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20 April 2025
Russia is attempting to create the general impression of a ceasefire, but in some areas, it is continuing to make isolated attempts to advance and inflict losses on Ukraine.
Aerial reconnaissance units from the 4th Detachment of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service used Baba Yaga drones to destroy four Russian positions and two shelters in Kharkiv region.
Operators from the Korsar strike drone battalion of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade destroyed two Russian infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and a tank in the Pokrovsk sector of the front.
The Easter statements by Putin did not extend to the territories of Kursk and Belgorod regions, combat operations continue on some fronts.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has sent 1,100 multi-rotor drones from the city’s community to Ukrainian defenders.
In the village of Prymorske in Zaporizhzhia, a man was injured as a result of an enemy drone attack.
19 April 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine will act in a mirror image with regard to Russia's ceasefire - silence in response to silence, strikes in defense of strikes.
Russian shelling continues in the Kherson region, civilians are under attack.
The Russian army targeted the village of Vysoke in the Kherson region with drones, causing significant damage to private homes.
The Russian army carried out airstrikes on the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, injuring one civilian.
Late on Friday night, April 18, the Russian army launched rocket attacks on the Odesa region, damaging civilian infrastructure.
In the Kharkiv region, seven people were injured or suffered an acute stress reaction during the day.
On the night of April 19, Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully shot down 33 of 87 Russian drones, while an additional 36 disappeared from radar.
On Friday, April 18, 162 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded on the frontline, with the Pokrovsk sector experiencing the fiercest fighting. Ukrainian defenders repelled 54 assault and offensive operations by the aggressor in this sector.
Over the past day, Russian invaders launched shelling attacks and airstrikes on 36 settlements in the Kherson region, leaving nine people wounded.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to April 19, 2025 amount to nearly 940,150 invaders, including another 1,180 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 328 strikes across 12 localities in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving a 74-year-old man wounded in the shelling.
Aerial reconnaissance pilots from the 4th Border Guard Detachment have successfully destroyed three Russian positions in the Kharkiv region using FPV drones.
A drone attack on Zaporizhzhia has resulted in a fire in the city, with emergency services actively responding to the situation.
Ukrainian forces have destroyed three Russian infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) as they attempted to cross the Oskil River near Dvorichna.
Pilots of the FPV drones from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade successfully destroyed a Russian 2S9 Nona self-propelled artillery system in the Kharkiv region.
18 April 2025
Aerial reconnaissance pilots of the 4th Border Guard Detachment destroyed three positions of Russian invaders in the Kharkiv region using FPV drones.
This weekend, Ukraine will be under the influence of spring warmth, but rain is possible in the western regions. The temperature will rise above the climatic norm in almost all regions.
In Kharkiv, the number of people injured in the morning Russian shelling has climbed to 112, including eight children.
In the Kharkiv sector, soldiers from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade successfully repelled an attempted attack by Russian forces.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully destroyed a Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, T-80 and T-72 tanks, as well as an MT-LB armored vehicle using drones.
In Kherson, an enemy drone attack ignited a fire on the balcony of a multi-story residential building.
A satellite image has confirmed that Ukrainian drones struck a barracks on the grounds of the 112th Missile Brigade in Shuya, Russia's Ivanovo region -- a unit which, according to Ukrainian military intelligence, launched the April 13 missile attack on Sumy that killed 36 people.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has condemned the Russian strike on a bakery in Sumy, where traditional Easter bread (paska) was being baked. The attack killed a driver and injured a female worker.
Ukrainian border guards from the Steel Border Brigade of the Offensive Guard, together with fellow defenders from other branches of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, repelled a Russian assault and destroyed enemy armored vehicles in the Sumy sector.