Sevastopol

Estonia has returned 274 illegally exported archaeological artifacts to Ukraine, including ancient Scythian, Sarmatian and medieval jewelry, coins and horse harness, demonstrating support for Ukraine's cultural heritage during the ongoing war.

Ukrainian partisans from the ATES underground movement have successfully reconnoitered one of russia's largest oil depots in the heavily guarded occupied Crimea and provided detailed information and coordinates of the facility.

Doctors and medical staff of civilian hospitals on the Crimean peninsula are being forced to sign contracts with the occupying Russian army, but they categorically refuse, despite being offered large sums of money.

Five militants who stormed Ukrainian positions in Maryinka and Vuhledar have been served suspicion notices by the Security Service of Ukraine and face life imprisonment.

Against the backdrop of international military and financial assistance to Ukraine, the occupiers began to intensify the construction of fortifications throughout Crimea.

Ukraine's Navy confirms a strike on the russian ship "kommuna" in Crimea that disabled it.

On the morning of April 21, explosions were heard in Sevastopol, and the Russian occupiers claimed to have repelled an anti-ship missile attack on one of their ships.

Vehicular traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily blocked. People on the bridge and in the inspection area are asked to remain calm and follow the instructions of transport security officers.

Two large vessels, probably bulk carriers 150 and 125 meters long, were spotted off the coast of occupied Sevastopol, according to satellite imagery by the Crimean Wind monitoring group.

Russia has largely withdrawn its Black Sea Fleet ships and submarines from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. After the dismissal of the Black Sea Fleet Commander in March 2024, the fleet was the least active since the beginning of the war.

President Zelenskyy thanked the Ukrainian military for the successful operation to destroy Russian equipment and military infrastructure at the Dzhankoy airfield in occupied Crimea.

Due to constant Ukrainian air attacks, Russian air defense units are increasingly panicking and shooting down their own planes. The guerrillas found out that the command ordered them to shoot down any threat, despite problems with the system of detecting and recognizing friend-or-foe targets.

Explosions occurred in occupied Dzhankoy, Crimea, and traffic on the Crimean bridge was blocked twice.

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian air defense systems are reportedly operating, smoke is observed in the Kerch Strait area, allegedly as a means of camouflage, and an air alert has been declared and traffic on the Crimean bridge is blocked.

An air raid alert was declared in Sevastopol, and traffic on the Crimean bridge was temporarily blocked.

Several explosions occurred in the center of Sevastopol, and smoke was observed over Sevastopol Bay, although its cause is currently unknown.

In the Dzhankoy district of Crimea, the Russian occupiers are hiding military equipment - tanks and air defense systems - on the territory of a local agricultural enterprise, endangering the civilian population.

The Crimean businessman systematically helped the russian occupiers to illegally conscript Ukrainian citizens into the russian army, for which he faces up to 12 years in prison.

The aerial target was automatically destroyed over the sea near Sevastopol without damaging the city's infrastructure.

An explosion has occurred in the temporarily occupied Skadovsk, Kherson region, local media report.

According to British intelligence, Russian air defense forces have repeatedly shot down their own planes due to a lack of situational awareness and coordination, which was likely caused by rising tensions and fear of further Ukrainian action.

President Zelenskyy signs a decree imposing sanctions against 86 legal entities and 7 individuals, including foreign nationals, for a period of 3 to 10 years.

Russia reported explosions and drones in several regions.

According to local residents, an audible explosion occurred in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.

In Crimea, military equipment and warehouses storing supplies for Russian troops were spotted. Their coordinates were passed to the Ukrainian military for possible strikes.

An exhibition of paintings and personal belongings of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was recently exchanged for American basketball player Brittney Griner after serving 10 years of a 25-year sentence in the United States, opened in Sevastopol.

In occupied Sevastopol, an explosion knocked out a power substation that powered the enemy's military infrastructure.

Representatives of Ukrainian intelligence blew up a power substation in occupied Sevastopol.

At night, two explosions occurred in occupied Sevastopol, causing a blackout in part of the city.

Dozens of dolphins died in the Black Sea near occupied Crimea, Novorossiysk, and the coast of Russia's Krasnodar Territory in March 2024 due to military operations, some of them showing signs of sonar damage, bringing the total number of dead animals since March 2022 to 50,000.