The shelling of Ukraine on April 19 began half an hour before midnight.
First, the Russian occupiers released Shahed-136/131 attack drones, then Ukrainian cities began to attack Ukrainian cities with missiles.
Everything that is known about the shelling of Ukraine on April 19, read in the ICTV Facts material.
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Shelling of Ukraine April 19
- Drone attack today
- Missile attack today
- Destruction of Tu-22M3
- Explosions in the Dnieper on April 19
- Explosions in Krivoy Rog on April 19
- Explosions in Sinelnikovo April 19
- Explosions in Pavlograd on April 19
- Explosions in Odessa and the region on April 19
Drone attack today
The drone attack began today from the eastern regions.
Residents of the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions were the first to be warned about the threat.
After one o'clock in the morning the UAVs flew from the Black Sea in the direction of Odessa.
Around four in the morning, a group of Shaheds moved from the Sumy region in the direction of Poltava.
A new group of drones that penetrated the territory of Ukraine in the north of the Kharkov region also headed to the West.
As the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Nikolai Oleshchuk, subsequently reported, air defense eliminated all 14 Shaheds.
Rocket attack today
The missile attack began around midnight today.
At 23:45 on April 18, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces warned that after the activation of enemy tactical aviation, a missile flew from the South in the direction of the Nikolaev region.
After one o'clock in the morning, the Russian occupiers fired missiles from the Black Sea in the direction of Odessa.
An hour later, another enemy ammunition flew towards the region.
About five in the morning, a missile from the airspace of the Nikolaev region headed to the Kirovograd region, then to the Cherkassy region, and then to the Poltava region.
A group of missiles that flew into Ukraine from the Kharkov region was also heading for the Poltava region.
In the end, a series of explosions occurred in the Dnieper, Krivoy Rog, Sinelnikovo, Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk region, as well as in the Odessa region.
As the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces clarified, the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated 15 of 22 missiles .
In particular, both Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, 11 of 12 Kh-59/Kh-69 adjustable aircraft missiles, and for the first time during a full-scale war, two of the six Kh-22.~60 cruise missiles were landed ~/p>
Two Iskander-K cruise missiles fired by the Russian army from the still occupied Crimea could not be destroyed.
Destruction of Tu-22M3
In addition, while the invaders were shelling Ukraine, the Air Force, together with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the first time eliminated a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22MZ.
After the defeat, the enemy plane was able to fly to the Stavropol area, where it fell and crashed.
Two pilots are in the hospital after the ejection, the third crew member died, and they are looking for the fourth.
Explosions in the Dnieper April 19
After a series of explosions in the Dnieper on April 19, there was a partial destruction and fire of a five-story building.
Emergency search operations are currently underway there.
In addition, in the regional center, five more high-rise buildings, two private houses, three educational institutions, seven administrative buildings and an office building, a market, shops, shopping pavilions, a hotel, a service station, and almost fifty cars were damaged. < /p>
The city's infrastructure was also destroyed.
As specified in Ukrzaliznytsia, the Russian army carried out a targeted massive shelling of civilian infrastructure facilities of the national carrier in the Dnieper and the region.
The work of the Dnieper station was temporarily suspended after the shelling, several trains were delayed.
For those passengers who were unable to board their flight due to an enemy attack, railway workers promise to find seats on other trains in the desired direction within 24 hours.
Ukrzaliznytsia asks to follow operational updates regarding train movements on the Ukrzaliznytsia Telegram channel, and for delays on uz-vezemo.
According to the latest data, two people were killed in the Dnieper and another quarter of a hundred were injured (in general in the Dnepropetrovsk region due to the shelling on April 19, seven people were killed and 35 were injured).
As the head of the regional military administration Sergei Lysak noted, a woman’s body was pulled out from under the rubble of a five-story building and they are looking for another person.
The wounded were diagnosed with shrapnel wounds, fractures, hematomas, and incised wounds.
It is known that seven railway workers were injured while on duty.
Oksana Storozhenko, the locomotive crew house attendant, died.
Explosions in Krivoy Rog on April 19
After the explosions in Krivoy Rog on April 19, an infrastructure facility was damaged and a fire broke out.
Three people were injured.
43-year-old and 53-year-old men are in hospital in moderate condition.
58-year-old woman did not require hospitalization.
Explosions in Sinelnikovo April 19
After the explosions in Sinelnikovo on April 19, more than 60 private houses and cars were damaged.
In addition, the solar power plant was destroyed and the enterprise was destroyed.
Three adults and two children (a 14-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy) died.
Seven more people, including a six-year-old boy, were injured.
Explosions in Pavlograd on April 19
After the explosions in Pavlograd on April 19, the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, Sergei Lysak, reported damage to the administrative building.
Information about the casualties was not provided to the OVA.
Explosions in Odessa and the region on April 19
Explosions in Odessa and the region thundered at night and at dawn on April 19.
At this time, the Russian army was targeting the critical infrastructure of the region with missiles and attack drones.
It is known that the air defense managed to eliminate three Shaheds.
People, fortunately, were not injured.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for the 786th day.
The situation in cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
