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Ukrainian rugby player Ihor Vlasiuk was killed in action on April 17, 2025, while carrying out a combat mission. The Lviv Rugby Federation announced this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "The price of our freedom is incredibly high. The best among us are giving their lives. One of them was Ihor Vlasiuk, a player for RC Batiary Lviv," the statement reads. The federation noted that Vlasiuk joined the defense of Ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. He was a sergeant and artillery commander, and died while on a combat mission near the village of Shypuvate, in the Kupiansk…

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in cooperation with the police, detained a woman in the Khmelnytskyi region who was collecting intelligence for Russia to facilitate missile and drone strikes on military facilities in western Ukraine, particularly airfields. The SBU said this in a statement seen by Ukrinform. The detainee is a 26-year-old local resident who suffers from drug addiction. She was recruited while seeking "easy" money through Telegram channels. It was established that she was carrying out assignments from Russian military intelligence, commonly known as the GRU. The enemy's priority targets included airfields and transit storage sites for weapons,…

Russian forces used an "Easter ceasefire" to bring in additional reserves and equipment in preparation for further assault operations. Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, stated this on Ukrainian television, according to Ukrinform. "This was the Russian intent -- wherever the intensity of fighting decreased, they used the opportunity to move in reserves and equipment for future assaults. Just like during the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and the Minsk process, Russia continues to follow the same tactic -- using any self-declared pause to prepare for further aggression," Kovalenko said. Read also:…

Russian troops are gradually retreating from the western outskirts of Pokrovsk following an unsuccessful attempt to cut off the route from the Dnipropetrovsk region. Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces, announced this on Ukrainian television, according to Ukrinform. "We're talking about positions west of the city. They've been slowly pulling back from there since March -- possibly even since late February. They were actively trying to advance in order to cut off the road from the Dnipropetrovsk region -- from Pavlohrad to Pokrovsk -- but failed. The situation shifted when Ukrainian forces recaptured Kotlyne.…

Russian forces shelled a kindergarten in Kherson's Dniprovskyi district this morning. The Kherson City Military Administration (CMA) reported the attack on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "This morning, Russian terrorists once again attacked the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. Among the targets was another preschool educational institution," the statement said. More than 30 windows were shattered, and doors and a pavilion were damaged. Read also: Russian forces attack border village in Sumy region, one civilian killed Earlier reports said that Russian forces shelled the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson with artillery earlier on Monday morning, injuring a man born in 1952. Photo credit:…

On Monday morning, Russian troops attacked a private household in a village within the Esman community of the Sumy region, killing a man. The head of the local community, Serhii Minakov, told this to Suspilne, Ukrinform reports. He stated that the shelling began at around 09:00. "As a result of [a shell] hitting a nearby house, it caught fire. A man came out to extinguish the flames, and the Russian forces struck again. The deceased was born in 1959," Minakov said. Read also: One person killed, another injured in Russian drone attack in Kherson region Earlier reports said that Russian…

During the so-called Easter ceasefire announced by Russia, Ukrainian border guard units recorded numerous shellings along the border and enemy assault attempts. As reported by Ukrinform, Andrii Demchenko, Spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS), stated this during a television broadcast. “In Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the enemy continued shelling with barrel artillery, MLRS, and drones. We did not observe any ceasefire from Russia. On the front line where border guard units are deployed, shelling continued from the very first hours when the ceasefire was supposedly in effect. Perhaps the enemy used less aviation, but we saw…

The Ukrainian Defense Forces have thwarted an attempt by the Russian invaders to break through on motorcycles in the Toretsk sector of the front. According to Ukrinform, the press service of the Khyzhak (Predator) Combined Brigade under the Ukrainian Patrol Police Department reported this on Facebook. "A dozen motorcycles with paratroopers — another enemy attempt to break through. The Defense Forces respond with gunfire. FPV drones and Khyzhak’s aerial munitions are also in action," the statement reads. The military noted that they first destroyed the motorcycles and then their "passengers". Those who managed to reach the nearby tree lines are…

In Kherson region, Russian forces attacked residents of Bilozerka with a drone while they were walking down the street — an elderly woman was killed, and a 47-year-old man was injured. According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Telegram by Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (RMA). “Russian forces attacked residents of Bilozerka with a drone while they were walking down the street,” the message states. As reported, the explosive, dropped from the drone, killed an elderly woman. The regional head expressed condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. According to Prokudin, the 47-year-old…

Troops from the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other units, captured nine Russian servicemen in Russia’s Kursk region. A video confirming the capture was published on Facebook by the Air Assault Forces Command, Ukrinform reports. “The prisoner exchange fund of the Air Assault Forces has been replenished. Nine servicemen of the Russian army were taken prisoner by paratroopers and adjacent units in Kursk region,” the message reads. According to the AAF, the captured Russian servicemen had initially agreed to uphold the illusory fantasies of the Kremlin's dictatorial regime, but instead of dying in…