Ukraine hits Russian Black Sea port city, 1 dead

Russian authorities said one man was killed in a Ukrainian drone raid on city of Tuapse.

Meanwhile, Russia arrested a German woman in an alleged bomb plot.

DW has the latest.

This is a roundup of the latest news regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine on on Monday, April 20:
Ukrainian defense official survives Russian drone attack
Alongside a photo of himself in hospital, he said in a social media post that it was "a miracle" that he was not killed.

"Tonight the Russians tried to kill me," he said on Facebook." A guided jet-propelled Shahed hit the wall of my house.

I no longer have a house.

I was hit, but the main thing — I'm alive by a miracle.

I was morally prepared for such a turn of events, and this will not stop me."
Beskrestnov was appointed senior defense technology adviser to the defense minister in January.

Ukraine reports heavy fighting near Sumy border
Heavy clashes are ongoing in the border areas of Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, said Russian forces are infiltrating parts of the border region, triggering intense fighting.

In a post on his Telegram channel, Kovalenko said Russia was trying to take advantage of the spring weather but there was "no enemy breakthrough" He added that Ukrainian forces were "doing everything possible to prevent the enemy from expanding its presence in the Sumy region," and that the enemy had "suffered significant losses."
German woman arrested in Russia in alleged bomb plot
The FSB said the woman was arrested in the Caucasus city of Pyatigorsk with an improvised explosive device containing the equivalent of 1.5 kg of TNT in her backpack.

The agency described the development as a Ukrainian-backed false flag operation to attack a law enforcement facility in the southern Stavropol region.

It said a man from an unidentified Central Asian country was also detained and accused of coordinating the plan under instructions from Ukrainian intelligence.

"The actions of ‌the man were coordinated by employees of the Ukrainian special services under ​the guise of ⁠members of one of the international terrorist organizations banned in ⁠Russia," the FSB ​said.

Russian authorities said the device was intended to be detonated remotely, killing the German woman.

Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Tuapse port kills one
A Ukrainian drone attack killed at least one person and injured another in Russia's port city of Tuapse early on Monday, regional authorities said.

This was the second strike on the city in less than a week.

Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the Krasnodar region, said in a post on Telegram that a fire broke out at the port and debris damaged buildings including a school and kindergarten.

"Tuapse came under yet another massive drone attack tonight.

As a result, one man was killed at the seaport, according to preliminary information.

I extend my deepest condolences to his family," Kondratiev said.

Another man was also wounded in the attack and received medical assistance, he said.

How Ukraine's drone pilots help hold front near Pokrovsk
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On Thursday, a similar attack had killed a 14-year-old girl and a young woman, according to a previous statement by the governor.

Ukraine's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said the military had struck the Tuapse oil refinery, one of Russia's key Black Sea export facilities.

The refinery is owned by Rosneft.

Russia's defense ministry said air defenses destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Welcome to our coverage of the latest developments in Russia's war against Ukraine .

On Monday, Ukrainian authorities said that its military hit Russia's Tuapse oil refinery.

The attack killed a man and wounded another in the in the resort city of Tuapse in southern Russia.

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