Results 04/06: Attacks on cities and an attempt to break through

At night, Russia launched new attacks on Kharkov and Zaporozhye. Kharkov was bombarded with S-300 missiles. Six people died and 11 were injured. Nine residential buildings, an administrative building, a kindergarten, a cafe, a gas station, and dormitories were damaged. In the afternoon, the aggressors again attacked Kharkov. One civilian was killed and one was injured. There was damage to civilian infrastructure and vehicle fires. Before dawn, the Russians fired missiles at Zaporozhye. Industrial buildings were destroyed and fires started. According to preliminary data, no one was killed. The consequences of the attack and the type of missiles are clarified. It was also learned that at least 23 were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Zaporozhye the day before – April 5. Four people died then – two men and two women.

During the attack on Ukraine on the night of April 6, Russian troops used more than 30 kamikaze drones and six missiles of various types. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down two Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, one Kalibr cruise missile and 28 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.

The Russian aggressors made the strongest attempt to break the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdeevka, where the 25th separate airborne Sicheslav brigade was fighting, the General Staff reported. “In the past few days, perhaps the strongest attempt to break the defenses in a certain section of the front took place. To break our defenses, tanks were used, in particular, the most modern T-90 model and infantry fighting. however, the paratroopers gave a strong rebuff to the enemy,” it said in the message. Our paratroopers, with incredible efforts, managed to repel the attack, burning many pieces of equipment. “Thus, the large-scale offensive became an ‘operation’ to dispose of modern Russian equipment,” the General Staff said.

On the night of April 6, in the settlement area of ​​Azov (Rostov region of the Russian Federation), a pipeline exploded, pumping petroleum products from a local oil depot to tankers in the port territory of the port of Azov. GUR reported it. It is known that the loading of tankers with petroleum products has been suspended indefinitely. “The facility was used by the aggressor state for military purposes to support the conduct of genocidal war against Ukraine,” GUR said in a statement.

The Netherlands intends to transfer 24 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said this. According to him, the planes will be transferred to Ukraine as soon as everything is ready. This point depends on the training of Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel, as well as on the infrastructure.

President Vladimir Zelensky met with the delegation of the US Congress. The meeting took place on Friday in the Chernihiv region, but Zelensky spoke about it only on Saturday. According to him, both parties and both houses of Congress are represented. The President told the congressmen about the situation on the front line, the priority needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the scale of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

The city of Kharkov is under reliable protection in terms of defense lines. All that remains is to strengthen the air defense. President Vladimir Zelensky said this. “Kharkov is protected today. Not from the point of view of the sky. As for our defense lines, Kharkov today is not in danger,” said the head of state, adding that now we are confidently defending in the Kharkov region. The President noted that all work on the construction of defense lines in the most dangerous sections of the border should be completed within a few months.