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[Korrespondent] 23:37 The United States is considering adding Russia to the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Blinken said.
22:52 More than 50 “arrivals” from Russia were recorded in the Esman community of the Sumy region in half an hour, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
22:47 Arestovich said that by the end of May - beginning of June, Western weapons would arrive "in commercial quantities capable of changing the balance of forces in specific areas." "The end of June - July - there will be a hot offensive from our side," the adviser to the head of the OP added.
22:45 The South Ukrainian NPP has been renamed Pivdennoukrainska, Energoatom reported. In short - PAES.
22:42 A team has been set up in the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office to evacuate the civilian population from Azovstal, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq said.
22:19 According to the Cabinet of Ministers, in 2022 Ukraine's GDP may be reduced by 30-50%, Shmyhal said. According to the prime minister, in the first six weeks of the war, the total damage to the Ukrainian economy exceeded $500 billion.
22:18 Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Geger called for the permanent abolition of import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the EU countries.
22:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of three ammunition depots in Chervonoye and Ilyichevka, Kharkiv region.
22:11 Russian media report that the fourth issue of the Kharkiv Z newspaper has already been published in the occupied territory of the Kharkiv region. The radio of the same name is also working, and after electricity is supplied to the region, it is planned to launch TV towers to broadcast Russian channels.
21:53 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, a series of fires have occurred at facilities that are in one way or another connected with the war against Ukraine. More about this in the article Russia on fire .
21:46 Washington has lifted some restrictions on the exchange of intelligence with Kiev in connection with the new military offensive of the Russian Federation in the east and south of the country, writes Bloomberg.
21:43 Moscow warned the West about a new "fake" that Kiev is allegedly preparing: in Lisichansk, broken equipment is brought to the central market, "fired upon by Ukrainian units," "the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen dressed in civilian clothes are delivered."
"Fake" with the death of civilians as a result of Russian shelling was prepared by "Ukrainian specialists in information operations", and "representatives of Ukrainian and Western news agencies, including the United States, Great Britain and Poland" were invited for staged filming," the Interdepartmental Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response said.
21:41 Zelensky awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to Lieutenant General Serhiy Naev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:40 Podolyak believes that the intensity of Russia's "demilitarization" in the areas bordering Ukraine will increase: "Panic moods will grow rapidly there, conflict situations will appear there, warehouses will explode there, and this will only deepen."
21:26 Germany no longer sees a reliable partner in Russia, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. According to him, Moscow's actions have demonstrated that it cannot be relied upon in the long term.
21:23 The head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko spoke about the situation with the bridge across the Dniester estuary. According to him, today the enemy launched a missile attack on the region with three missiles - one hit the bridge, the second fell nearby, the third - into the water. There were no casualties, and the railroad is being repaired. Traffic across the bridge has already resumed on one lane in both directions.
21:20 Russian government hackers carried out a total of 37 “destructive” cyberattacks from Russia in Ukraine between February 23 and April 8, Reuters reports citing a Microsoft report.
21:18 The European Commission proposes to simplify legal migration to the EU, including for Ukrainian refugees. A package of proposals on this topic was presented at a press conference in Brussels by the Deputy Head of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, and the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, reports DW.
21:11 Zelensky, in his evening address, announced the preparation of an important EU decision: the European Commission agreed on the abolition of all duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports for a year, as well as the suspension of anti-dumping tariffs.
Today, the President of Ukraine discussed the details of this proposal with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen: "I am grateful to her personally and to all our European friends for this step. Right now, this will allow us to maintain maximum economic activity in Ukraine, our national production."
"Ukrainian exports are also beneficial to the European Union. Therefore, today we discussed how to increase the potential of transport corridors on our western border," Zelensky said.
21:08 Bulgaria, in response to Gazprom's decision to cut off gas supplies due to refusal to pay in rubles, is going to revise contracts with the Russian monopoly, including for the transit of gas, which is pumped through the Turkish Stream pipeline to Serbia and Hungary, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said: "We must show that unilateral blackmail is not a relationship that Bulgaria will tolerate."
20:54 Podolyak believes that in the case of Pridnestrovie, it is more about informational pressure on Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine has always considered Pridnestrovie as a springboard for a possible offensive, so the defense in this direction has been thought out. He also stated that drawing Transnistria into the war would mean the end of this enclave, and Tiraspol understands this.
20:52 The UK Ministry of Defense reported that London has sent more than 5,000 anti-tank missiles, 1,360 anti-tank ammunition, 4.5 tons of explosives and five air defense systems to Kiev since the beginning of the war.
20:38 The Wall Street Journal claims that Putin has three children from gymnast Alina Kabaeva and the United States even considered imposing sanctions against her. Details - in the material The real first lady of the Russian Federation.
20:32 Russian occupiers are forcing the personnel of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant to hang a portrait of Putin until May 9, Energoatom reports.
20:24 The UN Humanitarian Affairs Office has formed an evacuation team from Mariupol, the office of UN Secretary General António Guterres said. On the issue of the team's activities, contacts have already been established with representatives of Ukraine and Russia.
20:16 In May, Russia plans to hold a referendum on joining the LDNR, and in the Kherson region - a referendum on independence from Ukraine and the creation of KhNR, Meduza reports, citing its sources.
In turn, the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reports that there is more and more talk about joining the city to the Rostov region of the Russian Federation. Local residents are already reporting that children sign notebooks at school: "Mariupol, Rostov Region."
“I don’t understand what this will change in a war where we are already at war with Russia. But such information rather speaks of the reality of the Kremlin’s plans,” he wrote.
20:06 Reznikov said that there are several very difficult weeks ahead: “In the coming days, all our resilience and extraordinary unity will be required. The enemy is already aware of his strategic defeat, but will still try to inflict great pain on us. Unfortunately, before victory we still "We will lose our warriors. There will be more destruction and painful casualties. We must endure. And we will endure!"
20:02 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that after the war the city council would rename all toponyms associated with Russia. In the near future, a special section will appear on the City Council website, where all Kharkiv residents will be able to report which name should be changed and offer their own version.
19:56 At their meeting, the defense ministers of 40 countries of the world made a strategic decision on the transition of the Ukrainian army to Western calibers and equipment, Reznikov said. According to him, Ukraine is already receiving 155 mm artillery, and gradually this will ensure full cooperation of the Ukrainian army with the armies of NATO countries.
19:31 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock revealed the details of the supply of weapons to Ukraine: Germany has already provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with several thousand hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, portable Stinger air defense systems, tens of millions of ammunition, bunker grenades, machine guns, anti-tank mines, hand grenades and explosives.
In addition, the federal government organized the supply of weapons through defense concerns, the surplus of which the Bundeswehr had exhausted. We are talking about anti-tank mines and, especially, artillery ammunition, Burbock said. She also noted that the decision to supply Ukraine with heavy armored vehicles, which became known the day before, was not hasty, it was prepared and closely coordinated with the allies.
19:10 In April, the National Bank issued 50 billion hryvnias by purchasing military bonds for the corresponding amount. According to the press service of the NBU, as of April 28, the portfolio of military bonds owned by the regulator will amount to UAH 70 billion.
19:07 At an extraordinary session of the UN General Assembly, Russia was suspended from participation in the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Kuleba said.
19:04 The invaders are preparing a propaganda "press tour" to Mariupol for loyal media. According to Ukrainian intelligence, a large-scale political provocation is being prepared in the city for April 28 with an attempt to attract some Western journalists.
The program of the event includes "alternative facts" about the defense of Mariupol. Trained "witnesses" will tell that allegedly Ukrainian defenders themselves bombed the city and destroyed local residents, this will be confirmed by "eyewitnesses".
18:57 In Bucha, the invaders killed people according to pre-compiled lists, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said. In particular, they were looking for activists, ATO participants and officials. Perhaps the list was helped by local collaborators.
"They had lists - I saw these lists. They were not written by hand. One of the locals dictated. Perhaps there were some collaborations. That is, they knew in advance who they were going to, at what address, and what kind of man," the mayor said. According to him, among the people who were supposed to be killed were the names of officials.
18:53 Finland will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, Titti Tuppurainen, Minister of European and Corporate Governance, said.
18:49 Pridnestrovie does not pose a real military threat to Ukraine, such as the opening of a second front, an attack on Odessa, and so on, analysts are sure. About why this is so - in the material Non-working army: the military potential of Pridnestrovie .
18:47 48 kg of gold was confiscated from the former deputy minister, it was collected in favor of the state to ensure defense capability, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. The value of the seized in monetary terms is more than 90 million hryvnia.
We are talking about "one of the former high-ranking officials from the entourage of the fugitive ex-president, who was involved in the seizure of the Mezhyhirya state residence." The media write that this is probably Eduard Stavitsky.
18:40 Russia is increasing the pace of the offensive, carrying out intense fire in almost all directions. The greatest activity is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions, the occupier is preparing additional units to participate in hostilities, Motuzyanyk said.
18:31 The speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanik said that the Russians are striving to establish full control over the settlement of Velikaya Kamyshevakha, which is 20 km southwest of Izyum, and also to capture the village of Kurulka, 20 km south of Izyum.
18:25 UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Ukraine after visiting Moscow. "We will continue our work to expand humanitarian assistance and ensure the evacuation of civilians from conflict zones. The sooner this war ends, the better for Ukraine, Russia and the world," he said.
18:24 Switzerland has banned the import of coal from Russia, as well as timber, seafood, caviar and other products.
18:20 Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov did not rule out a 17% reduction in oil production in Russia in 2022 "due to the refusal of a number of countries to buy it."
18:18 The GPU announced suspicion of infringement on the territorial integrity of Ukraine to the chairman and 418 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
18:16 EU representatives sent an official letter to Hungary, which was the first step towards the application of a new mechanism to reduce funding for undermining the rule of law standards in the bloc.
17:39 In the early days of the Russian invasion, American intelligence provided Kiev with data on where the invaders plan to drop their missiles and bombs. This helped the Ukrainian side save its planes and air defense systems, writes NBC News, citing official statements.
In addition, intelligence sharing enabled the Ukrainian military to shoot down a Russian transport aircraft carrying hundreds of troops, which helped repel an attack on a key airport near Kyiv.
17:16 Zelensky spoke with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, thanked for joining his country in the investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Russia, as well as for supporting sanctions and for providing shelter for more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.
17:03 Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that the former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili returned to Georgia to prepare the opening of a second front against Russia in case of hostilities in Ukraine.
The Prime Minister of Georgia once again stated that no one will drag the republic into the war, there will be no second front: "If Saakashvili were in power today, there would be a war here, they would get a second Mairupol here."
16:46 Putin again threatens the world: "If someone wants to intervene in the situation in Ukraine from the outside and creates a strategic threat, the strikes will be lightning. All decisions on lightning strikes in the event of a threat to the strategic security of the Russian Federation have been adopted."
16:43 Military counterintelligence of the SBU exposed an official of a defense facility in the Zhytomyr region while collecting classified information about Ukrainian combat aircraft and air force infrastructure.
16:31 Moldovan President Maia Sandu admitted that now the country actually does not have a combat-ready army and the situation needs to be changed.
16:22 Canada has imposed sanctions against 203 representatives of the "DNR" and "LNR" leadership.
15:51 General Motors donated 50 Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs to Ukraine to provide humanitarian assistance. The American concern also allocated financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 250 thousand dollars and another 50 thousand additionally collected by the company's employees.
15:49 In the occupied territories, men of military age are massively kidnapped - they replenish the exchange fund and prepare for May 9, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Thus, large-scale filtration measures are being carried out in the territories of Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Nikolaev, Luhansk, Donetsk regions occupied by the enemy, the victims of which are most often men of military age. First of all - ATO/JFO veterans, former military and law enforcement officers, pro-Ukrainian activists.
More than 300 pro-Ukrainian activists and ATO/JFO veterans are being interrogated and tortured in the premises of the Kherson temporary detention facility.
In the village of Bolshaya Lepetikha, Kherson region, a filtration camp has been set up, where about 400 Russian servicemen dressed in the uniform of the National Guard have recently arrived. They are looking for and detaining men of military age, who are massively taken out in the direction of the Crimea.
The main goal of such actions is "replenishment of the exchange fund." They plan to exchange Ukrainian hostages for Russian war criminals. Also, the organization of propaganda "victory parades" with the participation of detained Ukrainians is not ruled out. According to the information received, they may be passed off as "prisoners of war" and led through the streets of occupied cities. Similar events were held in Donetsk in 2014. Then, after numerous tortures, Ukrainian heroes were forced to walk along the central street of Donetsk, where they were subjected to bullying and humiliation.
15:44 Austria returned its embassy to Kiev.
15:27 Poland and Bulgaria receive gas from their EU neighbors, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
15:13 Kyiv City State Administration announced the completion of the laying of a water pipeline in Irpen.
15:07 Israel canceled the parade of veterans on May 9 due to Russian aggression in Ukraine, Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata said.
14:43 "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie" stated that Ukraine is behind the explosions in the village of Kolbasna, the organizers of the explosions allegedly left for the territory of Ukraine after the attacks.
14:42 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola called for a pan-European embargo on Russian energy resources: "We will not allow the European Union to be blackmailed. We are not afraid of Putin."
14:40 Russia is preparing provocations with missile strikes on Transnistria in order to accuse Ukraine of attacking the unrecognized "republic", OK Pivden said.
14:35 Member states of the CSTO (a military-political organization that includes Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan) do not support the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine.
Thus, the members of the organization do not want to make decisions on conducting peacekeeping operations outside their countries, including in the "DNR" and "LNR", reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Instead, CSTO members admit the possibility of a limited deployment of national contingents on the territory of the Russian Federation or Belarus, but only after an official announcement of Ukraine's attack on their territory.
Kazakh Defense Minister Ruslan Zhaksylykov said on April 15 that his country had not received a request to send national troops to Ukraine. He confirmed that during the last meeting of the CSTO military committee, the issue of participation in the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine was not considered.
Currently, all CSTO member countries (except Russia and Belarus) are neutral on the issue of Russian invasion. None of them recognized the annexation of Crimea and the independence of the LDNR.
14:16 Acting Commander of the marine brigade Sergei Volynsky with the call sign Volyn, who is surrounded in Mariupol, spoke about the extremely difficult situation at Azovstal. According to him, there are 600 wounded soldiers who cannot be given proper assistance. There are big problems with water, food and ammunition.
Volynsky called for an extraction procedure - to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian units from Mariupol. As an example, he cited the evacuation of Anglo-French troops from Dunkirk in 1940.
13:57 Norway will allocate almost 41 million euros to the British initiative to purchase weapons for Ukraine, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere announced. He also added that Norway could make additional direct arms deliveries to Ukraine on top of what it had already handed over to Ukrainian defenders.
13:55 Today, 58 people were evacuated from Popasna, the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said. According to him, "almost every day 40, 60, 80 priests choose life and leave." He added that it is no longer possible to rely on humanitarian corridors - it is almost impossible to negotiate with the Russians.
13:53 Peskov said that there were no specific agreements on involving the UN and the ICRC in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal at the meeting between Putin and Guterres.
13:52 The economy of Ukraine continues to function at about 60-70%, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development reported.
13:51 Podolyak says that the time and context of the meeting between Zelensky and Putin have not yet been determined.
13:33 The Swedish government has asked the EU for compensation for military supplies to Ukraine - in particular, for the supply of five thousand helmets, Swedish Radio reported. According to the publication, Stockholm demanded 9 million euros more than the helmets sent were worth. At the same time, it is reported that Sweden will receive compensation for only a small part of the military supplies.
13:30 The Office of the President of Ukraine proposes to impose sanctions against Gazprombank in order to make it impossible to circumvent sanctions and pay for gas in rubles, Yermak said. According to Western media, four European companies have already agreed to the scheme proposed by Moscow.
13:22 A delegation of the Bulgarian government headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is going to Kiev to make a decision on military assistance to Ukraine, the Bulgarian TV channel NOVA reported. Representatives of three of the four parties in the ruling coalition are traveling with Petkov, while the fourth party (the Socialists) opposes military assistance to Kyiv.
13:17 The Kremlin has appointed a new curator of relations with the "LDNR" - he was the first deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia and the curator of domestic policy of the Russian Federation Sergei Kiriyenko, Russian media report citing their sources. Previously, the department for border cooperation, subordinated to Dmitry Kozak, was responsible for interaction with the LDNR. Now the department for domestic policy will be responsible for this direction.
13:15 The EU is considering the possibility of abolishing all tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian exports in order to support the country's economy during the war, writes Bloomberg.
13:14 In Kharkiv and the region, after night shelling, three people were killed, 15 were injured. Shelling continues in Zolochiv, Dergachi, Chuguev, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
13:07 CNN reports that it has received a new exclusive video confirming Russia's involvement in the killings of civilians in Bucha. The publication itself has not yet published the video, but provided its description: “The video of March 13 shows that Russian military equipment is standing at a crossroads. CNN identified three objects in the video a little further down the street - these are the bodies seen in the April 1 video and in satellite images taken by Maxar Technologies on March 18.
It is noted that the bodies of the killed people and military equipment of the Russian Federation were also recorded on another video made from a drone.
CNN has received a new video confirming Russia's involvement in the killings of civilians in Bucha
12:38 Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called fake Russian propaganda the message of Vienna's consent to pay for gas in rubles: "OMV will continue to pay for gas supplies from Russia in euros. Austria strictly complies with the jointly agreed EU sanctions."
12:35 Ten European buyers have already opened special accounts with Gazprombank to pay for gas in rubles, Bloomberg reports.
12:33 Poland is ready to accept wounded and sick citizens from Mariupol for treatment, Andrzej Duda's office said.
12:19 In Kherson, as a result of the dispersal of the rally, four people have already suffered, the media write.
12:14 Taiwan will hold the largest annual exercise to test a possible Chinese attack. The exercises will be based on the experience of military operations in Ukraine and will focus on the tactics and strategy of asymmetric and cognitive warfare, writes Reuters.
11:55 The authorities of Kiev are asking citizens to refrain from visiting cemeteries during memorial days for the period of martial law due to danger. “Do not create crowds of people these days in the territories of cemeteries, do not endanger yourself and your loved ones,” urged the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik.
11:38 The occupiers hit Avdeevka twice with phosphorus shells, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Kirilenko said. According to him, one strike last night fell on the area of the coking plant, and the second this morning - in the city center. This was followed by an air strike on a high-rise building, fires broke out in the city, at least one person was injured.
11:27 British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said that Russia's threats about the likelihood of strikes against military targets of NATO countries supplying weapons to Ukraine are illegal, while assistance to Ukraine is legal: "International law speaks very clearly about this. States have the right to provide military support to any State exercising the right to legitimate defense against invasion."
11:25 Podolyak on explosions in Russian regions: "Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk regions are now also beginning to actively study such a thing as" demilitarization. ammunition depots. For various reasons. And they are doing it more actively and more confidently."
"How to explain this? It's very simple. If you (the Russians) decide to massively attack another country, massively kill everyone there, massively crush peaceful people with tanks, and use warehouses in your regions to ensure the killings, then sooner or later you will have to repay the debts. When such intensity and volume of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine will not work. And therefore, the disarmament of the Belgorod-Voronezh warehouses of murderers is an absolutely natural, natural process. Karma is a cruel thing, "wrote the adviser to the head of the Presidential Administration.
11:23 Ukraine could seize Transnistria "at the click of a finger," but only if there is a corresponding request from Moldova, Arestovich said.
He considers the current escalation in Transnistria a Moscow provocation and says that Moldova may find itself in a difficult situation: “Moldova may have very big troubles. And the best thing that Moldova can do in this case, it seems to me, is to turn to Ukraine for help and Romania".
11:20 Erdogan again initiated a meeting between Zelensky and Putin. According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, he "has hope" that the meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia will take place "despite some difficulties," "perhaps in the coming days."
11:17 In Lutsk, the dismantling of Soviet symbols at the memorial of Eternal Glory has begun. The numbers 1941 will be replaced by 1939.
11:14 Air attacks on Azovstal do not subside, but publications of battles have disappeared from the public information field, Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. According to him, again there are street fights in the sector from the plant management of Azovstal to the street. Ukrainian Cossacks (Rainbow Park).
11:11 Johnson said that Britain would not object if Ukraine used the weapons provided to it against targets in Russia.
11:10 Poland no longer intends to buy gas from Russia, said government spokesman for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Najimski.
11:06 Australia will give Ukraine six British-made M777 155-mm howitzers and ammunition for them. The delivery was approved by the government of the country. Earlier, similar equipment was transferred to the Ukrainian military by Canada.
11:04 US Attorney General Merrick Garland supported the initiative to transfer part of the assets confiscated from Russian oligarchs directly to Ukraine: "Government, we would support a law that would allow part of this money to go directly to Ukraine."
He also denounced Russian atrocities in Ukraine: “All these pictures are just awful, and who grew up in the 20th century never expected to see this again in the 21st century.
11:01 In Kherson, the Russian invaders dispersed a peaceful rally on Svoboda Square. Local residents report the use of tear gas and stun grenades.
10:56 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called Gazprom's statements about the suspension of gas supplies blackmail and said that the EU is ready for such a scenario and is planning a response: "We are ready for such a scenario. We are planning our coordinated response to the EU. Europeans can be sure that we are united and in solidarity with the affected Member States."
10:55 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 27:
- personnel - about 22,400 (+300) people liquidated,
- tanks - 939 (+21),
- armored combat vehicles - 2342 (+34),
- artillery systems - 421 (+5),
- MLRS - 149 (+0),
- air defense systems - 71 (+2),
- aircraft - 185 (+1),
- helicopters - 155 (+1),
- automotive equipment - 1666 (+23),
- ships/boats - 8 (+0),
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 207 (+2),
- special equipment - 31 (+0),
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4 (+0).
10:47 Russian special services arrange staged stories for the media: they forcibly take foreigners from Kherson to Crimea for PR. The SBU has received evidence that FSB officers invent fakes by organizing the forcible evacuation of people from the occupied territories.
Thus, the SBU gained access to the phone of an FSB officer who oversaw the creation of a "picture" for the occupiers in the Kherson region. He was responsible for the "special operation to evacuate" to the Crimea 19 Vietnamese citizens who worked at the market in Kherson. In the final, a video was supposed to turn out, where foreigners would thank the Russian Federation for saving. However, it turned out that the Vietnamese did not want to go to the Crimea and tried to leave for Odessa. The Russians managed to detain 14 out of 19 Vietnamese. On the same day, the Russian press spread "news" about the evacuation of 140 grateful foreigners to Crimea.
10:43 Raytheon Technologies has told investors that it will not be able to increase production of Stinger missiles until 2023 due to a lack of parts and materials for weapons that Western allies urgently sent to Ukraine. The American newspaper Politico writes that thousands of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems have been removed from warehouses in Europe and the United States and sent to Ukraine, but so far there is no clear resupply plan for the countries that transferred them.
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Bloomberg, citing military experts, also reports that US stockpiles of weapons risk running out in a few months if the Biden administration continues to send them to Ukraine.
10:40 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that Russian forces are now moving more rationally than before in eastern Ukraine, "at least along the line from Izyum to Rubizhne."
"Russian troops are advancing in several parallel paths, at a distance that allows them to support each other. This helps them use more combat power than before," the report says.
10:38 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of hangars "with a large batch of foreign weapons and ammunition supplied by the United States and European countries for Ukrainian troops" with Caliber missiles on the territory of the Zaporozhye aluminum plant.
10:21 Transnistrian media report shooting in the area of warehouses near the village of Kolbasna, not far from the border with Ukraine, there are no casualties. There is a large ammunition depot in this settlement.
10:12 Austria has accepted the Russian terms on the new payment for gas, the chancellor said.
09:53 A citizen of Russia and a citizen of Belarus were detained in Poland on charges of espionage in favor of the Russian special services. The suspects collected information about Polish military units. Previously, they were arrested for three months, the Polish authorities said. They face up to ten years in prison.
09:50 At night, a large grain elevator came under fire in the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk.
09:48 The FSB announced that two Russians - "supporters of Ukrainian Nazism" - were detained while preparing a sabotage at a transport infrastructure facility in the Belgorod Region.
09:45 Head of the Mountain Military Administration Aleksey Babchenko said that tank battles were taking place in Orekhovo south of Lisichansk. About ten local residents remained in the village, the rest were evacuated. The village itself was completely destroyed.
09:37 Over 100,000 citizens of Ukraine entered Crimea in two months, more than a thousand foreigners asked for temporary asylum, Russian media report, citing Crimean "border guards".
09:35 Podolyak - about bad news for the Russian Federation: "One of Russia's strange demands at the beginning of the war was the "complete demilitarization" of Ukraine. Well, after yesterday's landmark meeting of 40 defense ministers of the world, I have very bad news for Russia. Volume, speed , simplified logistics, expanded range of weapons - Ukraine is getting stronger."
09:08 Gazprom confirmed that it had completely suspended gas supplies to Bulgarian Bulgargaz and Polish PGNiG due to non-payment in rubles.
09:05 In Zaporozhye, violators of the curfew are sent to the military registration and enlistment offices. According to the OVA, out of 22 men detained in the region that night, 11 received summons with direction to the territorial recruiting centers.
08:39 In the United States on April 27, a vote will be held for Lend-Lease for Ukraine. According to the White House, voting should begin at 21:00 Kyiv time. If the law is passed, it would give Biden greater powers and significantly speed up the supply of weapons from the United States for rent or without payment.
08:36 In Russia, emergency services reported that the number of Ukrainian refugees in the Russian Federation exceeded one million people.
08:35 In Severodonetsk, a clergyman of the UOC-MP passed information to the enemy about the deployment of Ukrainian troops, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
08:33 In the Zatoka of the Odessa region, the Russians again fired at the railway bridge across the Dniester estuary in the morning. There were no casualties, the head of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshin said.
08:29 British intelligence reports that Ukraine retains control over most of its airspace, while Russia has not been able to effectively destroy the Ukrainian air force or suppress the Ukrainian air defense system. Ukraine continues to put Russian air assets at risk.
Aviation of the Russian Federation is mainly concentrated in the South and East of Ukraine, providing support to the Russian ground forces. Russia has very limited air access to the north and west of Ukraine, mostly with remote strikes.
Most Russian airstrikes on Mariupol are likely to be carried out by unguided free-falling bombs. These weapons increase the risk of civilian casualties.
08:11 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, the occupiers from the artillery fired on the Zelenodolsk community, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. They hit an energy infrastructure enterprise, as a result, a strong fire broke out, which rescuers extinguished for several hours. One employee of the enterprise was injured.
07:57 US efforts to supply weapons to Ukraine are supported by 73% of Americans, the highest level since the Russian invasion, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
07:40 The US Department of Defense has created a control center for coordinating deliveries and optimizing the delivery of military assistance to Ukraine in Stuttgart, Germany, in the area of responsibility of the US European Command.
07:38 Explosions were heard in Voronezh and the Kursk region of the Russian Federation tonight, according to local authorities, air defense was working.
07:14 In the Liman direction , the enemy established control over the settlement of Zarechnoye , stormed in the area of the settlement of Yampol. In the Severodonetsk direction, the invaders have established control over the settlement of Novotoshkovskoye , they are advancing in the direction of the settlements of Nizhnee and Orekhovo.
07:12 The invaders transferred from the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation to Izyum two BTGs from the 76th airborne assault division of the airborne troops. In addition, in the areas of settlements in the Belgorod region, the enemy deployed two missile divisions of the Iskander-M OTRK.
07:09 The occupiers have taken control of the village of Zavodie near Izyum , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The enemy is also conducting offensive operations in the direction of Barvenkovo, captured the northeastern outskirts of the Bolshaya Kamyshevakha settlement.
06:33 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will address the Allies on April 27 in London. She plans to call on Western countries to provide aircraft to Ukraine, the BBC reports.
"If Putin succeeds, untold suffering will follow across Europe and terrible consequences for the whole world. We will never feel safe again," she will address the entire civilized world with such a speech.
06:05 Johnson believes that Putin will not use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine if he encounters new military setbacks.
06:00 Scholz opposes the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, even if he now authorizes the sale, Der Tagesspiegel writes. The publication also cites data from opinion polls, according to which at least 50% of the German population is skeptical about the supply of weapons to Ukraine, especially heavy weapons.
05:37 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that, according to preliminary data, an ammunition depot is on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka.
05:18 Slovak President Zuzana Chaputova addressed the Russians in Russian and called for an end to the war in Ukraine. She called it "undesirable" and started "without any reason". Chaputova stressed that no one threatened the Russians and did not want to harm, "but you do the harm."
Chaputova criticized the Russians for justifying the invasion of Ukraine with words of "liberation" and said that the Russian military had lost officer honor and military discipline.
04:16 Ukrainian defenders attacked the positions of Russian troops on Zmeiny Island. Enemy losses are being specified, OK Pivden reported. Fixed hit in the control center, the destruction of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system.
02:48 The Russian Federation is trying to destabilize the situation in the Transnistrian region, but the Ukrainian army is ready for a possible escalation, Zelensky said. He said that he had already discussed the aggravation of the situation in the so-called "MRT" with the leaders of Moldova and Romania.
02:19 Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russian army has fired about 1,300 missiles on the territory of Ukraine - about half of its stock, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. According to her, Moscow will not be able to replenish stocks quickly due to sanctions, but the remaining missiles will last for a long time.
01:31 The UK will deliver high-tech Brimstone missiles to Ukraine in the next few weeks, Minister of the Armed Forces James Hippie said. The homing air-to-ground missile is equipped with an active radar homing head, which makes it possible to hit moving targets with great accuracy.
01:23 Russia stops deliveries of its gas to European countries in order to blackmail them and split the unity of Ukraine's allies, Yermak said: "We are seeing a typical increase in rates for Russians and a departure from any rules and obligations. The EU has repeatedly said that paying for gas in rubles will not be, since the signed contracts do not talk about settlements in "wooden" currency.
According to him, in this way Moscow proves that energy resources are a weapon for it, and called on the European Union to be united and impose an embargo on them.
00:58 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that it is no longer enough to supply only defensive weapons to Ukraine: "For too long there has been an erroneous distinction between defensive and offensive weapons. For some, this has become a reason to delay deliveries. That time has passed."
00:47 Putin shows no signs of readiness to end the war through peaceful negotiations, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. According to him, Washington is doing everything possible to ensure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive weapons in record time, and this greatly narrows the possibilities for aggression by the Russian invaders.
00:25 Arestovich believes that the war in Ukraine will last until the New Year: “We need to tune in to a long story. The cessation of the active phase in the Donbass is not the end of the war. All the same, there will be tactical actions, raids ... This is a long story, and maybe be quite long, it may be before the New Year, it all depends on a number of circumstances.
00:02 Pilots of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned to the international community with a request to provide more modern aircraft to counter the enemy in the air. Colonel Yuri Bulavka, 1st class fighter pilot, winner of several air shows in Europe, said that his friend and mentor, the legendary ace pilot Alexander Oksanchenko, died on February 25 in the sky over Kyiv.
“Even aerobatics of this level will not save us from invaders’ missiles. We need more modern aircraft to counter the enemy in the air. American Falcon F-16s, F-15s, and maybe F-18s, would be enough to gain an advantage. After all, these aircraft have powerful airborne radars, technological equipment, and most importantly, missiles with active homing heads," the colonel explained.
He also stressed that an action plan has already been developed for the fastest possible retraining of pilots and aviation engineering personnel. |
