In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on April 22, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire six times, using 82 mm mortars prohibited by the Minsk agreements, as well as grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms, - the JFO headquarters reported. There were no losses among our defenders as a result of the enemy shelling. The Ukrainian units responded with standard weapons at the strongholds of the occupiers, as a result of which the enemy was forced to cease his criminal actions. Losses of the opponent are being specified. There were no cases of coronavirus infection among the Joint Forces personnel. Situation in the area of the operation remains controlled.
Occupation authorities in CADO recognized the first lethal case due to coronavirus infection, - separatist media reported. "A 60-year-old patient was admitted to a healthcare institution in critical condition with an initial diagnosis of pneumonia. During the treatment, biomaterial was taken for testing for coronavirus infection, unfortunately, the patient could not be saved", - the so-called "Ministry of Health of the DNR" reported. It was also reported that according to the data as of the evening of April 22, already 67 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the "republic". Thus, the incidence of COVID-19 in the "DNR" almost doubled over a day: there were 36 patients in the morning of April 22.
The "officially announced" number of infected COVID-19 in the so-called "LNR" is already 48 people, one patient died. This was stated in the so-called "Ministry of Health of the LNR". "Unfortunately, to date, one death has been recorded because of cardiovascular morbidity. The patient aged 74 years was a carrier of COVID-19", - the Ministry of Health stated.
Residents in the so-called "LNR" were forbidden to approach the border with Russia closer than 5 km without "permission". "The borders of the border zone and the procedure for issuing permits for presence, performing work in the section within which a border regime was set, entry/exit of vehicles of organizations carrying out economic and other activities at international checkpoints was established", - the report of the "LNR Ministry of State Security" said. "Special border regime" was established on an area directly adjacent to the border of the Luhansk oblast with the Russian Federation. The width of the area on which the border regime is established, as stated in the report, does not exceed five kilometers.