Thursday, April 27
11:42 AM
By March 2023, Russian
troops had established sandbag fighting positions on the roofs of
several reactor buildings at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,
the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on April 27.
10:44 AM
Russia struck a total of
147 settlements using various types of weapons, Ukraine's Defense
Ministry media center said on April 27. According to local authorities,
seven civilians were killed, and at least 32 were injured.
9:50 AM
Russian April 27 missile
strike on Mykolaiv killed one civilian and injured 23, including a
child, according to Ukraine's Southern Command. Russian troops hit the
city overnight with four Kalibr missiles, damaging two houses, an
apartment building, and a historical building.
9:08 AM
Ukraine's General Staff
reported on April 27 that Russia had also lost 3,694 tanks, 7,178
armored fighting vehicles, 5,805 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,887
artillery systems, 542 multiple launch rocket systems, 293 air defense
systems, 308 airplanes, 294 helicopters, 2,461 drones, and 18 boats.
7:16 AM
Russian oil prices
increased due to demand from India and China, testing the viability of
Western-backed sanctions, according to The Wall Street Journal.
6:24 AM
Comments made by Russian
officials, including Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin,
highlight a “pervasive anxiety” over a potential Ukrainian
counteroffensive, the Institute for the Study of War said in its latest
report on April 26.
