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[Korrespondent] 23:35 Ukraine intends to seize Russian ships that are at the shipyard in Izmail, said the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko.
23:32 Zelensky said that Russia is preparing provocations with the bodies of the dead in Mariupol in order to pass them off as "victims of Ukraine." He also added that in Mariupol "almost every street" is now what the world saw in Bucha and other towns in the Kiev region.
23:28 Arakhamia met with the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region to consult on possible compromises with the Russian Federation. Details on all stages of negotiations with Moscow can be found in the material Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia: online .
23:26 The third wave of general mobilization has begun in Ukraine , during which reservists who have graduated from military departments will be called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Reserve officers who were not called up during the previous stages of mobilization should appear at the military registration and enlistment offices, Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.
23:25 The Saeima of Latvia banned the celebration of Victory Day and declared May 9 the Day of Remembrance for those killed in Ukraine. On this day, mass entertainment and festive events will be prohibited, in addition, fireworks will be prohibited throughout the country on May 8 and 9.
23:23 After the end of the war in Ukraine, security measures will be strengthened and the population will be taught to defend themselves, Zelensky said in an interview with the Indian Republic Media Network: "From the point of view of security, we will have a big revision. Security in everything. Starting with children, families, streets, houses, security inside cultural places, security in stadiums and other venues where there are mass events. And training of the population. It happened, we have such neighbors. Therefore, our population will understand how to fight, everyone will have special knowledge."
23:19 Zelensky: "If everyone in the world had at least ten percent of the courage that we Ukrainians have, then there would simply be no danger to international law. There would be no danger to the freedom of peoples. We will spread our courage. Let's start special global campaign.
23:15 Estonia has limited the opportunity for citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus to work and do business on its territory. The country also suspended the issuance of new visas and residence permits to Russians and Belarusians.
23:12 Danilov said that the National Security and Defense Council, on behalf of Zelensky, maintains a register of collaborators, which will soon be made public. It will include "a lot of amazing people who appeared on all TV channels until February 24 - they were regulars and even presenters of some programs and shouted about our state, freedom of speech on our channels," the NSDC secretary added.
22:53 In Chernigov, out of almost 300,000 inhabitants, from 80,000 to 95,000 remained, the mayor of the city Vladislav Atroshenko said. According to him, it was possible to calculate them by analyzing working SIM cards.
22:44 The plane confiscated from Medvedchuk is already working to protect Ukraine, said NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov: "If the Russians do not leave their suicidal intentions, the private plane of Putin's godfather will be the first" heroically "to meet their Russian friends, reliably blocking the runway ".
22:40 Pink Floyd released a clip called Hey Hey Rise Up dedicated to Ukraine. This is a joint project with Andrey Khlyvnyuk from Boombox:
22:35 In Irpen, a curfew is introduced for three days - from 21:00 Thursday, April 7, to 9:00 Monday, April 11. The entrance to the city will be completely closed. The road to Bucha will be carried out through the Dmitrov community. Only municipal services and volunteers will work on the streets of Irpin according to an agreed list.
22:29 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Russian troops "blocked" the settlement of Ugledar and are now fighting for its liberation; "completely blockaded" the settlement of Novomikhailovka and began to clean it up; "high-precision air-launched missiles" struck at the "accumulation of Ukrainian military equipment" at the Novograd-Volynsky railway station in the Zhytomyr region.
22:26 If Russia tries to transfer military aircraft to the territory of the "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic", the Ukrainian air defense forces will shoot down air targets, said the head of the Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Bogdan Senik.
22:19 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Russia is intensifying propaganda among the personnel of military training centers. Thus, according to a letter from the head of the Missile Forces and Artillery of the RF Armed Forces Mikhail Matveevsky to the heads of training centers, it is forbidden to answer calls and messages from telephone numbers with the codes +375, +380 (Belarus, Ukraine). And if the call is nevertheless accepted, everything said by the interlocutor, by definition, must be taken as a lie and a provocation and the number should be blocked.
Propaganda should also include explanations about the "pluses" of participation in the war with Ukraine - social guarantees and higher payments. In addition, all Ukrainian "and other" resources are allegedly spreading fakes. And all military personnel are obliged to familiarize themselves with the contents of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper every day.
22:13 The EU adopted a new package of anti-Russian sanctions: a ban on the import of coal, on the supply of weapons to the Russian Federation, on entry into EU ports of ships under the Russian flag, on the export of high-tech goods, on the activities of transport companies from the Russian Federation and Belarus, freezing the accounts of Russian banks, as well as sanctions against Russian businessmen, security personnel, military personnel and businesses associated with the war in Ukraine.
22:07 Zelensky addressed the Parliament and the people of Cyprus: "People of Cyprus! I am grateful to you for the principle with which you reacted together with the entire European Union to the full-scale invasion of Russia. You made a strong decision - to prevent Russian warships from entering your ports. This is true enhances security throughout our region."
22:00 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that on March 29 the Belgorod region was fired upon by Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles. As a result, eight people were seriously injured, 21 units of military equipment were destroyed.
21:54 According to the OP, 4,676 people have been evacuated today. 1205 people left Mariupol for Zaporozhye by their own transport, 2051 people from Berdyansk, Rodov, Vasilyevka, Melitopol for Zaporozhye. 1,420 people left Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Kremennaya by evacuation buses.
21:50 In Borodianka, Kiev region, the bodies of 26 dead were pulled out from under the rubble of only two houses, Prosecutor General Venediktova said.
21:43 The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that today the Russians fired at residential areas on Saltovka, KhTZ and Alekseevka. In Kharkov and Kharkov region - 14 victims, one woman died. In the evening, a missile attack was delivered on one of the districts of Kharkov.
According to Sinegubov, Izyumskoye remains a critical area: the Russian army plans to transfer a large amount of equipment there. The evacuation continues from the cities in the south of the region - Lozovaya and Barvenkovo. At the same time, there is no need to evacuate the inhabitants of Kharkov, the governor assured.
21:36 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that conscription for military service in the Ukrainian army in April-June will not be carried out: "During the general mobilization in Ukraine, the recruitment of vacant positions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations is carried out at the expense of the conscripts and reservists. Thus, there is no need for the next conscription of Ukrainian citizens for military service in April-June 2022."
21:33 Shmyhal said that the invaders had left three regions - Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy: "We can say with confidence that the next stage of our liberation war ended with the victory of Ukraine. The enemy's plans were broken. Russian terrorist troops were driven out of the Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions ".
21:30 Deputies of the municipality of the capital of Bulgaria decided to call the sidewalk near the Russian Embassy in Sofia the Heroes of Ukraine Square.
21:13 The governor of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim reported that the Ukrainian army regained control over almost the entire territory of the region. At the same time, according to him, the Russians continue to fire at Nikolaev (in particular, from Smercha), and also try to intimidate the local population, saying that they are preparing an offensive, gathering a thousand tanks, 700 rocket launchers, 5,000 people.
“But they are not there. On the contrary, they are relocating, taking out equipment to repair, they no longer leave, they dig in and are afraid. They sit in the trenches and wait for us to attack them,” Kim said.
21:00 Lithuanian Ambassador Valdemaras Sarapinas returned to Kiev - since the beginning of the war, he worked in Lviv and on the Ukrainian-Polish border. Sarapinas said that he was the first of the evacuated ambassadors to return to the capital. At first, six Lithuanian diplomats and employees will work in Kyiv. Before the war, the mission consisted of 32 people.
20:44 The United States imposed sanctions against Putin's daughters - Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova - about which the President of Russia has never spoken publicly. What is known about them and what do Washington's sanctions against them mean? More about this in the material Putin's Daughters .
20:30 The authorities of the Dnipropetrovsk region are asking migrants who evacuated here from other regions to leave the region if they have the opportunity to move to Western Ukraine. As the head of the regional council Nikolay Lukashuk explained, such a request is connected with the situation in the Donetsk direction, which may worsen, which means that the number of migrants in the Dnipropetrovsk region may increase significantly.
20:16 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that a large number of Russian equipment is being drawn to the cities of the region, local authorities are asking residents to evacuate immediately.
According to him, 1,400 people have been evacuated from the region today. In Lisichansk, out of 80,000 inhabitants, about 30,000 remained. In Rubizhne and Popasnaya, it is almost impossible to take people out because of the shelling, and in Kremennaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed the Russian army back. The worst situation is now in Popasnaya and Rubizhne.
19:55 Peskov said in an interview with Sky News that the "special operation" in Ukraine "will achieve its goals in the coming days or in the foreseeable future, or end through negotiations - it depends on the agreement of the Ukrainian side with the Russian conditions."
He also acknowledged that Russia suffered "significant losses of troops - this is a huge tragedy for us." And he added that Moscow began to prepare for Western sanctions a year ago.
19:38 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, at a meeting of the US Senate said that "Russia's war with Ukraine will be long and exhausting." According to him, Ukraine will not put up with the loss of its territorial integrity, and there are no signs that Moscow will stop its aggression either.
He also said that the Pentagon had already handed over 60,000 ATGMs and 25,000 MANPADS to Ukraine.
19:33 Yermak said that the battle for Donbass would be a key one in the Patriotic War: “We have already survived the battle for Kiev, Kharkov, Chernihiv, Sumy, Nikolaev and many others. The army holds Mariupol. But the further course of the war with Russia will be determined precisely by the battle for Donbass".
19:31 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she would leave for Kiev on April 8.
19:29 The Russians launched an airstrike on the overpass near the Barvenkovo station on the Donetsk railway, Ukrzaliznytsia reports. Three evacuation trains remained temporarily blocked in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk - passengers have been placed at the station for the time being.
The route through Barvenkovo is the only Ukrainian-controlled railroad exit from Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and Liman.
19:20 Finnish President Sauli Niiniste said there is "convincing evidence" that the majority of the country's citizens want to join NATO. Therefore, over the next weeks, the country will unveil plans for its possible entry into the alliance. At the same time, Finland can apply for membership this spring.
19:16 Occupation "authorities" in the Zaporizhia region have forbidden men from traveling towards the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
19:13 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the enemy continues to prepare for an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on capturing Mariupol, conducting an offensive in the Izyum region and trying to break through the defenses in the Donetsk direction. At the same time, the invaders are holding Izyum, trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk and Barvenkovo.
The enemy has also intensified its efforts in the Severodonetsk direction - it is trying to continue the offensive in the areas of the settlements of Donetsk, Novotoshkovskoye and Popasnaya. The enemy also tried to launch an offensive in the areas of the settlements of Marinka, Borovskoe and Sladkoe, but to no avail.
It is likely that the invaders will soon try to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops in the Severodonetsk, Avdeevsky and Kurakhovsky regions, the General Staff believes.
19:11 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the Human Rights Council. How countries voted:
18:54 Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov today called on local residents to leave the city for Western Ukraine, if possible. Panic rose in social networks, the townspeople began to massively discuss the need for evacuation. In this regard, Filatov explained that this was his personal opinion: in the conditions of constant shelling, it is better for women, children and the elderly to stay in quieter places. But there is no talk of any announcement of evacuation.
18:39 The Ukrainian authorities seized the assets of the company, the ultimate beneficiary of which is Viktor Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko. According to the National Police, there are seven apartments, two property complexes, expensive art objects, and vehicles among them. All this will be used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the restoration of the infrastructure destroyed by the enemy.
18:31 Montenegro expels four Russian diplomats.
18:30 The US Senate supported the abolition of the most favored nation treatment for Russia and Belarus in trade. The US Senate also voted in favor of refusing to import energy from Russia. Now only the President's signature is needed to put the law into effect.
After Biden signs the law, new contracts for the purchase of crude oil and certain petroleum products, liquefied natural gas and coal from Russia will be banned immediately, and existing contracts must be terminated within 45 days.
18:27 Latvia has banned issuing primary temporary residence permits to citizens of Russia and Belarus until June 30, 2023. As exceptions - residence permits for employment, study and family reasons.
18:20 G7 leaders have drawn up a seven-point plan to increase pressure on Russia:
- a ban on new investments in key sectors of the Russian economy, including energy;
- expansion of bans on the supply of goods and services to Russia that are important for its security, state and economy, as well as new restrictions on the purchase of goods, the export of which from the Russian Federation is important for its economy;
- further disconnection of Russian banks from SWIFT;
- additional sanctions against Russian state-owned enterprises acting as drivers of the Russian economy;
- new personal sanctions against members of the Russian elites;
- additional sanctions against the defense sector;
- accelerating plans to reduce dependence on Russian energy, including phasing out Russian coal and oil.
18:11 Stoltenberg, following the NATO summit in Brussels, said that the allies strongly condemn the atrocities of the Russians in the Kiev region and support the international investigation of these crimes. Also, Ukraine will be supplied with a wide range of weapons - from Soviet models to modern ones, but the details remain secret.
In addition, NATO will strengthen support for Ukraine in the field of cybersecurity and supply equipment to protect against chemical and biological attack. According to the Secretary General, the current meeting shows that the Allies are ready to work to provide Ukraine with more military equipment without delay. The world must be prepared for the fact that the war will drag on for months, or even years, stressed Stoltenberg.
In addition to Ukraine, NATO will help strengthen its defense capabilities to other partner countries, in particular Georgia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
18:02 The State Emergency Service, together with mobile operators, is launching a warning system using Cell Broadcast technology, the State Service for Communications reports. Such messages will be immediately displayed on the phone screen over all applications and the lock screen, with a simultaneous loud sound signal.
This is done to promptly inform the population about the threat of emergencies or other dangerous incidents and the sequence of actions in such situations. Kyivstar subscribers will soon start receiving test messages from DSNS.
17:49 From February 24 to March 31, Russian servicemen dug trenches in the soil contaminated with radiation in the Exclusion Zone. Near their abandoned positions, the dosimeter constantly gives a signal - it warns of danger. According to the Ukrainian Svіdok, the occupiers even brought sacks for the barricades with them, and the land was collected in them already in the Red Forest.
According to eyewitnesses, dogs infected with radiation run around the enemy positions. After themselves, the invaders left the remnants of food, they burned a lot of things - that is, they lived fully in the forest.
17:36 The Russians shot at point-blank range a boat with civilians on the Kakhovka reservoir. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 14 people, including three children, tried to get out of the village of Pervomaevka, Kherson region, along the Kakhovka reservoir by boat. She was washed ashore near the village of Maryinskoe, Krivoy Rog district, Dnepropetrovsk region. At a distance of 70 meters from the coast, the invaders covered them with artillery fire and Grads.
As a result of the shelling, three adults and a child born in 2009 were killed on the spot. The rest were taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds of varying severity.
17:33 Over the past two days, 16 enemy DRGs have been discovered in Kiev, said Brigadier General, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Gruzevich. Therefore, checkpoints in the capital will not be removed in the near future, only the carriageways will be widened.
He also said that during the cleansing of one district of the capital, one group was caught and a handful of sensors were found on which missiles were aimed. Therefore, it is impossible to neglect the air raid signals, the threat of missile strikes remains, Gruzevich stressed.
17:24 Kuleba said in Brussels that the battle for Donbass will resemble the Second World War: "With major operations, maneuvers, using thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft and artillery. This will not be a local operation of Russia, given how it getting ready for it."
According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Russia has its own plan, Ukraine has its own, and the outcome of this battle will be decided on the battlefield.
17:11 According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 400 Ukrainian citizens are now known to have been killed in the Kiev region, and this figure will increase, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said. He also said that about 200 residents of Borodyanka are considered missing.
16:55 US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo is convinced that Moscow's efforts to maintain the ruble exchange rate will eventually drain its resources to wage war in Ukraine.
16:52 Kuleba said that NATO, as an organization, does not plan to supply weapons to Ukraine, but encourages allies to assist Kiev in the fight against Russian aggression.
16:45 Switzerland has blocked Russian assets worth over eight billion dollars, writes Bloomberg.
16:33 After the regrouping of troops, Russia will try to make a second attack on Kiev, said Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Gruzevich. At the same time, he assured that the Ukrainian military leadership is aware of the plans of the enemy and takes measures to defend Kyiv and the region.
16:23 Podolyak said that Russian propagandists bear no less responsibility for the atrocities in Ukraine than the military: "They have been raising hatred for Ukraine in the media for years. Now the Russian audience wants someone else's blood and does not accept excuses. If Moscow seeks to demonstrate readiness for dialogue, it should reduce the degree of enmity."
16:14 Russian companies have faced serious problems in the execution of military orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
According to the report of the Russian government apparatus, in order to avoid price increases, the Russian government allowed concluding contracts with a single supplier, but this did not lead to the expected result: the price of the work still increased due to a significant increase in the cost of materials and components. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation insists on price fixing, which only leads to losses for the "single executor".
At present, the fulfillment of the order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is called into question due to lack of funds and inconsistency between the government and manufacturers. This situation is a direct consequence of international sanctions.
16:00 The SBU is working in more than 20 settlements of the Kiev region to identify everyone involved in the atrocities in Bucha and other cities. Already in a few days, it was possible to establish the names of the Russian military who will be held accountable.
The SBU also interviewed almost 2,000 people who witnessed the crimes, which made it possible to identify 33 collaborators who collaborated with the occupiers. In addition, 15 looters among the local population were detained, who have already been transferred to the National Police.
15:54 Podolyak reacted to Lavrov's statement that Ukraine allegedly "departed" from the agreements reached in Istanbul. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office stressed that the Ukrainian side approaches the issues of war and peace systematically and responsibly - "without speculation, which is characteristic of the Russians, who, through provocative public statements, are trying to put pressure on the positions of the other side."
"Let's focus on the official position of Ukraine, and not on the next provocative statements of Russian tops. By promoting our draft agreement, which clearly and in full sets out all our initial key positions and requirements," Podolyak said in a commentary to the UP.
15:48 Aksyonov said that more than a thousand "volunteers" from Crimea are participating in hostilities in Ukraine on the side of Russia.
15:36 Australia will supply Bushmaster armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Maris Payne said.
15:33 The European Parliament will decide on Ukraine's accession to the EU after Kiev answers a few questions, said the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. According to her, the Ukrainian side must do this within four days.
15:31 There are no surviving hospitals left in the Lugansk region, said the head of the Luhansk regional administration, Serhiy Gaidai.
15:20 In Lviv, today they begin to equip the first container town for the temporary stay of Ukrainians who come from hot spots. These are 70 habitable containers, in which more than 350 people can live. One house is designed for 2-4 people, said the mayor of the city Andrey Sadovy.
15:17 The mayor of Balakleya, Ivan Stolbovoy, who went over to the side of the invaders, has already left for Russia with his family, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.
15:06 The European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding an immediate embargo on the purchase of Russian energy resources. The document also calls for the adoption of a plan for EU energy security and supply diversification. In addition, MEPs propose creating a strategy for lifting sanctions against the Russian Federation if it restores the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and withdraws its troops.
The resolution, which is advisory in nature, also calls for Russia's exclusion from the G20 and other international organizations, the closure of Russian ships from ports, the disconnection of all Russian banks from SWIFT, and the seizure of the assets of Russian officials and oligarchs associated with the Putin regime.
14:59 Lukashenko said that Belarus had carried out "a special operation to free Belarusian citizens" in Ukraine.
14:46 Lavrov said that in the new draft agreement with Russia, presented by Ukraine the day before, "there is a departure from the proposals made in Istanbul."
"Ukraine proposes to discuss the issues of Crimea and Donbass at a meeting of the leaders of the two countries. This plan is unacceptable. In addition, the new Ukrainian version of the agreement does not state that Ukraine's security guarantees do not apply to Crimea and Sevastopol," the Russian Foreign Minister explained.
14:33 "When you're covering one of the biggest massacres in Europe, but someone spots a cute cat."
14:31 Zelensky, speaking to Greek parliamentarians, spoke about possible attempts by Russia to destroy Odessa, historically close to the Greeks.
"Russia may try to destroy Odessa, as well as Mariupol. Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back Russian attacks in Odessa ... We must save Odessa from such an destruction that Mariupol faced," the president stressed.
14:29 Approximately 90 percent of the dead civilians of Bucha were found with bullet wounds, not shrapnel , said the head of the city Anatoly Fedoruk.
In Bucha, several places with mass graves were found. As of yesterday, 320 dead civilians are known. Every day the number of discovered bodies increases.
14:19 Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt criticized the EU sanctions against Russia, saying that they do not work, speaking from the rostrum of the European Parliament. His speech has already collected almost 80,000 likes on Twitter.
"Why don't your sanctions work? Because they are designed to be applied in a democracy, when there is public opinion. And in Russia there is no public opinion, there is no democracy. What is in your fifth package of sanctions? Coal? It's ridiculous, this is only three percent of Russia's imports "What's next, SWIFT? Ridiculous, more than 50 percent of Russian financial institutions have avoided this type of sanctions. Oligarchs? They have lost almost nothing from your sanctions."
Also, he reminded everyone about the list of Navalny with 6,000 people close to Putin, advised the Parliament to take care of them and called on the European Parliament to introduce a full package of all kinds of sanctions against the entire Russian Federation, because - "Everything else will contribute to the continuation of the war, great sacrifices from Ukraine"
14:15 Quality work of furniture makers:
14:13 The Ministry of Defense showed the Brazilian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine.
14:07 Ukrainian activists showed a video from the radioactive Red Forest, where the invaders have been digging trenches for the last month.
14:03 German intelligence presented in the Bundestag data of interceptions of Russian military conversations about the killings of civilians in Bucha, writes Spiegel.
According to intelligence, these were neither random actions nor the actions of individual soldiers - the killing of civilians could be part of a "clear strategy" about intimidating the civilian population and suppressing resistance. Russian mercenaries from PMC Wagner also took part.
14:01 The Ukrainian military captured several operating enemy MLRS.
13:59 Ukrainian volunteers launched a global campaign Spend with Ukraine = this is a platform that brings together outstanding Ukrainian companies that produce products for Western markets.
The purpose of the campaign is to encourage people around the world to buy Ukrainian goods and use the services offered by Ukrainian businesses.
13:55 Lukashenka believes that Belarus must necessarily participate in the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. “We do not proceed from the fact that we have been loaded into the same basket with Russia. We proceed from the fact that this war is behind the fence of our country,” said the Belarusian dictator.
13:51 "The agreement between Russia and NATO, where both sides do not consider each other enemies - is dead," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an interview with the Independent.
"The era of interaction with Russia is over. We need a new approach to security in Europe, which should be based on resilience, defense and deterrence," the politician said.
She also insists on tougher sanctions and calls on partners to "quickly and decisively" arm Ukraine.
13:49 The Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream-2 must be dismantled, says Polish President Andrzej Duda. He said this in an interview with CNN.
“We still believe that Nord Stream 2 should not only be blocked, but simply dismantled, since it is harmful to the entire European Union. This leads to Russian hegemony over Europe, primarily in the gas market, to the monopolization of the European gas market by Russia, which obviously - now it's seen in black and white - just deadly for Europe," he said.
Duda recalled that Poland had been fighting against joint German-Russian investments in Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II from the very beginning. According to him, their construction was of a political nature, aimed at bypassing the territory of Poland, the Baltic countries and Ukraine and the possibility for the Russian Federation to use gas blackmail against these countries.
"We protested against this all the time, but, unfortunately, these investments were made. The German authorities in the European Union pushed these projects all the time," the Polish president said.
13:38 In Mukachevo, a bust monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was dismantled, and a memorial plaque was removed from the school that bore his name.
13:31 The world's largest music streaming service Spotify completely stops working in Russia from April 11, media write.
13:27 British intelligence publishes a summary of the front in Ukraine as of April 7:
- The main activity of the Russian armed forces is the development of offensive operations in the east of Ukraine
- Russian artillery and aviation continue to strike at the line of control over Donbass. Russian strikes on infrastructure inside Ukraine are likely designed to reduce the ability of the Ukrainian military to resupply and increase pressure on the Ukrainian government
- Despite the reorientation of logistics forces and assets to support operations in the Donbas, Russian forces are likely to continue to face morale problems and shortages of supplies and personnel.
13:23 The time frame for considering Ukraine's application for EU membership will be significantly less than in other cases, if the Ukrainian side promptly responds to the questionnaire of the European Commission, said the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
13:19 The European Union has postponed a complete ban on the import of Russian coal until mid-August - a month later than proposed. Germany insisted on postponing the embargo, Reuters writes, citing a source.
13:11 Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov recommended that women, children and the elderly be evacuated from the city due to the escalation in Donbas.
12:45 Of the nine directions on which the enemy advanced, two and a half remained. This is the JFO zone, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Mariupol. In the Kherson region, the enemy is no longer advancing, but defending himself, Arestovich said.
He noted that Russian troops have drastically reduced the use of their aircraft, as they are confidently shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. Now combat aviation is used mainly in the JFO zone.
"As we have seen, the 95th brigade shot down a Russian helicopter with an anti-tank missile system, which is an outstanding military achievement," Arestovich said.
The heaviest battles are now in the Luhansk region - Rubizhne, Popasna, Severodonetsk - where the Ukrainian military is holding the line and making counterattacks.
The situation in the JFO zone is also difficult. The enemy is developing an offensive from Izyum to the south, as well as Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, and is trying to attack on the Ugledarsk-Marinka line.
"This is an attempt to encircle our troops. But I think that this attempt will be futile. The situation there is too unfavorable for the enemy, although it will not be easy," Arestovich said.
Continues to hold on to Mariupol. The Ukrainian authorities managed to deliver aid to the defenders and residents of the city, the adviser said.
12:40 Shmygal named the sources of restoration of Ukraine after the end of the war with Russia:
- confiscation of the assets of the aggressor country on the territory of all civilized countries
- support of financial organizations and international partners
- charitable contributions from international corporations and ordinary people
"Ukraine will be fed financially from these sources in order to restore its economy and infrastructure," Shmyhal said.
12:33 TV presenter Dmitry Komarov showed the consequences of the "Russian world" in the Chernihiv region.
12:22 The Russian war will cause damage to Ukraine for more than one trillion dollars, Shmihal said.
12:02 While the Russian invaders act like ruthless maniacs and sociopaths, for Ukrainians every life matters.
11:42 In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military defeated an artillery unit of the Russian invaders, the General Staff reports.
11:38 Over the past day, Russian troops have inflicted 48 strikes from multiple launch rocket systems, artillery and mortars on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv.
11:32 After the retreat of the Russian troops in Chernihiv and the Sumy region, they are restoring order on the roads, restoring electricity and water supply. According to the authorities, Chernihiv is 70 percent destroyed.
11:21 Russia's military losses since the beginning of the war have already exceeded $12 billion, the OP reported.
11:17 Ukraine has already prepared a plan for restoring the country after the end of the war with Russia , Shmyhal said.
"We have already announced this plan. We will call it U-24. This is a plan for the renewal of Ukraine. There will be an appropriate recovery fund, which will take place in three stages. The first is already underway, when we restore the destroyed facilities temporarily, promptly and quickly," he said. .
The second stage is a quick recovery after the end of hostilities. It includes the resumption of water and electricity supplies in the devastated territories.
The third stage is a full-fledged renewal of cities, infrastructure and the country as a whole.
"This stage will be the most costly, the longest, but we want to implement it very quickly. This should be in parallel with the political processes of Ukraine's entry into the European Union, as was recently written in the Versailles Declaration," Shmyhal said.
According to him, the prospect of Ukraine's membership in the EU supports the internal expectation of a speedy end to the war.
10:56 The General Staff has updated the data on Russian losses in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
10:31 The goal of the Russian invasion is to destroy Ukrainians as a nation. The genocide in Ukraine is hard to deny after the appearance of photos of civilians killed in Bucha and other cities. This was stated in an interview with CNN by Polish President Andrzej Duda.
"Of course, it's hard to deny. It's a crime that fits the signs of genocide," he said.
In his opinion, the Kremlin, under the term "denazification of Ukraine," wanted to "carry out a massacre."
"The fact that Ukrainian civilians are being killed best shows what the purpose of the Russian invasion is. The purpose of this invasion is simply to destroy the Ukrainian nation," the Polish leader summed up.
Duda added that the dialogue with Russia does not make sense. And the sanctions against the Russian Federation should be even tougher. And the best thing is to ban the Russian Federation from selling oil, the President of Poland said.
10:27 The fifth package of sanctions against Russia does not include a ban on the purchase of oil in Russia.
9:51 The US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would allow Biden to use the lend-lease program to speed up the supply of weapons and other assistance to Ukraine. Politico reports.
The draft law was submitted to the Senate as early as January 2022 - more than a month before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and after reports of its preparation. Senators accepted it late on the evening of April 6.
The document expands the powers of the US president to conclude deals for the supply of weapons and other critical supplies to Ukraine, bypassing standard bureaucratic procedures.
In fact, Politico notes, the bill allows for the transfer of weapons free of charge on the condition that the recipient country pays for it later.
Now the document must be considered by the House of Representatives. If approved, it will be sent to the President for signature.
9:48 About 60 Russian servicemen from Pskov refused to go to fight on the territory of Ukraine, the Pskov province reported, citing its own sources.
“Now most of them are fired, but some are threatened with criminal cases,” the report says.
9:35 The United States believes that the country's intelligence will be able to identify Russian units that committed crimes in Bucha. This was reported by CNN with reference to the official representative of Washington.
9:10 In Energodar, the Russian invaders set about creating fake "authorities" and even fired the mayor and all members of the executive branch.
8:56 NATO member countries are divided on the future policy towards Russia in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the New York Times writes, citing senior Western officials.
Thus, according to the publication, the Baltic countries and Poland insist on a complete severance of relations with Moscow and measures that would "bring Russia to its knees." They fear that anything Russia may present as a victory will cause serious damage to European security.
At the same time, France, Germany and Turkey want to continue to maintain contacts with Vladimir Putin, despite allegations of war crimes against the Russian army.
8:29 Russian troops failed to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and occupy Novotoshkivske. Therefore, they fired at the settlements of the Luhansk region, aiming at civilian infrastructure, reports the head of the Luhansk military administration, Serhiy Gaidai.
Residential buildings in Lisichansk and a hospital in Severodonetsk were shelled
8:22 Britain is developing a plan to send armored vehicles such as Mastiff or Chakal to Ukraine, the Times newspaper writes.
7:49 As a result of attacks of the Russian troops the railway station in the Nikolaev area suffered, it does not work.
7:25 The Russian invaders are focusing their main efforts on preparing for an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The goal of the enemy is to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, they say in the General Staff.
6:27 Pentagon forecast: How long the war in Ukraine will continue if it is not stopped diplomatically is unknown, but Kiev can definitely win it. This was stated by US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby.
"The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to concentrate on a smaller geographical area certainly creates the possibility that the violence will continue. It may even intensify throughout Ukraine," the speaker said.
At the same time, he reiterated that Ukraine could "absolutely" win the war. Evidence of this is the inability of the Russian leader to achieve his strategic goals.
"Mariupol has not been taken yet. He has withdrawn his troops from Kyiv. He has withdrawn his troops from Chernigov. Kharkov has not been taken. They have not taken Nikolaev in the south. Therefore, I think that the proof is literally in the results that you see every day," Kirby said.
5:55 Only in one of the garages in the village of Gostomel near Kiev, the police found the bodies of 11 shot people.
5:26 A total of 18 countries (EU, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Macedonia, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark) together kicked out 318 Russian diplomats.
1:46 A rally was held in Berlin calling for an embargo on Russian energy carriers. About 5,000 people took part in it.
1:13 On the territory of the Kiev region liberated from Russian troops, sappers every day discover 4-5,000 explosive objects, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
0:53 The United States sent 100 Switchblade tactical unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine by the American company AeroVironment.
0:28 As of April 1, Ukraine's international reserves amounted to $28.1 billion, which is two percent more than at the beginning of March.
0:11 Servicemen of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the electronic warfare unit of the Russian army and the security forces guarding it.
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