Russia released a video showing the operation of Russian Baikal armored train. Russians call it an armored fortress. The train is equipped with various weaponry Source
Russia & Ukraine
Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, regards the appearance of allegedly secret documents of Western allies on social media as indications of a “standard game” played by the Russian secret services. Source
A loud explosion was heard in the city of Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, on 8 April. Source
Near the Ukrainian village of Staritsa an AN/TPQ-50 radar station was hit. The attack managed to destroy an ammunition depot of the 67th mechanized AFU brigade. Source
Fighters of the Security Service of Ukraine have released a video showing how they repulsed a Russian attack in Bakhmut. Source
Early this morning on April 24, two surface UAVs attempted to strike warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the heart of the fleet – the city of Sevastopol. Source
Romanian fighter jets based in the Baltic states under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission took off to intercept two Russian Su-27 fighters. Source
Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] revealed that the Russian Aerospace Forces [VKS] carried out a devastating strike on the Kanatovo Air Base in Kirovohradsko Source
On 8 April, two more civilians were injured in a detonation of an explosive device in Kharkiv Oblast. Source
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that Ukraine has lost four fighter jets this week, lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov announced. Source
On Saturday, 8 April, 31 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia from the occupied territories were brought back to Ukraine. Source
The Air Force of Ukraine warned of a new threat from Russia and explained why modern multipurpose jet fighters can be an effective countermeasure against Russian aircraft. Source
GETTY IMAGES Twitter has lifted restrictions on accounts linked to the Russian government that were put in place last April after the full-scale Russian invasion. Source
Ukrainian civilians set fire to a Russian BMP-2 with several Molotov cocktails. A new video on the web shows the Russian armored personnel carrier burning. Source
Ukrainian Border Guard servicemen prevented the smuggling of relics of 80 saints and other religious objects from Ukraine, which were found in the car of a citizen of Moldova during an inspection at the border. Source
A Russian tank was attacked twice, but the tank continued to fire and move as if nothing had happened. See an interesting episode of the war zone in Ukraine. Source
Thierry Burkhard, Chief of the General Staff of France, and Valery Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discussed the situation at the front and further military support. Source
On Good Friday, celebrated on April 14th by Orthodox Christians such as Ukrainians and Russians, Kremlin decided to burn everything or everyone in the war zone. Source
Two civilians have been injured in the cities of Orikhiv and Huliaipole in the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Saturday. Source