Cover image: A resident amid the ruins of his home in Panteleimonivka in a part of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, April 27, 2023. ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS
- Russian attacks targeted several cities in Ukraine on the night of Thursday April 27 to Friday April 28, leaving at least two dead in Dnipro, a large city in the center-east of the country, according to Ukrainian officials and media. Explosions were also reported in Uman, Kremenchuk and Poltava in central Ukraine, as well as in Mykolaiv in the south of the country, according to Interfax. Air-raid sirens have been sounded across Ukraine.
- Eleven Russian cruise missiles were shot down in the skies of kyiv by Ukrainian air defense overnight from Thursday to Friday, the municipality announced. This attack caused no casualties or serious damage, according to the municipality.
- A Russian missile killed one person and more than a dozen injured in the early hours of Thursday in Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, authorities said. Mykolaiv is located on the Black Sea, about 170 kilometers from Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014.
- Exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine repatriated forty-four prisoners of war who were held by Russia, said the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Andriy Yermak. THE russian ministry of defense announced for its part the release of forty Russian soldiers.
- Vladimir Putin ordered his government to work on creating museums dedicated to the Russian offensive in Ukraineaccording to instructions published on the Kremlin website.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies and partners have provided Ukraine with 230 battle tanks and 1,550 armored vehicles to help counter the Russian offensive and regain territory, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Thursday.
- After the meeting between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Kremlin said on Thursday that it welcomed any initiative aimed at “getting closer to the end of the conflict” in Ukraine while allowing Moscow to achieve its ” goals “.
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