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🔹 In the night, Russian forces landed massive missile strikes on military installations in Ukraine; 🔹 Industrial plant in Dniepropetrovsk damaged by Russian strikes; 🔹 ZSU Land Forces Commander Syrski presumably visited Bakhmut, citing situation in the city as "difficult"; 🔹 Kyiv ombudsman advised citizens in new regions of Russia to get Russian passports; 🔹 Reports that ZSU building reinforced concrete fortifications in Kherson; 🔹 RuAF landed strikes on over 140 targets in Lyman front.
🔹 Unknown space object fell in Kyiv Oblast, possibly a NASA satellite; 🔹 In the night, Russian Air Force and UAVs landed strikes in Kharkiv, Zaporizha and Dniepropetrovsk Oblasts; 🔹 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra blocked by emergency services under a pretense of bomb threat call; 🔹 WSJ: Kyiv demanded from Turkey to arrest a marine vessel allegedly loaded with grain in Crimea; 🔹 ZSU fired 12 mortar shells at Lomakovka village in Russian Bryansk Oblast; 🔹 Russian Duma on the first reading has adopted bills for creating free trade zone in new Russian regions.
🔹 ZSU shelled Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Donetsk on Easter night; 🔹 After Poland, Hungary bans imports of some agricultural produce from Ukraine; 🔹 Russian forces landed precision strike on base camp of "Foreign Legion" mercenaries in DPR territory; 🔹 Some 12 000 schoolchildren left Ternopil Oblast since September 2022, some schools are on the edge of closure; 🔹 Kyiv Education Ministry plans to shorten school classes; 🔹 France FM Catherine Colonna calls to "start creating conditions for Ukraine talks"; 🔹 German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) received 337 complaints on war crimes in Ukraine.
🔹 Russian precision strike hits Shkolny airfield in Odesa, major fire erupted; 🔹 RuMOD: 3 ZSU infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated on Kupyansk front; 🔹 Rada approves a bill for a forceful eviction of canonical Church monks from Pochaiv Lavra and monastery in Ternopil Oblast; 🔹 ZSU used UAV to attack buildings of district military commissariat and police in Sevsky district of Russian Bryansk Oblast; 🔹 Storm troops of Russian 1st Guards Tank Army have taken several ZSU fortified areas near Kuzemovks; 🔹 Zaporizha authorities: ZSU use frequent strikes on Melitopol to test the water before large offensive.
🔹 Russian forces repelled combined ZSU artillery strike on South Donetsk front; 🔹 Agricultural complex damaged in Kharkiv Oblast; 🔹 Kyiv authorities in Slovyansk threaten caregivers with forced evacuation of their children; 🔹 Governor Saldo: ZSU terrorist sleeping cell uncovered in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 2 ZSU howitzers destroyed on right bank of Dnieper; 🔹 5 ZSU infiltration and sabotage teams eliminated in Kupyansk front.
🔹 Russian Zaporizha authorities: "Dozens" of foreign mercenaries eliminated after precision strike on a base in Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporizha; 🔹 Japan and Germany agreed to step up sanctions against Russia; 🔹 Pope says he will continue to seek peace in Ukraine; 🔹 ZSU fired over 5600 artillery shells on left bank of Dnieper in 2023; 🔹 Germany's Scholtz says that Beijing shall continue direct contact with Kyiv; 🔹 Newsweek: US are not concerned with territorial integrity of Ukraine; 🔹 Politico: problems with munitions for Ukraine can lead to breakup of NATO; 🔹 Congressman Gosar: UAV Reaper incident over Black Sea can lead to new escalation in Ukraine; 🔹 Zelensky issues personal sanctions against Syria president Bashar al-Asad; 🔹 Head of Crimea says a powerful group of forces is present in the region.
🔹 UK MOD: Kyiv will get modern fighter planes only after the end of conflict; 🔹 ZSU used unidentified chemical weapons against Russian forces at Vuhledar; 🔹 Many EU countries who pledged tanks for Kyiv found that many tanks are in no condition for a fight; 🔹 Two explosions rocked critical infrastructure in Khmelnitsky in West Ukraine; 🔹 Rada speaker announced that Kyiv expects invitation to NATO by summer 2023; 🔹 Kyiv FM mulls "expedient shipments of weapons" with G7 colleagues.
🔹 ZSU servicemen to start basic training with Leopard 2 tanks on next week; 🔹 Russia landed strikes on military targets in Kharkiv; 🔹 Zelensky fired deputy commander of Ukraine's National Guard; 🔹 London and Kyiv discuss manufacturing of UK weapons on Ukrainian soil; 🔹 Air Defense activated in Donetsk, explosions heard in the center of the city.
🔹 Car shop on fire in Donetsk after ZSU shelling; 🔹 LPR reports ZSU lost over 200 troops in Svatovo-Kremennaya front; 🔹 Kharkiv authorities report strike near Central Park; 🔹 In 24 hours ZSU made 10 HIMARS strikes on LPR territory; 🔹 Russian precision strike on Kharkiv destroyed military UAV manufacturing plant; 🔹 Videos emerge identifying that ZSU drafts teenagers for combat; 🔹 Russian ambassador to Germany says Berlin evaluates options for seizing arrested Russian assets to give Kyiv.
🔹 Kyiv reports damage to critical infrastructure in 5 regions after large-scale precision strike; 🔹 Reports: Kyiv plans to send mobilized rookies to defend Bakhmut; 🔹 Debris of ZSU missile fell in Moldova, prime minister Natalia Gavrilita cites it as disrespect to countries independence; 🔹 Turkey will promote "local ceasefires" in Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv FM: Zelensky to visit United Nations General Assembly in September 2023; 🔹 Blackouts in some regions in Ukraine after missile strikes; 🔹 PM Sunak informs Zelensky that UK will give Kyiv British Challenger 2 main battle tanks.
🔹 RuAF landed missile strike on ZSU base camp in Druzhkivka (DPR); 🔹 Mayor of Sevastopol reports 2 enemy UAVs shot down over sea; 🔹 Russian Investigative Committee opens an investigation after SBU issues suspicion notice for head of Russian Central Bank; 🔹 Kyiv Prosecutor office accuses several officials from "Ukroboronprom" of embezzling 136 000 dollars of ZSU money; 🔹 Woman mercenary from Australia stole 2,5 mln dollar worth medicines and donations for Ukrainian Foreign Legion; 🔹 In the night, air raid alert sounded in Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Mikolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizha and Kherson Oblasts.