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2022-04-16 12:42:01 Quadcopters and robots are used for mine clearing of the territories liberated from the invaders. Photo from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Open / Comment

2022-04-16 12:25:04 British military instructors return to Kyiv and train Ukrainians to use NLAW again — The Times Open / Comment

2022-04-16 12:07:01 Share with all your friends in Russia

The total estimated losses of the Russian army for today.

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2022-04-16 11:49:01 The invaders are preparing to close Mariupol to entry and exit on April 18 and to prohibit movement in the districts to filter all men — some of them want to mobilize.

Source: Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko. Open / Comment

2022-04-16 11:32:42 Tonight in Rome, a religious procession took place on the Catholic Good Friday

Despite the protests of the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican, Andriy Yurash, natives of Ukraine and Russia, Irina and Albina, jointly carried the cross at the Colosseum in the final. Both women have lived in Italy for about 20 years and work together in a hospice.

At the same time, the text of the prayer, which mentioned Ukraine and Russia, was shortened to a minimum. Among other things, an excerpt about “fraternal peoples” disappeared from there, Yurash said on Facebook. Open / Comment

2022-04-16 11:14:01 War news:

Explosions rocked the Poltava region last night. According to the RMA (regional military administration) head, Dmytro Lunin, as a result of the bombing, one person was killed and another was injured. Some buildings were also destroyed.

In the morning, Kyiv was shelled. The explosions took place in Darnytskiy district on the outskirts of the city. Rescuers and medics are currently working on the site. Data on the victims is being clarified.

As a result of night shelling in Luhansk region, 1 person died and three were rescued by medics. According to the head of Luhansk RMA Serhiy Haidai, Russians fired on Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Kreminna. The central gas pipeline in Severodonetsk has been cut off, there is no water or gas in the city.

Russian authorities have announced that they have started deporting Ukrainians from Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, to the territory of the Russian Federation — about 100 people have already been deported to the Belgorod region.

In the morning, air defense forces worked in Lviv, the head of the Lviv RMA, Maksym Kozytskiy, reported.

"Mriya" (engl. — "Dream") will live. The world's leading companies will be involved in the restoration of the aircraft. The destruction of the legendary, unique An-225 aircraft by the Rashists was a heavy blow not only for the "Antoniv" enterprise, but for the entire world community.

A pro-Russian demonstration took place in Belgrade, Serbia: thousands of Serbs protested against the government's attempts to distance itself from Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Protesters were chanting: "No to NATO", "Serbs and Russians are brothers". Open / Comment

2022-04-16 10:56:01 Fresh report from British intelligence: Russia has caused significant damage to the road infrastructure of Ukraine. In turn, this poses a serious problem for the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas previously besieged by Russia. Open / Comment

2022-04-16 10:47:10 ​​As a result of the shelling of one of the districts of Kharkiv, 5 children were injured, two of them died, including a 7 months old baby. As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 200 children were killed and more than 360 were injured

Since February 24, 2022, 560 children have been affected in Ukraine as a result of full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation.

These figures are not final, as the work to establish them in places of active attacks, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories is underway.

Children suffered the most in: Donetsk region — 117, Kyiv region — 105, Kharkiv region — 88, Chernihiv region — 54, Kherson region — 41, Mykolaiv region — 40, Luhansk region — 36, Zaporizhia region — 23, capital — 16, Sumy region — 16, Zhytomyr region — 15.

On April 15, Russian troops fired on a district of Kharkiv. As a result of the shelling, 5 children were injured, two of them died, including a 7 months old baby.

On April 14, on the outskirts of the Novovorontsyvka village, the Kherson region, a 15 years old boy was injured, as a result of the detonation of a cluster missile.

Bombing and shelling by the armed forces of the Russian Federation damaged 1,018 educational institutions, 95 of which were destroyed. Open / Comment

2022-04-16 10:38:01 Between 2,000 and 3,000 Ukrainian servicemen have died in the war since February 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN.

Another 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded, and it is "difficult to say how many of them will survive." Open / Comment

2022-04-16 10:21:01 Video of the Rushists rocket, which was launched in the morning to Mykolaiyv. Open / Comment