🟡22.04.2022
20:03 Ukrainska Pravda
The United States has begun supplying multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) to Ukraine and is working with other NATO allies to provide Ukraine with more jet systems.
19:52 Radio Liberty
The satellite recorded another mass grave near Mariupol – near the cemetery of the occupied village of Vynohradne, which is located 5-6 kilometers from the city. This is evidenced by satellite images available to “Schemes” (Radio Liberty). Commenting to reporters, the Mariupol authorities say they have received reports from residents about another possible mass grave in the village – those killed in regular shelling by the Russian army.
According to satellite images, excavated trenches in the cemetery of the occupied village appeared in late March. In the pictures on March 17, these excavations are not yet. In the photo of Maxar for March 29, trenches measuring approximately 38 by 4 meters are already visible. At least 1,000 Mariupol residents killed by Russians can be buried here.
19:26 Novoye Vremya
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26 together with a team of specialists.
The purpose of the visit is to “intensify efforts to prevent the danger of a nuclear accident” in the context of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
18:18 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information as of 18.00 on 22.04.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
Fifty-eighth day of heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.
The enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
- In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the enemy did not take active action. There is an increase in electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare systems in the border areas of Gomel region with Ukraine. Units of the 48th separate battalion of electronic warfare of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus have been set up in the districts of Klimovka and Dymamerky. In addition, the enemy conducted training of regular forces and air defense.
The threat of missile and air strikes on the objects of civil and military infrastructure of Ukraine from the territory of the Republic of Belarus remains.
- In the Sivershchyna direction, the FSB border service units of the Russian Federation continue to carry out enhanced protection of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The regrouping of enemy troops continues.
- In the Slobozhanshchyna direction, the occupiers continue to partially block the city of Kharkiv with units of the 6th All-Army, Baltic and Northern Fleets, and try to fire on units of our troops and critical infrastructure.
- In the Izium direction, the enemy conducts air reconnaissance of the positions of our troops in order to determine possible directions of attack. To improve the tactical position of the units, the enemy tried to carry out offensive operations in the directions of the settlements of Zavody and Dibrovne, but without success.
- In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, fighting took place along the entire line of contact.
- During the day, the enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of Sloviansk, established itself in the village of Lozove. In the areas of Zelena Dolyna and Kreminna, the enemy continues to consolidate its occupied positions, regroup and prepare for offensive operations.
- The enemy strengthened the grouping of troops by moving from the territory of the Russian Federation of individual units of the 41st General Army of the Central Military District. Unsuccessfully trying to gain a foothold in the village of Rubizhne.
- In the area of Popasna, the enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Novotoshkivske and deep into the settlement of Popasna, without success. Established in the central part of the village Stepne.
- In the Avdiivka and Kurakhove directions, the occupiers tried to carry out assault operations, but without success.
- In the Mariupol direction, the enemy continued to launch air strikes on Mariupol and blockade our units in the Azovstal area.
- In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the occupiers carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Zelene Pole, without success. The enemy strengthened the group by relocating units of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District. At the same time, the battalion tactical group of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th All-Military Army lost its combat capability and was withdrawn to the recovery area.
- In the direction of Southern Buh, near the settlement of Oleksandrivka, the enemy is defending the occupied positions. Conducts air reconnaissance. It is possible to carry out assault operations in order to reach the administrative borders of Kherson region.
According to available information, the personnel of a separate group of Russian troops in the so-called “Transnistrian-Moldavian Republic” serve on a daily basis. At the same time, the possibility of using the territory of the unrecognized republic for aggression against Ukraine remains.
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!
17:59 Radio Liberty
The Russian Embassy in Iceland is outraged by Reykjavik’s military aid to Ukraine and threatens that military cargo in Ukraine will be regarded as “legitimate targets”
17:55 Ukrainska PravdaThe heads of the negotiating teams of Ukraine and Russia held talks in recent days, and at the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the talks had allegedly stopped.
16:22 Radio Liberty
The United Nations says that Russian actions in Ukraine, which have included summary executions of civilians, may amount to war crimes.
“Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools, and other civilian infrastructure, actions that may amount to war crimes,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on April 22.
In the town of Bucha, near Kyiv, a UN mission has documented that 50 civilians had been killed there, including by summary execution, Shamdasani said.
16:03 Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko
In the Donetsk region on Friday, as of 3 p.m., the Russians fired on 20 settlements, destroying or damaging 34 civilian objects.
15:44 Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova
“Russian peace” took the lives of more than 100 residents of Popasna, Luhansk region.
Today, the city still has more than 2,500 residents hiding in bomb shelters. Before the war, there were more than 20,000.
The Russians control about half of the city, so the evacuation of civilians is very difficult, the same as the delivery of humanitarian goods.
Russians deport people from the occupied part of Popasna to Pervomaisk.
There are no surviving houses left in the town, and only military doctors can provide medical care.
The enemy is systematically destroying Ukrainian cities on its way by committing war crimes and crimes against humanity following Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and in violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation of Human Rights Violations during Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine.
14:57 Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai
The daytime shelling of the outskirts of Lysychansk had catastrophic consequences. The Russians damaged the high-voltage power line. All residential neighbourhoods of Sievierodonetsk are without electricity.
14:24 European Council President Charles Michel
Charles Michel had a call with Vladimir Putin.
“Strongly urged for immediate humanitarian access and safe passage from Mariupol and other besieged cities all the more on the occasion of Orthodox Easter,” wrote the European Council President on his Twitter page.
14:06 The Guardian
Britain is ready to reopen its Kyiv embassy, Boris Johnson has announced, more than two months after moving it out of the Ukrainian capital before the Russian invasion.
13:01 Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai
One of the buses did not reach Rubizhne due to the shelling. The Russians opened fire on a school bus evacuating people from Popasna. Twenty-five people were transported, including a woman with a disability, a wounded boy, and an infant. The evacuation vehicle was driven by a history teacher from one of the schools in the Popasna community. He also delivered humanitarian aid to the city. Another 45 people from Lysychansk are already heading to Dnipro. A total of 70 people were rescued from the Luhansk region today.
12:36 Suspilne
From April 23, the Russian military is going to fully control the city of Oleshky, Kherson region. Its Mayor Yevhen Ryschuk announced this in a video message.
12:17 Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko
The regional trauma centre in Lyman was fired upon today by the Russian army from BM-27 “Uragan”. Direct shelling caused fires and destruction in the hospital and nearby homes.
12:00 Sloviansk city military-civil administration of Kramatorsk district in the Donetsk region
At night, Sloviansk was shelled by the Russian military. According to preliminary information, these were cluster bombs. This was reported by the head of the city military administration Vadym Liakh.
The city continues to eliminate the consequences of the shelling. 9 high-rise and 12 private houses, a school, a shop, and bus stops were affected. The windows were broken, and roofs were partially damaged.
11:59 Ukrinform
Russian invaders destroyed more than 10 distribution centres with food for the population, several dozen oil depots, thousands of power lines, and 10,000 transformer substations.
This was stated by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma at a briefing.
11:42 Suspilne
Russia’s military command has announced the Kremlin’s intention to fully establish control over Luhansk, Donetsk, and southern Ukraine to enter Transnistria. This was reported by Russian media.
“Control over the south of Ukraine will give the Russian Armed Forces another way out in Transnistria, where there are facts of oppression of the Russian-speaking population,” said Deputy Commander of the Central Command of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnekayev.
11:39 Security Service of Ukraine
Law enforcement officers urge believers to be especially vigilant on Easter – the enemy can arrange provocations. Russian propaganda has spread allegations of possible violence against believers during the Easter holidays and church services in Ukraine.
Thus, the Russian media is already preparing the ground for provocations by the Russian army and is shifting responsibility for them to representatives of “nationalist associations” in advance.
“The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police will make every effort to ensure that Easter is safe. However, citizens should keep in mind that our country is at war and that the enemy is ready to take any action against the civilian population. He also lacks respect for churches and shrines, as evidenced by the numerous bombings of such sites,” stated SSU.
10:20 Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai
The Russians disrupt the evacuation: Rubizhne is under fire, so the bus could not get there.
“We will try to get to the southern part of Rubizhne by car because people are waiting to be picked up and brought food there. Unfortunately, the evacuation bus did not arrive – heavy artillery fire began. The Russians are not allowing the civilian population to be saved; they are blocking people in constantly shelled cities,” said Haidai.
10:10 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
Disinformation theses of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation about the situation in Ukraine over the past day.
The most manipulative information was that, on April 21, the enemy “took Kreminna and went to the border of Kharkiv region.”
Propaganda media RIA devoted about ten different materials to this “victorious” topic. In one of the videos, a Russian correspondent tests the road that connected Kharkiv and Luhansk regions through Svatove, Starobilsk, and Shchastia.
The analysis showed:
- On March 2, the Russian Federation had already reported on the establishment of control over Starobilsk and Svatove by the so-called “LNR” troops;
- Shchastia, according to the Kremlin, was captured by the occupiers on February 26;
- The Russian army has already “liberated” Kreminna: on March 8 and April 1;
- All published by the Russian Federation maps of hostilities from March 15 depicted the border between Luhansk and Kharkiv occupied.
These facts are confirmed by the data of the Ukrainian intelligence, according to which the Russian generals are trying to get at least some victories before Easter.
10:41 Energoatom
Ukraine has recorded another act of nuclear terrorism by Russia. The South Ukrainian nuclear power plant has become a new target threatened by Russian cruise missiles.
On April 16, 2022, over the platform of the station three cruise missiles released probably from the territory of Belarus in the direction of Mykolaiv passed. One of them was recorded by NPP surveillance cameras.
“The threat of aiming at a nuclear reactor with possible consequences – a nuclear catastrophe – was high. This is another act of nuclear terrorism in Russia, which threatens the security of the world! Once again, we call on the IAEA to take all possible measures to stop Russia’s nuclear terrorism, withdraw Russian troops from the territory of the ZNPP, and establish demilitarized zones around Ukrainian nuclear power plants,” the statement of Energoatom said.
9:40 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 22.04 were approximately:
personnel – about 21200 persons were liquidated,
tanks – 838,
APV – 2162,
artillery systems – 397,
MLRS – 138,
anti-aircraft warfare systems – 69,
aircraft – 176,
helicopters – 153,
vehicles – 1523,
boats / cutters – 8,
fuel tanks – 76,
UAV operational-tactical level – 172,
special equipment – 27,
mobile SRBM system – 4.
Data is being updated.
9:05 Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk
There will be no humanitarian corridors today, April 22, due to the danger on the routes.
8:45 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
Centre for Countering Disinformation collected fakes, manipulation, and disinformation that the enemy spread on the morning of April 22, 2022:
- Fake: despite denials from the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai, the Russian Defence Ministry continues to claim that Russian occupation forces managed to break through in Rubizhne and Popasna in the Luhansk region;
- Manipulation: Russia is preparing provocations under the “foreign flag”. Russian troops are collecting and plan to deliver to the territory of the border regions of Russia fragments of downed Ukrainian “Bayraktars” to prepare for large-scale provocations;
- Manipulation: The Russian media do not stop trying to identify the Ukrainian military with the soldiers of the Third Reich. To this end, they publish pseudo-scientific studies stating that “the Nazis, like modern Ukrainian nationalists, carried out some of their bloody actions to discredit the Soviet liberation soldiers.”
8:35 Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office
As a result of the shelling of the village of Hurivka on March 10 and 12 by the aggressor’s troops, the historical architectural monument “Turkish Well” of the 18th century was destroyed and several social infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged.
During the visit to the village, 9 victims and 8 witnesses were interrogated, as well as a school, a kindergarten, the territories of 4 farms, and 7 houses that were damaged were inspected.
8:23 Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai
After the Russians fired on Lysychansk, three members of the rapid response team of the regional national police received shrapnel wounds.
Russian shells hit seven houses. Four people were injured.
A batch of medicines was delivered to the hospital in Sievierodonetsk.
During the past 24 hours, the Russian army has made 11 attempts to shell the civilian population of the Luhansk region. Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne, and the Hirske community came under fire. Two houses in Sievierodonetsk, two in Lysychansk, and three more in other communities were partially destroyed. Four residents of the Luhansk region were injured.
8:22 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
As of April 22, more than 594 children suffered in Ukraine as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation – 208 children were killed and 386 received injuries of varying severity.
Children suffered the most in regions such as Donetsk – 120, Kyiv – 113, Kharkiv – 91, Chernihiv – 66, Mykolaiv – 41, Kherson – 44, Luhansk – 37, Zaporizhzhia – 25, Sumy – 17, the capital – 16, Zhytomyr – 15.
These data are not conclusive, as inspection of sites of active hostilities and liberated settlements and receiving information on the temporarily occupied territories are underway.
7:33 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 06.00 on April 22, 2022.
Video (Spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Shtupun).
The fifty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military invasion continues. The Russian Federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and launches missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure.
- In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the Russian enemy did not take active action, and no signs of the formation of offensive groups were noted. Measures are being taken to strengthen the coverage of the state border in the western and north-western directions. The air defence forces have been transferred to reinforced duty. The protection of headquarters, communications centres, military camps, arsenals, bases and warehouses for weapons, military equipment, and fuel and lubricants has been strengthened.
- In the Slobozhansky direction, the Russian enemy, with forces of up to seven battalion tactical groups from the 6th Combined Arms Army, coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets, continues to partially block the city of Kharkiv, firing on units of our troops and critical infrastructure.
- In the Izium direction, the Russian enemy concentrated up to 25 battalion tactical groups from the 1st Panzer Army, the 20th and 35th Combined Arms Armies, the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District, and airborne troops of the Russian Federation Armed Forces.
- The Russian enemy is trying to launch an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Zavody. The Russian enemy went to the northern outskirts of Dibrovny, trying to gain a foothold on the frontier.
- In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, Russian occupiers intensified hostilities along the entire line of combat during the day. The Russian enemy carries out assault operations in the area of the settlement of Zarichne and, with forces of about the battalion, tries to advance in the area of the settlement of Rubizhne.
- Defensive battles with the Russian enemy continue in the direction of the settlements of Novtoshkivske and Popasna.
- The Russian enemy continues to try to support the artillery in the area of Marinka.
- At the same time, the Russian enemy strengthens the grouping of troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Measures for the logistical support of the occupying forces are underway.
- In the South Buh area, the enemy continued to fire on units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, tried to conduct reconnaissance by fighting in the Trudolyubivka area, suffered losses, and retreated to previously occupied positions.
- The Russian enemy continues to suffer losses. According to the available information, on April 20 this year, another consignment of wounded servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian federation (about 220 people) and more than 50 bodies of the killed invaders were taken to the central district hospital of Novoaydar.
- In addition, the battalion tactical group of the 136th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, operating in the Kurakhiv area, suffered significant casualties (up to 250 men) and lost up to 10 rocket and artillery.
- Also, according to available information, the personnel of the 150th Motorised Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, which was involved in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, did not receive the so-called “combat” funds for March. Because of this, the servicemen express their dissatisfaction and indignation.
- To prevent the disruption of the spring conscription campaign in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from April 30 this year, Russian occupiers will be banned from leaving and entering the peninsula.
- In the temporarily occupied territories, Russian enemy units continue to block the movement of local people, looting and hand-made approaching the humanitarian crisis – destroying critical infrastructure and blocking the delivery of humanitarian goods from Ukraine. There have been cases of executions of civilians and volunteers.
- Ten attacks by the Russian occupiers were repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts over the past 24 hours, six tanks, eight armoured units, fifteen vehicles, and four artillery systems were destroyed.
- Fifteen air targets were destroyed by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with anti-aircraft gunners of the Land and Assault Forces, Marines, and the National Guard, on the previous day: nine UAVs, three planes, and three helicopters.
1:13 Bloomberg
Rebuilding Ukraine following Russia’s invasion will cost $600 billion, the nation’s prime minister said, calling on members of the International Monetary Fund to donate 10% of their reserve assets received from the institution to support the effort.
In the short term, Ukraine needs $4 billion to $5 billion per month in funding, Denys Shmyhal said at a ministerial roundtable Thursday organised to support the country at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings in Washington. In the longer term, the nation needs a recovery strategy similar to the Marshall Plan for Europe after World War II.
0:26 Operational Command “South”
The situation in Kherson and Mykolayiv regions remains steadily tense.
The humanitarian corridor planned for today from the occupied villages of the Kherson region to the Dnipropetrovsk region did not work. The occupiers did not comply with the agreements, did not stop the shelling, and detained the evacuation column at the checkpoint. The cars were forced to return and could not take people out of the occupied villages of the Kherson region.
The enemy continues to look for ways to advance west of the occupied defensive lines. Ukrainian units repulsed two enemy attacks in an attempt to advance to the administrative border with the Mykolaiv region. During the fighting, the enemy suffered losses and retreated.In the Black Sea, the Russian naval group was reformatted and continued to search for the floodplain of the Moskva flagship. Their location eloquently indicates the persistence of the threat of missile strikes.
