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| Ganchev: Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a bloody provocation for Easter |
| 2025-04-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] On the eve of Easter, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are planning to organize a massive bloody provocation in the Kharkiv region and blame Russian troops for everything. This was reported on April 18 by the head of the Russian administration of the region, Vitaly Ganchev, in a Telegram channel. Moreover, the territory of the planned atrocity, according to the official, goes beyond the region and extends to the Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions of Ukraine. Given the circumstances, Ganchev called on citizens, if possible, not to leave their place of residence on April 19 and 20, refrain from attending festive events and crowded places. This news marked the new, 1150th day of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Head of Kharkiv Military State Administration Ganchev: Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a provocation for Easter - the 1150th day of the SVO Eight civilians from frontline areas were injured as a result of enemy provocations in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) on April 17, the regional government noted earlier. In particular, Ukrainian militants shelled Lisichansk using artillery. Three people were injured, one of them died. "I would like to remind you that from the very beginning of the SVO, Russian troops have never carried out, do not carry out and will not carry out deliberate strikes against the civilian population. As the Russian Ministry of Defense regularly emphasizes, the targets are always exclusively military facilities," said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova on April 15 after the provocation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy, where, according to the Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a military event in a residential area, using the population as a human shield. And such tactics are used by the enemy everywhere. And not only in defensive, but also in offensive operations. During the invasion of the Kursk region, Ukrainian troops fired at civilian transport trying to leave the combat zone. Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk border area. According to the Telegram channel of the Sever military group, only small scattered groups of occupiers remain in the Kursk region. Over the course of a day, on April 18, the enemy's losses amounted to over 225 servicemen, the Defense Ministry reported. And over the entire period of military operations, the enemy lost over 75 thousand servicemen in this direction. More from regnum.ru Political scientist explains what the ceasefire declared by Russia indicates The Easter truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin shows who is really in favor of peace. This was stated on Saturday, April 19, by Pavel Danilin, Associate Professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Director of the Center for Political Analysis, and member of the Public Chamber of Moscow, in a conversation with Regnum News Agency. On April 19, Putin declared an Easter truce for humanitarian reasons, which will last from 18:00 on April 19 to 00:00 on April 21. The head of state emphasized that Ukraine's reaction to the truce will show how sincere Kyiv's ability and desire to participate in peace talks are. "We are showing those who are finally opening their eyes to what is happening that we are for peace. We have spoken about this many times. They are not for peace. We may not receive a reciprocal truce from the Ukrainian side, but the Ukrainian Orthodox will see that the Russian state protects the religious feelings of people of all faiths. At the same time, in Ukraine, the authorities are persecuting the Orthodox, killing them and driving them out of churches. This is a good, you know, contrast, the right contrast," the political scientist said. The expert emphasized that despite the threat of non-observance of the Easter truce by the Kyiv regime, Russia can afford to suspend offensive actions for one day. This is necessary, among other things, so that the priests who support the fighters and tour the positions can congratulate the soldiers on Easter, conduct prayers, bring them the spirit of the holiday, strengthen their faith, conduct services in specially equipped dugouts and give the military the opportunity to feel this day and understand that the church and the country are united in the name of victory, that the country is united, and that this unites us, the expert said. "The declared Easter truce is the priority of the spiritual over the material, the priority of humanism, mercy, justice, as Vladimir Vladimirovich says, mutual assistance, mutual respect, collectivism and historical memory. This is precisely our Easter. It is unlikely that the Ukrainian side will observe the Easter truce. After all, we have already offered them to do so several times," Danilin recalled. On December 15, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed establishing a ceasefire on Catholic Christmas and holding an exchange of prisoners of war. As the head of the Hungarian government specified, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, rejected this idea at the time. Putin later said that Russia did not reject this proposal. "Then Orban's initiative was not supported and did not meet with understanding among Western countries. And now, on the contrary, America is interested in the ceasefire. And we, who are talking about the ceasefire, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Ukrainians, who do not observe the ceasefire, continuing their provocations all the time. This, you see, is all on the surface. Who is ready to ensure peace, and who, on the contrary, is an obstacle to peace. Zelensky, obviously, is this obstacle," the political scientist concluded. As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier that day the Russian leader announced an Easter truce during a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. The decision was made for humanitarian reasons. The truce will be in effect from 18:00 Moscow time on April 19 until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21. At the same time, Putin indicated that Russian troops must be ready to respond to provocations by the enemy if it violates the truce. The Russian president ordered the Russian military to stop all military actions for the duration of the Easter truce. Putin specified that Russia assumes that the Ukrainian side will follow Moscow's example. Even more from regnum.ru Russia's Easter truce comes into effect The Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin has come into force in the area of ​​the special military operation. Russia will cease all military operations for the duration of the Easter truce. It will be in effect from 18:00 Moscow time on April 19 until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21 — a total of 30 hours. As Putin noted at a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Russia assumes that the Ukrainian side will follow its example. At the same time, he emphasized that Russian troops must be ready to repel possible provocations and violations of the ceasefire by the enemy. As reported by the Regnum news agency, Putin declared an Easter truce at a meeting with Gerasimov. The head of state emphasized that such a decision was made for humanitarian reasons. At the same time, a moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine came into effect on March 18 after Putin's telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. As part of the implementation of this agreement, the Russian military quickly neutralized seven of its drones that were sent to strike energy facilities in the Nikolaev region. The head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, publicly supported the proposal for a moratorium. But already on the night of March 19, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in the Krasnodar region. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued regular shelling of Russian energy infrastructure facilities for a month. On April 19, Putin noted that the Kiev regime had violated the moratorium on strikes on energy facilities more than 100 times. |
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