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2022-04-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 8th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:33 The Defense Express publication writes that the parachute shells that the mayor of Kharkov warned about are 9M55K1 cluster munitions, they can be launched by the Smerch multiple launch rocket system. Such submunitions are very dangerous because they can aim at the target while they fall. They have a thermal homing head that reacts not only to armored vehicles, but also to civilian vehicles. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported three weeks ago that the Russians fired at Kyiv with such ammunition.
23:30 Putin's longtime friend Berlusconi criticized the Russian president for the war with Ukraine: "I cannot and do not want to hide that I am deeply disappointed and saddened by the behavior of Vladimir Putin ... Russia cannot deny its responsibility in the face of the horror of the massacres of civilians in Bucha and other settlements of Ukraine".
23:26 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that his country decided to buy Bayraktars from Turkey - Erdogan has already promised to put them out of turn.
23:23 The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the deadline for applying for assistance to IDPs until April 30. Everyone who moved from hot spots will be able to receive two thousand hryvnias for an adult and three thousand for a child.
23:17 Journalist Denis Kazansky said that in Vorzel, Kiev region (five kilometers from Bucha), the Russians set up a checkpoint on the Warsaw highway almost from the first days of the war and shot civilians who tried to pass by. The bodies of those killed are still lying on the side of the road. One of the dead is a guard at the Skipper restaurant, located not far from the road.
23:15 According to the OP, 4532 people were evacuated today.
23:10 USAID has provided Ukraine with five thousand Starlink satellite terminals, the US Embassy in Ukraine has reported.
23:08 Zelensky said following a meeting with Johnson that the British are ready to take patronage over the restoration of Kiev and the Kiev region after the war.
23:00 One of the main shrines, one of the most revered shrines of St. Sophia of Kiev - the icon of St. Nicholas (Wet) will return to Ukraine, Zelensky said. This is the first miraculous icon of Russia.
22:36 Arakhamia said that negotiations with Russia are difficult, there are not many positions for rapprochement: "I would say, not many at all." According to him, everything depends on the situation at the front. But now the negotiations allow solving the issues of humanitarian corridors, thanks to which more than 300 thousand people were able to evacuate.
As for the guarantor countries, Germany, Turkey, France and Italy have publicly agreed to become them. China, according to Arakhamia, "became interested and is actively working on the document." There is no response from the US and Britain yet.
He also said that they did not agree with Russia on the withdrawal of troops from Kyiv, "it was their good will or military necessity disguised as good will." Arakhamia claims that Ukraine learned about this, like everyone else, at a press conference in Istanbul.
22:21 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that since the beginning of the military "special operation" from the Donbass and "dangerous regions of Ukraine" more than 700 thousand people have been evacuated to Russia.
22:17 The governor of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation said that from the side of Ukraine, mortars were fired at the border post in the area of the settlement. Elizavetovka, there were no casualties or damage.
22:14 Bellingcat investigative journalist Hristo Grozev believes that, from a military point of view, hostilities in Ukraine may last until the end of the year. As for the political component, in this case, in his opinion, everything will end within a month with a social crisis in Russia. Grozev considers a new Russian offensive against Kyiv unlikely.
22:05 In the hospitals of the Dnepropetrovsk region there are 80 people who were injured during the shelling of the station in Kramatorsk, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk. Some of them are in a very critical condition. Also in the hospitals of the region are 19 children affected by the explosion in Kramatorsk.
22:00 The Czech Republic has issued a collectible banknote called Sláva Ukraine. The new banknote with a circulation of 20 thousand units is not a means of payment, but is equipped with security elements, like other local crowns. A bill can be bought for 1,500 kroons (about 2,000 hryvnias), and the money from the sale will be sent to help Ukraine.
The Czech Republic issued a collector's banknote Sláva Ukraine
21:47 The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, says that the Russians have begun to use a new type of bombs - they are lowered by parachute. Anyone who sees such a bomb is asked to call 101. He also said that 1716 residential buildings were destroyed in Kharkov.
21:41 The EU considers the attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk a war crime of Russia, the official representative for foreign policy said in a statement. "The perpetrators of this war crime must be held accountable. War crimes must not go unpunished," the statement said.
21:38 Vatican Commissioner for Social Affairs Cardinal Konrad Kraevsky will visit Ukraine for the third time since the beginning of the war. He will again bring the ambulance donated by Pope Francis. Kraevsky is expected to arrive in Kyiv on April 14 and take part in Easter celebrations with local Catholic communities.
21:35 The European Commission allocates one billion euros to support Ukrainian refugees and their host countries, said Ursula von der Leyen. According to her, 600 million "will go to Ukraine, to the Ukrainian authorities and partly to the UN," another 400 million euros will go to the front-line states, "which do such an outstanding job and help the incoming refugees."
21:29 Zelensky and Johnson walked around the center of Kiev and talked to the people:
21:12 Energoatom provided transportation for the next shift of personnel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The boat delivered 49 workers along the Pripyat River to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and took 51 from there. There are no other ways to deliver people to the station from Slavutych.
21:11 In the Rivne region, since the beginning of the war, 233 vehicles have been confiscated from drunk drivers for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the regional administration reported.
21:08 The Cabinet of Ministers at today's meeting introduced a complete trade embargo on trade with Russia.
20:31 Johnson offered Ukraine military assistance in the form of 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems, the British government told UP.
20:27 By order of Zelensky, the third exchange of prisoners took place today. 12 Ukrainian soldiers are returning home, of which one is a female officer. They also released 14 civilians, including nine women, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.
20:24 On the outskirts of Mariupol, in the underpass near Sadkov, the bodies of killed civilians were found. The City Council reported that the Russian military had set up a body collection point there. The occupiers daily bring hundreds of corpses to such places, and then destroy them in mobile crematoria or bury them in mass graves.
20:13 Zelensky about the meeting with Johnson: "It was more than a fruitful meeting. We are sure that we should put even more pressure on Russia, forcing it to peace. Thank you for the effective sanctions measures, for strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine. Western democracies should follow the example of Great Britain. We look to London to play a key role in the security of our nation."
19:49 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Ukrainian cargo ship Apache under the Maltese flag was fired upon by a Russian warship in the Sea of Azov. Moscow claims that on the evening of April 8, the dry cargo ship "tried to break into the seaport of Mariupol blocked from the sea by the Black Sea Fleet to evacuate Azov."
19:44 Johnson wrote following his visit to Ukraine: "Today I met my friend Zelensky in Kiev as a sign of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine. We are introducing a new financial and military assistance package that is evidence of our commitment to his country's fight against Russia's barbaric campaign" .
19:38 According to the General Staff, the Russians continue to partially block Kharkov. In order to covertly move occupation units across the territory of the Kharkiv region, the enemy jams cellular networks. In addition, in order to increase the grouping of troops from the Belgorod region to the Shevchenkovo region of the Kharkov region, up to two enemy BTGs were moved.
In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the Russian Federation are focused on taking control of Rubizhne, Popasnaya and Novobakhmutovka. The invaders continue to inflict air strikes on the settlement. Ugledar and Novoselovka Second. They are trying to resume the offensive in the areas of Novotoshkovsky, Stepnoy and Maryinka.
19:20 In Warsaw, fundraising #StandUpForUkraine managed to raise 9.1 billion euros, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
19:18 The head of Energoatom Petr Kotin visited one of the sections of the Red Forest in the Exclusion Zone, where the Russian invaders dug trenches and tried to build fortifications. Abnormally high levels of the radiation state were recorded at this place. Thus, all the invaders, who have been based and digging in the Red Forest for almost 30 days, will face radiation sickness of varying degrees of severity.
19:03 The wind drove towards the positions of the Russian military near Kudryashivka and Varvarovka a cloud with nitric acid, formed after the attack of the invaders on Rubizhne. There is no threat to the life of the population, said the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai.
18:58 Some countries are ready to help Ukraine with the transition from Soviet-era weapons to more modern NATO equipment, given the prospect that the war with Russia could drag on for months or years, according to Bloomberg. Some allies may start training Ukrainian troops outside the country to help gradually move towards NATO standards.
18:52 During his visit to Kiev, Johnson presented Zelensky with a new package of financial and military assistance, a British government spokesman said.
18:48 The European Investment Bank will provide four billion euros to EU member states hosting Ukrainian refugees.
18:42 The media recalled a video from a parade in Russia last year, where they demonstrated Tochka-U, which, as Moscow said after the strike on Kramatorsk, is allegedly not in service with the Russian Federation.
18:37 The amount of frozen Russian assets in Switzerland has grown to eight billion dollars, writes Bloomberg.
18:33 In Kharkov, after a missile attack on a residential building, seven people were pulled out from under the rubble, eight more were evacuated. Information about the dead is being specified, according to the State Emergency Service.
18:05 Johnson visited Kiev today without any announcement. "The Prime Minister of Great Britain is one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion, the leader of sanctions pressure on Russia and defense support for Ukraine. Greetings in Kyiv, friend!" Zelensky wrote.
18:00 According to the UN, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 4.44 million people have left Ukraine, of which 2.57 million have crossed the border with Poland.
17:57 Borrell said that the war with Russia will be won on the battlefield. "This war will be won on the battlefield. An additional 500 million euros from the EU is underway. Arms deliveries will be tailored to the needs of Ukraine," Borrell wrote on Twitter.
He added that the brutal strike of Russian troops on defenseless people in Kramatorsk once again demonstrates Moscow's complete disrespect for human life. According to the chief European diplomat, this will only strengthen the EU's support for Ukraine. He also stressed that it is necessary to continue to increase sanctions pressure on Russia.
17:49 Russian invaders are illegally arresting civilians in the Kherson region and Melitopol and sending them to pre-trial detention centers in Crimea. They are brutally tortured there, Mustafa Dzhemilev, the national leader of the Crimean Tatars, said.
17:47 The SBU detained Dmytro Marunich, a pro-Russian "energy expert" who spread propaganda in the Ukrainian information space. When he was found documents certifying his work in Russia today.
17:45 Arestovich is convinced that after the battles for Donbass, Putin will want to come to negotiations with Zelensky.
17:37 Near Rubizhne, Russian invaders got into a tank with nitric acid , said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He urged residents of the city not to leave their shelters, and those who are indoors to close windows and doors. It is also necessary to prepare protective face masks moistened with a soda solution.
17:08 Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that over the past three days, 67 kilometers of the Kyiv-Chop road have been cleared, and the Kyiv-Zhytomyr route will be opened in the near future.
17:06 EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas returned to Kiev, the EU Delegation resumes work in the Ukrainian capital.
17:03 About a quarter of the Russian troops that were used in the invasion of Ukraine are "virtually incompetent," CNN reported, citing a European official. So, on the eve of the invasion, Russia deployed about 120 BTGs around Ukraine, but during the six weeks of the war, about 29 of them failed.
17:01 Johnson arrived in Kiev and is currently meeting with Zelensky, Deputy Head of the President's Office Andrei Sibiga said.
16:58 Russian shipyards stop the production of ships due to the difficult financial situation and the lack of foreign components. According to Ukrainian intelligence, we are talking, in particular, about JSC Vostochnaya Verf (Vladivostok), where they are laying off staff and preparing the company for bankruptcy proceedings.
16:54 Zelensky, at a meeting with the Austrian Chancellor, confirmed Ukraine's readiness to continue negotiations with Russia. According to him, the development of the situation will depend on assistance to Kiev from other states, on how far Putin is ready to go, as well as on the readiness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:37 Reznikov said that Kiev needs modern heavy weapons from Western partners: multiple launch rocket systems with a range of more than 40 kilometers, anti-ship missiles, tanks, armored vehicles and artillery with a caliber of 155, not 152, as in Soviet-made guns.
16:35 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Valentin Reznichenko, said that 15 children injured in a missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station are being treated in hospitals in the region.
16:31 Austrian Chancellor Karl Negammer said after a meeting with Zelensky that the EU will tighten sanctions against the Russian Federation until the war stops. At the same time, he stressed that Vienna is militarily neutral, but cannot agree with the ongoing crimes.
16:15 Orbán's spokesman Bertalan Havasi said that the Hungarian prime minister condemns the killings in Bucha and that Budapest fully supports the international investigation aimed at identifying the perpetrators of the bloodshed.
"Viktor Orban made it clear at an international press conference on Wednesday that it was Russia who attacked Ukraine, and this is aggression. This is the common position of the European Union, and Hungary is part of this position," the spokesman said.
16:13 The Polish railway has simplified the rules for the free use of trains in Poland for Ukrainians, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. Now Ukrainians who do not have a foreign passport or PESEL number, but have a train ticket from Ukrzaliznytsia, issued in Ukraine for travel to Poland, can show it to issue free travel documents through Poland.
16:09 Yermak said that traffic on the Romanovsky bridge across the Irpin River would resume tomorrow.
15:51 Podolyak said that Russia received 37 billion euros for energy in the first 40 days of the war in Ukraine. “Unfortunately, this is the extent of the participation of European partners in co-financing the war. Not only did Ukraine objectively not have such a volume of weapons as the aggressor country, but every day the Russians receive direct bulk payments from the Europeans to finance additional deliveries of missiles and shells on the battlefield," wrote the adviser to the head of the OP.
He emphasizes that such a position of partners, along with unfinished sanctions (there is no real shutdown of key Russian banks from SWIFT, no total seizure of property of members of the ruling United Russia party, no direct and indirect embargo on energy carriers) encourages Russians to expand military operations.
15:32 The Embassy of Tajikistan has resumed work in Kiev.
15:27 In the Church of the Ascension in the village of Lukashevka, Chernihiv region, where the Russians have set up a headquarters, rescuers find the bodies of tortured people. According to the State Emergency Service, these are local residents who were shot by the occupiers.
15:26 Arestovich says that there will be two weeks of heavy fighting in the Donbass, and their fate will determine the second phase of the war.
15:17 Poland will freeze relations with Hungary in connection with its position on Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Kaczynski said. According to him, "Orban needs an ophthalmologist to see Bucha." The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that the restoration of relations is possible "only after a change in assessments of the war in Ukraine."
14:59 Yermak is convinced that the Russian Federation will not be able to occupy the entire territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions: "Russia will break its teeth. There are as many of them as locusts, but they will not win in Donbass."
14:54 During the cleansing of the village of Olkhovka by Kharkiv, the fighters of the 92nd Motorized Brigade discovered the mass grave of the occupiers.
14:45 Zelensky replied to a Bild journalist who asked if he hates Russia: "Yes, I feel hatred for Russia, for Russian soldiers. When I see these images before my eyes. Killed children without legs, without arms. I can't cry anymore."
14:40 The head of the Kiev regional administration, Alexander Pavlyuk, said that new defense lines are being built near Kiev in case of a possible repeated offensive by Russian troops. They are already occupied by the Armed Forces.
“We have taken into account all possible directions of enemy movement if the offensive is resumed. Therefore, new defensive lines are being intensively equipped now, which we have moved as far as possible from Kyiv in order to prevent the possibility of either artillery shelling or the entry of troops,” Pavlyuk explained.
14:38 Scholz said that Putin "is destroying the future of his country." The chancellor stressed that the Russian leader is characterized by imperial thinking, "known to us from the 19th, 18th, 17th and other centuries."
Scholz also said that those responsible for war crimes in Bucha near Kiev should be punished. He promised that Berlin would continue to supply Ukraine with defensive weapons.
14:36 In the Luhansk region, the Russians attacked the positions of Ukrainian border guards with kamikaze drones. According to the State Border Service, one drone was destroyed, another one attacked the position again a few minutes later, where at that time there were no military personnel.
14:34 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said that he does not yet see the intention of the invaders to capture Nikolaev.
14:30 The National Bank announced that the official rate will be kept at the level of 29.25 hryvnia per dollar until the end of the war.
14:29 In Lisichansk, after the shelling of the invaders, a high-rise building, a gas station and an enterprise are on fire, said the governor of the Luhansk region Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the shelling of the region does not stop in the morning. The fire cannot be extinguished due to ongoing fighting.
In Rubizhne, a residential building came under fire, as a result four civilians were wounded. A woman died in Severodonetsk.
14:22 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that mobile crematoria are working hard in Mariupol, the invaders are cleaning the streets from the bodies of the dead. The Russians placed the crematorium in the industrial area along the Volodarskoye Highway near the Metro shopping center. They use the large warehouse refrigerators to store the bodies.
In Makarov, Kiev region, liberated from the invaders, the bodies of 132 executed were found - there are both mass graves and single bodies of the dead.
In Bucha, on 144 Yablonskaya Street, the Russians set up a real torture chamber. According to survivors, the headquarters of the Kadyrovites was here. They shot people at point-blank range, burned out their eyes, cut off body parts, tortured not only adults, but also children to death. According to the city authorities, there are 360 civilians killed in Bucha at this moment, including at least ten children.
Denisova argues that such actions by the Russian terrorist army fall under the definition of the crime of "genocide" in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide.
14:13 In the settlements of the Gostomel village council, the curfew will last until 6:00 on Thursday, April 14, in Irpen - until 9:00 on Monday, April 11.
14:06 Zelensky meets with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Kiev.
14:04 According to the publication Pskov province, at least 60 paratroopers after huge losses in Gostomel refuse to fight against Ukraine. It is expected that in the near future the number of refuseniks will increase markedly.
Soldiers are threatened with criminal prosecution for desertion or disobedience, but they and their families stand their ground. The publication reports that now commanders do not accept dismissal reports, so many submit them through the military prosecutor's office.
13:56 Scholz and Macron continue to communicate with Putin in order to "bring him the truth about Russia's military losses." As Scholz said during a visit to London, this is information that the Russian president probably does not receive from his inner circle.
13:49 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said that in the territories liberated from the occupiers of the region, the same atrocities of Russians against the civilian population are recorded, as in the suburbs of Kiev.
So, in the village of Gusarovka, Izyumsky district, after prolonged bullying, the Russians burned three people alive. The body of a hospital paramedic was also found with signs of torture, his hands were tied behind his back.
13:42 Germany has begun to strengthen its basement storage facilities, as well as create crisis stocks in case of war, Interior Minister Nancy Feather said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.
13:37 In accordance with the new EU sanctions, Russian and Belarusian trucks are prohibited from entering the territory of the EU countries. All of them must leave the EU by April 16.
13:35 Many Russian murderers who committed atrocities in Bucha and Irpin have already been identified using facial recognition and artificial intelligence technologies, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said.
13:27 Estonia has begun to cancel the visas of people who publicly use the letters Z and V, as well as St. George ribbons. They are sent for an additional check, during which they find out what to do next. As of April 8, visas were canceled for several violators, Estonian media write.
13:09 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed that Slovakia will receive the Patriot missile system in exchange for the S-300 air defense system, which it transferred to Ukraine.
13:04 Ukraine expects to be granted the status of a candidate member of the EU in June, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said.
13:01 In Kramatorsk, 60,000 residents do not plan to leave the city under any development of events, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. According to him, most of the 220,000 residents have already left the city during the 45 days of the war. Now about 80 thousand people remain in it, about 20 thousand of them will leave. He clarified that in 2014 the situation was similar - 50-60 thousand remained and did not leave the city.
12:57 Zelensky said in an interview with Bild that India and China can join the list of guarantors of Ukraine's security.
12:39 Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced the return of Italian diplomats to Kiev from Lviv. According to him, this will happen after Easter.
12:37 In the Sumy region, about 200 people were killed as a result of hostilities, said the head of the regional military administration Dmitry Zhivitsky. According to him, the bodies of 118 civilians have already been found, more than 70 soldiers have also died. Victims of the invaders continue to be found.
12:35 The evacuation buses hijacked the day before by the Russian military were returned, but the invaders do not let them into Melitopol, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
12:32 France, after the shelling of the railway station in Kramatorsk by the Russian military, decided to abandon Russian oil, Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said in an interview with CNN.
12:11 In Kazakhstan, local activists held a rally in support of Ukraine near the Russian consulate in Almaty. They were detained by policemen: people were loaded by force into paddy wagons.
12:06 In Kherson, masked invaders seized and took away in an unknown direction the former head of the Regional State Administration, People's Deputy of the VII convocation Andrey Putilov, Gerashchenko said.
12:01 Google blocked the channel of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on YouTube. Zakharova wrote that he "signed his own sentence" and called on the Russians to transfer all content to other resources.
11:48 It cannot be ruled out that Kiev and Odessa will be the directions of the next Russian attacks, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs. At the same time, he added that now "all key military actions will be focused on the Donbass."
11:39 In Ternopil, following Mukachevo, a monument to Pushkin was dismantled. This decision was made by the City Council.
"The crimes of Russians against the Ukrainian people: murders, torture of people, rape of women and children, the destruction of Ukrainian cities - crossed out the entire culture of the Russian people. There is no explanation for these crimes. They leave us no choice. Everything Russian must be dismantled," wrote Mayor Sergei Nadal .
11:16 The Japanese security service excluded the Azov regiment from the International Terrorism 2021 list. The Ukrainian unit got there as a "neo-Nazi group." Now the Japanese security forces have apologized to the Azov people and promised not to make such mistakes again when classifying units.
11:09 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that Kiev is preparing a provocation to accuse Russia of massacres of civilians in Irpin, Kiev region. The agency stressed that units of the Russian Armed Forces left Irpin more than a week ago.
11:07 Explosions are heard in some areas of Kiev - these are explosives clearing the territory in the region, said the head of the Kiev OVA Alexander Pavlyuk.
11:04 As a result of today's attack on Chernomorsk, there are no casualties, the mayor said. According to him, the situation in the city is calm.
10:55 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians inflicted about 50 strikes in a day, the infrastructure of the Kharkiv districts suffered, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to him, there was an intensive shelling of Dergachi - the buildings of the hospital, outpatient clinics, and residential buildings were damaged. There were no casualties.
The Russian troops are trying to bypass the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Izyum and concentrate their forces in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
10:37 S&P Global Ratings downgraded Russia's foreign currency rating from CC/C to SD/SD, which means selective default.
10:33 Ukrzaliznytsia reported that despite the attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, the evacuation from Donbass will continue. In particular, trains will run from Slovyansk and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as from Novozolotarevka station in the Lugansk region.
10:30 Kuleba said that Russia's unjustified aggression and atrocities have destroyed the foundations of the Helsinki Final Act. According to him, Russia's membership in the OSCE poses a threat to security and cooperation in Europe.
"If the OSCE does not have appropriate mechanisms for suspending the membership of countries, then it is necessary to create a procedure and exclude the Russian Federation," the Foreign Minister stressed.
10:26 Zelensky told the German Bild that one of the leaders of an EU member state asked for evidence that the massacres of Bucha residents by Russians were not staged.
10:17 The Russian military is regrouping and planning to advance in the direction of Kharkov, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with CNN. According to him, the invaders are regrouping in the city of Izyum from Belgorod and receive additional troops in Belgorod to make up for their losses in Ukraine. They will try to capture Mariupol and only after that they can try to go to Kharkov.
Earlier, Arestovich said that he did not believe in an attack on Kharkov and that Russia deliberately launched such a rumor in order to force Ukraine to keep troops under the city, and not transfer them to Izyum.
10:15 In Melitopol, the invaders are offering Ukrainians to join the Russian army, the mayor of the city Fedorov said. According to him, since yesterday, at checkpoints located in the vicinity of Melitopol, the Russians have been offering Ukrainian men to join the Russian army. If they refuse, they are released.
“But we clearly understand: today they offer, and tomorrow they will be forced to issue a machine gun and send it to the trenches,” Fedorov added.
10:11 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation announced that it had signed a "cooperation agreement" with "colleagues" from the "DPR" and "LPR".
09:52 The SBU reported suspicion of treason to a collaborator, whom the occupiers declared the "mayor" of Mariupol. Konstantin Ivashchenko, a city council deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life, voluntarily took the side of the Russian invaders and now, under the leadership of the RF Armed Forces, organizes the work of the occupying authorities and calls himself "the head of the administration of the city of Mariupol." He publicly calls on the Ukrainian military to lay down their arms and not resist the invaders.
09:19 APU defeated up to 20% of the forces that Russia allocated for the invasion of Ukraine, ABC News reported, citing a source in the Pentagon. The US Department of Defense estimates that more than 40 Russian BTGs are stationed in or near the Donbas, with up to 10,000 troops arriving there in recent days.
09:15 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of April 9:
- personnel - about 19,100 people,
- tanks - 705,
- armored fighting vehicles - 1895,
- artillery systems - 335,
- MLRS - 108,
- air defense systems - 55,
- aircraft - 151,
- helicopters - 136,
- automotive equipment - 1363,
- ships/boats - 7,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 112,
- special equipment - 25,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
09:02 Ten humanitarian corridors agreed on April 9:
- Donetsk region: Mariupol - Zaporozhye (by own transport)
- Zaporozhye region (by own transport and buses): Berdyansk - Zaporozhye; Tokmak - Zaporozhye; Energodar - Zaporozhye; Melitopol - Zaporozhye
- Lugansk region: Severodonetsk - Bakhmut; Lisichansk - Bakhmut; Popasnaya - Bakhmut; with. Mining - Bakhmut; Rubizhne - Bakhmut
08:59 The Pentagon believes that the Russians fired the Tochka-U missile at the railway station in Kramatorsk. "Obviously we didn't believe the Russians' objection that they weren't responsible. At first they claimed it was a successful strike, but then they denied it when the aftermath was reported," a senior US Defense Department official said at a private press briefing. Radio Liberty.
08:54 At midnight, the enemy struck another blow at Severodonetsk, the Regional State Administration reported. The Russians are storming Rubizhne and Popasnaya in the Luhansk region and at the same time launching artillery strikes on residential areas in other cities. In Severodonetsk, an apartment building caught fire as a result of the impact, the number of victims is being specified.
08:51 British intelligence reports that Russian troops continue to focus on the region of Donbass, Mariupol and Nikolaev, with the support of their Navy, which launch cruise missiles in Ukraine. London expects an increase in airstrikes in these directions, and warns that Russia continues to select non-military targets for strikes.
08:50 The Russians captured 169 fighters of the National Guard of Ukraine, who guarded the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The engineer of the station, Valery Semyonov, spoke about this in an interview with the BBC. He suggested that they might be in Russia.
08:49 Instagram star - Kharkiv cat Stepan - nominated for the World Influencers and Bloggers Awards 2022 - the most prestigious award in the influencer industry. The ceremony will take place on May 18 in Cannes, during which they will collect money for Ukraine.
08:45 The Cayman Islands, which are an offshore zone, said that as part of anti-Russian sanctions, they froze $ 7.3 billion of funds belonging to the oligarchs of the Russian Federation.
08:42 Biden signed two new laws on anti-Russian sanctions: one of them suspends normal trade relations with the Russian Federation and Belarus and introduces higher duties on their goods, the second prohibits the import of energy resources from Russia, including oil, coal and natural gas.
08:39 The Russians launched a missile attack on Mirgorod, Poltava region. According to the Poltava Regional State Administration, they hit an infrastructure facility, there is significant damage. Two people were hurt.
08:38 In Finland, from today a ban on the entry of trucks on Russian and Belarusian license plates has been introduced. This is being done as part of the fifth round of EU sanctions.
07:33 The UK Ministry of Defense announced that another 800 NLAW anti-tank systems will be delivered to Ukraine, as well as more Javelins, Starstreak portable air defense systems, helmets, equipment and night vision devices.
07:25 The General Staff announces the transfer of tank and air assault brigades from Belarus, as well as the Kursk and Bryansk regions in the direction of the Belgorod and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation. Field camps for these formations were built near Belgorod.
According to the General Staff, the enemy is shelling villages in the Krivoy Rog direction, and also the Odessa region with missiles from the Crimea. The "LDNR" attempts to seize Rubizhne, Popasna and Nizhne in the Lugansk region, as well as Novobakhmutovka north of Donetsk, continue.
06:27 The IMF Board of Directors agreed on the opening of a special administrative account for sending money from donor countries to help Ukraine. The corresponding decision was lobbied by the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance together with the government of Canada, which will transfer one billion dollars to this account.
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