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[Korrespondent] 23.57 On the evening of Sunday, April 5, electricity and water supply were suddenly cut off in residential buildings and enterprises throughout almost the entire occupied part of Donetsk region. Problems with electricity were also recorded in Mariupol, Makiivka, Mirny, Dokuchaevsk and other cities of occupied Donbas. Propaganda media, such as RIA-Novosti, blamed the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the blackout, stating that more than half a million people were left without electricity. At the same time, monitoring channels note that the outages were a result of a strike on the Starobeshivska TPP. In addition to electricity supply, there were water supply disruptions in the region.
19.43 The number of victims in Kharkiv has increased as a result of the Russian drone strike on Kharkiv on April 5. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"An 89-year-old woman in the Shevchenkivskyi district also needed medical attention. As a result of the "arrival", she suffered an acute stress reaction," Sinegubov noted.
The doctors provided the woman with all the necessary assistance.
18.59 The number of people injured in the Russian shelling of a public transport stop in Kherson has increased to six. The Kherson City Council reported this on Sunday, April 5.
"The number of injured has increased as a result of yesterday's hostile shelling of a public transport stop in the Korabelny district. A 48-year-old Kherson resident sought medical help. He has a concussion and an explosive injury," the report noted.
The man was recommended outpatient treatment.
16.59 A Russian jet UAV hit was recorded in Kharkiv, in the Shevchenkivskyi district, there are casualties. This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov.
"There are casualties as a result of the arrival - their number and condition are being clarified," Terekhov noted.
According to him, at least six apartment buildings were damaged by the arrival - windows were broken, roofs were damaged, gas pipelines were cut, and sewage systems were put out of order.
15.28 The Defense Forces destroyed the first satellite communication terminal Spirit-030, which the Russians began using at the front after blocking the Starlink systems. This was reported by the Advisor to the Minister of Defense Sergey Beskrestnov (Flash).
The Olsians began to deliver Spirit-030 satellite terminals to the front. In fact, this is the same satellite Internet terminal, but it is made portable and works with a special geostationary communications satellite, which allows the use of antennas not 90 centimeters in diameter, but 30.
Now the Russians have begun to massively supply such terminals to the front.
Meanwhile, pilots of the 414th Brigade of the SBS Ptachy Magyar first found such a satellite communication terminal and reported its destruction.
14.36 On Sunday night, the Defense Forces struck the port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea and the strategic refinery in the city of Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia). The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
They also managed to hit a warehouse storing Russian aviation equipment in the city of Saki in Crimea.
14.08 The prolonged war between the US and Israel against Iran could further weaken Washington's support for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Associated Press.
"We have to admit that today we are not a priority. Therefore, I fear that a prolonged war (with Iran - ed.) will lead to a decrease in our support," Zelenskyy said.
13:42 One person was killed and another was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a car in the city of Nikopol. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Mykola Lukashuk, on Telegram.
12.06 The Ukrainian army liberated 12 settlements in the Oleksandrivka direction. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, on Facebook.
In total, during the offensive operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine regained control over 480 sq. km of territory in two regions.
10.39 A medical worker was killed as a result of a Russian attack in the Korabelny district of Kherson. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin, in Telegram.
In total, two people died in the Kherson region in the past 24 hours, and 13 more were injured, including one child.
09.51 Over the past 24 hours, communities throughout the Sumy region have come under fire from Russian aggressors. 35 people were injured, including 18 children, the National Police reported.
09.32 In the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, dozens of drones attacked a Lukoil refinery and a CHP plant. Fires broke out, local governor Gleb Nikitin reported on one of the social networks on Sunday morning.
09.01 Over the past 24 hours, 149 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and Russian invaders took place at the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
08.19 On Sunday night, Russian aggressors launched 93 strike drones into Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units destroyed the vast majority of them, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
08.03 As a result of a night attack by Russian strike drones, residential buildings in the Khadzhibeyskyi district of Odessa were damaged. The number of injured has increased to three, the head of the Odessa MVA Serhiy Lysak reported on Telegram.
07.42 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,180 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational report.
The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 2,700 units of Russian equipment, including 61 guns and three MLRS.
06.01 The pace of the Russian army's offensive in March 2026 slowed significantly, reaching its lowest level in more than two years since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. This is evidenced by an analytical report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to experts, in March, Russian forces were able to capture only 23 square kilometers of territory, which is a sharp drop compared to previous months: in January, the Russian Federation advanced by 319 sq. km, and in February - by 123 sq. km. Such a low result has not been recorded since at least September 2023.
04.28 On Sunday morning, April 5, explosions occurred in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as a result of a drone attack. As a result of the incident, a serious fire broke out in the industrial zone of the Lukoil refinery in Kstovo. This was reported by Ukrainian OSINT channels.
02.32 The enemy Russian army carried out an attack on Odessa using drones on the night of Sunday, April 5. The strike injured two people, and in one of the areas, cars and a balcony of a residential building caught fire.
00.51 Russian propaganda media are spreading information about the alleged "capture" of the village of Boykove in Zaporizhia region. However, this statement is not true, the 33rd separate assault regiment of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assured. The soldiers emphasized that the settlement remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, noting that the enemy continues to spread false information, seeks to sow panic and mislead society.
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[NewsFront] 21:25 Another enemy mortar was destroyed in the Khar'kov border area, video. 20:14 Our FPV drone operators are in the objective control footage destroy dome camera of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, electronic warfare and reconnaissance stations "Plastun" in various areas of the Khar'kov and Sumy regions.
20:12 Published footage of a strike by four FAB-500 rockets from the Russian Aerospace Forces on a Ukrainian Armed Forces firing position near the village of Vesyole in the Khar'kov region.
19:47 UAV operators of the Vostok grouptorn offrotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units, and also shot down enemy aircraft-type drones in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group eliminated enemy equipment and manpower in the Dobropillya direction.
19:13 Drones attacked a gas production facility in the Poltava region overnight, which had already been shelled the day before, the company reported. video.
18:28 Allies ask Ukraine to stop attacks on oil refineries in Russia. This was reported by the head of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office.
"Let's answer this diplomatically. We're receiving certain signals on this matter," he replied to journalists' questions without providing further details.
17:33 Information on the downing of all types of enemy UAVs in the Belgorod region by the BARS-Belgorod and Orlan units
From 7:00 a.m. on April 4 to 7:00 a.m. on April 5, 51 drones were destroyed.
The following were shot down with small arms fire:
— Belgorod District: 1 FPV drone;
— Valuysky District: 2 FPV drones;
— Veydelevsky District: 1 fixed-wing UAV with an internal combustion engine and 1 fixed-wing UAV;
— Krasnoyarsk District: 1 FPV drone;
— Graivoronsky District: 4 FPV drones;
— Rovensky District: 1 fixed-wing UAV with an internal combustion engine;
— Shebekinsky District: 5 FPV drones.
Suppressed by electronic warfare through the joint efforts of the ORLAN unit and self-defense fighters:
- Shebekinsky District: 5 FPV drones.
16:03 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 5, 2026
Units of the "North" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and three territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Ochkino, Novodmitrovka, Miropolye, Peschanoye, Pokrovka, and Yastrebshchyna in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of two heavy mechanized brigades, two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye, Pokalyane, Staritsa, Nesternoye, Ternovaya, Ambarnoye, Mala Danilovka, and Podsrednee in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, 17 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and six warehouses of supplies and fuel.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Nechvolodovka, Blagodatovka, and Borovaya in the Khar'kov region, and Stary Karavan, Shchurovo, Krasny Liman, and Yatskovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 180 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, three combat armored vehicles, 17 vehicles, two NATO-made field artillery guns, a radio-electronic reconnaissance station, and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and the security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Slavyansk, Verolyubovka, Piskunovka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 150 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two Cossack armored fighting vehicles, 19 vehicles, and five field artillery pieces, including two Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery mounts. Three electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery radar, and two ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger, an airborne, and an airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Dobropillya, Rubizhne, Kucherov Yar, Grishino, Sergeyevka, Annovka, Novy Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 355 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, six armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, including a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit, and six vehicles. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Bogodarovka, Velykomykhaylovka, Dobropasovo, Lesnoye, and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Kopani, Novoselivka, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 285 servicemen, two tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade and the unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and the city of Kherson.
More than 45 military personnel, 16 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots and a fuel depot were destroyed.
15:38 In the period from 08:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
15:05 Donbass Dome system in a week prevented 240 terrorist attacks by the enemy. 195 drones were destroyed over Donetsk and Makiivka, and 45 over Horlivka.
14:07 In Belgorod, a Ukrainian Armed Forces dronehiton the territory of the production facility. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.
The tank and glazing of the administrative building were damaged.
13:39 2,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers unfit for service revealed during the inspection of one of the parts
The investigation is still ongoing, reports Ukrainian Military Ombudsman Reshetilova.
"We need to fully investigate how this happened and at what stage this widespread violation occurred. Was it the TCC, VVK stage, or was it the military unit, or was the decision made somewhere higher up?" she explained.
13:03 The Investigative Committee of Russia willinvestigateCrimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces that resulted in the death and injury of civilians in Russian regions
According to reports from the executive authorities, in the village of Mykhailivka in the Kremensky District of the Luhansk People's Republic, a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike resulted in a fire in a private home, killing three civilians, one of whom was a minor.
In the Belgorod region, four people, including a minor, were injured as a result of attacks by enemy drones.
A civilian was killed in a drone attack in Sevsk, Bryansk Oblast.
Five women were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike drone in Donetsk.
12:43 Scouts of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Guards "North" opened the exact location of another enemy mortar in the area of the village of Volchanskiye Khutora, where fierce firefights continue today.
12:26 Operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupsinflicteddamage to the infrastructure of military airfields, aircraft-type UAV assembly plants, fuel and energy complex facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 148 districts.
11:33 Severyan scouts in the area of Stary Saltov opened camouflaged position of an enemy tank.
UAV operators from the 6th Army of the Northern Guard worked on the target, hitting a T-64BV tank with fiber-optic drones.
10:37 Our reconnaissance on the right bank of the Dnieper spotted movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel
The crew of a 152mm Giatsint-B gun from the 49th Army of the Dnepr Force Group performed flawlessly: three targeting fires, and the fourth scored a direct hit. The UAV control center and the anti-aircraft gun with its personnel were destroyed.
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/05/26
Zaporizhzhya Front.
Counter battles continue in the area of Stepnogorsk and Primorskoye.
Fighting is ongoing northwest of Mirny in the Gulyai-Polye direction. Russian forces are repelling enemy counterattacks near Charivny.
Further up the front, the situation along the Bratskoye-Tikhoye line is tense.
Donetsk Front.
In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, fighting is ongoing near Sergeyevka and in the Novooleksandrivka-Vasylivka sector.
In the Dobropillya direction, there is an advance along the railway between Novy Donbas and Belitske.
Fighting continues in Belitske.
In the Konstantinovka direction, Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the southern outskirts of Dolgaya Balka. Konstantinovka is being attacked from Ilyinovka, and the southwestern side of the city is being advanced from Aleksandro-Shultino. Fighting continues in the city center.
On the western outskirts of Chasov Yar, Russian Armed Forces are repelling enemy counterattacks.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, fighting continues along the previous lines. In the Seversk direction, Russian forces are advancing toward Rai-Aleksandrovka.
There are gains in Lipovka.
Russian troops are expanding their control zone in the Reznikovka and Kaleniky areas.
Khar'kov Front:
On the Kupyansk front, successes are reported east of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.
Positional battles are ongoing in Kupyansk itself.
On the Boguslav front, Russian forces are advancing near Borovaya.
In the Volchansk sector, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Verkhnyaya Pisarevka toward Losevka and Bugayevka.
Fighting continues east of Volchanskiye Khutors near Bochkovo and Okhrimovka.
The Russian Armed Forces' Sumy Front is conducting an offensive in several sectors.
It is reported that Russian forces are advancing toward Ryasnoye and the Novodmitrovka area.
9:26 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 48 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on April 4 and 7:00 AM on April 5. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 34 times. Drones attacked our territory 18 times with explosive devices.
9:03 During the past night, from 22:00 Moscow time on April 4 to 8:00 Moscow time on April 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 87 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Tambov, Kaluga, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Tver, Leningrad regions, the Republics of Mordovia and Crimea.
8:39 In the village of Zamostye, Graivoron district, an enemy drone attacked an armored minibus designed to transport civilians to work.
Seven people were injured. A woman and four men with shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies were evacuated by BARS-Belgorod and self-defense forces and taken to the Graivoron Central Regional Hospital. One of the injured is in serious condition and will be transferred to the regional clinical hospital after stabilization. Two more men with a preliminary diagnosis of barotrauma were taken to the hospital by ambulance. They are currently undergoing examination.
8:03 152mm Giatsint-B crew destroyed temporary deployment point and "nest" for Ukrainian Armed Forces drone operators in the Kherson region.
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[Regnum] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are facing a critical shortage of missiles for the American Patriot air defense systems. This was announced on April 5 by Colonel Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force command.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Ignat: Ukraine is running out of missiles for its Patriot air defense systems.
"We're running low on Patriot missiles. We survived this difficult winter thanks to Patriot missiles. We're constantly asking for more. If we run out of these desperately needed missiles, we'll be left with nothing," Ignat lamented in an interview with The Times.
To illustrate the scale of the problem, Ignat showed journalists a video recording of one of the launchers. The footage shows the system's eight launch containers, only two of which were loaded with missiles.
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[Regnum] A dry cargo ship carrying wheat that sank in the Sea of Azov was attacked by a Ukrainian drone. Kherson Oblast Governor Volodymyr Saldo reported this on April 5.
"It has become known that the Volgo-Balt vessel's sinking in the Sea of Azov was caused by a terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime. Two days ago, on April 3, 2026, the ship, carrying wheat, was attacked by a Ukrainian drone," he wrote on Telegram.
Saldo clarified that the crew abandoned ship. The sailors only reached shore in the Kherson region on April 5 and made contact. The captain was hospitalized, and the others also received medical attention.
Earlier, nine sailors from a sunken vessel were found on the shore of the Sea of Azov. Saldo reported that the dry cargo ship's first mate had died. Two other people are also missing, and the search for them is ongoing.
President Vladimir Putin previously noted that Ukrainian military forces are deliberately targeting civilians in Russian regions. They are also attempting to strike civilian targets and vehicles, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. The head of state described such methods as terrorist.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Kaspersky on Roskomnadzor, Sberbank, and blocking. I spoke with A.Yu. Lipov, head of Roskomnadzor, regarding my morning post about yesterday's banking outage. Andrey Yuryevich explained in detail, with examples, why yesterday's outage was not caused specifically by Roskomnadzor. He also explained what Sberbank scenario led to the outages.
Sberbank also confirms in its statements that this was a failure of its internal systems, for example: And since Sberbank is a systemically important bank and other banks are heavily dependent on its infrastructure, its outage led to outages at several other banks, as well as in the Fast Payment System. However, many news reports on this topic speculate that blocking the bank's clients' VPNs may have been the cause of the initial outage.
What do I want to say here? First, I'd like to apologize to the esteemed agency for my hasty conclusions. Secondly, it's important to note that citizens desperately need direct communication with the government—with the agencies that make or implement blocking decisions. Neither the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, or Roskomnadzor have issued public explanations of what happened.
Sberbank's explanations are very terse and closed, making it impossible to understand what happened. Thirdly, the outage coincided with the minister's statements regarding VPN blocking. Therefore, I'm not the only one who has drawn a logical connection between these events.
Clearly, Roskomnadzor is the implementing agency. And it's quite possible that it doesn't have the mandate to make independent political statements. Therefore, these statements should be made by representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, or the government.
People need to be given an explanation of what's happening. Otherwise, there will inevitably be speculation, scary rumors, and a barrage of the worst assumptions. Which is precisely what happened. Unfortunately, dialogue between all IT communities and the relevant ministry has been completely absent lately.
All dialogue boils down to the demand, "Keep quiet, and most importantly, don't publish anything." And the technical decisions being made sometimes downright shock me, and I want at least an explanation. The full name of the relevant IT ministry is the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. I'd like to see more connection with the public and more communication. (c) Natalya Kasperskaya
Basically, yesterday it wasn't Roskomnadzor, but Sberbank, that took down some services. It's fair to say that if many things had been explained clearly, many problems simply wouldn't have arisen.
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