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Update from April 9th, 7:45 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has reported new figures on Russia’s losses. According to this, around 850 Russian soldiers were either killed or injured in the fighting within one day.
- soldiers: 449,250 (+850 on the previous day)
- tank: 7110 (+23)
- Armored vehicles: 13,620 (+45)
- Artillery systems: 11,386 (+30)
- Air defense systems: 753 (+2)
- Drones: 9033 (+37)
- Tank trucks and other vehicles: 15,181 (+71)
(Source: Ukrainian General Staff on April 9 on Facebook)
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The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses of the armies involved Ukraine war cannot be independently verified.
Heavy air strikes in the Ukraine war: Russia attacks east and south
Update from April 9th, 7:15 a.m.: The Russian military says it has destroyed a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile over the Black Sea off the Crimean peninsula. In addition, four Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Russian regions of Belgorod and Voronezh, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said via Telegram.
Update from April 9th, 6:00 a.m.: Ukraine’s air defense systems have repelled all 20 drone attacks launched by Russia, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said. The drones were shot down over Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsiya and Lviv. Russia also fired four missiles. The commander did not say on Telegram what happened to them.
Ukraine expects a Russian offensive against the city of Kharkiv
Update from April 8th, 10:09 p.m.: According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine is making “maximum efforts” to protect and support the large city of Kharkiv in the east of the country. This applies to both the civilian and military sectors, Zelensky emphasized in his evening video speech on Monday. “We are working with our partners to strengthen the air defense system in order to counter Russian plans for Kharkiv.” According to Ukrainian intelligence, the next major Russian offensive is likely to be directed against Kharkiv.
Recent Russian attacks against the city have caused severe destruction there and, among other things, knocked out the power supply. The Ukrainian government only received proposals on Monday to end the power outage in Kharkiv and repair the serious damage to Ukraine’s entire energy network. “I am grateful to all of our power engineers and repair teams,” Zelensky said. “Anyone who restores the system, the networks and the normal supply of people is a really good worker.” Russian precision attacks with cruise missiles and missiles have hit Ukraine’s energy network hard in recent weeks.
Russia attacks eastern Ukrainian city of Selydove
Update from April 8th, 8:24 p.m.: Russia’s army has attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Selydove in the Donetsk region. Five people were injured in an attack on a nine-story residential building, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. “The rescue workers rescued four residents of the building, including a child, who were unable to leave the building on their own,” quotes the Ukrainian Pravda the press service in Kyiv.
Rocket attack on Zaporizhia: Three civilians die in Russian attack
Update from April 8th, 7:33 p.m.: According to official information, at least three people were killed in a Russian rocket attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday. Another eight people were injured when Russian missiles hit an unspecified industrial facility. As local military administrator Ivan Fyodorov said on Telegram, 14 buildings were damaged, including a health facility. The information could not initially be independently verified. The city of Zaporizhia is located about 55 kilometers north of the nuclear power plant of the same name, which has been occupied by Russian troops for over two years.
Serious loss for Putin’s army: rocket ship catches fire
Update from April 8th, 6:20 p.m.: According to the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service, a fire broke out yesterday, Sunday (April 7), on the Russian missile ship “Serpukhov” near the town of Pillau in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The missile ship was decommissioned “as a result of a fire on the grounds of an enemy naval base.”
“It will take a long time to restore the Serpukhov’s combat capability,” Kiev added. There was no mention of a Ukrainian attack or anything like that. Next was a video from the Ukrainian portal Ukrainian Pravda published on X (formerly Twitter).which is supposed to show the ship fire in Pillau.
Russia carries out air strikes on Sumy and Chasiv Yar
Update from April 8th, 5:21 p.m.: Another Russian attack is said to have occurred in the area. According to Governor Vadym Filaschkin, a woman was killed and three other people were injured. In particular, the embattled town of Chassiv Yar came under fire.
Update from April 8th, 3:56 p.m.: Ukraine reports a Russian airstrike on civilian infrastructure in Sumy. Attacks on the northeastern city have been increasing recently. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the attack was carried out in the afternoon; Russia used so-called glide bombs. It is not yet known whether there were any deaths or injuries. The consequences of the attack are currently being examined.
After attack on nuclear power plant: Ukraine with accusations
Update from April 8th, 2:44 p.m.: After attacks on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine accused Russia of spreading false information. Moscow is attacking the nuclear power plant with drones “and pretending that the threat to the facility and nuclear safety comes from Ukraine,” said the head of the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko.
Update from April 8th, 1 p.m.: The Russian attack on Ukraine is the biggest test in NATO history. Ukraine is striving to join the transatlantic alliance. Now the Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey has said: The question of the country’s NATO membership could be discussed after the “end” of the conflict. However, weapons are currently needed for Ukraine, the Russian portal reported iz.ru.
Drones on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: Power plant management blames Ukraine
First report: Kiev – Europe’s largest nuclear facility in Ukraine has been occupied by Russia for two years. Now drones are exploding over the Zaporizhia power plant. The protective cover of the sixth reactor in Zaporizhzhia was hit three times, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
According to the IAEA, nuclear safety was not at risk. Nevertheless, this was “a serious incident that had the potential to violate the integrity of the reactor protective envelope,” said the authority, which is constantly on site with a team of observers. The Russian power plant management blamed Ukraine for the attacks; Kyiv rejected this.
Heavy air strikes in the Ukraine war: Russia attacks east and south
Ukraine reports again Russian air strikes. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia used 24 drones to attack critical infrastructure in the south and east of the country in the Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytsky and Zhytomyr regions during the night. 17 of the Iranian-made attack threats were destroyed.
In addition, a Russian Ch-59 missile was shot down over the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the southern Odessa region, a logistics and transport facility was damaged, said regional governor Oleh Kiper. A gas station was also damaged by debris from a downed drone. There were no reports of injuries. (Editorial with news agency material)
Ukraine war: The location at the front
The map of the Ukraine war shows the course of the front in Donbass. (talk to agencies)