Armed Forces of Ukraine

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops repelled 122 enemy attacks in various directions, while Russian troops launched 8 missile strikes, 61 air strikes and 129 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.

russia continues its large-scale disinformation campaign "Maidan-3" aimed at destabilizing Ukraine, discrediting its military and political leadership, and sowing chaos and distrust ahead of a planned offensive.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has opened the first recruitment center for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv, offering both combat and logistics specialties. This facility became the 18th in a network of recruitment centers across Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy held meetings on the situation at the front, the Russian offensive, and Ukraine's actions to disrupt Russia's plans and achieve its goals, and discussed arms supplies and coordination with partners to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian military.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked and recognized specific Ukrainian border guards by name for their bravery and efficiency in protecting Ukraine's borders, announced the expansion of the State Border Guard Service due to their professionalism, and awarded border guards with state awards.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian defenders withstood 96 combat engagements against Russian attacks on several fronts, repelling attacks in seven directions.

Russia plans to launch an offensive in eastern Ukraine and other territories by May 9, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces are ready to stop all enemy attacks.

The military situation in the Kupyansk sector remains unchanged, with no new front line opened yet, as the enemy is amassing troops for possible assault operations, which Ukrainian troops are repelling, according to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.

Ukrainian troops destroy two Russian Buk anti-aircraft missile systems during reconnaissance in the Sumy sector.

The Ukrainian government has allocated an additional UAH 15. 5 billion to purchase 300,000 drones for the Security and Defense Forces.

Latvia announces a new military aid package for Ukraine, including reconnaissance drones and short-range anti-aircraft guns.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine's membership in the Alliance will not be achieved at the July summit, but that NATO will demonstrate progress in bringing Ukraine closer to membership.

Secret Files: Tymoshenko's MP has closed access to his declarations for no apparent good reason.

The liberation of Nestryga island in Kherson region from the russian occupiers is important for improving the quality of counter-sabotage measures.

Three traitors, including two snipers and the commander of an assault group of the occupation groups of the southern military district of the Russian Federation, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for shelling Ukrainian soldiers.

Russian propaganda has launched another fake that Ukraine is preparing for peace talks with Russia in June, distorting President Zelensky's statement about a possible path to a just peace.

According to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, it is too early to say that russia may open new front lines in the north, despite the build-up and regrouping of enemy troops in the Kharkiv area.

Ukraine will deploy F-16 fighters on scattered runways and airfields, using various methods to conceal their location and mislead the enemy to protect them from Russian strikes.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a couple of Russian intelligence agents who were preparing Grad attacks on Ukrainian troops defending the northeastern border, determining their locations and passing the coordinates to the occupiers.

The occupiers in the "lPR" will monitor the protest moods of teenagers and teachers in schools, residents of Rubizhne cannot leave the city without a certificate from the military commissariat, and the Ukrainian military has improved its tactical positions in the area of Serebryansky forest.

Russia has suffered significant casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including some 467,470 troops, 7,285 tanks, and hundreds of pieces of other military equipment, according to the latest figures from the Ukrainian General Staff.

Russian forces made no rapid tactical gains west of Ocheretyne, Solovyovo, Berdychiv, and Semenivka after Ukrainian forces withdrew from tactical positions in the area, indicating that Ukrainian forces retain the ability to slow further Russian advances.

Over the last day, 131 combat engagements took place on the frontline, the enemy conducted numerous attacks in the Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Novopavlivka sectors, but Ukrainian troops repelled these attacks and inflicted losses on the occupation forces.

Over the past week, from April 21 to April 28, 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed about 6,620 russian servicemen. In addition, the Ukrainian military eliminated almost a thousand pieces of russian weapons and military equipment over the week.

Two journalists, Sergei Karelin and Konstantin Gabov, who worked for Reuters and AP, were detained in russia and accused of collaborating with Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, and face 2 to 6 years in prison for "participation in an extremist organization.

During martial law, Ukraine's military leadership has the right to restrict citizens' freedom of movement, inspect belongings, and compulsorily seize private or communal property for state needs under martial law, according to an updated list of rights and freedoms.

On April 28, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted two air strikes on the positions of the Russian occupiers in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, hitting their targets, as confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Telegram has blocked several Ukrainian bots that helped collect information for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Yevorog bot and official bots of the GUR and SBU.

Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 enemy attacks near Avdiivka, and combat engagements took place in several frontline areas.

Another explosion occurred in Zaporizhzhia. An air raid alert was declared in the region.