Timeline: day 48 of Ukraine's defense against russian aggression

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Alice Smahina

Today is April 12. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for forty-eight days. We're reporting on all the current news. The article will be constantly updated.

What about today?

Key points

On April 11, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 7 air targets of the russian occupiers:

• one plane;
• two helicopters;
• four unmanned aerial vehicles.

In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, our soldiers have repulsed 6 enemy attacks and destroyed 4 tanks, 5 armored units, 26 vehicles, and eight enemy artillery systems.

In total, during the entire war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 5,000 units of russian equipment, now it is scrap metal worth $45 million.

33,000 residents of Mariupol were forcibly deported to russia and the temporarily occupied districts of the Donetsk region, Liudmyla Denisova said. "At the same time, the media of the aggressor country, citing sources in the military departments of russia, report on more than 700,000 people deported by the occupiers to russia, including more than 131,000 children. 134,000 people were deported from Mariupol during the war," the Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner said.

Liudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian ombudsman, also stated that there was mass sexual violence in Bucha: during the occupation of Bucha, Russian soldiers kept about 25 women and girls aged 14 to 24 in one of the basements and regularly raped them. Nine of them are now pregnant, Ukrainian Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova told The New York Times and the BBC. "russian soldiers told them that they would rape them in a way that they would not want to have sexual intercourse with any man to prevent them from having Ukrainian children," Denisova was quoted as saying.

Approximately 1,700 Ukrainian defenders and civilians are being held in russian prisons. Among them are 500 women, such figures were voiced by Deputy Prime Minister Vereshchuk in an interview with Reuters.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree abolishing the spring draft. It is noted that servicemen who have served the established terms of military service may be discharged to the reserve "not earlier than the announcement in the prescribed manner of demobilization."

"Every effort must be made to ensure that Europe's response to russian aggression is truly strong and consolidated. We cannot wait for the development of the seventh, eighth, or ninth, or twentieth package of sanctions against russia to make truly powerful decisions. In the sixth sanctions package, the European Union can and must do so. It is necessary to include oil there and sanction russian banks," Zelenskyy said in his address to the Lithuanian parliament. He also invited Lithuanians to join the project to restore Ukraine.

As of April 12, 168 out of 1,500 settlements in Ukraine have been cleared of mines, said Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Kyrylo Tymoshenko during a briefing. Demining works have been carried out and continue in Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions. The SES of Ukraine has previously stated that almost half of Ukraine's territory needs humanitarian demining.

Despite the German president's willingness to hand over weapons to Ukraine, Zelenskyy refused to receive Steinmeier in Kyiv "because of his close ties with russia." Ukrainians still remember the "formula" of this politician too well.

In the evening, Zelenskyy on Instagram congratulated Ukrainians on the Day of Astronautics. An illustration of the greeting was a photo of the sad Medvedchuk. The President promised to tell the details of where and how the photo was taken later.

However, the intrigue could not be kept for too long. "I thank all the Ukrainian Security Service officers, including counterintelligence and investigators, who, following the instructions of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, proved their professionalism and conducted this lightning-fast and dangerous multi-level special operation to detain People's Deputy Medvedchuk. No traitor will escape punishment and will be held accountable under the Law of Ukraine. For all crime, for all crimes to which his personal actions led," the Head of SBU Ivan Bakanov declared.

Humanitarian corridors 

As of April 12, 9 humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon in Ukraine to evacuate people from settlements affected by the russian invasion in Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk region. Iryna Vereshchuk reported about it.

From Mariupol, Donetsk region, people are scheduled to travel to Zaporizhzhia by their personal vehicles.

Zaporizhzhia region:

• From Berdiansk, Enerhodar, and Tokmak evacuation to Zaporizhzhia, by personal transport is planned. Buses from Zaporizhzhia are also waiting to pass at the checkpoint in Vasylivka. In Tokmak, the gathering place is 5 Shevchenka Street. In Enerhodar, the place of gathering cars will be announced by local authorities.

Luhansk region:

• From the city of Severodonetsk to the city of Bakhmut. The meeting place is 28 Khimikiv Avenue.
• From Lysychansk to Bakhmut. Gathering place – HTV (RTI), a quarter of 40 Rokiv Peremohy, Sosiury street, 324.
• From the town of Popasna to the town of Bakhmut. The meeting place is 42 Pervomaiska Street.
• From the city of Rubizhne to the city of Bakhmut.
• From the town of Hirske to the town of Bakhmut. The place of the gathering is Haharina street, 13.

"All routes of humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region will work in case of a ceasefire by the russian occupation forces," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

20:30 – As of today, 2,671 people have been evacuated from the areas of hostilities. These are residents of Mariupol, cities of Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk regions.

Chemical weapons

According to President Zelenskyy, statements by russia about the possible use of chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol, which were heard earlier, show that russia is preparing for a new stage of "terror against Ukraine."

NATO will take drastic measures in the event of biological and chemical attacks by russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in March. According to him, the Alliance is preparing for an immediate response if the horde dares to use biological or chemical weapons in Ukraine.

However, the Pentagon has so far stated that it cannot confirm the information that russian troops have used chemical weapons against Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol.

"We are urgently working with partners to verify the details," said British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss of yesterday's chemical attack on Mariupol. "Any use of such weapons will be a relentless escalation of this conflict, and we will demand an answer from putin and his regime," the minister wrote.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States was concerned about the potential use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. "These reports, if true, are a matter of deep concern and reflect our concerns that кussia may use various riot control measures in Ukraine, including tear gas mixed with toxic substances," Kirby said.

Details have been received about the condition of victims affected by the russians' chemical attack on Mariupol. The contact of civilians with the poisonous substance was minimal because the epicenter of the attack was a little further from people. The servicemen were a little closer. This was reported in the Azov Regiment Mariupol. "An elderly woman has the worst condition among the civilian victims. The main symptoms of the victims: facial flushing, high blood pressure, dryness and heartburn in the oropharynx, mucous membranes of the eyes," said the statement. Probably the enemy used poisonous substances for suffocating action.

Ukraine's talks with Russia

Negotiations are very difficult, they continue at the level of working subgroups. russia is trying to put pressure on the peace talks with its public statements, said Mykhailo Podoliak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation about the progress of the talks.

"russia says its goal in Ukraine is to "protect the people of Donbas." Just at this moment, russian mobile crematoria are burning the bodies of thousands of civilians in Mariupol, the second-largest city in the Donetsk region. Survivors die of starvation. What do you protect them from? From life?" Podoliak commented on today's cynical statement by putin about "defending Donbas."

Who's going to Ukraine? 

About financial aid, weapons, and volunteer fighters

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi demonstrated Israeli "drone-destroyer" from Skylock: EDM-4S Skysweeper drone destruction systems. UAV manual anti-UAV systems will soon arrive at the front. More than 10 such systems have been in the service of the Ukrainian army since 2020.

Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden have said they are allocating €2.5 million to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to help investigate war crimes in Ukraine. So far, according to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova, 5.8 thousand investigations of war crimes in Ukraine have been opened.

The wedding of David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn and the heiress of billionaire Nicola Peltz took place on April 9. The newlyweds asked their 500 distinguished guests not to give them valuable gifts, but to send all the money to help Ukraine.

World Bank President David Malpass is preparing a $1.5 billion support package for Ukraine to provide public services.

The crimes of the occupiers against Ukraine will now be recorded in HD quality; private companies AXON and Benish GPS handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine chest video recorders worth $4 million. This will allow Ukrainian law enforcement to effectively collect and digitize evidence of russia's war crimes against Ukraine. The equipment received by the Interior Ministry is considered one of the best in its field. The body cameras provided by the companies will be used by investigators and forensic scientists to capture traces of war crimes, and the data will be transferred to a single archive of historical memory of russia's aggression against peaceful Ukraine.

The British Ministry of Defense has announced that Ukrainian servicemen will arrive in the country in the coming days and will be trained to drive armored personnel carriers. The UK is to hand over a consignment of 120 armored vehicles to Ukraine as part of military aid.

Assistance to refugees

Canada is expanding its aid package for Ukrainians. In addition to the CUAET's emergency exit program for Ukrainians and their families for more than a month, some Canadian provinces are offering additional employment, training, health care, and even financial support.

The general package of Canadian assistance to Ukrainians under the CUAET program has also been expanded.

It will now contain:

– charter flights for Ukrainians;

– short-term financial assistance to meet basic needs;

– temporary accommodation in Canadian hotels for up to two weeks.

25,716 books for Ukrainian refugee children have been published in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, and Ireland, said Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko. Some children have already started studying in foreign schools, and some are undergoing a period of adaptation, so Ukrainian books will definitely come in handy.

News from partners

Europol has launched Operation Oscar to find russian assets subject to EU sanctions over russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Warsaw authorities confiscated a complex of buildings belonging to russia in favor of the city. Locals mockingly nicknamed him Spytown. The buildings are currently being inspected and repaired. Then they will be handed over for the needs of Ukrainians.

100 tanks disappeared in Poland. They were brought to the border at night, left (refueled), and left. They come in the morning and bam! There are no tanks. Probably went to the Ukrainian "military commissary."

Belgium is preparing to reopen its representative office in the Ukrainian capital. This was stated by Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes. It should be noted that the diplomats of the Baltic States are also returning to Kyiv. The embassies of Turkey and Slovenia were also reopened.

In Hanover, Germany, Russian fans staged a rally with russian state flags. According to Polish journalist Witold Szabłowski, the rally did not last long. Ukrainians stopped the Sabbath participants and threw horse feces on them.

A russian spy and two Belarusians were detained in Warsaw. The detainees informed the russian special services about the strategic objects of combat readiness of the Polish and NATO armed forces.

The Vatican likes the idea of ​​reconciling Ukrainians with russians. According to the Pope's plan, during the pre-Easter procession this Friday in Rome, Ukrainian Iryna and russian Albina, who work together in Italy in a hospice, will hold the cross at the 13th station. They will symbolize unity and reconciliation in the bosom of the church.

The mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, has said that teachers who support russia's aggression against Ukraine will be fired.

What's in russia?

A little Ukrainian folk magic. We will get the occupiers wherever they are.

russia has appointed General Oleksandr Dvornikov Commander of Troops in Ukraine. However, the White House is convinced that this will not fix the strategic failure of the Kremlin. "We know that this is a general responsible for the atrocities we have witnessed in Syria. And we expect this to be a continuation of the type of atrocities we have already witnessed in Ukraine. But again, everything did not go according to president putin's plan, and we don't expect staff changes to fix that," said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

At night in the Belgorod oblast on the border with Ukraine, unknown people blew up railway tracks. This was announced by the head of the region.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, states: "russian special services are planning a series of terrorist attacks to mine and blow up residential buildings, hospitals and schools in russian settlements. Budanov is convinced that the failed implementation of the mobilization plan in russia forces the putin regime to launch dirty scenarios to emotionally stir up Russian society and further consolidate it against Ukrainians: "To do this, they plan explosions in russian homes or rocket fire to blame the Ukranian Armed Forces and volunteer battalions."

russia has begun withdrawing troops to the border with Finland following the statement on the application for NATO membership. Heavy weapons, including missile systems, were spotted in russia on the border with Finland, hours after the Kremlin warned Helsinki against joining NATO. This was reported by the Daily Mail. The Kremlin monster still wants to draw the whole world into the war.

The russian Ministry of Defense has updated the text of the contract for servicemen of the russian Armed Forces, adding provisions that establish criminal liability for refusing to participate in the so-called "special operation" in Ukraine. This was stated in a comment to Guildhall by Oleksandr Danyliuk, Head of the Center for Defense Reform and Coordinator of the Interdepartmental Platform for Combating Hybrid Threats, which operates within the NATO Ukraine cooperation.

What about Belarusians?

In the morning, Lukashenko arrived in Blagoveshchensk, russia. From there, he and putin went to the Eastern Spaceport. The presidents of the two countries are to hold a press conference on the war in Ukraine at the spaceport.

After meeting with Lukashenko, зutin said that it was possible to start a dialogue with Ukraine largely thanks to Lukashenko. He also said that "whole operations to protect Donbas will be achieved, they are noble. Kyiv has publicly refused to comply with the Minsk agreements, and it has been impossible to continue to tolerate the genocide." That is why this freak staged a real "noble" genocide in Ukraine.

Lukashenko, in turn, said he had discussed Bucha with putin, calling it a British special operation. "Today we discussed in detail the 'psychological special operation' in Bucha, which was conducted by the British. If you need addresses, passwords, appearances, what you came for, the FSB of the russian Federation can provide this information," Lukashenko said.

Svitlana Tikhanovska, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, reacted to Lukashenko's statement: "Lukashenko called the massacre in Bucha a 'psychological special operation conducted by the British(!).' What a delusional attempt to turn everything upside down and hide crimes. The Belarusian dictator is as guilty of them as putin is because russian soldiers came to Bucha from Belarus with the consent of the regime."

Belarus has introduced a limit on the export of products; you can export no more than a kilogram of flour, grain, pasta, sugar, and salt, no more than a liter of sunflower oil, up to 3 cans of canned food.

Russian lies

CNN analyzed the phenomenon of russian propaganda. "russians who learn the truth from the state media live in an alternative reality," the publication concluded.

• "The russian army is portrayed as a victorious one that doesn't commit atrocities and doesn't suffer losses, so the russians have every reason to be proud of what they see on state television," said analyst Madeleine Roach.
• "russia makes so many absurd statements that some of them are believed in the end. It denies the most obvious facts, such as the killing of civilians in Bucha, so people just give up and say, 'I don't know where the truth is, I can't keep track of everything,' added fact-finding expert Daniel Dale.

russian hospitals are currently overcrowded with servicemen who took part in hostilities in Ukraine, with injuries of varying severity. Most of them do not want to return to the war zone. russian propagandists are trying to change this situation with the help of a special issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda. It contains stage photographs of the joy of "liberated Ukrainians," articles about the "fakeness" of the world press and the support of the russians for the war against Ukraine.

russian propaganda is spreading another fake about the alleged production of biochemical weapons at Azovstal in Mariupol, the plant's general director Enver Tskitishvili warns. "All our enterprises in Mariupol were laid up in the first week of russia's invasion of Ukraine. Chemical reagents used by metallurgists in the production process were destroyed on February 25, about which we have all the necessary documents. There are no secret tunnels with biochemical laboratories in Azovstal," Tskitishvili wrote.

And the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, Serhii Haidai, denied Kremlin media reports that the Ukrainian army allegedly wanted to blow up tanks with 10 tons of chlorine in the Popasna district to purify water. Provocations of russians will not pass!

Trophies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

"russia," which was turned into scrap by the fighters of the 93rd Brigade of the Kholodnyi Yar.

And this is the Tiger, which the occupiers, fleeing from our military, left with the keys and fuel. Now it will serve for the benefit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Journalist Yurii Butusov showed a trophy tank T-80, which was captured by our military, thanks to the coordinates of russian propagandists.

Sanctions on the aggressor!

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has announced sanctions against 398 Russian citizens and 28 organizations from russia due to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The United States is preparing a new security package for Ukraine, CNN reports, citing representatives of the Department of Defense.

Ukraine offers international partners to apply the Iranian model of sanctions against Gazprom when russian gas goes to the EU, but funds for it will not come to russia.

Finnish manufacturer Nokia is leaving the russian market.

Life considering hostilities

In Ukraine, the application TyKhto (who are you? in Ukrainian – ed.) has been launched to check suspects and saboteurs at checkpoints on the street.

Thanks to the application, you can check:

• whether the photo in the passport is real, whether the passport is invalid, and whether it is considered lost;
• whether the person is on the state wanted list;
• whether sanctions have been imposed on this person by the National Security and Defense Council and whether this person is present in the register of terrorists;
• whether the person is included in the list of military terrorists and sabotage reconnaissance groups or the Peacemaker base
• whether the person's car is wanted.

You can download the application for android and iOS.

Ukraine wants to ban russian music on radio and television, the Verkhovna Rada reports. The relevant draft law has already been registered in parliament. Finally!

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not consider it a violation of the law to serve draft notices to the enlistment office on the streets or on checkpoints. This is stated in the comments of the military department to the publication Ukrainian News. The General Staff clarified that not everyone was handed draft notices in a row, but only those who are subject to mobilization and did not come to the enlistment office, and there is relevant information about them in the database.

Ukrposhta introduced new stamps. The launching ceremony was attended by the author of the cult phrase Roman Hrybov and the author of the illustration, which won the popular vote for the best sketch for the postage stamp Borys Hrokh, Ukrposhta reported. The stamp, which illustrates the phrase about the Russian warship to all acquaintances, can now be purchased at the main post offices or online.

In Kyiv, the fee for a parking space was removed during martial law. This was stated by Vitalii Klychko, commenting on cases of extortion for parking. "Do not believe and do not pay fraudsters who have become more active to take advantage of the situation! If you are required to pay for parking, call the police," Klychko stressed.

The sum of UAH 5.6 million raised for the restoration of the Church of St. Nicholas will be used for the needs of the Ukrainian military.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law on a 100% state guarantee for household deposits in banks during the war. The amount of compensation will be 600 thousand hryvnias instead of the current 200 thousand.

Kyiv and region

Due to the ammunition left by the russians and the regions mined, the sappers will have to clear about 300,000 km. This is almost half of Ukraine. This was stated at a briefing by the chief sapper of the SES Oleh Bondar. According to him, an average of 2 to 6 thousand explosive devices are removed and neutralized every day. Currently, the main demining efforts are focused on the Irpin-Bucha, Chernihiv-Brovary, Nizhyn, and Trostianets areas. Deminers also work in Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions.

Another horrific discovery of a family shot by the occupiers took place in the district: three women and two children died. On March 12, 15 cars with civilians and all signs that they were civilians (inscriptions "Children" and white pieces of cloth) were driving from Zdvizhivka. russian soldiers stopped them in the village of Havronshchyna but did not let them out. They spent the night and tried to leave on the 13th. Russia's BMP struck the column with a heavy machine gun. 5 people were killed, including a 2-year-old child. Everyone died on the spot. A local resident Yurii hid seven people from the convoy (including two wounded) until the retreat of the russians. He also buried the dead family in his garden. In the photo exhumation of the dead family from the next-to-last car:

The bodies of six shot Ukrainians were found in the village of Shevchenkove in the Kyiv region. According to the Brovary District Prosecutor's Office, in the village of Shevchenkove, the russian military killed civilians during the temporary seizure of the village. A case has been opened under the article on violation of the laws and customs of war.

A pontoon crossing over the Zdvizh River near the village of Katiuzhanka has been installed in the Vyshhorod district, and the installation of paved entrances is nearing completion.

The construction of a bridge near the village of Kazarovychi has been completed.

Preparatory work has begun to restore the bridge over the Irpin River near the village of Demydiv.

Borodianka. Rescuers continue to clear the debris and search for human bodies. The exact number of dead is unknown.

Since the beginning of the works, 19 victims have been removed from under tons of concrete. "After the enemy bombing, the locals tried to dismantle the debris on their own, but the occupiers opened fire on them…" recalls a local resident. She has not yet found the bodies of her children and grandchildren.

Bucha massacre: Russian troops killed more than 400 civilians during the occupation, said the head of the department of internal affairs. Earlier it was reported about 320 victims.

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Due to the night shelling of the Luhansk region by the Russian military, one person was killed and three others were injured, said the Head of the Regional Military Administration Haidai. Residential areas of Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, and Novodruzhesk suffered the most. The russians opened fire on the Severodonetsk community, Lysychansk, Kreminna, Novodruzhesk, and Rubizhne. They damaged 17 objects: 12 residential buildings and 4 objects of infrastructure, non-residential buildings.

In the Donetsk region in the Ocheretyne Military-civil Administration, at about 4 am, shelling began almost along the entire line near the villages of Novoselivka-3, Krasnohorivka, Vodiane, and Pesky.

Avdiivka Military-civil Administration: The shelling continues along the entire line around the city, with isolated strikes in the old part of the city. As of this morning, no information had been received about the victims.

The offensive of russian troops in the Luhansk region is slowed down due to prolonged rain, said the head of the Luhansk regional military-civil administration Serhii Haidai. Even the weather is behind us.

The occupiers destroyed the humanitarian center in Severodonetsk with eight shells, the human rights ombudsman Liudmyla Denisova reported.

The head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said that up to 22,000 people had died in Mariupol at the hands of the russians. According to Kyrylenko, the situation in the city is challenging and it is difficult to specify the number of victims.

He also said that residents of the region were forced to bury the bodies of the dead in the yards of residential sectors. Due to the constant shelling in some areas, the bodies remain lying on the streets.

22:30 – Today, as a result of the shelling in the Donetsk region, 2 more people were injured, including a 12-year-old boy, said the governor of the region Pavlo Kyrylenko. One wounded man was also reported in Maryinka.

But there is also good news: in Mariupol, the division of the Mykolaiv 36th separate brigade of marines named after Counter Admiral Belinskyi as a result of a special operation was able to leave an environment of the enemy and to unite with the Azov regiment. Prestumnosti.NET reports with reference to one of the officers of the crew. "I can't tell you the details, but I can say that we have now joined the Azov Regiment. Several hundred Marines, including the wounded, managed to get out," said a brigade officer.

Kharkiv region

The occupiers continue shelling the civilian population. Russians with MLRS began scattering delayed-action mines around the city. In the evening they fired on the 16th floor. During the night and day of shelling, the region had more than 30 civilian casualties per population, 8 died. The number is still being determined.

Fighting continues in the Kharkiv region in the Izium direction. There were also shellings of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Balaklia, Derhachi, and Chuhuiv districts.

10:00 – The occupiers fired on a high-rise building in Saltivka: there are victims.

Mykolaiv region

In the Mykolaiv region, searching for desperate ways of sabotage, disguised russian fascists on 3 civilian cars tried to pretend to be a group of evacuated locals who got lost. Approaching our positions under such cover, the occupiers tried to attack but received a decent rebuff. Having lost 5 of their own, the russians quickly ran from the battlefield.

Mykolaiv's Head of Regional Military Administration Vitalii Kim urged Mykolaiv residents not to react to the russian intrusions on social media. "The occupiers infiltrate the Ukrainian information space, and then monitor our reactions and draw information from them. The russians have fewer agents, so our social media are becoming a source of information for them. Because of this, you should write and discuss on social media what is happening in the city less. "russians do not need to know about it. We are moving according to plan," Kim concluded.

In Mykolaiv, the authorities estimated approximate damage from attacks. Today it is over UAH 110 million. According to Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych, the largest damage was recorded in the residential sector: 550 appeals worth UAH 80 million. Educational institutions were also severely affected: 46 facilities worth UAH 20 million. Hospitals (UAH 4 million), sports facilities (UAH 5.5 million), and social security facilities (UAH 1 million) were damaged.

Kherson region

In the Kherson region: fighting and shelling continue in the territories near Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions. There are victims, the information is specified. The region is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. Currently, 106 settlements are without electricity.

The good news is that the head of Stara Zburievka, Viktor Maruniak, who was captured by the russian military on March 21, has been contacted.

Odesa region

Eight Russian cargo ships and two tankers, which were undergoing preventive repairs, were detained in the port of the Odesa region. The owners tried to illegally remove sea transport from the port by changing the flags. The vessels were handed over to the Ukrainian Seaports Administration on April 11 and are now planned to be nationalized.

Chernihiv region

In the Chernihiv region, instead of three destroyed bridges near the villages of Smolyn, Yakubivka, and Kyselivka, temporary structures will be installed for traffic. This was reported by the Service of Motor Roads in the Chernihiv region on its Facebook page.

On April 11, road contractors began work on the Kyiv-Vyshhorod-Desna-Chernihiv road. The works are planned to be completed in two days.

Work will begin near Kyselivka in the near future.

The head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus emphasizes: there are a lot of mined roads and fields in the region where the russian military stood!

Thus, in the village of Krasne, Chernihiv district, a civilian car exploded on April 11. The explosion killed a 64-year-old driver on the spot. This was reported by the Police of the Chernihiv region on its Facebook page. Police found that a 64-year-old local resident was driving from the village of Ladynka in the direction of Krasny. In the village, he saw acquaintances, decided to stop, and drove off the road to the roadside. There the car ran into an anti-tank mine. The driver died on the spot as a result of the explosion.

The Head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus called on the residents of the city and the region not to believe the unverified panic rumors that are spreading on the Internet. "For several days it has been heard: 'the offensive is coming soon, run away urgently, the information has been verified, all the security officers have already left the city' and so on. Nobody went anywhere. Don't hold your breath. And if there is an offensive (well, who knows what that sick Ural dwarf has in his head), we will meet the enemy with dignity, we have many gifts. We are Ukrainians, we learn very quickly. We've learned. Don't panic," Chaus wrote on his Telegram.

Today in russia the Day of Astronautics is celebrated with pomp. And in Chernihiv, a russian missile at the Yuri Gagarin Stadium left its mark in the form of a giant funnel recently:

Dnipropetrovsk region

In the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, a russian missile hit a mill. No one was injured, but the building was destroyed. The second flying missile was shot down by air defense. The Head of Regional Council Mykola Lukashuk reported about it.

The line of military clashes has been moved away from the Dnipropetrovsk region. Now it passes through the territories of the Kherson region, the head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih Oleksandr Vilkul declared on the air of a telethon. According to him, more than 15 settlements came under the control of Ukraine. At the moment, the infrastructure is being restored there, first of all, the electricity supply.

Sumy region

russian troops are on the border with the Sumy region, but they do not have the strength to strike. This was announced by the head of Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi in a video message. "On the issue of possible intrusion and threat. Indeed, there are troops on the border with Ukraine. On the border with the Sumy region. They are constantly moving, redeploying, there are more and less of them, but so far we do not see a strike group," he said. According to Zhyvytskyi, work is underway to prevent the invasion. The head of the regional military administration added that people don't need to leave the territory of the region.

Zaporizhzhia region

In the Zaporizhzhia region, the Security Service special forces detained a resident of the region who was adjusting enemy artillery on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A separate cauldron will be prepared for those who directed the enemy's attacks on their compatriots in hell.

Poltava region

22:00 – The enemy attacked Myrhorod again, the head of Poltava Regional Military Administration reported. There are two strikes in the city. Information on the consequences and victims is being clarified.

Khmelnytskyi region

At night, russian troops launched a missile strike on an infrastructure facility in the Khmelnytskyi region. As a result, there was a fire, it was extinguished. No one was injured, said the Head of Regional Military Administration Hamalii.

Zhytomyr region

Ukravtodor is building a temporary crossing on the Kyiv-Zhytomyr highway near Stoyanka. It is planned to open early next week. Ukraine is beginning to rebuild! Victory for us!

Western Ukraine

The Kremlin planned to create "people's republics" in the western regions of Ukraine, the SBU reports. One of the members of the group cooperated with the investigation. He says that the group began work on overthrowing the constitutional order in the summer of 2021. To seize power, the group had to recruit 500 militants and provide them with weapons. The implementation of the plan was supposed to coincide with russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but thanks to the work of the SBU, the network was exposed, and its organizers and key figures were detained in early March in Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions.

One-third of the city of Rivne has relinquished its dependence on russian gas, replacing it with wooden chips from local forests, said the head of the Rivne Regional Council Maksym Koval. On February 23, the start-up and adjustment work of the boiler house of Rivneteploenergo LLC on bio-raw materials, the chips, started in Rivne. Today it already provides heat to 11 social facilities and 91 high-rise buildings.

And in Rivne with the help of the word "palyanytsia," a russian spy with an explosive was exposed. The 42-year-old native of Gomel was confused in his explanations, he could not explain the purpose of his stay in Rivne. During a routine inspection, inspectors found suspicious notebooks and notes, as well as a roll wrapped in scotch tape with an unknown substance, possibly explosive. The man could not pronounce the word "palyanytsia," in his opinion, the word means a building made of beams. Patrolmen called SBU officers to the scene, who later found a russian citizen's passport to travel abroad, a russian domestic passport, a russian military ID, documents proving the existence of real estate in russia and Crimea, and an administrative report drawn up by the russian FSB. An idiot of this level could only be turned into a spy in russia.