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[Korrespondent] 22:46 The Office of the British Prime Minister clarified that during today's conversation with Zelensky, Johnson promised that armored vehicles would be sent to the Ukrainian military in the coming days.
22:43 Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich came to Kiev to try to resume the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia, Bloomberg writes, citing its sources. According to the publication, he met with members of the Ukrainian negotiating group and discussed possible ways to resume negotiations.
22:29 Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleg Sinegubov urged to evacuate from Lozovaya and Barvenkovo, around which there are fights. At the same time, there is no reason to leave Kharkiv, he said.
21:40 Zelensky did not rule out the possibility of a nuclear strike from Russia: "We don't have to wait from Russia when it will use nuclear weapons, the world needs to prepare for this. Prepare in different ways, not only antidotes or bomb shelters. You need to speak with them, sign them paper, clamp them down so that they don't even think about it. They can use any weapon, I'm sure of it, and you can't trust them."
21:37 According to the UN, in Mariupol more than 100,000 civilians suffer from lack of food, water and lack of heating. "This is a catastrophic situation: people are dying of hunger," said the head of the World Food Program David Beasley. He stressed that the Russian military did not let UN representatives into the city.
21:33 From Izyum, Kharkiv region, Russian invaders, in cooperation with local collaborators, organized the forced deportation of more than 50 citizens, said the head of the Department of Youth, Sports and Image Projects of the Izyum City Council Maxim Strelnik.
According to him, people refused to leave voluntarily even with complete informational isolation and disinformation from the invaders about the "fall" of Kyiv and Kharkov. Local residents were offered to leave for Russia on their own, but the vast majority refused to leave even despite the constant threat of shelling.
Earlier, the RF Ministry of Defense reported that it had taken to the Belgorod region "the first batch of refugees from Izyum" in the amount of about 100 people.
21:28 The destroyed bridge in the village of Romanovka near Irpen can become part of the memorial, Zelensky said. According to him, he has already received a draft memorial, which should convey the atmosphere of horror that prevailed during the evacuation from the occupied Irpen, Bucha and neighboring towns and villages. The bridge across the Irpin River actually stopped the Russian offensive against Kyiv.
21:23 Russian troops shelled Kharkiv again tonight. One person died, two were injured, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
21:12 On Saturday, April 16, power was resumed at one of Energoatom's nuclear facilities - the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the company's press service reported. Began setting up equipment and instruments for its normal operation.
21:10 The Cabinet of Ministers allocated almost 1.3 billion hryvnias from the state budget reserve fund to the Ministry of Economy for payments by the Fund of compulsory state social insurance in case of unemployment.
21:07 The Georgian delegation visited Bucha and Irpen. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili noted that everything he saw proves an act of Russian aggression against Ukraine and recalls the events in Georgia.
21:05 The mayor of Trostyanets Yuriy Bova said that after the Russian military visited the Sumy region, the remains of chemical weapons were found in the village of Belka. According to him, it was "sarin and other substances."
"They found ampoules. Currently, the Security Service of Ukraine is engaged in this. Perhaps the occupiers wanted to hit this chemical either in Kiev, or in Poltava, or in other cities," Bova said.
20:53 Zelensky spoke with Johnson. The British prime minister said on Twitter that he "informed his friend about the further military assistance that we will provide to Ukraine in the coming days."
"The UK will stop at nothing to ensure Ukrainians have the resources they need to defend their country against the ongoing Russian offensive," Johnson wrote.
20:46 France froze 41 properties in connection with anti-Russian sanctions and estimated them at $620 million, but in fact, the value of the property is approaching a billion dollars, writes Forbes.
20:44 Washington is concerned that the Ukrainian army is quickly running out of ammunition, especially artillery shells, and therefore is speeding up deliveries, CNN writes, citing an unnamed senior Biden administration official. The intensification of the offensive of Russian troops in the Donbas, according to the official, is expected in the near future.
20:33 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the entire urban area of Mariupol was cleared of Ukrainian troops, "the remnants of the group are blocked at Azovstal."
The department also assures that "the irretrievable losses of the Ukrainian army, the National Guard and mercenaries amount to 23,367 people." In Mariupol alone, "the losses of the Ukrainian group amounted to more than 4,000 people," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
20:31 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy met with the crew of the cruiser Moskva in Sevastopol.
20:29 Vereshchuk said that on April 16, 1,449 people were evacuated. Including from Mariupol and Berdyansk, 1,381 people arrived in Zaporozhye on their own transport, of which 170 were from Mariupol.
20:26 Oksana Marchenko, in an address to Putin, said that her husband Medvedchuk agreed to the exchange and extradition of him to Russia if Kiev and Moscow reach the relevant agreements.
20:20 According to the State Border Service, from April 2 to April 15, about 400,000 people entered Ukraine from the western side, more than 500,000 people left. The border guards note that the increase in the flow is due to the return to Ukraine for the Easter holidays of those who work or study abroad. Evacuated Ukrainians also return to visit relatives or their homes.
20:09 Zelensky said that Abramovich is not a neutral participant in the negotiations between Kiev and Moscow, but represents Russia: “I don’t think that anyone on the Russian side has a neutral position. I think that their diplomats and businessmen are defending the Russian side only their own interests. Our interests cannot coincide."
At the same time, the president considers Abramovich's participation useful because it can balance the position of Moscow, whose delegation is dominated by supporters of the "destruction of the Ukrainian people." In addition, the oligarch represents the economic bloc in the delegation, consisting of the military and diplomats.
19:58 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assumes that the enemy will continue assault operations along the entire line of confrontation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, concentrating efforts on capturing Popasna, Rubizhne, Mariupol, as well as at the exit to the Ugledar and Marinka regions. It will also prepare for an offensive on the Kurakhovsky and Avdeevsky directions.
At the same time, there is a decrease in the level of the moral and psychological state of the units of the 1st Army Corps operating in the Donetsk direction. This is due to the heavy losses of units, the replenishment of which occurred at the expense of the mobilized.
19:52 According to the General Staff, the main efforts of the invaders in the Izyum direction are focused on holding occupied lines and positions in the area of the settlements of Dry Kamenka, Suligovka, Brazhkovka, Malaya Kamyshevakha and Andreevka. To strengthen the grouping, units from the 106th Airborne Division were moved from the territory of Russia. After the creation of the strike force and the formation of reserves, the enemy will try to resume the offensive in the direction of Barvenkovo and Slavyansk.
19:47 Due to the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation has postponed the rotation of units of the 68th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District in Syria, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The General Staff also reported that the military registration and enlistment offices of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces are agitating those in the reserve who are liable for military service to sign short-term contracts from three months to one year.
19:35 The Turn Back Alive Foundation reports that "unknown patriots successfully corrected the fire on the occupiers in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region - the entire personnel of the Russians, who unloaded 10 wagons with ammunition, was eliminated."
19:26 In the Pavlograd district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, explosives experts defused the warhead of the 9M79-1 Tochka-U missile. According to the State Emergency Service, pyrotechnicians destroyed the remains of a rocket near the villages of Bogdanovka and Boguslav.
19:20 The Lychakiv court in Lvov changed the preventive measure for Medvedchuk: he was arrested without bail. The court session was held via videoconference. The defense may appeal this decision.
18:54 The pseudo-referendum in Kherson is planned from May 1 to May 10. During this period, they intend to close the city for entry and exit and turn off all communications , Denisova said. According to her information, ballot papers for the "referendum" are being printed in the printing house of Nova Kakhovka. Obviously, all protocols on the results of the "voting" will be prepared in advance and brought to the regional center.
18:47 According to the official data of the Ministry of Health, as of April 16, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 341 children were treated in healthcare institutions. Of these, 174 continue treatment, 150 have been discharged, five have died. 93% of hospitalized children received mine-explosive or gunshot wounds. 12 children lost limbs.
18:40 Zelensky said that Ukraine does not receive enough weapons from Western partners, although recently the rhetoric of some countries on the supply of weapons has "warmed up". According to him, deliveries take 2-3 weeks from the moment when a decision to provide weapons to Kiev is announced in some country.
18:37 Zelensky again said that Ukraine is ready to exchange Medvedchuk - "for the Ukrainian military or what Russia can offer." “It seems to me that we publicly and not very publicly transmitted these signals. If they are interested, they will respond,” the president said.
18:19 The Russians fired at Kharkiv today with a Caliber cruise missile. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, as a result of the shelling of the Sloboda and Osnovyansky districts, two civilians were killed and 18 more were injured. Damaged and destroyed houses, cars, market and shops.
17:50 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that the actions of the occupiers in Mariupol are by all indications a genocide of Ukrainians: the local population is subjected to filtration, intimidation, torture, labor service is introduced in the city.
17:41 Medvedchuk's wife turned to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with a request for help in the exchange of British prisoners for her husband.
17:36 Zelensky believes that a peace treaty with the Russian Federation could consist of two separate documents - one on security guarantees for Ukraine, the second on relations with Moscow. According to him, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Turkey demonstrate their readiness to become security guarantors, but there is still no final answer from anyone.
The "first circle of conversation" is planned in the format for five - Britain, the USA, Germany, France and Poland. Then other countries will join. “So far, I have not received confirmation from others. But there are complex questions about what we want and what we are ready to provide,” the president explained.
He also expressed his conviction that Ukraine would not have problems with weapons or sanctions against Russia from guarantors in the event of a new attack by the Russian Federation, but there would be issues with a "military component."
17:27 More than 10,000 rescue volunteers have already registered on the website of the State Emergency Service to help rebuild the country. Volunteers are now working in the Kiev region, in particular, in places where the territories have been cleared of mines. Basically, this is search work, cleaning the streets from building materials, and removing rubble.
17:23 Russia has sent a note to the Czech Republic warning that Prague cannot supply Soviet-made weapons to third countries without its consent, České noviny reports.
In response, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said: “The Foreign Ministry has not responded and will not respond to this note, given that it is factual nonsense and that there is no military equipment re-export clause. This is another way for Russia to use lies to demand from us stop supporting Ukraine."
17:18 Zelensky said that the destruction of Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol would put an end to negotiations with Russia.
"Mariupol - it can be like ten Borodyanka, and I want to say that the destruction of our military, our guys will put an end to all negotiations. A dead end - because we do not trade territories and our people. And the more Borodyanka there are, the more difficult it will be," the president explained.
17:16 Zelensky spoke about Mariupol: "The situation is very difficult. Our military is blocked, the wounded are blocked. There is a humanitarian crisis, there is no food, no water, no medicines. Nevertheless, the guys are defending themselves. And gratitude alone is not enough, so negotiations continue. Trust to the negotiators on Mariupol, to be honest, no."
According to the president, Russia has refused to open humanitarian corridors even for women and children. He also assured that the authorities "are in touch with the guys at the blocked plant," the conversations are "at different levels." Zelensky stressed that the Azov people are already heroes, and "no one would forbid them to take certain steps."
"What can save Mariupol? This is powerful weapons that must be provided as soon as possible. The second is a matter of negotiations," the head of state said. He noted that the ceasefire is very necessary to take away the wounded, but Russia instead offers to surrender. Zelensky did not rule out that there could be Ilovaisk in Mariupol.
16:55 In Lisichansk, the Russians fired on eight grain vans, Gaidai said. According to him, they shot there deliberately, with powerful weapons, there was a gunner. Three vans caught fire, but they were saved and the others were kept safe.
16:51 The Russians thwarted the evacuation from Lisichansk by opening fire on the city center during the "silence regime", said the head of the Luhansk OVA Sergei Gaidai. According to him, only one person was taken out. More than 70 people were evacuated from other cities of the Luhansk region, including 42 from Severodonetsk.
16:40 UAH 200 billion of Russian and Belarusian companies were found in Ukrainian banks, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said. According to him, if banks heed the recommendations of the National Police and the National Bank, this money will not be allowed to be paid on the territory of Russia, but will be used to strengthen the combat capability of Ukraine.
16:37 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged Finland and Sweden not to delay in applying for NATO membership.
16:32 Podolyak said that the European Union does not give Ukraine the weapons that Kiev asks for, moreover, these weapons travel too long. "This game can be played for a long time, but it is definitely not democracy that benefits from it. Ukraine needs weapons. Not in a month. Now," he wrote.
16:29 Washington does not exclude that Russia may soon launch a new offensive, since Ukraine has practically used up its stock of artillery shells, NBC reports, citing US officials.
Last week, the White House announced the shipment of 40,000 artillery shells and 18 155mm howitzers to Ukraine. But given that the Ukrainian military uses thousands of shells a day, those 40,000 are only enough for a week, the unnamed official explained.
According to the US, the Russian Federation may begin to transfer part of its forces back to Ukraine as early as this weekend or early next week.
16:26 As a result of shelling by Russian troops of Akhtyrka, Sumy region, almost all the houses in the city turned out to be uninhabitable, Mayor Pavel Kuzmenko said. According to him, 25-30% were damaged by direct shelling, and in 70-75% of houses, batteries and water supply pipes froze due to lack of heat supply.
16:17 The monitoring group of the Belarusian Gayun project received evidence of the use of Tochka-U tactical missile systems by the Russian Armed Forces, which allegedly are not in service with the Russian army.
The publication published an intercept of the negotiations of the Russian Aerospace Forces, from which it is clear that on March 18, 2022, two Russian An-124s arrived at the airfield in Machulishchi. One of them brought three Tochka-U fuel dispensers to Belarus. The information is confirmed by a video showing Tochki-U leaving the military airfield in Machulishchi that day.
16:13 The BBC Russian service showed footage taken by Reuters journalists on April 15 near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Many dead people lie right on the street.
16:07 Russian media report that in St. Petersburg on April 16 they said goodbye to the deputy commander of the 8th Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Vladimir Frolov, who died in Ukraine.
15:58 Asian countries are refusing Russian coal. The only market that the Russian Federation can still conditionally rely on is India. But here, too, demand will depend on the price and discount that Russia is ready to provide, writes Reuters.
15:51 According to Ukrainian intelligence, Eduard Basurin, "deputy commander" of the "DPR Ministry of Defense" corps, after talking with FSB officers, was taken to an unknown direction. The massacre against him is associated with a careless statement that revealed Russia's plans to use chemical weapons against the Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense writes that repressions continue against the commanders of the Russian army, who "did not justify the high confidence" of the leadership of the Russian Federation and in fact failed tasks in Ukraine.
Another example - from April 24 to March 2, a commission from the Russian Federation worked in the occupied Gorlovka, which was supposed to identify the reasons for the shortage of the 3rd separate motorized rifle brigade of the occupying troops. According to the reports of the commanders, the 3rd Motorized Rifle Brigade was 100% manned before the start of the war, and after the outbreak of hostilities, it turned out that the actual presence of military personnel amounted to about 55% of the staff list.
After establishing the facts of discrepancies, two battalion commanders were taken under arrest and taken away in an unknown direction by civilians (probably FSB officers). Their further fate is unknown.
15:34 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova reports that the "authorities" of the "LDNR" are mobilizing children from the age of 16 who participated in the so-called "patriotic clubs". Among the teenagers there are already dead.
According to human rights activists, propaganda and military exercises among children have been held in ORDLO for more than a year. Since 2017, the self-proclaimed republics have been training "graduates" who are ready to take up arms.
15:30 From Sunday, April 17, Italy stops letting Russian ships into its ports. According to the Italian press, the ban will also apply to ships that have changed flags after 24 February.
15:07 In Lviv, more than 30 streets named after Russian figures are planned to be renamed by the City Day, which is celebrated on May 7, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. He said that a special commission had already been created for this, since it is necessary to rename wisely, "not so that in 5-10 years something will change again, but so that it will be for the next 100 years."
14:59 The mayor of Lozovoy Kharkiv region asks local residents to urgently evacuate. Recently, rocket and air strikes have been carried out on the city.
14:45 Russian troops will intensify hostilities and try to resume the offensive in order to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region, OK Pivden is convinced. There is also the threat of cruise missile strikes from Russian warships stationed in the Black Sea.
14:42 The Georgian parliamentary delegation arrived in Ukraine, the head of the delegation, speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Twitter.
14:40 The head of the coordinating press center of the security and defense forces of southern Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, confirmed that there was a storm on the day the cruiser Moskva sank. According to her, due to weather conditions, the Russian navy was unable to carry out the evacuation, as a result, almost all crew members died.
"We watched how other ships tried to help, but even the forces of nature were on the side of Ukraine, because the storm did not allow a calm rescue operation, to evacuate the crew," she said.
14:35 The Russians once again fired at the Lisichansk oil refinery, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. The strike was inflicted in the morning, firefighters are still extinguishing a fire on an area of 5000 square meters. There was no fuel at the plant, the Russians are shelling it in order to deplete the State Emergency Service. Burning oil sludge.
14:31 As a result of a missile attack on one of the central districts of Kharkiv, 18 civilians were injured, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:22 The Russian occupiers did not let through humanitarian aid for the residents of Energodar. The column was deployed at a checkpoint in Vasilievka, Energoatom reports.
It is also reported that the stele at the entrance to Energodar has been repainted in the colors of the Russian flag.
14:20 According to the UN satellite center Unosat, more than a thousand buildings were damaged in Irpen: 115 were completely destroyed, 698 were significantly damaged, 187 were partially damaged. This is 71 percent of the city.
14:07 Another group of Rosatom employees arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP, headed by Andrey Gorbunov, chief engineer of the Rostov NPP. They arrived to replace the previous brigade, Energoatom said.
“Energoatom employees reacted briefly and emotionally to this fact: Gorbunov, Likhachev (CEO of Rosatom) and others like them sent for the Russian ship Moscow - so far intact,” the report says.
13:59 The occupying "authorities" of Kherson are trying to convince local residents that Russia's crimes in Ukraine are committed for the benefit of the people, and "the armed forces of the Russian Federation are not at war with the Ukrainian people." They are trying to be convinced that the war began because of "Western plans" to destroy the Russian and Ukrainian peoples. And the war itself is called "an operation to eliminate the anti-people Kiev regime."
Leaflets of the corresponding content are distributed in Kherson by the occupiers, according to Ukrainian intelligence. They blame the Russian aggression on the Ukrainians themselves and the government they have elected - the "Kyiv regime". It is also alleged that "the Russian army does not fight Ukrainian soldiers and does not fire at civilians."
13:40 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "high-precision long-range air-based weapons destroyed the production buildings of an armored plant in Kiev and a workshop for repairing military equipment in Nikolaev."
13:37 In Borodyanka, Kiev region, the first modular houses have been installed for the employees of the State Emergency Service and volunteers who are clearing the rubble after the Russian occupiers were expelled from the city.
Previously, 18 such structures were provided to the Transcarpathian OVA by former New York State Governor George Pataki during his visit, but at the request of the OP, 15 houses ended up in the Kiev region, which suffered as a result of Russian aggression. A power point was also installed, Yermak said.
The first modular houses for rescuers and volunteers were installed in Borodyanka
13:32 In the Darnitsky district of Kiev, as a result of morning shelling, one person died and several were hospitalized, Klitschko said on the air of the telethon.
13:26 Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko reported on British citizens who were captured by the militants of the "DPR" and the Russian Federation and turned to London with a call to exchange them for her husband.
13:22 Director of the Department of Transport and Communications of the Mariupol City Council Vasily Klat told why people could not be taken out of the city. According to him, after March 2, heavy shelling began, and buses began to prepare for the evacuation of people. But the Russian side did not allow this to be done, the buses were shot at the depot one after another, they did not give a regime of silence.
In addition, as it turned out, Mariupol deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life were involved in the disruption of the evacuation. They helped the occupiers destroy all vehicles to save people.
13:16 As a result of a missile attack by Russians on one of the villages in the Poltava region, a farm was damaged, a watchman died, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
13:14 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, calls on residents to evacuate from the region and thereby help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the confrontation with the Russian occupiers.
13:02 Putin signed the law on fines for identifying the USSR and Nazi Germany - violators face from 2 to 50,000 rubles or arrest for 15 days for the first violation.
12:58 Russia has banned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and 13 ministers, including Theresa May, from entering its territory. This decision was made "in connection with the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, including the imposition of sanctions against senior Russian officials."
12:40 Professional firefighters and rescuers from the USA, Australia, Germany and Poland arrived in Ukraine to help Ukrainian colleagues in eliminating the consequences of the war in de-occupied cities and villages. From today, they have started work in Borodyanka, Kiev region, the State Emergency Service reports.
12:36 The amount of charitable assistance received for Ukraine from citizens and corporations from around the world has reached almost 924 million dollars, the funds continue to come in, the Office of the President said.
12:14 About 700 Ukrainian military and more than a thousand civilians are currently in Russian captivity, Vereshchuk said. According to her, the Ukrainian side also has about 700 Russian prisoners of war.
11:35 According to international law, the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine does not mean entry into the war against Russia, since Kiev is waging a permitted defensive war, said German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann.
11:32 Romania from Sunday, April 17, prohibits ships flying the Russian flag from entering their ports.
11:30 Electricity tariffs for the population in Ukraine will not be increased for at least six months, Zelensky said.
11:27 In Mariupol, from Monday, April 18, the invaders plan to finally close the city for entry and exit for everyone. In addition, there will be a ban on movement around the districts for a week. During this time, 100 percent of the men remaining in the city will be filtered, for this they will be moved to Novoazovsk, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
According to him, they plan to mobilize some people, send some to clear the rubble, and isolate those who are considered "unreliable". Andryushchenko suggests that the Russians want to keep only women and men in the city to serve certain needs. According to him, the filtration procedure has already gained maximum momentum.
In the filtration camps, after interrogations, checking gadgets and physical examinations, all men are forced to stage executions. Those who do not pass the filtration (this is 5-10%) are taken to Dokuchaevsk and Donetsk. Their further fate is unknown.
11:22 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 16:
- personnel - about 20,100 people,
- tanks - 762,
- armored combat vehicles - 1982,
- artillery systems - 371,
- MLRS - 125,
- air defense systems - 66,
- aircraft - 163,
- helicopters - 145,
- automotive equipment - 1458,
- ships/boats - 8,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 138,
- Special equipment - 26,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
11:18 Germany will not limit the number of accepted Ukrainian refugees, said Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Volker Wissing.
11:16 Russian troops are ready for an offensive in the Donbass, says the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russian offensive may begin simultaneously in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. At present, the Russians have intensified shelling of peaceful cities, and Popasnaya and Rubizhne are already similar to Mariupol in terms of the level of destruction.
11:01 At least 824 new graves have been found on satellite images of Kherson, which appeared in the city cemetery from February 28 to April 15, the London-based human rights organization Center for Information Sustainability (CIR) said.
10:56 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that Russian troops are now looking for weaknesses in the Ukrainian defense to launch a full-scale offensive in the Donbass. They are also restocking equipment, personnel, provisions and preparing medical infrastructure to help the wounded.
10:43 In Kherson, the invaders launched a TV channel where they talk about "biological weapons" in Ukraine, local media report.
10:17 On the morning of April 16, the invaders attacked the Lviv region from Su-35 aircraft. Subdivisions of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Zahid air command destroyed four cruise missiles.
10:12 Nine humanitarian corridors agreed on April 16:
Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Energodar - Zaporozhye (by own transport). Due to weather conditions, evacuation buses still cannot travel along this route - the road on the route section between Zaporozhye and Vasylivka is washed out.
Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya, Gornoye, Rubizhnoye - Bakhmut.
09:57 The Dnipropetrovsk region was fired twice, a poultry farm was destroyed, the head of the Regional State Administration Reznichenko said.
09:37 Ukraine has been asking the United States for anti-ship missiles and other weapons for coastal defense for several weeks now. According to The New York Times, citing US officials, the US ended up adding such weapons to an $800 million military aid package.
09:30 The Russian authorities announced that they began to export Ukrainians from Izyum, Kharkiv region, to the territory of the Russian Federation. As the Russian media write, the RF Ministry of Defense "has taken out the first batch of refugees from Izyum in the Kharkov region - about 100 people, the destination is the Belgorod region."
09:27 Since the beginning of the invasion, 200 children have died at the hands of the Russian invaders, more than 360 have been injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
09:18 British intelligence reported that damage to the transport infrastructure of Ukraine is currently a serious problem for the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas previously besieged by Russia. Russian troops exacerbated the problem by destroying bridges, using anti-personnel mines and leaving vehicles on key routes as they left northern Ukraine.
09:11 Prime Minister Denis Shmihal, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko and NBU Governor Kirill Shevchenko will visit Washington next week, Reuters reports. Ukrainian officials will arrive during the spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.
09:07 Klitschko said that the enemy had fired at the Darnitsky district of Kiev this morning. Medics and rescuers are working at the scene, information about the victims is being specified. Also, the mayor again urged not to return to the capital yet.
08:44 Britain returned military instructors to Ukraine: SAS special forces for the first time since the beginning of the war again began to train Ukrainians on the territory of Kiev, writes The Times.
08:31 A procession with the participation of a Ukrainian and a Russian woman took place in the Roman Colosseum, Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andriy Yurash said.
08:16 As a result of a missile attack on one of the villages near Poltava on the evening of April 15, one person was killed, another was injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
08:03 As a result of night shelling of the Luhansk region, one person was killed, three were injured, gas pipelines in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk were broken, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
07:42 An increased level of threat of the use of missile weapons by the occupiers at the facilities of the military-industrial complex and logistics infrastructure throughout the country remains, the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says .
06:32 During their retreat from the Kiev region, the Russian invaders left a huge amount of stretch marks, explosives, mines and grenades, which pose a great danger to local residents. The Ministry of Internal Affairs asks citizens to be careful and not to visit areas that have not been explored by experts.
06:06 Borrell said that the European Union will accelerate the provision of the necessary support to Ukraine. He also urged EU countries to provide weapons to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to intensify the Russian military campaign.
04:27 Between 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian servicemen died in the war, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN. Up to 10,000 people were injured, he said.
03:27 The Russian military launched a missile attack on the infrastructure of the Alexandria airfield in the Kirovograd region, the mayor of the city said.
01:13 The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it had sent a note to the United States on the supply of weapons to Ukraine - according to Zakharova, a similar note was sent "to all countries." Moscow accuses the West of violating "hard principles" of transferring weapons to conflict zones and of ignoring "the threat of high-precision weapons falling into the hands of radical nationalists, extremists and bandit formations in Ukraine."
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