Armed Forces of Ukraine

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.

The man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for spreading russian propaganda commissioned by russian special services, including justifying russian war crimes and discrediting the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

After the war, Ukraine's veteran community will number about 5 million people, including military personnel, their families, and the families of fallen soldiers.

The Ukrainian military struck at Russian military facilities in the occupied Crimea, destroying 4 S-400 launchers, an air defense control center, 3 radar stations and surveillance equipment, causing significant losses to Russian combat capabilities.

Denmark announced a new aid package for Ukraine and allocated $28. 5 million for the purchase of weapons and military equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers, the first such decision to support the Ukrainian defense industry.

Oleh Hladkovsky (Svynarchuk), Poroshenko's former business partner, may testify against him on embezzlement in military procurement to reduce his own prison term.

The explosions occurred in Kharkiv. Earlier, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote about the launch of the CABs in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.

President Zelenskyy was briefed on the situation at the front, Russia's "painful" losses in Crimea, and the enemy's deployment of ships to the Caspian Sea after Ukraine's actions in the Black Sea.

On April 17, during an attack on a military airfield in Dzhankoy in occupied Crimea, Ukraine destroyed 4 S-400 air defense missile systems, 3 radar stations, an air defense control center, and a Fundament-M airspace surveillance device.

A 59-year-old school bus driver from the Kharkiv region collaborated with the Russian occupiers by transporting their troops and weapons on a repainted school bus between the front line and the Russian city of Belgorod.

The state logistics operator has announced the first tenders for the purchase of 12 types of winter clothing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including winter pants, jackets, suits, gloves and socks, with defined quality requirements.

Zaluzhny's assistant, Gennadiy Chastyakov, was killed by a grenade that was presented to him for his birthday by an officer from the Commander-in-Chief's Administration without warning him of its authenticity.

Russia reports a nighttime drone attack on the Kamenskiy chemical plant in the Rostov region, as a result of which the debris from one of the downed drones damaged the plant and injured an employee.

As a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a military airfield in occupied Dzhankoy in Crimea, enemy missile and air defense launchers, radar systems and aircraft were destroyed.