Ukrainians Defend Their Homeland (online)
- 19.04.2022, 7:40
(Updated) Major developments of the 55th day of the war.
Ukraine has been fighting for its freedom for 55 days. Occupiers are trying to continue offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, as well as to maintain a land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea. This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on April 19.
The General Staff also noted that on the previous day the occupiers intensified their missile attacks on targets in the western regions.
Charter97.org is broadcasting online the 55th day of the war. You can see the developments in Ukraine on April 18 in our previous online broadcast.
Ukraine 24 TV channel special broadcast
21:57 Yesterday it became known that after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Google Maps service began to show strategic objects of the Russian Armed Forces in the best possible quality, from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to air bases and storage facilities for nuclear charges.
21:40 Ukrainian fighters repulsed three enemy attacks in the area of responsibility of the Skhid operational-tactical group. Destroyed in battles: 30 invaders, 8 armored personnel carriers/infantry fighting vehicles, 2 tanks, 2 ATs, 1 helicopter.
21:26 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to increase artillery support for Ukraine.
21:14 Surrounded but unbreakable. Heroes from the Mariupol fortress are sending their greetings.
21:01 The commander of the "anti-tank sniper" told how the Ukrainian defenders on the BM Shturm destroy the invaders.
20:52 American harvesters stolen in Ukraine were found on a farm in Chechnya. They were detected by GPS beacons.
20:45 People's Deputy of Ukraine Fedir Venislavsky about the siege of Mariupol:
20:38 According to Ukrainian intelligence officers, riots of Russian servicemen began yesterday in the Polohy district of the Zaporizhzhya region.
The fact is that the Russian fascists do not want to fight because they are not paid the promised money.
20:20 Soldiers from Chechnya fighting against Ukraine acknowledged numerous losses and injuries among the personnel.
20:14 General Motors will be the first foreign concern to leave Russia completely after the start of the war with Ukraine.
GM is the largest American automobile corporation, it dismisses employees of the Russian office and sends out a notice to stop deliveries of cars and spare parts to dealers.
20:00 See the Russian tanks flying in Ukraine:
19:51 Concerts of scandalous Russian stand-up comedian Nurlan Saburov have been canceled in Israel.
During Saburov's recent US tour, activists rallied at concerts, asked him questions about the war in Ukraine, and held demonstrations near concert venues.
19:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed one of the commanders of the "LPR" Misha "Chechen". His unit was repeatedly accused of looting.
19:34 A situation report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of the evening of April 19 has been published.
19:26 The Azovstal plant has been bombed and almost completely destroyed, said Svyatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov regiment. He said that "heavy bombs" were being dropped on the plant, and "a lot of people" were under the rubble.
"We will fight, we will use every cartridge we have left, but we call on the motherland to save the civilians, the wounded and take away the bodies," Palamar said.
19:20 Russian commanders are secretly taking their families from the Bryansk region deep into the Russian Federation.
19:11 "The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three companies of the 51st Airborne Regiment and a company of the 137th Airborne Regiment, which are part of the 106th Airborne Division," the General Staff of Ukraine said in a statement.
19:01 Finnish President Sauli Niinostiio, at the suggestion of the government, decided to send additional military aid to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense of the country does not disclose the details regarding the content of assistance, methods of delivery, or timing in order to ensure the delivery of cargo to its destination.
18:57 The Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated the occupiers in the area of Maryinka, Donetsk Region — General Staff of the AFU.
As a result of the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops, the enemy suffered losses and retreated. The units of the Defense Forces regained control over this settlement.
18:45 In Dnipro, the SBU neutralized a group of the "sleeping agents" of the Russian FSB. Under the supervision of enemy intelligence services, they carried out sabotage and reconnaissance activities in the region.
The agents told the investigation that the group had been formed back in 2015 and immediately "conserved". From time to time, they carried out separate instructions from the FSB.
18:39 "Distance of Failure: From Kursk To Moscow" — a new article by the famous Belarusian publicist Uladzimir Khalip for the website Charter97.org.
18:26 UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposes to declare a 4-day humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine from April 21.
António Guterres added that the UN is ready to send humanitarian convoys to Mariupol, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk in the event of an Easter truce.
18:15 The Russians are so zombified by propaganda that they don't even believe their relatives-occupiers when they confess having committed atrocities in Ukraine — another conversation tapped by the SBU.
18:10 The European Union will present the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions next week, Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak said.
It is expected that this package will include an embargo on Russian oil.
17:57 A big interview with Belarusian volunteer of Kastus Kalinouski battalion Yan Melnikau: about the war, about Ukraine, about Maidan and, of course, about Belarus.
17:52 Experts from the American Institute for the Study of War are convinced that the offensive operation of the Russian invaders in the Donbas will not lead to any serious strategic victory for Russia.
17:37 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed how aerial reconnaissance interacts with artillery to destroy the Russian Armed Forces:
17:29 Belarusian Volny Chor Volny sang in the refugee center in Warsaw for Ukrainians.
17:22 Romania will send a batch of lethal weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the reserves of the Ministry of Defense of their country.
For the supply of weapons, the Romanian authorities had to amend the legislation. Now Romania can supply weapons not only to NATO countries, but also to "potential allies of the alliance."
17:15 Arestovich's briefing with a fresh report on the situation on the fronts in the context of the start of a full-scale offensive by the Russians.
17:08 Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Taruta claims that the Russians dropped a powerful bomb on a hospital in the Azovstal area.
"According to my information, there are about 300 people under the rubble — there are children among them. In the surviving part of the hospital there were wounded defenders and Mariupol residents with children were hiding," Taruta wrote.
17:01 The text of Zelensky's Decree on the extension of martial law has appeared. It will be extended for another 30 days until May 25, 2022.
16:55 The Prime Minister of the Netherlands announced the decision to provide Ukraine with weapons and armored vehicles.
16:49 In Ivano-Frankivsk today they honored the memory of the children who died because of the Russian war in Ukraine. According to official data, since February 24, 205 Ukrainian children have become victims of the war, and another 367 were injured.
16:44 In the Zaporizhzhya region, the situation under Polohy has escalated. A massive offensive of the occupiers is underway there, said Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhya regional military administration.
16:39 This is how relatives meet the defenders of Ukraine:
16:34 In the photo — tank T-90 Vladimir, destroyed by Ukrainian assaulters of the brigade #128.
This is the basic tank of the Russian army, worth approximately $ 4 million. The assaulters of the Ukrainian brigade destroyed it with just one shot.
16:28 Lithuania has banned public demonstration of St. George's ribbon and the signs Z and V. Fines will be imposed for demonstrating the symbols of the Russian invasion into Ukraine in public.
16:16 In the outskirts of the Ukrainian exclusion zone, a village of orcs, an equipped camp of the Russian troops, was discovered.
The filming spot is located about 35 kilometers from the border of Belarus, near the Rasokha cemetery of contaminated equipment.
16:07 Three dead, 16 wounded — these are the official figures for today's shelling of Kharkiv, informs head of the region Oleh Sinehubov.
Sinehubov noted that the intensity of shelling in Kharkiv has increased, so residents of the city are urged to stay in shelters, not to go outside without the need, and not to gather in groups.
15:58 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have replenished their fleet with 2S19 Msta-S vehicles.
15:54 The AFU fighters eliminated Libyan mercenaries from Haftar's army.
15:47 The Armed Forces of Ukraine took prisoner yet another occupier.
15:26 Excellent attack of Ukrainian soldiers with the SPG recoilless gun on the position of the enemy.
15:17 According to Iryna Vereshchuk, the fifth exchange of prisoners of war took place between Ukraine and Russia. She announced the release of 10 officers, 50 military and 16 civilians.
15:11 The Azov Battalion continues to destroy enemy equipment.
14:53 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki arrived in Lviv.
14:47 The wave of confession of mistakes that rose in Germany after the Russian attack on Ukraine is remarkable even by German standards, accustomed to repenting for past sins, BBC writes about the Germans.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, many German politicians have publicly admitted they got Vladimir Putin wrong.
Even German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has apologised, saying it was a mistake to use trade and energy to build bridges with Moscow.
14:31 Map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine according to British intelligence on April 19.
14:19 Latvian President Egils Levits believes that Ukraine deserves to be granted EU candidate status without delay.
14:12 In the Donetsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated the column of occupiers.
13:58 In Japan, railwaymen painted the train blue-yellow in solidarity with Ukrzaliznytsia.
13:56 Churches of Ukraine will not work during the curfew on Easter.
The police, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, reported this.
The consecration of the Easter baskets of Christians will be held in churches and on the territory adjacent to the churches, taking into account the curfew in a particular region.
There will also be no Easter services during the curfew.
13:47 The EU intends to cover most of the costs of the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
According to the agency, the European Commission has notified diplomats that it is working on a tool that will focus on Ukraine's long-term needs. This fund will be modelled after the European COVID Fund and will finance investments and reforms in consultation with the government of Ukraine.
13:33 The Russians will be left without orange juice because of the sanctions. As it turned out, the raw materials for the production of the drink were imported.
13:22 The United States prepares another arrest of yachts associated with Russian oligarchs, according to The Guardian.
13:13 In the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military forced the occupiers to flee to the forests to hide from the shelling. Most of them lost their lives among the trees and the wounded occupier was captured.
13:04 UAV operators help artillerymen destroy Russian occupiers.
12:48 The Office of the Prosecutor General is preparing a petition to seize the property of Oksana Marchenko, the wife of MP Viktor Medvedchuk, who was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine.
According to law enforcement officers, searches were carried out in Kyiv and the Kyiv region the day before as part of investigations against companies whose ultimate beneficiary is Oksana Marchenko.
12:32 As part of the EU agreement, Greece has detained a Russian crude oil tanker.
Reuters, citing a representative of the Greek Ministry of Shipping, reports this.
12:23 Donetsk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery destroyed the building, which was used by the Russian occupation forces.
It can be seen that Russian soldiers run into the building. Some were killed by artillery, and some were captured.
12:21 In Warsaw, in the Catholic Cathedral, during the service, they sang "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow", the Ukrainian patriotic march.
12:15 In the Russian Federation, the operation of Euro-0 and higher class engines will be allowed again.
The need to return to the requirements of the 1990s arose due to the suspension of import of electronic control units.
11:57 Russia has sent to storm Azovstal all possible forces: its regular troops, Kadyrovites, soldiers from the "LPR/DPR".
They surrounded and started to bomb with heavy weapons and aviation.
11:49 "There are no grounds for a sharp rise in food prices in Ukraine," said Taras Visotskiy, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.
According to Visotskiy, prices for socially significant products such as sugar, cereals, flour, and sunflower oil, are under control. In addition, the Ministry Minister of Agrarian Policy controls exports: basic products that are critical for domestic consumption are not exported without special licences.
11:36 Power went out almost throughout the Luhansk region due to a high-voltage line damaged by the occupiers. Governor of Luhansk Region Serhiy Haidai says that according to rough estimates, about 215 cities and villages are without electricity.
11:22 This is the night fight in Donbas with the Russian occupiers. The Armed Forces of Ukraine adequately repulsed the attack.
11:11 "A great country is being born before my eyes, and this is not Russia," Russian writer Dmitry Bykov.
10:55 Children during the war grew up very quickly.
Little Bohdan helps border guards at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Already skillfully examines the car, and checks whether the photo in the passport corresponds to its owner.
10:50 Britain will soon send Stormer HVM armoured launchers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to British media.
In combination with Starstreak missiles, British air defence systems promise "hell" for Putin's low-flying aircraft.
10:36 An updated map of the situation in eastern Ukraine by European military experts.
According to them, the expected offensive of the Russian Federation on the Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk fronts has already begun.
10:25 Ukrainian soldiers destroyed the tank of Putin's invaders with an accurate shot from a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun.
10:20 There is information about two deaths of top officials close to Russian President Vladimir Putin occurred almost at the same time.
We are talking about the former vice-president of Gazprombank Vladislav Avaev and the former director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Vyacheslav Trubnikov.
10:07 Russia offered Kyrgyzstan to consider the possibility of building a BSL-3 level biological laboratory in the Kyrgyz Republic, but the Kyrgyz side refused to implement the project. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of the Republic.
10:05 The United States looking at possibly labelling Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to CNN.
The publication's source the State Department told this. According to them, the process may take several weeks.
09:53 Famous author and former US military intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance joined Ukraine's fight against invading Russian forces.
09:45 Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed a motorized rifle unit of the Russian Armed Forces from the city of Tomsk.
09:40 Current losses of the Russian army.
09:29 There will be no humanitarian corridors on April 19, according to Iryna Vereshchuk.
09:22 Belarusian volunteer with the call sign "Yankee" busted several fakes about Belarusian soldiers.
09:20 Ukrainian artillerymen with a well-aimed salvo fire destroyed occupiers. The ACS 2S3 Akatsiya, BM-21 MLRS Grad, the electronic warfare station and Ural military trucks were destroyed.
09:13 France openly supported sanctions against the Russian energy sector, according to Andriy Yermak.
President Macron, in an interview with Le Figaro, said that the country does not need Russian gas and called for sanctions.
09:06 Petr Andryushchenko, the advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, posted a video showing that the occupiers are not only bombing Azovstal, but also continue shelling and striking the residential area with artillery and tanks.
08:56 The Crimes committed by the Russian Federation during the full-scale invasion as of April 19.
08:53 There is no such brigade of Russian marines that would not have suffered losses in Ukraine, according to the CIT.
"Their losses are noticeable in the light of rumours about a possible further attack on Moldova. If the combat-ready units are largely lost, there are no forces to attack Moldova, Poland or the Baltic countries,” the analysts state.
08:48 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a tank of the invaders in a successful action.
08:39 It seems that the Russian tank ran over an occupier-infantryman.
08:29 A head camera of a Russian occupier filmed the last meeting with Ukrainian artillery near Izyum.
08:22 The invaders tried to hide behind the fence, but the smart Ukrainian soldier solved this problem.
08:15 Excellent operation by artillerymen of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy ammunition depot was destroyed.
08:09 The recruitment of contract servicemen for the Western Military District has failed in Russia. Journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk reported this.
Only 103 contract servicemen were selected for military service in 56 military units of the Western Military District from the beginning of the year to April 15. 23 of them immediately applied for dismissal after receiving information about the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
08:05 Artillerymen of the 24th Motorized Brigade named after King Daniel in combat positions.
07:57 Sixteen diplomatic missions have already resumed their work in Kyiv.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine published the infographic.
07:53 An hour-long assault on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Oleksandrivka, Kherson region, was unsuccessful. "The enemy retreated," Operational Command South stated.
It is reported that 28 invaders and 5 Russian military vehicles were destroyed, including armoured and engineering vehicles and UAVs.
07:50 Video of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attack on an air target.
07:47 The Ministry of Defence of Japan says that it provides Ukraine with chemical, nuclear and biological protection suits and masks, as well as drones.
07:43 Russia takes out its diplomats from Europe by circuitous paths.
The plane that took the expelled Russian diplomats from Spain and Greece to Moscow had to fly around 15,000 km due to a ban on flights over the EU countries.
07:39 The US convenes an urgent meeting with world leaders over the new Russian offensive in Ukraine.
In particular, the NATO Secretary-General and the EU leaders were invited to the meeting.
07:36 A new literally "incendiary" video by Ukrainian defenders from the 30th Prince Ostrozhsky Motorized Brigade.
07:33 Mercenaries from the Caucasus refuse to go to the war in Ukraine. They start to understand that this is not their war, and they do not want to die for Russia.
23:50 Lukashenka threatens Poland and the Baltic countries with "death and destruction."
23:44 "Our regiment has the most significant losses. We're almost gone. There were a little more than a thousand of us, about four hundred remained," the occupier tells his wife.
23:35 The U.S. general pointed out a new problem for the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine. According to Kevin Ryan, Russia has lost half of its battalion tactical groups in Ukraine since the start of a full-scale invasion.
“And what is most important is that it seems that there are no contractors or volunteers and units to make up for these losses. So the clock is ticking against president Putin's army. They lose the troops and units. And it looks like they can't create new troops and replacement units," he says.
23:23 The second phase of the war has begun, said Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
“A lot of fakes are now spreading about the Russian offensive. The second phase of the war has begun, but I will tell you that everything is reliable in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Believe in our army, we have a very strong one," he says.
23:10 Volodymyr Zelensky's new address: