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2024-04-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 16, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:31 The Biden administration is ready to consider four separate bills to finance national security needs, including assistance to Ukraine, proposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, White House National Security Council Speaker John Kirby said.
21:14 Latvia will send the first batch of drones to Ukraine as part of the drone coalition, Defense Minister Andris Spruds said. According to him, this is the country's first significant contribution to this coalition. Latvia will allocate at least 10 million euros per year for the development of the drone coalition. The countries included in the coalition intend to supply Ukraine with 1 million drones.
21:09 The West cannot create a system in Ukraine similar to the Israeli Iron Dome, Borrell said. He also explained that the United States cannot shoot down missiles over Ukraine, as in Israel, since there are no American military bases there that would be threatened by these missiles. At the same time, the head of European diplomacy said that he expects to receive “specific commitments” on the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine at the meeting of the heads of the EU Foreign and Defense Ministries on April 22.
21:05 Thanks to the creation of two levels of protection, it was possible to reduce the consequences of attacks on Ukrenergo substations by at least half, said the head of the company’s board, Vladimir Kudritsky. According to him, the third level is the most ambitious and requires the greatest investment and time for its construction, so construction work is still ongoing. “But only air defense can save power plants from a direct missile hit,” he added.
21:58 In Moscow, there is a fire at the Avangard military plant, which produces missiles for the S-300 and S-400 complexes, Russian media report. Fire on an area of 50 square meters. m occurred in workshop No. 12.
20:22 Ukraine has not received regular American aid since December last year. In March, the Pentagon sent a relatively small package worth $300 million to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but both American and Ukrainian officials say this is not enough. Given the inability of the US Congress to timely allocate assistance, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing an acute shortage of ammunition. Read more in the material Situation with the help of the United States.
20:17 The EU Council on Monday, April 22, will discuss arms supplies to Ukraine, said official representative Peter Stano.
20:13 Zelensky in an evening video message confirmed the information about the destruction of the Russian radar station. He thanked the soldiers of the Special Operations Center “A” of the Security Service of Ukraine, who “are effectively destroying Russian air defense systems,” as well as employees of the 13th Military Counterintelligence Directorate of the SBU, “who are doing everything to destroy the Russian ability to terrorize Ukraine, destroying Russian radar stations that, in particular, worked for Russian aviation and bombing with guided bombs."
The president also said that Kyiv will request a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council on the issue of protecting the skies, air defense supplies, relevant systems and missiles. In addition, Zelensky commented on the statements of Western partners about the impossibility of providing the same assistance to Ukraine as to Israel: “In these two days, we have heard everything. About different conflicts - here in Europe and in the Middle East, different levels of threats, different airspace, although the same “martyrdom” and ballistics. About different threats of escalation. But are human lives different, we value each life equally?
19:59 The New York Times writes that Scholz, during his visit to Beijing, raised the topic of the war in Ukraine in a “non-confrontational tone,” at least publicly. The Chancellor, according to journalists, did not express direct concern about China’s support for Moscow’s economy. However, after three hours of negotiations with Xi, Scholz himself said that he called on the Chinese leader to put pressure on Moscow to stop the “senseless” war in Ukraine. Read more about the visit of the German Chancellor to China in the article Will there be friendship against Russia ?
19:25 The Supreme Council of National Defense of Romania stated that the country had become a target for a number of Russian spies who, in particular, tried to collect information about military exercises and assistance to Ukraine. The department's report says that the possible spies entered the country as Ukrainian refugees.
18:42 During the full-scale war, at least 37 thousand Ukrainians went missing, said Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets. He clarified that this includes both civilians, children and adults, as well as missing military personnel.
18:36 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution to support the restoration of Ukraine. In the document, MEPs call on all countries where Russia has accounts to take the necessary measures to ensure the transfer of these assets to restore Ukraine's infrastructure. PACE also called for the creation of an international compensation mechanism under its auspices.
18:04 The media have collected in infographics the main changes contained in the law on mobilization:
17:18 The Russians hit the town of Zolochev with a controlled aerial bomb, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region - they hit the Ukrposhta building, two people were injured, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:13 Brigadier General Gennady Shapovalov has been appointed commander of OK South, the command reported. In this position, he replaced Major General Andrei Kovalchuk, who now heads the Military Academy in Odessa. Shapovalov was the commander of a separate motorized infantry brigade named after Yakov Handzyuk, and graduated, in particular, from the US Army War College, where senior officers of the American Ground Forces are trained.
17:06 The new law on mobilization, which Zelensky signed today, contains a provision on the confiscation of vehicles for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from citizens who have more than one car. About what kind of cars they want to mobilize and who will be responsible for it, see the material Mobilization of cars from Ukrainians.
16:39 Scholz said that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to influence Russia so that Putin would withdraw troops from Ukraine: “China’s word has weight in Russia. Therefore, I asked President Xi to influence Russia so that Putin would finally stop his crazy campaign and withdraw his troops and ended this terrible war."
The Chancellor also noted that he and Xi had reached a consensus regarding the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland: “China and Germany want to intensively and positively coordinate efforts to facilitate the holding of the high-level conference in Switzerland and the upcoming international peace conferences.”
16:02 Zelensky signed the law on mobilization. After this, the document will be published in the official parliamentary publication Voice of Ukraine, the law will come into force one month from the day following its promulgation.
15:41 For the first time in history, a Ukrainian filed a lawsuit in Argentina due to torture in Russian-occupied territory. The procedure was organized by the war crimes documentation project The Reckoning Project. The Argentine Constitution, on the basis of universal jurisdiction, allows courts to try international crimes, including crimes against humanity and war crimes, regardless of where they occurred.
15:36 In a month, Ukraine lost 7 GW of generation, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said: “We roughly calculated that we lost up to 7 GW in our system. This is a gigantic amount of generation. Russia also destroyed a number of high-voltage transformers at substations transmitting electricity.”
15:17 In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, a “deputy of the Akimov district council” was blown up, the occupation “authorities” of the region reported.
14:25 On the night of April 16, several military and industrial facilities were de-energized in Bryansk, Russia. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, as a result of the destruction of a transformer at an electrical substation with a capacity of 110 kW, in particular, military unit No. 33149, the 111th military plant and the 192nd central military plant were left without power supply.
14:11 The Russian army dropped a guided aerial bomb on Berislav, Kherson region, 15 people received shell shock, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. The blow hit residential buildings - the provider's building, a pharmacy, a residential building and other civil infrastructure were damaged.
13:52 Borrell said that it is cheaper to buy Patriot for Ukraine than to restore the thermal power plant destroyed by Russia: “Before we talk about restoring Ukraine, we must avoid its destruction. It is cheaper to buy Patriot systems than to restore the power plant that the Russians are targeting.”
13:16 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that the investigation confirmed and procedurally consolidates the connection between the direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus and “Ukrainian nationalists.”
12:35 Borrell said that he is “knocking on the doors” of EU member states so that they buy anti-aircraft batteries for Ukraine: “I am knocking on the doors of member states to tell them that if they do not have anti-aircraft batteries, then they should buy. Progress is slow, but contributions from member states vary widely." The head of EU diplomacy also said that he had convened the Foreign Affairs and Defense Council on April 22 to see how Ukraine's needs for ammunition and air defense systems could be met.
12:24 Peskov said that Moscow welcomes Beijing’s “balanced position” on the war in Ukraine and is familiar with the PRC’s proposals. At the same time, according to him, the Russian Federation “is not currently recording any changes in Kyiv’s position regarding the complete refusal of negotiations with Russia.” As for the Olympic truce proposed by Macron, then, according to Peskov, “Kyiv uses similar ideas for rearmament and regrouping.”
11:47 Zelensky said in an interview with PBS that Ukraine has no chance of winning the war without American help: “I can tell you frankly: without this support we will have no chance of winning. You need to be much stronger than your enemy. Today the ratio of artillery shells Ours is 1:10. Will we be able to hold on? No. In any case, with such statistics we will be pushed back every day. To protect 100% of what is under our control, we will need to go to a ratio of 10:10."
The president also said that Russia has a large number of shells from Iran, in addition, Tehran transfers 300-350 attack drones to Moscow every month. In addition, Russia is bombarding Ukraine with planes from a distance of 300 km, and now there are no weapons to shoot them down. The ratio of aircraft between Ukraine and the Russian Federation is 1:30. Zelensky stressed that now Russia wants to destroy Ukraine, and it does not need any peace negotiations.
11:23 SBU drones hit a Russian long-range radar station in the Bryansk region, which controlled the sky 700 km deep into Ukraine, Ukrainian media write, citing sources. This is the second modernized Nebo-U complex, which was destroyed by the 13th Main Directorate of Military Counterintelligence of the SBU. The complex, worth $100 million, helped the enemy identify Ukrainian weapons and supported bombers attacking the Ukrainian border with KABs.
10:51 Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in the Kiev region was attacked by 11 missiles, seven of which were shot down, Zelensky said in an interview with PBS. The remaining four hit the target because the air defense ran out of missiles. “Why? Because there were zero missiles. We ran out of all the missiles that defended Tripoli,” Zelensky explained.
10:44 Xi Jinping, at a meeting with Scholz in Beijing, stated the need to hold a peace conference, which both Russia and Ukraine recognize, “with a fair discussion of all proposals.” According to him, in order to prevent the “Ukrainian crisis” from getting out of control, all parties must work to quickly restore peace.
10:26 The GUR stated that a new trend in TikTok called Everyday Life of a Dodger, which is rapidly gaining popularity, is a Russian IPSO. One after another, videos appear on social networks in which supposedly Ukrainian men film themselves abroad on vacation and call themselves “draft dodgers.” For this content, “folk” songs praising “draft dodgers” were simultaneously created.
Intelligence notes that the synchronicity of the appearance of numerous songs and videos of such content, the anonymity of their authors and the promotion of this content by organized groups of bots indicates a targeted propaganda campaign of the Russian Federation. Such IPSO is a classic technology for splitting society, when on one side there are “defencists” and there are “deviators.” The goal of the Russian Federation is to disrupt mobilization and increase tension in society due to internal confrontation, the Main Intelligence Directorate explains.
09:39 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were injured, including a child. Nine private houses, critical infrastructure facilities, and a post office were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
09:17 The Russians fired artillery at night and attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region with FPV drones. The power line was damaged, leaving a thousand subscribers without power, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
08:55 Scholz said that during his visit to China he will discuss with Xi Jinping how to establish a “just peace” in Ukraine: “My meeting with President Xi will also be devoted to how we can make a greater contribution to a just peace in Ukraine. Good “After my last visit to China, there was an intensive exchange of views between our governments.”
08:23 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 16:
- personnel - about 455,340 (+920) people,
- tanks - 7189 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,809 (+13),
- artillery systems - 11,609 (+16),
- MLRS - 1046 (+0),
- air defense systems - 759 (+1),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 9277 (+11),
- cruise missiles - 2092 (+0),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 15,563 (+53),
- special equipment - 1908 (+0).
07:59 Over the past 24 hours, 104 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 33 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye, Novy, Ivanovskoye, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region. In addition, the enemy tried 30 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, eight enemy attacks were repelled in the Ternov and Torskoye areas of the Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - 15 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Berdychi, Semenovka, Umanskoye and Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - seven attacks in the area of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, as well as north of Priyutnoye and southwest of Belogorye, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - five attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
06:54 Air defense at night destroyed all nine attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kherson, Nikolaev, Khmelnytsky, Poltava, Cherkassy and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
02:18 House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his plan to support allies at a closed Republican conference, presenting four separate bills to help Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other national security priorities, The Hill writes.
At the same time, Democrats remain against such a division. President Joe Biden, hosting Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at the White House, called on the House of Representatives to immediately pass the funding package previously passed by the Senate. “They must do this now,” the president emphasized. The White House also said that “a separate bill would not actually help either Israel or Ukraine—it would actually delay needed aid.”
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