In the conversation intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence officers, the commander of the Russian army orders to shoot to kill a neighboring Russian unit.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has refuted Russia's claims about Ukraine allegedly "violating" agreements regarding a ceasefire for energy infrastructure, emphasizing that Ukrainian forces strike exclusively military targets of the Russian army.
Since the start of the day, there have been 112 combat clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces, with the highest number of enemy attacks taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has described the Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih as a deliberate act of terror against civilians and a complete disregard for peace efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that initial details have emerged regarding how a partner security contingent could be deployed in Ukraine.
In Ukraine's Kherson region, Russian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone on a civilian in the village of Chervonyi Mayak, injuring the man.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked international partners for their support following missile strikes on Kryvyi Rih but noted that the U.S. response to the tragedy was insufficiently strong.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk called on the participants of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to increase sanctions pressure on Russia.
Ukraine's defense forces are already using fiber-optic unmanned aerial vehicles with a flight range of 20 km and new electronic warfare systems to counter Russian UAVs at the front.
On April 5, the Russian military attacked the village of Ivashky of the Zolochiv community in Kharkiv region with four FPV drones, damaging houses and power grids.
In the city of Saransk in the Russian Federation, drones attacked the Optical Fiber Systems enterprise, which manufactures products for modern communications.
On April 5, a 33-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy were injured in the Malomykhailivska community in the Dnipro region during the morning shelling, and 17 houses were damaged.
The Chiefs of Staff of the French and British Armed Forces, General Thierry Burkhard and Admiral Antony Radakin, met in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky and the military leadership of Ukraine.