Timeline: day 60 of Ukraine's defense against russia's aggression
Today is April 24. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for two months now. We're reporting on all the current news. The article will be constantly updated.
What about today?
Key points
During the day, April 23, in the area of responsibility of the East operational and tactical group, russian fascist troops carried out 2 attacks; fighting continues.
Ukrainian defenders destroyed:
- personnel – up to 150
- tanks – 2
- combat vehicles – 1
- APC – 8
- IFV – 3
- MTLB – 1
- AT – 3
- artillery systems – 2
And the air defense of the state continues to destroy the enemy in the air.
By the end of the day on April 23, units of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces of the Air Force and the Land Forces hit 17 air targets:
- 3 aircraft (preliminary Su-34, Su-35, Su-25);
- 5 cruise missiles
- 9 UAVs of operational and tactical level (probably Orlan-10).
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the losses of the occupiers during the two months of the invasion of Ukraine: it's so far 21,800 occupiers!
Everything will be Ukraine! Let's keep the line!
Christ is Risen, and the fascist enemies are burning in hell!
At yesterday's press conference in the metro, Zelenskyy expressed confidence that putin and his accomplices will appear before the tribunal.
"It is only a matter of time before all russian murderers feel that there is a just answer for their crimes. It is only a matter of time before we can bring all deported Ukrainians home. It is only a matter of time before all our people around our country feel it, what a confident world is," Zelenskyy said in a night video address.
Rubryka congratulates all Orthodox on the coming Easter! May the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord strengthen us on the way to victory!
23:00 – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon Chairman Lloyd Austin arrived in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting with them. This was announced by Oleksii Arestovych, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President.
Disappointing outcomes of 2 months since the beginning of the active phase of russia's war against Ukraine. As a result of hostilities, the following objects were damaged or destroyed:
▪️ 23 thousand kilometers of roads
▪️ 408 kindergartens,
▪️ 623 institutions of secondary and higher education
▪️ 206 medical institutions
▪️ 109 cultural buildings
▪️ 154 plants and enterprises
▪️ 277 bridges and bridge crossings
▪️ 11 military airfields
▪️ 11 civil airports
▪️ 2 ports and port infrastructure
▪️ 68 administrative buildings
▪️ 17 shopping centers
▪️ 91 religious buildings
▪️ 2000 towns and villages are occupied
12.1 million Ukrainians left their homes and became refugees and IDPs
- 2345 civilians were killed
- 2,919 civilians were wounded
- 208 children died
- 387 children were wounded
But we know, in the end, russia will pay for everything!
Who's coming to Ukraine?
About financial aid, weapons, and volunteer fighters
Ukraine will receive from Canada high-precision long-range artillery shells with GPS guidance M982 Excalibur for the new western 155mm howitzers.
The United Kingdom will send Stormer vehicles that can launch high-speed Starstreak missiles capable of destroying aircraft and helicopters, according to The Times.
Also yesterday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Borys Johnson discussed new military assistance to Ukraine. According to Andrii Yermak, it will include heavy weapons.
Bulgaria (an EU and NATO member) refuses to supply weapons to Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg. The Bulgarian government has not yet responded to calls to help Ukraine with weapons, providing the country only with humanitarian aid, protective helmets, and bulletproof vests. The issue of arms supplies has sparked controversy in Bulgaria's ruling coalition. The pro-russian Bulgarian Socialist Party has threatened to abandon it if arms are supplied to Kyiv. And center-right Democratic Bulgaria has announced its withdrawal if there is no supply.
The British government will also send 20 AS-90 self-propelled artillery units and 45,000 shells to Ukraine, the Daily Express reported, citing sources. The AS-90 is capable of firing up to 24 km and firing three shells in less than 10 seconds. Thank you!
Ukraine's negotiations with russia
"putin has lost interest in diplomatic ways to end the war and is now determined to seize as much Ukrainian territory as possible." This was reported by the Financial Times, citing three people informed about the talks with the russian president. According to the newspaper's sources, putin was "angry after Ukraine sank the Moscow cruiser. Now putin is against signing something. After Moscow, he would not look like a winner. That would be humiliating," the source told the Financial Times.
Despite this, Ukraine offered russia to hold a special round of talks right next to the walls of Azovstal. "We are waiting for a response from russia and remind you that you will not like the consequences if you do not," said Oleksii Arestovych, an adviser to the head of the OP. He also stressed that Ukraine is ready to exchange all POWs for defenders of Mariupol.
News from partners
The russians have captured a number of OSCE SMM members in Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Organization is seeking their release. This was announced by the OSCE in response to a request from Reuters, the British Deputy Ambassador to the OSCE based in Vienna, Deidra Brown.
The Latvian Foreign Minister also commented on the statement of the Austrian Foreign Minister that Ukraine should not be a member of the EU: "The main goal is to give Ukraine EU candidate status this summer. Any country that is against it is pro-putin and works against interests of the EU as a whole."
The Pope again called for an Easter truce in Ukraine. He wrote the appeal in three languages: Ukrainian, English, and russian. However, for russia, the country of the antichrist, all these appeals do not matter.
And these are Biden's words in support of Kyiv: "Two months after putin launched an unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine, Kyiv is still standing. President Zelenskyy and his democratically elected government remain in power. We will continue to support Ukrainians in their struggle to protect their homeland," the US president wrote on Twitter.
What's in russia?
Yesterday, the Kursk region was shelled again in russia. The governor has traditionally blamed the whole of Ukraine. The border post, the mill, and the railway bridge were allegedly damaged. No one was injured. Unless the brain and conscience of the Kursk governor may be.
In Perm, recruits are being recruited for the army. Salary from 220 thousand rubles, no education required, free travel, free accommodation, free travel abroad. A free plastic bag for his own corpse will probably also be handed over to the military registration and enlistment office.
The administration of the Tver region ordered stickers with a z-swastika, but due to their low quality, they quickly burned out and became the flag of Ukraine. 3.8 million rubles from the budget were spent on the purchase of 100,000 stickers.
russia has already lost 90% of its best paratroopers in the war in Ukraine. This was stated by Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev on the air of the Ukraine 24 channel. "I personally checked that in the first part of the war, russia lost 90% of its best paratroopers. This is the most important and essential part of the army, without which it is simply impossible to conquer key infrastructure facilities and conquer capitals," he said.
russian lies
Experts of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine have compiled a selection of fresh russian fakes:
- According to the russian Defense Ministry, "in the area of the Odesa port, the "southern" SBU is planning provocations with the use of chemicals to accuse russia of allegedly carrying out strikes on civilian infrastructure." To do this, 10 tons of ammonia were allegedly delivered to Odesa. Warning: this is a lie!
- Despite all attempts by Ukraine to evacuate citizens from Mariupol, ORDO representatives said that "Ukrainian militants disrupted the evacuation by opening mortar fire on the gathering place." Warning: this is a fake!
- In addition, the russian Defense Ministry accuses Ukraine of preparing provocations to discredit the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate in order to "intensify a new wave of russophobia in Ukraine and abroad." This is an outright provocation.
Sanctions on the aggressor!
An embargo on russian oil in one form or another is inevitable. A scheme to ban russian oil, which will be included in the sixth package of EU sanctions, is currently being determined, Bloomberg reports. In addition to the option of a direct ban, the possibility of setting a marginal price for energy supplies from russia is being considered. There is another scenario of applying a settlement mechanism that would "keep russia's revenue from oil exports" at least until the end of the war.
Life considering hostilities
A collection of NFT Easter eggs has been created in Ukraine. The idea belongs to the charity project We Believe, which aims to help restore theaters, churches, museums, and art collections that have suffered from russia's aggression. Each Easter egg corresponds to a certain region and is based on traditional patterns. The money from the sale of tokens will go to the restoration of cultural heritage sites.
For the first time, the National Bank of Ukraine was invited to a meeting of the European Central Bank. This was reported by the press service of the NBU. The EBC Joint Council consists of the heads of this bank and the national central banks of the 27 EU Member States. Meetings are held quarterly, the next one will take place in early May. The NBU stated that participation in such meetings will bring Ukraine's banking system closer to EU norms and standards.
Ukraine has restricted the import of cars "for personal needs" from the EU so that they do not interfere with humanitarian aid. According to Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem, the zero duty on customs clearance of cars for their own needs will work only at 8 checkpoints.
Ukrposhta has announced the issue of a stamp with the famous dog Patron, which helps rescuers in demining Ukraine.
The status of a participant in hostilities in Ukraine will be granted only to those volunteers who directly participated in the fighting. According to the head of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina, when the law was passed, which gives volunteers the right to acquire the status of a participant in hostilities with appropriate social guarantees, no one knew where the theater of operations would take place. Therefore, this right was granted throughout Ukraine. However, according to the Procedure for Granting Status, it will be given to those who took a direct part in hostilities.
How it works: The ministry will have a commission with representatives of the security and defense sector to deal with these issues.
Kyiv and the region
Two bronze images of orders with the profile of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin were dismantled on Peremohy Square in Kyiv. The star also needs to be removed!
Moshchun, Kyiv region. "russian world" also came here
In liberated Irpin, three high-rise buildings that were badly damaged by russian shelling will be demolished. Currently, a group of experts continues to work in the city to determine the extent of the destruction.
In the bodies of dozens of dead residents of Bucha and Irpin, investigators found so-called flechettes. These shells, resembling thin darts, were used as anti-personnel weapons during the First World War. During the occupation of the settlements of the Kyiv region, the russian military fired artillery at civilians with them.
Kyiv authorities are asking those who have left the capital to "stay in safe places for now" and not return to the capital.
Donetsk and Luhansk regions
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy continued to fire and blockade our units in the Azovstal area. It inflicts airstrikes, including from long-range aircraft. Using the railway connection, the enemy is trying to establish logistical support for troops, said the General Staff.
Fighting is also underway in the areas of Zarichne, Rubizhne, and Popasna.
In the Luhansk region for the past 24 hours, eight died and two were wounded. At least seven buildings were destroyed, including a police station. Hirske, Zolote, Lysychansk, and Sievierodonetsk were affected, said Governor Serhii Haidai.
In Mariupol, Valerii Kirsanov was killed by orc attacks and russian shelling. In 2015, he led russia's Grad missile systems to the Skidnyi residential district, which in fact escaped punishment because of Savchenko's adjustment, said Mariupol Mayor's Adviser Petro Andriushchenko.
In addition, Kyrychenko said that today five civilians were killed in the shelling of Donbas: two in Novoselivka, two in Krasnohorivka, and one in Novomykhailivka. Five more people were wounded.
Avdiivka Coke Plant was under heavy fire today, said the company's ex-director, People's Deputy of Ukraine Musa Magomedov. According to him, the fire was fired from Grad systems, the shops were damaged, but there were no casualties. He also clarified that the two girls mentioned earlier by the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko died not in Ocheretyne, but in Krasnohorivka.
Kharkiv region
"It is established that on April 23, the russian military carried out artillery shelling in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv. A 62-year-old woman was injured in the shelling. A shopping center and nearby houses were damaged. When police arrived at the scene, they began transporting the wounded woman. However, the russian occupiers opened repeated fire on the area," the prosecutor's office said. Three policemen were injured.
On the night of April 24, there were also shellings. There are three victims in Slobidskyi and Kyivskyi districts. In the Kharkiv region, the occupiers continued shelling in Chuhuiv and Derhachi districts during the day.
Tochka-U missiles, Smerch launchers, air bombs. The 93rd brigade Kholodnyi Yar showed what the russians are firing on civilians and the military in the south of the Kharkiv region:
Our soldiers do not leave evil unpunished: according to Arestovych, at least two companies of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade of the russian federation, which, according to Ukrainian intelligence, killed and tortured locals in Bucha in the Kyiv region, were destroyed near Izium this week.
The latest report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in the Sloboda direction, the russian army increases the grouping of troops by transferring and concentrating additional units in the Belgorod region. According to available data, OCP Iskander-M launchers have been deployed 60 km from the state border of Ukraine.
Odesa region
On April 23, from 14:00 to 15:00, russian Tu-95 strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea launched several cruise missiles across Odesa. Two anti-aircraft missiles destroyed Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile units. Two more cruise missiles hit a military facility and two apartment buildings. Yesterday 6 people were reported dead. Currently, the number of victims of yesterday's missile strike in Odesa has risen to 8 people.
Little three-month-old Kira, who died in a rocket attack on Odesa, has become another victim of putin's barbarians. A total of 213 children have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, and more than 389 have been injured, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
And on the night of April 24 over the Odesa region, two more cruise missiles were shot down.
And in the Black Sea, there are about 20 russian ship groups, including submarines with cruise missiles Caliber. There is still a threat of a missile strike, says Vladislav Nazarov, an officer of the OC South.
Can a new Mariupol happen in Odesa? Yes, maybe, they have thousands of tanks and equipment, and they have plans for a corridor to Moldova. I don't believe that they will stop, Zelenskyy answered journalists' questions.
However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces believe otherwise. Our soldiers have already "congratulated" the occupiers on Easter: the 38th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment destroyed another russian helicopter. The spokesman of the head of the Odesa regional military administration Serhii Bratchuk reported about it.
"The fire of grace descended on the helicopter of the antichrists," Bratchuk wrote.
Kherson region
The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated another part of the Kherson region: 8 settlements! This was reported by the South Operational Command. "Our units have regained control over eight settlements in the Kherson region from the standpoint of observation posts," the statement said.
In the Kherson region, russian troops imitate the presence of the Ukrainian armed forces, hoisting Ukrainian flags on their tanks. "The enemy continues psychological and fire pressure on the local population, and conducts propaganda activities, discrediting the Armed Forces with fake throws, shelling civilian objects," said the South operational command. Thus, the occupiers' tanks with Ukrainian flags left for the outskirts of the village of Hrozovo in the Kherson region. This demonstration column moved in the direction of the village of Molodetske.
The russians allowed Kherson farmers to sow only grain and sunflower, and only if the latter agreed to give 70% of the future harvest to the occupiers free of charge. Most farmers refuse such cooperation.
Dnipropetrovsk region
At night there were three missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region, there is a victim, the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Valentin Reznichenko reported. "We have three hits in the Pavlohrad district. The rocket hit the railway infrastructure. A 48-year-old man died. 8 buildings were destroyed. Three cars and one truck were destroyed." According to him, two more missiles were aimed at an industrial enterprise. They destroyed the production building. People were not affected.
The occupiers are preparing to attack Kryvyi Rih, says Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration. "The enemy is conducting an offensive strike formation in our direction in the Kherson region. In the coming days, we are waiting for their possible transition to the offensive. But we know more about them than they think. We understand all their plans and we are fully prepared for any development of the situation," said Vilkul.
Zaporizhzhia region
The enemy is planning provocations to accuse Ukrainian soldiers, the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration warned. According to local residents, in Berdiansk, in addition to inspecting cars, the occupiers have now started to stop pedestrians: they check documents and rewrite passport data, inspect things, and examine the bodies of Ukrainians for tattoos. Residents of the city also reported that their Telegram channels are beginning to receive messages from russian numbers with the text that the Armed Forces is allegedly preparing to shell and bomb peaceful settlements in the area.
Sumy region
As a result of artillery fire from the horde on the village of Atynske, all windows and doors in the psycho-neurological boarding school are broken. There are no human casualties. Also, in the village of Boiaro-Lezhachi, the enemy damaged areas of private homes. Fortunately, there were also no casualties.
Zhytomyr region
80 artillery shells were found and neutralized during the demining of two villages of the Korosten district in the last 24 hours by deminers of the Zhytomyr region. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the SES of Ukraine in the region. In particular, 47 artillery shells were found in the village of Veselivka of the Ushomyr community, and 33 in Khrystynivka of the Narodytsia community.
Chernihiv region
In March, a russian plane was shot down in Chernihiv; its pilot managed to eject. The occupier has been detained and is facing life imprisonment. According to the SBU, he was putin's "ace" and received an audience with Bashar al-Assad for his atrocities in Syria. After being detained, Krasnoyartsev admitted that after being ejected from a downed plane, he killed a civilian who was chasing him with a pitchfork.
Poltava region
20:30 – russian occupiers hit 5 missiles on infrastructure facilities in the Poltava region. The head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration confirmed the explosions in the region: "Five russian missiles hit infrastructure facilities in the region. We are clarifying the information about the victims and the destruction. All the details later."
21:30 – 4 more missiles hit Kremenchuk. A total of 9 rockets tonight!
Western Ukraine
A large-scale charity event was held in Uzhhorod in support of servicemen of 128 separate mountain assault brigades and 101 Transcarpathian territorial defense brigades. Easter cakes were baptized and aid was given: 4 cars, medicines, and military equipment. Many people, institutions, and establishments joined the action. Assistance will be sent to our soldiers.
