Armed Forces of Ukraine

At the spring session of PACE, the Ukrainian delegation reported on online violence and children's right to a safe digital environment, emphasizing the threats posed by Russian disinformation and the need to protect Ukrainian children from online violence and hostile propaganda in the face of ongoing Russian aggression.

Russian hackers are using social engineering tactics, offering fake jobs abroad, to launch cyberattacks on Ukrainian military personnel by sending malicious files through messaging programs such as Signal.

An explosion occurred in Konotop, Sumy region, while several regions of Ukraine were on air alert due to the threat of ballistic missile attacks.

The grain corridor has been successfully operating and generating foreign exchange earnings despite Russia's attempts to disrupt it: since September last year, 1375 vessels have been operating in the corridor, and international companies are insuring cargo, which is a positive signal for business.

In Prykarpattia, criminals dressed in military uniforms robbed an entrepreneur of UAH 8 million when they stopped his car under the pretext of checking it.

Russian proxies intensified their assault operations in the Avdiivka sector, repelling 26 attacks in the last day. In total, the occupants attacked 79 times on Friday.

Denys "Redis" Prokopenko, commander of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, called on the United States to lift the ban on Western weapons to Azov, as it hinders the brigade's combat capability and reduces Ukraine's defense capabilities.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber and two X-22 cruise missiles fired from it, marking a strategic defeat for Russia, as it can no longer produce such aircraft and has only about 20 that can perform combat missions.

Russians fire four missiles at port infrastructure in Odesa region, hitting an agricultural facility.

Ukraine has successfully destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles and the missiles themselves, as well as a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft, using various systems, including modernized components made from old parts.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine says that Russia's production of new Tu-22M3 bombers is virtually impossible today after one was shot down at a distance of 300 km while flying a combat mission over Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops successfully shoot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber equipped with cruise missiles, destroying such an aircraft for the first time.

The Hrynkivychs, who are suspected of causing almost a billion hryvnias in damage to the state by failing to fulfill contracts for the supply of clothing for the Armed Forces, do not care how society perceives them if their defense tactics help them avoid prison.

Representatives of different units are once again leaving commemorative inscriptions and stickers on the ceiling at the entrance to Donetsk region, after little-known "volunteers" painted over the inscriptions that soldiers have left there since 2014.

Germany and Ukraine discussed increasing German investments in Ukrainian energy, transport, agriculture, production of critical materials and green steel, as well as the development of distributed generation using German and Ukrainian components.

On the night of April 19, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack using 36 missiles and drones, but Ukrainian air defense systems successfully destroyed 29 of them, including for the first time a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, russians lost 870 servicemen over the past day.

Colonel Natalia Humeniuk has been dismissed from the post of head of the Center for Strategic Communications of the Southern Defense Forces, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Hostile Iranian-made Shahed drones have been detected in Poltava, Kirovohrad, and Dnipro regions, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

The Ukrainian Air Force reports a missile heading northwest in Mykolaiv region.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warns of possible attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Sumy region.

russian media falsely claimed that russians attacked Ukrainian forces in Ivano-Frankivsk, but the city's mayor denied it. He said that enemy drones targeting infrastructure had been destroyed.

A russian missile from the Black Sea targets Ukraine's Odesa region.

Ukraine's Air Force announces the launch of Shaheds from the Black Sea in the direction of Odesa.

russian troops advanced in Novokalynove. In addition, fighting continues for control of the power substation in Ocheretyne.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about a missile heading for Mykolaiv region.

The Ukrainian Air Force informs of possible drone strikes in Dnipropetrovs'k and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Ukrainian defenders fought 71 combat engagements, repelling most of the Russian attacks in the Bakhmut sector, where the enemy stormed Ukrainian positions 17 times.

The court has lifted the seizure of part of the company's property of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, a suspect in the case of fraudulent supply of clothing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth UAH 1 billion.

A resident of Volyn region pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe an official of Ukrgasvydobuvannya JSC in the amount of UAH 300,000 and asked to transfer the money for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.