Ukraine’s Defense Forces repel 30 Russian attacks in four directions
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 30 attacks by Russian invaders on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka axes.
18 April 2023
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 30 attacks by Russian invaders on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka axes.
An 18-year-old girl was wounded in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, during the morning shelling by Russian troops.
In a field near the villages Tryfonivka and Borozenske, Kherson region, a tractor driver hit a Russian mine and was injured.
In Kharkiv region, Russian troops shelled frontline settlements in Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, Izium and Kupiansk districts yesterday, causing a number of damages and destructions.
Three civilians were killed and one civilian received shrapnel injuries to the neck, arms, and legs in a Russian bombardment of the village of Novoyehorivka, Svatove district, Luhansk region.
The enemy suffers considerable losses, but continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka directions.
It will likely take at least a decade to clear Ukraine of mines.
17 April 2023
More than 2,200 cases over collaborationism and high treason have been opened in Kharkiv region, court sentences have already been passed for 133 people.
A total of 470 children have been killed and over 948 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
On April 16, 2023, Russian troops were shelling the Kharkiv region’s border areas and frontline settlements in the Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Chuhuiv and Izium districts.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Air Force carried out five sorties targeting Russian manpower clusters and an anti-aircraft missile system.
16 April 2023
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled over 45 Russian attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions.
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.
Ukrainian border guards have destroyed Russia's Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone in the Kharkiv region.
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.
15 April 2023
The enemy is trying to advance in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of military operations. During the day, the Ukrainian defenders have repelled 40 attacks on the specified sections of the front.
The Russian army has already killed 469 children and injured 948 more in Ukraine.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka areas, where Ukrainian forces repelled 56 enemy attacks in the past 24 hours.
The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) agreed to repair and modernize more than 100 schools in 14 regions of Ukraine.
14 April 2023
It is not the first time that propagandists have exploited the design style of Ukrinform's reports to post fake news.
Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions. The fiercest fighting continues in Bakhmut and Maryinka. About 40 enemy attacks were repelled over the last day.
Russian forces shelled the border and frontline settlements of Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Kupiansk districts. In particular, in the latter, a fire broke out at an enterprise as a result of the attack, three civilians were injured.
Over the past day, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 49 Russian attacks. At the same time, the Ukrainian Air Force delivered three strikes targeting enemy manpower and equipment clusters.
The Office of the Prosecutor General has already recorded 77,500 war crimes committed by the Russian forces in Ukraine, and will try to prove that this is in fact an ongoing act of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
13 April 2023
Russian forces struck Kharkiv region, injuring four civilians.
Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. Throughout the day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled nearly 20 enemy attacks.
The Russian military brutally executed a Ukrainian prisoner, beheading him with a knife. The video of the atrocity first appeared on social media on the evening of April 11 before it was actively spread by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and social media accounts.
Over the past day, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched six strikes on enemy personnel and military equipment clusters.
A dairy farm from near Bakhmut was evacuated to Dnipro region.
There will be no ruins in Ukraine, and Russian assets must be spent on Ukraine’s recovery after aggression.