Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:18 Most of the Akhmat special forces fighters from the Aida group, who crawled through a gas pipe into the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region to force the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of there, are now in hospitals due to lung problems. This was reported by the deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov, as reported by RosSMI.
20.31 Since the beginning of the day, 92 combat clashes have occurred at the front. The Russian occupiers are most actively advancing in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of April 28.
19.49 In Kiev, rescuers found the remains of a rocket in the Camel Bay in the Obolonsky district. This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service.
"In Kyiv, in the Obolonsky district, near the Camel Bay, local residents noticed debris and, suspecting that these could be fragments of a rocket, reported the discovery to the relevant services," the statement said.
Specialists arrived at the scene and identified the remains of a Tochka-U missile.
"They do not pose an immediate mortal threat to the population, but remain potentially dangerous," the State Emergency Service explained.
19.17 Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that the ceasefire declared by Russia from May 8 to 11 is a "manifestation of goodwill" of the Russian head of state and allegedly demonstrates Moscow's readiness for a peaceful settlement of the war. This is reported by Russian media.
Commenting on media reports about possible initiatives from Washington and Kyiv to resolve the war, Peskov stressed that public discussion of such proposals is impossible.
18:58 The head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and future Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz will not accept the peace imposed on Ukraine, based on Russia's military force. He said this at a party congress in Berlin, Bild reports .
18:40 The Darknode unit of the 412th Nemesis Regiment has recently intercepted 52 Shahed-136 attack UAVs using the latest means, the Unmanned Systems Force reports.
15:56 Head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin reported on the rescue of four children and teenagers from the temporarily occupied Kherson region.
In total, three boys and a girl were returned. The youngest child is 10 years old, the oldest is 17.
Among those rescued was a young man whom the occupiers forcibly took to the military registration and enlistment office, where they entered his data into the database as a Russian conscript and even determined his military specialty.
15.48 In Cherkassy, an infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of drone strikes. This was reported on April 28 by the city's mayor, Anatoly Bondarenko.
15.23 The chairman of the military medical commission of the regional mobilization center of Bukovina and his accomplice were exposed in a scheme to produce fictitious medical documents to evade military service. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
14:59 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that Ukraine is actively working to achieve peace together with international partners, but this path must be based on accurate information and assessments of the situation. The head of the MFA reported this on Platform X.
Sybiga emphasized that Ukraine wants peace more than anyone else in the world, and noted that this path must be based on facts.
"Ukraine wants peace more than anyone else in the world. We never wanted this war, and we want it to end as soon as possible. We are working hard together with the United States, European and other partners to achieve peace. And this path must be based on accurate information, assumptions and assessments," Sybiga wrote on social media.
He also noted that the widespread assumption that Russia could win the war is wrong, as it is based on underestimating Ukraine and overestimating Russia.
"This pattern has proven itself wrong many times, but people continue to fall into the same trap," the minister stressed.
According to Sibiga, the situation on the front remains tense, but Russia has not been able to break through the front line.
14. 57 The recognition by North Korea and Russia of the participation of the DPRK troops in the aggressive war against Ukraine is evidence that the Russian Federation does not seek peace. Moreover, the involvement of Pyongyang shows the desperate situation of Russia itself, which forces it to seek allies among the most depressive regimes in the world. This was stated by the press secretary of the European Commission Anita Hipper in Brussels during a briefing.
14:34 Russian invaders continue to kidnap Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine under the guise of cultural trips. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance on Telegram.
14.30 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has announced a three-day "truce" in May, the Kremlin press service reported . Putin is keen for the military parade and May 9 celebrations in Moscow to proceed calmly.
14.16 In Zakarpattia, law enforcement officers have exposed a criminal group that organized the illegal transfer of military-liable men across the state border of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
14.00 In Kiev, a 45-year man died injured due to a masquerading Russian missile strike on the 24th quarter. With this, the number of victims of the Russian attack has increased to 13 people.
13.59 The SBU detained a Russian intelligence agent in Kramatorsk who was transmitting the coordinates of minefields to the enemy and was planning to form a punitive detachment in the event of the occupation of the region. This was reported by the SBU press service.
13.58 Russian war criminals launched several groups of "shahids" into Ukrainian territory on Monday morning, April 28. The city of Cherkassy and the Cherkassy region were under attack. This was reported by the Air Force.
13:38 The final settlement of the "Ukrainian crisis" should be based on two principles - Ukraine's non-entry into NATO and the consolidation of its non-aligned status, as well as the recognition of "territorial realities." This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interfax reports .
13.17 Prosecutors of the Berestinsky District Prosecutor's Office of the Kharkiv Region have sent to court an indictment against four minors accused of sabotage, arson and obstruction of the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
13.01 A Su-27 fighter jet was lost on Monday morning. The pilot ejected and survived, the Ukrainian Air Force reported . The plane was lost while performing a combat mission to provide air support to troops and repel an attack by "shahideen".
12.57 Kremlin propagandists will soon step up their efforts to discredit the ceasefire negotiations. Their traditional ideologies will be to impose the world community's opinion on Ukraine's "lack of independence" in peace issues. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
12.37 Three civilians were killed in the village of Novoekonomicheskoe in the Grodovsk community of the Pokrovsky district as a result of Russian shelling. This was reported by the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office. The victims of the aggressors were a married couple aged 76 and 78. A 47-year-old local resident also received injuries incompatible with life.
12.09 Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast at night, industrial facilities and the private sector were under enemy fire. This was reported by the head of the Kramatorsk GVA, Alexander Goncharenko.
12.02 Russia is allegedly waiting for a "signal" from Ukraine to resume direct negotiations. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a commentary to Russian propagandists. According to him, there is still a legal ban on the path to negotiations.
11.56 Border guards operating reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have removed three Ukrainian soldiers from a Russian log. This was reported by the State Border Service of Ukraine (GBSU) on its Telegram channel.
11.16 Russia is ready to provide assistance to North Korea if necessary. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a commentary to Russian propagandists.
10.48 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released information about key enterprises supplying missiles and ammunition to Russia. These companies play a significant role in the aggressor's military production.
10.18 The Security Service counterintelligence has thwarted new attempts by Russian special services to destabilize the internal situation in Dnepr. A married couple who were preparing terrorist attacks in the city on orders from the Russian Federation have been detained.
The defendants arranged six caches with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and F-1 grenades in the territory of Dnepr and its environs. The Russians planned to recruit a new group of agents later, who were to obtain explosives from the caches and use them for detonations in crowded places.
The traitors turned out to be a 42-year-old contract soldier of one of the military units, who was engaged in subversive activities during home leave, as well as his 24-year-old wife, whom the enemy recruited on one of the Telegram channels.
10.02 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called the soldiers who took part in the Russian-Ukrainian war "heroes" and promised to build a monument to "military exploits" in the capital of the DPRK.
Pyongyang also repeated Moscow's statement about the alleged "complete liberation" of the Kursk region of Russia from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
9:20 On the night of April 28, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv region with drones. As a result of ten "Shahed" drones hitting the village of Mokraya Rakitna, a calf barn, an administrative building, three cowsheds, two warehouses and a car were damaged. 22 heads of cattle were killed and 30 cows were injured.
8.56 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the key topic of which was the Russian war against Ukraine.
"Following up on the April 25 conversation between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and US Presidential Special Envoy Witkoff, the Minister and Secretary of State noted the importance of consolidating the emerging preconditions for starting negotiations with the aim of agreeing on a reliable path to long-term sustainable peace," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
8.37 Over the past 24 hours, 168 combat contacts were recorded at the front. In particular, the Russians attacked the Pokrovsk direction 64 times, and 23 enemy assaults took place in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
8.15 On the night of April 28, explosions were heard near the Russian city of Bryansk. The Silicon El plant, which produces electronics for military needs, was hit by drones.
Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that a person was allegedly killed as a result of the drone attack. According to him, damage was caused to civilian infrastructure. Eyewitnesses in local public groups write that the drones' target was the Silicon El military microelectronics plant, in the area of which several hits were recorded.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 115 drones, 102 of which were over the Bryansk region.
07.32 As of April 28, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 949,800 people (1,160 per day).
05.13 Ukraine should not agree to the proposal of US President Donald Trump to cede its territories. This was stated by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview with the German TV channel ARD. The Minister emphasized that Ukraine could have received such conditions on its own a year ago.
"It's akin to capitulation. I don't see any added value," Pistorius said.
04.02 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un confirmed the sending of troops to Russia for the war against Ukraine, stating that this is in line with the provisions of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.
"After it was determined that the situation met the conditions for applying the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty with Russia, Comrade Kim Jong-un made a decision on the fate of our armed forces in the war and informed the Russian side about it," the North Korean KCNA said in a statement.
03.26 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to cede Crimea in exchange for an end to hostilities and the onset of long-awaited peace, according to US President Donald Trump.
02.04 US President Donald Trump said Russian dictator Vladimir Putin needs to demonstrate a commitment to ending the war in Ukraine.
"I want him to stop shooting and sit down and sign a deal. I think we have the terms of a deal and I want him to sign it and get it over with and just get his life back," Trump told reporters as he left New Jersey.
He also said he was disappointed by Russia's recent missile strikes on Kyiv and could not say for sure whether Putin was serious about ending the war.
01.12 Ukraine has received another 400,000 large-caliber shells this year as part of the Czech initiative to supply ammunition. This was reported by Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová. In 2024, Ukraine received about 1.5 million rounds of ammunition of various calibers through the mediation of the Czech Republic. According to the Czech Defense Minister, in 2025, funds for the initiative will be provided by autumn.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian military repels Russian assaults.
Today, in the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 38 times.
There have been 92 combat clashes on the front since the beginning of the day. The most active attack of the Russian occupiers is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of April 28.
It is noted that the invaders do not stop striking the border settlements of Ukraine. The settlements of Stepok, Ugroidy, Khleborob, Porozok, Prokhody, Mezenivka, Porokhon, Belaya Bereza, Studenok, Ulanovo, Osoyevka, Budivelnoye, Khrinovka, Sosnovka of Sumy Oblast, as well as Lemishine, Timofeyevka of Kharkiv Oblast suffered from enemy artillery fire.
The areas of the settlements of Miropolskoye and Petrushevka in the Sumy region came under enemy airstrikes.
In the Pokrovsk direction today the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 38 times in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Lisovka, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Novoalexandrovka, Nadievka, Troitskoye, Kotlyarovka, Serebryanoye, Andreevka and in the direction of Staraya Nikolaevka, Alexandropol, Novopavlovka, Bogdanovka. Six clashes continue.
The settlements of Popov, Vladimirovka, Poltavka, Novaya Poltavka, Malinovka, Kazatskoye, Grodovka, Novoekonomichnoe, Mirnograd, Lisovka, Sukhoi Yar, Pokrovsk, and Zvirovoye were subjected to air strikes.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinopol, Volnoye Pole and in the direction of Otradnoye, Bogatyr, Shevchenko. One combat clash is still ongoing. The enemy carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Zelenoye Pole, Novopol and Poddubnoye.
In the Liman direction today the aggressor attacked eight times in the areas of the settlements of Katerinovka, Novoye, Kolodyazi and in the direction of Novy Mir. Currently three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked our troops' positions eight times in the Toretsk area and in the direction of Dilievka and Dachnoye. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kharkiv direction, seven armed clashes occurred in the areas of Vovchansk, Vovchanskie Khutors and Zapadnoye. One armed clash continues to this day.
In the Dnieper direction, there were five attempts by the enemy to advance.
Five combat clashes took place in the Kursk direction today, three of which are still ongoing. In addition, the enemy launched ten airstrikes, dropped 14 KABs and carried out 164 artillery shellings, including one from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out three offensive actions towards the settlements of Grigoryevka and Verkhnekamyanskoye.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attempts to advance forward in the direction of Markov and near Chasovy Yar and Belaya Gora, and four more clashes continue to this day.
In the Orekhov direction, the Defense Forces stopped three enemy attacks. The enemy tried to advance near the settlements of Shcherbaki, Stepovoye and Lobkovoye, one combat clash is still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the area of Zagrizove and Novaya Kruglyakovka, one combat clash continues.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy launched airstrikes on Gulyai-Polye.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 1,160 occupiers . Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 949,800 servicemen.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces engaged clusters of manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Zapselye, Mogritsa, Yunakovka, Ugroyedy, Velikiy Prikol, and Miropolskoye (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 16 motor vehicles, and six artillery guns. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Kamenka (Kharkov region).
Russian troops hit units of three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Dvurechnaya, Moskovka, Senkovo, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Novoye, Yampol, and Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, eight motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns including two manufactured by NATO states. One Kvertus electronic warfare station and six ammunition depots have been neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Chasov Yar, Petrovka, Serebryanka, Seversk, Ray-Aleksandrovka, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, Dyleyevka, and Pleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers two pickup trucks, and a field artillery gun. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian elements damaged units of two heavy mechanised brigades, three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two national guard brigades close to Mirolyubovka, Lysovka, Novaya Poltavka, Ulyanovka, Tarasovka, Bogdanovka, Uspenovka, and Udachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost more than 375 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and an Israeli-made RADA radar.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defence brigades near Gulyaypole, Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region), and Novopol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 170 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged two coastal defence brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades near Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Belozerka, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU lost up to 75 troops, three motor vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have hit ammunition depots of the AFU as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 154 areas.
Russian air defence systems have downed three U.S.-made JDAM guided bombs and 234 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy lost 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 54,179 unmanned aerial vehicles, 605 anti-aircraft missile systems, 23,071 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,553 MLRS combat vehicles, 24,224 field artillery guns and mortars, 34,689 units of support military vehicles.
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[NewsFront] 20:43 Russian Armed Forces liberated Kamenka, –MAP. 19:03 The Russian Armed Forces have improved their positions near the road junction east of Pokrovsk –MAP
17:25 Engineering and sapper units of the 18th Combined Arms Army from the Dnepr group of forces continue demining liberated territories of the Kherson region.
16:48 UAV operators of the "East" group of forces discovered temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
Having received the coordinates, the 220mm BM-17 Uragan MLRS crew of the group destroyed the target.
15:52 Crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Center group of forces destroyed deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:11 Around 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
14:36 Footage of combat work and raising the Russian flag during the liberation of the village of Kamenka in the Khar'kov region.
13:58 Around 12.45 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
12:51 As a result of active actions by the unit of the West group of troops released settlement Kamenka, Khar'kov region.
12:45 UAV operators of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed a dugout with enemy manpower and ammunition depot in the Chasov Yar area.
In turn, FPV drone crews of the Vostok group of forces in the South Donetsk direction destroyed an American-made M-113 armored personnel carrier along with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
11:45 Artillerymen of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West Forces Group using 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers destroyed mortar crews, armored vehicles and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
11:12 Around 10.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyedone Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
11:04 Severskoye direction. Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces reached the eastern outskirts of Grigorovka –MAP
10:39 Having received the coordinates of the enemy’s manpower concentration, the crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Dnepr troop group fired a salvo which destroyed thetarget in the area of Chasov Yar.
09:34 From 7.30 to 8.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Two UAVs over the territory of the Novgorod region and
Two UAVs over the territory of the Leningrad region.
08:35 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, a crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group of forces carried out a precise strike destroyed mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the area of the settlement of Grigorovka in the DPR, artillerymen from the crew of the 152mm towed gun "Giatsint-B" of the 3rd Combined Arms Army of the "Southern" group of forces suppressed a firing point with a series of shots and destroyed the enemy's UAV control point.
07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
– Control zone in Loknya has been expanded
- Advance north of Shcherbinovka
- Control zone in the Pacific area has been expanded
- Advance north of the Crimean Peninsula
- Control zone west of Loknya has been expanded
- Advance on the islands on the Dnieper in the area of the Kazachi Lagery
07:12 During the period from 20:50 Moscow time on April 27 to 04:35 Moscow time on April 28, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 115 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 102 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
– Nine UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– One UAV – over the waters of the Black Sea.
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[REGNUM] Russian army units have completed the operation to liberate the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, previously occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On Saturday, April 26, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on the complete liberation of the territory of the Kursk region from Ukrainian army formations.
Over the past month since the liberation of the village of Sudzha, fighting has continued directly along the state border, where Ukrainian troops have tried to maintain at least part of their foothold on Russian territory.
The last settlement held by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was the Gornal farm, which Russian troops liberated on the morning of April 26. The Defense Ministry published footage of Russian soldiers raising the Russian flag over one of the houses in the central part of the village.
Earlier, as a result of a persistent assault, the Russian army's "North" group of troops managed to liberate the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in Gornal and the adjacent forest area, which had been turned into an enemy stronghold.
According to Gerasimov's statement, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 76,000 people and over 7,700 units of military equipment during the fighting in the Kursk border area. The Chief of the General Staff also noted the role of the servicemen of the Korean People's Army, who took part in the fighting, along with units of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian General Staff traditionally decided to deny the obvious and stated that the reports about the liberation of the Kursk region allegedly do not correspond to reality.
"The operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain areas of the Kursk region continues. Since the beginning of the day, five enemy assault actions have been repelled in the operational zone of the Kursk group of forces," the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.
According to information from the field, Ukrainian troops are indeed continuing their attempts to enter the territory of the Sudzhansky district, which allows Kyiv to declare the continuation of military operations in the region. The enemy's presence is noted on the left bank of the Psel River, where formations of the 82nd assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are operating.
At the same time, there is no talk of a permanent presence of Ukrainian troops on Russian territory. Separate assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack Russian territory and quickly retreat across the border to Sumy Oblast.
The enemy's concentrations of forces are constantly being attacked by artillery and aircraft. The operational rear of the enemy group is also being attacked. The Russian Armed Forces are constantly attacking the enemy in the area of the settlements of Loknya and Belovody, where the Ukrainian army command is concentrating forces for new provocations on the border.
In the near future, the Russian Armed Forces will complete the operation to completely clear the border area, the acting commander of the 810th Marine Brigade (call sign Groza ) said in a report to Vladimir Putin.
"Currently, the adjacent forest areas to the west and south of Gornal, as well as in the area of the settlement of Guevo, are being cleared. The remaining scattered groups and individual enemy servicemen will be neutralized in the near future," the commander said during the report.
Another success of Russian troops in the border area was the liberation of the settlement of Popovka in the Krasnoyarsk district of the Belgorod region. Over the past weeks, the enemy has been trying to gain a foothold in this area, trying to compensate for the failures in the Kursk region. However, the attempt to advance in the Krasnoyarsk district resulted in heavy losses for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Western media outlets are summing up that with the loss of control over areas of Russian territory in the border area, Kyiv is losing one of its few trump cards in the ceasefire negotiations.
The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, continue to carry out command tasks, pushing back the enemy along the entire front line.
ON THE APPROACHES TO THE DNIEPER
In Donbass, our armed forces are building on their success on the front line south of Pokrovsk. According to information from the field, the settlement of Bogdanovka was liberated during the offensive operation. The success was later confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“As a result of active actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated,” the department’s report notes.
The liberation of Bogdanovka opens up the opportunity for Russian troops to launch an offensive on the nearby settlements of Troitskoye and Orekhovo, which are located practically on the border between the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region.
The enemy is responding to the advance of Russian troops by creating new defensive points in the operational rear, a frontline source for the Regnum news agency reports.
"Forces are currently concentrating in Orekhovo - both those retreating from Selidovo and reserves arriving at the front. It is known that a large defensive hub is being created in the Novopavlovka area, already in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Engineering equipment is working, and reserves are also arriving. This is a large settlement in which they plan to hold the defense for a long time," the source said.
To the south, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are creating another defensive node in the area of the villages of Dachnoye and Novoukrainka. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to prevent the enemy from creating a new defensive line by striking at the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group.
Footage has appeared online showing Su-34 frontline bomber crews striking bridges across the Volcha River in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of strikes with FAB-500 high-explosive aerial bombs equipped with control and correction modules, bridges near the settlements of Novoukrainka and Zelenyi Kut were hit.
One of the bridges was hit by at least four aerial bombs, which excludes the possibility of its restoration in a short time.
At various sections of the front, Russian troops are located at a distance of three to five kilometers from the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian sources believe that in the near future, military actions may spread from the territory of Donbass to areas that were the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group just a few weeks ago.
OREKHOVO, ZAPOROZHYE, THEN EVERYWHERE
In the Zaporizhia region, Russian troops are advancing on the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka. A number of Ukrainian sources reported the start of the offensive, confirming their statements with video recordings from Ukrainian drones. According to data from the field, assault units of the Russian army managed to land on the outskirts of the settlement and also drive the enemy out of the forest belt.
According to information from the field, the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka has been turned into a major defensive point by Ukrainian troops. Footage published online confirms that the enemy has managed to build a powerful line of defense with fortifications and minefields here. The defense node in the Malaya Tokmachka area covers the southern approaches to the strategically important city of Orekhovo.
Earlier, Russian troops advanced east of the city, liberating the settlements of Stepnoye, Shcherbaki and Malye Shcherbaki. Success in the Malaya Tokmachka area may allow an operation to encircle the city to begin, a source for the Regnum news agency reports.
"The entire front in this area from Kamenskoye to Orekhovo is flat steppe. Control over large populated areas allows one to keep a large area of territory, all adjacent areas, under control. The enemy understands this well, the presence of a large number of drones is recorded in this area, they also have forces for defense, so no one will take Orekhovo head-on: only encircle and squeeze out," the source adds.
It is worth noting separately that with the liberation of Orekhov, Russian troops enter the N-08 highway, which leads directly to Zaporizhia. Thus, no more than 35-40 km of flat terrain with almost no large settlements remain to the capital of the Zaporizhia region. Therefore, a successful assault on the city may allow Russian troops to completely seize the initiative on this section of the front and begin a new large-scale offensive.
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[REGNUM] By decision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin, Russia declares a ceasefire from midnight on May 8 to midnight on May 11. The Kremlin press service reported this on April 28.
Our Armed Forces will stop all military actions for 72 hours for humanitarian reasons and to mark the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, to which all the peoples of this great country contributed. "This is a manifestation of the goodwill of the head of the Russian state," Dmitry Peskov noted.
"Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example," the presidential press service said in a statement. And it is emphasized that if the Ukrainian Armed Forces violate the ceasefire, our army will give an adequate and effective response.
For its part, Russia declares its readiness for “constructive interaction with international partners,” for peace talks without preconditions—if these contacts are aimed at eliminating the causes of the Ukrainian crisis.
Let us recall that they were outlined in the president’s address of February 24, 2022, when the country’s leader announced the start of the SVO.
These reasons are: the war unleashed by the Kyiv regime against the people of Donbass, the failure of all political and diplomatic attempts to stop this aggression, the desire to expand NATO further to the east - now to the borders of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, and the open claims of the regime to return Ukraine's nuclear status, which was a direct and obvious threat to our security.
Now, more than three years after the start of the special operation, the situation is far from what it was at the beginning of the SVO. The front line no longer runs along the outskirts of Donetsk and a few kilometers from Lugansk, the enemy's stubborn resistance in Mariupol, Soledar and Artemovsk has been broken. The people living here are no longer in danger of becoming a human shield for the "defenders of Ukraine."
Dozens of cities, towns and villages in Donbass and Novorossiya have been liberated, a reliable land corridor to Crimea has been created. Now the offensive continues. Last week, the remnants of the occupation group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were thrown out of the Kursk region. Volodymyr Zelensky's adventure cost 76 thousand killed VSAU soldiers, more than 400 destroyed tanks and almost 3 thousand other damaged armored vehicles. The fighting has been transferred to enemy territory - to provide our border area with a reliable "sanitary zone".
At the same time, our troops are advancing in the Kharkov region. On April 28, it became known that the entire western bank of the Oskol north of Kupyansk was liberated by fighters of the Zapad group. The enemy admits that Russian attacks have intensified in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), a city in the DPR occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fifty kilometers from Donetsk. Our troops are conducting successful raids north of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), beyond which the direction to Konstantinovka opens up and further, to the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
The course of the ongoing campaign shows that Russia is in the position of the side that has seized the initiative on the battlefield. As the attacking side and, in a good sense, acting from a position of strength, our country can set the terms and conditions of humanitarian truces. This was the case at Easter, and it is the case now – on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism.
Yes, Zelensky, his "green cardinal" Andriy Yermak and the generals of the Ukrainian Armed Forces showed once again during the Easter truce that their word is not worth a dime. Zelensky, let us recall, declared that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would observe the ceasefire on the main holiday of all Orthodox Christians (which this year coincided with Easter for Catholics), but this promise was also repeatedly broken.
In this sense, the behavior of the Kiev regime — both in Petro Poroshenko’s “version” and in the current one — does not change. Then the entire world had the opportunity to observe what it costs for the Ukrainian side to comply with the Minsk agreements. This is what happened on April 19–21, 2025.
The declarations of Kyiv and its remaining “friends” in Europe about their readiness to begin dialogue with a ceasefire remained empty declarations, seasoned with Zelensky’s pseudo-peaceful demagogy.
It is clear that his “proposals” to give Ukraine some guarantees from NATO, to transfer the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant under Kyiv’s control, and similar statements that are unacceptable to Russia pursue only one goal: to make any possibility of a ceasefire impossible and to continue to beg the West for “pennies” and weapons.
On the other hand, the restrictions that our country imposed on itself - a moratorium on attacks on energy facilities ( agreed upon in negotiations between Russia and the US) and the same Easter truce - demonstrated Russia's noble intentions to the entire world. And at the same time, judging by the reports from the SVO zone, this did not affect the course of the special military operation in any way.
Kiev's behavior has been closely monitored and will be closely monitored by Donald Trump, who declares his desire to become a peacemaker. Let us recall once again that the Kremlin's message mentioned "constructive interaction" at the international level.
But the main addressee of the proposal for a truce on Victory Day was not the American president, and certainly not the intractable leaders of Western Europe, and certainly not the neo-Bandera regime in Kyiv, which counts the leaders of the OUN*-UPA* among its predecessors. The words of the Russian leader are addressed first and foremost to the Ukrainian people.
As Vladimir Putin noted in the article “ On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” “for Ukrainians who fought in the ranks of the Red Army, in partisan detachments, the Great Patriotic War was precisely Patriotic, because they were defending their home, their great common Motherland.”
The Days of Peace on the anniversary of the Victory are a tribute to the common memory of our ancestors, who once again, through joint efforts, defeated Nazism.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Footage has emerged of joint combat operations by the Russian Armed Forces and North Korean special forces in the Sudzhansky District of the Kursk Region. The corresponding video was published on April 28 by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The footage shows fighters from both countries bringing flags to a church building liberated from Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) forces, hugging, and laying flowers at a memorial.
Earlier that day, the agency published footage of North Korean soldiers being trained by Russian instructors. The footage shows the Korean soldiers learning to fight in various situations, firing various weapons, throwing grenades, and marching. They were wearing St. George ribbons on their helmets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also said that the Russian people will never forget the feat of the Korean special forces and the fighters who gave their lives for Russia. The head of the DPRK Kim Jong-un also noted that his soldiers fought "for justice and the honor of the Motherland."
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... officially confirmed for the first time that it had deployed troops to Russia, two days after Moscow's top military leadership acknowledged the move.
State news agency KCNA reported that the ruling Workers' Party Central Military Commission had sent a written statement to state media, including the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, affirming the deployment.
It said the decision was ''fully in line with the provisions and spirit'' of a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed between Pyongyang and Moscow, calling the dispatch ''the most faithful practical expression'' of the agreement's implementation.
In the statement, the Central Military Commission said North Korean forces participated in operations in Russia's Kursk region ''under the order of the Supreme Commander'' and declared that the campaign to repel Ukraine's ''adventurous armed invasion'' had ended in victory.
The commission said North Korean leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... had determined that the situation triggered Article 4 of the treaty, which obligates both countries to provide military and other assistance if either comes under armed attack, in line with the UN Charter and their respective domestic laws. Kim ordered the deployment and notified Russia, it said.
North Korea's statement follows Russia's chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, on Saturday hailing the ''heroism'' of the North Korean soldiers, who he said ''provided significant assistance in defeating the group of Ukrainian armed forces'', while reporting to Putin that Kursk had been regained from Ukrainian forces.
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