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07 April 2025
Soldiers from the 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems, known as “Achilles,” alongside the 43rd Artillery Brigade, successfully detected and hit two Russian Pantsir air defense missile and gun systems.
The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Defense Ministry released footage showcasing the Kryla special forces successfully destroying eight tactical-level drones deployed by Russian invaders in the skies over Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
Defense companies in Ukraine could produce up to 10 million drones a year if the government gave the order to do so.
Russian troops struck four guided aerial bombs at the Zolochiv community in Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian drones destroyed 65% of Russian soldiers and 75% of enemy equipment on the battlefield.
The needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counter the armed aggression of the Russian Federation amount to several trillion hryvnias. No single NATO country would be able to confront Russia on its own.
In March, the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit and destroyed more than 77,000 enemy targets using various types of drones, which is 10% more than in February.
Russian forces are actively transferring weapons and military equipment via a newly built railway that connects Rostov-on-Don, Mariupol, and Volnovakha.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian defenders have engaged in 77 combat clashes with Russian forces, with fighting currently ongoing along six sectors of the front.
Footage capturing the moment a Russian missile struck Kryvyi Rih on the evening of April 4 has surfaced online.
On the southern front, the enemy continues intense shelling and airstrikes. However, over the past week, Russia's invading forces have not managed to capture any positions there.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Jan Braathu condemned the Russian missile attack on Kyiv-based buildings housing the editorial offices of the state-owned enterprise Multimedia Platform for Foreign Broadcasting of Ukraine.
In the Kupiansk direction, Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed two Russian tanks, hit two armored infantry vehicles, and prevented the enemy from breaking through Ukrainian defense lines.
As of today, there is no significant accumulation of Russian occupation troops in the south to conduct a large-scale landing operation. However, such an attempt cannot be entirely ruled out.
Ukraine initiated a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Tuesday, April 8, in the context of the Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.
Russian forces shelled the village of Sadove in the Kherson region, leaving a 20-year-old man seriously injured.
The number of wounded in the morning shelling of Kherson has increased - two 49-year-old men were hospitalized as a result of shelling, and a 47-year-old man was attacked by a Russian drone.
Between March 31 and April 6, Russian forces made 15 attempts to storm Ukrainian positions on the left bank of the Kherson region, resulting in a significant increase in enemy losses during this time.
Last week, in one of the frontline areas, the Defense Forces lured the Russians into a trap and inflicted a devastating fire attack, destroying 120 infantrymen, three tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles and one car.
The dynamics of hostilities are shifting in Ukraine, not as a result of peace talks but due to objective military factors, according Major Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces.
Over the past day, police in Kherson region have recorded damage to medical and educational institutions and mobile phone operator equipment as a result of hostile shelling. It has become known that two people were killed and five wounded as a result of Russian attacks.
Russian forces launched drone attacks on the Nikopol district, injuring three people.
Restoration efforts are underway in the Blahovishchenske community of the Kirovohrad region after a Russian missile strike on April 6 that caused significant damage to 52 houses.
Operators of the 413th "Raid" Unmanned Systems Battalion of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, in coordination with the "Dzhmil" UAV unit of the 78th Air Assault Regiment, detected and struck three Russian Buk surface-to-air missile systems in Russia's Kursk region over the course of 12 hours.
Russia is increasingly using Chinese components instead of American ones in its Shahed-type drones to protect them against electronic warfare systems.
A pregnant woman and a child were injured in Kherson as a result of Russian shelling. A Russian projectile struck their home, and the mother shielded her son with her own body.
Emergency crews in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district continue to clear the aftermath of Russia's April 6 missile strike.
Three people were injured in the Kharkiv region in the past 24 hours as a result of Russian strikes.
On April 6, Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes with Russian troops, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Kursk sectors.
The total combat casualties the Russian invasion troops have suffered in Ukraine reached an estimated 925,020, including 1,350 killed or wounded in the past day.