26.04.2022, Moscow.
Rossa Primavera News Agency publishes a summary of events in Ukraine as of 5 p.m. on April 26.
Two more villages in Belgorod (Russia) came under Ukrainian militants’ fire. Ukraine shelled the village of Golovchino in the Graivoron urban district. As a result of the shelling, there were civilians injured: a man with a wound in his arm and a woman in the neck. According to the report of the head of the district, who promptly went to the place, several non-residential buildings and 4 houses were damaged.
In Crimea in the territory of the urban districts of Armyansk, Dzhankoy, Kerch, Krasnoperekopsk, as well as Dzhankoy, Krasnoperekopsk and Leninsky districts and at a number of state facilities, “yellow” level of terrorist threat extended until May 11.
Russian Defense Ministry:
- During the night, high-precision airborne missiles of the Russian Air Force hit four Ukrainian military facilities. These included two areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment, as well as two ammunition depots in the districts of Kurulka and Novaya Dmitrovka, Kharkov region.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 87 military targets of Ukraine. Among them: 79 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment. About 500 enemy personnel, 59 armored vehicles, artillery guns and vehicles were destroyed, as well as more than 60 militants of the nationalist formation Donbass in the area of the village of Rubtsy in the DPR.
- In addition, two launchers of Buk-M1 and Osa AKM surface-to-air missile systems were destroyed in the areas of Veseloye and Prishib, as well as two ammunition depots near the towns of Novoselovka and Slavyansk.
- Missile troops and artillery carried out 1,299 firing missions during the day. They hit: 37 command posts, 114 strongholds of Ukrainian troops, 983 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 139 positions of Ukrainian artillery and 21 ammunition depots.
- Two Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, a Tochka-U tactical missile launcher and an electronic warfare station were also destroyed near the village of Barvenkovo.
- Russian Air Defense Forces shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Novy Mir, Ocheretino Mirne, Donetsk, Novolyubovka, Balakleya and Kazachya Lopan.
- In addition, the Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system shot down two Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles over the towns of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region and Svatovo in the Kharkov region.
A total of 141 aircraft, 110 helicopters, 583 unmanned aerial vehicles, 269 surface-to-air missile systems, 2,576 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 287 multiple rocket launchers, 1,111 field artillery guns and mortars, and 2,392special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.
Kharkov direction
Telegram Channel Starshe Eddy, “In general, the tactics on the Izyum direction have not changed. Units move from town to town, leaving units to control key points.
The First Tank Army continues to make steady progress west of Izyum on both sides of the Seversky Donets River. Zavody and Chervony Shakhter are taken under control, with binoculars one can see Velikaya Kamyshevakha, which is a major Ukrainian army defense node.
The heroic 20th Army, having taken Sukhaya Kamenka and Suligovka, is attacking the enemy on the direction of the villages Dolgenkoye and Kurulki, cutting off supply routes to the Ukrainian army units in the entire Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
Units of the 41st Army reached the Oskol River line.
The slow pace of advance, instead of moving in long columns at the start of the war, allowed for minimal losses in personnel, while inflicting heavy damage on the enemy.“
In the town of Liman in the Kharkov region, officers of the LPR Interior Ministry discovered a cache of weapons and ammunition. As a result of investigating operational information, officers of the operational-combat tactical unit of the LPR Interior Ministry found and seized weapons and ammunition at one of the addresses in the village of Liman, Zmievsky district, Kharkov region.
Southern direction
The Zaporozhye aluminum smelter was hit.
Ukrainian media reported that a missile strike was carried out on the bridge in Zatoka in the Odessa region. Traffic on the bridge is closed due to damage. The railroad bed is visually almost intact. It is not demolished and can be restored. Ukrainian blogger Anatoliy Shariy about the strike on the bridge in the Odessa region, “The bridge was hit exactly where the tracks used to transport fuel from Moldova.”
Liberation of the LPR and DPR
The Victory Banner was hoisted over the liberated Rubezhnoye.
Pushilin:
- after reaching the borders of the Donetsk region it is necessary to start the next stage of the operation taking into account what is happening in Transnistria and the shelling of the Russian regions bordering Ukraine.
- Ukraine is an incapable terrorist state.
- “Azovstal” will be restored, but probably not as a plant.
Mariupol
War correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, “Our troops completely moped up everything that was possible around Azovstal, and only Azovstal was left [under Nazi control].
The DPR troops in Mariupol seized the OSCE archive, and the archive contains plenty of evidence of how this organization covered up Kiev’s crimes. There is data on the military crimes of the Ukrainian army (since 2014), which were not included in the official OSCE reports in Ukraine.“
Pushylin: Ukrainian servicemen remaining at Azovstal do not trust Kiev and ask to be evacuated to Turkey.
The head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov on the Ukrainian Nazis’ desire to leave Azovstal for Turkey, “Of course, there will be no Turkey. These animals have only two ways: crawling on their knees into captivity and then being court-martialed or going to hell. There are no other scenarios for them and there cannot be any other.”
Pushilin announced the establishment of a medal “For the liberation of Mariupol”.
The situation on the territory of the LPR and DPR
The embassies of the DPR and LPR may be opened in Moscow in the next one or two months.
The enemy opened fire on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic using 220mm 9K57 Uragan multiple rocket launchers, 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 152mm and 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars. Areas of 11 towns and villages of the republic came under the fire of the Ukrainian militants.
According to the DPR representative at the Joint Centre for Ceasefire Control and Coordination, 46 residential buildings and five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Ukrainian militants fired a total of 357 rounds of ammunition.
From April 27, the schedule of water supply to the population in Gorlovka will be changed. Gorlovka residents will receive water on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Luganskvoda reduced water supply to Stakhanov by 30% due to repair work at the pumping station and suspended water supply to part of the Leninsky district of the capital.
The DPR
As a result of the shelling in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, at Geroev Miusa Street, a civilian was killed, a 22-years-old girl received a mine blast injury and multiple shrapnel wounds to the face, a 60-years-old man received a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the chest and was taken to the hospital. A 30-years-old man was hospitalized in city hospital #24 with a mine blast injury, shrapnel wounds and a brain contusion. A house and a gas pipeline were damaged.
As a result of shelling from the positions of Ukrainian militants, the houses on Glazunov Street in the Petrovsky district of the city were damaged.
Ukrainian militants attacked the Severniy quarter in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka, a shell exploded near the Sever store.
Chervonogvardeysky district of Makevka came under fire of the Ukrainian army. A 9K57 Uragan MLRS was used against the population. The shelling of the city damaged 10 buildings, including the city hospital No. 2. A woman was killed and another local resident was wounded.
As a result of the shelling of Yakovlevka, Yasinovatskiy district, the town was left without electricity. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation allows.
It is reported that the road between Makeevka and Yasinovataya was under fire (5:30 p.m.). According to preliminary reports, there are casualties.
As a result of another shelling of Yasinovataya by the Ukrainian army, more than 4000 customers were left without electrical power. The infrastructure facilities are continuously shelled. Emergency services began to eliminate the consequences of the shelling.
The LPR
According to LPR Foreign Minister Vladislav Deinego, about ten countries are already ready to establish official diplomatic relations with Lugansk. Among them are Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed units fired 42 shells from 152 mm artillery, 120mm mortar shells, and Grad multiple rockets at the towns of Donetskiy, Zolotoye-5, and Kalinovo.
Ukrainian fighters shelled Pervomaysk twice with 122mm artillery.
Liberated territories
In the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, previously liberated by a group of DPR troops, 5 civilians wounded by the Ukrainian army’s shelling received medical treatment.
The DPR authorities continue to carry out priority activities aimed at restoring the social and humanitarian sphere.
Specialists inspected base stations and optical communication lines located in Mariupol and Forest Park, Volnovakha District.
Employees of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of the DPR in the Starobeshevo district received 52 applications for the renewal and assignment of payments.
Medics in the liberated territories continue to receive citizens. 218 patients received qualified medical care. One person was evacuated to hospitals in Donetsk. There are 53 pregnant women which received medical supervision.
Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situation examined more than 4 hectares of territories and found 229 explosive objects. In Mariupol, 11,337 humanitarian kits were distributed.
Political situation
A military airport in Transnistria was attacked at night. War correspondent Pegov, “As it became known from sources in Tiraspol, the attack on the military airfield was carried out using 60mm mines, which were most likely dropped from drones. The 60mm mines are standard NATO ammunition.”
Explosions at the Transnistrian radio and television center. Transnistrian Interior Ministry: In the early morning of April 26, two explosions occurred in Mayak village, Grigoriopol district: the first at 6:40 a.m. and the second at 7:05 a.m.. Police cordoned off the territory of Radio-Television Center “Mayak” and sappers of the Ministry of Defense began to inspect all facilities of the Transnistrian Radio-Television Center (TRTC).
As of 9 a.m., two of the most powerful antennas are known to be out of order: one is a megawatt and the other is a half-megawatt. Both were retransmitting Russian radio. None of the employees of the TRTC or local residents were injured.
The level of terrorist danger in Transnistria is “red”. The danger level was declared critical by members of the Transnistrian Security Council. A decision was made to introduce a “red” level of terrorist danger in the country, providing for additional measures to ensure the safety of people, society, and the state.
Transnistria officially announced that three terrorist attacks were reported: on the building of the Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol, the military facility in Parcani, and the radio and television towers near the village of Mayak.
Checkpoints will be set up at the entrances to Transnistrian cities. Inspections of vehicles and citizens during the daytime will be selective, at night control measures will apply to everyone entering a town.
Police and security forces have been placed on heightened alert. State administrations were instructed to provide assistance to law enforcement agencies, according to the order of the president of Transnistria.
Sanctions
Poland imposed its own sanctions against Gazprom, Novatek and Akron. 35 firms and 15 individuals from Russia and Belarus are on the sanctions list, the authorities said. Poland suggests that the EU introduce a fee for the use of Russian energy exports.
Russia stopped gas supplies to Poland.
Lithuania has frozen assets worth more than 20.278 million euros, $3.419 million and 546,000 rubles amid sanctions imposed by the European Union in response to Russia’s military special operation in Ukraine, the Financial Crimes Investigation Service said. It is noted that the sanctions apply to seven legal entities in Lithuania for established ties with the leader of the New People faction Nechaev, co-owner of Severstal Mordashov, businessman Melnichenko, the head of the Ministry of Transport Savelyev and the head of Rosneft Sechin.
Ukraine
Ukraine has a “legitimate” right to attack Transnistria” – Butusov. Yuriy Butusov, advisor to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, “There is one chance left to save Mariupol – an attack on Transnistria. Ukraine has the legal right to demilitarize the military facilities of Russian troops threatening us… This will make it possible to capture Russian prisoners for exchange, eliminate the threat of Russian troops breaking through, seize large arsenals of ammunition, and free up two Ukrainian brigades that stand on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border.”
Kiev has asked Washington for “at least” $2 billion a month – Ukraine’s Finance Minister. Ukraine expects the West to provide it with at least $5 billion a month in total. Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmygal said that the IMF has set up a special admin account through which Ukraine will receive $5 billion a month. According to him, “these are the funds, which the Ukrainian budget needs in order to fulfill all social and humanitarian obligations to the residents of our country”.
In Kiev, the sculptures under the arch “Friendship of Peoples” are torn down, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has ordered it.
Head of the Ukrainian Railroad Kamyshyn, “It will take several months to fully restore the infrastructure of the five railway stations that came under fire.” How long it will take for incomplete restoration (to work in principle) is not specified.
Western Countries
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that Ukraine has every right to attack Russian territory – London is not opposed to the use of Western weapons to do so. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Armed Forces James Heappey added that weapons from the West even have the necessary range to do so
“Ukraine needs to strike into its opponent’s depth to attack its logistics lines, its fuel supplies, its ammunition depots, and that’s part of it [hostile actions].” It was “completely legitimate for Ukraine to be targeting in Russia’s depth in order to disrupt the logistics,” Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Armed Forces James Heappey said.
Russian Defense Ministry, “The Russian Armed Forces are on round-the-clock readiness to launch retaliatory strikes with high-precision weapons against decision-making centers in Kiev. Western advisers in Ukraine’s decision-making centers ‘will not necessarily be a problem’ for Russia’s response. London’s provocation of the regime in Kiev to use Western weapons against Russia in the event of such an attempt would result in a proportional response.” The Russian Defense Ministry makes it clear that such a response must be approved politically.
In Kaunas, a sculpture of a Soviet soldier was dismantled in the city’s military cemetery.
Croatia has spoken out against the admission of Sweden and Finland into NATO until all the problems in the Balkans are solved. Croatian President Zoran Milanovic, “To drag Finland, which is 50 kilometers from St. Petersburg, into this – I think it is dangerous charlatanry. However, we can’t say no, because Finland is more important to us than Croatia and the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, right?”
Ukrainian Antonov Airlines An-124-100 transport planes continue to transport Bushmaster armored vehicles from Australia to Poland. The total plan of assistance to Ukraine with these armored vehicles at the initial stage is 20 units.
Pentagon chief Austin stated that the USA does not want the Ukrainian conflict to extend to Moldova and continues to examine reports of incidents in Transnistria.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
