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2022-04-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 4th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 20:44 The Czech Republic handed over dozens of Soviet T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
20:41 The total wealth of the ten richest Russian billionaires has decreased by $90 billion compared to last year.
20:37 In Russia, the standard of living has risen to such heights that the federal publication Moskovsky Komsomolets tells how to cook a casserole from leftovers.
20:34 Head of the Central Command Post of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Mikhail Mizintsev confirmed that the invaders killed 93 men in civilian clothes during the humanitarian corridors leaving Mariupol.
"Over the past two days, part of the militants, numbering from 150 to 200 people, using humanitarian corridors, dressed in civilian clothes, deserted from the city. And in scattered groups of 10-15 people moved to the Zaporozhye region along country roads. Overnight, 93 of them were liquidated , the location of the rest has been established. The question of their destruction is a matter of a short time," he said.
20:26 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "taking into account Kiev's disinterest in saving the lives of its servicemen, Mariupol will be liberated from the nationalists by the RF Armed Forces and the DPR."
20:07 "There is almost no city," says Aleksey Kuleba, head of the OVA's humanitarian direction, about Borodyanka. The city is now closed - rescuers and law enforcement officers are working there.
Earlier, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said that the worst situation with victims among all the liberated settlements of the Kiev region is in Borodyanka.
20:04 Russian troops are preparing to surrender Kherson, Arestovich said.
19:58 The American television channel NBC News reports that the new US sanctions will include a complete ban on new investments in the Russian Federation.
19:51 Russia deliberately disrupts oil supplies from Kazakhstan to the EU under the pretext of a storm in the port of Novorossiysk, writes the German edition Handelsblatt.
Purpose: to keep prices in Europe at a high level and thereby undermine the economy of the EU, which announced sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the war in Ukraine.
We are talking about the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, headquartered in Moscow.
"The pipeline passes through Russia and Russian firms dominate the consortium, but the oil in the pipeline is owned mainly by western firms such as Chevron, Shell and Eni, which are involved in oil production in Kazakhstan," the paper said.
In addition, Moscow shows its power to Kazakhstan. Handelsblatt's conclusion: "The example of Kazakhstan shows the tactics that Russia resorts to outside the actual theater of operations in Ukraine."
19:44 Speaking at a virtual press briefing, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Liz Trussell expressed the UN's horror at the photos.
"What we saw in Bucha and other areas clearly points to very disturbing events. The brutality, the attacks on civilians really underline that it is so disturbing. Looking at the video and footage from there, we see all the signs that the victims were direct targets and directly killed," Trussell said.
19:42 China's envoy to the UN Zhang Jun said that "any accusations about the events in Bucha must be confirmed by facts."
19:37 Stoltenberg said that after the regrouping, Russia will focus its strike on the east and south of Ukraine.
19:21 The Ministry of Economy of Germany announced that Germany approved the supply of arms and military goods to Ukraine in the amount of more than 186 million euros.
19:15 The command of the RF Armed Forces is trying to make up for the loss of personnel in the war in Ukraine by attracting representatives of military educational institutions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
19:06 The likelihood of conflict between the big powers is increasing, said the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley.
The general says Russia's nuclear rhetoric has become "very provocative."
"We are entering a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the likelihood of a major international conflict between the big powers is increasing, not decreasing," Milley said.
19:01 Countries that have already recalled Russian diplomats:
🇱🇹Lithuania - the ambassador leaves the country, the consulate in Klaipeda closes
🇩🇪Germany - 40 diplomats
🇫🇷France - 35 diplomats
🇮🇹Italy - 30 diplomats
🇩🇰Denmark - 15 diplomats
🇸🇪Sweden - 3 diplomats
🇪🇸Spain - 25 diplomats
🇵🇱Poland - 45 diplomats
🇨🇿 Czech Republic - one diplomat
🇳🇱Netherlands - 17
🇧🇪Belgium - 21
🇮🇪Ireland - 4
🇪🇪Estonia - 7, in addition, it closes the main consulate of the Russian Federation
🇱🇻Latvia - 13, closes two consulates
🇸🇮Slovenia - 33 diplomats
🇪🇺 The European Union declared 19 employees of the Russian Permanent Mission to the EU persona non grata
18:40 Zelensky showed at a meeting of the UN Security Council a video of civilians who died at the hands of the occupiers.
18:29 Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said that she and other foreign ministers of the Scandinavian countries are considering the possibility of traveling to Kiev to meet with Vladimir Zelensky.
18:26 NATO will provide Ukraine with weapons to protect against a new offensive by the Russian army, which is expected in the coming weeks, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels.
He stressed that the Alliance will provide Ukraine with equipment that will effectively deter the advance of Russian forces.
Stoltenberg explained the decision to provide weapons for protection with intelligence and surveillance data confirming that Russian troops are regrouping, replenishing personnel and providing their units and equipment with resources for a new large-scale offensive in the Donbass.
“We are seeing a significant movement of Russian troops from Kyiv to regroup, rearm, supply and shift focus to the east. In the coming weeks, we expect further Russian offensives in eastern and southern Ukraine to try to capture the entire Donbass and create a land bridge to occupied Crimea,” he said. Stoltenberg.
18:17 In the once 30,000-strong Bucha, only 3,700 people remained after the liberation. This was stated by the mayor Anatoly Fedoruk.
18:10 Transcript of Zelensky's speech at the UN Security Council:
There is not a single crime in Bucha that they would not have committed. They killed entire families - adults and children, tried to burn people.
Some were shot in the streets, some were killed in houses, they were run over by tanks while they were in a car, women were raped and killed in front of their children.
They leave the country in ruins.
The aggressor provoked a food crisis that could lead to famine in Africa and Asia and political chaos in countries that are facing the fact that their security system is disappearing.
The world saw what happened in Bucha, the world will have to see what they did in other cities and regions of the country.
You know what the Russian Federation will say to such actions. After they shot down a Boeing over the Donbass, what they said in Syria - they refer to a variety of versions of what happened, they even declare that these are all staged shots.
The goal of the UN is to keep the peace, to prevent violations. But the first article of the statute has already been violated. If the first article is violated, what is the point of the other articles? Now the result of the actions of the Russian Federation-the most horrific crimes of all time.
The Russian leadership behaves like a colonialist in ancient times - they intend to turn Ukrainians into silent slaves, rob villages, steal food, rip gold earrings out of their ears, use a veto in the Security Council. We must not allow this to go unpunished.
If the situation continues, then countries will rely only on the force of arms to ensure their security, the UN can simply be closed.
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to close the UN? If not, you need to act immediately. We need to reform so that the right to veto is not the right to die.
All who give criminal orders will face a tribunal, probably the same as the Nuremberg.
Now the main thing is to transform the UN system. I propose to hold a conference in Kyiv and discuss how to reform the security system in the world, how to reinforce international law.
At the conference, we will talk about how to guarantee the borders and inviolability of states, how to reinforce international law.
But if you do not know how to make a decision, you have 2 ways - either eliminate Russia as a source of war, so that Russia does not block decisions related to its own aggression, and then we will do everything to establish peace. The second option is to eliminate yourself. If you are not capable of anything other than talking, then there is no other option left. Ukraine needs peace, Europe needs peace, the whole world needs peace.
18:02 Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev reports that the Russian military has completely leaked the database of all activists in Kherson, participants in the territorial defense and anti-terrorist operation: "They know about everyone from beginning to end."
18:00 95 percent of Ukrainians are confident that Ukraine will win the war, but the number of those who do not believe in an early cessation of hostilities is growing, according to a survey by the Rating sociological group.
Confidence in a quick victory "in a few weeks" decreased from 47 percent to 35. On the other hand, the positions "several months" and "six months to a year" increased.
17:51 Zelensky speaks at a meeting of the UN Security Council, gathered about the atrocities of the Russian occupiers in Bucha.
17:46 Financial Times writes that Biden will soon announce plans for the US, UK and Australia to jointly create hypersonic weapons.
17:41 Bloomberg reports that the United States will transfer Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones to Ukraine among ten units. We are talking about a drone that is equipped with sensors and video cameras, and is also capable of automatically hitting a target.
The new weapons will be supplied to Ukraine as part of military assistance from the Pentagon in the amount of $300 million. The new model drones will be provided in addition to 100 Switchblade-300 drones as part of an $800 million US military aid that was announced earlier.
17:27 The UN Security Council is holding a meeting on the crimes of the invaders in Bucha.
Britain, which chairs the UN Security Council, convened a meeting on April 5 to discuss the massacres in the suburbs of Kyiv.
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, an increase in the amount of evidence of war crimes, including from Bucha, will be discussed. In Britain, they promise to use the country's chairmanship of the Security Council to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness.
"All partners of Ukraine will be informed in detail about what happened in the temporarily occupied territory of our state. War crimes in Bucha and other cities during the Russian occupation will also be the subject of consideration in the UN Security Council on Tuesday," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Zelensky’s speech was also announced during a meeting of the UN Security Council on April 5 on the atrocities of the Russian occupiers in Bucha.
17:24 Joining the EU is supported by 91 percent of Ukrainians, according to the sociological group Rating.
17:17 Stoltenberg: "Russia is responsible for what happened in Bucha. When this happened, it was she who controlled this territory. This is a war crime, but I think we have not seen everything yet. When the territories come under the control of Ukraine, we will see even more evidence of war crimes.
16:45 The speaker of the Kharkiv military administration, Elena Shapoval, said that there are no plans to evacuate the population in Kharkiv. Confident in the strength of the defense:
"The hostilities have been going on for 41 days. We all understand that the enemy did not change plans for Kharkov. The only thing that has changed is the strength of our defense, it has grown significantly. The invaders can neither take Kharkov nor approach it. Therefore, evacuation measures in Kharkov we don't do it."
16:21 The first official details of the new EU sanctions were called by Ursula von der Leyen:
Russian coal import ban (was four billion euros per year)
Bans on imports from Russia for 5.5 billion euros (caviar, alcohol, wood, cement, chemical products, ...)
Complete ban on transactions of four key Russian banks, including VTB
Banning Russian ships from entering EU ports
Ban on work in the EU for transport companies from Russia and Belarus
Ban on the export to Russia of semiconductors and engineering products, including transport, for ten billion euros
The EU will continue to work on sanctions against Russian oil
16:05 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that in the warehouses of the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of Germany) there are hardly weapons left that can be supplied to Ukraine. Moreover, the issues with logistics, repair and training are complicated when it comes to the supply of old systems.
At the same time, Burbock noted that the final decision will be agreed at the level of partners in the European Union, NATO and the G7: "We are not saying no, we are looking at what solutions can be, and we are doing this together, as the EU, NATO and G7 Partners".
15:49 Over the month, support for joining NATO among Ukrainians has decreased from 76 percent to 68 percent.
15:15 The Ukrainian military shot down the latest Russian helicopter Ka-52 with the help of anti-tank Stugna.
14:51 Finnish Economy Minister Mika Lintilä expects the European Union to impose the first energy sanctions against Russia on Wednesday. A ban on oil imports would be the minimum requirement, he said.
According to Lintil, the replacement of Russian oil does not pose much of a problem, since it can be imported from other countries. The war from Lintilya has gone so far that energy flows to Russia must be stopped, at least temporarily, at any cost, Lintilya believes.
"Russia needs to be isolated in terms of energy, because this is the only way to influence the Russian economy so much that it affects their actions. Now in Ukraine, fuel oil is turning into red blood," the Finnish publication Uutiset quotes the minister.
14:28 Borodyanka after the Russian occupation:
14:18 Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya unexpectedly told the truth at a meeting of the organization: "There were no corpses in Bucha before the arrival of Russian soldiers." But then he said "until they left."
14:15 Latvia closes the Russian Consulate General in Liepaja and Daugavpils and expels 13 Russian diplomats. Yesterday, the Latvian Foreign Ministry announced that their country is lowering the level of diplomatic relations with Russia.
14:01 Journalists showed the destroyed Mariupol from a drone.
12:49 Italy expels 30 Russian diplomats for reasons of national security, writes Reuters.
12:44 A resident of Moscow dared to protest against the genocide of Ukrainians.
12:43 79 percent of refugees plan to return to Ukraine after the end of the war. According to the UN, as of April 4, the number of Ukrainian refugees exceeded 4.2 million.
12:38 The EU will adopt a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation this Wednesday. This forecast was made by French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Bon.
According to him, the European Union should immediately deal with the import of Russian gas, oil and coal.
12:36 The journalist of the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza, the author of works on anti-Semitism and genocides Konstantin Gebert commented on the tragedy in Bucha.
“There was a time to hide and bury these bodies. The fact that this did not happen makes me assume that the Russians did it because they could. They showed it because they wanted to. So Russia wants Ukraine and the world to see these photos. Russia tells us that it is not at all interested in what we think of it," Gebert said on Polish Radio.
According to him, massacres of civilians in wartime are relatively rare. Most soldiers don't kill civilians, and most commanders don't let that happen.
The troops avoid such crimes for moral reasons, for fear of criminal liability, and also for fear that the soldiers will not become demoralized and turn into armed killers. However, things were different in Bucha.
Gebert believes that the brutality of the Russians could be designed to scare Ukrainian civilians. Because when the next Ukrainian city is besieged, the "Bucha effect" will lead to "a stampede of residents, which will interfere with the work of the Ukrainian defense."
However, such a goal of the Russian Federation seems incomprehensible to the journalist. "The tactical benefit that Russia can get from this is incomparably less than the gigantic image loss," he says.
When asked whether the Russian Federation would be held responsible for crimes in Ukraine, Gebert replied that the existing veto mechanisms make it possible to avoid this, but the investigation process will place a heavy burden on it.
12:33 The West is running out of ways to punish Putin. Under this heading, an article appeared on CNN.
"The expression of concern, new sanctions and cutting-edge weapons came too late to save a man found shot to death next to his bicycle," writes the author of the photos from Bucha that horrified the whole world, and compares what he saw with the atrocities committed by the Nazis in Ukraine during time of World War II.
The author points out: the tragedy in Bucha became a catalyst for the introduction of new sanctions against the Russian Federation, but the tragedy lies in the fact that all of them cannot save civilians. He doubts there is a way to influence the "ruthless Russian leader" because he has long crossed the line.
The world's largest arsenal of nuclear warheads also allows him to remain unpunished.
12:31 Full-fledged transport links have been restored between Kyiv and Chernihiv
12:28 Before the "Russian world" invasion, Bucha was an ecologically clean garden city, part of the "green belt" of Kiev, located 29 kilometers from its center.
Once there were children's sanatoriums and dachas of Kiev residents, then, in the process of urbanization, new cozy residential complexes appeared in Bucha, where tens of thousands of young families settled.
The Buchansk city park was the best place for a family vacation for a huge number of Ukrainians.
12:26 Denmark expels 15 Russian diplomats over suspicions of espionage.
12:24 Roskomnadzor demanded that the administration of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia remove materials in which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, "inaccurate information" about the war in Ukraine is being distributed.
The agency claims that the authors of Wikipedia deliberately misinform users in their materials, promoting "an exclusively anti-Russian interpretation of events."
The day before, Russian Wikipedia tweeted that Roskomnadzor was demanding the removal of information from five articles at once.
12:21 The KSCA reports that in Kiev and the suburbs, where the fighting was actively fought, the demining process is now underway. Kievans who left the city or region are still urged to refrain from returning.
The destruction of supplies will be carried out for two weeks and will be accompanied by the sounds of explosions of various sizes.
12:08 Zelensky does not consider it possible for Hungary to block Ukraine's entry into the European Union.
12:06 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, will visit Kiev this week and meet with Zelensky, an EU representative said.
12:03 Occupants got into a tank with nitric acid in the Lugansk region.
11:59 Zelensky gave an interview to Ukrainian journalists. The main thing:
- On joining NATO: If tomorrow we are seriously offered, we will act. But this will not happen, unfortunately. Therefore, we will build security guarantees for us that can protect life.
- On security guarantees: Ukraine has not yet received a list of countries with their confirmed consent to provide security guarantees, but apparently different states are ready to provide different guarantees.
- On the agreements with Russia: Even if we sign the most powerful agreement, Russia may return in two years. We understand this, and if you and I accept this, then we act accordingly.
- About the meeting with Putin: It's easier to say - let's not talk about anything. The most difficult thing is to say what they did, recognize them as an enemy... And with this position, find opportunities to meet, find a way out and not lose your territory. But perhaps there will be no meeting with Putin.
- On punishment for Russian war criminals: We have an internal case against these criminals who tortured our people. We are starting to collect information and will look for these people. There are people who are very eager to find these criminals. If international legislation does not help us in this, Ukrainian law will.
- About "demilitarization" and "denazification": We told them that forget about "demilitarization" and "denazification", we won't even talk about it. "Denazification" we ourselves can demand from you, and "demilitarization" - we do not perceive this story.
- About Mariupol: The military de-occupation of Mariupol is now very difficult. And our children know this very well. There are agreements with Erdogan that the dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers can be taken out of the city - by land to Berdyansk, and from there by sea. We are waiting for a response to this proposal from Putin.
- About what will be a victory: not to lose sovereignty, not to lose hundreds of thousands of people, postponing the issue of the return of Crimea, Donbass is our territory, Russia's return to positions as of February 23
11:57 The US Treasury prohibits Russia from making any payments on its debt obligations in dollars from accounts in American financial institutions.
"Today is the deadline for Russia to make another payment on its debt," said a US Treasury official. "Russia must choose between depleting its remaining dollar reserves, generating new revenue, or defaulting."
11:52 The sounds of explosions in the vicinity of Kiev are the work of pyrotechnicians.
11:48 Zelensky says that de-blockade of Mariupol by military means is now extremely difficult.
According to him, there are agreements with Erdogan that the dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers can be taken out of the city - by land to Berdyansk, and from there by sea.
As Zelensky said, they are now waiting for a response on this proposal from Putin.
11:22 Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation will not negotiate with Russia about "denazification" and "demilitarization".
This is how he sees Ukraine's victory:
Don't lose sovereignty
Don't lose hundreds of thousands of people
Crimea is Ukrainian territory. There can only be a delay in the issue of the return of the peninsula
Donbass is our territory. ORDLO is very important for Ukraine
The return of Russian forces to positions as of February 23 will be considered a victory by the president
11:11 Even after the conclusion of the treaty, Russia can return in two years, the president said.
"We understand that even if we sign the most powerful agreement, Russia can return in two years. We just understand this, and if we accept this, then we will act accordingly," Zelensky said.
According to him, the Ukrainian delegation conveyed to the Russian side that Ukraine does not trust Russian guarantees and will continue to build a state that will be able to defend itself.
11:06 The Ukrainian military shot down another Russian Caliber missile from a conventional artillery gun. This was reported in the Navy Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:43 In the Kiev region, law enforcement officers recorded 1,200 war crimes committed by Russian invaders. This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky.
10:40 Russian troops have destroyed at least six granaries since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
10:36 Zelensky believes that even after the tragic events in Bucha, it is necessary to continue negotiations with the Russian Federation. However, he admits that there may not be a meeting between him and Putin.
"It's easy to say - let's not talk about anything today - the position is the easiest. The most difficult thing is to say what they did, recognize them as an enemy and at the same time find an opportunity to meet and find a way out at this meeting without losing their territory," the president said.
10:18 A cross-party group of US congressmen turned to Biden with a request to provide Ukraine with more weapons.
The letter outlines the specific needs of the Ukrainian armed forces and territorial defense units.
In particular, Ukraine is asking for long-range surface-to-air missiles, fighter jets, anti-ship weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank systems, long-range drones, and radars.
10:13 France expels 35 Russian diplomats.
9:57 In occupied Melitopol, men began to receive "summons". Citizens of Ukraine are called to serve in the "people's militia".
9:44 Many Russian units withdrawn from northern Ukraine are likely to require significant re-equipment and modernization before they can be redeployed to operations in eastern Ukraine," the British intelligence report said.
9:28 In the Lugansk region, which Russian troops are now actively trying to capture, there is a difficult humanitarian situation. Rescuers cannot reach a number of areas, and residents are burying their neighbors in their yards, local authorities said.
9:14 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 165 children have died from the actions of the invaders.
8:54 The next target of Russian military aggression may be the city of Dnipro. This was announced by the former commander of NATO forces in Europe, Wesley Clark, on CNN.
"What's next: Russians north and south of the Dnieper. If they can reach the Dnieper, they will cut off the Ukrainian forces that are holding back the separatists in the Donbass. And this is the next Russian task: to surround these forces, cut them off, destroy them. This is a significant part Ukrainian army," the retired general said.
To prevent this from happening, Clark is calling for heavy weapons to be provided to Ukraine, not just Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger man-portable air defense systems.
8:08 In the Konotop district of the Sumy region, the bodies of three civilians were found with signs of torture.
7:39 a.m. Russia is reviewing its military objectives and is preparing for a new phase of the war that could last several months or longer, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at a briefing.
According to him, the Russian Federation is regrouping its forces in order to focus offensive operations in the Donbas and parts of southern Ukraine.
7:36 The enemy is regrouping troops and is focusing its efforts on preparing for an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The goal of the invader is complete control over the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports this in the morning report.
4:54 The Pentagon has promised to provide $300 million worth of requested drones, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and Stinger man-portable air defense systems to Ukraine.
2:23 The US authorities decided to sell eight F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to Bulgaria in order to increase the country's security against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, local media write.
Earlier there were proposals that the Bulgarian authorities could transfer their Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft to the Ukrainian army if they receive fighter jets from the United States.
0:54 The New York Times published satellite images of Bucha, which show that bodies on the streets have been lying there since March 19, when the occupiers controlled the city.
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