Night air attack, 85 military clashes, 40 repelled assaults on the Bakhmut and Novopavlovsk directions, losses of the occupiers, enemy shelling, suspicions of police killers in the Vinnytsia region.
Fatal road accident in the Kyiv region
Ukrainian sky defenders on the night of April 22 destroyed 5 out of 7 UAVs of the “Shahed-131/136” type launched by the invaders. Also in the morning, we managed to eliminate the Orlan-10 operational-tactical UAV. All drones were shot down in the Odessa region, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
The Russian army launched “shaheds” across the territory of Ukraine from Cape Chauda, in Crimea.
The occupiers also attacked with three S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Donbass.
In the Kyiv region, a minibus that was taking people to work fell into an abyss. As a result, two people died and seven more were in serious condition. The incident happened on the territory of the Ivankovo community near the village. in the abyss. There were 9 passengers in the cabin. Rescuers found two dead and seven people in serious condition. Ambulance teams sent the victims to Borodyanskaya and Ivankovskaya hospitals.
The circumstances of the incident are being established by the police.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that 85 military clashes occurred during the day.
In total, the enemy launched 4 missile and 45 air strikes, carried out 71 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Russian terrorist attacks have unfortunately resulted in civilian deaths and injuries. A number of high-rise buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 17 times in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Lugansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction Our soldiers repelled 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorivka, Luhansk region, Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Bogdanovka, Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 16 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Berdich, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka, Netailovo and Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Novaya and Urozhainoye Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 23 times.
More details about the operational situation on the morning of April 22 are in our news.
The General Staff also informs that Ukrainian defenders destroyed another 730 Russian invaders per day. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the occupying army has lost about 460,260 personnel and almost 14,000 armored fighting vehicles.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
Two servicemen who on the night of On April 20, during a car check, they killed one policeman, wounded another and fled the scene, reported suspicions, inform the Office of the Prosecutor General and the DBI.
The detainees were also informed of suspicion of desertion with weapons by prior conspiracy by a group of people, committed under martial law. In addition, they check information about the theft of explosives and weapons by suspects from a unit of their military unit.
Investigations are carried out with the suspects, and the issue of choosing measures in the form of detention is decided.
Sanction The article provides for imprisonment for a term of nine to 15 years or life imprisonment.
From today, April 22, Captain 3rd Rank Dmitry Pletenchuk has become the head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces instead of Natalia Gumenyuk.
“Starting today, I will take up the duties of the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine,” Pletenchuk himself said.
Until now, he was the speaker of the Ukrainian Navy. He also worked as the head of the press service of the tactical group “Thunder”, from February to November 2022 he was a press officer of the Nikolaev OVA.
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