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2022-04-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 13th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:32 The Biden administration will share intelligence data with Ukraine that will help Kiev hit targets in the Crimea and the occupied territories of Donbass, the Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources in the US Department of Defense.

At the same time, Washington will not transmit data that would allow the Ukrainian army to hit targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

23:29 France will provide Ukraine with military equipment worth 100 million euros, said Defense Minister Florence Parly. The decision was made after Parley's talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov.

23:23 The war in Ukraine revealed a lot of problems for the Russian army. Analysts of the Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed the main problems of the Russian army, which became noticeable during the invasion of Ukraine. For more details, see Weaknesses of the Russian Army: Expert Analysis .

23:21 Zelensky said that Kiev did not receive an official appeal from German President Steinmeier regarding his visit to Ukraine.

23:18 US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with CNN that Washington is gathering evidence to officially recognize the genocide of the Ukrainian people at the government level: "I can predict what President Biden called is what we end up probably We will find out when we can gather all this evidence."

23:09 Arestovich about the fire on the Russian ship: "There was some kind of surprise with the flagship of the navy, the cruiser Moskva. It's on fire ... There are 510 crew members, we can't understand what happened - maybe two sailors smoked in the wrong place, either they violated some security measures again, no luck."

He also added that this is exactly the Russian warship that our border guards sent to Zmeiny Island.

23:02 Zelensky: “All this feverish activity of the occupiers testifies, first of all, to their uncertainty. The fact that even having significant stocks of Soviet military equipment and a significant number of soldiers whom the command does not spare from the word “completely”, the Russian military doubt their ability break Ukraine.

23:00 Russian occupiers kidnapped the deputy of the Skadovsky regional council Vladimir Kurikov, the deputy of the Kherson regional council Sergey Khlan said.

22:59 As a result of the shelling by Russian troops of the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov, three people were killed today, four were injured, Sinegubov said.

22:57 Russian invaders, with the help of propagandists, are preparing a fake about an allegedly found storage of explosives in Energodar in order to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhya OVA reported.

22:44 Journalist Oleksandr Karpyuk reported that a Ukrainian Neptune missile hit the missile cruiser Moskva , the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. The ship was on fire. This information was confirmed by Arestovich, and then Gerashchenko, Yermak and the head of the Odessa OVA Marchenko.

Russian publics write that they really shot at Moscow with Neptune , but they allegedly missed the ship on the go.

22:33 Mayor of Mirgorod Viktor Ivanenko said that the invaders bombed the airfield yesterday, and over the past ten days this is the third missile attack on the infrastructure of the city. According to him, there are numerous destructions, a fire broke out, but there were no deaths.

22:25 The Pentagon published the details of the new package of military assistance to Ukraine:
  • 200 M113 armored personnel carriers,

  • 11 Mi-17 helicopters,

  • 18 howitzers

  • 300 Switchblade kamikaze drones,

  • 500 Javelin missiles.

Also, the US Department of Defense said that a number of NATO countries intend to announce the sending of tanks to Ukraine. Washington expects deliveries of new military aid to Kiev to begin immediately.

22:21 UN Secretary General António Guterres believes that "a global ceasefire in Ukraine at the moment is not possible." In doing so, he appointed an envoy to travel to Ukraine and Russia in the hope of negotiating a UN-led humanitarian ceasefire.

Guterres did not call the crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine genocide, noting that only the court can decide whether there was a genocide or not.

22:17 The UN said that due to the war in Ukraine, 1.7 billion people are threatened with starvation, a third of whom already live in poverty. According to the organization, 36 countries around the world, including some of the poorest and most vulnerable, receive more than half of their wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine.

22:03 Yermak said that an action plan to tighten sanctions against Russia has already been outlined: "Now there are two pages of priority sanctions against Russia, which are proposed for the US, EU, UK and other partners."

He clarified that the list includes a complete embargo on the export of crude oil and natural gas, and Ukraine also proposes additional bans for financial institutions in both Russia and Belarus, further trade barriers and duties, "other powerful measures." In addition, personal restrictions and the use of secondary sanctions are being developed.

Ukrainian experts have already presented their part of the action plan. In the near future, foreign experts will present their comments and proposals.

21:52 Biden, after talking with Zelensky, said that his administration will authorize the provision of additional weapons, ammunition and other security assistance to Ukraine for $ 800 million. The new package will include many of the weapons systems already provided, as well as new capabilities "adapted to the broader offensive we expect the Russian Federation to launch in eastern Ukraine."

He specified that these new capabilities include "artillery systems, artillery shells and armored personnel carriers." The transfer of additional helicopters has also been approved.

21:49 Yermak commented on Russia's threats regarding possible missile strikes on Kiev in response to his own provocations: "We are ready for any scenarios, and not a single Russian one will work. The Kremlin has already proven that it can only fight civilians who are not capable of them Russia will answer for all crimes before an international tribunal in the future."

21:35 Despite the absence of humanitarian corridors, 1,567 people were evacuated today by private transport, the Office of the President reported. Including 1102 left Pologi, Vasilyevka, Berdyansk and Melitopol of the Zaporozhye region, 83 - from Mariupol to Zaporozhye, 382 - from Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Gorny and Popasnaya Luhansk regions.

21:28 The authorities of Barvenkovo, a city on the outskirts of the north of the Donetsk region, announced a difficult military situation. This settlement stands in the way of the alleged offensive of Russian troops from Izyum to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The head of the Barvenkovo ​​community, Oleksandr Balo, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the borders in the south of the region, but the situation is difficult. He urged local residents to evacuate tomorrow at 14:00.

21:26 The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, said that in the last two days the intensity of the bombing of the city has greatly increased and their geography has expanded. According to him, there are dead, including children. About 30% of the population left Kharkov - mostly women and children. But at the same time, many are returning, and planned evacuation is not planned.

Terekhov also said that the main hostilities in the region are being conducted in the areas of Izyum and Borovaya - cities in the southeast of the Kharkiv region.

21:17 Le Pen said that she still considers Crimea to be Russian. Also, the French presidential candidate does not regret that she is forbidden to visit Ukraine.

21:14 Today, the Russians fired at Avdiivka and Velyka Novoselka, said the governor of the Donetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the rate of evacuation of the population from the region has decreased. He urged local residents to respond more actively to the call to leave: "The offensive of the Russian troops can begin any day."

21:10 Chernobyl was captured by Russian troops on the first day of the war. About the consequences of temporary occupation - in the article What Russian troops left in Chernobyl.

21:08 The authorities of the island of Jersey have frozen assets that may be related to Roman Abramovich, in the amount of more than seven billion dollars, writes Bloomberg.

21:05 Klitschko admitted that at the next session of the Kyiv City Council the issue of renaming the metro stations connected with Russia and Belarus will be considered. He cited Minskskaya station as an example: “If there are threats to us from Minsk, planes take off from the territory of Belarus that bomb and launch missiles at our homes - some kind of unfriendly reminder. I am convinced that Minsk can become Warsaw. This is a city that who helps Kiev."

20:51 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Biden, discussed an additional package of defense and macro-financial assistance, and agreed to strengthen anti-Russian sanctions.

20:47 Italy will not veto gas sanctions against Russia, but wants the EU to start regulating maximum energy prices, said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.

20:43 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that Russia is changing the motivation for the "special operation" in Ukraine. Thus, Russian TV channels declare "a terrorist threat from Ukraine." According to the propagandists, the "key Banderites" have been destroyed, leaving the terrorists who plan to carry out terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation.

To justify the conduct of general mobilization in the Russian Federation, the Russian special services are preparing shelling and terrorist attacks to whip up anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Russia and the occupied Crimea. A similar scenario was used by the Russians in the second Chechen war.

20:35 The Russian Defense Ministry announced "attempts of sabotage and strikes by Ukrainian troops on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation."

"If such cases continue, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will strike at decision-making centers, including in Kiev , from which the Russian army has so far refrained," the agency said.

20:23 A Free Ukraine Square will appear in Krakow, Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovy said: “It is symbolic that some of the Polish deputies vote for this decision while in Lviv. Since the beginning of Russian aggression back in 2014, Poland was the first country to openly call Russia an aggressor. This decision is another proof of truly brotherly love and support for Ukraine."

20:14 Medvedchuk's bodyguard Andriy Taran told the SBU how the escape was planned: "Medvedchuk spoke with his wife. In their conversation, I heard the FSB say 'they will do everything, they will help.'" I heard in their conversation that an escape from this address would be prepared , I assumed it would be soon."

He also said that on the night of February 23, he made two car exits from the territory of Medvedchuk's house "to lull the vigilance of the police." And for the third time I left with Medvedchuk, who soon moved to another car. Thus, the people's deputy left the place of house arrest a day before the start of the invasion.

According to Taran, Medvedchuk hid after that in a private house in Kyiv with his cook and bodyguards. And on the day when the departure to Transnistria was planned, he came out dressed in a Ukrainian military uniform and a balaclava and said: "That's it, thank you, wait for further instructions." After that, he left in a cortege of two cars.

20:08 Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan visited Bucha to see with his own eyes the consequences of the Russian occupation of the city. He stressed the need for an independent investigation into the atrocities in Bucha and other localities. He also announced the arrival of a group of forensic experts from the court.

20:05 In the Kharkiv region, in some occupied territories, the enemy disabled the cellular network. The occupiers have an aggressive informational and psychological impact on the population, which is mostly aimed at trying to convince them of the futility of the struggle against the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine urges citizens not to believe the propaganda and continue total resistance.

20:02 The General Staff reports that separate units of the 103rd, 109th, 113th, 125th and 127th motorized rifle regiments are operating in part of the territories of the southeastern regions of Ukraine as part of a grouping of enemy forces. They were recruited by forced mobilization by men from ORDLO.

Structurally, they have up to five battalions of about 300 troops each. 5-10 percent of the personnel have experience in combat operations. The Directorate consists of officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. These formations are experiencing significant problems with the provision of weapons, ammunition and medicines.

19:49 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the east the enemy is in readiness for offensive operations. It continues to focus its main efforts on the capture of certain quarters of Mariupol and to carry out airstrikes. He is trying to storm in the areas of Severodonetsk, Rubizhnoye and Popasnaya.

19:36 The head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov, said that the FSB planned to take Medvedchuk out of Ukraine: "We were opposed not just by Medvedchuk. On the opposite side there was a very powerful enemy, whose name is the FSB, which intended to take Putin's godfather abroad."

He specified that Medvedchuk was detained when he tried to cross the border with Transnistria, where FSB officers were waiting for him.

According to him, in order to implement their plan, the Russian special services involved the leaders of the criminal world of Ukraine and corrupt law enforcement officers, and also threw in misinformation.

19:33 Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, the Russian government has tripled funding for state propaganda. In particular, 17.4 billion rubles ($211.5 million) were allocated from January to March, compared with 5.4 billion rubles in the same period last year, writes The Insider.

Most of the allocated money was spent in March - 11.9 billion rubles, which is twice as much as in January and February combined.

The publication also notes that the dynamics of growth in spending on the media exceeds spending on the army (by 11%), national security and law enforcement agencies (by 5.6%) and social support (by 6.5%).

19:29 According to the mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, about 120,000 residents remain in the city. Approximately 150,000 people left for the controlled part of Ukraine. According to him, in the settlements around Mariupol, people are also waiting for evacuation, this is about 6,000 more people.

19:25 In Melitopol, captured by the Russians, unknown patriots are liquidating the occupiers. According to Ukrainian intelligence, between March 20 and April 12, 70 Russian servicemen were liquidated during night patrols in the city. Among them were Kadyrovtsy.

The cause of death of night patrolmen during the curfew was knife and gunshot wounds. The occupation administration carefully hides information about the exact number of those killed and the circumstances of death. There is evidence that this is a consequence of the work of the Ukrainian resistance movement in Melitopol.

19:19 At the beginning of the Russian invasion , many Ukrainian generals and officers fled , Arestovich said. According to him, many did not believe in the possibility of resisting Russia.

19:17 Russia's attack on Ukraine keeps the whole of Europe in suspense. European countries, which had previously formally adhered to neutrality, thought about guarantees of their own security. In particular, there are active talks about Finland and Sweden joining NATO. More about this in the material Away from Russia .

19:02 Reznikov said that the Russians are trying to surround the Ukrainian military in the Donbass, but Ukraine will be able to expel the invaders if it is provided with long-range weapons.

19:00 Le Pen announced the need for a strategic rapprochement between NATO and Russia after the war in Ukraine.

18:58 Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko, who left for Belarus shortly before the start of the war, appealed to Zelensky demanding the release of her husband, who is allegedly illegally detained by the SBU. She also turned to Erdogan with a request to assist in the release of her husband.

18:53 Klitschko said that two-thirds of the people of Kiev, who left the capital in the first weeks of the war, have already returned home. However, he again recommended not to return for the time being to those who have not yet done so.

18:49 Presidents of Poland Andrzej Duda, Estonia Alar Karis, Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda and Latvia Egils Levits met with Zelensky in Kiev.

Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia met with Zelensky in Kyiv

18:45 Austria, Germany and Hungary oppose an embargo on Russian gas supplies, said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who recently visited Kiev and then Moscow.

"Austria is not alone in this issue against the gas embargo. On the other hand, Austria is on the side of other EU member states and on the side of sanctions against Russia. But sanctions should hit Russia harder than the European Union," he explained on CNN. .

18:37 Yermak urged residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to immediately evacuate: "The battle for Donetsk and Luhansk regions will be difficult, and civilians should go where they can wait out the aggravation, save children and make it easier for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to work on the enemy."

18:36 Medvedchuk will remain a people's deputy at least until the end of his trial, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said. He explained that he could be deprived of his mandate only after a guilty verdict by the court in accordance with Article 81 of the Constitution.

18:32 The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Council of the EU recommends that countries hosting Ukrainian refugees create national schemes that allow converting hryvnias on similar terms throughout the European Union. This will allow migrants from Ukraine, in particular children, to exchange up to 10,000 hryvnias (approximately 310 euros) per person - free of charge and at the official rate of the NBU. These rules will remain in effect for at least three months.

18:29 The OSCE, in an expert report presented today, accused Russia of systematic violations of humanitarian law and the commission of war crimes. The report states that it was possible to identify credible evidence of violations of "even fundamental human rights (the right to life, the prohibition of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment)".

At the same time, according to the OSCE report, since April 1, Belarus is not "a party to an international armed conflict, until it commits acts of violence or other actions that are direct participation in the hostilities of persons representing Belarus."

18:25 The Czech Republic resumes the work of the embassy in Kiev.

18:16 Latvian President Egils Levits said Ukraine deserves "huge reconstruction efforts" such as the Marshall Plan, which helped Western Europe recover from World War II. According to him, it needs to be planned now.

18:14 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that more than 275 million people around the world are facing severe food insecurity due to the war in Ukraine.

18:10 The command of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that a convoy of military equipment of Russian invaders was destroyed in one of the areas where tasks were performed. In particular, a mobile control post with the leadership of the 4th battalion tactical group (operational subordination) of the 201st military base of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces was destroyed.

18:07 Hotels of the Spanish network RIU refuse to accommodate tourists from the Russian Federation, including in the UAE, the Dominican Republic, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported.

18:03 The US Treasury said that Washington and its allies will increase the economic, financial and strategic isolation of Russia until the war in Ukraine ends.

17:55 Russian Foreign Ministry on Kiev's offer to exchange Medvedchuk: "We consider this trend extremely dangerous, given that there are many opposition politicians in Ukraine."

17:42 Martial law will be extended in Ukraine, which ends on April 25, MP Fedor Venislavsky said.

17:36 Kazakhstan has canceled this year's military ceremonial parades for Victory Day on May 9 and Defender of the Fatherland Day on May 7.

17:20 Le Pen clarified her statement about France's withdrawal from NATO in the event of her victory: "This is not about withdrawing from NATO, but about withdrawing from its common command structures."

17:19 Zelensky appealed to the whole world with a request to provide Ukraine with weapons that can stop the war with Russia. According to him, heavy artillery, heavy armored vehicles, air defense systems and aircraft are urgently needed:
  • artillery installations (caliber 155 mm) and ammunition;

  • artillery shells (caliber 152 mm) - as many as possible;

  • multiple launch rocket systems: Grad, Hurricane or American M142 HIMARS;

  • armored personnel carriers (armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, etc.);

  • tanks (T-72, American or German counterparts);

  • air defense systems (S-300, Buk or similar modern western air defense systems);

  • military aviation.

17:15 The border guards discovered and documented traces of the stay of the invaders who lived in houses abandoned back in 1986 in the Chernobyl Zone.

17:13 In Melitopol, Russian invaders seized money intended for the payment of pensions and subsidies for April, said the general director of Ukrposhta Igor Smelyansky.

17:09 Yermak said that at a meeting of a group of Ukrainian and international experts, "we are finalizing the action plan" regarding anti-Russian sanctions, Zelensky was personally involved in the discussion.

“Now I can reveal a few details. A complete embargo on energy exports, new personal sanctions, as well as further expansion of restrictions on the banking sector of the Russian Federation. More information will come with time,” the head of the OP wrote.

17:05 The European Space Agency announced the suspension of cooperation with Russia on lunar missions.

16:57 The InformNapalm intelligence community reports that Russian military personnel who refuse to fight in Ukraine are stamped on their military ID with the text: "Prone to betrayal, lies and deceit. Refused to participate in a special military operation on the territory of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine" .

16:48 The first of the 20 Bushmaster armored vehicles destined for Ukraine arrived from Australia at the Polish military airfield in Rzeszow. They were brought by an American military transport aircraft Boeing C-17 Globemaster III along with other military aid, equipment and equipment.

16:39 The Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland visited Borodianka and arrived in Bucha.

16:30 Scholz said he was "baffled" by Kiev's refusal to accept President Steinmeier and added that he himself had no plans to visit Ukraine yet. The chancellor recalled that he was in Kyiv a few days before the start of the war, and now he regularly calls Zelensky.

16:27 Le Pen said that if she is elected president, France will withdraw from NATO. At the same time, she does not intend to leave the EU: "This is not my goal ... But at the same time, I want this European structure to evolve."

16:25 Switzerland has banned the import of coal, timber and vodka from Russia.

16:23 The export of Ukrainian electricity to European countries will help them get rid of dependence on Russian energy carriers, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. In addition, according to him, the export of electricity will help attract significant funds for the Ukrainian economy and the country's reconstruction.

16:18 Japan has unofficially received an invitation to participate in the defense alliance of the United States, Britain and Australia AUKUS, writes the Japanese edition of Sankei.

16:05 In the Sumy region, as of April 13, more than 100 civilians killed by the invaders are known, a significant number of people are considered missing, Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said.

16:02 Peskov on Medvedchuk: "Medvedchuk never had any behind-the-scenes relations with Russia. Regarding the exchange, which figures in Kiev spoke with such fervor: he is not a citizen of Russia and has nothing to do with the military operation, he is a foreign political figure. We don't know if he wants Russia's involvement in resolving this situation."

15:59 The Council of the European Union approved the third tranche in the amount of 500 million euros from the European Peace Fund (EPF) for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Thus, the initial budget has grown to 1.5 billion euros.

15:50 Tehran denied the information about the supply of weapons to Russia with the help of Iranian companies. Kuleba stated this following a conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Tehran also opposes the war between Russia and Ukraine and supports the diplomatic solution.

Kuleba also thanked his Iranian counterpart for sending a medical team to Ukraine.

15:39 Turkey has increased the level of combat readiness of sapper units and other services due to drifting mines in the Black Sea, said Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar.

15:37 Ivano-Frankivsk City Council has decided to rename 25 streets named after cultural and scientific figures of Russia, Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.

15:35 Over the Kharkiv region, two enemy planes were shot down, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. The press center of the Air Force Command of the UP clarified that, probably, we are talking about Su-34 or Su-30 aircraft.

The Department of Civil Protection of the Kharkiv region asks residents to stay in shelters throughout the day and not go outside due to the continuous shelling of the Russians.

15:32 The Ministry of Internal Affairs warned that scammers have appeared in the Kiev region, who go from house to house and offer to inspect the territories, after which, if found, they will defuse explosive objects for money. At the same time, they are represented by employees of the State Emergency Service. The ministry emphasized that the State Emergency Service carries out all work free of charge.

15:24 Podolyak said that Zelensky's meeting with Putin is necessary, "because only in this way it will be possible to resolve the fundamental dispute between Ukraine and Russia and stop the war."

And in order for the meeting to take place, one must have certain positions, Podolyak noted: "For Ukraine, these positions are clear: we must prove that we can fight, and we have already proved it; we must prove that Russia will lose a lot, not only in the sanctions and economic sense, but also on the battlefield."

Then, according to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, it will be much easier to defend one's position at the negotiating table.

15:17 This morning, the Russians fired missiles at the village of Cherkassk, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region. At least seven people were injured, apartment buildings were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

15:11 Attorney General Venediktova held a meeting in Kiev with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (The Hague Tribunal) Karim Khanon.

15:09 The authorities of the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation announced the shelling of the border checkpoint. "The firing points were suppressed by the return fire of the Russian border guards. There were no casualties or destruction on our part," the report says.

15:05 Russian propagandists faked a British BBC video to accuse Ukraine of rocket attacks on the railway station in Kramatorsk. The video was distributed on the network until the fraud was revealed. The BBC is already aware of the fake video with their branding and is taking action to take it down.

15:00 The center of Kharkiv will be rebuilt using new technologies, but taking into account the architectural features of the city, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, in the sleeping areas there will definitely be underground parking lots, which, if necessary, can be used as bomb shelters. Modern shelters will also be equipped in all social institutions, and water and heat supply systems will be modernized.

Earlier it was reported that famous world architect Norman Foster will participate in the restoration of Kharkov.

14:55 The Russian Foreign Ministry again announced that it would strike at vehicles that transport weapons to Ukraine from the West: "Attempts by the United States and Western countries to slow down the Russian special operation in Ukraine will be suppressed. Russia is considering US vehicles transporting weapons on the territory of Ukraine and NATO as legitimate military targets.

14:53 Temporary bridges are being built in the Chernihiv region, which will allow establishing communication with the Kiev region, said the deputy head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko. In particular, temporary passages are being built near the villages of Smolin and Kiselevka next to the destroyed bridges. In addition, general cleaning has begun on the M-01 Kyiv-Chernihiv highway.

14:51 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva answered the question of German television why Kiev refused to host Steinmeier: "Friendly countries support sanctions against Russia, without making an exception for banks and energy resources."

14:42 Germany has agreed on the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, said the deputy of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, a member of the parliamentary group on defense policy Markus Faber: "Dear friends, Germany will now quickly supply heavy equipment to Ukraine. I am glad that we are from the FDP and our coalition partners were able to agree on this."

14:35 On April 13, Great Britain expanded the sanctions list by adding 206 Russian individuals and legal entities to it. Also from tomorrow, the country prohibits the import of iron and steel from Russia.

14:32 Kiev is disappointed by Macron's statements that the Russians and Ukrainians are "fraternal peoples", as well as the fact that the French President did not dare to call Russia's crimes in Ukraine genocide, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said.

He recalled that the myth of two "fraternal peoples" began to crumble after the occupation of Crimea and the aggression in Donbas in 2014, and finally collapsed when the first Russian missiles landed on Ukrainian cities in February of this year. Nikolenko stressed that now "there are neither moral nor real grounds to talk about 'fraternal' ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples."

14:27 The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, said that local residents are leaving the occupied city for the annexed Crimea, as well as for Ukrainian Nikolaev and Melitopol. According to him, in Kherson there are problems with the provision of medicines and budgetary payments for the needs of the city.

14:24 Zelensky, in an address to the Estonian Parliament, called on the EU to find tools that could stop the deportation of Ukrainians to Russia. According to him, to date, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly taken to Russia.

"The black pages of history should not be repeated when Ukrainians and Estonians remained for many years in Siberia or the Far East of the Russian Federation," the President stressed.

14:17 Finland is starting a debate today, as a result of which the country can apply for NATO membership within a few weeks.

14:13 Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have already arrived in Kiev:

14:00 Putin is trying to gather forces in the Donbas that will outnumber the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country by a ratio of 5 to 1, writes The Times, citing sources. According to the publication, Russian troops are being transferred from all over the region for a decisive battle in the Donbass, but even this advantage does not guarantee Russia's victory.

13:56 Ukrpatent has received nine applications containing the legendary phrase about a Russian warship. Andriy Kudin, CEO of the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property, said in a commentary to EconomyNowUa that, according to the current legislation, such a designation cannot be officially registered because it contains obscene language.

13:53 The Economist has calculated that the restoration of Ukraine will require from 220 to 540 billion dollars. For comparison, last year's GDP amounted to 190 billion.

13:42 A total of 17 Holocaust museums from the US, UK, Canada and South Africa have written an open letter condemning Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In the document, the actions of the Russian army are equated with the "Holocaust from bullets" - Nazi executions, after which the murdered Jews were buried in shallow graves.

13:38 In the Zhytomyr region, Russians launched a missile attack on a military unit tonight. As the governor Vitaliy Bunechko said, there were no victims, rescuers put out the fire in a few hours.

13:36 In the village of Pravdino, Belozersky district, Kherson region, on April 12, Russian servicemen shot six men and one woman in a residential building. After that, intending to cover up the crime, the occupiers blew up the house with the bodies of the dead, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

13:29 At least 600 American soldiers and high-class defense systems will arrive in Slovakia as part of strengthening the eastern flank of NATO, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.

13:22 Turkey has allocated ships for the evacuation of people from Mariupol and has done everything possible for this. "In the coming days, there will be some positive developments in this regard, we are looking forward to developments," National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said.

13:19 Borrell said that the EU is not trying to spread the conflict around Ukraine, but, on the contrary, seeks to contain it: "We are trying to contain it, both in the spatial dimension, so that it does not affect other countries, and in the vertical dimension, so that it does not apply more deadly weapon.

13:16 The United States is ready to consider the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons to strike Russian airfields, but it's too early to get ahead, said US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.

"We will continue to look at the types of vehicles that the Ukrainians are asking for in terms of giving them a little more reach and distance," she said, adding that more information about this will come "in the coming days."

13:09 Energy Minister German Galushchenko urged Ukrainians to pay for utilities in regions where there is no hostilities, if possible: "Thus, you will support people in regions where hostilities are really taking place, and who really do not have the opportunity to pay" .

13:05 In Bucha, during the exhumation of the second part of the burial place of people killed by the Russian military, 57 bodies have already been found, the head of the Buchansk procurator Ruslan Kravchenko said. According to him, almost all the victims found in the mass grave have traces of bullet and shrapnel wounds.

"Preliminarily, 40 to 60 bodies are still in the grave. Some bodies show signs of torture, people are lying with their hands and feet tied, there are also bodies with broken bones in different parts of the body," he said.

Mostly men are buried in the grave - they are all civilians, among them only one policeman. Also found were the bodies of a woman and two children who were shot in a car. Previously, according to investigators, more than 250 bodies of murdered people were found in Bucha, Kravchenko added.

12:56 Sweden will apply for NATO membership at the alliance's meeting in Madrid on June 29-30, Swedish media write. The Prime Ministers of Sweden and Finland are meeting today in Stockholm to discuss the defense situation.

12:44 Ukraine is moving towards the EU at an unprecedented speed, said EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas, writes The Guardian. According to him, what is usually done within two years is now being done in three months, namely, the first assessment by the European Commission of Ukraine's compliance with the basic membership criteria. We are talking about a working democracy and a market economy.

The ambassador said that after the return of the EU mission to Kyiv, round-the-clock work began on a questionnaire, the completion of which is a necessary step for granting candidate status. Maasikas believes that Ukraine has a chance to get this status in a matter of weeks, possibly as early as June.

12:38 In Tallinn, women went outside the Russian embassy to protest against the mass rape of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers.

12:36 Residents of the suburbs of Mariupol complained about the deterioration of their health after the occupiers spread the poisonous substance that the Azov regiment talked about. The mayor of the city, Vadim Boychenko, said that a certain chemical substance was dropped from a drone.

“Unfortunately, we cannot take samples and see what it was. The wind spread this substance, and its particles reached the outskirts of the city. There were health complaints in the villages of Sartana and Talakovka. After that, people left their homes in these villages and evacuated ", he added.

12:33 Deputy Mayor of Dnipro Mikhail Lysenko, in an interview with Present Time, urged Russian mothers to pick up the bodies of Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine: "Now in the morgues of Dnipro there are more than 1,500 dead Russian soldiers who no one wants to take. They are in refrigerators."

12:31 ABC News writes that Russia has failed to slow down the supply of weapons to Ukraine by the West. The publication notes that the supply of weapons by the West helped to contain the initial offensive and, "it looks like they will play a central role in the decisive battle for the Donbass."

Moreover, the West is stepping up supplies, the White House is preparing another, "more diverse" military support package worth $750 million. The previous $800 million aid package approved by Biden a month ago is nearly exhausted with just one arms shipment left.

12:24 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that Russia is launching a large-scale campaign to mythologize the war in Ukraine. Thus, in the foreign and Russian information field, the Kremlin is spreading reports that the Russian army is "more effective than NATO troops" and "experts noted that the Russian army is using non-standard methods of warfare in Ukraine."

To reinforce the myth, Moscow uses empty quotes taken out of context by US military Andreas Weber and US military analyst Trent Telenk. The main goal is to create a false impression that they support Russia's actions and analyze its "military achievements".

In fact, these experts support the Armed Forces of Ukraine and comment on the actions of the Russian army in a negative context. The enemy is using mythologization to make Russian citizens believe that the Russian army has heroically completed all the assigned tasks.

12:19 In Mariupol, the Russian invaders and the "DPR" are preparing a "victory parade" for May 9, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, the ex-deputy of the Mariupol city council and embezzler Konstantin Ivashchenko, whom Pushilin appointed "mayor", should take care of organizing the events.

12:15 Half of the clergy of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra support the idea of ​​joining the OCU, Metropolitan Epiphanius, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, said in an interview with LB.ua.

12:11 The Ministry of Defense again urged Ukrainians not to return to the regions liberated from Russian occupiers yet. As Deputy Minister Anna Malyar stated, "the risk of resumption of aggressive actions in other regions, not only in the east, is possible, that is, we are considering such scenarios."

12:07 In Mariupol, members of the Opposition Platform for Life went over to the side of the Russian occupation troops - they helped create a humanitarian catastrophe and corrected enemy fire, the city council said.

11:49 The Pentagon reported that a significant number of Switchblade drones are already in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and they are working perfectly. Drones can carry explosives and cameras, and training in use takes one to two days. The US Department of Defense is also working on allocating another $100 million for Javelin missiles.

11:46 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, Russian troops inflicted about 53 strikes from artillery and MLRS. As a result of the shelling, 22 civilians were injured, including three children, seven people were killed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Regional State Administration. At the same time, he added that evacuation from the city is not provided, since there are no grounds for this.

11:35 Macron refused to call Russia's actions in Ukraine a genocide: "I will be careful with such terms today, because these two peoples are brothers. What we can say with certainty is that the situation is unacceptable and that these are war crimes We are experiencing war crimes that are unprecedented on our soil - our European soil."

11:33 The world's largest independent oil trader Vitol Group intends to stop trading in Russian oil by the end of 2022.

11:27 Russian invaders are building up strength and are going to make a new attack in the Luhansk region, so the authorities are asking the residents of the region not to delay the evacuation. The head of the UVA, Sergei Gaidai, stressed that none of the five humanitarian corridors for April 13 had been agreed upon due to the violation of the ceasefire by the Russians, but at the first opportunity, people would still be evacuated from the Mountain community, Popasna, Lisichansk, Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk.

11:25 The leadership of the Russian Federation ordered to destroy any evidence of the crimes of its army in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Thus, after wide international publicity of the genocide of the Ukrainian people in Bucha, Kiev region, Russian troops began to use mobile crematoria in Ukraine.

In particular, 13 mobile crematoria operate in Mariupol to clean the streets from the bodies of dead civilians. The invaders are trying to identify all potential witnesses of the atrocities through the filtration camps and destroy them. The facts of the use of mobile crematoriums in the Chernihiv region, in Novoaidar, Lugansk region were also recorded.

In addition, the RF Armed Forces use mobile crematoriums to destroy the bodies of their military personnel in order to hide the real number of dead soldiers and not pay compensation to their families.

11:18 Russian invaders fired at the village of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region, with phosphorus ammunition. As a result, the house caught fire, there were no casualties, local authorities said.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the press secretary of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Arefiev on Facebook.

11:13 In the Rivne region, it was allowed to sell alcohol from 11:00 to 16:00, the Regional State Administration reported.

10:59 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 1892 deaths and 2558 injuries of the civilian population of Ukraine. Among those killed were 478 men, 308 women, 30 girls and 52 boys. The sex of 71 children and 953 adults has not yet been determined.

10:56 Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev said that the legitimate Ukrainian authorities of the city are on the ground and continue to work. At the same time, attempts by the Russian invaders to take Kherson under their control continue.

10:54 Podolyak commented on Biden's statement about the genocide in Ukraine: "The US President has shown his willingness to call Russia's war crimes genocide. This is a step towards forcing the Russian Federation to sit in the dock. It is extremely important for our partners to give precise legal definitions of what is happening. To call genocide genocide is bring an end to the massacres in Ukraine."

10:50 Apple Park designer in California, architect, winner of the Imperial and Pritzker Prizes Norman Foster has agreed to participate in the restoration of Kharkiv, the City Council announced.

Foster is closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture and the early adoption of energy efficient building technologies. Recognized as a key figure in British modern architecture.

10:43 Arestovich confirmed that in Mariupol, units of the 36th Marine Brigade "as a result of a complex and very risky maneuver, broke through to join the Azov regiment, which professionally provided this event."

As a result, Azov received significant reinforcements, and the 36th brigade avoided defeat in parts and received "additional serious opportunities, in fact, gained a second chance." According to the adviser to the head of the OP, the defenders of the city, now together, have seriously strengthened their defense area.

"That's what happens when officers do not lose their heads, but firmly maintain command and control of the troops.
Let's not lose. The army knows what it's doing," Arestovich wrote.

10:37 In Bucha, the police began exhuming the second part of the burial place of the victims of the Russian occupiers. The bodies of 55 civilians have already been found in the Mass Grave. According to Anton Gerashchenko, "they were shot, burned, crushed with caterpillars." All investigative actions will be recorded on video.

10:24 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that Scholz was invited to Kiev instead of Steinmeier: "We said that our president and our government would be very happy if Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev." The topic of Scholz's visit to Ukraine should be the supply of heavy weapons, Melnyk added.

10:13 More than a hundred Russian servicemen seriously wounded in Ukraine were brought to hospitals in St. Petersburg, Channel 24 reports, citing intelligence sources. Almost all of them - with severed limbs. There are 2-3 invaders in each car, local hospitals cannot cope with the influx of the wounded.

09:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 13:
  • personnel - about 19,800 people,

  • tanks - 739,

  • armored combat vehicles - 1964,

  • artillery systems - 358,

  • MLRS - 115,

  • air defense systems - 64,

  • aircraft - 158,

  • helicopters - 143,

  • automotive equipment - 1429,

  • ships/boats - 7,

  • tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 132,

  • special equipment - 25,

  • launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.

09:40 The Dutch government has arrested 20 yachts associated with Russian businessmen. The yachts will remain under arrest until sanctions are lifted from the Russian Federation.

09:37 British intelligence notes that Moscow's appointment of General of the Army Alexander Dvornikov as commander of the war in Ukraine is an attempt to centralize command and control, since the inability to coordinate and coordinate military operations has so far prevented the Russian invasion.

"The choice of Dvornikov demonstrates once again how determined Ukrainian resistance and ineffective pre-war planning forced Russia to reconsider its actions," the intelligence said.

09:33 Russia is pulling together columns of military equipment to the east of Ukraine - this follows from Maxar satellite images. The technique was noticed in the Belgorod region near the settlements of Soloty and Valuyki on the highway leading to the border with Ukraine.

09:29 The United States will allocate another $700 million for weapons for Ukraine, writes CNN.

09:18 Humanitarian corridors will not work in Ukraine today. According to Vereshchuk, in the Zaporozhye region, the invaders blocked evacuation buses, and in the Luhansk region they violate the ceasefire.

09:09 German Vice Chancellor Robert Gabek announced the need to speed up the supply of German weapons to Ukraine, because, according to him, "the Russians will attack in the coming days - this means that everything that is now helping the Ukrainian army must be delivered quickly."

09:00 The United States and its allies are working on the supply of artillery to Ukraine, and the Pentagon is also considering the possibility of providing Kiev with equipment and protective suits. The White House expects that "this stage of the conflict may drag on for a long time, and we should not have any illusions that Russia will adjust its brutal tactics.

08:42 Russian troops shelled a railway station in central Ukraine tonight, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. There were no casualties, but for safety reasons, the route and schedule for 17 passenger trains have been changed.

08:31 Presidents of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia will visit Kiev today to meet with Zelensky.

08:22 A meeting will be held at the Pentagon today with the participation of eight leading US arms manufacturers to discuss the industry's ability to meet Ukraine's needs for weapons if the war with Russia continues for years, writes Reuters.

07:31 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a battalion of about 400 people has been formed in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, which consists exclusively of servicemen with combat experience. They were sent to Ukraine to reinforce one of the units of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the 58th combined arms army.

In addition, in the Seversky direction, it is not excluded that separate units will be kept in the border areas of the Kursk region with Ukraine for demonstration actions in order to tie down the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

07:29 Russian troops continue shelling Kharkiv and aerial shelling of Mariupol, do not stop launching missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, are actively conducting aerial reconnaissance, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

06:40 Biden said that more than 30 countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their own reserves to overcome price increases caused by Russia's attack on Ukraine.

06:03 South Korea plans to provide Ukraine with additional non-lethal assistance in the amount of $1.6 million in April. As for the supply of weapons, which Kyiv asked for, there are "limitations" here, they said in Seoul.

03:37 Zelensky commented on Biden's statement, in which he called Putin's actions a genocide: "The real words of the real leader Joe Biden. Calling a spade a spade is important to resist evil. We are grateful for the help that the United States has already provided, and urgently need more difficult armed to prevent further Russian atrocities."

01:42 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics: “When you see so many terrible scenes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, it becomes clear that the only country in the world that needs real denazification is the Russian Federation.

01:01 Biden for the first time called Putin's actions in Ukraine genocide: "Your family budget, your ability to fill your tank, all this should not depend on whether the dictator declares war and commits genocide for half the world."

00:58 On Tuesday, April 12, a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in the sky over Ukraine, which became the 300th target for the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

00:47 Zelensky suggested that Russia create KhNR "somewhere at home, in Khakassia, and not in our native Ukrainian Kherson."

00:34 Zelensky insists that the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia must contain oil, because you need to react now, preemptively, and not wait for the use of weapons of mass destruction, when nothing will change the situation.

“Stop multiplying insufficiently strong sanctions packages. All the same, we will have to admit that only the rejection of Russian energy sources and the complete restriction of the Russian banking system can become an argument for the Russian leadership to seek peace,” the president is convinced.

00:30 Zelensky: "There is more and more evidence and other official data from the investigation about the terrible crimes of the invaders. About the inhuman cruelty of the Russian military against women, children. About numerous rapes. We will find everyone. And let Medvedchuk be a good example for you. Even the former the oligarch did not escape. What can we say about much simpler criminals from the Russian hinterland. We will get everyone."

00:26 Zelensky commented on the detention of Medvedchuk: "I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange this guy of yours for our guys in Russian captivity. It is important that our law enforcement agencies and the military also consider this possibility."

00:18 In the Kiev region, 720 bodies of civilians who died at the hands of Russian invaders have already been found, more than 200 people are considered missing , said Andriy Nebitov, head of the region's police.

00:13 The number of Russian fighters and bombers at the Lipetsk-2 airfield in the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation has doubled compared to the end of March, Schemes report. Now there are more than 30 military aircraft, including six heavy multipurpose highly maneuverable Su-27 fighters.

00:03 The Pentagon has not yet seen evidence that Russia has begun moving weapons to the border with Finland, as previously reported by the British media, said US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby.

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