Ukraine’s denazification operation: operational update 26 April (updated)

UKRAINE: 20:19 During the day, high-precision missiles hit 4 Ukrainian weapons depots near Slovyansk and Druzhkivka.

Russian Air Force aircraft hit 33 Ukrainian military facilities, including 23 areas where the enemy’s manpower and military equipment were concentrated, with up to 200 nationalists and over 40 armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and vehicles destroyed as a result of the strikes.

Rocket troops and artillery carried out 100 firing tasks during the day, destroying two Ukrainian MLRS near Berezovka and Buk-M1.

18:46 Kiev again noted the use of mines it vowed to dispose of. RT correspondent @msgazdiev discovered them at AFU positions in the village of Markovka. Kiev acceded to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines in 1997 and in 2002 reported on their complete disposal. As always, this turned out to be a lie.

18:31 Russian servicemen handed out humanitarian aid to Kherson residents.

18:16 Representatives of the Russian Federal Guard Service found Nazi symbols, military documentation, NATO-type medicines and even a fired-off hand anti-tank grenade launcher in a former atelier in one of Berdyansk’s industrial zones.

18:14 A Russian flag has been hoisted on the building of the executive committee of the Vasylivka city administration in Zaporizhzhya Region. Earlier, the Russian tricolour was hoisted over the commandant’s office in Kamenka-Dniprovska in the same region.

17:16 Rosgvardiya takes under control more than 10 settlements and infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv region

17:12 Russian Armed Forces are on round-the-clock readiness to launch retaliatory strikes with high-precision weapons against decision-making centres in Kiev – Russian Defense Ministry.

15:41 Putin and Erdogan discussed the situation in Ukraine by phone. Main:

The politicians agreed to continue coordination on Turkish ships leaving ports for the Black Sea through a corridor organised by Russia.

Putin noted that there were no hostilities in Mariupol and said that the Kiev authorities, for humane reasons, should order the Ukrainian military at Azovstal to lay down their weapons.

The head of the Russian Federation added that the prisoners of war were guaranteed life and medical care.

15:30 The behaviour of the Ukrainian side in talks with Russia is depressing, it appears they are not particularly interested in negotiations, Lavrov said. Negotiations with Ukraine are unlikely to have a result if the Ukrainian side continues its line, the Russian foreign minister said.

14:51 Russian flag hoisted over Vasylivka in Zaporizhzhya Region.

14:44 In Kherson, the civil-military administration has foiled an attempt to assist the SBU in committing a terrorist act. The detained man said that the SBU officers promised him a cash reward for the provocative actions. The suspect also added that he had been part of the tehroboron, where he received weapons. An interesting fact. Over the past month that I have been in Kherson, the mood of the citizens has turned from fears of “are you sure you won’t leave here?” to “how soon can we get Russian passports?”.

14:29 A rocket attack on the railway bridge in Zatoka in Odessa. Smoke is billowing near the bridge.

13:47 Ukraine provokes the spread of the conflict to Transnistria – TASS source in government circles in Tiraspol.

13:42 There is information that the bridge in Zatoka Odessa region has been damaged by a missile strike.

13:38 People’s militia started to be formed in Kherson. The civil-military administration is gradually beginning its work. Of course, the first thing to start with is the formation of law enforcement agencies. Gradually recruitment is going on among the willing, interviewing and vetting. An interesting fact. Over the last month that I have been in Kherson, the mood among citizens has swung from fears of “are you sure you won’t leave here?” to “how soon can we get Russian passports?@

13:07 A monument under the Arch of Friendship of Peoples has been started to be dismantled in Kiev. The monument symbolizes the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. The monument represents figures of two workers – a Ukrainian and a Russian, raising the ribbon with the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

13:05 The Ukrainian armed forces fired over 50 mortar rounds at a checkpoint in the Bryansk Region on 25 April – SK.

13:02 Another Ukrainian weapons cache was discovered in Kherson region. Rosgvardia special forces discovered a weapons cache of Ukrainian saboteurs in the Kherson region. AK-74 assault rifles, 3 PKT machine guns, 4 anti-tank guided missiles, 40 grenades, over 40,000 different cartridges and 6 optical devices of various modifications were seized in the cache.

12:34 Rosgvardia special forces discovered a cache with weapons of Ukrainian saboteurs in Kherson region. AK-74 assault rifles, 3 PKT machine guns, 4 anti-tank guided missiles, 40 grenades, over 40,000 different cartridges and 6 optical devices of various modifications were seized in the cache.

12:20 The insurgents are increasingly trying to infiltrate the location of our troops in civilian clothes and in civilian cars. Captives report about this and we have witnessed this more than once ourselves.

This gang of Terbatovs tried to enter Kapitolovka, an eastern suburb of Izyum. They were stopped at the checkpoint and tried to open fire, but were destroyed by Rosgvardia fighters.

Shortly before that, a Ukrainian DRG of four was also discovered and destroyed by Rosgvardians in the forest near Kapitolovka.

11:38 Moldovan President Maia Sandu has summoned a meeting of the Supreme Security Council in connection with the incidents in Transnistria. The Supreme Security Council will meet at 13:00. After the meeting, at 15:00, Maia Sandu will brief the press.

11:35 Units of the Russian Armed Forces take control of the equipment storage and repair base left by the AFU.

11:33 Russia’s permanent representative to the OPCW says Ukraine has the potential to create chemical weapons, Kiev may try to play the card with such provocations

11:28 Ukrainian losses as a result of a special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces as of April 26, 2022

▪️The AFU has lost 404 men killed, wounded and prisoners of war in 24 hours. The total losses in killed, wounded and prisoners in the AFU, NGU and SPS are over 45,000.

▪️An internal report from the General Staff of the AFU, 12 tanks, 18 armoured vehicles, 11 field artillery guns and mortars, 2 long- and medium-range SAMs, 21 vehicles and special equipment and 3 UAVs were lost.

11:24 An assistance centre for families with young children under 2 years old has been opened in Kakhovka

11:23 The Ukrainian flag was removed from the building of Kherson city council. Waiting for the tricolor.

10:34 Russian Ministry of Defense:

– High-precision air-launched missiles hit 4 Ukrainian military facilities overnight, including 2 ammunition depots in Kharkiv region;

– Aircraft hit 87 military facilities of Ukraine, killing about 500 enemy personnel;

– Two Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles were shot down in the air over populated areas in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions.

10:18 Unknown persons blew up two communication towers in Transnistria. The strike was presumably carried out from a drone.

09:37 Russian military in Kherson. The city is preparing to celebrate Victory Day under a flag that was still recently banned by the Kiev regime.

09:06 Ukraine turned into a terrorist state, Zelensky must answer for planning attempts on journalists in Russia – Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

08:15 Kadyrov announces $1 million reward for information on location of Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur battalion in Ukraine