Ukrainian Ground Forces

The situation on the eastern front is escalating, but is controlled by the defense forces, and there is no enemy in Chasovyi Yar, despite pressure in the Bakhmut direction.

Over the past 24 hours, Russians launched missile and air strikes on 7 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying residential buildings, but there were no casualties.

Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted 8 air strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian troops, a command center, an ammunition depot, an air defense facility, as well as on enemy weapons and military equipment.

The car and ammunition of the suspects in the shooting of patrol police officers in Vinnytsia region have been found, but the attackers, who are members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are still wanted and the search is ongoing.

Russia will have to change its tactics and increase the range of its missiles after Ukraine shot down its Tu-22MZ strategic bomber.

The government has approved the transfer of Mezhyhiria to state ownership, and all profits from its operation as a park-monument of landscape art will go to the state budget and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, starting with the official opening in May 2014.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine confirm that their servicemen are suspects in the murder of a police officer in Vinnytsia region.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 458,580 personnel and 7,213 tanks.

Over the last day, Ukrainian aviation carried out 7 strikes against the enemy, targeting 6 areas of personnel concentration and 1 control point.

According to correspondents, a series of explosions occurred in Zaporizhzhia, while the Air Force command warned of possible air strikes in the region.

As a result of a strike on a russian command post in occupied Luhansk, the Ukrainian Defense Forces killed Colonel Pavel Kropotov of the Central Military District.

Satellite images show damage to an ammunition depot, air defense systems, radars and other facilities at a Russian airfield in occupied Dzhankoy after a missile strike by Ukrainian forces.

On the left bank of the Kherson region, Ukrainian troops repelled 11 attacks by Russian troops in the direction of the bridgehead near Krynky and 4 attacks in the Orikhiv direction.

The Ukrainian military shot down a russian Tu-22M3 strategic missile carrier-bomber, forcing the other plane to turn around, so the russians never fired some of the missiles.

Over the past day, russia launched 11 missile strikes, 78 air strikes and 82 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

More than 150 media outlets and associations demand the dismissal of Natalia Humeniuk, head of the communications department of the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, accusing her of obstructing media coverage of Russian war crimes and the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. The Verkhovna Rada Committee plans to consider this issue at its next meeting.

Ukraine has developed a new long-range drone with a flight range of more than 3,000 kilometers, capable of reaching targets even in russian Siberia.

Ukraine is implementing the principles of gender equality in its army using Western and NATO experience, including the introduction of gender-sensitive language, creating conditions for women in leadership and combat positions, and conducting gender equality training for all personnel.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine met with the Director of NATO Defense and Security Cooperation to discuss the transfer of non-lethal assistance to Kyiv for the development of the Defense Forces.

Over the past day, 87 combat engagements took place, during which russia launched 4 missile strikes, 57 air strikes and 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, several groups of Iranian-made Shahed drones were spotted heading to different regions of Ukraine.

Ukrainian servicemen share combat experience in tactics, drone warfare and trench warfare with officers from Australia and Finland during multinational leadership training as part of the UK-led Operation INTERFLEX.

The State Service of Special Communications of Ukraine has warned of the activation of a hacker group that is trying to gain access to the computers of the Ukrainian military in order to steal documents and messenger data.

In the south of Ukraine, the military repelled nine russian assaults and continued counter-battery combat. Defense forces eliminated 104 occupants and 9 units of russian military equipment.

Natalia Gumenyuk, head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, denied the accusations of not covering the consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant tragedy, saying that this is an absolute lie, as more than 800 requests were processed within a week after the explosion in accordance with the relevant orders.

Over the past day, russia launched 2 missile strikes, 64 air strikes and 75 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities in various regions, including Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and others.

A number of Telegram channels posted a video, allegedly from Zaporizhzhia, where men in military uniforms are trying to push a civilian into a car. The local CCC and JV conducted an investigation and emphasized that the employees of the territorial center for recruitment and social support were not involved in the events in the video.

Brigadier General Gennadiy Shapovalov has been appointed the new commander of the Operational Command "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, replacing Major General Andriy Kovalchuk.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was spying on civilian and military targets in Kherson region under the guise of a taxi driver. It was on the basis of the agent's coordinates and "tips" that the occupiers tried to shoot at the car of the head of the Kherson RMA.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops stormed Ukrainian positions on the left bank in Kherson region 5 times, but were unsuccessful, while Ukraine continues to strengthen its foothold and destroyed 4 enemy Shahed drones in the south.