Kherson

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.

The situation in the south of Ukraine remains tense: the enemy continues to terrorize, shelling energy facilities and trying to detect Ukrainian air defense systems.

In Kherson region, Russian troops shelled residential areas, damaging 9 houses, critical infrastructure, a post office, a warehouse and a car, injuring 2 people, including a child, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed 2 Shahed drones.

Air Defense Forces destroyed 9 Shahed-131/136 attack drones launched from Crimea on the night of April 16 over different regions of Ukraine.

In the Orikhivskyi sector, the Southern Defense Forces repelled nine enemy attacks, the occupier suffered losses and retreated to their original positions.

A 16-year-old girl was injured by shrapnel and an explosion after a nighttime Russian strike near her home in the village of Kyzomys, Kherson region.

A total of 178,945 devices, including laptops and tablets, have been distributed to schools. Currently, 361,560 students and 68,881 teachers need digital devices.

Residents of Kherson were warned of a possible enemy air strike on the city.

In Chernihiv region, a car of the State Enterprise "Regional Electric Networks" exploded on explosives, as a result of which two employees were hospitalized.

One resident of Donetsk region was killed and two others were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day.

Russian troops shelled residential areas of Kherson region, damaging buildings and infrastructure, injuring 3 people.

Two people were injured in an attack by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles in Odradokomyanka, Kherson region: a man suffered a mild back injury and a woman sustained a concussion.

At night, Russians shelled residential neighborhoods in Kherson, wounding one person and causing fires in several buildings and damage to a high-rise.

Five people were injured as a result of Russian shelling of 18 settlements in Kherson region, damaging residential areas, a preschool, a multi-storey building, 17 private houses and port infrastructure.

The head of the Kherson RMA, Oleksandr Prokudin, confirmed the assassination attempt, saying that he was aware of the risks of working in the frontline region, where civilians are killed and injured daily as a result of Russian attacks.

The Security Service of Ukraine prevented an attempted assassination attempt on the head of the Kherson RMA using a hostile drone.

In Kherson region, russian troops attacked residential areas, damaging buildings and injuring 7 people.

Over the past day, 97 combat engagements took place, during which russia launched 2 missile and 91 air strikes, as well as 160 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and settlements in different regions.

American philanthropists have donated a backhoe loader to the community of Askania Nova to help it recover from de-occupation.

The European Investment Bank and the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine have signed an agreement to provide an additional €5 million grant to modernize Ukrainian hospitals and repair war damage.

A 75-year-old woman sustained severe injuries, including blast trauma and head trauma, after Russian forces attacked her with a drone that dropped explosives in her yard in Beryslav, Kherson region.

Ukrainian farmers have already planted more than 1. 26 million hectares of spring grains and pulses, such as wheat, barley, peas and oats, in the government-controlled areas.

Russians repeatedly try to force Ukrainian troops out of their positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, but suffer losses during the assaults.

Russian occupants are trying to drive Ukrainian units from the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region and are pressing towards Robotyno, using artillery, mortars and drones.

The Ukrainian government has allocated an additional UAH 3. 88 billion for the further construction of defense borders, primarily in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, including UAH 1.7 billion for Kharkiv and UAH 1.5 billion for Sumy.

During the Russian occupation of Kherson, about 23,000 exhibits and some technical equipment were stolen from the Kherson Museum of Local Lore. Currently, Ukrainian experts are addressing the issue of evacuating the museum collection and storing museum objects in storage facilities in other regions of Ukraine.

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations calls on the Security Council to stop the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russia as a matter of priority.

In the Kherson region, fishermen hit a Russian mine near the river between the villages of Bobrovyi Kut and Kalynivske, resulting in a man's blast injury and amputation of his lower leg, and a woman's shrapnel wounds.

Five men aged 20 to 40 were served suspicion notices for attempting to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Romanian border under the guise of Red Cross representatives using forged documents and uniforms.

The air defense system successfully destroyed 16/17 enemy Shahed attack drones during a russian attack on the night of April 12, 2024.