Various News - Weekend Update
The US wants to ensure a complete ceasefire in Ukraine within weeks - Bloomberg
▪️In America, significant progress on this issue is expected in the near future.
▪️The Americans announced such plans to European representatives at negotiations in Paris yesterday.
➖"The discussions focused mainly on how to move towards a ceasefire and lasting peace as soon as possible," the agency writes.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 56 Ukrainian UAVs Destroyed by Air Defense over Russian Territory at Night — Defense Ministry
▪️ 27 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
▪️ 12 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
▪️ 12 UAVs – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
▪️ three – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
▪️ one each over the territories of Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai.
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‼️🇷🇺🇦🇺 FSB shows footage of the evacuation of a detained Australian mercenary who fought for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
▪️In February 2024, Oscar Charles Augustus Jenkins arrived from Melbourne to Ukraine to take part in military operations.
▪️He signed a contract with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and was sent to the village of Shchurovo in the Kramatorsk district of the DPR.
▪️From March to December 2024, Jenkins took part in military operations against Russian military personnel, for which he received 600-800 thousand rubles monthly.
▪️The criminal case on mercenarism has been sent to court.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian army is advancing towards Bogatyr , having made significant progress in several areas
▪️Heavy fighting continues in the Bogatyrsky section of the South Donetsk direction (south of Pokrovsk).
▪️Enemy resources confirm the advancement of our troops in the area of Constantinople and Razliv.
▪️Fighters of the "Vostok" group are evacuating (https://t.me/voin_dv) civilians from Constantinople due to ongoing Ukrainian shelling.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 US Vice President Vance expressed optimism about ending the conflict in Ukraine
▪️He announced progress in resolving the conflict over the past 24 hours.
➖"We discussed a lot yesterday, we have several important topics to discuss today. In particular, I will inform Prime Minister [of Italy] Meloni about the progress of the negotiations on Ukraine between Russia and the United States. Even in the last 24 hours, we have interesting things that I will report on privately. We are optimistic that this war can be ended," Vance said.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kyiv carried out 4 attacks on Russian energy facilities in 24 hours — Defense Ministry
▪️In the Belgorod region, as a result of deliberate shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a high-voltage line was disconnected due to a broken wire in the span of the supports.
▪️In the Kursk region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, a high-voltage line was disconnected due to a broken wire.
▪️In the Bryansk region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, a complete transformer substation was disabled due to damage.
▪️In the Voronezh region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV in the Rossoshansky district, in the village of Podgornoye on Sadovaya Street, an overhead steel gas distribution pipeline was damaged.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian army breaks into Novoye, advancing towards Liman
▪️In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian troops continue to push through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having broken through from the recently liberated Katerinovka to Novoye.
▪️The Russian Armed Forces are also conducting assault operations in the direction of the settlements of Grekovka, Novomikhaylovka, Redkodub, in the areas of Torskoye and Yampolovka.
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🇷🇺🔥 🇺🇸Iskander vs. (https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side) American HIMARS near Kramatorsk
▪️Surveillance from a UAV and a missile strike by the Iskander missile system of the Yug Group of Forces against a HIMARS MLRS in the area of the settlement of Sergeyevka in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.
▪️As a result of the strike, a HIMARS MLRS with ammunition and up to 8 Ukrainian Armed Forces specialists were destroyed.
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‼️ 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, surrounded in the Kursk region, suffer significant losses and surrender to the "Severyans".
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lack trained soldiers, many are sent to "meat assaults", to certain death. Militants, from career officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to ordinary soldiers, flee or surrender, refusing to participate in hostilities.
➖"I was at a meeting related to my position. And we were told that we were going after the 80th and 82nd assault brigades to take up positions on the Sudzha ring road. It was a shock for me. We were in the Sumy region. I was the only one who asked the question: "Why there and what next?" To which the battalion commander replied: "I don't know." That was the answer," said prisoner of war Vyacheslav Pogibenko.
▪️Fighters of the North military group guarantee the lives and decent treatment of the surrendered soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Vivid footage of the battles near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" soldiers massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy
▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on April 17 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
▪️The footage shows tanks, NATO armored combat vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian army breaks into Malaya Shapkovka, advancing towards Kupyansk
▪️In the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkiv region, Russian troops continue to push through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having occupied a large area south of the recently liberated Zapadnoye and even having broken into Malaya Shapkovka.
▪️"Russian units are advancing south of Zapadny," Ukrainian military analysts admit.
▪️"Also, advanced units of the Russian Armed Forces entered the eastern part of Malaya Shapkovka," the enemy's resources add.
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🇺🇸🖕🇺🇦US will no longer provide military support to Ukraine — Trump
▪️Trump added that the US will withdraw from the negotiation process on Ukraine if one of the parties "begins to sabotage it."
➖"There is now a good chance of getting a Russian-Ukrainian agreement to end the war," he noted.
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‼️🇷🇺💥 Strike "Gerbera" hits Ukrainian air defense system "Buk"
Notably, the long-range light drone was equipped with an optical guidance system, like an FPV drone.
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🇷🇺 ⚔️🇺🇦The Russian army has practically driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Sukha Balka in the Konstantinovsky direction
➖"There are still pockets of resistance, but this will not last long, since the Russians have reliable cover from the sky, so it is better not to linger in positions," Ukrainian media quotes a Ukrainian military spokesman.
▪️Having taken Sukhaya Balka, the Russian army will begin an offensive on Staraya Nikolaevka (west of Sukhaya Balka), the Ukrainian Armed Forces officer adds.
➖“There are a lot of drones in this area, it’s difficult to move around… The Russians are also working along logistics routes, preventing us from holding our defenses tightly, everything is leading to a breach of the defense and an entry into Konstantinovka,” he notes.
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‼️ 🇺🇦🇷🇺At night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces considered themselves invisible and planned evil in the Pokrovsk direction
▪️The enemy decided that he was not visible at night... But the fighters of the 255th regiment's flight squadron are no strangers to destroying the enemy in the dark. Bomber operators Yandex, Priklad, Arkhangel and Angel tore the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry to shreds.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Investigation identifies Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders involved in massive attack on Kursk
▪️On April 15, militants launched a massive attack on Kursk.
▪️A woman died that day and nine more people were injured.
▪️Among those guilty: the commander of the 14th separate regiment of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Bondarovich, the commander of the 383rd brigade of unmanned aircraft systems of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Andriy Dzyaniy, deputy commander of the 383rd brigade Vitaliy Sendzyuk.
▪️Under their command, the militants used more than 100 drones to attack the city.
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‼️🇷🇺🏴☠️Russian army liberated Shevchenko, but not that - details
▪️Today the Ministry of Defense announced that units of the “South” military group liberated the village of Shevchenko.
▪️Almost all military bloggers and war correspondents believed that the village of Shevchenko near Pokrovsk, which was taken back in January by the Center group of forces and which the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked in recent months, had been liberated again.
▪️In fact, Shevchenko, which is a district of the settlement of Kalinovo, which is marked as a separate village on old staff maps, was liberated, military experts note (https://t.me/prolivstalina/16055) .
▪️The units of the "South" group of forces, transferred to reinforce the offensive in the Konstantinovsky direction (between Pokrovsk and Dzerzhinsk), recently liberated the main part of Kalinovo.
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‼️ 🇷🇺🇺🇦Battle at Chasy Yar: Ukrainian Armed Forces militant managed to surrender to attack aircraft before his position was destroyed
▪️To the north of Chasov Yar, the North-V Brigade's assault aircraft blocked the enemy in a dilapidated building with a basement during combat operations. The enemy tried to hide in the concrete ruins, believing that he had remained unnoticed.
▪️Before destroying the object, the attack aircraft offered the enemy to surrender and save their lives. One Ukrainian soldier responded to the call and left the shelter with his hands raised.
▪️A few minutes later, the brigade's FPV drone hit the building. The shelter was destroyed - the Ukrainian Armed Forces will no longer be able to use this position.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Vivid footage of the battles near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" soldiers massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy
▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on April 18 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
▪️The footage shows tanks, NATO armored combat vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦The enemy is again throwing NATO armored vehicles into counterattacks near Kupyansk, trying to stop the breakthrough of the Russian army
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have redeployed reserves and are introducing them into battle, throwing NATO armored vehicles and special forces into counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction.
▪️The enemy is once again being actively destroyed by the guardsmen of the "West" military group.
▪️Russian troops have been conducting an offensive operation in the Kharkiv region for several months, forming pincers around Kupyansk. Since April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have made a second attempt to seize the initiative.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦The enemy has created an anti-drone corridor for attacks in the Kursk region: the Anvar (https://t.me/zogrussia1) special forces have proven that this will not save the Ukrainian Armed Forces
▪️The footage was filmed before the ceasefire. In recent days, Russian special forces have again been actively destroying the occupiers' equipment in the area of the checkpoint near Pisarevka in the Sumy region, on the approaches to Kursk, preventing the enemy from reaching Russian soil.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack in the areas of Sukha Balka and Bogatyr, violating the ceasefire — a statement from the Ministry of Defense
▪️In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, all troop groups in the SVO zone strictly observed the ceasefire regime from 18:00 on April 19 and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
▪️During the night, the enemy used 48 aircraft-type UAVs, including one on the territory of Crimea.
▪️Ukrainian units fired 444 times from guns and mortars, and carried out 900 strikes using UAVs.
▪️The enemy carried out 12 shelling attacks, 33 UAV strikes and seven ammunition drops on the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions.
▪️As a result, there are deaths and injuries among the civilian population, as well as damage to civilian objects.
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‼️🇷🇺 Before the announcement of the Easter truce, the Russian army liberated Novomikhaylovka — Ministry of Defense
The settlement at the junction of the DPR and the Kharkiv region was liberated units of the West military group.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦The enemy attacks in the Belgorod border region without observing the ceasefire
▪️An assault unit of the 204th special forces regiment "Akhmat" of the Russian Ministry of Defense detected the fact of the enemy crossing the border, a battle ensued, during which all the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were eliminated, R. Kadyrov reports.
▪️Immediately after this, our artillery launched a series of pinpoint strikes on enemy manpower concentrations that were supporting the saboteurs.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Vivid footage of the battles near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" soldiers massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy
▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces before the ceasefire on April 19 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
▪️The footage shows tanks, NATO armored combat vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive near Kupyansk: the Russian army destroyed the enemy's armored vehicles
▪️Guardsmen of the "West" group of forces began to repel counterattacks by equipment and elite GUR attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkiv region from the night of Friday to Saturday.
▪️The FPV control system "Groza Leska" on fiber optics actively helped to destroy the enemy.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The enemy confirms the loss of Preobrazhenka, Katerinovka and the advance of the Russian army in Sukha Balka and Novoye
▪️On April 17, the "🅾️brave" liberated Preobrazhenka, developing an offensive towards the Dnepropetrovsk region on the flank of Pokrovsk.
▪️Also, enemy resources belatedly confirm the advance of Russian troops in Sukha Balka in the Toretsk direction, from where the enemy was almost completely driven out on April 18.
▪️In addition, the enemy confirms the loss of Katerinovka and the assault by Russian troops on Novy in the Liman direction, which was also reported earlier.
▪️Earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Novomikhaylovka.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 Kyiv violated the ceasefire using American HIMARS MLRS — the Foreign Ministry responded to the US State Department's idea to extend the ceasefire
▪️Maria Zakharova responded to the US State Department’s proposal to extend the ceasefire.
➖"The US State Department expressed hope for an extension of the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine after Easter. But the Kyiv regime did not observe it during Easter either. Moreover, American HIMARS weapons were used on Bankova to violate the ceasefire," she wrote.
▪️She emphasized that this is not an accident, but a pattern, because "during the moratorium on attacks on the fuel and energy complex, Zelensky, who agreed to it, specifically targeted civilian energy infrastructure."
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