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2023-04-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 3rd, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:00 Zelensky announced that he had met with a delegation of American congressmen and former head of the US State Department Mike Pompeo.
22:52 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held an offsite meeting of the Headquarters for the second time - this time in Chernihiv: "Key security issues are at the front line, in the northern regions and at the border. The commanders of the directions reported - this time generals Syrsky and Tarnavsky reported via secure communication, and not in person, from the hottest sectors of the front.The situation in Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and throughout the Donbass.Belogorivka and the entire Lugansk region.Commander-in-chief and head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, head of the State Border Service, representatives of the Ministry of Defense.Complete coordination.Complete preparation of our active actions for the sake of the liberation of Ukrainian lands".
22:39 In the north of Crimea, the Russians are creating new lines of defense, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images. In particular, in November 2022, there were no trenches yet, and by mid-March 2023, four sections are already clearly visible. One of the trenches starts at the Perekop Bay, the second and third run from both sides of the E-97 highway. Another system of trenches was created near the village of Filatovka. All of them have appeared since the beginning of this year.
22:35 Zelensky held a meeting with a delegation of the US House of Representatives from the Republican Party, headed by Chairman of the Standing Committee on Intelligence Mike Turner. The President recalled that the bicameral and bipartisan support of the United States, Biden, and the entire American people played a decisive role in Ukraine's ability to resist Russia in the war for its freedom and democratic values. "I hope that the high level of support and interaction between our states will continue to be maintained. This is the key to a joint victory over the Russian aggressor," Zelensky stressed.
22:21 Closed negotiations have begun in the United States on the removal of Cold War ammunition from bunkers and their subsequent modernization for transfer to Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the publication, one of these programs has already been launched - missiles for American-made HAWK air defense systems that have long been decommissioned should receive the necessary updates to be sent to Ukraine.
22:14 Washington respects Ukraine's decision to keep Bakhmut, said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House. According to him, Bakhmut "is of great importance for Ukrainians, and we, of course, respect and understand this." At the same time, he added that the retreat of the Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut "will not change the dynamics of the battle from a strategic point of view."
21:16 The Government of the Netherlands announced the allocation of a package of assistance to Ukraine for 274 million euros. Of these, 180 million are intended for humanitarian assistance, agriculture and reconstruction, the remaining 94 million are for non-lethal support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the fight against impunity and the preservation of cultural heritage.
20:33 Tough fighting continues in Bakhmut. Clashes have been going on for several weeks in the city itself. The Wagnerites continue to talk about the capture of the city, but the Ukrainian command assures that Russian troops are still very far from establishing control over Bakhmut. More details - there is no Capture in the material, there are fakes .
20:26 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now armed with five brigades of SU-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat said: "This is a historic step - the transfer of such types of weapons [Polish MiG-29] to Ukraine. We have three brigades of such aircraft today There are five fighter brigades: two SU-27 brigades and three MiG-29 brigades." He added that these are old fourth-generation Soviet fighters, and Ukraine needs more modern aircraft.
20:03 Zelensky, during a trip to the Chernihiv region, held talks with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who is on a visit to Ukraine.
19:37 Washington expects that Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in the coming weeks, said US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
19:06 Washington may announce an additional aid package for Ukraine this week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
18:44 Russian law enforcement officers have already reported on the detention of a suspect in involvement in the death of Vladlen Tatarsky. More details - in the material Who is suspected and the main versions .
18:41 The Russians fired at Avdiivka, got into a departmental bus - one person was killed, one was injured, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Almost at the same time, the enemy fired on Chasov Yar - two houses were completely burned down, three were damaged, but people were evacuated in time. Kirilenko once again urged people to travel to other regions of the country, since "any point in the Donetsk region is potentially dangerous."
18:29 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The defense forces repulsed more than 45 enemy attacks during the day. Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
In the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region, the occupying "authority" draws up lists of local residents who agree to be "evacuated" to the Crimea or Russia. So far, the evacuation will be carried out on a voluntary basis, in the first place, women and children will be taken out.
18:01 The SBU has reported suspicion to millionaire blogger Yuriy Podolyak, who publicly justifies Russian armed aggression against Ukraine. He is currently on the territory of the Russian Federation and is actively involved in the information and psychological operations of the Russian special services. In particular, he regularly appears on propaganda TV channels, including Solovyov's talk show, and calls for the capture of Ukraine and the destruction of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
Podolyaka was born in Sumy, and has been living and working in Russia since 2014. Since January 15, 2023, he has been under the sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in connection with anti-Ukrainian activities.
17:50 Zelensky said that he had handed over to Chernihiv the insignia of the hero city. "We are celebrating the first anniversary of the liberation of our northern regions. It was then, a year ago, that the successes of our people in the battles for Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kiev regions revealed the truth to the world. The truth about what Ukraine is like," the president said.
17:23 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the Russian delegation is not allowed to work in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and therefore the Russian Federation suspends the payment of membership fees to the organization's budget for 2023.
17:17 Ukraine returned 12 more of its citizens from Russian captivity , five of them seriously wounded, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. Of the 12 Ukrainians who returned home, ten were military and two were civilians. In total, 2005 Ukrainians have been released from captivity since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The headquarters recalled that on March 24, Ukraine voluntarily and without any conditions returned to Russia all five seriously wounded prisoners who were transportable. This is in line with the requirements of international humanitarian law. But Russia, instead of returning all seriously wounded Ukrainians, as required by the international conventions signed by the Russian Federation, released only five.
17:11 Australia will supply Ukraine with remote weapon systems (RWS) worth up to $80 million, Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems has announced. The company has already signed a contract with the Ukrainian side for the supply of up to a hundred heavy RWS, as well as spare parts and related services.
17:06 The Russians shelled a hospital in Kherson, where more than 200 patients are treated and about 100 specialists work. Windows were shattered in the building, but there was no direct hit on the building where people are located, so there were no casualties, the IVA said.
17:00 According to the World Bank, the priority demining of Ukraine's territory will cost about $1.5 billion. The priority plan identified 470,000 hectares of potentially contaminated agricultural land.
16:56 The enemy is weakening and trying to cover up its failures with more and more fakes about the capture of Bakhmut, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "But the truth is that the successful work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refutes all the efforts of Russian propagandists," he added. Syrsky said that he constantly works with units performing tasks in the hottest spots of the front line, and today he met with soldiers and commanders who "destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the Wagnerites and Russian paratroopers."
16:39 Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, said that five wounded Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated to Ukraine today.
16:39 Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, said that five wounded Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated to Ukraine today.
16:15 The profile committees of the State Duma are preparing amendments that will ban the activities of the International Criminal Court and international bodies in the Russian Federation "directed against Russia," speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said. In addition, according to him, for calls for the execution of decisions of international bodies "whose activities are directed against Russia", it is proposed to introduce criminal liability.
16:09 The Russians are increasingly sending Shahed kamikaze drones from the north - this is how they try to find weaknesses in the Ukrainian air defense, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Usually this is the Bryansk region, the area of the Sescha airfield. It is launched in small batches of 10-15 UAVs of this type... So they find the weak points of our air defense thanks to different sources and deplete our air defense because we waste anti-aircraft missiles on them."
16:05 Zelensky said that he had visited the village of Yagodnoye in the Chernihiv region together with the Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economy and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habek and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychynovych-Burich. We examined the consequences of the occupation of the village of Yagodnoye by Russian troops, visited the school, in the basement of which the Russians kept 367 local residents in unsanitary conditions for almost a month, 11 of them died.
15:38 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi will arrive in Moscow on Wednesday, April 4, where he will meet with a Russian interdepartmental delegation, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russian ambassador in Vienna, said.
15:11 At a meeting on April 4-5, NATO foreign ministers will agree on the start of developing a multi-year support program for Ukraine, Stoltenberg said. The Secretary General also noted that the alliance will discuss with Ukraine "not only urgent military support, but also reforms, the fight against corruption and the rights of national minorities."
15:05 The volume of military aid to Ukraine from NATO countries has exceeded $65 billion, Stoltenberg said.
14:56 Zelensky promised that if Russian troops do not leave the occupied Ukrainian territories, they will be destroyed: "I will not talk about specific things, because we cannot enable terrorists from the Russian Federation to prepare for our methods and steps for de-occupation. But we will do it, and they must know it. They still have time to get out of there, otherwise we will destroy them." According to him, now the Defense Forces are preparing "to be strong and de-occupy our land."
14:35 Zelensky, during a trip to Yagodnoye, Chernihiv region, commented on the murder of Tatarsky: "I don't think about what is happening in St. Petersburg or in Moscow. Russia should think about it. I think about our country."
14:21 Stoltenberg said that Finland will officially become a member of NATO on Tuesday, April 4.
13:53 In Belarus, on behalf of Lukashenka, a "check of the combat readiness of the armed forces" has begun, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The movement of military equipment is planned, restrictions for civilian transport are possible.
13:14 Peskov said that "the Kiev regime supports terrorist actions and may be behind the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky, like many other people since 2014." The Kremlin speaker added that "that is why the special operation is being carried out."
13:10 Denmark and Norway have agreed to jointly transfer 8,000 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine, the Danish Defense Ministry said. The timing of the release and delivery of shells is not specified. But it is indicated that the ammunition is suitable for Caesar artillery self-propelled guns, and it is expected that the shells will be transferred along with the systems.
13:07 The defense forces have improved the tactical position in the Donetsk direction. In particular, they were able to take some positions that are strategically important, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, speaker of the Tauride direction. He also said that the enemy was rotating near Avdiivka: “Today, it is known about the withdrawal of the 200th motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Army from there.
12:42 The European Commission will present an update on the EU accession status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in May. RFE/RL Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said a full report on the expansion is expected in October, but there is already a working proposal: a recommendation to start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, and candidate status for Georgia.
12:29 The speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Cherevaty, told Reuters that fighting continues around the city administration in Bakhmut, and the Russian troops "have not captured anything and, to put it mildly, are very far from it."
12:13 The National Anti-Terrorist Committee of Russia stated that the murder of military commander Vladlen Tatarsky was allegedly planned by the Ukrainian special services. Agents from among the people collaborating with the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation, of which the detained Trepova is an active supporter, were allegedly involved in the terrorist attack.
11:49 Ukraine has completely stopped importing electricity, there are no consumption restrictions in any region, Ukrenergo reported.
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11:18 The direct damage to Ukraine from Russian aggression is estimated at $750 billion, and if we add the so-called indirect losses, the amount will exceed $1 trillion, Oleg Ustenko, presidential adviser on economic issues, said.
11:16 Yermak denied Prigozhin's information that Bakhmut was allegedly "legally taken." "Bakhmut is Ukraine. Calmly react to the fakes of those who invent a "victory" that does not exist in reality," the head of the President's Office said.
11:13 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the detention of Darya Trepova on suspicion of involvement in an explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg, which killed military commander Tatarsky.
10:51 On April 3-4, Kuleba will visit Brussels, where he will take part in the official meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission. This will be the first meeting of the commission since 2017.
10:43 British intelligence believes that the Russian Ministry of Defense is trying to restore the reputation of the 155th Marine Brigade, which was twice defeated near Ugledar. Analysts say such attempts reflect concerns that the brigade's failures are increasingly being attributed to Russia's top military leadership.
Thus, during March, efforts to restore the image of the 155th Marine Brigade included public statements that the formation was "in high spirits with a firm determination to achieve its goals," as well as photographs showing that the 155th Brigade was being re-equipped modified tanks. In fact, the 155th brigade has probably been reactivated at least twice in the last six months after unsuccessful attempts to storm Vugledar, intelligence notes.
10:34 Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychinovich-Burich visited Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said.
Also in Ukraine on a visit is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Levente Madyar. He visited the village of Zagaltsy in the Kyiv region, where the destroyed kindergarten and school will be restored at the expense of the Hungarian government.
10:12 Poland has already handed over several of its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, spokesman for the Polish President Marcin Przydacz said. "According to my information, this process has already been completed, that is, the transfer of this first part," he said.
09:40 Zelensky will pay an official visit to Poland on Wednesday, April 5, according to the office of President Andrzej Duda.
09:37 Russian media write that as a result of an explosion in Melitopol, the former "head of administration" of the village of Akimovka, Maxim Zubarev, was wounded. According to the "authorities" of the occupied region, the condition of the collaborator is assessed as serious.
09:09 German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habek arrived in Kiev on an unexpected visit, writes Spiegel. He arrived with a small delegation of German business representatives. In particular, the delegation includes President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) Siegfried Russwurm.
09:06 In the center of Melitopol, on Bohdan Khmelnitsky Avenue, a car exploded, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said, citing local residents. Local "authorities" report that one person was injured in the explosion.
08:58 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six people were killed (in Konstantinovka), another 15 people were injured in the region. In the Kherson region, one dead, in the Kharkiv region - one wounded, according to the OVA.
08:52 In Melitopol, after the explosions in the locomotive depot on April 2, the invaders, in order to create the illusion of defense, once again used their air defense systems located in the middle of residential areas. Fragments of air defense shells hit an apartment building, injuring six local residents, Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said. Meanwhile, local "authorities" are accused of shelling the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that forces inside the Russian Federation may be involved in the liquidation of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, although Russian officials and propagandists were quick to blame Ukraine for the murder. At the same time, Prigozhin said that he would not blame the "Kiev regime" for the deaths of Tatarsky and Daria Dugina. Analysts say Tatarsky's murder in Prigozhin's bar may be part of a broader trend of escalating domestic conflicts involving Prigozhin and the Wagner PMC.
The institute’s experts also do not rule out that the assassination of the propagandist was a warning to Prigozhin, who increasingly questioned the Kremlin’s main propaganda theses about the war in Ukraine and even vaguely hinted at an interest in the position of the Russian president as a competitor to Putin or his successor.
The ISW also notes that the Russian authorities are likely to use the assassination of a military correspondent to increase censorship and strengthen control over the information space.
08:18 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 3.
- personnel - about 175,160 (+610) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3619 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 6993 (+7),
- artillery systems - 2694 (+7),
- MLRS - 527 (+0),
- air defense systems - 280 (+1),
- aircraft - 306 (+0),
- helicopters - 291 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2262 (+13),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5553 (+16),
- special equipment - 298 (+2).
08:12 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 70 enemy attacks were repelled. At the epicenter of hostilities are Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In Melitopol, the invaders are forcing school teachers to write a waiver of Ukrainian citizenship by June 1 and receive Russian passports.
00:48 The German concern Rheinmetall is building a logistics and repair center for military equipment supplied to Ukraine in the Romanian city of Satu Mare. The repair base will start operating in April, Armin Papperger, head of the concern, said. Rheinmetall set up a similar center in Lithuania in June 2022 to provide support for NATO equipment in the Baltic States
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