Russian forces launch 513 strikes in Zaporizhzhia region in the past day
Russian forces carried out 513 strikes across 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past day.
16 April 2025
Russian forces carried out 513 strikes across 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past day.
Since the beginning of 2025, Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency, a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Defense, has delivered 420,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the front.
Three people were injured in a Russian drone strike on Odesa.
Fighters from the 8th Border Detachment of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service have destroyed two Russian Murom-M surveillance systems and associated antenna equipment in southern Ukraine.
15 April 2025
Police officers of the White Angel special forces unit have rescued up to ten more civilians from the shelled Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, where the enemy is constantly dropping bombs and hunting with drones.
The Bakhchisarai district “court” in the temporarily occupied Crimea rejected the administrative claim of Server Zekiriayev, sentenced to 13 years in prison, regarding the unbearable conditions of detention in the colony.
Kyiv is continuing discussions with Germany regarding the supply of Taurus cruise missiles and expects ongoing support from the future German government.
Russian forces are constructing so-called anti-drone corridors for moving military equipment in the border area of Kursk region, however, Ukrainian troops are successfully destroying it.
On the night of April 15, the Defense Forces shot down 26 enemy drones, and another 19 imitator drones were lost without negative consequences.
On the morning of April 15, Russian troops fired drones at the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk region, injuring one person and damaging service stations and other businesses.
Soldiers of the 5th detachment of the State Border Guard Service destroyed enemy assault groups that tried to enter the territory of Sumy region.
In the Novopavlivka sector, paratroopers from Ukraine's 71st Jaeger Brigade, together with neighboring units, repelled a massive Russian assault involving motorcycles, more than 20 tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
Fires broke out in several residential buildings in Kursk following a massive drone attack on the city on the night of April 14-15.
We expect Turkey to continue playing an active role in supporting our peace efforts
Over the past day, Russian forces launched strikes at 37 settlements in Kherson region, resulting in eight people being injured, including one child.
Over the past day, April 14, a total of 99 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian occupiers along the frontlines.
Fifty teams from the Brave1 cluster carried out testing of ground robotic platforms in conditions close to combat.
In Kharkiv, rescuers extinguished a 1,600 square meter fire caused by a Russian drone strike on the morning of April 14.
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has strongly condemned the Russian missile strike on Sumy carried out on Palm Sunday, April 13, calling it “a new level of godlessness, cynicism, and criminality,” and urged the international community to take immediate and decisive action.
14 April 2025
Russian forces are systematically using chemicals on the battlefield — specifically, munitions containing poisonous gases.
Zhang Renbo, a Chinese national captured in Donetsk region by Ukrainian Defense Forces, said that the bank card on which his payment from the Russian army contract was deposited was used exclusively by Russians.
Since the beginning of 2025, the Russian army has lost 11,583 units of automotive and special equipment.
The death toll from a Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy has risen to 35 people.
By May 9, in order to create the impression of success at the front, Russia may try to advance southwest of Pokrovsk in the direction of the Dnipro region, which is only a few kilometers away from the administrative border of the Russian-occupied areas.
An enemy FPV drone hit a man who was working in a field near the village of Novoyakovlivka, Zaporizhzhia region.
Compared to 2023, Russian Shahed UAVs have significantly fewer non-Chinese components.
In Sumy, a Russian “Shahed” hit one of the parking lots, injuring one person.
Russian occupation forces have significantly increased their firepower on the southern front, with the heaviest activity observed in the Huliaipole sector.
Since the beginning of April, Russian forces have launched nearly 2,800 aerial bombs, over 1,400 attack drones, and about 60 missiles of various types, including ballistic missiles, against Ukraine.
Since the beginning of April, Russian forces have launched nearly 2,800 aerial bombs, over 1,400 attack drones, and about 60 missiles of various types, including ballistic missiles, against Ukraine.