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…
#Luhansk Oblast Governor says Russian forces fired on Zolote, killing at least two people and injuring four. Russian forces also hit the recently rebuilt sports complex “Olympus”.
Picture from #Lviv shows a fire close to the railway line after Russian strikes this morning (released by Ukrainian national railway)
#Luhansk Oblast Governor says Russian troops entered Kreminna overnight, making evacuation planned for today impossible. Yesterday sources reported a Ukrainian push west / north-west of Kreminna (green arrow).
#Russia's defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in #Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives - Reuters
Infrastructure facilities were hit by Russian strikes in Brovary, #Kyiv Oblast this morning - mayor t.me/ukrinform_news…
Zelenskiy says about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in seven weeks of war with #Russia and about 10,000 have been injured - Reuters
Luhansk Oblast Governor says one civilian was killed, three wounded and a gas pipeline was destroyed due to Russian shelling overnight in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk
The governor of the #Luhansk Oblast has urged residents of six towns to evacuate immediately. Overnight 12 houses were destroyed and two civilians were killed due to Russian strikes.
The CIA director says there is no evidence to suggest #Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, but lack of results in #Ukraine may tempt him - NYT