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18.04.2022 Kharkiv Aftermath of regular artillery and air shelling of residential buildings and parks by russian army. Landmines on the roads, people twisting in pain and a mother trying to wrap her dead son in a blanket. Source: local Telegram channel.

17.04.2022 Zaporizhzhia region It happened on April 8, 2022, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Oleh Buriak said that russians had kidnapped his 16-year-old son at a checkpoint in Vasylivka. The young man was driving in a car that was moving as part of an evacuation convoy from Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia. According to eyewitnesses, the car was kept at the checkpoint for three hours, and then everyone, except for the guy, was released. Oleh Buriak confirmed that the invaders knew that the detained son of a Ukrainian civil servant. «Where is my son now, I don’t know. I appeal to the European community, to the whole of humanity – help me. Let the whole world know that russians are kidnapping children here in the country». Source: Ukrinform.

17.04.2022 Lysychansk, Luhansk region The photo shows the result of the Horde shelling the Lysychansk Oil Refinery on April 16. Source: photos by Marko Djurica.

17.04.2022 Chornobyl, Kyiv region Employees of the State Special Transport Service of Ukraine discovered and defused mines placed by the russian military on the Vilcha-Yaniv railway line to the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Victims: none. Source: State Special Transport Service of Ukraine.

17.04.2022 Kyiv region Liberated Horenka after russian invasion. 80% of the village destroyed Source: eyewitness video

17.04.2022 Severodonetsk, Luhansk region Russians shelled the Christ-Nativity Cathedral in Sievierodonetsk on Palm Sunday (Luhansk region). This is the fourth shelling of the church – this time the enemy shells hit the roof. About 10 religious buildings have already been damaged in the region. Source: Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Haidai.

16.04.2022 Mykolaiv On April 16, the russian army shelled Mykolaiv. Victims: to be confirmed Source: local media

17.04.2022 Trostyanets united territorial community, Sumy region From the first day of the war, russian military personnel, using means prohibited by international law, fired from heavy artillery and dropped bombs on the settlements of Trostyanets united territorial community. Some villages and towns were occupied for a long time by the russian military who lived in the homes of civilians. The invaders robbed houses, medical institutions, educational institutions, etc., stole vehicles. Residents were taken prisoner, tortured, unarmed pensioners were shot right on the streets. Hundreds of houses were destroyed to the ground, many houses were damaged, critical infrastructure facilities and architectural monuments were destroyed. According to preliminary data, the russians killed 49 civilians 3 of whom were tortured and 2 children - 13-year-old Yaroslav and 14-year-old Maksym. Victims: 51 people, including two children. Data is being specified Source: Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office

17.04.2022 Borodyanka, Kyiv region Since April 6, rescuers have dismantled the rubble of 5 multi-storey residential buildings in Borodyanka. Two more houses will be the next. The bodies of 41 people have been found so far. Victims: 41 people Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

17.04.2022 Mariupol, Donetsk region Photos of the surroundings of the metallurgical plant named after Illich have been published. The corpses lie just in the middle of the street. Victims: to be confirmed Source: photo of eyewitnesses

17.04.2022 Severodonetsk, Novodruzhesk, Luhansk region At night of April 17, new areas of Severodonetsk were under fire of the russian troops. As a result of shells hitting, four multi-storey buildings caught fire. Numerous fires have been reported. Information about the victims is being specified. In the evening, another house was destroyed in Novodruzhesk by russians. Victims: data is being specified Source: Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Sergiy Gaidai

17.04.2022 Ukraine This is a crater from the FAB 300 in Kharkiv, a high-explosive high-powered air bomb dropped by a Tu-22M3 bomber. Such bombs are used to blow up bomb shelters; they were adopted by the USSR after the Second World War. Today russians are bombing Chernigiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Mariupol with FABs. Source: eyewitness video