Monday 25 April 2022: Ukraine Situation Summary: Fierce Easter fighting in the Donbas, peace violations in Mariupol and night shelling

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Situation summary Monday 25 April 2022.
Losses of Russians due to the fighting in the Donbas

Losses of Russians due to the fighting in the Donbas

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By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

UKRAINE: People again failed to evacuate from the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region.

Russia has not provided security guarantees and has not observed a regime of ceasefire.

«Ukraine is ready to exchange all Russian prisoners of war for defenders of Mariupol» – Adviser to the Presidential Office Arestovich

Defense of Mariupol, whose defenders and citizens have held the city since Russia began a siege of the Azov Sea port on 20 March has reduced the combat effectiveness of many Russian military units – British intelligence

WORLD: Tanks at an oil refinery have exploded in Bryansk, Russia. It is reported that there are two outbreaks, the second is probably a tank with fuel in the military unit. The government of the region prefers not to comment on the second source of the fire.

Explosions in Bryansk, Russia

Following the processing of 100% of the vote, incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, who said recently that Ukrainians and Russians are not different people but rather «brothers,» won the second and final round of the presidential election, ahead of his rival Marine Le Pen by 17.1%.

CSSSA, the shipping division of TotalEnergies, chartered the SUezmax Moscow Spirit tanker to ship 1 million barrels of Murban crude oil from the port of Jebel Dann in the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom on May 1-3.

Luhansk region on fire: the occupiers destroyed 7 houses and hit the refinery

In the Luhansk region, seven houses were destroyed by the occupiers on eastern-calendar Easter, the third time they hit the oil refinery.

This is a sign of «Russian peace» – to kill and destroy without thinking, only by carrying out orders.

The head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhiy Haidai reported about it on April 25.

«On [Easter] Sunday, the whole region came under heavy fire from the Russians. Three high-rise buildings and four private houses burned down. Due to enemy fire, several cars, including trucks, were involved in an accident or were caught. So, rescued people «, – he said.

In addition, the Russian army hit the oil refinery in Lisichansk for the third time. Information on possible consequences is being checked.

«On April 24, Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubezhnoye, and Gorskoye suffered the most from the Russian army. In Lysychansk, two high-rise buildings and at least two private houses were damaged. In Severodonetsk, a high-rise building and outbuildings are nearby.

Serhiy Haidai.

Result of russian invasion

Donetsk region

The occupiers fired on several settlements along the demarcation line, marking the territory that Russian-backed forces have occupied since 2014. As a result, 5 civilians were killed, including two children. The shelling has been going on since night in Maryinska Territorial Community, Toretska, near Avdiivka and Lyman. At least one civilian was killed and four wounded in the morning – in Lyman, in the villages of Shandryholove and Seredne. 

Mariupol: no changes. The city is under siege. Ukrainian military retains Azovstal steel plant, the last main holdout of the Ukrainian Azov battalion in the city.

Dnipropetrovsk region

Several air alarms through the night. At midnight, the occupiers fired on the Shyrokiv community bordering the Kherson region.

Luhansk region

The whole region is under heavy Russian fire. 3 high-rise buildings and 4 private houses burned down. Several cars, including trucks, were involved in an accident due to enemy fire. For the third time, the Russian army has hit an oil refinery in Lysychansk.

Mykolayiv region

The shelling of the village of Shevchenkove, which resulted in a fire in private farm buildings in the village.

Poltava region

Last night, April 24, 9 missiles hit the Kremenchug refinery and Kremenchug CHP. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed and seven were injured. All fires are localized. Almost all areas of the city – without hot water.

Kherson region

The Russians are shelling the settlements of the region and in the direction of neighboring regions. Kherson region, mostly occupied by Russia now, is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Destroyed building in Luhansk region

Kharkiv region

Artillery shelling of the city’s outermost quarters continued at night. Information about the victims is still being clarified, one victim is known in the morning. Chuhuyiv, Zolochiv and settlements of the districts will be active in the region during the day during Easter. During the day, 2 people died and 11 were injured in the region.

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