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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary April 17th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[NewsFrontInfo] 21:26 The head of Chechnya Kadyrov announced the start of a "concrete" special operation in Ukraine. “Now a specific special operation is starting, now there will be a specific result, they themselves asked for it, so to speak, the Ukrainians. If suddenly someone could not escape - run, leave your positions. Run to where the federal troops are: you will be received, fed and watered,” Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel.  21:07 Operational-tactical aviation destroyed 44 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them: in the Avdiivka area, two command posts and a locator for illumination and targeting of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system; in the areas of Zavgorodnee and Protopopovka, three depots of rocket and artillery weapons were destroyed; in the districts of Krasny Liman, Novoselovka, Rubizhne, Vuhledar, Popasnaya, Prishib and Gusarovka there are 23 places of concentration of personnel and Ukrainian military equipment. 21:05 Missile troops and artillery defeated 113 objects, including: four command posts, four artillery batteries, two depots of fuel and lubricants and 103 strongholds and areas of concentration of enemy manpower. 21:03 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 136 aircraft, 471 unmanned aerial vehicles, 249 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,308 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 254 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 998 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,171 units of special military vehicles. 20:01 Russian air defense systems in the area of the settlements of Fedorovka and Plants in the Kharkiv region shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the air. 20:01 A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down near the village of Preobrazhenskoye, Pavlograd region. 20:00 During the day, high-precision air-based missiles in the area of the settlements of Barvenkovo and Dobropolye destroyed storages of fuels and lubricants and ammunition. 19:41 APU will fight for Donbass - Zelensky. The President of Ukraine, in an interview with CNN, said that Ukraine does not want to give up its territories in the eastern part of the country in order to end the war with Russia. 19:41 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, expressed the opinion that now in Ukraine there is no one to negotiate with, it is necessary to form a new vertical of power. 18:56 In the Kherson region, a referendum is being prepared on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic" - Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova: "According to witnesses, the printing house of the city of Novaya Kakhovka is already printing ballots for the referendum," she said. According to her, the referendum will be held in early May. 18:55 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case on the demolition of the monument to Marshal Zhukov in Kharkov. 17:43 Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the building of a slate plant in Kramatorsk. 16:51 A group of British journalists has been working in the vicinity of Chernihiv and nearby settlements for a week now. After a not very successful propaganda campaign about the deaths of civilians in Bucha and Kramatorsk, the leadership of British news agencies demanded "quality material" from their employees. In the future, it is planned to submit it to the UK Parliament and the UN. For this reason, the journalists went to the Chernihiv region, where units of the RF Armed Forces were operating. 16:09 In Lviv, the symbols of the Great Patriotic War are being dismantled on the territory of the Hill of Glory memorial complex. 16:09 The Indian Air Force refused to buy Mi-17V5 helicopters from Russia. 16:07 In Bulgaria, a ban on the entry of Russian ships into the ports of the country has come into force. 15:26 According to the UN, 4.8 million people have left Ukraine since February 24. 14:11 Russia sees risks of unintended clashes with NATO in Arctic latitudes - Russian Foreign Ministry. 13:06 A bust of Marshal Zhukov was dismantled in Kharkiv. 13:03 Kyiv City Hall reduced the curfew by two hours. Now it will last from 22:00 to 05:00. 12:15 Russian aviation destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers overnight. 12:11 Kyiv has attracted about 7,000 foreign mercenaries to Ukraine. 11:58 In Kyiv, they decided not to open humanitarian corridors on Sunday. 11:55 Foreign mercenaries are waiting for a long term in prison, the Defense Ministry said. 11:05 Russian Defense Ministry: Air-launched high-precision missiles destroyed an ammunition factory in the Kiev region. 10:57 Up to 400 foreign mercenaries are blocked on the territory of Azovstal. 10:56 The Russian Armed Forces released the hostages held by the militants in the mosque of Mariupol. 10:29 Russian forces destroyed 68 Ukrainian military facilities. 10:23 Russian military destroyed 1,035 mercenaries in Ukraine. 10:10 Russian air defense systems shot down ten more Ukrainian drones. 08:53 The Security Service of Ukraine left a sabotage group in Kherson to carry out provocations in the territories liberated by Russia. 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