War

After yesterday's strike on Nikopol by Russians using an unmanned aerial vehicle, one injured remains in hospital, two are being treated at home. Mykola Lukashuk, head of the Dnipropetrovs'k Regional Council, said this at a briefing at the Ukraine-Union Media Center. Read also: Russian artillery hits Nikopol "One person received shrapnel injuries, he is in the hospital, his condition is stable, he has received all medical assistance," Lukashuk said. Two more people suffered mine-blast acubarotrauma and are being treated at home. As Ukrinform reported earlier, on Sunday, April 23, Russians dropped shells from a UAV on Nikopol, at least four…

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 14,000 civilian objects have been damaged in Mykolaiv region. Of them, the Russians hit 3,000 objects twice or more.  The region has already submitted applications on 10 objects for reconstruction under the "Recovery of Ukraine" project. "Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 14,000 objects have been destroyed or damaged in Mykolayiv region, of which more than 3,000 objects were hit twice or more," Vitaliy Kim, Head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, said during the national news telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to him, the applications on…

Our country is approaching an "all-for-all" exchange with Russia, and it is real. The head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, answering the question of whether he considers this exchange format realistic, Ukrinform reports. "Yes, [I think], we are, in principle, approaching this. Let's look at the numbers again. As of now, more than 2,200 people have already been exchanged [the number of people released from captivity by Ukraine]. This is an unprecedented case in world history. No one has ever done anything like this. All exchanges take place after the…

Three radars purchased as part of the Lithuanian charity campaign Radarom/"Let's Radar" were shipped to Ukraine in March, the remaining 13 have arrived in Lithuania and are being prepared for transportation. The LRT broadcaster reported this with reference to the Blue/Yellow organization supporting Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. “We received the first radars back in March, and the rest of the shipment arrived in stages. We have sent three radars to Ukraine. Now that we have all the others, we are preparing them for shipment to Ukraine. We are moving at a good pace and much of the work has been…

Ukrainian border guards destroyed a Russian kamikaze drone over Kharkiv region. According to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, border guards detected an enemy drone while performing combat missions. After crossing the state border, the drone was heading deep into the country’s territory. "The flight was not long. Thanks to constant vigilance and accurate shooting from automatic weapons, the kamikaze attack drone was turned into garbage," the State Border Guard Service said. Read also: Ukrainian Army repels 40 Russian attacks in three directions As reported by Ukrinform, Russia has already lost 3,683 of its tanks, 7,139 armored combat vehicles, 2,849…

Russians are producing new missiles and accumulating them to disrupt Ukraine's offensive. The head of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), Kyrylo Budanov, said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. He confirmed that the fact that there has been no massive rocket attacks for a month and a half is a pause, and noted that there is no conspiracy in this. "...But there is another side. Russia has been producing new missiles during this time as well. It is accumulating them to disrupt our offensive. They hope for this. And most of these missiles will be used…

Russian troops are deploying a tank brigade near Avdiivka in Donetsk region, which will soon be used to attack the positions of the Defense Forces. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky, head of the joint press center of the Tavrian direction Defense Forces, on the air of the United News telethon. Read also: Russians switched to positional defense almost everywhere, no threat of capture of Vuhledar - Budanov "There were 494 attacks over the last day. In fact, the enemy has returned to the number of attacks that was in February. There is information about the movement…

There is currently no threat of a repeat offensive by Russian troops from Belarus. The Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "No, as of now, there is no threat from that direction," the Intelligence chief said. According to Budanov, Russia uses Belarus only to train its mobilized soldiers. "And for some political pressure on Western countries and so on. From a military point of view, it is a training ground. Because Russian training grounds do not allow the number of troops to…

The video has emerged on social media showing explosions that rang out on the night of April 24 in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.   The video was posted on the Telegram channel Crimean Wind, Ukrinform reports.  One of the videos shows a powerful explosion. On the other, an explosion can be heard following the shooting. Read also: Explosions in Sevastopol as Russians report sea drone attack  As Ukrinform reported, explosions were heard in Sevastopol on the night of April 24. The occupying "authorities" of Sevastopol said that the city had been attacked by surface drones.

There are fierce disagreements between Russia's military, political and business elites over the war in Ukraine. The head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, Kyrylo Budanov, said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "There is a misunderstanding. There are also contradictions. There are severe contradictions. But Russia is not a society where there will be any changes, as in our country: if you don't like it, you go out, say something, they answer you, then someone is taken to the Maidan. It doesn't work that way there," he said. Read also: If Crimea is last piece…