Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian troops repelled five Russian attacks on the left bank of the Kherson region and in the Orikhiv direction, thwarting Russian attempts to force them out of their positions.

The Russians are trying to capture Chasovyi Yar by flanking it through the settlements of Bohdanivka and Ivanivske, but over the past 7 days, despite round-the-clock fighting, they have not managed to surround Chasovyi Yar.

Two-thirds of the village of Ocheretyne is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the part where the enemy broke through is under fire control.

In Poltava, Odesa, and Zhytomyr regions, law enforcement officers detained "black gunsmiths" who were trying to sell trophy grenade launchers, explosives, and other weapons illegally taken from the sites of former hostilities to criminals.

140 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine, including 112 from Donetsk, 20 from Luhansk, 5 from Sumy, 2 from Zaporizhzhia and 1 from Kherson.

If a military unit receives substandard food, the head of the food service must draw up an act. The supplier will be fined 20% of the cost of the substandard food and must replace it within 24 hours.

Ukrainian guerrillas recorded the movement of several BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in the direction of Simferopol in Crimea, probably for repairs.

Drone attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine have been on hold for several days, but this could be a lull before preparations for a massive attack or monitoring of Ukraine's countermeasures, said Ilya Evlash, spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russian troops are actively using guided aerial bombs to test Ukrainian defenses in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted 13 air strikes on enemy targets, including 2 command posts, 8 troop concentrations and 3 anti-aircraft missile systems, and Ukrainian missile forces hit 1 command post and 1 concentration point of the Russian occupiers.

Former journalist Alla Pushkarchuk, who joined the armed forces and became a mortar gunner, was killed at the front during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The U. S. State Department considers the suspension of consular services abroad for Ukrainian men of mobilization age to be a "complex issue" and respects Ukraine's right to determine its own policy, but has not yet decided whether to assist Ukraine in bringing the men home.

In the two years since Russia's full-scale invasion, Poland has provided Ukraine with 44 military aid packages totaling almost $9 billion.

After Ukraine successfully destroyed a russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber, russia significantly reduced its strategic aviation activity in the Black Sea region.

Two soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in an ammunition explosion in Mykolaiv caused by careless overloading.

As of today, there are no missile launchers in the Black and Azov Seas, only patrol boats that survey the area, according to a spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces.

A former conscript was detained for providing coordinates for enemy missile attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv region.

The abbot of the Sviatohirsk Lavra, who disseminated information about the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was taken into custody and faces up to 8 years in prison.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, russians lost 1,040 servicemen over the past day.

The Ukrainian Air Force spotted a high-speed target moving toward Myrhorod.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs of a missile threat in Poltava and Sumy regions.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about the activity of enemy tactical aircraft in the eastern and southern regions.

russian troops have advanced to Solovyovo and Krasnohorivka, but fighting continues near Ocheretyne, Pervomayske, Chasovyi Yar and Novomykhailivka.

Dmytro Pletenchuk, the new head of the Strategic Communications Center of the Southern Operational Command, met with journalists from Odesa region to discuss the development of further communication and cooperation in the region.

In March, the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS ballistic missiles as part of a $300 million aid package that will allow Ukrainian troops to strike Russian targets anywhere in the occupied territories.

Russia intensified its offensive in the Liman sector, attacking Ukrainian positions 18 times over the past day, while Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks in various parts of the frontline. A total of 84 combat engagements took place on Wednesday.

In March, the United States secretly provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles as part of a $300 million military aid package, which were allegedly used by Ukraine to strike a Russian airfield in Crimea on April 17.

Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with a U. S. Congressional delegation in Kyiv to discuss urgent needs for military assistance, the dynamics of the fighting, and Ukraine's progress in liberating the occupied territories from russia.

Ukraine's Air Force warned of an approaching high-speed enemy target in the direction of Dnipro, triggering an air raid alert in Dnipro and several other regions, and explosions were reported in Sumy.

The Drone Coalition, initiated by Latvia, has raised almost 500 million euros for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In particular, Denmark and the Netherlands have already announced the purchase of 400 million euros worth of drones.