Armed Forces of Ukraine

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.

Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine: the enemy has deployed up to four brigades in the Pokrovske and Kurakhove directions, trying to advance west of Avdiivka and Maryinka in the direction of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.

During a nighttime attack by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed four Iranian-made Shahed drones and one unidentified drone.

Over the past day, 88 combat engagements took place, during which the enemy launched 32 missile and 64 air strikes, as well as 60 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian troop positions and localities.

The enemy uses the tactic of bypassing Chasovyi Yar from the flank through the settlements of Bohdanivka and Ivanivske, trying to capture them at any cost, but fails to achieve tactical success, and unsuccessfully storms Andriivka and Klishchiyivka, with the latter recording an increase in the number of enemy troops.

Over the past day, 71 combat engagements were registered along the contact line, during which the enemy launched 31 missile and 46 air strikes, and fired 23 times at Ukrainian positions and localities from multiple launch rocket systems.

Today, in the skies over Odesa region, light aircraft in cooperation with the Southern Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two Russian reconnaissance drones.

At the meeting in Ramstein, Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi informed the coalition members about the difficult operational situation in Ukraine, the deteriorating strategic situation, and the urgent need for missiles and ammunition.

Ukrainian troops repelled four Russian attacks in Krynky, Kherson region, and continue to hold the area.

Ukrainian troops control two-thirds of the villages of Ocheretyne and Solovyovo in Donetsk region amid ongoing fierce fighting with Russian troops.

Over the past 24 hours, Russians fired 536 times at 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying residential buildings, but there were no casualties.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 465,054 personnel and 7,268 tanks.

Over the past day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out 14 air strikes on the enemy's concentration of personnel, a radar station, an ammunition depot, air defense facilities, an electronic warfare station and a logistics depot.

Russia is rapidly rebuilding its armed forces, and its aggression against Ukraine has become an international problem, according to General Charles Brown.

Canada allocates an additional $15 million for drones, artillery ammunition, armored vehicles, and inflatable vessels for Ukraine's defense needs.

Estonian Member of Parliament Kristo Ann Vaga started a 1700-kilometer bike ride from Tallinn to Kyiv to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, demonstrate solidarity and call for further assistance to Ukraine.

In Dnipro, a civic organization of families of fallen Ukrainian soldiers demands that the monument to Soviet military leader Vasily Margelov be dismantled and a monument to the soldiers of the 25th Airborne Brigade who died in the war with Russia be erected.

The new team of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is facing a powerful information attack and potential dirty media provocations, probably organized by former food suppliers to the Armed Forces, who are seeking to restore their monopoly on the food supply market of the Armed Forces.

Zelensky dismisses Oleksandr Yakovets as commander of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appoints him head of the administration of the State Special Transport Service.