18:41 Information from the field: Two Ukrainian Furia reconnaissance UAVs were shot down today around 12-15 p.m. over Kremenna settlement using a Strela-10 SAM system.
18:40 The Ukrainian Armed Forces recorded shelling from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasynuvataia: 10 rockets from BM-21 Grad were fired.
18:35 The DPR Emergencies Ministry and volunteers from local residents continue to clear the rubble of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol. In four days, 11 bodies of civilians have been found, with more dead under the rubble.
18:24 The Russian army destroyed a large number of AFU armoured vehicles in the fighting in the Severodonetsk direction.
18:17 Shelling from the direction of the AFU was recorded:
Krasnogorovka – Staromykhailivka: 5 mines of 120 mm caliber were fired.
Avdiivka – Yasynuvata: 3 rockets from BM-21 Grad were fired.
17:53 The Ukrainian Forces recorded shelling in the direction of Peski – Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): 10 mines of 120 mm calibre were fired.
17:52 A man born in 1956 and residing at 14, Shakhterskaya Slava Street, Kuybyshevsky district died as a result of shelling by Ukrainian militants in the village of Administrativnyi, which occurred before ambulance arrived.
A woman born in 1970, a civilian resident of Olenivka, was wounded by shrapnel. Also in the village on Pushkina and Pochtova streets, private houses were hit.
17:51 Former Mariupol city council employees report provocation with a humanitarian corridor organized by a former mayor who fled to western Ukraine. It was only by happy coincidence and thanks to the competent actions of the Russian Armed Forces that civilian casualties were avoided. Please pay maximum attention to this!
17:37 For the successful fulfillment of the combat mission, D. Pushilin awarded 55 fighters of the separate assault battalion “Somali” named after the Hero of the DPR, Guards Colonel Mikhail Tolstykh (call sign Givi). This unit has once again proved, not in word but in deed, that it rightfully bears the definition of ‘legendary’.
17:09 Locals report a rocket attack on National Front and AFU units near the Kramatorsk airfield.
17:07 As a result of the shelling of AFU village Luhanske, 13 Lazo Street, the roof of a residential building, glazing, a garage and a car were damaged.
16:57 AFU shelled Yelenivka. A house on Krupskaya Street was damaged as a result of shelling.
16:37 During the day on 23 April, between 08:00 and 16:00, 167 people, including 23 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymnoye, Novoazovsk district.
At present, they are in an evacuation assistance point deployed by the DPR Emergencies Ministry.
16:20 Nationalists in Mariupol opened fire on civilians who were about to evacuate along the gum corridor. The assembly point was in the west of the city. The humanitarian corridor was organised by the Russian side at the request of Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
16:19 Law enforcement agencies will soon start working in liberated Mariupol – DNR Interior Ministry.
15:53 The operational line of the JCCC of the DPR received information about damage as a result of the shelling of the following settlements by the AFU:
г. Donetsk (Petrovsky District): – Safonova Street, 38, 44 – private residential buildings.
Yasinovataya settlement: – Lesnaya Street, 51, 53, 57, 118 – private houses.
Yakovlevka settlement: – 68, Yasinovatskaya str. – private houses.
15:51 There was recorded shelling from the direction of Krasnogorovka-Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 5 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
15:27 Ukrainian armed formations recorded shelling from the direction of Zolote-4 to Zolote-5 using 120 mm mortars (4 mines) – LPR representation in JCCC and the negotiation process.
15:15 The Russian military improved the warriors’ memorial in a liberated village in the LNR. They were asked to do so by the locals themselves, the defence ministry said. The military brought paint, brushes and gas equipment to light the Eternal Flame. “We coordinated everything at once and quickly arrived. There were plenty of people who wanted to help, but we couldn’t take everyone,” said Platoon Commander Maxim.
14:40 The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over the “shelling of Shakhtarsk by Ukrainian servicemen” in Donetsk Region.
14:36 Units of the DPR and Russian Armed Forces block Ukrainian militants in Mariupol
14:34 AFU again shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. A house building in Safonova Street was damaged as a result of the shelling.
14:33 AFU shelled Yakovlevka
As a result of the shelling of AFU in Yakovlevka, Yasinovatskiy district, a house building in Yasinovatskaya street was damaged.
13:36 The operational line of the JCCC of the DPR received information about a civilian, born in 1962, injured as a result of the shelling of AFU in Horlivka (Pobeda settlement) at 180 Nevskogo Street. The victim was taken to City Hospital No. 2. Damage was also recorded as a result of the shelling of the following settlements by the AFU:
Yasinovataya settlement: – Lesnaya Street, 53 – a private dwelling house.
Horlivka (Victory settlement): – Nevsky Street, 175, 177, 178, 180 – private residential buildings.
13:23 Russian tanks shell Azov positions in Mariupol.
13:20 Twenty children from the DPR, LPR and Ukraine with mine blast injuries are being treated in Moscow hospitals. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.
13:08 AFU shelling Makiivka and Yasinovataya. Chelyuskintsev Street house in Makiivka was damaged as a result of shelling in Zemlyanka settlement. In Yasynuvata, a house on Lesnaya Street was damaged.
13:02 LPR Emergencies Ministry brings first humanitarian aid to liberated town of Kreminna.
13:00 The Russian Defence Ministry has intelligence that the United States is preparing provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using chemical, biological or tactical nuclear weapons. The plan is already in place and is in response to Russia’s successes in a special military operation.
12:40 More than 860 members of Ukraine’s National Guard refused to carry out criminal orders from their commanders and deserted their units in March, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
12:16 On 21 April, a container with ampoules was dropped from a Ukrainian UAV on Russian positions, which were supposed to explode on impact. Experts are currently studying their contents. It is possible that this is an attempt by the Ukrainian side to use chemical/biological weapons.
12:14 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there is a “realistic possibility” of Russian troops winning in Ukraine.
11:55 The cancellation of the storming of Azovstal has thwarted the West’s provocation with weapons of mass destruction. One of the provocation scenarios being prepared by the US and NATO countries to accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine involved “covert use” to solve an operational problem at the Mariupol mill, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
11:51 Bomb squad commander Oleksandr told how demining takes place during a special operation and what dangers it involves.
11:47 The first 27 orphans from the DNR, including those with disabilities, have found new families in the Moscow Region. These are the first children taken into care by Russian citizens during the conflict in Donbass.
11:46 The shelling of the VFU damaged the introductory gas pipeline to the house at 178 Nevskogo Street in the Pobedy settlement. Glazing in the house was damaged – Prikhodko.
11:44 Shelling was recorded from the direction of Novhorodske village – Horlivka village: 8 shells of 122mm calibre were fired.
11:34 As a result of the morning shelling of the Petrovsky district by Ukrainian punitive forces, a 13-year-old boy living at 48 Udaltsova Street was wounded in the leg. The victim was taken to city hospital No. 14. Damage to residential buildings on Avtodorozhnaya Street and Starogornyatskaya Street was also recorded. In addition, 500 homes in the private sector on Kosminskogo, Zonalnaya, Velyaminova, Fedorovskogo and Udaltsova Streets were left without electricity due to shelling of the “Petrovsky Machine Plant” microdistrict. Information on the damage is being clarified – Kulemzin.
11:03 In Mariupol started to restore the seaport. According to the @wargonzo project, the first employees will arrive in Mariupol seaport as early as today to begin restoring order, organizing administrative work and subsequent reconstruction.
11:02 Ukrainian armed formations recorded shelling from the direction of Katerynivka to Pervomaysk using 122mm artillery (6 shells) – LPR representation in JCCC and negotiation process.
10:35 The JCCC operational line of the DNR received information about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU in the following addresses: 63 Victory Street, 70 – private sector, the facade and glazing of houses as well as the gas pipeline were damaged.
As a result of shelling in the Petrovsky Machine Plant district of Donetsk, about 500 subscribers are currently without power supply.
10:23 PM DNR servicemen repair abandoned AFU equipment.
09:44 The Ukrainian armed forces recorded shelling from the direction: Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122mm calibre were fired.
09:03 There is shelling from the direction of Opytne to Donetsk (Kyivsky district) from the direction of the Ukrainian armed forces: 10 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
09:00 Shelling from Novoaidar in the LPR wounded a man born in 1986 and damaged three residential buildings – LNR representation to the JCCC and the negotiation process.
08:46 Shelling was recorded by the LPR in the directions of:
n.p. Kodema – n.p. Zaitseve South: 10 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired;
Shumy – Horlivka: 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
08:44 Operational line of JCCC DPR received information about damage as a result of overnight shelling of VFU of Petrovsky district of Donetsk at the addresses:
– 45, 47 Avtodorozhnaya Street – private sector;
– Starogornyatskaya Street, 62 – private sector.
As a result of the shelling of Zaitsevo (south) settlement, damage to a house was recorded at:
– 64, 68 Kondratenko Street.
08:40 During the night shelling of Horlivka settlement of Zaitsevo, the houses at 64, 68 Kondratenko str. were damaged during the night shelling. No casualties – Prikhodko.
08:32 There was recorded shelling from the direction of Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122mm calibre were fired.
08:00 There was shelling from the direction of Kordyumovka village – Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
n.p. Kurdyumovka – n.p. Gorlovka (Izotov’s settlement): 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
N. Peski – N. Donetsk (Volvo Center): 5 120 mm mines fired.
Novomikhailovka – Kolya: 10 rounds of 122 mm calibre shells fired.
07:58 There is shelling from the direction of: – n.b. Kodema – n.b. Zaitsevo (south): 10 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
07:55 There was shelling from the direction of Krasnogorovka to Donetsk (Kirovsky district): 4 shells with a calibre of 122 mm were fired.
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