Defense from «russian piece»
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By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
UKRAINE: During the past 24 hours, on April 26, nine attacks by Russian occupiers were repulsed on the front lines of Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The total loss of the occupiers as of April 27 is estimated to be 22,400 people.
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On Tuesday, April 26, during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres agreed to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
Since the 24 February invasion, Russia has not always honored agreements it made for humanitarian evacuation corridors.
WORLD: The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson has stated that Britain «will not object» to Ukraine using its weapons against targets in Russia.
According to the British Prime Minister, Ukraine has the right to defend itself under all the laws of armed conflict.
Australia hands over 155-mm M-777 howitzers to Ukraine. This new $ 26.7 million support to Ukraine increases Australia’s total contribution to Ukraine’s defense military assistance to more than $ 225 million.
Gazprom has suspended gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to a refusal to pay in rubles. «We are preparing an answer»: the European Commission commented on Russia’s blackmail to suspend gas supplies
In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation reported a fire at an ammunition depot
Residents of Kherson went to a rally for Ukraine: the occupiers are dispersing people
Kherson residents have once again expressed their position that they do not want to see the occupiers in their hometown, let alone vote for any quasi-formation.
Residents of Kherson, which russia currently occupies, held a rally for Ukraine with posters and state flags.
The video was posted on the local telegram channel https://t.me/hueviyherson/17705
Dozens of people, armed with posters and Ukrainian flags, held a rally. They shouted slogans «Kherson is Ukraine» and «Glory to Ukraine».
It is reported that the Russian occupiers dispersed the people, using tear gas and light and noise checkers.
Subsequently, information about 4 injured protesters appeared in the media.
Rally In Kherson
Donetsk region
Active hostilities continue along the entire front line. In Avdiivka – air raids and jet artillery. In Svitlodar territorial community (Zaitsevo district) – cluster munitions.
In Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Vuhledar, and Lyman, there was constant artillery shelling. Mariupol – without changes, still under siege: The occupiers continue to attack Azovstal, despite Putin’s alleged «order to stop storming the plant.»
Dnipropetrovsk region
The Zelenodolsk community bordering the Kherson region was shelled at night. In Zelenodolsk, an energy infrastructure company was hit – one person was injured.
In general, the occupiers fired on several settlements in the community – Zelenodolsk itself, the villages of Maryanske and Velyka Kostromka. In the villages previously without victims.
Luhansk region
Almost the entire territory of the region suffered from shelling, most – Rubizhne and Lysychansk. A school with 23 people in the bomb shelter was shelled in Lysychansk. No casualties passed. Three civilians were killed in one day.
In the morning, a mountain strike was launched on the Hirske Community in the Luhansk Region. It is now known that one person died.
Due to the gas pipelines and distribution stations destroyed by the Russian occupiers, almost the entire Luhansk region was left without gas.
Poltava region
A report of an explosion was received in Poltava late in the evening on April 26. An object similar to the RPG-22 grenade launcher was found on the spot.
Kherson region
Fighting in settlements bordering the neighboring regions (Vysokopilska, Velykooleksandrivska, Novovorontsovska, Stanislavska territorial communities). Explosions and shelling – almost throughout the region.
Destroyed building in Luhansk region
Kharkiv region
The shelling continued in the regional center at night, and several fires broke out in multi-storey residential buildings in the Kyiv district. According to information at this time, no one was injured.
Zolochiv, Dergachi, and Chuguiv were shelled in the region during the day. Fighting continues in the Izyum direction.
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