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Russian troops attacked Kherson Oblast, hitting a critical infrastructure facility, an administrative building, a cultural institution and a car, killing one person and injuring another one over the past day.

A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, last week after Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified. “I woke up surrounded by shooting all ...

On 30 April, two people were killed in a Russian attack on Donetsk Oblast. Source: Anastasiia Miedviedeva, spokesperson for the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, in a comment to Suspilne.Donbas Quote: "On the night of [29-]30 April, Russian troops struck the village of Kalynove, Kramatorsk district, killing a 71-year-old man in his house.

Russian forces are unlikely to achieve "operationally significant penetration" in the areas west of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, despite limited Ukrainian troop withdrawals in surrounding villages, the U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed on April 28.

Telegram chatbots of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the Digital Transformation Ministry were restored on April 29 after being previously blocked.

Blocking of chatbots used by Ukrainian special services on Telegram is unrelated to Kyiv's criticism of Russian propaganda on the messenger, Chair of the Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, said on Facebook on April 29.

Ukraine's control over Nestryha Island in Kherson Oblast is tactically important and will make it more difficult for Russian forces to approach Ukrainian positions, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, told Hromadske Radio on April 29.

Russian troops attacked the village of Kizomys in Bilozerka hromada, Kherson Oblast, on the afternoon of 29 April. As a result of the attack, a 60-year-old local resident succumbed to his injuries. (A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories) Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, the Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The occupiers attacked Kizomys.

Key developments on April 29: Attack on Odesa kills 4, injures 29 Military intelligence: Over 18,000 Russian troops of Southern Military District have deserted Military: Ukraine regaining control over Nestryha Island in Kherson Oblast complicates Russian advances NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg in Kyiv in surprise visit Air Force: Poland capable of protecting skies over western Ukraine but political will needed At least four people were killed and 29 were injured in a Russian missile strike o...

The recent withdrawal of the Ukrainian forces from Berdychiv and Semenivka, north of Avdiivka, has put the Russian command in a strategic decision-making position, according to an April 28 analysis by the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).