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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 2nd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] 22:00 The International Committee of the Red Cross postponed an attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, as the group heading to the city found itself in conditions that "made further movement impossible." Everyone had to return to Zaporozhye. The next attempt is scheduled for Saturday, April 2.  21:57 American actor Sean Penn called on the world's billionaires to purchase 12 F-15 or F-16 fighters for Ukraine, which would have a qualitative advantage over Russian Su and MiG fighters. To do this, you need to raise 300 million dollars. He also asks to buy anti-missile defense systems for Ukraine for $200 million. 21:51 The head of the military administration of Kiev, Nikolai Zhirnov, said that the enemy had not reached his goal in any direction. According to him, the Russians took about 20% of their units away from the capital. Nevertheless, rocket attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and the infrastructure of the city continue, so the danger to the population remains. 21:48 Russia is preparing for the battle for Donbass. According to Kuleba, this is evidenced by the intelligence received. At the same time, Kuleba expressed his conviction that Putin has become more realistic about the war in Ukraine and therefore abandoned the storming of Kyiv. "He does not have enough strength to attack Ukraine from three directions at the same time. Therefore, he is transferring part of his forces to another direction in order to strengthen the army in this area," the Foreign Minister explained. 21:46 Today, 6,266 people were evacuated, of which more than 3,000 were from Mariupol, the OP reported. Buses and private cars that left Berdyansk and Melitopol should also arrive in Zaporozhye. 21:43 Russian troops are expanding their presence in the Sumy region, Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said. According to him, the invaders "begin to dig in in many communities... this is the beginning of the occupation of the central part of the Sumy region." "Starting from the border with the Russian Federation, the Belopolskaya community, Borinskaya, Putivlskaya, Novaya Sloboda and further to Konotop - a very difficult situation. More than a thousand pieces of Russian equipment, clashes periodically occur, artillery shelling of our settlements takes place," the head of the regional administration said. 21:38 Vitaliy Kim hinted that the Ukrainian military again struck at the Russians in Chernobaevka. 21:36 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 10.5 million Ukrainians have become internally displaced persons, according to the UN. 21:27 Head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said that the EU will recognize Ukraine as a candidate for EU membership and will take part in the post-war reconstruction: "We will recognize Ukraine as a candidate for EU membership officially and quickly. I promise you this from the European Parliament." 21:23 The Russians fired three Iskander missiles at a settlement in the Odesa region, said the chairman of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, there are victims. 21:05 Russian occupiers have established control over Izyum, Kharkiv region. The head of the youth and sports department of the City Council, Maxim Strelnik, said that this was due to local traitors and the quantitative advantage of the occupiers. 20:34 The Prosecutor General's Office of Bulgaria opened a criminal case against one of the Russian diplomats for espionage. 20:31 Danilov said that Putin does not abandon plans to destroy Ukraine. Now the Russian Federation is reformatting its troops in order to continue to strike at our country. "I would like to appeal to everyone: do not rejoice today that supposedly someone is leaving our cities voluntarily. This is the work of our army. When we liberate cities one by one, behind each of these liberations is the death of our guys and girls who protect our country. Therefore, to say that they are running somewhere... All this so-called waste of theirs is very expensive for us," the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council said. He also recalled that Putin has a "sacred date" - May 9 - when he wants to end this war with a parade. According to Danilov, there are still a lot of fights ahead, and no one should relax yet: "The situation today is not as joyful as we would all like." 20:17 Danilov said that Ukraine had nothing to do with the explosions at the oil depot in Belgorod. In his opinion, this is the work of locals who are beginning to "understand something." 19:51 Shmygal said that Russia wants to create a big food crisis in the world: "Today they are destroying part of the granaries in Ukraine, they are closing the export of grain from Ukrainian ports through a sea blockade." 19:49 The Office of the Prosecutor General has recovered in favor of the Ministry of Defense 4.8 million dollars, which belonged to the former Minister of Energy of the times of Yanukovych, Eduard Stavitsky. 19:45 The EU and China have agreed that the war in Ukraine poses a threat to global security and the economy of the whole world, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, following the EU-China virtual summit. He also said that he warned China against any support for Russia in the war against Ukraine, and promised the Chinese partners that not only Europe, but the entire world community would welcome helping to end the war. 19:31 Russia is directing its military campaign against Ukraine from Moscow, without a single military leader on the spot who could give orders and make decisions. More details - in the material Failures of the Russian Federation in Ukraine . 19:22 The Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of shelling an oil depot in Belgorod: "On April 1, at about five o'clock in the morning Moscow time, two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters entered the airspace of the Russian Federation at an extremely low altitude. Ukrainian helicopters launched a missile attack on an object located on the outskirts of Belgorod storage of petroleum products. 19:18 The death toll as a result of rocket attacks by Russians of the building of the Nikolaev regional council has increased to 30 people , reports GSChS. 19:15 Macron held a meeting in Paris with the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, released from captivity, as well as with several Ukrainian women deputies who came with him. 19:13 Thousands of Ukrainian refugees are returning to Ukraine, writes Politico, referring to the data of the Polish border police. So, in recent days, about 12-13,000 people cross the border every day, and in total, more than 370,000 Ukrainians have returned since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Many refugees return because of financial problems. 19:09 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that all utilities provided by the city will be written off from February 24 until the end of martial law. 19:01 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the invaders who received significant doses of radiation during their stay in the Chernobyl zone are "treated" at the Gomel Center for Radiation Medicine. 18:59 In the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, Russian invaders are going to hold a "referendum" on April 4. The local population has already been notified of such plans, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 18:57 The mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk has officially announced that the city has been liberated from the Russian occupiers. 18:55 Roskomnadzor complains about the "pronounced anti-Russian policy" of Google and YouTube and calls for "an immediate end to any restrictions on Russian media and resources." 18:53 More than 30 countries have agreed, following the United States, to release oil from strategic reserves, which should add "tens of millions of barrels" to the market, Biden said. 18:50 The Rada adopted a law on raising taxes by 1.5 times for international companies that operate in Ukraine and have not left Russia. 18:43 Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with Putin that he wants to arrange a meeting with Zelensky, the office of the Turkish President said. 18:37 In the border Russian city, another fire broke out at a strategic facility, in which the Russian side blamed Ukraine. Read more about what happened in the material Airstrike on Belgorod: whose helicopters struck . 18:19 In Kakhovka, Kherson region, the occupiers have appointed their "power". According to the Kakhovka city territorial community, today several dozens of armed Russian military men, along with some local residents, entered the premises of the city executive committee and announced that from today Pavel Filipchuk would lead the city, Oleg Bukhovets became the head of the police, and Oleg Gavrilyuk became the head of Vodokanal. Employees of the city executive committee were offered to cooperate with the new "authority", otherwise everyone will be fired. The leadership of the Kakhovka city territorial community refused the proposal. 18:13 An exchange of prisoners has just taken place in the Zaporozhye region: 86 Ukrainian servicemen, including 15 women, are already safe , the OP reported. 18:07 This morning, a Russian shell hit one of the departments of the Chernihiv Regional Center for Modern Oncology, Suspilne reports. Shrapnel wounds were received by two employees of the medical institution, another person with a contusion. 18:02 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that the Russian invaders are trying to establish full control over Mariupol: since yesterday they have not let people out of the city. According to eyewitnesses, the Russians said that the city would remain closed for 5-7 days. 17:54 Klitschko asks all Kievans who want to return to the city not to rush into it. According to him, intense fighting is still going on near the capital, and this can be deadly for civilians. 17:39 The Verkhovna Rada has established a reward for the transfer of Russian military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, one million dollars was promised for a combat aircraft, $500,000 for a helicopter, and $100,000 for a tank and self-propelled ground artillery. The ship of the first or second rank is also estimated at one million dollars, the third or fourth rank - at 500,000 dollars. 17:37 The Rada adopted a law guaranteeing full reimbursement of the amount of bank deposits to individuals during martial law. 17:29 Erdogan and Putin have been talking on the phone for more than an hour, according to Turkish state television. 17:25 Crimea asks not to accommodate refugees from the "DNR", "LNR" and from Ukraine before the tourist season on its territory, Russian media write with reference to the draft resolution of the Russian government and explanations to it. 17:20 Any attempt by Beijing to provide military assistance to Moscow will undermine China's reputation in the EU, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. 17:13 The Russians are shelling all the settlements of the Lugansk region and are preparing to attack in two directions - Popasnaya and the area between Kremennaya and Rubizhny, said the head of the regional administration, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the intensity of shelling is extremely high, there is no way even to pick up the bodies of the dead from the streets and deliver humanitarian aid. 17:11 Arestovich about explosions in Belgorod: "The leadership of the Russian Federation bears full responsibility for what is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation." According to him, anything could be the cause - from a thrown cigarette butt to sabotage. 16:57 On the way to Slavutych, four people died during the assault on roadblocks, said the director of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Valery Seyda. According to him, the invaders were in Slavutych for less than a day, so they managed to avoid heavy losses. "At that time, they went door-to-door with searches and terrorized the population. There were no obvious examples of looting. They probably did not have time," he added. 16:51 Erdogan said he intends to raise issues of the occupied Crimea and Donbass during a telephone conversation with Putin. 16:48 Yesterday, a new gas field was discovered in the Lviv region, said the head of the regional administration Maxim Kozitsky. According to him, now the plans are to increase production. 16:35 Defense Ministry Speaker Oleksandr Motuzyanyk on explosions in Belgorod: "Today, the Ukrainian state is carrying out a defense operation to repel armed Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine. And this does not mean at all that Ukraine should be responsible for all miscalculations, for all catastrophes and events taking place on the territory of the Russian Federation. This is not the first time we have seen such accusations. Therefore, I will neither confirm nor deny this information." 16:29 The restoration of Mariupol will require at least $10 billion. This is a preliminary minimum estimate, which will be clarified in the process of fixing the destruction, said the mayor of the city Vadim Boychenko. 16:23 The Rada approved the procedure for the nationalization of property belonging to Russian citizens and Ukrainians who publicly deny the Russian-Ukrainian war. Bill No. 7169 was supported by 305 parliamentarians. 16:09 In Irpin, the police are conducting a special operation. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the city has been liberated from Russian troops, now it is necessary to check every house, because people can remain under the rubble. 15:55 The Mariupol City Council at today's extraordinary meeting, which was held online, suspended the powers of the deputies of the Opposition Platform for Life and the Party of Shariy for the period of martial law. 15:51 The Rada banned the propaganda of symbols that Russia uses in the current war, and also recognized the Russian Federation as a terrorist country. At today's meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metzola also spoke. 15:42 Kuleba said that he could neither confirm nor deny the involvement of Ukraine in the attack on the oil depot in Belgorod, since he does not have the information. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense stated that Ukraine was not involved in this explosion. "We suspect that the explosion of an oil depot in the Russian Belgorod occurred due to the carelessness of the occupiers or in order to hide someone's corruption," a spokesman for the Defense Ministry told Segodnya. 15:29 The Ministry of Defense has compiled a rating of the most expensive military equipment that Russia has lost during the war in Ukraine. In total, the aggressor country lost more than $10 billion worth of equipment. 15:27 Kazakhstan respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine, intends to comply with UN decisions on the issues of Crimea and Donbass and will not become a tool for Russia to circumvent Western sanctions, the head of the presidential administration said. 15:26 Kuleba said that the main condition for a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine is that it should not freeze the conflict and consolidate the current positions of the parties. 15:24 Estonia has banned Yandex.Taxi and offers to do it throughout the European Union. 15:22 Ukraine has not yet received a response from Russia to its proposals voiced at the talks in Istanbul, Kuleba said. 15:15 The invaders are mining the central part of Lisichansk, Luhansk region. Police ask citizens to be careful and in no case approach suspicious objects. 15:11 The SBI in the Odessa region seized the metal of the Russians for a total amount of more than 93 million hryvnia. It is planned to be nationalized and transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The metal, which was transported in transit through Ukraine, was seized from the territory of the Sea Trade Port. 15:06 Podolyak commented on Peskov's statement that Ukraine's possible involvement in the fire at the oil depot in Belgorod "does not create comfortable conditions for continuing negotiations": "There is no need to get ahead of ourselves. This is the Russian Federation. We are not talking with a country that adheres to moral aspects. We are talking with the Russian Federation, and they can revise what was agreed upon at any time." 15:00 The German federal government approved the supply of armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian army. We are talking about 58 armored personnel carriers, which were originally intended for the National People's Army of the GDR. 14:49 The assault on Kiev is no longer possible , Arestovich said. According to him, the enemy is conducting a partial rotation with the withdrawal of troops and their transfer, probably, to the JFO zone. "But he fails to fully secure those sections and areas that they would like to keep with barriers," the adviser to the head of the OP added. In general, according to him, "the situation is optimistic for us, in the ratio of 55 to 45." At the same time, he added that the enemy is trying to turn Chernihiv into a second Mariupol, "but I think we can handle it." 14:41 Arestovich said that the Russians cannot launch an offensive operation to encircle Ukrainian troops in the JFO. So far, the enemy has been delivering only missile, air and artillery strikes, "which may indicate that he is not fully prepared to act on the ground." Mariupol, according to Arestovich, "holds on", the command provides "some assistance, which is too early to talk about, but Mariupol is provided with the assistance that can be provided in the current difficult situation." 14:32 Zelensky's meeting with Putin may take place in Istanbul, Erdogan said. 14:14 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the release of a number of settlements in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions: Demidov, Dymer, Litvinovka, Gavrilovka, Kozarovichi, Zhovtneve, Glubovka, Yasnogorodka, Talakun, Sukholuchye, Lipovka, Gavronshchina, Makovishche, Nikolaevka, Rudnya, Shevchenkove, Bobrik , Old Basan, New Basan, Makiyivka, Cellars, Bazhanovka, Vladimirovka, Shnyakovka, Salne, Sofiyivka, Gavrilovka. 14:00 In Zaporozhye, a curfew will be in effect from 20:00 Saturday, April 2, until 05:00 Monday, April 4. 13:51 Shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it became clear that it was not as strong as it seemed, and calls began to be made for countries that also suffered from Russian occupation to open a second front and return their territories. So far, only Japan is beginning to take small steps in this direction. More details - in the material, Tokyo recognized the occupation of the Kuriles . 13:42 The Buchansk city council urges local residents not to enter the territory of the Delicia confectionery factory, since the invaders mined its territory and poisoned the cookies. 13:27 The armed forces have already liberated almost 30 settlements, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. 13:16 Peskov said that the air strike on the oil depot in Belgorod does not create "comfortable conditions for continuing negotiations" with Ukraine. 13:14 In the village of Novy Bykov, Chernihiv region, Russian soldiers took local children hostage and put them in trucks in order to cover their convoy of military equipment, local residents reported. This is far from an isolated case. Similar cases of using children as cover have been recorded in Sumy, Kiev, Chernihiv, and Zaporozhye regions, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. 13:00 Peskov assured that the spring conscription has nothing to do with the "operation" in Ukraine, since conscripts "are not involved in any way" there. 12:56 Lavrov said that Russia is in favor of providing security guarantees to Ukraine, the Russian Federation and all European countries. He also added that negotiations with Ukraine are ongoing, while there are no final plans and agreements yet. There is only "movement forward", including in terms of Ukraine's non-bloc status. 12:52 Yermak announced "a lot of good news about the work of our Armed Forces." 12:37 There are no Russian military on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but some of them are still in the exclusion zone, said Yevgeny Kramarenko, head of the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management. 12:15 In Melitopol, the Russians are extending their Internet line from Crimea and blocking Ukrainian mobile communications, the mayor of the city Fedorov said. 12:12 An evacuation column from Berdyansk with Mariupol residents left for Zaporozhye. There are up to 42 buses in the convoy, they are accompanied by Red Cross and State Emergency Service vehicles, as well as a lot of personal vehicles. Nearly 2,000 people are on the buses, the Mariupol city council said. 12:10 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on April 1:
11:59 The war negatively affected the work of 86 percent of Ukrainian companies - they were forced to reduce business or even stop, according to Gradus Research. 11:50 The occupants are destroying their own military equipment and passing it off as "padded Ukrainian" in order to shoot a video, follows from the conversations intercepted by the SBU. 11:45 Invaders release inhabitants of Melitopol only to the Crimea, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, about 70-75,000 inhabitants remain in Melitopol today. Russian soldiers are also blocking unofficial green corridors. 11:37 Putin is accompanied on trips by a team of doctors, and he himself likes to take baths from the extract of deer antlers, investigative journalists found out . 11:32 The governor of the Rivne region Vitaliy Kovel announced the decision of the local authorities to ban the groundless carrying of weapons by voluntary groups and "flaunting" them in public places. "Now is not the time to wave it anywhere. A weapon to defend the Motherland," he added. 11:30 Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, as of the end of March, at least six grain storage facilities were damaged as a result of Russian attacks, Reuters writes, citing US authorities. 11:28 Taras Shaprovsky, secretary of the city council of Bucha, Kiev region, said that part of the Russian troops have been withdrawn from the city, but sabotage groups remain, and therefore his release continues. Residents are not allowed to return home. 11:25 Russian troops are withdrawing from the Chernihiv region, but it has not yet been completely liberated, Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said. He stressed that the threat of missile and air strikes remains, so "it is too early for us to relax." 11:12 A Ukrainian court arrested 12 An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft of the Russian airline Volga-Dnepr at the request of the Antonov state enterprise. The arrest was imposed in order to ensure the safety of material evidence and subsequent compensation for damage. The planes were arrested by the ruling of the investigating judge of the Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kyiv dated March 21, 2022. 11:03 The Cabinet of Ministers decided to pay 15 million hryvnias of one-time assistance to the families of the dead servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Shmyhal said. 10:50 Mariupol remains closed to entry and very dangerous for private vehicles. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, people are currently getting into evacuation buses from Berdyansk to Zaporozhye. The column is pre-loaded halfway. Andryushchenko stressed that the main problem again lies in the fact that the occupiers do not allow buses to Berdyansk and "are not very willing" to let people in so that they get on the buses from Berdyansk. 10:47 Russian social networks and telegram channels publish a video with supposedly "Ukrainian" helicopters that this morning attacked an oil depot in Belgorod. But users quickly noticed that the video shows a Ka-52 helicopter, which is not in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 10:44 Ivankov of the Kiev region, from which Russian troops left last night, is completely under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, local authorities reported. 10:40 An IT battalion is registered in the capital - the Center for Protection and Monitoring of Digital Systems of Kiev. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, in fact, the IT battalion was created from the beginning of the Russian invasion and is engaged in repelling cyber attacks on the capital's services, adapting the Kyiv Digital application to wartime conditions and creating new services. 10:36 In Nikolaev already 27 dead as a result of hit of an enemy rocket in the building of the regional state administration , rescuers reported. 10:15 Without exception, directors of schools and preschool institutions in Melitopol have written letters of resignation of their own free will, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, they did it in protest against cooperation with the occupiers, who demanded to start the educational process in Russian according to an incomprehensible program. 10:13 Russian media report that in Belgorod, in addition to the oil depot, they also fired at a printing house, there were no casualties. 10:08 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council warns that Russia's stories about the allegedly final phase of the "special operation" in Ukraine are fake. Firstly, the Russian Federation does not "withdraw" troops, but the invaders run away, because they met stiff resistance from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the population. In addition, the enemy is transferring its forces to the Donbass. Secondly, there are no agreements between Ukraine and Russia. "All the stories about the alleged completion of the "special operation" are just an attempt to avoid further imposition of sanctions against the aggressor country. In fact, the occupiers are trying to organize incomprehensible structures in the temporarily occupied territories and put the ruble into circulation there," the Center said. 09:55 French police froze two helicopters, probably owned by Usmanov. One of them was detained in the French Le Castellet, the second - in Monte Carlo. Their total cost is about 26 million dollars. 09:31 Brovary Mayor Igor Sapozhko said that Russian troops had practically withdrawn from the Brovary district: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine will clean up settlements from invaders, enemy equipment, carry out mine clearance. In Brovary, checkpoints are not dismantled and are ready for defense. Many residents have returned to the city." 09:27 Ukraine continues to carry out "successful but limited" counterattacks to the east and northeast of Kiev, British intelligence reports. The British also state that Chernigov and Kyiv are being subjected to air and missile strikes, despite the statements of the Russian Federation about a decrease in activity in these areas. 09:18 Since the beginning of the war, the invaders forcibly took out about 45,000 citizens of Ukraine , Vereshchuk said. Mostly people were taken out from the Mariupol direction. 09:11 Australia, at the request of Zelensky, will send Bushmaster armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. They will be included in further military assistance to Kiev, the Australian prime minister said. 09:01 At the hands of the invaders during the Russian invasion, 153 Ukrainian children were killed, 245 were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. 08:58 The US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman will remain in the Mediterranean until the summer as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, writes CNN. Aircraft from the aircraft carrier flew in support of the US and NATO efforts to strengthen the eastern flank after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 08:54 As a result of a rocket strike on the building of the Nikolaev regional administration, 24 people were killed , the State Emergency Service reports. Work continues around the clock. 08:52 Japan evacuates Ukrainians and Japanese from Poland fleeing Russian shelling. The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry will arrive in Poland today to discuss this issue. The possibility of transporting people on a government aircraft is being considered, Japanese media write. 08:50 Hundreds of Syrian militants are going to Ukraine to fight on the side of Russia, at least 300 of them have already arrived for training in Russia, writes NYT. 08:47 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the G20 countries should reconsider Russia's participation in the organization: "Russia, by its illegal invasion of Ukraine, disrupted economic growth for the whole world and cannot be a constructive partner." 08:36 In the Lugansk region over the past day, two civilians from Severodonetsk were killed, 18 houses were destroyed, Governor Sergei Gaidai said. He also spoke about the enemy's attempt to bypass Popasnaya, where street fighting is taking place. 08:00 In Russian Belgorod, an oil depot caught fire, the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the fire arose as a result of an air strike from two Ukrainian helicopters that entered the territory of the Russian Federation at a low altitude. According to him, two people were injured, residents of the three nearest streets were evacuated. 07:04 Russia has charged 22 defendants with "genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Donbass", including former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Geletey and Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko. 06:49 According to the General Staff, a partial withdrawal of Russian troops from the north of the Kiev region towards the border with Belarus continues. Mixed columns of vehicles of different numbers are moving, they also include stolen civilian cars with stolen property of local residents. 05:03 Japan imposes sanctions against four companies and three individuals from the Russian Federation due to violation of the provisions of the UN Security Council resolutions on the DPRK. 04:20 Latvia has banned the symbols of Russia's military aggression: the symbols Z, V and other marks used by the Russian occupiers. Now their use in public is banned. 04:08 IT specialists will not be mobilized in Transcarpathia, said the head of the regional administration Viktor Mykyta: "We are creating a national IT cluster in Transcarpathia: we are exempting all IT specialists from military service to protect the economy of Ukraine. Transcarpathia is becoming a national hub for all Ukrainian businesses that develop Ukrainian economy. Businesses that move and operate in Transcarpathia will be protected." 04:04 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said on CNN that the country is participating in all international financial sanctions that have been imposed against Russia because of the war in Ukraine. 03:56 Biden admitted that after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin could isolate himself: "There are different points of view on this matter. But it seems that he is in self-isolation. And that he fired or even put some of his advisers under house arrest. But I can’t say that this is reliable information, we don’t have exact evidence yet. 03:51 US citizens who are on the territory of Russia and Ukraine must immediately leave these countries, the State Department said. According to Washington, in recent weeks, Russian security forces have been identifying and detaining American citizens both in Russia and in areas of Ukraine controlled by them. 03:49 Russian invaders robbed the station before leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: they took out computers, teapots and a coffee maker. And from the hotel in Chernobyl itself, they took away sets and cutlery, said the head of the State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone, Yevgeny Kramarenko. 03:42 The US Department of Commerce will impose export controls on 120 defense enterprises in Russia and Belarus in the coming days, the White House said. 03:37 In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated from the invaders and took control of 11 settlements - Novovorontsovka, Malaya Shesternya, Novogrigoryevka, Topolino, Knyazhevka, Krasnovka, Svobodnoe, Kamenka, Prigorye, Kochubeevka, Orlovoe, the Operational Command Pivden reported. 03:10 The head of the British army, Admiral Tony Radakin, said that Putin made "catastrophic mistakes" when trying to seize Ukraine. He also noted that Britain was "incredibly cautious" to believe Moscow's statements about the withdrawal from Kyiv, but there are signs that the Russian Federation is preparing to focus its efforts in the east and south of Ukraine. 02:58 According to British intelligence, Russia will redeploy part of its forces from the occupied regions of Georgia to strengthen the offensive against Ukraine. From 1,200 to 2,000 of these fighters are part of three battalion tactical groups. 02:02 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, the Ukrainian army destroyed four aircraft - one fighter and three bombers, Governor Oleg Sinegubov said. According to him, during the day the Russians were hit by a rocket near the center of Kharkov, artillery fired at areas of the city. The fight for Raisins continues. 01:49 About 300 servicemen from the unrecognized "South Ossetia" refused to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine and independently returned to Tskhinvali, Mediazona reports citing its sources. 01:30 President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola is on a visit to Kyiv. 00:09 Zelensky stripped the rank of general of the ex-head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SBU Andriy Naumov and the ex-head of the SBU in the Kherson region Sergey Krivoruchko. "Random generals don't go along with us," the president said. 00:03 Zelensky said that the situation in southern Ukraine and Donbas is "extremely difficult." Posted by: badanov 2022-04-02 |
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