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[Korrespondent] 20.56 Activity at the port of the Russian city of Tuapse has halved compared to the average for the past 24 hours. According to data from the VesselFinder service, only three ships arrived there, reports the Russian publication Novaya Gazeta, which positions itself as independent.
19.35 Information spread on Russian resources about the alleged "capture" of the settlement of Zybyne is not true. This was stated by the servicemen of the 16th Army Corps of the Ukrainian SSR on Facebook and showed how they are destroying Russian invaders in the Kharkiv direction.
19.11 Russian troops struck Bogodukhov in the Kharkiv region, hitting a gas station. Three men were injured in the attack, the regional police reported .
18.33 Teachers from eight schools in the Chelyabinsk region were caught up in a prank by Belarusian prankster Vladislav Bohan. They recorded a video address to participants in the war against Ukraine based on a speech by Adolf Hitler. This is stated in his video, which he published on his YouTube channel.
18.33 Two women died in Nikopol due to a Russian drone attack. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha in Telegram. The enemy strike in the city damaged five-story residential buildings, a private house, as well as cars.
17.36 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is introducing a universal ground station for fiber-optic drones into the army for the first time. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov on his Telegram channel.
17.29 In Kharkiv, an FSB agent who collected and passed on to Russian special services the coordinates of Ukrainian defensive positions and fortifications was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU press service reported this.
17.09 Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office identified an employee of the Russian Guard's mobile special forces unit in the Tyumen region who was involved in sexual violence against a minor girl. The Russian woman was reported as a suspect. The Prosecutor General's Office reports this.
16.41 Since the beginning of the day, 52 clashes have occurred on the front between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers in 10 main directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational summary as of 16:00.
15.55 "Oil rain" took place in the Russian city of Tuapse after two Ukrainian attacks. In addition, a giant oil slick formed in the sea nearby. This is reported by the Russian publication ASTRA, which positions itself as independent, referring to statements from residents of the city.
"Oil rain" in Tuapse after the attack on the refinery pic.twitter.com/AVJHRU3rzw
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15.54 A bot farm with almost 20 thousand accounts that were spreading Russian disinformation was exposed and liquidated in Zhytomyr. This was reported by the SBU.
Law enforcement officers detained the organizer of an underground bot farm that the Russians used to carry out information sabotage against Ukraine.
The person in question sold over 3,000 fake Telegram pages to the aggressor country every month to spread Kremlin propaganda. To do this, he created "fake" accounts registered to mobile numbers of Ukrainian operators, and then sold them on specialized hostile online platforms.
15.27 Russian aggressors have not carried out any actions that could be called breakthroughs and attempts to "semi-encircle" the city of Sumy. This was reported by the Communications Center of the Kursk Group of Forces.
Unverified rumors and gossip about the alleged danger to the regional center contribute to the destabilization of society and the emergence of panic, the military noted.
14.24 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the repeated destruction of the oil refinery in Tuapse, two large landing ships and an oil depot in Crimea, and ammunition depots of the Russian invaders.
14.16 Within the framework of the Unfair Procurement program, on April 15, large-scale investigative actions were carried out in criminal proceedings regarding abuses during the procurement of wood for defense needs. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office. It is noted that the operation covered 11 regions - Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv regions and the city of Kyiv. 38 searches were conducted, during which means of communication, office equipment, official documentation and draft notes of evidentiary value were seized.
13.49 In the border areas of Sumy region, an infiltration zone of Russian troops has been recorded, who are trying to intensify assaults. But there is no breakthrough deep into the territory of Ukraine, said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC) of the National Security and Defense Council, in Telegram.
13.06 Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia on April 20. A fire broke out. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov. Later, he added that four people were injured. As a result of the enemy attack on Zaporizhzhia, a fire broke out, private houses and non-residential buildings were damaged.
12.36 Russian troops carried out a drone strike on Pryluky on April 20. One person was injured, and a fire also broke out on the territory of the Pryluky regional police department in Chernihiv region. This was reported by the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus.
"Today in the afternoon, the Russians struck Pryluky with drones. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out on the territory of the regional police department. Civilian infrastructure and vehicles were damaged. As of now, one civilian has been injured. Other information is being clarified," he noted.
12.05 Law enforcement officers exposed fraud with salaries for military personnel in the Odessa region - the command of the military unit embezzled almost 16.7 million hryvnias. This was reported by the National Police.
11.39 A serviceman from the Kharkiv region was detained, who after escaping from the unit tried to sell weapons obtained in the combat zone. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on April 20. According to the investigation, the man hid the weapons and other means of destruction issued to him, and in March of this year he left the unit, taking them with him. After that, he began looking for buyers. Investigators documented an attempt to sell an AK-74 assault rifle and 17 F-1 grenades with fuses for 150 thousand hryvnias. He was detained during the transfer of weapons. In addition, 174 5.45 mm caliber cartridges and a loaded magazine with 41 cartridges were seized during searches in his apartment.
11.32 Counterintelligence officers detained an FSB agent near Kyiv who was involved in preparing a new series of enemy missile and drone attacks on the capital region. The SBU reported this.
A drug addict resident of the Obukhiv district was working for the enemy. He was caught red-handed.
11.11 Russian aggressors tried to kill an advisor to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov, with a Shahed strike drone . He reported this on Facebook.
10.35 On Monday morning, six regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to Russian drone attacks and artillery strikes. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is being carried out wherever security conditions currently allow.
10.23 In the Weapons Components section of the War&Sanctions portal, an interactive 3D model and information about 103 enterprises of the cooperation for the production of multi-role Su-57 fighters have been published. This was reported by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense.
9.35 On the night of April 19, the "Ghosts" successfully struck two ships - the Project 775 Yamal and the Project 1171 Nikolay Milchenkov. The video is published by the Main Intelligence Directorate. It is noted that at the time of the strike, the ships belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet were in the Sevastopol Bay. The Project 775 Yamal is a 1988-built ship, 112.5 m long and capable of transporting up to 500 tons of cargo, including armored vehicles and landing forces. The estimated cost of the ship is over $80 million. The Project 1171 Nikolay Filchenkov is a 1975-built ship with a carrying capacity of up to 1,000 tons, which allows it to transport dozens of armored vehicles and a large landing contingent. The estimated cost of the ship is over $70 million.
9.18 On the front of the past day, 206 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded. The Pokrovsky and Gulyaypil directions are the hottest. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 20. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four areas of concentration of Russian personnel.
8.48 Three people were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack in Velyky Burluk, Kharkiv region, on the night of April 20. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on April 20. As a result of drone strikes in a three-apartment residential building, a fire broke out on an area of 200 sq. m. Three residents were injured.
8.19 Air defense forces neutralized 113 of the 142 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 28 strike UAVs were hit at 18 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at 6 locations.
7.52 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 1,050 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, with the enemy's total losses in the war amounting to 1,319,270 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.23 Russian troops advanced near the village of Riznykovka in the Donetsk region. This was reported by the analytical project DeepState.
05.25 p.m. An emergency rescue operation is underway at the infrastructure facility hit by the UAV. High-rise buildings were also damaged. Ossetians attacked Kryvyi Rih with Shahedas
04.50 Kyiv region was attacked by enemy drones, houses were damaged in the Brovary district, one person was injured.
04.25 Drones attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse, in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. Two tanks are on fire at the facility. The glow from the fire can be seen for many kilometers.
01.25 Drones attacked Mykolaiv. The attack damaged high-rise buildings and several private houses, power lines, and a tram track.
00.21 On the evening of Sunday, April 19, enemy drones attacked Kharkiv. The city authorities reported two incidents in the Osnovyanskyi district.
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[Korrespondent] More than half of the enemy attacks are concentrated in the Kostyantynivske and Pokrovske directions. Four clashes are currently underway there.
Since the beginning of the day, 52 clashes have occurred on the front between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers in 10 main directions. 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 20.
Thus, in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders three times.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the Starytsia and Vilcha areas twice.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians have tried four times to improve their position in the directions of Kupyansk, Kivsharivka, and Novoosynovo. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Lymansky direction, our soldiers repelled one attempt by the invaders to advance near Karmazynivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out 13 attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivano-Pol, Illinivka, Oleksandro-Shultynye, Stepanivka, and Sofiivka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders tried to advance 17 times in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Filiya and towards the settlements of Kucheriv Yar, Vasylivka, Novopavlivka. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked twice in the directions of Kalynivka and Zlagoda.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled eight attacks towards the settlements of Dobropillya, Tsvitkove, Zaliznychne, Girke, Hulyaipilske and in the Hulyaipil area. Two more clashes are ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted one futile assault in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge.
The enemy has not yet carried out offensive operations in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Orikhiv directions.
Earlier on Monday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a sharp statement that information about the "semi-encirclement of Sumy" was not true. Unverified rumors and gossip about the alleged danger to the regional center contribute to the destabilization of society and the emergence of panic, the military noted.
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[NewsFront] 21:19 From 15:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 22 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea, and over the Black Sea. 21:06 Soldiers of the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Vostok group cleared out another stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:51 Intelligence of the Vostok group discovered in the Zaporizhzhia region, there was a major Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold with underground communications. To cover this labyrinth of concrete and tunnels, an uncompromising argument was used: a TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" salvo.
16:02 From 08:00 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
14:57 Crew of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system of the Dnepr group destroyed enemy attack UAV.
12:28 Over the past 24 hours, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federationinflicteda group strike with long-range air-launched high-precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against defense industry facilities, transport and airfield infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.
12:18 Jet fighters worked out on the enemy's positions and manpower.
09:31 Engineers of the Center group of forces demining Urban areas of Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR. Unexploded enemy ordnance and drones are destroyed with a surface-mounted charge.
09:01 The work of UAV operators of the 36th Army of the "East" group of forces to destroy enemy manpower in the Zaporizhzhia direction, VIDEO
08:17 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on April 19 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 20, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 112 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Astrakhan, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
07:35 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the Miropolye area
Expansion of the control zone in Konstantinovka
06:01 The crew of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the NBC protection unit of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group destroyed temporary deployment point of the enemy in the Krasnolimansk direction.
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[Regnum] Archaeologists have discovered traces of ancient humans on the grounds of the Holy Dormition Monastery in Krasnoyarsk. This was reported by former regional governor and Russian Senator Alexander Uss.
"Krasnoyarsk once again confirms its status as a place with the most ancient history of human life. Archaeological excavations are underway on the grounds of the Dormition Monastery in connection with the future construction of a new monastic building," Uss wrote on his channel on the MAX platform on April 17.
The Russian senator noted that archaeologists have found more than 3,000 different objects, including mammoth bones and a horse skeleton. Their estimated age is over 11,700 years. The finds have been sent for laboratory testing, Uss added.
In July 2025, archaeologists discovered a Chalcolithic burial site at the Balchikova 3 site in the Altai Krai, dating back to the Afanasievo culture of the 32nd–28th centuries BC. During the excavations, a double burial was examined and two ceramic vessels found in an inverted position.
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Significant because: the fact that these traces were found on monastery grounds shows the same landscape was used by people across thousands of years, long before it became a religious center, which adds historical depth to the site itself.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is italics.
[ColonelCassad] If we consider the larger picture, in just over four years, many ground forces combat manuals have become, if not completely, then partially outdated. Robotization is gradually leading the troops to a situation where most provisions will be amended, increasing some values and reducing others.
First and foremost, spatial parameters are changing: the width and depth of defended areas, as well as the offensive zones. While previously a brigade held a conventional 5-6 km front, during the Second Military Operation in Ukraine, with the introduction of robotic surveillance systems and drones for various purposes, this figure has already increased by 1.5-2 times in some cases, and the trend is only increasing.
Traditionally, the regulations divide forces into first, second, and reserve echelons. However, it has long been appropriate to discuss the introduction of a "robotic echelon." This allows for the inclusion of autonomous systems that advance (or simply remain) ahead of assault groups or are the first to receive a strike in the support zone. Furthermore, the supply routes and composition of repair and support units have been revised. Unspoken standards have emerged for servicing both the UAVs/UAVs themselves and their individual components, such as batteries and other components, directly on the battlefield.
Although many regulations have not yet been centrally implemented, practices in the Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces have long (at least a couple of years) outpaced the cumbersome bureaucratic machine. However, the main challenge on the battlefield will arise with the advent of full-fledged AI. It will need to be given subjectivity.
Currently, orders are carried out by soldiers. Who will be responsible for autonomous systems is still unknown, but their appearance is a matter for the near future. Then, not only will optionally controlled assaults become possible, but responsibility for the planning and success of these operations will shift to a different plane.
Regulations, even outdated ones, change very slowly. New developments are difficult to overcome, as they overcome bureaucratic rigidity. Over time, the inevitable and already-underway robotization will permeate all regulations. I'd like to see it happen sooner rather than later.
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