Germany receives 337 reports on war crimes in Ukraine
As of mid-April 2023, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) received 337 reports on alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
16 April 2023
As of mid-April 2023, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) received 337 reports on alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
On Sunday, April 16, Russian invaders shelled Kherson and Beryslav.
The defenders of Ukraine destroyed three enemy tanks, an armored personnel carrier and shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft in Kupyansk–Lyman direction over the past day.
On Easter night, the Russian military fired about 10 S-300 missiles at the civilian population of Snihurivka in Mykolaiv region.
Russian troops launched 265 artillery strikes on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bakhmut sector in the past 24 hours, as well as 97 strikes on the city of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian border guards have destroyed Russia's Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone in the Kharkiv region.
The Russian military has fired heavy artillery at a temple in Nikopol, injuring two people.
Soldiers with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense have already mastered and are using the legendary American Black Hawk helicopter in combat operations.
Ukraine will use existing and new weapons in all temporarily occupied areas so the expulsion of the invaders from Ukrainian soil is a matter of time.
In Sloviansk, Donetsk region, the body of a man has been recovered from the rubble of a residential building that was hit in a Russian missile attack on April 14.
The turbulent career of a Russian general colonel suggests intense tensions between factions in the Russian General Staff about Russia's military approach in Ukraine.
Around 02:30 a.m., April 16, 2023, Russian troops fired the S-300 missiles at the Zaporizhzhia region’s Kushuhum community.
Two Russian submarines equipped with eight Kalibr-type cruise missiles are remaining on combat duty in the Black Sea.
On the night of April 16, 2023, Russian troops launched an air strike on the Sumy region’s urban-type settlement of Svesa. Civil infrastructure was reported hit, and two civilians were injured.
Ukraine and Russia have conducted an Easter prisoner swap, and 130 Ukrainian defenders are returning home.
On April 16, 2023, Russian troops opened fire on the Mykolaiv region’s Snihurivka community. Two teenagers were reported killed.
On April 15, 2023, Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 70 times, having fired 419 projectiles.
Four civilians have been injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region over the past day.
Russia has already lost about 182,070 troops in Ukraine (+520 over the past day).
Ukrainian border guards received handheld X-ray imagers from European partners.
On the eve of Easter, the Russian army launched yet another airstrike on the border area of Chernihiv region. As a result of the hit, a fire broke out in an enterprise.
Last night, Russian invaders struck Zaporizhzhia region, damaging a church in Komyshuvakha.
Ukrainian soldiers shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft yesterday.
The Russians continue to focus their efforts on offensive operations in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions, where Ukrainian soldiers repelled more than 60 enemy attacks over the past day. At the same time, Ukraine’s Air Force launched 11 strikes on enemy personnel and military equipment clusters.
Russian invaders launched an airstrike on the border area of Sumy region, hitting a municipal enterprise.
Two people were saved, and the bodies of six more were retrieved from the rubble of a five-story building in Slovyansk destroyed by a Russian missile.
In Bakhmut, Donetsk region, the Ukrainian border guards destroyed an assault group of Russian invaders.
Victims and their family members have told Human Rights Watch (HRW) about torture and other ill-treatment they faced in the city of Kherson and vicinity during Russian occupation.
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation donated 12 pickup trucks, metal detectors, and mine detection dogs to the explosive technicians of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
15 April 2023
On April 15, 2023, Russia’s helicopter fired unguided air-to-surface missiles at the Sumy region’s Yunakivka community.