Russian missiles hit the railways in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The Russian army has prepared a mass grave for the killed Ukrainians in a village near Mariupol. 19 Ukrainian prisoners of war were released in a new exchange. In the city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, all grocery stores were destroyed during the Russian attacks. Live from Ukraine VIDEO Ukrainian drones destroy Russian technology ONLINE Load new news 9:15 Humanitarian corridors will not work again today. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk. 8:50 On Thursday (April 21), 3,200 people from Ukraine to Slovakia crossed the border crossings. There were 682 men, 1849 women and 669 children. 431 people requested temporary refuge. The director of the press department of the Ministry of the Interior (MV) of the Slovak Republic, Soňa Valášiková, informed about it. “All activities related to refugees from Ukraine were provided by 245 police officers, 73 firefighters, 101 customs officers, 322 soldiers, two clergy, 139 volunteers, 21 members of foreign forces and 22 employees of the migration office,” Valášiková clarified. 8:20 Fighting in several areas in eastern Ukraine has intensified, the General Staff of the Ukrainian army said in a statement on Friday. The DPA reported. According to them, Russian troops intensified the fighting along the entire front line in the Donetsk region. Russia is undertaking offensive operations near the village of Zarichne and continues to try to advance around the town of Rubizhn in the Luhansk region, the DPA quotes. Fighting also continued around the town of Popasna, which, according to Ukrainian military sources, is already partially controlled by Russian troops. 8:00 A ground attack by Russian troops on the Azovstal Mariupol steelworks would probably require significant Russian losses, which would further reduce their overall combat effectiveness. The British Ministry of Defense stated this in the latest evaluation report on Thursday. Reuters reported. “The decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the attack on Azovstal probably indicates a desire to reduce Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol and release Russian forces, which will be deployed elsewhere in eastern Ukraine,” London said. According to the British force department in eastern Donbas, heavy shelling and fighting continues. 7:50 The destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol, despite Russia’s statements about its occupation, “continues to resist,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. We have received the report from AFP. At the same time, Zelensky welcomed new aid from the United States aimed at fighting the Moscow offensive in eastern Ukraine. Russia had previously said it had “liberated” the besieged Mariupol. At the same time, there were still several thousand Ukrainian soldiers and thousands of civilians in the Azovstal steelworks complex in this port city. Mariupola’s “liberation” was also welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. However, according to AFP, Zelensky said that the fighting for Mariupol was continuing. Photo gallery (4) Source: SITA / AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky “In the south and east of our country, the occupiers do everything to have a reason to talk about at least some victories,” he said in a video message. “However, they can only delay the irreversible – a time when the invaders will have to leave our territory, especially Mariupol, a city that continues to resist Russia despite everything the occupiers claim,” he added. 7:25 During the occupation of Krapivnia, the Russian armed forces set up a military headquarters on the territory of the local school. Among other things, Kolovrat (Slavic swastika) was sprayed on the wall. EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Zelensky likened the damage in Ukraine to the Second World War: the Russian army conquered 42 municipalities in eastern Ukraine