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The movement of Russia's T-90 tanks through Mariupol has been recorded for the first time. Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported this on Telegram. He also posted a video of tanks moving through the city center. "At least three trucks were transporting T-90 tanks through the city center in the direction of Manhush / Berdiansk. We maintain a restrained optimism regarding their utilization by night Berdiansk bavovna [explosions]," Andriushchenko said. Earlier reports said that the Russian invaders are actively digging trenches and building echeloned defenses around Mariupol.

Germany has confirmed the delivery of the second Iris-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine. This follows from an updated list on the website of the Federal Government of Germany, Ukrinform reports. Among the new deliveries are Iris-T SLM air defense system, eight more Zetros trucks (a total of 84 have already been delivered) and two trucks 8x6 with eight roll-off containers. Read also: UK to purchase missiles with a range of 100-300 km for Ukraine All equipment is transferred directly from the manufacturers. The Iris-T SLM is the newest system, which is not currently even in service with the…

Lithuania transferred six more Land Rover off road vehicles and military food rations to Ukraine. Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas posted this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. “Tonight the Lithuanian Armed Forces delivered six more Land Rover off road vehicles and military food rations to Ukraine. Everything is needed to support mobility,” he wrote and published the relevant photo. Read also: Czechia sends $1M for training of Ukrainian civil aviation pilots As reported by Ukrinform, Anusauskas earlier stated that the amount of military aid provided to Ukraine reached EUR 454 million, assuring that Lithuania is ready to provide Ukraine with support…

As part of his visit to Dnipro, President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel visited a dormitory for internally displaced persons (IDPs), which has been operating since 2014. Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Since the full-scale invasion, the region has welcomed almost 400,000 displaced people. They usually rent housing on their own. Some were sheltered by the region’s residents for free. The local government also offers accommodation options. In total, more than 8,000 places have been prepared. Today, Czech President Petr Pavel visited one of them,” Lysak wrote. Read…

As a result of an explosion in temporarily occupied Crimea’s Sevastopol, 10 oil tanks with a total capacity of 40 thousand tonnes were destroyed. The fuel was intended for the enemy fleet. That’s according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense (GUR), Ukrinform reports. "The explosion at an enemy's oil depot, which occurred on April 29 near Kozacha Bay in occupied Sevastopol, destroyed more than 10 tanks with oil products with a total capacity of 40,000 tonnes," the report said. Read also: Ukraine Navy commander sure Ukrainian flags will soon fly over Crimea again Andriy Yusov, a…

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Russian troops have changed their warfare tactics to defend the temporarily occupied territories. He said this in an interview with representatives of the Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian media, Ukrinform reports. "I believe that every day they will weaken and we will have more and more chances. They [Russians] have already changed their tactics. They are already thinking about the defense of the territories they occupy. This is another wave of this war. This is a difficult wave for us as well, because we understand that their persistence on the battlefield, what they had at…

Fighters of the Special Operations Center "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from the White Wolf unit have destroyed 21 targets since the beginning of April. The SBU reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. In particular, they destroyed four T-90 and T-72 tanks, nine infantry fighting vehicles and an armored personnel carrier, three enemy strongholds and other military vehicles, including MT-LB and Ural. Between February 24, 2022 and April 29, 2023, Ukraine's Armed Forces eliminated about 190,040 Russian troops, including 580 in the past day.

There are almost no intact houses left in the Donetsk region’s Mariupol. Over 90% of the city is now lying in ruins. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Facebook, having posted a corresponding video showing the Google satellite images, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Mariupol. Almost half a million people once lived there. And now there are almost no intact houses left. The terrorist state did everything to kill this city. Over 90% of Mariupol is destroyed,” the Head of State wrote. The video has been created by the United 24 team and shows a comparison…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the future counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will be successful in repelling Russian forces and returning Crimea to Ukrainian control. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with Finland’s national public broadcasting company Yle and other Nordic news outlets in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Zelensky confirmed to Yle that Ukraine is planning a counter-attack, noting that he believes it will be successful in repelling Russia’s forces and also returning the Crimean peninsula to Ukrainian control,” the report states. At the same time, according to…

A total of 475 children have been killed and over 953 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As of April 29, 2023, over 1,428 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 475 children were killed and over 953 received injuries of various severity levels,” the report states. These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas. Currently,…