Ukraine War: Kharkiv is heavily shelled; Ukraine confiscated a huge batch of Russian weapons; Russian Su-34 was shot down

Kharkiv was heavily shelled

Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on April 21: “The situation is very tense, because overnight there was a huge shelling. Two markets have been destroyed, firefighters are putting out fires there. . There was a head-on hit to another residential building.”

Mr Terekhov said that those displaced by the Russian bombardment had been transferred to kindergartens, schools and boarding schools, adding that the situation was “tense but under control.”

There are no evacuation plans, Mr. Terekhov added.

According to Mr. Terekhov, up to now about a million people remain in Kharkiv. He said that about 30% of the population before the war had left, mainly the elderly and women with children. “I’m talking to people, they won’t leave the city,” Terekhov said.

SBU discovered a huge batch of Russian weapons worth $ 200 million

Ukraine’s Ukrinform news agency on the same day reported that the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has discovered a secret warehouse containing ammunition and components for military equipment worth $200 million in the Kharkiv region. . SBU reported this on Facebook.

“According to preliminary data, the equipment found was to repair equipment of the Russian forces. However, thanks to the resistance of the Ukrainian defenders, the Russians were unable to capture Kharkiv. The entire consignment of weapons seized will be used to defend Ukraine,” the statement said.

About 60 full tank engines and a large number of spare parts and components for armored vehicles were found during the search and transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In addition, 26 guided air-to-air missiles were also found.

Ukraine destroys Russian Su-34 fighter jet in Kharkiv . region

Oleh Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said in a Telegram post that the armed forces Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet in the Kharkiv region, Ukrinform reported.

Synehubov wrote: “Today, our defenders destroyed another Su-34 of the enemy. The Russian fighter was destroyed in the Izium region, where the fighting is taking place. “.

According to the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar, the fighter-bomber was shot down by the Soviet Igla mobile air defense missile system. The plane crashed over territory temporarily occupied by Russian troops. It is not yet clear whether the pilots survived.