Ukraine Fights Putin's Occupiers for 51 Days (Online)

(Updated) The developments on the main war fronts today.

Ukrainians have been fighting the Russian invasion for 51 days. According to the AFU General Staff, Russian troops continue to launch missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities. Overnight, several powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv.

The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Moskva cruiser had sunk yesterday. It's an important victory for Ukraine. Earlier, it had been hit by AFU missiles. The cruiser, as of now, has become the most expensive loss of the Russian Federation in this war - $750m.

Charter97.org is broadcasting online the 51st day of the war. One can follow the events in Ukraine on 14 April in our previous online broadcast.

Special broadcast on Ukraine 24 TV channel

23:03 The upper part of the most famous skyscraper in the world, the Empire State Building, which is located in New York, will be illuminated every evening in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

22:14 Chronicle of 51 days of the heroic confrontation of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invaders.

22:03 The terrorist Strelkov-Girkin broke up and again openly criticized Putin. The unfortunate militant said that he was skeptical about "this person" and advised him to flee to China so as not to end up in the Hague.

21:41 Google One subscription has stopped working in Russia. Now the Russians do not have access to advanced cloud storage from the search engine.

21:17 Today, sabotage and reconnaissance groups were captured in Zhuliany. First-hand footage.

21:09 Captured TOS-1A with full ammunition. The Ukrainian military hit the invaders, leaving them without a heavy flamethrower system.

20:42 Another batch of invaders from the "DPR" has surrendered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:23 The artillerymen of a separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Vladimir Monomakh showed work on the positions of the invaders.

20:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian PPRU-1 "Ovod-M-SV" (9 C 80) - the "mobile" command post of the regiment's air defense.

19:38 The general mobilization in the Russian Federation is in jeopardy — those who want to become cannon fodder in Ukraine have ended.

19:25 Another destroyed convoy of the Russian invaders, from which almost nothing remains.

19:09 "This is barbarism, massacres." The famous French actor Pierre Richard turned to Putin because of the war in Ukraine.

18:45 We repulsed the attack and captured 16 infantry fighting vehicles: Ukrainian marines had a successful battle with the invaders in Donbas.

As a result, sixteen BPMs and five BTR-82A were captured intact and slightly damaged.

18:30 The flooded cruiser Moskva cost more than the budget of some regions of Russia.

18:16 Poland not only expelled 45 Russian diplomats, but began to take real estate from Russia and block the assets of firms associated with oligarchs. In front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw, the mayor’s office wrote "Glory to Ukraine!" in giant letters. So that the employees of this institution come to work, come to the window, drive past the embassy and see solidarity with Ukraine and feel the contempt of all normal people.

18:09 The map of hostilities in Ukraine as of April 15, according to the British Ministry of Defense.

18:01 Finland is very likely to make a choice in favor of joining NATO. This was stated by the Finnish Minister for European Affairs Tyutti Tyuppurainen to Sky News.

"At the moment, I would say that it is more than likely, but the decision has not yet been made," she said. At the same time, according to her, "the people of Finland have already made their choice," and public opinion polls show significant support among the population for the idea of the country's membership in NATO.

17:51 "I thought I knew what courage was. But then I saw Ukraine".

The inscription at the entrance to the New York subway.

17:37 In Mykolaiv, in the Young Heroes Square, one of the largest Flags of Ukraine was raised.

Andriy Stakhurskyi, a member of the executive committee of the Mykolaiv City Council, announced this. Lviv National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetmat Petro Sahaydachny responded to his appeal.

The employees of the Academy sewed a flag and handed it over to Mykolaiv, where it was raised on a flagpole in the Young Heroes Square.

17:26 Ukrainian troops captured the Russian R-166-05 Artek communication vehicle.

17:19 Aerial reconnaissance showed how it destroyed enemy T-72 tanks.

17:15 The "rail war" is also unfolding on the territory of the Russian Federation: successful sabotage on Russian Railways has already taken place in 4 regions. Over the past 2 weeks, rail partisans have carried out successful actions on the Moscow railway to render the railways in the Bryansk, Oryol, Smolensk and Kursk regions unusable.

For this, in particular, special devices are installed in the relay cabinets of the signaling system, which are triggered by a timer and completely burn out the internal equipment of the relay cabinet.

17:05 Journalists identified the spouses, who in their conversation discussed the rape of Ukrainian women. The man, 27-year-old Roman Bykovsky, is a former conscript of the National Guard, also served in a regiment that participated in the annexation of the Crimea by Russia. The woman, Olga Bykovskaya (neé Pinyasova), is raising their child in the occupied Crimea.

16:54 The Embassy of Italy will resume its work in Kyiv after Easter, April 17— Italy's MFA.

"We remain committed to implementing sanctions against Russia and to support negotiating efforts," they added in the Italian ministry.

16:51 At the Russian Uralvagonzavod, they are trying to overcome the crisis that arose as a result of the imposed sanctions. Uralvogonzavod (Nizhny Tagil) is a Russian manufacturer of armored vehicles, primarily T-72, the main tank of the Russian Federation.

Despite the widely publicized "import substitution", the Russian Federation is not able to independently continue the production of high-tech weapons without continuing the supply of imported components.

16:43 According to Ukrainian intelligence, the plan to mobilize 26,000 "reservists" is actually thwarted, as men of military age (18-65 years old) avoid conscription in every possible way, not wanting to become "cannon fodder" in the occupier's army. According to preliminary plans, at the expense of those mobilized, 17 rifle regiments were supposed to be completed as part of the combined arms armies of the Southern and Western Military Districts of the Russian Federation. This task has not been completed.

16:32 In the Kyiv region, Ukrainian border guards found a captured Russian armored personnel carrier.

After the repair, the armored vehicle will help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the fight against the invaders.

16:15 The mine clearance specialists of the police of Chernihiv region during the war have neutralized more than 1000 explosive objects — State Emergency Service.

15:52 In Rivne, a monument with Soviet equipment, a self-propelled gun mount, was dismantled. The local government promises that the Ukrainian equipment, which protected Ukraine from the Russian invaders, will stand in its place.

The old "memorable monument" will be transported to the Hill of Glory and set up with the muzzle on Moscow — the cannons and tanks that are already on the memorial will be deployed in the same direction.

15:45 Commander of the Defense Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev said that the situation around Kharkiv remains complicated. At the same time, the commander noted that the Ukrainian troops continue to strengthen the defense, and fulfill the assigned tasks.

15:41 In Berlin, students damaged the Russians' automobiles marked with Z.

15:31 More than a third of Japanese companies officially registered in Russia have left the market or suspended their activities in the country.

15:24 Bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, Ukrainian Oleksandr Vorobyov lost his father, who defended Ukraine from the Russian invaders.

Serhiy Vorobyov, the father of the Ukrainian gymnast, died near Izyum in a battle with the Russian invaders.

15:15 The demand for vodka has risen sharply in Russia. In January-March, 18.1 million decalitres of vodka were sold in the Russian Federation, which is 6.2% more than in the same period last year.

In March, vodka sales grew by 10.4% in yearly terms to 6.4 million decaliters. This is equivalent to 128 million half-liter bottles of vodka per month and 362 million per quarter. The population of the Russian Federation, according to the latest data, is about 146 million people.

15:08 There are reports that the captain of the 1st rank Anton Kuprin went to the fish together with the cruiser "Moskva". In the photo, he is still the 2nd rank captain.

14:57 Russia has already lost the battle for Kharkiv.

14:47 The Lithuanian Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry urge their citizens not to visit Belarus despite the "visa-free travel". Earlier, their colleagues in Latvia made the same statement.

14:42 Occupiers have kidnapped hundreds of people in Zaporizhzhia region since the start of full-scale war, ZOVA head Oleksandr Starukh said.

Politicians, journalists and teachers are among those kidnapped.

14:36 What is known about the Neptun missiles used to hit the Russian flagship Moskva.

14:30 The mother of a Russian conscript urged Russian women to do everything possible to stop the war. Her son is serving in one of the motorized rifle units in Rostov-on-Don. He has not been in touch since 23 February.

14:23 How can the West help Ukraine win? Is there any point in negotiating with Putin? Will Russia's weakening become a chance for Belarus? Witold Waszczykowski, MEP, head of the European Parliament's delegation to the EU-Ukraine Association Committee and former Polish Foreign Minister, said this in an interview with Charer97.org.

14:18 Ukrzaliznytsia has re-equipped several carriages as a mobile hospital. It has various resuscitation equipment, everything one needs.

14:09 On 14 April, occupiers shelled evacuation buses near Borovaya, the Kharkiv region. Seven people were killed and 27 more civilians were wounded as a result of the Russian military's shelling.

14:01 A bomb squad of the Belarusian volunteer battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski, which fights as part of the AFU, prepared "gifts" for uninvited guests.

13:53 Kyiv renamed the Friendship Garden into the Square of Heroes of Mariupol.

Also, as Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klytschko says, there are still dozens of streets and sites in the capital with names associated with the aggressor. Their renaming is actual.

13:47 Former Soviet political prisoner and Russian writer German Obukhov explained what would stop Putin: "Conditionally speaking, no losses will stop Putin. But 50,000 will be a certain psychological threshold. Not even a figure but people's reaction. It will be hard to hide it. It is already difficult to hide it now, and there will be victims in all cities and villages," he said.

13:41 At night ithe n Kharkiv region, fighters of 93 OMBr made a cutlet out of the occupiers' Ka-52 Alligator helicopter and wiped out those who tried to take the pilots.

13:35 Unknown details of the destruction of the Moskva cruiser: how it became possible.

13:24 SSU publishes new intercept in which a Russian soldier boasts of atrocities he committed against Ukrainian prisoners of war.

13:15 "51st days of war. Fighting for the first day of peace," new address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

13:08 AFU fighters crushed a column of occupier's military equipment in the Kherson region. A detailed description of the battle.

13:00 12-year-old Danilo and his cat in a destroyed house near Chernihiv. His mum had to have her leg amputated after shelling.

12:52 In the Donetsk region, Ukrainians destroyed the occupiers' equipment with the help of artillery. The fire was adjusted with the help of drones. More than a dozen Russian tanks and APCs turned into scrap metal, and the invaders were liquidated.

12:45 The Russian Federation threatens to destroy the Katyn memorial complex in the Smolensk region, dedicated to the Polish officers who were shot by the NKVD in 1940.

12:39 Posts of the world declare a postal blockade on Russia and Belarus. Posts in Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Australia and Latvia have already submitted documents to the Universal Postal Union to stop delivering mail to Russia and Belarus.

According to Ukrposhta, the post office has become a channel for importing sub-sanctioned goods. Therefore, it is crucial for postal operators to support the actions of their countries to suppress Russia's aggression and stop delivering items to Russia and Belarus.

12:31 Belarusian partisans have announced successful railway sabotage in Russia's bordering regions.

12:25 Recent statistics on Russian occupiers' losses in Ukraine:

12:18 The line of trucks to leave Lithuania has reached 15 km in Medniki. Today is the last day assigned for truckers from Belarus and Russia to leave the EU territory. Drivers have been standing in line for 5-7 days.

12:09 A Ukrainian bank has updated its card design options. The Kremlin is now sinking along with the Russian warship.

11:58 Video shows the remains of the Russian 2C3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer. This is one of the Russian occupiers' artillery systems that shelled Chernihiv.

11:45 Kyiv keeps coming back to life. Another tram route has been launched in the city. The tram will run from Miloslavska Street to Poznyaki metro station with a 20-minute interval.

11:40 58 streets in Uzhgorod with names related to Russia will be renamed.

11:26 "Bullets await you instead of flowers". Such billboards are now all over Kyiv.

11:18 AFU fighters seized abandoned trophy Russian tanks. Ukrainian defenders seized T-80U of the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division and T-72B3M of 2016 model.

11:08 International carriers refuse to carry Russian goods. The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade says it is now recording "certain difficulties due to the refusal of cooperation by a number of major international carriers".

We are talking, basically, about the countries of the European Union which earlier banned entry of trucks with Russian licence plates. In addition, European insurance companies refuse to cover the dangers for vehicles from the EU in Russia.

11:01 Residents of Belgorod are reporting two explosions heard in the city centre and also posting footage on social media.

10:49 80 soldiers of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Black Zaporozhian Brigade have held back a group of thousands of Russian troops who were trying to break through the village of Moshun to Kyiv.

10:44 Russian military tried to hide armoured vehicles in the forest, but were destroyed by targeted fire from AFU fighters.

10:36 US congressmen visit Kyiv, Bucha and Borodianka. They are Republican Senator Steve Daines and House of Representatives member Victoria Spartz.

"There's no substitute for actually being here, seeing it with your own eyes, spending time with the people and the leaders here in Ukraine who have suffered terribly from this war," Daines said.

10:30 Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed amendments to a law that allows Belarusians to obtain humanitarian residence permits and humanitarian visas in Poland. It concerns all Belarusians, not only those who came from Ukraine after 24 February.

10:24 Belarusian volunteers from the Kastus Kalinouski battalion received weapons from the West. They received FIM-92 Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile systems, PSRL-1 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and RGW-90 MATADOR grenade launchers.

10:17 Ukrainian soldiers destroy Russian tank with fire from APC:

10:11 Russia itself shelled the village of. Klimovo, the Bryansk region and blamed Ukraine for it. This was confirmed by SSU interception of the occupant's conversation with his wife.

10:05 300 Lithuanians sing "Oy u luzi chervona kalyna" together with a refugee from Ukraine.

10:00 Russian Alfa Bank app removed from App Store.

09:53 Russian looters' wives sell goods stolen in Ukraine:

09:47 Russia starts sending its military to concentration camps in the Rostov region.

09:41 The head of the Mykolayiv OVA, Vitaly Kim, has recorded a new appeal:

09:35 Poland has imposed an embargo on Russian coal. The relevant bill has been signed by the country's President Andrzej Duda. In addition, the law provides for the possibility of freezing the assets of those who supported Russian aggression.

09:20 There are fewer Russian military planes in Belarus.

09:12 Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nagy called Russian President Putin "equal to Hitler" after his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Nagy says Putin must be stopped in Ukraine before he can advance into the West. "Ukraine is literally fighting for our future," he stressed.

09:03 The Pentagon has shown how Javelins are loaded to be delivered to Ukrainian defenders afterwards. Every day 10-12 planes with aid fly from the US to Ukraine.

08:58 A big fire broke out overnight in Russia's Belgorod. The total area of the fire is about 150 square metres. The city is 40km from the Ukrainian border.

08:53 Russian troops have shelled houses and infrastructure 24 times in the past 24 hours in the Luhansk region - two people killed, two more wounded. This was reported by the head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Haidai.

It''s about the fire opened by the enemy on residential areas and infrastructure, not about combat operations.

08:47 Marines' morning in the Mykolaiv region. Ukrainian fighters have eliminated Russian "orcs".

08:41 Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, the occupiers have killed 198 Ukrainian children. Another 355 have been wounded.

08:35 News from Odessa. The night in the city and the region was spent under the sound of air-raid alarms, but without shelling, Odessa OVA spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk says. The 28th Brigade also destroyed another enemy Orlan drone.

08:28 In the Kyiv region, a local resident eliminated 12 Russian occupiers. He also managed to destroy an enemy APC crew that was breaking through to Kyiv. The Ukrainian intelligence service reported on the victories of a local resident with the call sign "Wolf".

"Having sporting gun, he had several raids into the enemy's rear. As a result, he eliminated 12 enemy soldiers carrying out combat patrols and guards near the local UOC MP church, which was used as a strong point and a storage facility for medical supplies and fuel," the reconnaissance personnel said.

08:21 The AFU General Staff described the operational situation on the fronts as of the beginning of the 51st day of Russia's war against Ukraine. The enemy continues to carry out missile and bomb strikes on the infrastructure of Ukrainian settlements.

08:16 Ukraine's aerial reconnaissance shows how it destroys enemy T-72 tanks.

08:11 Ukraine will be assessed against two main criteria for membership. Then a decision on its accession to the EU will be made, EU ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas has said.

"The European Commission has started work on the analysis, as requested by member states. This work focuses on whether Ukraine meets the two main criteria for EU membership: a functioning democracy and a functioning market economy," Maasikas said.

08:05 85% of those killed in Bucha have bullet wounds, mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk says.

07:59 870,000 refugees who fled the country after Russia's full-scale invasion have returned to Ukraine, the UN says. An average of 30,000 people now return each day

07:56 A blood-stained toy from Kramatorsk is handed over to the UN mission. On April 8, a Russian missile strike on the town's railway station killed 59 people. The photo of the toy horse found after the shelling went viral in the world media and became a symbol of the destroyed fates of Ukrainian children.

Police seized the toy from the scene, preserved it and took it to Kyiv. It will now be handed over to an international independent commission investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

07:50 Zelensky explained why he was not leaving Kyiv: "I would not even have such a thought if I had not been president. I would be in Ukraine. How could I leave it all? And now, when this is a high responsibility for me, I could not do it," the Ukrainian head of state explained.

He is also convinced that his departure would have played into the hands of the enemy.

07:47 How Ukrainian border guards and the AFU confront the occupiers. The video shows the events unfolding in eastern Ukraine. The result of the battle with the Russians - destroyed tanks and APCs.

07:44 The sunken cruiser Moskva provided air cover for the entire Kherson grouping of occupation troops, according to Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office.

The ship should also provide air cover for the landing of troops in the Odessa and Kherson regions. For Ukraine, Russia's loss of the cruiser is a good sign. It will ease the position of Ukrainian aviation in the southern direction.

23:57 AFU members have successfully repelled six enemy attacks during the current day and inflicted significant losses on the Russian occupiers.

23:49 UAE has sent a plane with 50 tons of humanitarian cargo and equipped ambulances to Ukraine, the Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates reports.

23:40 Svyatoslav Vakarchuk performs in Russia-bombed Kharkiv.

23:29 Makei begs the EU to save Lukashenka's regime.

23:15 Britain has added two business partners of oligarch Roman Abramovich - Yevgeny Tenenbaum and David Davidovich - to its sanctions list. The government has frozen their assets worth up to £10bn.

23:02 It's official - the cruiser Moskva has sunk. The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced this. By the way, the Moskva cruiser is the most expensive Russian loss in this war - $750 million.