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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 21, 2024
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] 22:23 The Russians struck Kharkov, at the moment there is information about one wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.  20:48 Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that the Russian Federation wants to capture Chasov Yar by May 9: “Russia wants to mobilize 300 thousand fighters by June 1. We are preparing for this. By May 9, Russia expects to occupy Chasov Yar in eastern Ukraine... “I expect that we will hold out, that the weapons will arrive on time and we will be able to repel the enemy, and then defeat the Russian Federation’s plans for full-scale counter-offensive actions in June.” According to the president, today the Ukrainian military, which holds the defense in that direction, does not have enough weapons: “I was recently in the region, talking with the soldiers. The soldiers do not have enough equipment to fight Russian reconnaissance drones that correct artillery fire, and also There are enough artillery shells." 19:50 The head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, hopes that the law on assistance to Ukraine will be signed by Biden immediately after consideration in the Senate - on April 23-24, and by the end of next week longer-range ATACMS missiles could be sent to Kiev. Asked whether these would indeed be longer-range ATACMS, the senator responded: "I believe the administration has been willing in the last couple of months to prepare or provide ATACMS. That's written into this bill." 18:09 Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that Ukraine now has a chance to stabilize the situation at the front and seize the initiative, subject to the supply of weapons. When asked by a journalist whether American aid to Ukraine will help win the war or simply prolong it, the president replied: “It depends on when we actually get weapons on the ground. If we get it in six months, well, our process will stall for six months.” and we will suffer losses in several directions. Losses in people and equipment." Zelensky added that Ukraine now needs long-range weapons, because “our weapons are not that long-range.” Another priority is air defense. 17:55 Zelensky in an evening video message named the hottest points of the front: Chasov Yar and other key directions in the Donetsk region - Pokrovskoe, Kurakhovskoe, as well as the Kupyanskoe direction in the Kharkov region. The president also said that he discussed with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense. “Front-line air defense is necessary just as protection is for our cities and villages,” the head of state emphasized. 17:07 The Russian Black Sea Fleet support vessel Communa caught fire in the port of Sevastopol as a result of the actions of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk: “This event occurred with the direct participation of the Ukrainian Navy. The nature of the damage to the vessel is being clarified, but, according to preliminary data, the ship no longer ready to perform tasks." Pletenchuk clarified that this ship is not a combat ship, but served the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In particular, the Russians used the Commune when they examined the place where the cruiser Moscow sank. 14:48 The number of victims as a result of today's missile attack on the Odessa region has increased to four, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. 14:04 The Russians attacked with ballistics a transport and logistics facility of the port infrastructure in the Odessa region. The blast wave and rocket debris damaged private homes, and one casualty is currently known, the Southern Defense Forces reported. 13:40 Russian troops fired from the Smerch MLRS in the city of Ukrainsk, Donetsk region - one person was killed, four were injured, the regional prosecutor's office reported. Six apartment buildings were damaged. 13:19 In Sevastopol, the rescue ship Kommuna was damaged as a result of a missile attack, the Crimean Wind monitoring group reports, citing OSINT intelligence data. The ship was at berth No. 14. Kommuna is a rarity, the oldest ship of the Russian Navy and the oldest ship in the world actually in service and performing combat missions. Commissioned in 1915. The ship is designed to search and rescue submarines, and also acts as a carrier of underwater vehicles. The speaker of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, commented on the information about the attack on the ship: “The Russian invaders continue to cover their combat units with support vessels from the Black Sea Fleet. This, in principle, is their almost new tactic.” 11:27 Air Force Speaker Ilya Yevlash also predicts that the Russians will maximize the intensity of missile and drone strikes, taking advantage of the time until American aid arrives in Ukraine. 11:23 Germany plans to give Ukraine equipment from its closed power plants, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko. 11:04 Public accounts write about a missile attack on a ship in Sevastopol Bay and publish a video. Local Gauleiter Mikhail Razvozhaev announced an attack by an anti-ship missile, which was allegedly repulsed. He said the debris caused a "small fire." 10:36 The first tranche of weapons from the United States will arrive in Ukraine a few days after the signing of the law on providing a new aid package, Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder said. 09:27 On the evening of April 20, the Russians dropped the KAB onto the territory of a non-working farm in the village. Victory in the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkov region, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. 09:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) predicts that Russian troops will step up offensive operations, as well as missile and drone strikes in the coming weeks. Analysts say the Russians will try to exploit abnormally dry spring conditions and a shortage of Ukrainian equipment before promised Western aid arrives. 08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 21:
07:51 Over the past 24 hours, 115 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, 32 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka, Nevelskoye and Aleksandropol in the Donetsk region) and 28 attacks in the Bakhmutsky direction (in the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamensky, Sporny, Kleshcheevka, Ivanovo, Novy Donetsk region). In addition, the enemy tried 25 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction (in the Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhainy areas of the Donetsk region). In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks in the Stelmakhovka area of the Lugansk region; in Limansky - ten attacks in the Ternov districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper. 01:26 The United States is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kiev, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said: “Throughout this conflict, the Department of Defense has reviewed and adjusted the US presence in Ukraine as security conditions have changed. We are currently considering sending several additional advisers to strengthen the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation." At the same time, he emphasized that the Directorate carries out various advisory and support missions that are not combat missions. Anonymous sources told Politico that the Office's task is to monitor the weapons that the United States sends to Ukraine. Posted by: badanov 2024-04-22 |
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