War

China has not yet transferred a single round to Russia and is not preparing to do so. Kyrylo Budanov, the Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "As of now, China has not transferred a single round to the Russian Federation," he said. Budanov noted that China is not preparing for this. Read also: EP calls on France to declare China ambassador persona non grata over Crimea remark When asked whether he thought China might take this step in the near future, the DIU chief said that China would not…

n the evening of April 23, Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, spoke about his visit to the Bakhmut sector where he traveled along the contact line and met with the commanders. He said this in a post on his Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports. Syrsky said he had visited the units holding the entire Bakhmut front. "Here we work together with commanders and soldiers to plan operations, assaults and defenses, monitoring the situation directly on the ground," he wrote. According to the general, it is important for him to be side by side with the defenders of Bakhmut at…

The Russian army struck the Kherson region 83 times on April 23, killing two people. Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this in a post on the messaging app Telegram, according to Ukrinform. According to him, the enemy fired 412 rounds at the Kherson region using heavy artillery, UAVs and aircraft. Russian troops shelled Kherson city three times. Read also: Russian invaders kill two civilians in Bakhmut "Russian soldiers hit the residential areas of the region's settlements; the territory and building of an educational institution in the Bilozerka village community," Prokudin said. "Two people were…

The release of information that Ukrainian forces took up positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region triggered the intensification of Russian actions, increased enemy shelling, as a result of which about 30 houses were destroyed and the civilian population suffered. "You need to trust reliable sources and understand what the analysts' conclusions are and what the report on the combat missions performed is. The updated information, unfortunately, is not very comforting and not very pleasant. The enemy, reacting to such fake information, significantly increased the attacks on the opposite shore. We have a very powerful…

Over the past day, Russian invaders shelled Kherson region 54 times, killing at least one civilian and injuring another two. That’s according to Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform reports. "Over the past day, the enemy carried out 54 strikes. Their artillery, UAVs, and aviation fired off 236 rounds. The city of Kherson was shelled twice. The Russian military targeted residential quarters of populated areas across the region," official noted on Telegram. Read also: Ukraine’s Air Force eight times strikes Russian positions in past day - General Staff As a result of Russian aggression, one person…

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles says six Leopard 2 tanks pledged to Ukraine are already on their way to the country. That’s according to CNN, Ukrinform reports. According to her, the tanks left the port city of Santander "along with 20 heavy transport." "In six days, going through another country, they will be in Ukraine," defense minister said. Robles said last week that four more Leopard tanks, in addition to the current six, would be sent to Ukraine "as soon as possible" following repairs. Read also: Polish Minister says place to repair Ukrainian Leopard 2 tanks A total of 55…

Ukraine requires fighter jets to support a counteroffensive but allies are currently unwilling to provide them. That’s according to Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Andriy Melnyk, who spoke at the national telethon, Ukrinform reports with reference to lb.ua. The senior diplomat noted that the help Ukraine's allies vowed to provide at the Ramstein meeting was insufficient. Air defense systems are indeed important for Ukraine, Melnyk notes, but now it is not about launching an offensive rather than remaining in defense. For offensive operations, fighter jets are primarily needed to back the advance. Read also: Reznikov on Ramstein meeting results: Russia…

The Russian occupiers demand that the residents of the occupied part of Kherson region vacate their homes along the Dnipro River. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance, Ukrinform saw. In Nova Kakhovka and the urban-type village of Dnipryany, the Russians told the local residents who live at the riverside that they must leave their homes immediately. It is noted that enemy troops are moving their equipment toward the Dnipro shore, deploying military hardware in residential areas of local populaces. Read also: Russian forces shell park in Kherson, civilian injured "Also on temporarily occupied lands, the Russians continue…

Ukraine is starting to build a critical infrastructure protection system in line with the best global practices and current requirements of European legislation. That’s according to the State Special Communications Service, Ukrinform reports. "Ukraine is studying the EU directives NIS 2 (EU 2022/2555) and RCE (EU 2022/2557) on the protection of critical infrastructure and cooperating with countries that have already started their implementation," the press service quotes the deputy head of the SSCS, Oleksandr Potiy, as saying. Ukraine fruitfully cooperates with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has leading experience in the protection of critical infrastructure facilities…

A combat unit of Ukraine’s Marines destroyed a Russian tank along with its crew in one of the frontline zones. That’s according to the Ukrainian Navy press service, which released the relevant video on social media, Ukrinform reports. "Ukrainian Marines destroyed a Russian tank, which had been making the guys ‘nervous.’ After the successful performance by aerial reconnaissance and artillery, the enemy tank and its crew paid the cost of what they’d been doing," the Navy said. As Ukrinform reported earlier, during the full-scale war Russia is waging against Ukraine, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have already destroyed 3,672 enemy tanks, 7,130…