At least 26 people die in Russian missile attacks.
President Selenskyj is combative.
The news ticker on the Ukraine war.
Rocket attacks from Russia
: British intelligence recognizes Russia's new strategy in the Ukraine war.
"
Night of Terror
" in
Ukraine
: Rocket attacks on residential buildings in Ukraine claim at least 26 lives.
Satellite images
of
Russian base
: Vladimir Putin's troops are probably clearing camps.
The processed information on the losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war comes partly from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine.
They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
Update from April 29, 4:30 p.m .:
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has given up fighting after the Russian rocket attacks on numerous cities in Ukraine.
A counter-offensive will soon be launched and occupied areas will be "liberated".
Nor can one wait for new weapon systems from the West, such as the F16 fighter jets.
Update from April 29, 1:10 p.m .:
In the Ukraine war there were moments when the promised help from certain countries came too late, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with Nordic media on Friday.
"In a war, it is very important to do everything on time and to rely on those who have promised you something or given their word," Zelenskyy said.
"There were moments in this war when they let us down." The President then emphasized that this was "not the case" with the Nordic countries Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway and thanked them for their support .
Ukraine war: After a Russian rocket attack, people in Moscow lay flowers at the memorial
Update from April 29, 12:15 p.m .:
After the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Uman with more civilian deaths, Moscow citizens laid flowers at a memorial.
"Police officers appeared at the Lesja Ukrainka monument in Moscow, where flowers were brought to commemorate the deceased Ukrainians," reported the independent Internet portal Astra on Saturday night.
The police officers later cleared away the flowers and asked the mourners to "get away to Ukraine," the portal reported, citing eyewitnesses.
In the fall, after the rocket attack on a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, which killed more than 40 people, the monument to the Ukrainian poet Lesja Ukrainka in Moscow became a memorial to the victims of the war.
In the end, the police patrolled there to prevent the laying of flowers and wreaths.
Residents of Moscow also laid flowers on the anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war.
Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine
Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine
Ukraine war: British intelligence sees new strategy behind Russia's latest missile attacks
Update from April 29, 10:15 a.m .:
According to British secret services, there is a new strategy behind the recent Russian missile attacks against Ukraine.
It is unlikely that Russia wanted to destroy infrastructure with the wave of attacks on Friday morning, in which at least 26 people were killed, as previously announced by the Ministry of Defense in London on Saturday.
There is a realistic possibility that Russia tried to attack Ukrainian reserve units as well as military supplies recently delivered to Ukraine.
Russia is pursuing an "inefficient targeting process" and accepting civilian casualties in favor of an assumed military necessity.
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A woman carries her child across the streets of Uman.
Russia fired rockets at the city during the Ukraine war.
Many civilians are said to have died.
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Ukraine War: Death toll in Russian missile strikes on Friday rises to at least 26
Update from April 29, 8 a.m.:
At least 26 people, including five children, were killed in the first major wave of Russian attacks in Ukraine in weeks.
The city of Uman in the center of the country was hit hardest by the attacks on Friday.
According to the authorities, at least 23 residents of a high-rise building were killed there, including four children.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian ambassador Oleksiy Makeyev called for more military support from Germany.
Ukraine war: Selenskyj demands more weapons
Update from April 29, 6:30 a.m .:
A fuel tank caught fire in the port city of Sevastopol on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia – probably due to a drone attack.
According to the Russian state news agency Tass, Governor Mikhail Rasvozhayev wrote on Telegram on Saturday.
It burns an area of 1000 square meters.
Civil institutions are not threatened.
There was initially no information about injuries.
Ukraine War: More rocket attacks in Ukraine: village in Chernihiv Oblast hit
Update from April 28, 9:29 p.m .:
On Friday there were warnings of “increased activity” in Russian airspace and “possible rocket launches in the direction of Ukraine”.
Shortly thereafter, at around 3:30 p.m., three Russian glide bombs hit a village in Chernihiv Oblast, according to the Operational Command North of Ukraine.
The attacks were carried out by two Russian planes and hit civilian infrastructure, it said.
Information on the number of victims was not initially available.
Although Ukraine has had the state-of-the-art Patriot air defense system since last week, this too is not capable of intercepting glide bombs.
This type of bomb can travel long distances, allowing it to be dropped at great distances and far beyond the range of Ukrainian air defenses.
War in Ukraine: "Increased Activity" Warning in Russian Airspace: "Possible Missile Launches"
Update from April 28, 7:50 p.m.:
The Ukrainian news website
Liveuamap
announced on Friday afternoon that they were seeing “increased activities” in Russian aviation.
"Possible rocket launches in the direction of Ukraine," it said.
On Friday evening there were air alerts in the Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
Ukraine War: Two Russian civilians die in car explosion near border
Update from April 28, 7:15 p.m .:
In the village of Zhuravlevka in the border region of Belgorod in Russia, two people apparently died in a car explosion on Friday.
The Russian state media agency TASS reported on Friday, citing information from the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The killed civilians went fishing and entered the exclusion zone.
The state of emergency has been in effect since the end of March, "because this village is being shot at every day," the governor continued.
A special task force is investigating on site.
The Ukrainian side also spoke of two dead in a landmine explosion near Zhuravlevka.
War in Ukraine: Madrid summons Russian ambassador: allegations of disinformation
Update from April 28, 5:31 p.m .:
Madrid accuses Russia of a disinformation campaign.
Spain has summoned the Russian ambassador in Madrid, Yuri Klimenko, to the foreign ministry because of a video about alleged Spanish troops in Ukraine.
The diplomat was informed of the ministry's protest over the video posted on the Russian embassy's website.
Ukraine war: Russian attack wave death toll rises to 20 in Uman
The death toll in Russian rocket attacks in central Ukraine's Uman rose to 20 people, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior late Friday afternoon.
Previously, 17 fatalities were mentioned.
Rescue services had previously reported three children among the dead, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of two children killed in the attacks.
"The fate of her parents is unclear," the president said.
The forces are looking for more victims in the rubble, a total of 109 people were registered in the destroyed part of the house.
Russian attack wave on Ukrainian houses early Friday morning claims lives
Update from April 28, 4:11 p.m .:
Numerous Russian rockets hit Ukraine on Friday night, including projectiles in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for the first time in 50 days.
The new wave of Russian attacks also shelled the city of Uman, south of Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of the "night of terror" and confirmed on Twitter that Russian rockets had hit ten houses in Uman.
According to the governor of the region, Ihor Taburtes, it was assumed that 17 people had died on Friday afternoon, including three children.
The rescue work continues.
The European Union has condemned Russia's recent missile attacks on civilian infrastructure as war crimes.
According to the Ukrainian military, the new wave of Russian attacks was flown around 4 a.m. on Friday morning.
The missiles were fired mainly by Russian fighter-bombers.
Just last week, Ukraine received three units of the Patriot anti-aircraft system, which can also intercept ballistic missiles.
However, the Ukrainian airspace cannot be protected across the board with the existing means.
Federal government: Russia denies Navalny "a fundamental human right"
Update from April 28, 2:49 p.m .
: The federal government is concerned about Russia’s actions against opposition figures such as the imprisoned Alexei Navalny.
"The fact is: There is no longer any freedom of expression in Russia," said deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann in Berlin.
"With increasing repression, the population is to be silenced." The Russian government wants to demonstrate its power to dissidents, especially since the Ukraine war, and set an example for the opposition.
Navalny has been in custody since his return from Germany in 2021.
He had been treated in Berlin for poisoning suffered in Russia, for which he blames the Kremlin.
According to his staff, the opposition figure is suffering from an "unknown illness" but is not receiving treatment in prison.
Ukraine war: case of Irishman Cafferkey causes a stir on social media
Update from April 28, 1:28 p.m .
: An Irishman was killed in the fighting in Ukraine: According to his family, Finbar Cafferkey died fighting Russian forces, the British BBC reported, among others.
Cafferkey fought as a volunteer, according to the report.
He is said to have fallen near the embattled town of Bakhmut.
A spokesman for the Irish Foreign Ministry said they were aware of the process and were providing consular support.
His case is currently doing the rounds on social networks.
Ukraine war: preparations for counteroffensive near completion, according to Kiev
Update from April 28, 12:08 p.m
.: Observers are expecting a counter-offensive by Ukraine soon.
Kiev is therefore continuing to arm itself in the race with Russia.
At a press conference in the attacked country's capital, Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov said pithy words: "In the broadest sense, we are ready." However, there are also doubts about the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
NATO countries and their partners have already delivered 230 tanks to Ukraine since the start of the Russian incursion.
This puts Ukraine "in a strong position" to recapture areas occupied by Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (April 27).
Ukraine war: Russia renounces "tank biathlon" - out of concern?
Update from April 28, 11:35 a.m
.: According to British military experts, Moscow’s waiver of the international army games that are normally held annually reveals concerns in the Russian leadership.
As recently as 2022, Russia had held the competitions, also known as the “Olympic War Games” or “tank biathlon”.
However, there had been some criticism for this in their own country.
"Russia has probably canceled the games because it is concerned that the event might appear inappropriate in wartime," the Defense Ministry's latest intelligence report said in London.
Another realistic possibility is that Russia is concerned that it will not be able to dominate the competition as usual due to the losses in its war of aggression.
Last year, in addition to Russia, China, Venezuela, Belarus and Kazakhstan took part.
Ukraine war: Russia fears Ukrainian counter-offensive, according to ISW
First report from April 28
: Crimea – Vladimir Putin's troops invaded Ukraine more than 14 months ago – but those attacked managed to reverse some of the initial Russian successes.
However, Moscow still controls nearly 20 percent of Ukraine's territory, including Crimea, which it annexed back in 2014.
The US Institute for War Studies (ISW) recently reiterated that Russia fears a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
A recent report by a major US broadcaster seems to support this.
War in Ukraine: Russia apparently evacuates military base near Kherson
CNN
reviewed satellite imagery published by Maxar Technologies and concluded that Russian forces evacuated a key base in northern Crimea.
According to the report, the base is located in the village of Medvedivka.
He had housed a "considerable amount" of Russian equipment.
There are several Ukrainian places with this name, but here it is meant on the Black Sea Peninsula.
It is still unclear why Moscow had moved the equipment or where.
Earlier this month, however, Russian occupiers in Crimea signaled that they expected a Ukrainian counter-offensive aimed at the peninsula.
War in Ukraine: More than 1,000 Russians in court – for desertion
Meanwhile, it has emerged that since the Russian mobilization began, the authorities have accused more than 1,000 soldiers of desertion, unauthorized removal from the force, or disobeying orders.
"As of the last week of April, 1,064 cases have been received by military courts," reported the independent portal
Mediazona
.
Initially, this information could not be checked independently, just as little as this information from
Nexta
: According to the Belarusian portal, Russians are killing their own compatriots in the course of warfare - through negligence.
Artem Katulin, the head of the training center for tactical medicine of the Russian Kalashnikov Group, has now put forward this thesis.
Katulin therefore assumes that more than 50 percent of the soldiers who have fallen so far have died simply because their wounds were not treated properly.
Putin announced partial mobilization in autumn 2022.
At the time, hundreds of thousands of Russians fled abroad for fear of being drafted.
Speculations about a new wave of conscription are currently piling up again.
The Kremlin, on the other hand, has so far denied this.
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