Russians tried to storm the 59th Motorized Brigade near Pokrovsk: rolled in with tanks, trucks, and infantry. Tanks got stuck near Selydove, so they sent in infantry on vans and Ladas instead. Predictably, they got wiped out. Another failed assault.

Russia’s massive drone strike on Dnipro killed 3 people, including a child, and injured 30 more. Homes, dorms, a school building, and a food plant were hit. Another brutal attack on civilians.

Yesterday, Russian forces launched a large-scale assault in southern Ukraine near Pyatykhatky, Stepove, Lobkove, Mala Tokmachka & Mali Shcherbaky with ~320 troops, ~40 armored vehicles, 3 tanks & 10 buggies.

Ukrainian defenders, warned by aerial recon, hit them with drones & artillery. After a 2-hour battle, 29 vehicles and 140 Russians were destroyed. No Ukrainian positions were lost.

Footage from the 71st Jaeger Brigade, repelling a mass Russian mechanized attack. Possibly the Velyka Novosilka axis as this brigade is active there. Lately, Russia has (re)started using large mechanized columns again.

Battle for Nadiya: MLRS volleys, tank fire, and assault teams from Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade push forward under cover of M113s. Infantry stormed Russian positions with rifle fire, carving a path to liberate the village.

🇺🇸 Marco Rubio & Trump’s envoy Steven Witkoff are in Paris for Ukraine talks. While Rubio looks for common ground with allies, Witkoff—true Putin pleaser, hand to heart—already met with French diplomats. No word if he’ll even talk to Ukrainians.

🇩🇪 Germany expands military aid to Ukraine:

🔹 MRAPs: Now 269 (was 203)
🔹 GEPARD ammo: 330,000 rounds (was 292,000)
🔹 Zuzana 2 SPGs: 9 (was 6)
🔹 155mm shells: 454K (was 427K)
🔹 VECTOR drones: 619 (was 549)
🔹 HF-1 drones: 1,050 (was 900)
🔹 Unmanned vessels: 80 (was 70)
🔹 Bergepanzer 2: 28 (was 22)
🔹 WISENT 1 deminers: 65 (was 61)
🔹 Laser rangefinders: 1,508 (was 1,321)
🔹 Infrared binocs: 347 (was 255)
🔹 Underwater scooters: 100 (was 45)
🔹 RGW-90 AT weapons: 16,917 (was 16,000)
🔹 MK 556 rifles: 5,800 (was 5,000)
🔹 Tourniquets: 493,400 (was 343,400)
🔹 Sleeping bags: 15,300 (was 14,766)

https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992

Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade "Fight Club" drone team struck a Russian Nebo-SVU and Kasta-2E2 radar using loitering munitions.

Legal win for Ukraine: A Paris court has cleared the way for Naftogaz to forcibly recover $5B from Russia over the illegal seizure of its assets in Crimea. Naftogaz has already registered encumbrances on a number of assets owned by Russia and located in France, with a total value of over €120 million.

https://www.naftogaz.com/news/frantsuzkyy-sud-dozvolyv-prymusove-styagnennya-z-rosii-na-koryst-naftogazu-5-mlrd-kompaniya-obtyazhyla-aktyvy-rf-u-frantsii

💩🇷🇺 Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service calls for a US-Russia alliance against the EU — framing "Euro-fascism" as their shared enemy, just like 80 years ago.

Another Kremlin move to cozy up to the US, undercut Europe, and isolate Ukraine. And yes — DC just might fall for it.

http://svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/04/evrofashizm-kak-i-80-let-nazad-obshchiy-vrag-moskvy-i-vashington2.htm

🇫🇷🇺🇸 Macron met with Rubio and Witkoff in Paris for talks on Ukraine. Ahead of the meeting, Macron held a phone call with President Zelensky, per Sky News.

Zelensky warns of possible new Russian strikes around Easter, citing intel from Ukrainian special services.

Completely in line with how Russia operates — hitting during religious, symbolic and crowded events to cause maximum casualties.

The U.S. opposed a UN resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine, claiming it "doesn’t help achieve peace."

Let’s be clear: this has nothing to do with achieving peace — it’s about excusing Russian war crimes and undermining Ukrainian sovereignty.

Probably an all-time U.S. low during Russia’s invasion.

Today, the 14th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Red Kalyna" repelled a massive assault in the Pokrovsk direction, with over 240 Russians reportedly killed or wounded. Losses include ~96 motorcycles, ~21 armored vehicles, 2 cars, and 2 artillery systems. Another example of increased Russian mechanized attacks across the front line.

Total madness today on the Pokrovsk front — according to preliminary info, up to 150 (!) Russian motorcycles took part in a new assault. Ukraine didn't lose a single position according to Ukrainian military sources.

Russia is confiscating thousands of Ukrainian-owned apartments in Mariupol — BBC Verify confirms at least 5,700 homes seized since July 2024.

We can confirm this: sources who lived in Mariupol tell us locals are being forced to return to occupied areas or risk losing everything. Russians are going house to house, and if you're not living there, they take it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ca98fa24-29a3-4c74-aa7d-ce38f756270d

Zelensky clarified whether Trump refused to sell Patriots: "We’re ready to buy at least 10 Patriot systems. I told President Trump this during our call. He said America will work on it. I have no other info."

Media saw Trump’s “Zelensky always wants missiles” as a refusal.

Zelensky: Trump’s envoy Witkoff is “spreading Russian narratives” about the war in Ukraine.

Zelensky makes it very clear — Witkoff is not working in the interest of Ukraine. At the very least, he appears to be siding with Russia.