Pavlo Bashynskyi
The Main Intelligence Directorate in the area of Narrow Bay in Russian-occupied Crimea hit a Russian boat with a naval drone.
Ukrainian polar explorers spotted a sea leopard resting on an ice floe, undisturbed by their approach.
Ukrainian soldiers train on German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery systems provided by European countries to strengthen Ukraine's combat capabilities against Russia.
A 17-year-old boy suspected of attacking European SPD politician Matthias Ecke during an election campaign in Dresden has surrendered to police.
Trump compared Biden's government to the Gestapo of Nazi Germany, accusing him of running a “Gestapo government” and being involved in criminal cases against him.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in France on a state visit to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Franco-Chinese diplomatic relations and meet with Emmanuel Macron.
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the main entry point for humanitarian aid to Gaza, after Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza.
Two people were injured, another woman may be under the rubble as a result of the shelling by Russian occupants of Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, which damaged residential buildings.
Ukrainians, including soldiers on the frontline, celebrated Easter amid the ongoing war, sharing photos and videos of holiday traditions such as blessing Easter cakes, decorating eggs and exchanging greetings of "Christ is risen. "
In the temporarily occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, the car of Yevhen Ananiev, one of the organizers of torture in Berdiansk penal colony No. 77, exploded, killing him.
At least 10 people were injured as a result of the enemy shelling of Kharkiv, where the occupants hit residential areas, damaging houses, windows, apartment buildings and cars.
Ukraine does not yet know in which sports neutral athletes with Russian passports will be allowed, but most likely there will be very few of them, perhaps in some martial arts.
Over the past week, from April 28 to May 5, 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed more than 8,000 Russian occupants, 96 tanks, 188 armored combat vehicles, 264 artillery systems and 7 multiple launch rocket systems.
Russians are looting scrap metal from the destroyed coke plant in captured Avdiivka and taking it to the port of Mariupol to make money.
There is no blocking of truck traffic in either direction on the Ukrainian-Polish border, and truck crossings are intensive, with queues decreasing in recent days.
As a result of Russian shelling of a residential area in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, a man born in 1977 was killed and a house was destroyed.
On the eve of Easter, more Ukrainians returned to Ukraine than left, with about 80,000 more border crossings recorded for entry into Ukraine than for exit, although passenger traffic tended to decline the day before Easter, when about 75,000 people crossed the border.
The rules for crossing the state border may undergo some changes in accordance with the law on mobilization that comes into force on May 18, but no major changes are expected, said Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service.
On Easter, the police recorded only 25 offenses, mostly administrative, and about 300 people were taken to police stations for violating the curfew, while services were held in compliance with the restrictions.
Last night, the Russians launched about 25 Shahid drones, probably after accumulating them for some time, indicating potential problems with the production of these drones.
Russians launched Shaheed drones from Cape Chauda in Crimea and Kursk region to disrupt Easter celebrations in Ukraine, but 23 attack drones were destroyed in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Dnipro regions.
The ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft in Donetsk region using short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems.
No enemy ships were observed in the Black Sea yesterday and today, as they are in their basing areas, and aviation is responsible for protecting the waters, said Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Southern Defense Command.
The Russians are trying to hold the bridgehead on the left bank and simultaneously trying to push Ukrainian units from the left bank, focusing on combined attacks, actively using aviation and UAVs against settlements on the right bank.
The enemy became more active in the south, making 19 assault attempts yesterday, which were stopped by Ukrainian forces, resulting in more than 100 occupants killed.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the answer to the question of why Ukrainians have survived is that "in the most difficult circumstances and in the darkest times, we are able to give birth to light.
President Zelenskyy inspected armored vehicles, MLRS, artillery, drones and electronic warfare equipment used by Ukrainian border guards to protect the country.
Over the past day, Russians intensified shelling of 8 localities in Zaporizhzhya region, firing 348 times and destroying 17 buildings.
Ukraine has already sown more than half of the planned 13. 5 million hectares of spring crops - 7.2 million hectares.
The Ministry of Defense has approved an order establishing a list of diseases for determining fitness for military service with such categories as fully fit, fit for rear units, and unfit.