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2022-04-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 14th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:07 As of April 13, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the UN has recorded 4,577 civilian casualties, including 1,964 killed (among them 161 children) and 2,613 wounded (among them 252 children). At the same time, the organization recognizes that the real losses are much higher.
23:06 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation clarified that the crew from the sunken cruiser Moscow was evacuated to the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the area.
23:02 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Macron: "We discussed the investigation of Russian crimes, the resistance of the Ukrainian people to the invader. We appreciate the significant support of France. We also discussed the negotiation process. We strive for peace in Ukraine, in Europe!"
22:56 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports that the cruiser Moskva sank. According to the agency, when the ship was towed to the port of destination, due to damage to the hull received during the fire from the detonation of ammunition, the ship lost stability and sank in the conditions of stormy seas.
22:54 Moody's reported that payments on Eurobonds in rubles, which Russia began to make, can be equated to a default, since such payments are not provided for by contracts.
22:52 Speakers of the Senates of Poland and the Czech Republic visited Irpin, Bucha and Borodyanka in the Kiev region.
22:50 The US is in no hurry to return the embassy to Kiev - until it becomes "safe and practical," the State Department said.
22:44 The EU will not discuss a ban on the purchase of Russian oil until the end of the presidential elections in France, the second round of which will be held on April 24. According to The New York Times, the discussion of the embargo could cause a new round of price increases in France, which will add points to Macron's rival Marine Le Pen.
22:41 Google has disabled payments from Russia - you can not pay with any type of Russian cards. The subscription with mobile payments has also been canceled, Fedorov said, citing company information.
22:19 In Bucha, the police found 20 cards with the personal data of Russian soldiers, Anton Gerashchenko said.
22:16 The Russian invaders, who fled from Chernobyl, robbed the police station where radioactive items seized from citizens were stored, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
22:12 About a thousand foreign sailors are stuck in Ukraine, who, due to hostilities or a naval blockade, cannot leave their ships or ports, the UN reports. The sailors are running out of food and supplies.
22:08 The Defense Express publication writes, citing experts - designers and naval officers, that the Moscow cruiser could have nuclear weapons, because the ship is a carrier of nuclear weapons. We are talking about anti-ship missiles P-1000 Vulkan in the amount of 16 units, each of which can be equipped with a nuclear warhead with a capacity of 350 kt or a conventional high-explosive-cumulative 500 kg.
However, the proportions between conventional and nuclear munitions currently used to arm missile cruisers in Russia are unknown. And despite the fact that nuclear weapons may be on board Moscow, experts agree that there is no threat of their possible presence in the short term.
22:03 Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that any attempts by the Russians to interfere with the supply of weapons to Ukraine could lead to an escalation of confrontation with the West: "The United States does not operate on the territory of Ukraine, so if the Russians, obviously, strike at NATO territory, where the military technique, it will trigger Article 5 and will be a game changer."
21:57 Zelensky commented in an interview with BBC News on the explosion on the Russian missile cruiser Moskva: “To be honest, what is happening in the army of the Russian Federation that attacked us, which is an occupier, which blocks, by the way, the Black Sea, is indifferent to me. If it decreases, that's good."
21:55 Ukraine will play instead of Russia at the 2022 Volleyball World Championship, the Ukrainian Volleyball Federation has announced.
21:53 The deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, said in a video message that the deblockade of Mariupol is possible, only appropriate decisive actions are needed on the part of the military-political leadership of the country.
21:45 Officially, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that Russia has lost seven ships and boats in the war against Ukraine. About famous wrecked ships - in the article From Moscow to Saratov: how the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy the Russian fleet .
21:40 Biden said he would like to visit Ukraine. He also confirmed media reports that his administration was going to send a high-ranking US official to Kyiv.
21:27 Reuters, citing US authorities, reports that the fire on the missile cruiser Moskva continues, while the ship is still afloat and heading for Sevastopol.
21:19 The head of the Odesa OVA, Maxim Marchenko, claims that the cruiser Moskva is "burning out in the Black Sea."
21:15 As a result of the Russian invasion, almost 220,000 Ukrainians lost their homes - this is 37,500 unique addresses throughout the country, said Olena Shulyak , head of the Servant of the People party. According to her, almost 77,000 applications for the destruction and damage to the property of Ukrainians were received through Diya. The total area of damage exceeds 5.3 million square meters.
20:59 The Rada introduced criminal liability in the form of up to 12 years in prison for complicity with the aggressor state.
20:57 The French Embassy in Ukraine is returning from Lviv to Kiev, said the country's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
20:54 The NBU allowed banks to sell cash foreign currency to the population from April 14. At the same time, the regulator decided that the selling rate of the currency should be no more than 10% higher or lower than the official NBU rate, and the buying rate should not be lower than the official one. Non-cash sale of currency by banks to individuals is prohibited.
20:49 Zelensky, in an interview with BBC News, said that Russia's immediate goal is "to encircle 44,000 Ukrainian troops in a full-scale battle for the Donbass and take it away."
20:47 The United States admits the possibility of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow continues to face difficulties on the battlefield, said CIA director Bill Burns. At the same time, he added that the CIA "is following this very closely," but so far sees no signs that Russia is preparing to take such a step.
20:43 In Bucha, 73 bodies have already been recovered from a mass grave near the church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk said.
20:41 The Pentagon says that the Russian troops that left northern Ukraine began to appear in the northern part of Donbass in preparation for a major offensive, writes CNN. The US Department of Defense estimates that there are 65 combat-ready battalion tactical groups in eastern and southern parts of Ukraine, and Russia will try to deliver additional BTGs in the coming days.
20:38 In Oleshki, Kherson region, the occupiers hung out the Russian flag on the administration building. The mayor of the city, Yevgeny Ryshuk, said that "they are completely entering the city."
20:35 Zelensky, in an interview with BBC News, accused European countries that continue to buy Russian oil of "making money on someone else's blood." He also accused Germany and Hungary of blocking attempts to impose an embargo on Russian energy resources.
The President also reiterated his call for more weapons to Ukraine and said Ukraine was not receiving them quickly enough to repel a Russian attack.
20:29 Zelensky said in an interview with BBC News that tens of thousands of people could have been killed in Mariupol, in addition, many were missing. "We know that their documents were replaced, they were given Russian passports and taken deep into Russia - some to camps, some to other cities. Nobody knows what happens to these people. Nobody knows how many were killed," the head of state said.
At the same time, he noted that the east now represents "the most difficult situation" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "but it is here that our most powerful units are concentrated."
"They can destroy us, but we will respond; they can kill, but they will also die," Zelensky stressed.
20:26 War crimes in Mariupol and in the Kiev region have further narrowed the possibility of peace talks with Moscow, Zelensky said in an interview with BBC News: "It's not about me - it's about Russia. They will not have any more chances to talk to us."
20:23 Danilov said in an interview with the BBC that Russia, in the event of a successful invasion and overthrow of Zelensky, was going to put some "people in uniform" - citizens of Ukraine - at the head of Ukraine.
At the same time, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council denied rumors that the puppet government that the Russians wanted to create in Kyiv should have been headed by Yanukovych, Muraev, Tsarev or Medvedchuk: "I understand who they were preparing for this post ... The only thing I can say is people in uniform. In large uniforms."
20:20 According to the OP, 2557 people have been evacuated today. Including 2,332 people from Mariupol and Berdyansk on their own transport to Zaporizhia (of which 289 are from Mariupol, the rest are residents of the cities of the Zaporizhia region), from the Luhansk region - 225 people. Silence on the part of the occupying troops was again not ensured.
20:17 In the Kiev region, a curfew in the settlements of the Gostomel village council will be in effect from 18:00 on April 14 to 6:00 on April 20, the regional administration reports. On the territory of the Ivankovsky settlement council - daily from 20:00 to 6:00 from April 13 to 18, and in Irpin, the previously introduced curfew will last until 9:00 on April 15.
20:03 The United Arab Emirates sent a plane with 50 tons of humanitarian cargo and equipped ambulances to Ukraine, the Ukrainian embassy in the UAE said.
19:45 The State Border Service of Ukraine denied the information of the Russian Federation that Ukraine fired at the border checkpoint in the Bryansk region: "Russia massively spreads fake messages that their border regions are being fired from the territory of Ukraine. Allegedly, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on the Bryansk region and fired mortars at the checkpoint New Yurkovichi and the border settlement of Klimovo. But all these are provocations."
19:42 The Pentagon reports that Russian ships that were in the north of the Black Sea in the area of the cruiser Moskva moved south further than the Ukrainian coast, writes CNN.
19:39 The Rada freed students and teachers of vocational schools from mobilization.
19:37 CIA director William Burns called China the only and main geopolitical challenge for the US in the 21st century. But as far as Russia is concerned, Putin, in his words, "was mired in resentment, ambition and insecurity."
19:24 Ankara continues to work on organizing a meeting between Zelensky and Putin, but the recent events in Bucha "had a negative impact on the process," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
"Inhuman images from regions such as Bucha and Irpen, which we also condemn, changed the atmosphere. This created a negative atmosphere on the Ukrainian side. Although there were various statements from the Russian Federation on this matter, in the end it had a negative impact on the negotiation process" - he explained and added that Zelensky is still ready for negotiations, and now it's up to Putin.
19:20 In Russian Belgorod, the enemy deployed a unit of information and psychological operations of the RF Armed Forces in order to intensify measures of psychological impact on the defense forces of Ukraine and the civilian population of the Kharkiv region. The goal is demoralization and cessation of resistance, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:18 According to the General Staff, the invaders continue to prepare for active operations in the areas of Slavyansk and Barvenkovo. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation and artillery, continues the offensive in separate directions. The main efforts are focused on establishing control over Popasna, Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and Slavyansk.
19:16 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the 126th separate coastal defense brigade (Perevalnoye, Crimea) and the 127th separate reconnaissance brigade (Sevastopol), the losses are more than 50% of the personnel.
19:14 The command of the Russian army fails to fulfill plans for mobilization in the North Caucasus region to participate in the war against Ukraine, the main reason is the unwillingness of the population to participate in hostilities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
Also, in connection with the critical situation that has developed with the recruitment of combat units, the command of the RF Armed Forces plans to start a new process of mobilization at the national level. According to the plan, mobilization for the purpose of hiding it will be carried out in parallel with the planned conscription for military service.
19:12 Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian team will take part in the international sports competitions of the Invictus Games. Among the members of the team are current servicemen who defend Ukraine.
19:10 The governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation again announced shelling from the side of Ukraine - this time the village of Zhuravlevka. According to him, there is damage to residential buildings, there is no information about victims and victims.
19:08 The head of the Krivoy Rog OVA Alexander Vilkul said that the front line was moved away from Krivoy Rog by 40-50 kilometers.
19:01 The cruiser Moskva became the most expensive military loss of Russia in the war with Ukraine. Forbes compared the ship to a cruiser of the same class called the Ukraine , which cost $720 million in 1995.
18:59 The US Embassy in Ukraine said that the new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine is not the last, and there will be more in the future.
18:57 Deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life faction, whose activities were suspended today, will create a new deputy group, Boyko said.
18:52 Anonymous hackers reported that they leaked 728 GB of data to the network of Gazprom Linde Engineering, which specializes in the design of gas and petrochemical processing facilities and oil refineries.
18:48 Google stops monetization of content that spreads fakes about Russia's war against Ukraine, denies or justifies it. This also applies to materials that deny the tragic events. Such a decision will hit Russian propagandists hard, the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine notes.
18:33 A Soviet military monument, a self-propelled gun mount, was dismantled in Rivne. According to the secretary of the City Council Viktor Shakirzyan, Ukrainian equipment that defended Ukraine from Russian invaders will stand at this place. It is also planned to dismantle the monument to Bogomolov in the park of Volunteers.
18:28 Russia in its war against Ukraine violated all conventions of 1949, Denisova said: "The aggressor violates all four Geneva Conventions of 1949, international humanitarian law, the Convention for the Protection against Genocide and destroys our population - uses non-conventional weapons, thermobaric bombs, slow fall , phosphorus and cluster mines. Non-conventional weapons have irremediable consequences, they are prohibited, so this is a crime against humanity."
18:26 Danilov said that in the first days of the war there was a lot of shooting near the President’s Office: “Don’t think that they were unprepared. government quarter, and to all our military."
18:24 Macron in Russia's war against Ukraine is trying not to completely destroy the bridges with Moscow. For the sake of this, he refused to call Putin a war criminal, the actions of the Russians in Ukraine - genocide, and now, in the spirit of Kremlin propaganda, he began to talk about the "brotherhood" of Ukrainians and Russians. More details in the material Putin's Syndrome .
18:10 For the first time in ten days, the Russians fired at the border settlements of the Sumy region from their territory, Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said. According to him, several border settlements were fired from artillery and mortars.
18:08 Moldova accused the Russian army of trying to recruit its citizens for the war in Ukraine, writes Reuters. It comes just days after British intelligence said Moscow was trying to replenish its forces in Ukraine by recruiting people from the unrecognized Transnistria.
18:07 In Borodyanka, Kiev region, when clearing the rubble of a multi-storey residential building, the bodies of two people were found, Anton Gerashchenko said. In total, four bodies have been found today, and since the beginning of work - 26 dead.
18:05 Turkey and its ships did not help the Russian military evacuate from the Moskva cruiser, the BBC reports, citing an unnamed Turkish official. The fact that it was Turkish sailors who helped the Russian military was previously announced by Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas.
18:03 The Rada allowed foreign citizens to work in Ukrainian intelligence and serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine from three to five years.
18:00 As a result of the Russian invasion, the real GDP of Ukraine in 2022 will fall by at least a third, the National Bank predicts.
17:55 Danilov said that the Ukrainian authorities knew about the preparation of a full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine and expected the beginning of the invasion of Russian troops on February 22. “The only thing we did not expect was that the territory of Belarus would be involved. There were discussions about this, but in the end we thought that it would be different. But it happened as it happened,” he added.
17:50 Verkhovna Rada recognized Russia's war against Ukraine as genocide. A bill was also passed to ban the symbols Z and V as symbols of Russian aggression.
17:46 From today, Uber has resumed work in Kiev. According to the regional manager of the taxi service Anabel Diaz, the company will not take commissions for trips, that is, the full fare paid by passengers will go directly to the drivers. The company also promised to provide 10,000 free rides to civil servants and critical infrastructure workers in the capital.
17:40 Lithuania responded to Medvedev's threats to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in the Baltic. Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said such threats were "not new" and recalled that the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad has long been a highly militarized zone.
In turn, the country's Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas drew attention to the fact that nuclear weapons appeared in the same Kaliningrad even before the war with Ukraine: "Today's Russian threats seem rather strange, because we know that even without taking into account the current security situation, they keep weapons in a hundred kilometers from the Lithuanian border.
17:35 Biden's national security aide Jake Sullivan said the United States does not intend to return seized assets to Russian businessmen: "Our goal is not to return them. Our goal is to use them better than in this way."
17:33 Kuleba on the situation in Mariupol: "Mariupol is in a desperate situation. It is extremely painful to receive news from there. We are doing everything possible to support the civilian population and the defenders of Mariupol. But in order to unblock Mariupol and save them, we need more weapons and we are working with partners to get them."
17:32 Today, the Verkhovna Rada announced the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to suspend the activities of the Opposition Platform for Life and the activities of the Opposition Platform for Life faction in parliament, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. In addition, according to him, people's deputies Isaenko and Burmich left the Opposition Platform for Life. Boyko was elected head of the OPF, and Rabinovich was recalled as co-chairman.
17:17 The Parliament of Moldova in the third, final reading adopted a bill that introduces liability for the use of symbols of military aggression, in particular, the St. George ribbon, symbols Z and V.
17:16 The German government and the Dortmund club are ready to help restore the Chernihiv football stadium, which suffered from Russian bombing, said the Minister of Culture and Information Policy Alexander Tkachenko.
17:12 In Kramatorsk, one of the workshops of the Energomashspetssvyaz plant was destroyed, the owner of the enterprise, People's Deputy Maxim Yefimov, said. According to him, there were no military personnel on the territory, a workshop technologically important for production was broken up. The number of victims and destruction are specified.
17:01 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine received data on Russian war criminals belonging to the highest command staff. These are Alexander Sanchik and Andrey Serdyukov.
The first is in command of the units of the 35th Army, allocated to the group of troops Vostok. In the period from February to April 2022, he led the actions of subordinate forces during the operation to capture Kyiv from the west.
The second one commands a group of airborne troops, led the units of the Southern Military District during the annexation of Crimea in February 2014 during the fighting in the Donbass. For participation in the Russian aggression in the Donbass, he received the military rank of Colonel General.
16:48 Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the explosion on board the cruiser Moskva caused significant damage to the ship, but the US military is "not quite sure what happened" - an accident or a Ukrainian missile hit.
"We assess that the ship is able to break through its own path, and it does. We think that it is moving to the east and that it will probably be taken to Sevastopol for repairs. But we do not know what exactly caused this," he said. Kirby.
16:36 Both Poland and NATO are ready to respond to Russia's aggression against the member countries of the alliance, Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina said in an interview with TSN: "We are always ready for this. And not only we, but also our allies. All NATO members are ready "Article 5 of the Washington Treaty says that aggression against any NATO country is aggression against the entire alliance. And if Putin starts some kind of aggression against Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia or Finland, if she is in NATO, this is a red line for all of us".
16:28 Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russian servicemen, at the expense of which the units most affected in the war against Ukraine are understaffed, receive decommissioned uniforms as equipment.
So, on March 12, the Russian railway delivered a cargo with 5006 pieces of body armor to the "recruits". Upon arrival of the cargo, it turned out that the fabric of the body armor was almost completely rotted, and the metal armor plates were rusted.
The bulletproof vests were removed from "long-term storage", where they lay in conditions of high humidity for many years. Such "protection" is physically incapable of protecting anyone, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region notes.
16:25 The US State Department has appointed a new sanctions coordinator - Ambassador James O'Brien, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. "Jim will play a critical role in shaping our sanctions policy to hold corruption and human rights violations accountable, and deter actions that threaten our national security," he said.
16:22 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council announced that the Russian special services have begun to implement a plan for carrying out terrorist attacks to whip up anti-Ukrainian hysteria.
As of April 14, several “terrorist attacks” had already taken place in the regions of the Russian borders, for which the leadership of the Russian Federation accuses Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups. Earlier, the CPD under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine warned about the corresponding intentions of the enemy to consolidate the Russians against the Ukrainians.
16:13 The Belgorod governor announced the shelling of the village of Spodaryushino in the Grayvoron district. According to him, there are no victims and casualties among the civilian population, there are no destructions of residential and social facilities either.
16:09 Inflation in Ukraine by the end of 2022 may exceed 20%, the National Bank said.
16:06 The White House did not rule out that Washington would be ready to explore the possibility of lifting a number of sanctions against Russia if agreements were reached between Kiev and Moscow.
15:57 Putin said that "unfriendly" countries are delaying payment for gas under a new scheme that provides for the transfer of euros with subsequent conversion into rubles through accounts at Gazprombank.
"Unfriendly countries recognize that they cannot do without Russian energy resources, including gas, supplies from the United States to Europe will cost many times more than Russian ones," Putin stressed and instructed to speed up the process of switching the foreign exchange market to settlements in national currencies.
15:49 Ireland supports the imposition of an embargo on oil and gas from Russia, said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the country Simon Coveney during a visit to Kiev. Ireland will also contribute to Ukraine's accession to the EU.
15:47 Zelensky told the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Kiev last week that Ukraine needs seven billion dollars a month in the form of urgent financial assistance to cover social benefits and salaries, writes Bloomberg.
15:45 As a result of the shelling of the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, seven people were injured, including a pregnant woman and a child, Russian media write. Two adults are in serious condition, three more are in average condition. In Russia, Ukraine was accused of shelling the Bryansk region.
Ukrainian intelligence has previously warned that the Russian Federation was preparing such provocations.
15:43 Greece will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine, Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said. According to him, the supply of a large number of weapons can reduce the defense of Greece, especially on the islands.
Earlier, Greece sent Ukraine two S-130 transport aircraft with military assistance, including Kalashnikov assault rifles and MANPADS.
15:38 The EU blocked a scheme that allowed European governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia last year alone, despite the embargo that came into force in 2014, writes Reuters. According to the publication, the EU countries sold arms and ammunition to the Russian Federation in the amount of 39 million euros in 2021, which is more than 50% more than in 2020.
15:36 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that two Ukrainian pilots, Ivan Pepelyashko and Aleksey Chizh, were released from Russian captivity. They were taken prisoner on March 8 near the village of Novaya Basan, Chernihiv region.
15:34 Kuleba said that Ukraine respects the institution of the Federal President of Germany and is not interested in aggravating relations with Germany.
"We do not always agree with German policy in everything, but we respect Germany as a state as a partner. It is absolutely obvious to us that the head of state, the President of Germany, is one of the symbols of this state," Kuleba said.
15:31 Macron said that he explained to Zelensky in a telephone conversation in the morning why he is against the use of the term "genocide".
Also in an interview with the weekly Le Point, he said that he prefers to be "careful with the terms", and expressed confidence that in order to end the war, it is useless to engage in "verbal escalation".
15:20 Ukraine and Russia held the fourth exchange of prisoners. As a result, 30 people were returned, Vereshchuk said. Five officers and 17 privates were exchanged. Eight civilians have also been released.
15:17 The head of the State Border Service, Sergei Deineko, said that the Russians on Wednesday opened fire in the area of the state border in the area where the Chernihiv region of Ukraine borders on the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation.
15:13 The command of the air assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Lviv paratroopers liberated several Ukrainian settlements in southern Ukraine from occupation.
15:08 Men of military age will be involved in the restoration of cities, while they will not be subject to mobilization, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said in an interview with NV.
14:47 The 25th World Energy Congress, which was supposed to be held in St. Petersburg in October 2022, has been officially cancelled. The event will not take place this year.
14:32 UN Secretary General António Guterres said that due to the war in Ukraine, about 1.7 billion people around the world are waiting for poverty, destitution and hunger - on a scale that has not been seen for decades.
14:29 Peskov announced a lack of understanding about the prospects for continuing negotiations with Kiev in person. He added that Moscow is in favor of holding the meeting in Belarus.
14:26 Turkey may join the sanctions against Russia in the future, but only if they are approved at the UN level, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
14:24 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the enemy missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. The strike was carried out by Ukrainian-made Neptune missiles. All the details that are currently known are in the article How the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation .
14:04 The mayor of Buchi said that water and gas have already appeared in the city, and they promise to restore the supply of electricity by April 17.
13:59 Lavrov said that "without universal agreements in the field of Internet regulation, the world risks plunging into a state of cyberanarchy, and the consequences can be, without exaggeration, catastrophic for the global economy, international security and simply for the elementary comfort and well-being of hundreds of millions of citizens."
13:46 In the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, the Novye Yurkovichi checkpoint was fired from the territory of Ukraine, cars belonging to refugees were damaged, the FSB said.
13:31 In the units of the Russian army that have already fought against Ukraine, 20% to 40% of contract soldiers refuse to return to the war, according to the estimates of the investigative group Conflict Intelligence Team. At the same time, not a single objector in Russia has been prosecuted to date.
13:29 Trump called the crimes of Russia in Ukraine a genocide.
13:28 In Odessa, signs of Russian cities - Volgograd, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg and Taganrog - will be removed from the memorial sign of twin cities and partner cities on Dumskaya Square. Their places will be taken by "our friendly cities, with the support of which we will definitely win this war," said Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov.
13:26 Erdogan plans to hold telephone conversations with Zelensky and Putin in the coming days, the Turkish Foreign Minister said.
13:25 In Ternopil, a Soviet plane was dismantled - a monument to Soviet pilots. According to the mayor of the city Serhiy Nadal, this place will be a monument to the heroes of Ukraine.
13:23 Peskov said that Putin does not refuse to meet with Zelensky, but the ground needs to be prepared, and the text of the document is not yet available.
13:22 Mayor of Tavriysk Nikolai Rizak, who has been in captivity of the Russians since April 1, wrote a letter of resignation "due to the deterioration of health."
13:13 The Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced the suspicion of a Lviv woman on the fact of unauthorized dissemination of information about the placement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the investigation, the woman posted a message on her personal Facebook page, allowing to identify the location of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the ground.
13:06 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the fire on the cruiser Moskva was localized, there was no open burning, and ammunition explosions were stopped. The agency assures that the cruiser "retains buoyancy, the main missile armament is not damaged."
Also, the Russian Defense Ministry reports that the crew was evacuated to the Russian Black Sea Fleet ships in the area, the cruiser will be towed to the port. Causes of the fire in Russia are not known.
At the same time, the Turkish and Romanian media write that the cruiser Moscow sank, 54 sailors were rescued by a Turkish ship. There were 510 people on board.
12:58 Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who recently held meetings with Zelensky and Putin, believes that there is still a "small chance" for negotiations between the countries. According to him, the Istanbul meeting showed that not all doors are closed for a solution through negotiations.
The chancellor also said that Putin had assured him that gas would be supplied under the terms of already concluded contracts, payment would be made in euros.
12:47 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine does not expect a cessation of hostilities by Russia after May 9, Anna Malyar said. According to her, Russia continues to accumulate military force for an offensive against Ukraine, Kyiv remains a target of the enemy, and threats remain for the entire country.
12:39 SBU neutralized a powerful criminal group in Odessa, which wanted to join the occupying "power" if the Russians captured the city. During a large-scale special operation, leaders and members of criminal groups were detained, among them Emil Varshavsky and Paizulaev, well-known in criminal circles.
Some members of the group joined the ranks of the terrorist defense to collect information about the Ukrainian military in the Odessa region. They also had to hunt law enforcement officers and patriotic activists.
12:36 Podolyak: "Russia declares that it started the war to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. After the entry of Sweden and Finland, the Kremlin will receive NATO half an hour from St. Petersburg. 20,000+ dead Russian soldiers. Destroyed economy. Complete isolation. But a special operation still "goes according to plan. What was that plan?"
12:32 According to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the United States has sent so many of its Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine that their stocks are running out for possible use even on their own, writes CNN.
12:27 It's too early to return to Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said: "Wait a bit. As of today, there is a constant threat of the enemy using missile weapons throughout Ukraine. The dynamics of events in the coming weeks will be indicative."
12:25 The State Bureau of Investigation reported that it had detained and handed over to the SBU the head of the Mariupol faction of the Opposition Platform for Life. As Anton Gerashchenko clarified, Vladimir Klimenko, Poklonskaya's ex-husband, was hiding in Odessa.
12:18 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine appealed to the UN because of the illegal export and adoption of Ukrainian children by Russian citizens. Such actions of the Russian Federation violate the norms of international law. In particular, the Russian military in the occupied territories illegally exports, among other things, orphans and children whose parents died from the Russian invasion.
There is a threat of adoption of children by Russian citizens without following all the necessary procedures. To this end, the Russian authorities are seeking to sign so-called "agreements" with the "LDNR" for the transfer of illegally deported orphans to Russian families, the Foreign Ministry reports.
12:13 In Mariupol, the Russian occupiers encourage civilians to put on a white ribbon, allegedly as a mark "our", which is a symbol hostile to Ukraine. Thus, they want to make people a bait for Ukrainian snipers, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor.
Also, according to him, information began to come in about the introduction by the occupiers of separate passes - permits for movement around the city. “Combined with special marks “ours”, all this resembles segregation and the transformation of Mariupol into a real ghetto for Ukrainians on the basis of Nazi tracing paper in Lvov and Poland,” Andryushchenko added.
12:08 Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said that Russia should be held accountable for the killing of civilians in Ukraine. According to him, the actions of the Russian Federation are unacceptable and violate international humanitarian law.
11:55 Ukrainian intelligence received documents indicating the intentions of the occupiers to capture Kiev. In particular, the grouping of Russian troops Center, operating in the Chernihiv and Sumy directions, was given the task of capturing the left-bank part of the capital.
This is discussed in the combat order of the commander of the 96th separate reconnaissance brigade, which he received from the headquarters of the 1st tank army of the western military district. The document defines the stages of the offensive and the tasks of the personnel of the brigade.
11:39 Ex-co-owner of Yukos Leonid Nevzlin said, citing his sources in Moscow, that Shoigu has a massive heart attack, he is in intensive care. Also, according to him, 20 Russian generals were arrested for embezzlement of funds: since 2014, about $10 billion allocated by Putin for the seizure of Ukraine has been stolen. Surkov was arrested in the same case of stealing money, he is under house arrest.
11:37 Police detained a traitor from Bucha: a resident of Krivoy Rog came to the Kiev region to visit relatives, patrolled along with Russian invaders, psychologically put pressure on the inhabitants of Bucha, threatened them with murder, intimidated them with weapons, and tortured supporters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For such actions, the defendant faces life imprisonment.
11:31 Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that the EU "goes beyond the limits of its competence" in relation to Russia, and therefore Moscow may break off relations with Brussels.
11:29 Two heads of territorial communities in the Lugansk region - Melovskaya and Markovskaya - are suspected of high treason, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported. According to the investigation, the suspects went over to the side of the Russian Federation and, under martial law, provided the invaders with assistance in carrying out subversive activities against Ukraine.
11:23 The Russians have not let people out of Mariupol for several days, and the bodies of the dead are being taken to Khartsyzsk to be burned in a crematorium, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Boychenko. According to him, 90 percent of the infrastructure was destroyed, 60 percent with a direct hit by artillery or aircraft, 40 percent cannot be restored.
He also spoke about forced deportation: to date, 33,500 residents of Mariupol have been deported to the Russian Federation (where the able-bodied are sent to work) or to the "DPR" (where the elderly are sent).
11:21 The message that Zelensky did not want to meet the federal president of Germany in Kiev caused a wave of indignation in Germany. More about this - in the material Steinmeier did not go to Kiev: what they say in Berlin .
11:16 For the first time in history, Ukraine was elected to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, the Foreign Ministry said. Ukraine was also elected to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Social Development for the period 2023-2027, which are important platforms, in particular for countering Russia's crimes.
At the same time, Russia was not admitted to the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples, as well as to the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations and the Executive Bureau of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UN Women.
11:14 In the village of Novaya Basan, Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, a mini-tractor with a trailer came across an anti-tank mine, the driver died on the spot, Suspilne reports with reference to the National Police.
11:10 The head of WHO Tedros Ghebreis said that the world does not pay equal attention to emergencies involving blacks and whites. He cited the example of Ukraine: only a fraction of the aid provided to Kiev was given to other humanitarian crises. At the same time, he acknowledged that assistance to Ukraine is "very important" because it "affects the whole world."
11:06 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 14:
- personnel - about 19,900 people,
- tanks - 753,
- armored combat vehicles - 1968,
- artillery systems - 366,
- MLRS - 122,
- air defense systems - 64,
- aircraft - 160,
- helicopters - 144,
- automotive equipment - 1437,
- ships/boats - 7,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 134,
- special equipment - 25,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:57 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that 403 people were killed in Bucha, 16 people are considered missing , the bodies of 163 dead have already been identified. 22 high-rise buildings were destroyed, two of which cannot be restored. 243 private houses were also destroyed, which also cannot be restored.
10:45 After the start of the war, Ukrainian customs revenues fell to 20 percent, and tax revenues to 50 percent. The budget is mainly filled with loans and bonds, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said.
10:37 German Vice Chancellor Robert Habek criticized Ukraine for canceling Steinmeier's visit: "Unfortunately, I have to say this: the Ukrainian side made a diplomatic mistake... The federal president is Germany. And therefore, the rejection of President Zelensky is a rejection for Germany" .
10:35 British intelligence notes that during the Russian military operations in Ukraine, urban centers have repeatedly faced indiscriminate attacks from the Russian Federation. Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka are likely to "become a target for the Russian authorities of a similar level of violence."
Intelligence also believes that the combination of massive rocket and artillery strikes to concentrate forces for the offensive represents a return to traditional Russian military doctrine. "However, this will require significant forces. The ongoing defense of Mariupol by Ukraine is currently shackling a significant number of Russian troops and equipment," the report says.
10:32 Medvedev said that Russia will begin to increase the grouping of troops and weapons, including nuclear weapons, in the Baltic, if Finland and Sweden join NATO. At the same time, he added that Russia has a different attitude to the entry into NATO of Ukraine and Sweden with Finland: "We do not have territorial disputes with these countries, as with Ukraine. And therefore the price of such membership is different for us."
10:28 Reuters reports that global oil traders are planning to reduce the purchase of oil and fuel from Russian state oil companies as early as May 15. The reason is the EU sanctions, which exclude work with Rosneft or Gazpromneft.
“But that’s definitely not all,” Yermak commented. “Ukraine’s sanctions plan, which we are preparing and will develop together with allies, contains more restrictions. Sanctions against the Russian state company Transneft will definitely complicate any sales. Because this Russian company owns key pipelines and ports. A total embargo on energy is our goal of anti-Russian sanctions."
10:25 Heads of the Parliaments of the Czech Republic and Poland Milos Vystrchil and Tomasz Grodsky arrived in Ukraine.
10:19 Germany arrested in Hamburg the world's largest superyacht Dilbar - it belongs to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, writes Bloomberg.
10:15 Arestovich said that Ukraine will strike back if Moscow hits Kiev: "We have excellent opportunities in Russia."
09:54 On April 13, the Lychakovsky District Court of Lviv arrested another 154 objects of movable and immovable property of Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko. Among those arrested are 26 cars, 30 land plots, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces and a motor yacht, the State Bureau of Investigation reports. Shares in charter capitals in 25 companies were also arrested.
Earlier, the court had already arrested Medvedchuk's yacht and other real estate.
09:51 Kiev metro trains will resume traffic on both tracks on the blue and green lines from tomorrow. The traffic interval on all lines will be reduced to 30 minutes, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. On the red line, traffic on both tracks will be between the stations Akademgorodok and Shulyavskaya, one each - between Shulyavskaya and Teatralnaya.
09:49 Arestovich reported on "Chernobaevka-15": ammunition depots of the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Federation were destroyed yesterday near Kherson.
09:47 At the hands of the Russian invaders, 197 Ukrainian children have already died, more than 351 were injured of varying severity, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
Including two more children died in the hospital, who suffered from the explosion in Kramatorsk. Thus, as a result of a missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station, 59 people were killed, including seven children.
09:43 As of today, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed:
from Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak and Energodar to Zaporozhye (by own transport)
from Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya, Rubezhnoye and Gorny to Bakhmut (in case the shelling by the Russian military ceases)
09:28 After the Ukrainian defenders knocked out the missile cruiser Moskva, the total number of cruise missiles of the Russian Black Sea Fleet ships in the Black Sea decreased from 72 to 56, BlackSeaNews reports.
09:10 Colombian President Ivan Duque said that his country is ready to help European countries if they decide to abandon Russian energy resources.
09:08 In the Kharkiv region, a group of SSOs of Ukraine blew up a bridge with enemy equipment heading to Izyum. These were the Tigr armored car, KAMAZ and three Urals, moving to reinforce their grouping.
09:05 Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky confirmed that 169 servicemen of the National Guard were captured from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: “Unfortunately, I can’t say what their fate is. Negotiations are underway on their exchange. But we understand that this will be, perhaps, only after end of the active phase of hostilities.
09:02 In Ukraine, you can again take a practical exam to obtain category B rights - this service has been resumed by service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
08:59 Anton Gerashchenko writes that the cruiser Moskva sank.
08:57 Arestovich admitted that some of the marines in Mariupol were captured, however, we are not talking about a thousand fighters, as the Russian Defense Ministry said, but about a "much smaller" number of people. According to him, this happened during an attempt to break through to the Azov regiment in Mariupol.
"In general, the breakthrough operation was successful. The military have already regrouped and are ready to continue to carry out combat missions," the adviser to the head of the OP added.
08:48 Switzerland has approved the latest package of EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The Swiss government also approved the imposition of sanctions against 200 individuals and legal entities, including two of Putin's daughters. The list of Swiss sanctions is now fully consistent with EU sanctions, Yermak said.
08:40 American media writes that US investigators should get access to Medvedchuk, since he is a defendant in an investigation into Moscow's interference in the American elections.
08:22 Russian forces are likely to capture Mariupol next week, analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say. According to them, Russian troops continue to "increase successes" around Mariupol.
At the same time, ISW notes that the reports about the mass surrender of Ukrainians, which were written about by the Russian media, do not correspond to reality.
07:57 The EU warned member states that paying for Russian gas in rubles would violate the sanctions imposed against Russia, Bloomberg reports.
07:36 The General Staff reported on the fighting in the areas of Slavyansk, Popasnaya and Kurakhovo and the enemy's attempts to storm Mariupol.
07:33 In the Belarusian settlement Kholmich at the checkpoints, the military police from the Russian Federation and Belarus check the phones. Civilians are informed that Ukrainian units can attack Belarus at any time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes.
07:30 According to the Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia continues to build up an aviation group near the eastern border of Ukraine, strengthens artillery units, optimizes existing control, intelligence and medical support systems.
06:54 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the information about the fire on the cruiser Moskva, but did not report the reasons, mentioning only that "the ammunition detonated."
06:27 US officials held internal preliminary talks about a visit to Ukraine by a high-ranking official - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin or Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, writes CNN.
06:07 Australia introduced another package of sanctions against Russia, 13 companies were blacklisted, including Gazprom, Transneft, Rostelecom and Alrosa, writes The Guardian.
05:15 Colombian President Ivan Duque recognized Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide: "What is happening in Ukraine is genocide. And this must stop ... This is madness."
02:35 Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a conversation between a Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine and his relatives, in which he reports that " Putin said to level everything with the ground " if there are no successes before May 10.
02:13 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Russian aggression against Ukraine is "correct" to call genocide.
00:48 Ukrzaliznytsia received 15 devices for access to Starlink satellite Internet.
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