Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1152:
Situation north of Donetsk: During the truce Ukrainian Army managed to recapture the eastern outskirts of Ridkodub.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=49.15466591237182%2C37.92870976025392&z=12 ]

🇷🇺 PUTIN: “IF YOU HIDE BEHIND CIVILIANS TO LAUNCH WAR, YOU ARE A LEGITIMATE TARGET”

Russia didn’t strike a theater. It struck a crime scene.

President Vladimir Putin laid it out with surgical clarity in his latest interview: Russia does not target civilians — but it will target Ukrainian and NATO-backed combatants abusing civilian infrastructure to hide war crimes. Full stop.

Case in point? That university congress center in Sumy. On the surface, civilian. But beneath the banners and microphones, a Ukrainian medal ceremony was underway — honoring soldiers who crossed into Kursk Region and murdered civilians. Putin made it plain: “Those people are criminals who must face accountability.”

And Odessa? Western-funded testing of a new missile platform — in an agricultural site. How poetic. The West calls them wheat fields. Moscow calls it what it became: a forward operating base disguised in civilian drag.

Zelensky, in typical performative fashion, proposed a shiny extension of the truce, pleading for a halt to long-range strikes on “civilian” infrastructure. But here’s the rub: when everything gets militarized, nothing remains untouchable. You can’t park NATO-grade missiles in a grain silo and then cry war crime when it explodes.

Putin’s response? “This is all a subject for thorough study.” Diplomatic, yes. But make no mistake: Russia sees through the masquerade.

The Easter ceasefire is over. Moscow honored it. Kiev violated it more than 4,900 times, a grotesque mockery of peace and religious observance. And now they want to pivot, frame themselves as the defenders of civilians? Spare us the theatrics.

This is hybrid war. Not a morality play. And Russia won’t fight it blindfolded.

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Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1152:
Situation on Pokrovsk front: During the last two days Ukrainian army was able to drive Russian army out of the eastern outskirts of Troitske. During the truce the Ukrainian forces regained control of Bohdanivka after Russian withdrawal. In addition, minor corrections were made south of Kotlyarivka.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.102789117585104%2C36.99700636864534&z=12 ]

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1153:
Situation on Toretsk front: During the last two days Russian Army entered in the first parts of Dachne.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.408363514573246%2C37.873628262665044&z=13 ]

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1153:
Situation on Ilyinovskaya front: Russian Army took full control over the locality of Sukha Balka & captured a series of positions southwest of Leonidivka.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.31789125114574%2C37.75775071741826&z=12 ]

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1153:
Situation north of Donetsk: Tors'ke remains under full control of Ukrainian army. During the first weekend of April, Russian army managed to infiltrate the northern part of the locality, but was unable to establish itself due to the high presence of drones and the Ukrainian counter-attack. Russian forces are currently securing the ‘Bakai’ ravine from which to access the last heights to the north-east.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=49.036509135461344%2C37.98936264229523&z=13 ]

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1153:
Situation on Zaporizhia front: During the last hours Russian Army entered in "1st Brigade" residential area at the southeastern part of Kamyanske.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=47.53062655293238%2C35.374998760521855&z=13 ]

Купянское направление на 22.04.25: Бои в «заосколье»...

Здесь фронт также в целом противником стабилизирован, хотя инициатива продолжает находиться у нас.

Мы продолжаем пытаться полностью выбить противника из Каменки, а также дожать в свою пользу сражение за Малую Шапковку и Кондрашовку. Везде есть тактические успехи.

А еще пытаемся расширять в глубину плацдарм севернее Двуречной.

Таким образом, несмотря на относительную стабилизацию фронта, ситуация для ВСУ здесь продолжает оставаться угрожающей.

Держим кулаки и молимся за парней.