▫️Сamouflaged ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces discovered and destroyed

💥AFU ammunition depot was detected by UAV and attacked with high-precision missile weapons.

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🇷🇺Movement of military equipment on a pontoon crossing of Severskii Donets River in Ukraine

▫️Reconnaissance of the route and security of the convoy is provided by drones and reconnaissance units.

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🇷🇺Russian and DPR servicemen evacuate civilians from Mariupol districts that remain in the area of possible shelling by Ukrainian nationalists

▫️During the day, more than 80 residents, including 14 children, were evacuated from the basements of residential buildings near the contact line.

▫️IFV-1 infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers were used to safely evacuate civilians from under AFU fire.

▫️The movements of the evacuation units were camouflaged with smoke.

▫️All people were taken to safe locations. The inhabitants affected by the shelling were provided with qualified medical assistance by Russian servicemen, including at the medical unit of the special-purpose medical unit.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

✈️💥During the day, operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and missile troops hit 65 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 4 command and communication hubs, 3 logistics depots, as well as 41 strong points and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.

💥Russian air defence means shot down 3 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle in the air, 2 near Mariupol and Kalininskoe, and 1 Bayraktar TB-2 near Sakhnovschina, Kharkov region.

📊In total, 127 aircfaft and 98 helicopters, 428 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,037 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 229 multiple launch rocket systems, 886 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,941 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

▫️The Kiev regime has not abandoned its attempts to evacuate the leaders of Azov nationalist regiment and foreign mercenaries from Mariupol. Previous actions to evacuate them by helicopter have failed.

❗️On the evening of April 8, the Kiev regime made another unsuccessful attempt to evacuate the Ukrainian Nazi leaders by sea.

▫️The Ukrainian Apache, a Maltese-flagged dry-cargo ship assigned to the Maltese port of Valetta, was sailing in a caravan of ships from the Gulf of Taganrog to the Kerch Strait in the nighttime.

▫️At 22:38 Moscow time, 30 km southeast of Mariupol, the dry-cargo ship suddenly changed its course and attempted to break through to the Mariupol seaport blocked from the sea by the Black Sea Fleet.

▫️The Ukrainian dry-cargo ship did not respond to Russian border guards' demands to contact them through the international channel and continued heading in the direction of Mariupol port.

▫️Warning artillery firing by two border patrol ships along the vessel's course did not cause the dry cargo ship to change course or slow down.

▫️While heading towards Mariupol port, the ship was engaged in radio communication, transmitting the messages "I am 'Maniac', coming for you". At the same time, signal fires were observed on the shore.

▫️To block the movement of the intruder vessel, from 22.53 to 23.30, the Black Sea Fleet and the border patrol ships opened artillery fire on the Apache dry-cargo ship.

▫️A direct hit caused a fire in the stern of the ship.

▫️The Ukrainian dry-cargo ship then went adrift, the crew got in touch with the border ships with a request to cease fire and confirmed their readiness to comply with all the demands of the Russian sailors.

❗️No crew members on the ship were injured as a result of the firing. The fire was extinguished by the ship's crew themselves.

▫️After being inspected, the Ukrainian Apache and its crew are convoyed to the Yeysk port.

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🇺🇦Kiev regime has not abandoned its attempts to evacuate the leaders of Azov nationalist regiment and foreign mercenaries from Mariupol

▫️Previous actions to evacuate them by helicopter have failed.

▫️On the evening of April 8, the Kiev regime made another unsuccessful attempt to evacuate the Ukrainian Nazi leaders by sea.

▫️The Ukrainian Apache, a Maltese-flagged dry-cargo ship assigned to the Maltese port of Valetta, was sailing in a caravan of ships from the Gulf of Taganrog to the Kerch Strait in the nighttime.

▫️At 22:38 Moscow time, 30 km southeast of Mariupol, the dry-cargo ship suddenly changed its course and attempted to break through to the Mariupol seaport blocked from the sea by the Black Sea Fleet.

▫️The Ukrainian dry-cargo ship did not respond to Russian border guards' demands to contact them through the international channel and continued heading in the direction of Mariupol port.

▫️Warning artillery firing by two border patrol ships along the vessel's course did not cause the dry cargo ship to change course or slow down.

▫️While heading towards Mariupol port, the ship was engaged in radio communication, transmitting the messages "I am 'Maniac', coming for you". At the same time, signal fires were observed on the shore.

▫️To block the movement of the intruder vessel, from 22.53 to 23.30, the Black Sea Fleet and the border patrol ships opened artillery fire on the Apache dry-cargo ship.

▫️A direct hit caused a fire in the stern of the ship.

▫️The Ukrainian dry-cargo ship then went adrift, the crew got in touch with the border ships with a request to cease fire and confirmed their readiness to comply with all the demands of the Russian sailors.

▫️No crew members on the ship were injured as a result of the firing. The fire was extinguished by the ship's crew themselves.

▫️After being inspected, the Ukrainian Apache and its crew are convoyed to the Yeysk port.

📑 Full text of the Russian Defence Ministry Briefing

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Statement of the Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (April 9, 2022)

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​​🗓 Top News Today

◽️ Kiev nationalist regime is preparing another provocation to accuse Russia of allegedly massacring civilians in Irpen, Kiev Region. In fact, units of the Russian Armed Forces left the town more than a week ago.

◽️ Ukrainian dry-cargo ship attempted to evacuate Azov leaders from Mariupol. The vessel did not respond to warnings and artillery fire was opened at it. The crew was not injured. After being inspected, the dry-cargo ship and its crew are convoyed to the port of Yeysk.

📹 The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of destruction of AFU tank, footage of the destruction of Ukrainian air defence means and a camouflaged ammunition depot. Video of movement of Russian military equipment on a pontoon crossing, evacuation of civilians in Mariupol, as well as demining of a settlement in Kharkov Region have been published.

🚛 Over the past 24 hours, 12 humanitarian actions have been planned and are currently being carried out in Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, in Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, during which 338 tons of basic necessities, medicine and food will be distributed.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video) (April 9, 2022)

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🗻 Familiar symbolism against the grey mountains of the Golan Heights.

Good morning and have a good day!

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💥Combat work of army aviation crews to destroy AFU column of armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft systems

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥During the night, high-precision sea-based missiles destroyed the headquarters and base of Dnepr nationalist battalion in Zvonetskoe, Dnepropetrovsk Region, where foreign mercenaries had recently arrived.

💥High-precision air-based missiles near Starobogdanovka in Nikolaev Region and at Chuhuev military airfield destroyed launchers of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems discovered by reconnaissance.

💥Russian air defence means shot down 8 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air near Olkhovatovka, Novaya Astrakhan, Avdeevka, Shakhterskoe, Kurakhovo, Novoselovka Vtoraya and Vyseloye.

✈️💥Operational-tactical aviation hit 86 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 2 command posts, 2 ammunition depots, 3 fuel depots, 3 multiple launch rocket systems, and 49 strong points and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.

📊In total, 127 aircfaft and 98 helicopters, 234 anti-aircraft missile systems(S-300, Buk-M1, Osa AKM), 436 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,052 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 232 multiple launch rocket systems, 894 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,975 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video)

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💥High-precision missile strikes AFU military infrastructure from the Black Sea

▫️The crew of the Black Sea Fleet frigate launched a salvo of four Kalibr cruise missiles at the facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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🚛Russian servicemen deliver more than 10 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Stanislav

▫️In the future, it is planned to deliver food and essential goods on a regular basis.

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💥Destruction of Ukrainian APC by unmanned aerial vehicle missile strike

▫️The Ukrainian armoured personnel carrier's firing position was located in a dense industrial area and was discovered by the UAV's crew.

▫️After discovering the hidden firing position, a drone strike destroyed the armoured personnel carrier.

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▫️CSS units provide all the necessary supplies for the Russian Airborne Troops personnel participating in the special military operation

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