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Ukraine’s military: Russian tanks shell Kherson, Mykolaiv oblast under Ukrainian flags. The Ukrainian Operational Command "South" reported that Russian troops in the occupied areas of Kherson and Mykolayiv oblasts shell civilians to "discredit Ukraine with fake attacks."
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Ukraine: About two dozen Russian ships, submarines remain in Black Sea. Ukrainian Operational Command "South" reported the number, adding that there is still a threat of missile strikes from the sea.
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10 people remain hospitalized after deadly Russian airstrike in Odesa. Two will have to undergo surgeries, according to Mykola Turchyn, chief physician of a local hospital. "Everyone is in stable condition. There are severe and medium injuries," he added.
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General Staff: Russian forces fail to advance in Kharkiv Oblast. According to the latest update from Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russian troops intensified their offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, trying to advance, but suffered losses and was forced to retreat to occupied territories.
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The central Vokzalna Street in Bucha is seen right after the town was liberated from the Russian forces (left), and today (right). Photo:
@IAPonomarenko/ The Kyiv Independent.
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Investigation: Russian Orthodox Church helps resettle illegally deported Ukrainians. According to
http://Slidstvo.info, the church accommodates Ukrainians in its churches and monasteries. About 600,000 civilians were deported to Russia, the investigative project reported.
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FT: Putin shifts to land-grab strategy in Ukraine. Citing an undisclosed source, the Financial Times reported that Putin, who considered a peace deal with Ukraine last month, had lost interest in diplomatic efforts to end the war. “He wants to win big,” the source said.
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Update: 9 Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. Governor Dmytro Lunin previously reported five missiles launched at Poltava Oblast on the evening of April 24, the day when many Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter.
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Official:
Russians prepare to attack Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky's home town. Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Kryvyi Rih’s military administration, said that the offensive is expected in the coming days, but the city is “fully prepared.”
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Air raid alert almost on the entire territory of
#Ukraine.
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Russia is attempting to retrieve anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles that cruiser was equipped with, as well as secret documents and military equipment from the sunken cruiser "Moskva". According to Bild, a rescue ship Kommuna is now working at the site where cruiser sank.
Euromaidan Press on Twitter
No humanitarian corridors from Mariupol worked on Easter Sunday, as Russia didn't guarantee ceasefire regime - Reintegration Minister Vereshchuk on air of nat'l telethon She demands the UN open such a corridor, that UN Sec-Gen Antonio Gutteres raise this question in Moscow 26Apr
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“
#Russia has lost 90% of its best paratroopers,” Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev.
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#US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in
#Kyiv. Oleksiy Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of Office of the President of
#Ukraine, announced this. “Right now they are talking to the President [Volodymir Zelenskyy],” Arestovich said.
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On the outskirts of Hrozove village in the occupied Kherson Obl, Russian tanks with Ukrainian flags moved in direction of Molodetsky & fired on houses of civilians, creating a fake picture of Ukrainian attacks on civilians for locals - Operational Command South
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