A claim by the internationally unrecognised state of Transnistria about a drone attack on a military unit has been described as a provocation by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU). [Transnistria is a breakaway state that is internationally recognise…
Russian forces launched a missile on the city of Odesa in the south of Ukraine, which was shot down by the Ukrainian air defence forces.
Source: Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine
Quote: “A guided aerial bomb was launched from a tactical aircraft f…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has implemented the National Security and Defence Council’s (NSDC) decision to impose personal sanctions against 86 companies and seven individuals, including citizens of foreign states.
Source: the decree on the…
On 3 April, the first container ship since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion passed through the sea corridor to one of the Greater Odesa’s ports, Chornomorsk. On 4 April, the ship left for its return trip to Constanța (Romania).
Source: Ode…
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 5 missiles and 13 Shahed kamikaze drones on the night of 4-5 April; all the drones were shot down.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram
Quote from the Air Force: “As a result of an air defence operation, mobile f…
Ukraine’s Air Force recorded a group of attack UAVs from the Black Sea toward Odesa Oblast (the city of Zatoka), and an air-raid warning was issued in several oblasts due to the threat of ballistic missile use on the night of 4-5 April.
Source: Ukraine…
Germany has initiated a search for available Patriot air defence systems for Kyiv at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 4 April.
Source: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a meeting with journalists, reported by Eu…
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners destroyed a Russian attack and reconnaissance drone in the Black Sea.
Source: Air Command Pivden (South) on Facebook
Quote: “Over the day, on 1 April 2024, the soldiers of the Odesa anti-aircraft missile brigade destroye…
1 April, 2024 Special vehicles for Ukrainian rescuers from the Howard Buffett Foundation. March, 2024. Ukraine. Photo credits: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Odesa rescuers received four all-terrain fire trucks from a foreign charitable foundatio…
Dozens of dolphins have died in the Black Sea near temporarily occupied Crimea, Novorossiysk and the coast of Krasnodar Krai as a result of military operations in March 2024.
Source: Ivan Rusiev, head of the research department of the Tuzly Estua…