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Monday, 27 April 2026, 21:32
Soldiers of the “Murchyky” UAV battalion of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Cossack Otaman Kost Hordiienko of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed nine Russian quad bikes in the Vovchansk area.
On Ukraine’s southern front, Russian forces significantly increased assault activity between April 20 and 26, alongside intensified use of aviation and drones, while their losses also grew.
In the Kovpakivskyi district of Sumy, a Russian drone strike damaged 15 trucks and two buses.
Russian aviation carried out a targeted strike on civilian infrastructure in the Yampil community of the Sumy region, injuring at least three people.
Around 47,000 civilians currently remain in the Sloviansk community of the Donetsk region, with up to 1,000 people leaving for safer areas each week.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed the need to ensure that deliveries of missiles for anti-ballistic systems in May are at least in line with the volumes already promised by partners.
Russian forces have received additional artillery ammunition and may intensify shelling on the southern front in the coming days. A temporary decrease in the intensity of attacks has been observed due to weather conditions.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has updated the results of strikes carried out by Ukraine’s Defense Forces against Russian oil refineries in Tuapse and Yaroslavl.
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 76 times. The enemy is focusing on the Pokrovsk sector and is showing increased activity in the Huliaipole sector.
Russian units of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division have canceled leave until May 9 due to concerns about ongoing Ukrainian Armed Forces operations; this may also indicate that Russian troops themselves are preparing for an intensification of hostilities.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck an ammunition depot, a Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system, and command posts of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
After losing their offensive capabilities near Ternuvate in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian forces withdrew some units of the 29th Army to training grounds and redeployed new forces to the Velyka Novosilka area to intensify their assault operations.
Several units of the Russian Airborne Forces are being redeployed from the Kursk region to the Dnipro River area to reinforce the group of forces in the Kherson region and intensify assault operations in the Dnipro River island zone.
Ukrainian forces are conducting counterattacks in the Charivne area of the Zaporizhzhia region; meanwhile, no Russian military advances or loss of positions in the southern sector have been recorded in recent days.
Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office, together with investigators from the National Police of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies from several countries, conducted an international operation that exposed a group of individuals who, under the supervision of Russian intelligence services, were planning a series of contract killings and acts of sabotage on EU territory.
Crews from the 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems Achilles struck the Kasta-2E radar station in Volotovo, Belgorod region, Russian Federation, situated 80 km from the Ukrainian border.
Despite regular Russian shelling and airstrikes, no combat clashes have been reported in the city of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region, and the enemy would have to overcome several lines of defense to advance toward it.
On the southern front, Russian units are attempting to use “green cover” (foliage) to infiltrate deeper into Ukrainian defenses, particularly in the area of the Velykomykhailivka forest. However, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are increasing search-and-strike operations and are containing the enemy.
Ukraine is currently experiencing a mobilization crisis; however, up to 1.6 million people could potentially join the armed forces, which could allow for rotation of military units.
South and west of Huliaipole, Russian forces have intensified assault operations using small groups. However, they are unable to establish positions due to resistance from Ukraine’s Defense Forces, which are conducting search-and-strike operations.
The situation has escalated in the area of the settlements of Hryshyne and Rodynske in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces are attempting to develop their offensive and establish positions. However, Ukrainian units are holding their positions and inflicting losses on the enemy.
The defense ministries of Norway and Ukraine have signed an agreement in Kyiv for the first Norwegian-Ukrainian project under the Build with Ukraine initiative, under which Ukrainian drones will be manufactured in Norway.
Russian forces are increasing the intensity of attacks on the southern axis, but Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding the line and, in some areas, regaining control of positions.
Last week, Russia carried out massive attacks on Ukraine, deploying around 1,900 strike drones, nearly 1,400 guided aerial bombs, and about 60 missiles of various types. At the same time, Ukraine’s air defense demonstrated over 90% effectiveness in destroying drones.
Kyiv and Warsaw will develop a “Polish model” of mutual cooperation in the defense industry by the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) at the end of June in Gdańsk, where the first contracts in the defense sector are expected to be signed.
Following a Russian attack on the Odesa region on April 26, a spill of sunflower oil was recorded in the waters of the port of Chornomorsk.
Fourteen people were injured in Odesa as a result of a nighttime Russian drone attack.
Iran has presented the U.S. with a new proposal to restore shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, while suggesting that negotiations on its nuclear program be postponed to a later stage.
The temporarily occupied Crimea came under a massive attack on the night of April 26–27.