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Russians attack Odesa Oblast with Shahed drones, hitting infrastructure facility

Pravda Ukraine Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with Shahed drones on the night of 18-19 April, hitting an infrastructure facility. Source: Odesa District Military Administration Quote: “The enemy launched a Shahed-136 drone attack on Odesa Oblast at night. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398457/

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summons Ukraine’s ambassador to Belarus after Lukashenko’s meeting with Donetsk collaborator Pushilin

Pravda Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has decided to summon Ihor Kyzym, Ukrainian Ambassador to Belarus, for consultations after Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has held a meeting with Denis Pushilin, the Kremlin-appointed puppet leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR, self-proclaimed and non-recognised republic in Donetsk Oblast – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398455/

Kremlin uses secret weapon against Starlink in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Russia has released a secret weapon to destroy the SpaceX Starlink satellite in Ukraine. Russia is trying to block Ukrainian troops’ access to the Internet through Starlink satellite communication. Source: The Washington Post with reference to a classified US intelligence report Details: According to information from The Washington Post, Moscow has experimented for…

Explosions heard in Odesa and oblast, air defence deployed

Pravda Ukraine An air-raid warning was issued in the city of Odesa on the night of 18-19 April, later the operation of the air defence system and the downing of a drone was reported. Source: alerts.in.ua; Dumska local media of Odesa; Suspilne Details: At 1:48, an air-raid warning was issued in Odesa Oblast. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398453/

Authorities of Russian Bryansk Oblast report drone attack on military enlistment office

Pravda Ukraine Alexander Bogomaz, Governor of Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, has said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have allegedly attacked the military enlistment office of Novozybkov municipal district with a drone. Source: Bogomaz on Telegram Quote: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the building of the military enlistment office of Novozybkov municipal district using a…

Russians strike Sumy Oblast 165 times, killing one woman and injuring two other civilians

Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces have attacked six border hromadas in Sumy Oblast [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398450/

The Pentagon confirmed that the first Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are already on the battlefield in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Some of the M2 Bradley armoured vehicles, which the United States announced in January, have already arrived in Ukraine and are taking part in combat operations. Source: European Pravda; On Tuesday, this information was confirmed to the publication The War Zone by Pentagon spokesman Charlie Dietz. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/18/7398446/

Air defence destroyed 7 drones of the occupiers, including 6 Shahed-drones over Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Pravda Ukraine In the evening of 18 April, Defence Forces shot down seven drones of the occupiers, including six Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source: Andrii Yermak, head of the Office of the President, on Telegram, and Yuriy Malashko, chairman of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Details: According to Yermak, five Shaheds…

Zelenskyy arrived in Poltava Oblast

Pravda Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he held a meeting on the situation in the region in Poltava Oblast, and also visited the hospital. Source: Zelenskyy on Facebook Quote from Zelenskyy: “We finish this day in Poltava. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/18/7398444/

US warns Russia: access to secret American technologies at ZNPP denied

Pravda Ukraine The US Department of Energy, in a letter to the Russian state corporation Rosatom, has warned the Russian side of the consequences of interference in secret nuclear technologies located at the now-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/18/7398442/