April 19, 2022

_______ was the Night

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2022

⚡️Ukraine's Air Force: Nine Russian aerial targets destroyed. According to Ukraine’s Air Force, air defense units shot down one airplane, one helicopter, one missile, and five UAVs on April 19.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022

⚡️Police says over 1,000 civilians killed by Russian troops in Kyiv Oblast. Most of them have been shot by the occupiers, Kyiv Oblast Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said on April 19. This number includes more than 420 bodies of civilians found in Bucha, a town northwest of Kyiv.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022

⚡️ Infrastructure Minister Kubrakov: Russia has destroyed $100 billion worth of infrastructure in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine's infrastructure can be rebuilt in two years if Russian assets that have been seized around the world are used to finance it, according to Kubrakov.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022

Ukrainian authorities continue to exhume the bodies of civilians killed by Russian troops from the mass graves in the towns and villages around Kyiv. At least 1,200 civilians have been killed in Kyiv Oblast, and the numbers keep rising. More from our @AsamiTerajima: https://t.co/DYeBNQlO36

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/8OS7Mek4I4

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022

⚡️Azov says Azovstal plant bombed, almost completely destroyed. Mariupol City Council said more than 1,000 civilians are hiding in underground shelters of the city’s main metallurgical plant, where the last defenders are holding out against Russian forces.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2022