Video from #Kreminna confirms #LPR and Russian forces are in the town in the #Luhansk Oblast
#Mykolaiv was under heavy Russian MLRS fire again last night
A hospital in #Mykolaiv was hit by Russian shelling according to the head of the regional council
"After attempts by the Russian soldiers to storm #Luhansk Oblast’s cities of Rubizhne and Sievierodonetsk over the past 24 hours, about 130 wounded Russian soldiers were reportedly taken to the local hospital in Novoaydar" - Ukrainian General Staff facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
#US believes #Russia will target routes used for western weapons shipments to #Ukraine. Even if the they were successful in striking those routes, they would be unable to stop the shipments in their entirety. There are simply too many shipments going in - defense official, CNN
#Russia has deployed up to 20,000 mercenaries from Syria, Libya and elsewhere in its new offensive in #Ukraine’s Donbas region, sent into battle with no heavy equipment or armoured vehicles, according to a European official theguardian.com/world/2022/apr…
#Ukraine has reached a preliminary agreement with Russian forces on a humanitarian corridor for civilians from #Mariupol - Ukraine's deputy prime minister
People ask me for evidence like I'm the one claiming it, it's really funny. Afaik there is NO clear evidence of that and i think @NotWoofers e.g. is looking for proof since a while now and also couldn't find it yet.
After Ukrainian troops cleared the surroundings of #Marinka from Russian troops yesterday, Russians are heavily shelling the city today. Multiple high-rise buildings has been badly damaged.
Russian troops are shelling Torezk today
Ukrainian troops on the move with a captured Russian BMP-3 somewhere in Donbas
Pro Russian blogger Valery Kuleshov was killed in his car in #Kherson
Fighting is taking place in Popasna. Russian troops gradually moving deeper and have already captured some high-rise buildings and police buildings. t.me/operativnoZSU/…
Pretty interesting analysis on the pending Russian offensive in Donbas from Igor Girkin. Better read it completely but a super short summary would be, #Russia needs at least a partial mobilization to have a chance to be able to succeed in Dobas.
Five servicemen of the #Donetsk People's Republic were killed during the day, another 14 were injured, according to the DPR People's Militia ria.ru/20220420/pogib…
Up to 60 people in a school in Bilohorivka, #Luhansk Oblast, were killed in a Russian strike. 90 people were hiding in the basement, 30 could be rescued, the rest is still under the rubble.
Aftermath of Russian shelling of #Kramatorsk yesterday
Belarusian army deployed from garrison to the field for exercises. Although this is in line with seasonal exercises this time of the year, #Russia likely seeks to keep up the threat posed to #Ukraine by these exercises in order to fix Ukrainian forces in the north - @DefenceHQ
Ukrainian Operational Command South says Ukrainian military hit two Russian military positions on the Russian occupied Snake Island with a Bayraktar-2 drone
Aftermath of yesterdays Russian strike on a bus stop near the coke and chemical plant in #Avdiivka which killed at least 10 workers
Two Russian Raptor patrol boats were hit by Ukrainian TB-2 drones in the Black Sea yesterday morning, Ukrainian MoD says
Deleted tweet on #US delivery of >additional< 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles to #Ukraine. The statement was incorrect. The Pentagon said that #Ukraine has >so far< received 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles from the US.
#US and other western officials believe Putin may officially declare war on #Ukraine on May 9 and start general mobilization - CNN
#Russia’s military is now significantly weaker, both materially & conceptually, as a result of its invasion of #Ukraine. Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions. This will have a lasting impact on Russia’s ability to deploy conventional military force - via @DefenceHQ