. This was reported by the press service of JSC Chernihivoblenergo. According to the company, more than 12 thousand subscribers currently remain without electricity.
01.58 Enemy forces occupied the village of Myrne in the Hulyaipil direction. On the DeepState map as of April 12, the village of Myrne in Zaporizhia region is marked as occupied.
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[Korrespondent] Russians traditionally concentrate most of their efforts on the Pokrovsky and Konstantinovsky directions.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian aggressors have attacked Ukrainian army positions 53 times. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational summary as of 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13.
Thus, in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, one combat clash occurred in the direction of Taratutynoye.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed twice in the areas of the settlements of Zybyne and Vovchansk. One clash is ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice tried to improve its position in the direction of the settlements of Novoplatonivka and Novoosinove. One battle is ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, five enemy assaults took place near Kolodyazy, Dibrova, and Lyman. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy carried out one attack on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Rai-Oleksandrivka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, an assault in the Tikhonivka area was repelled.
One clash is ongoing in the Kostyantynivka direction. Earlier, 11 enemy attempts to advance were stopped in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the occupiers tried to advance 16 times in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Udachne, Zapovedne, Bilytske, Hryshyne, and Muravka. One clash is ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, five battles took place in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrovgrad, Zeleny Hai, Sichneve, Vorone, and Novohrygorivka.
In the Hulyaipol direction, five attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznychne, Girke, and Hulyaipol.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy carried out one attack in the Stepnohirsk area.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted three futile assaults in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge and Bilogruy Island.
Let us remind you that the so-called "Easter truce" took place last night, lasting a little over a day. During this time, the Russian invaders violated the ceasefire almost 11,000 times.
It was previously reported that Russia lost almost 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded during the 24-hour ceasefire. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.4 million people.
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[NewsFront] 21:34 Ministry of Defense published a selection of personnel from the work of the units of the RF Armed Forces in various areas. 21:27In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda and Kursk regions.
20:43 "Severiane" leave the Ukrainian Armed Forces without means of transportation, -video.
19:03 Posted footage of Rubicon's work in various areas of the North-Eastern Military District.
17:29 On objective control footage recorded the defeat of another mobile task force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using a UAV in the area of the village of Khmelnitsky in the Chernihiv region.
16:26 Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews as part of the Center group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment and manpower in the Dobropillya direction,video.
15:40 Naval infantry of the Center group of forces destroyed equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropillya direction,video.
15:12 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 13, 2026
In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all troop groups in the special military operation zone strictly observed the ceasefire from 16:00 on April 11 until the end of the day on April 12 and remained at their previously occupied lines and positions.
Despite the announcement of the Easter truce, Ukrainian armed forces continued to launch attacks using drones and artillery against Ukrainian troop positions, as well as civilian targets in the border areas of the Belgorod and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation.
A total of 6,558 ceasefire violations were recorded.
Three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Zaporizhzhia direction from the area of the settlement of Pokrovskoe in the direction of the settlements of Gai and Otradnoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Five attempts by the enemy to advance on our troops' positions in the areas of the settlements of Kondratovka, Novaya Sich (two), Varachino in Sumy Oblast, and Kaleniki in the Donetsk People's Republic were also thwarted.
During the ceasefire, an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle damaged a Rosneft gas station in the town of Lgov in the Kursk region.
In addition, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were destroyed outside the SVO zone in the airspace of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out 694 attacks on the positions of our troops using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, mortars and tanks.
There were also 5,844 strikes using quadcopters, including 4,685 strikes by FPV drones, 266 by octocopters, 144 by fixed-wing aircraft, and 749 munition drops from unmanned aerial vehicles.
In general, during the daytime, the intensity of fire and combat operations by the enemy along the entire front line was reduced.
With the end of the ceasefire, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoivanovka and Katerynivka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov region, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanskie Khutora, Veterinary and Zybino in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 25 servicemen, two vehicles and a radar station.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kutkovka, Borovaya in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 35 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, and five cars.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Ilyinovka and Artema of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 55 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and nine cars.
Units of the Center group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novopavlovka and Novopodgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 165 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles, and seven cars.
Units of the "East" group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, assault brigade and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dibrova, Podgavrilovka, Malomykhaylovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The enemy lost up to 90 servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles and seven cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Zaporozhets and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 10 military personnel and ten vehicles were destroyed.
14:43 In the period from 08:00 to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 67 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda, Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea.
14:18 Father of five children with a deferment blocked bills due to fines from TCC
The man received a fine of UAH 56,369 from the Desnyansky Shopping Center, after which proceedings were initiated and his accounts were frozen. Despite an official deferment, he was sent to the VLK and fined.
13:37 As a result of a drone attack on a car suffered the driver and electrician are employees of the Belovskaya Central District Hospital. The 54-year-old man suffered a mine blast injury, including shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder, chest, and back. The 52-year-old man also suffered shrapnel wounds to his head and right hand.
12:05 In the Bryansk region, before the court will appear four members of an organized crime group are accused of murder in a 2014 shooting.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Region has completed its investigation into a criminal case against four members of an organized criminal group who resided in the city of Klintsy. They are accused of committing a crime under paragraphs "e" and "g" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code (murder committed by an organized group in a generally dangerous manner).
11:49 Over the past 24 hours recorded nine cases of targeted enemy attacks on civilian settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. Unfortunately, five people were injured and one was killed.
A man born in 1956 was injured in a drone attack in the village of Verkhnyaya Krinitsa in the Vasilievsky Municipal District and hospitalized. A man born in 1971, who was riding a motorcycle, also died in the drone attack.
In the Mikhailovsky Municipal District, two private homes were damaged by enemy strikes. A man born in 1975 and a woman born in 1986 were injured. They are receiving medical assistance.
In the Tokmak municipal district, a woman born in 1988 was injured in a drone attack, and in the Pologovsky municipal district, a man born in 1964 was injured.
A private car was attacked in the village of Novobogdanovka in the Melitopol Municipal District. There were no injuries.
11:13 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces that resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the DPR, Belgorod, Kherson, Kursk, and Zaporizhzhia regions
According to local authorities, four civilians were killed and fifteen others were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian armed forces on populated areas in the Belgorod region.
In the city of Yasinovataya, Donetsk People's Republic, a drone attack killed two people and injured seven. In the Kalininsky district of Horlivka, two civilians were injured by the detonation of an explosive device belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Kherson region, two women were killed and eight others were injured as a result of drone attacks and shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In Lgov, Kursk region, three people were injured due to Ukrainian armed aggression.
A man was injured in a drone strike in Kamenka-Dniprovska, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
10:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 22 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 18 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Kakhovka, Kozachii Lagerya, Korsunka, Proletarka, and Dniproyany.
9:58 During the Easter truce there were recordeds even attempts to deploy assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 534 instances of fire from the enemy:
20 artillery shellings;
37 mortar shellings;
34 dropping of explosive devices;
368 FPV drone strikes;
14 fixed-wing UAV strikes and 59 Baba Yaga drone strikes.
The enemy carried out the largest number of indiscriminate attacks in the Sumy direction – over 280, slightly fewer in the Khar'kov sector of the front – 231, and 23 cases of enemy fire were recorded in the direction of the Bryansk region.
As a result of the criminal actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, at least seven civilians in Russian border regions received injuries of varying degrees of severity.
9:21 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 27 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 09:00 on April 12 and 07:00 on April 13.
8:39 During the past night, in the period from 24:00 Moscow time on April 12 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 13, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, Bryansk, Smolensk regions and the Republic of Crimea.
8:20 In the city of Grayvoron, while repelling an attack by an enemy drone wounded Orlan fighter.
Fellow soldiers transported the man with multiple shrapnel wounds to his face, chest, and legs to the Graivoron Central District Hospital. After receiving the necessary medical care, he will be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
8:00 In the city of Grayvoron, as a result of the detonation of a drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered peaceful resident.
The woman suffered a grazing shrapnel wound to her ear and barotrauma. An ambulance crew provided medical assistance at the scene, but she refused hospitalization.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] The Chaplygin Siberian Aviation Research Institute (SibNIA) has proposed restoring the airworthiness of approximately 700 An -2 aircraft currently in storage, Kommersant reports. According to the developer, the aircraft's service life is only 25-30% exhausted.
SibNIA told the newspaper that, since 2024, 16 of the 51 An-2 aircraft previously in storage and slated for disposal have been restored to airworthiness. Pavel Nenastyev, General Director of the Moscow DOSAAF Aircraft Repair Plant, added that approximately 85% of the An-2 aircraft in storage are owned by individuals and private entities.
According to him, the cost of repairing such an aircraft is estimated at 17-25 million rubles. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that the new Baikal aircraft, powered by a Russian-made VK-800 engine, successfully completed its maiden flight.
Such proposals aren't just a good thing. The deadlines for the mass introduction of new light civil aircraft are constantly being pushed back, and the An-2 is a familiar and understandable crutch in current reality. It's certainly obsolete, although it's still perfectly capable of performing basic tasks. Still, by the end of the 1920s, they were expecting the mass introduction of new aircraft like the Baikal, not projects to revive the An-2 fleet.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
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Headed right back to the 1930's, huh?
Posted by: ed in texas ||
04/14/2026 8:45 Comments ||
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I wondered if these were the same planes the Nacht Hexen flew but it appears they flew the Polikarpov Po-2, another Russian bi-plane that looks quite similiar.
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For a completely different but comparable thought regarding "old stuff that might still make sense" - consider the return of the M151 1/4 ton!
Original number are hard to pin down but a late production era estimate was 7-8 k per unit. Consider the vast increase in available transport and massively lessened maintenance costs for combat support and combat service support elements the return of the 1/4 ton might provide.
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A new military Humvee (HMMWV) typically costs between $70,000 and over $200,000 to produce, with up-armored versions exceeding $300,000 in 2024 dollars. Costs vary based on armor level, model year, and equipment, with manufacturing by AM General spanning from 1985 to the present. "
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