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2023-04-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 22nd, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:08 The Russians fired at the Kharkiv region: one of the rockets hit the private sector in the village. Kotlyary, Kharkiv region, also in Kharkiv, there was a hit in a civilian infrastructure facility, a large-scale fire broke out, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. At least five strikes on the city and region were preliminarily recorded. Information about the victims is being specified.
22:07 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke in detail about the new sanctions against those "who invest in Russian aggression and support it." First of all, according to him, this is another package of sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex - this time 322 companies have been added to the sanctions lists. Two more sanctions lists include individuals and legal entities that help circumvent sanctions against Russia, contain the property of war criminals and "are involved in the destruction of freedom both on the territory of Russia itself and on our soil."
The President stressed that Ukraine's sanctions packages are being carefully worked out and synchronized with partners: "This is one of our key common tasks - to remove any possibility for Russia to circumvent sanctions. Each Russian scheme that allows circumventing sanctions adds time to this war, adds opportunities to the aggressor."
Zelensky also noted that global restrictive work has begun on the Russian nuclear industry: "This industry not only generates funds for the aggressor's budget, but also helps to make other states dependent on the territory of which supposedly "energy" nuclear projects are being implemented. Any energy for the Kremlin is this is a weapon, nuclear energy is also a weapon for them. And this is exactly what is happening at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which Russia uses as a weapon to blackmail the world. And it’s good that Britain, America, France, Japan, Canada have formed an alliance that must remove the terrorist state's nuclear industry from the global market."
21:53 In Simferopol, the "court" sentenced 21-year-old Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet to seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the first year in prison, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said. He was accused of "financing" the Crimean volunteer battalion : according to investigators, he transferred 500 hryvnias to a representative of the battalion. In fact, he lent this money to an acquaintance who by that time had joined the volunteer battalion.
21:44 Reznikov said that he had held talks with his British colleague Ben Wallace, discussed further strengthening the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the training of Ukrainian military personnel.
21:07 Citizens of Finland after the country's entry into NATO began to be interrogated at the entrance to Russia, writes Yle. The Russian border guards are thus trying to establish ties with the Finnish army.
20:31 Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shae said that in international law the countries of the former USSR "do not have a valid status," and Crimea "was originally Russian."
19:46 In the occupied Energodar of the Zaporizhia region, the Russians increased the number of patrols, at checkpoints they began to more carefully check personal documents and inspect the vehicles of local residents, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. The occupiers have limited visits to forest areas, and the Ukrainians seen in these locations are taken under control by the FSB of the Russian Federation, their personal data is checked.
In addition, representatives of the Russian special services in the city organized covert surveillance of Ukrainian citizens who refused to receive a Russian passport. They are interested, in particular, in the sources of financial income of such citizens - how funds are transferred from the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government to the occupied territories of the region and how these funds are converted into cash.
Due to the critical shortage of qualified workers at the Zaporizhzhya NPP who are ready to work for the occupiers, the enemy increased psychological and physical pressure on the Ukrainian workers of the ZNPP. Using intimidation, threats, blackmail and torture, the Russians force them to obtain Russian citizenship and sign labor contracts with Rosatom.
18:59 Ukraine needs ten times more assistance than it receives now, Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk said: "We are grateful to our allies for their military assistance. But this is not enough. Ukraine needs ten times more to end Russian aggression in this Therefore, we urge our partners to cross all artificial red lines and allocate 1% of GDP for military supplies."
18:12 Brazilian President Lula da Silva said he was not going to visit either Ukraine or Russia until Moscow and Kiev resolve the conflict. He again expressed the opinion that for a peaceful solution to the crisis, it is necessary to create a "group of countries" that will help the parties to agree. "Brazil wants to find a way to make peace. It is better to look for a way out at the negotiating table than on the battlefield," he said.
17:26 Zelensky introduced a new package of sanctions - the restrictions will affect 40 individuals and 382 legal entities related to Russia's war against Ukraine.
16:54 Patriot systems will not be able to secure the entire country, but they can partially help in certain areas - for example, where the Russians are now using guided bombs, Yuri Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "In particular, our Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to keep Russian aircraft for a little greater distance from our borders. But this problem will not be completely solved, it can be completely solved thanks to the F-16, because this is a weapon that can respond quickly and be where it is needed. "
16:11 The Russians have reduced pressure on Vugledar, but the situation in the direction is still difficult, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. He also said that assault units of Russians, recruited from people with a criminal past, appeared in Marinka.
14:37 Germany has decided on another mass expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. In turn, Moscow "strongly condemned" such a move, saying that these actions of Berlin "defiantly destroy the entire array of bilateral relations." Also, the Russian Federation, as a response, decided to "mirror the expulsion" of German diplomats.
13:52 In Russian Belgorod, an unexploded bomb was found - in the same area where another one fell the day before after an "abnormal descent of aviation ammunition," Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. At risk were 17 apartment buildings with more than 3,000 residents, they decided to evacuate.
13:10 Brazil will send to Ukraine a special presidential adviser on international politics, who met with Putin in early April.
12:28 Representatives of the so-called Russian elites are afraid for their future and are looking for contacts with Ukraine and other countries in order to obtain possible security guarantees after the defeat of the Russian Federation, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "They are looking for ways out, of course. And not only with Ukraine. Geography on which they are trying to obtain personal guarantees of security for themselves, for their fortune, for their families, is quite wide.
He clarified that now this mainly concerns "a conditional business elite, but there are already representatives of the political segment of the elite of the Kremlin residents." According to Yusov, this process will only gain momentum, and the greater the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the more such contacts will be.
10:49 "Head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, announced the work of air defense in the sky over the peninsula. Local publics wrote about explosions in the Kerch region.
10:36 Jack Teixeira began publishing secret Pentagon documents regarding Ukraine 48 hours after the Russian invasion, writes The New York Times. The documents included details of Russian and Ukrainian casualties, the activities of Russian intelligence services, and updates on assistance to Ukraine.
10:03 A ship with six Leopard 2A4 tanks and armored personnel carriers destined for Ukraine left the Spanish port of Santander, Reuters reports. The ship is heading to Poland, from where the armored vehicles will go to Ukraine. Earlier, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced that the country would send ten Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine. Four more vehicles are currently being prepared. Spain also trained 40 Ukrainian tankers and 15 mechanics for the Leopard 2.
09:19 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Ocheretino), two more were injured, according to the OVA.
09:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Prigozhin probably managed to find a patron in the Russian Defense Ministry and convey a message to Putin about the need to temporarily freeze the war. According to analysts, the recent statements by the head of PMC Wagner about the need to complete the "special operation" are a direct consequence of reaching an agreement with the military and political leadership of Russia.
The ISW admits that the Russian military command may be interested in freezing the war in order to restore units of its army and reduce public dissatisfaction with the lack of success on the battlefield. Prigozhin, in this situation, not only pursues the interests of his PMC, which also needs to replenish its losses, but also acts in favor of Putin as an information mouthpiece, having a fairly large influence in the media.
08:53 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 22.
- personnel - about 185,730 (+680) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3672 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7130 (+4),
- artillery systems - 2832 (+5),
- MLRS - 539 (+0),
- air defense systems - 289 (+4),
- aircraft - 308 (+0),
- helicopters - 293 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2398 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5718 (+5),
- special equipment - 337 (+3).
08:29 The main efforts of the Russian army are focusing on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions - 53 enemy attacks were repulsed. Bakhmut remains at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
According to the General Staff, on April 17, the Russians tried to evacuate their wounded soldiers in 14 trucks from the Luhansk region towards Urazovo, Belgorod region, but at the border the Russian side did not let the military convoy through and turned it back. As a result, some of the wounded died due to lack of medical care. Another part of the seriously wounded Russians, more than 50 people, was transported to a hospital deployed on the basis of the Troitskaya Central District Hospital.
04:50 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that during a visit to the occupied ZNPP at the end of March, he saw “clear signs” of military preparations: “I saw clear signs of military preparations in this area when I visited the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant a little more than three weeks ago. Since then, our experts on the ground have frequently reported hearing explosions, sometimes suggesting intense shelling close to the scene. I am deeply concerned about the situation."
02:22 The United States, as part of a new military aid package, will transfer anti-tank mines from the Cold War to Ukraine, writes The New York Times, without specifying their number. M21 mines have been in US service since at least the early 1960s. The U.S. Accounts Office reported in 2002 that over 178,000 M21 mines were in stock, and the U.S. military last used anti-tank mines (not M21) during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
01:35 On the evening of April 21, the Russians attacked Ukraine from the southeast with Shahed-136/131 attack drones. Four out of five UAVs were destroyed, the Air Force command said.
00:19 The European Union did not include restrictions on nuclear energy and the diamond industry of the Russian Federation in its new package of sanctions against Russia, Rikard Jozwiak, correspondent of Radio Liberty in Brussels, said. As expected, the 11th sanctions package will mainly deal with new tools to prevent circumvention of sanctions.
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