16 April 2022 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Ukrainian defenders shot down 1 plane, 1 helicopter, 3 UAVs and 2 enemy cruise missiles in one day
• Russia has confirmed threats to all countries that help Ukraine with weapons
• The leader of the Merkel party criticizes the government for its lack of support for Ukraine
• Zelensky announced that 2,500-3,000 Ukrainian servicemen had died
• Russia has gathered more than 10,000 troops near Izium
• Kirovograd region: the Russians hit rockets at the airfield in Alexandria
• A missile near Poltava killed a person and damaged economic infrastructure
• Luhansk region: Severodonetsk without water and without gas, a person died in Kreminna
• A pro-Russian rally took place in the Serbian capital, Belgrade
• Rocket explosions were heard in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv
• The Russians say they have begun exporting Ukrainians from Izyum to Russia
• The occupiers fired on Kharkiv - there were 8 fires
• Strikes on the Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev areas, explosions in the Kherson region
• British instructors resume training of Ukrainian military in Ukraine - Times
• German Minister: Supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine will not make Germany a party to the war
• The Russians bombed a poultry farm in Dnipropetrovsk region
• The armed forces shot down 4 cruise missiles flying to Lviv region
• 39 warships and boats of Russia gathered near Sevastopol
• A rocket strike near Poltava killed a farm guard
• The President of Lithuania called on Sweden and Finland not to delay joining NATO
• In Kyiv, a rocket attack killed one person and several people in hospital
• During the war, Ukraine still plans to increase electricity exports to Europe
• In Russia, Germany was dragged to "biolabs in Ukraine"
• The Russians fired a missile at Kharkiv, killing and injuring many
• A delegation of the Georgian Parliament has arrived in Kyiv
• The occupiers fired again at an oil refinery in the Luhansk region
• L’Occitane cosmetics chain is closing its Russian stores and website
• More than 10,000 volunteers joined to help rescuers
• Berlin has confirmed the provision of 2 billion euros for military equipment, mostly to Ukraine
• Italy has been closing ports to Russian ships since April 17 as part of EU sanctions
• Russia has forced all its companies to withdraw from Western exchanges
• Some countries provide weapons under pressure, but stretch the process for months - Zelensky
• The US authorities are worried that Ukrainians will run out of ammunition before the battle for Donbas
• Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians returned to the country in April
• France froze the estates of Abramovich and other oligarchs by almost $ 1 billion
• Germany did not inform Ukraine about the details of military aid
• Russia showed a group of young men in uniform, they say - this is the crew of the cruiser "Moscow"
• The speaker and members of the Georgian parliament visited Bucha and Irpin
• Romania closes ports for Russian ships on the Black Sea and Danube
• Kharkiv: In the evening, the Russians fired on the city again
• Sumy region: half of the people left Okhtyrka
• Remains of chemical weapons left by the Russians were found in the Sumy region
• Germany has introduced a licensing regime for Ukrainian carriers
• Authorities in Kharkiv region call for evacuation of population in Izium direction