The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for 431 days. In the occupied Crimea, a Russian fuel depot caught fire. The fire also broke out at the Motovilicha plant producing multiple launch rocket systems (MRLS). – Russian forces are far from mastering the “road of life” from the village of Chasiv Yar to Bakhmut in the Donetsk region – said on Saturday the spokesman of the Eastern Grouping of Ukrainian Forces, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty. Here are the highlights of the last hours.
> In Sevastopol in the Russian-occupied Crimea fuel tank ignited – the Ukrainska Pravda portal reported on Saturday morning, citing the self-proclaimed authorities of Crimea. “These petroleum products were to be used for the needs of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,” said Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukrainian military intelligence. According to Ukrainska Pravda, the fire in Sevaspotopol was caused by an unmanned aerial vehicle, most likely a Ukrainian drone. The fire covered an area of about 1,000 square meters.
Fuel depot fire in CrimeaTelegram/@Fedorov
> In Uman in central Ukraine the search and rescue operation has ended after Friday’s missile attack Russia, which resulted in the deaths of 23 people, including six children, said the head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Ihor Klymenko on Saturday. According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, a Kh-101 cruise missile hit a block of flats in Uman. In an attack also targeting other regions Ukraine a young woman and her three-year-old daughter died in the Dnieper.
Uman after the Russian attack mvs.gov.ua
> Russian forces are far from capturing the “road of life” from Chasiv Yar to Bakhmut in the Donetsk region – said on Saturday the spokesman of the Eastern Grouping of Ukrainian Forces, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty. – For several weeks now, the Russians have been talking about taking the ‘road of life’, as well as constant fire control over it. Really, everything is different – said Czerewaty. This route is used to deliver medicine, food and weapons to the defenders of the city.
Ukrainian soldiers near BakhmutPhoto from April 23, 2023.PAP/EPA/Maria Senovilla
> A fire broke out on Saturday at the Motovilich plant producing multiple rocket launcher systems (MRLS) in Perm, in the European part of Russia, the Ukrainska Pravda portal reported, citing the Kommersant daily citing a communiqué of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to these sources, the fire broke out in the transformer station and was brought under control. “The fire did not affect the operations of the plant,” it said.
> The counter-offensive will come and I hope we will regain our territories, now occupied by Russia. However, much depends on the supply of various types of weapons. To be honest, we also pay attention to the weather conditions Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Nordic media.
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