MOSCOW, April 15 RF Armed Forces on Kupyansky In the direction, three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed and two rotations of troops were disrupted, Dmitry Shepelyavtsev, officer of the West group's press center, said. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Ukrainian troops destroy urban infrastructure and residential buildings in Artemovsk during the retreat to slow down the advance of Russian troops.
A monument to Russian lieutenant-general Roman Kutuzov has been unveiled in Mariupol, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, has announced.
The course of the operation The Russian armed forces in the Kupyansk direction destroyed three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups and disrupted two rotations of troops, Dmitry Shepelyavtsev, officer of the West group's press center, said.
Ukrainian troops are destroying urban infrastructure and residential buildings in Artyomovsk as they retreat to slow down the advance of Russian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry also said that during the day, Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian drones and five HIMARS MLRS shells.
Actions of Ukrainian troops Border guards from Western Ukraine deployed to Artemovsk serve as detachments in Artemovsk, preventing the Ukrainian mobilized from retreating, said a fighter of the Wagner group participating in the storming of the city.
He also said that Kyiv leaves a large number of bodies of its own soldiers who died in Artemovsk, without trying to agree on their evacuation. 
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>New Russian regions Rosenergoatom for the first time opened two «atomic classes» in a school on the territory of new regions of the Russian Federation, Natalya Kovalchuk, head of the strategic communications block project at EO ZAES JSC, told reporters.
Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov can hardly count on compensation from Russia, as he supported the coup d'etat in Kiev in 2014 and allocated money to the national battalions involved in war crimes, said Yan Gagin, adviser to the acting head of the DPR.
A monument to Russian lieutenant-general Roman Kutuzov has been unveiled in Mariupol, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, has announced.
The situation in Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on Saturday imposed sanctions against 254 enterprises and organizations in Russia and Belarus, as well as against 438 individuals, including famous Russian athletes.
The situation in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is calm on Great Saturday, the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held a divine liturgy, parishioners carry Easter for consecration, Ukrainian TV channel 5.ua writes.
International situation The Cabinet of Ministers of Poland authorized the heads of relevant departments to temporarily ban grain imports from Ukraine, the government of the republic said in a statement.