[Korrespondent] 23:22 The offensive of Russian troops near Izyum has slowed down, Arestovich said. According to him, there are two possible reasons for this: either the rotation, or the fatigue of the enemy forces, which needed replenishment.
Also, according to the adviser to the head of the OP, for the third or fourth day there has been no offensive by Russian troops on Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye region.
22:48 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace believes that Putin may be preparing a statement for May 9 on the announcement of a mass mobilization of the population for a decisive blow to Ukraine, writes The Daily Mail. According to the British official, one of Putin's arguments will be the declaration of a new war against "Nazis" around the world.
22:45 The White House privately conveyed to Indonesia that Russia should not be allowed to the G20 summit, although the country's president announced that Putin had already accepted the invitation, writes CNN.
22:37 In the Kherson region, two languages will be used - Russian and Ukrainian, said the "head of administration", collaborator Volodymyr Saldo.
22:35 Ukraine is ready to exchange electricity produced in the country for gas that European countries have, Zelensky said in an interview with Polish media. According to him, there are very large volumes of nuclear generation in Ukraine, so Kyiv will be able to sell electricity at low prices and receive gas in return in volumes that will cover its deficit in Ukraine.
22:31 There are no signs of preparations for a Russian landing on the Ukrainian coast, the Pentagon said: "The demonstration against Odessa may be an attempt to pin down Ukrainian forces so that they cannot move further to the northeast. Again, we do not know this for sure. <. ..> We do not see them planning an amphibious assault to Odessa or approaching the coast."
22:28 Speaker of the OP Sergey Nikiforov, in a commentary to the UP, clarified that on April 29 another mass grave was indeed found in the Kiev region. However, speaking of 900 dead, Zelensky was referring to the total number of bodies found in the Kiev region.
22:04 Zelensky said that the situation in the Kharkiv region is "tough", but "our military has important tactical successes."
22:02 Zelensky on fuel shortage: "Occupiers are purposefully destroying infrastructure for the production, supply and storage of fuel. Russia has also blocked our ports, so there are no instant solutions to overcome the shortage. Officials promise that within a week or two they will provide a fuel supply system that will will not allow a deficit.
21:54 As the Russian offensive in Ukraine bogs down more and more, and the sanctions and Western assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine only increase, Moscow has no choice but to scare the world with a nuclear war. For more details, see Putin's Dead End .
21:48 Zelensky said in an interview with the Polish media that he had discussed with President Duda the entry of Polish companies into the Ukrainian fuel market.
21:46 In the Zaporozhye region on May 1, the curfew time is increased: it will begin at 17:00 (usually at 21:00) and end at 05:00 on May 2, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
21:44 The "DPR" reported the detention of another OSCE employee in Donetsk, again for "espionage". "We continue to observe the absence of any reaction from official Europe... And you are still surprised by the missile attack on Kyiv during the visit of the UN Secretary General," Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, wrote.
21:42 Zelensky: “I am grateful to the United States, President Biden and Congress for an analogue of the famous Lend-Lease program, which greatly helped the fight against the Nazis during World War II. I am sure that now Lend-Lease will help Ukraine and the entire free world overcome ideological heirs "Nazis who unleashed a war against us. Lend-Lease and other programs to support Ukraine are concrete proof that freedom can still defend itself against tyranny."
21:30 The Cabinet of Ministers increased the trade markup for diesel fuel and gasoline by 40% to prevent a shortage at gas stations - now the marginal cost of diesel fuel should not exceed 40.66 UAH/l, gasoline - 36.05 UAH/l.
21:25 Lavrov said that Russia "does not threaten anyone" with a nuclear war, "Western countries are starting to talk about it." And when asked whether Moldova should worry about the "special operation" of the Russian Federation, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry replied: "They should worry about their future, they are being dragged into NATO."
21:23 Lavrov said that most of the partners of the Russian Federation switched to paying for gas in rubles.
21:21 The column for the evacuation of people from Azov was on the way , said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar (Kalina) on the air of the telethon. "I know that they are doing everything possible to get here. For our part, we will do everything to take away our civilians and seriously wounded," he said.
21:15 Zelensky considers "very high" risks of a complete cessation of negotiations with Russia. In his opinion, only direct negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia are needed to resolve important issues, since "everything is finally decided by one person."
21:14 The commander of the marines at Azovstal, Sergei Volynsky (Volyn), turned to Erdogan with a request to apply the “extraction” procedure to them and take them out of Mariupol to Turkey: “We have 600 servicemen with injuries of varying degrees, who really need help. "We have civilians who have been injured, who also really need your help. With us, hundreds of civilians and dozens of children are also looking for safety at the facility. The youngest is four months old here."
21:12 A satellite image taken today recorded a likely loading of Caliber cruise missiles onto a submarine in the port of Sevastopol, Maxar Technologies reports.
21:10 Legal entities that have lost their property due to the Russian invasion can also register applications in Diy, Shmyhal said.
20:53 The railway bridge Liman - Raygorodok across the Seversky Donets was blown up by the Ukrainian military, the press service of the JFO told Hromadsky. The bridge was blown up along with the wagons, traffic on it was blocked. This disrupted the railway connection with Liman, which is located in the center of the fighting for the north of Donbass.
20:48 Zelensky said in an interview with Polish media that another mass grave was found in the Kyiv region, where the bodies of about 900 civilians are located. "How many people died - no one knows. There will be consequences, there will be an investigation, then there will be a census," the president added.
He also said that, according to the estimates of the Ukrainian authorities, about 500,000 Ukrainians were illegally deported to Russia by the invaders.
20:28 Russia is trying to disrupt the ability of the Ukrainian military to replenish its own supplies and strengthen, a senior US Department of Defense official told CNN. In addition, according to the official, Russian strikes in Odessa are likely intended to pinch Ukrainian forces there and prevent them from reinforcing defenders in the Donbass.
20:26 Zelensky about Russian fakes about Poland's desire to seize Western Ukraine: "Civilized countries will not take this seriously. <...> Information signals are the same information missiles. An information attack is no weaker than a missile one. This is aimed at ensuring that there was destabilization so that the countries of Europe would be disunited."
20:07 After enemy missiles hit in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev on April 28, at least two people were detained who photographed the destruction and sent it to the Russians, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
19:46 The US is working on a bill giving the government the power to confiscate the property of Russian kleptocrats. The confiscated assets will be sold and the proceeds will be transferred to Ukraine. More about this in the material Transfer of assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine .
19:38 A monument to Maxim Gorky was demolished in Vinnitsa.
19:27 Russia fired more than 1,300 missiles at Ukraine - according to Ukrainian Forbes, it cost the aggressor $7.5 billion. Earlier, the Pentagon reported that the Russian Federation fired 1,900 missiles in Ukraine.
19:24 Yermak writes in his column for Time that Kiev is proposing a new collective agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine as a basis for a collective response to global security challenges.
“Obviously, neutrality cannot be a key issue in this agreement. This agreement should ensure the status of Ukraine as a democratic, sovereign and integral state, without bracketing the issues of Donbass and Crimea. The conditions for ensuring such a status are a subject of discussion, but it is clear that among there is a place for guarantors both for the West and for the East," the head of the President's Office notes.
According to him, in the future, the Ukrainian security platform should become the basis of the multilateral U-24 format - United for Peace.
19:07 The number of wounded as a result of an air strike on the Azovstal field hospital has increased from 170 to more than 600 people , Mayor Vadim Boychenko said. According to him, the civilians who are hiding at the plant have almost no water, food and medicine left.
According to Boichenko, at first about 300 residents hid in the bomb shelters of Azovstal, but then they were joined by refugees from the left-bank part of the city, which suffered the most damage due to Russian bombing. How many civilians are now at the plant, it is not known exactly.
19:04 Guterres said that the UN will double its support for Ukrainians: "I was touched by the resilience and courage of the people of Ukraine. My message to him is simple: we will not surrender. The UN will redouble its efforts to save lives and reduce human suffering. In this war, as in in all wars, civilians always pay the highest price."
19:01 The United States and its allies are preparing for a possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with Meduza: “Unfortunately, since the beginning of this conflict, we have already understood that the threats coming from Putin should be taken seriously. Therefore, the United States and our allies "They are preparing for such a development of events. But if it comes to this, it will be a war crime of such proportions, from the consequences of which neither he nor Russia will ever recover. Definitely not in our lives."
18:49 A new batch of American weapons for Ukraine will include M777 howitzers and drones, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. According to him, the batch will be delivered to Ukraine by 12 planes within 24 hours.
18:48 The US Department of Defense reported that "US Air Force aircraft technicians are loading 155 mm howitzer ammunition bound for Ukraine onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at US Air Force Base Travis, California." The photo was published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:39 US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby warned citizens of the country against traveling to Ukraine to participate in the war with Russia after the death of former US Marine Willie Joseph Kansel, who was hired by PMCs. "We continue to urge Americans not to go to Ukraine. This is a zone of active warfare, this is not the place where you can go," he stressed.
18:38 The Cabinet of Ministers decided not to raise the price of gas for the population during martial law. The government also recommended that local authorities not increase the cost of other housing and communal services until the end of martial law.
18:36 The occupiers took out part of the surviving ventilators from Mariupol, the city council said.
18:20 According to the World Economic Forum, more than 11 million Ukrainians have left their homes, including 5.3 million people who left the country and 6.5 million internally displaced persons. In addition, about half of Ukrainians lost their jobs and only 2% were able to find temporary work.
18:17 British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons announced that she had returned to Kiev.
18:12 The SBI, the SBU and the police are checking 11 thousand Russians who entered the territory of Ukraine before the start of the Russian invasion and did not leave the country.
18:04 Podolyak recalled that two months ago, the idea of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT caused only laughter among many. A month ago, requests to provide Kyiv with heavy weapons met with categorical resistance. And on February 18, Zelensky said for the first time that we need a lend-lease.
“Today, lend-lease has become a reality. The next step is a complete oil embargo and the inclusion of Russia in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. Moscow is waiting for total economic isolation,” wrote the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office.
18:01 The Cabinet of Ministers allocated more than 119 billion hryvnias to the Ministry of Defense "for salaries, equipment, fuel, food, protection, weapons," Shmyhal said. "We are trying to provide our fighters as much as possible," he added.
17:50 The fuel shortage situation will be resolved within a week, Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko said: "Over the next seven days, the shortage will be eliminated, since operators have contracted volumes in Western Europe, and now we are solving the issue of how to import them as quickly as possible to the territory of Ukraine.
17:42 Pentagon Speaker John Kirby said that during his visit to Kiev, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remained included in the chain of launching American nuclear weapons and was able to carry it out.
According to him, Austin's preparation for the trip was a full-fledged special operation using a large number of technical means, so that even thousands of kilometers from his workplace, Austin retained all the opportunities to perform his official duties - from advising the US president to implementing his command to launch nuclear weapons. Kirby also made it clear that if Biden wants to visit Kyiv, the experience of Austin's trip will definitely come in handy.
17:35 French specialists with a DNA laboratory and the necessary equipment will work in the Buchansky morgue next week to identify unidentified victims, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said. According to her, 65 unidentified bodies of the dead remain in Bucha. A mission from France will join the collection of genetic material from people who are looking for missing relatives.
17:31 Deputy head of the Presidential Office Kirill Timoshenko said that this year the state plans to provide more than 53,000 apartments for 186,000 internally displaced persons. Apartments will be provided with minimal repairs and appliances. They will be state-owned, and when the migrants return to their homes, these apartments will be given to people who have been on the waiting list for housing for years.
17:28 The Embassy of Azerbaijan has resumed work in Kiev.
17:27 Poland has said that it is ready to protect the airspace of Slovakia when it stops using MiG-29 aircraft, which opens the way for the possible delivery of Soviet aircraft to Ukraine, writes Sky News.
17:24 In the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, a square called Kiev appeared as a sign of support for the Ukrainian people - it is located at the intersection of streets where foreign embassies, including the Russian one, are located. Officially, the place will have a double name - Kænugarður / Kýiv-torg, and in English the square will be called Kyiv Square. The name of the square in the Old Norse language Kænugarður is intended to emphasize the thousand-year history of Kyiv.
17:22 The SBU announced suspicions of treason to the "governor" of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo and the "mayor" of Kherson Alexander Kobts.
17:15 The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced that it had fulfilled its obligations in dollars on sovereign Eurobonds maturing in 2022 and 2042. Moscow emphasized that these are those payments in dollars that did not go through on April 4 due to the refusal of a foreign agent bank. Now the payments have passed, and there is no question of any default.
17:11 The Institute for Strategic Studies is developing plans for adapting Ukraine to various scenarios for the duration of the war, Arakhamia said: “Of course, all of us, Ukrainians, want victory in the near future, and we don’t even want to think about a long-term scenario that can last for years. Unfortunately , world experience shows that there were few wars that ended in a few weeks or months."
"Adaptation plans are being prepared for each of the scenarios. That is, we must take into account the risks and those scenarios that are likely. And yet we believe in the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and that we will be able to expel the enemy in the near future," he added.
17:00 Because of the war in Ukraine, there are problems with fuel. First, the Russians are constantly attacking Ukrainian oil depots. Secondly, they fired twice at the Kremenchug Oil Refinery. Thirdly, logistics chains have been destroyed due to the impossibility of deliveries from the sea, and deliveries from Russia and Belarus have also been stopped. All this translates into a shortage of fuel within the country. Details - in the material The problem with gasoline: Ukraine is waiting for a rise in price .
16:56 Russian media reported today that the occupiers in Melitopol allegedly "saved" museum exhibits, including Scythian gold, which the "intruders" were going to take to Western Ukraine.
In turn, the head of the Zaporozhye OVA Oleksandr Starukh said that all the most valuable exhibits were taken out of the museums of the Zaporozhye region in March 2022 to other regions of Ukraine: “We completely took out everything that was of historical and cultural value from all museums. rescued, good luck to them."
16:48 In the occupied Fedorovka, Zaporozhye region, a conflict arose between the commanders and personnel of the RF Armed Forces because of their unwillingness to participate in offensive operations. Russians complain to local residents about deceit when signing contracts and obtaining consent to participate in hostilities.
As Ukrainian intelligence found out, Russian contractors were promised an operation according to the "Crimean scenario" - that is, the absence of resistance from Ukraine, the allocation of housing in the occupied territories and the smooth passage of service.
Seeing the real picture, many Russians refused to serve further. This led to a conflict, which FSB representatives arrived to sort out. Some of the servicemen were taken away after interrogations in an unknown direction, they did not return to the place of service.
16:43 In the occupied Kiselevka (Chernobaevsk rural community of the Kherson region) there was a skirmish between the military of the Russian Federation of Chechen and Buryat nationality. More than 50 people from each side took part in the night incident. The exact number of wounded and dead is still unknown.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, among the reasons for the conflict are the unwillingness of the Buryats to conduct offensive military operations and the "unequal rights" of conditions with the Chechens. The latter are not at all on the front line, remaining in the rear exclusively as "protective detachments." Another reason is the uneven distribution of the loot. The main "benefit" from looting is received by the same Chechens.
16:33 Sweden has allocated about 155 million euros to strengthen its military infrastructure on the strategic island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea amid rising tensions with neighboring Russia, writes Reuters.
16:28 On the highway Kiev - Kovel - Yagodin near Gostomel, a temporary crossing was opened across the Irpen River, said the head of the Humanitarian Headquarters of the Kiev OVA, Alexei Kuleba.
16:18 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that his country supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine: "We support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, like other countries, and we openly declare this, we do not hide behind a tree. Yes, we do not deny that we have good relations with Russia. The principles of international law should in no case be distorted by reason of political superiority."
16:16 The Norwegian government has joined the fifth package of EU anti-Russian sanctions - the country closes the border with Russia for land transport and its ports. The only exceptions will be fishing boats and ports of the Svalbard archipelago, NRK reports.
16:14 North Korea is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test in five years, writes the Financial Times. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. (CSIS), new satellite images of the nuclear test site at Phungeri show that preparations are "in full swing." The seventh nuclear test is likely to take place between May and September of this year.
16:11 Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that he refused Zelensky's request to provide weapons to Ukraine, but announced his readiness to send humanitarian aid to the country.
16:04 NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltic and Black Sea region have taken off "many times" over the past four days to intercept Russian aircraft near the airspace of member countries, the press service of the Alliance's air force command said.
15:59 Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland want to seek increased protection of NATO's eastern flank at the Madrid summit at the end of June. This was agreed upon by the foreign ministers of the four countries at a meeting in Riga, European Truth reports. The countries propose to expand the permanent presence of the Alliance forces.
15:52 Refugees from Ukraine in Germany will increase benefits from June, writes Deutsche Welle. The amount will be the same as the German unemployed receive - 449 euros. Now Ukrainians are paid about 300 euros. To qualify for the new payments, you need to obtain a residence permit in Germany.
15:49 Russia uses ammunition depots in Transnistria to smuggle weapons. According to Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, exercises are held there every year using ammunition from warehouses in the village of Kolbasna. Part of the ammunition is used for combat training, part, according to military intelligence, for smuggling.
Skibitsky also said that the current situation in Transnistria is a clear signal that the Russian Federation is ready to use the region as an additional springboard for aggression not only against Ukraine, but also against Moldova. According to Skibitsky, there is a serious struggle going on in Pridnestrovie between government officials and the special services of the Russian Federation are very active.
"The terrorist acts committed on the territory of the PMR were aimed at forcing the Pridnestrovian leadership to agree to the expansion of the presence of Russian troops. In addition, explosions at the facilities will be presented as a threat to the population of the region and a signal to the leadership of the Republic of Moldova to abandon the pro-European policy," Skibitsky said and added that the attacks themselves are "a characteristic handwriting of the FSB of the Russian Federation."
"According to our information, everything that happens on the territory of Pridnestrovie is under the control of the FSB of the Russian Federation," a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said.
15:34 Commander of the 36th Marine Brigade Sergei Volyn told CNN that the situation at Azovstal "goes beyond the scope of a humanitarian catastrophe." According to him, as a result of missile and air strikes, vital medical equipment was destroyed, which remained under the rubble of a field hospital.
"We ended up in the operating room. And all the operating equipment, everything that is necessary for operations, was destroyed, so we cannot treat our wounded, especially those with shrapnel and bullet wounds. And now we have no surgical instruments. We are also in dire need of medicine," he said.
Currently, hundreds of people, including 60 children, are in the basements of the plant. Many are injured, there is very little water and food.
15:28 Kuleba: "Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons for the sake of world peace. We then knocked on NATO's door, but it never opened. The security vacuum led to Russian aggression. The world owes Ukraine security, and we ask states to decide which They are ready to provide security guarantees.
15:25 A long curfew is introduced in Odessa - from 22:00 Sunday, May 1, to 05:00 Tuesday, May 3. In the rest of the region, restrictions will remain the same - daily from 22:00 to 05:00.
15:17 The new weapon that the United States will provide to Ukraine will change the positions of the parties in the war, but it will not be as fast as we would like, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said: "Now a large number of our military are being trained. This is a new weapon, it needs get used to it, you have to learn how to use it."
15:15 Germany will not veto the decision of the European Union on the oil embargo against Russia, said Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habek.
15:12 Ireland can send more than 1 billion euros of Russian assets frozen under EU sanctions for the restoration of Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Simon Coveney.
15:06 Estonian Defense Minister Kalle Laanet visited Kiev and held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov. According to Reznikov, the visit took place "immediately after Ramstein."
14:54 Kyiv City State Administration urges the people of Kiev not to travel by private transport without unnecessary need, in order to ensure the primary need for fuel for the military. Public transport is offered as an alternative.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses report that large queues have formed at gas stations in the capital.
14:46 The State Border Service forbade citizens in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions to approach the border closer than 1 km during the day and 20 km at night.
14:39 The Embassy of the Netherlands has resumed work in Kiev.
14:28 Britain is sending a team of war crimes experts to Ukraine to help Ukraine collect material for the International Criminal Court, Foreign Minister Liz Thrus said: "Our experts will collect evidence of Russian atrocities, including sexual violence. We will reveal the truth and hold Putin accountable ".
14:23 The Russian invaders captured two British volunteers of the Presidium Network, Associated Press and BBC write. According to preliminary data, they were kidnapped in Dneprorudny, Zaporozhye region, where they helped with the evacuation of people.
14:07 Ukraine will receive an additional 495 million euros from the World Bank, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reports. This money will be transferred in addition to a grant of 88.5 million, which has already entered the Ukrainian state budget.
13:49 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated the village of Russian Lozovaya, Kharkiv region, from the invaders. Currently, it is completely under the control of Ukraine.
"This is a strategically important settlement located on the Kharkiv-Belgorod highway. It was from this suburb that during the occupation the enemy fired at the civilian infrastructure and residential areas of Kharkov," said journalist Denis Kazansky, whose message was disseminated by the intelligence department.
13:24 For the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta, the vessel Unity N has completed loading 71,000 tons of Ukrainian corn, Reuters reports.
13:23 Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that he had invited both Zelensky and Putin to the G20 summit in November. Both presidents accepted the invitation, writes Bloomberg.
13:05 Congressmen passed a law on lend-lease for Ukraine, which will simplify the supply of weapons, and President Biden has asked for tens of billions to help Ukrainians "in the fight for freedom." Read more about these decisions in the material What the new US aid will give .
13:03 Borrell said that the recent events in Transnistria harm the security of Moldova: "The European Union calls on the responsible parties to avoid destabilizing the situation. We strongly welcome the restrained reaction of the authorities of the Republic of Moldova, which contributes to maintaining calm in the country."
12:54 Crypto exchange Binance blocked the cryptocurrency accounts of relatives of a number of Kremlin officials, among them Lavrov's stepdaughter, Peskov's daughter, son of tycoon Malofeev. They will not be able to use their accounts to sell, purchase or transfer crypto assets.
12:51 Vinnitsa City Council renamed Moskovskaya Street to Mariupolskaya.
12:45 The units of the Russian Armed Forces, which were removed from combat missions in Mariupol, were moved closer to the JFO zone in order to encircle the Ukrainian troops, said the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Oleksandr Starukh: "We know that the movement of their forces is also taking place in the east of the Zaporozhye region, they have become more active there hostilities in recent days. The main direction is Gulyaipole and to the east, their goal is to reach Pokrovskoye (north of Gulyaipole, in the Dnepropetrovsk region) and encircle the Donbass."
12:43 Pavel Podvig, expert on nuclear weapons, head of the Russian Nuclear Arms project, claims that the nuclear forces of the Russian Federation are not suitable for delivering a first strike - they are designed only for a counter attack.
“There are practically no opportunities for delivering a first strike,” the expert says. “Such a strike could be carried out only by minimizing the damage to oneself from a retaliatory attack. And the USSR did not have such an opportunity, and Russia does not now either.<...> Strategic Russian forces are built precisely on the concept of a retaliatory strike. They can strike from under attack in order to guarantee that they reach the territory of the enemy."
12:36 The German press draws conclusions from the cessation of Russian gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and warns of the likely consequences of this decision by Moscow for Germany and the European Union. Details - in the material Act of Despair Putin .
12:18 The City Council of Polish Gdansk has given one of the city squares the name of the Heroic Mariupol.
12:12 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published new recommendations for the work of journalists. So, you can collect information immediately after the shelling, but publishing photos and videos from the places of hostilities is allowed only after 12 hours for military facilities and after three hours for civilian ones.
In addition, military administrations are encouraged to provide more information to the media about the destruction caused by the actions of the enemy, no later than one day after the incident.
12:09 The French Foreign Ministry announced that it expects the EU to adopt the sixth package of sanctions against Russia on oil supplies next week.
12:06 Russia from its territory - from the village of Gorodishche - on the morning of April 29 again fired at the Sumy region. Enemy forces fired more than 30 mortar rounds that hit the crossroads between three villages in the Shostka region. During another shelling, mines exploded on the outskirts of one of these villages, the State Border Service said.
12:04 Anti-aircraft missile forces of the Pivden air command received the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system from partner countries, which significantly strengthened air defense in the southern region, the command said.
11:54 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Caliber sea-based missiles destroyed three traction electrical substations in the areas of the railway junctions of Fastov (Kiev region), Krasnoselka (Odessa region) and Polonne (Khmelnytsky region).
11:52 Poland has transferred 200 T-72 tanks to Ukraine, which will equip two tank brigades, Polish Radio reports. In addition to tanks, Ukraine received several dozen infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers 2S1 Gvozdika and MLRS Grad.
11:50 As a result of yesterday's missile attack on Kiev, Radio Liberty journalist Vera Girich died. According to her colleague Alexander Demchenko, a Russian missile hit her house.
11:47 Podolyak on the meeting between Zelensky and Putin: "I don't see that this can be done tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, as Turkey says... Unfortunately, we need to wait a bit. The talks between the two presidents today are still out of time. A little later, probably, they will be, but we want Ukraine's positions in these negotiations to be very, very powerful."
11:32 In the occupied Novoaidar, Luhansk region, local collaborator Pavel Sharogradsky was found killed. According to Ukrainian intelligence, he disappeared on April 25 and was soon found shot in the head and with wounds on his body. A criminal case of treason was initiated against him.
11:27 Occupants in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are forcing students to donate blood en masse for their wounded, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said. According to her, about 700 such cases are already known.
11:22 Ukraine has turned to other countries and international organizations with a request to provide specialists and equipment for demining territories, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. He explained that one day of active hostilities is equal to 30 days of demining. So, if in the Kyiv region the fighting lasted for 30-35 days, then it will take about a year and a half to clear mines.
11:18 In the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, entrepreneurs are forced to switch to rubles, the military-civilian administration reports. Also, in the villages of Botievo and Stroganovka in the Melitopol region, the Russians demand that entrepreneurs open shops, cafes, places of recreation and leisure, provided there are no Ukrainian-made goods on the shelves of stores. Ukrainian entrepreneurs are being agitated to sell goods from Crimea and enter the ruble zone.
11:16 Ukraine received grant funding from the World Bank in the amount of 88.5 million euros. The funds will be directed to the general fund of the state budget to ensure priority social, humanitarian, health care costs, and support for internally displaced persons.
11:10 The Kiev military administration asks students, women with small children, and the elderly not to return to the city yet.
11:00 GBR stopped deliveries to Russia of components that could be used in rocket science. Deliveries were carried out by the enterprise of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Investigators found that the Glukhovsky quartzite quarry, owned by the offshore company of the oligarch, illegally mined high-purity quartzite, silicon and other minerals in the Banitsky deposit in the Sumy region. These components can be used for the Russian tactical missile system Tochka-U. Law enforcers are asking the court to seize corporate rights, land plots of the deposit, and property.
10:51 Yesterday, in Mariupol, the occupiers issued the child's first birth certificate in a month - on the letterhead of the "DPR", according to Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. "For the first time in Mariupol, a Russian terrorist satellite officially stole the citizenship of our Ukrainian child," he wrote.
10:47 The Federal Service for Technical Export Control of the Russian Federation informed the enterprises of the military-industrial complex about the danger of using anti-virus programs developed in the Russian Federation. An analysis of information security threats indicates that "foreign hacker groups actively exploit software vulnerabilities when implementing computer attacks on the information structure of the Russian Federation." The corresponding letter came into the possession of Ukrainian intelligence.
The document says that the main danger is associated with the use of Russian "import substitution" software products by government agencies. First of all, these are Kaspersky anti-virus programs. The level of danger associated with their use is rated from "medium" to "critical".
10:44 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "a launcher with a combat crew of the Ukrainian Tochka-U missile system, from which yesterday a strike was struck on residential areas of Kherson, was destroyed near Gorokhovsky in the Nikolaev region."
10:40 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "VKS with high-precision long-range weapons destroyed the production buildings of the Artem rocket and space industry enterprise in Kyiv.
10:35 During the analysis of the rubble of a residential building in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, where a rocket hit yesterday, the body of the deceased was found , Klitschko said.
10:34 The General Staff announced the losses of the enemy on the morning of April 29:
- personnel - about 23,000 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 986 (+16),
- armored combat vehicles - 2418 (+29),
- artillery systems - 435 (+4),
- MLRS - 151 (+0),
- air defense systems - 73 (+1),
- aircraft - 189 (+2),
- helicopters - 155 (+0),
- automotive equipment - 1695 (+7),
- ships/boats - 8 (+0),
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 229 (+14),
- special equipment - 31 (+0),
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4 (+0).
10:25 The negotiation process with Moscow has slowed down after information about the atrocities of the Russian military in the Kiev region and the Kremlin's desire to intensify military operations in the Donbass, Podolyak said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
In addition, according to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, the Russian Federation still has enough resources to conduct active military operations in eastern Ukraine, "and they want to get certain tactical victories in order to show that they know how to fight, so that they continue to be afraid."
10:22 In Melitopol, Russian invaders are kidnapping people en masse, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: "They are kidnapping people at checkpoints, they have already switched to mass kidnapping. They are kidnapping all men of military age. Two weeks ago they began to offer them to join the Russian army, and today they are kidnapping at checkpoints and taken in an unknown direction. People are kept in inhuman conditions in the basement. I think they want to use them as an exchange fund or as cannon fodder to participate in operations during the war with Ukraine."
10:19 Arestovich on Ukraine's losses at the front: "We have losses, the losses are large, but the losses of the Russian side are much, much greater. The Russian army ends faster than it has time to advance. The losses of the Russian Federation are colossal, but due to the concentration of firepower they can afford the squeezing tactics."
10:17 Russian troops are moving away from Mariupol and moving towards the Zaporozhye region, a US Department of Defense spokesman said. He did not specify how many Russian troops he was talking about, but said it was "significant."
The retreat of part of the Russian troops from the Mariupol area, according to a US Department of Defense official, does not mean that the city is already considered occupied, since shelling continues.
09:52 Elon Musk, in addition to Starlink, handed over Tesla Powerwall stations to Ukraine. Fedorov said that today two outpatient clinics in Borodyanka and Irpin received solar panels and Tesla Powerwall energy saving systems. These solar panels and generators have become very popular in the US. The Powerwall energy system has high autonomy and provides backup power during power outages.
09:48 Zelensky thanked Biden: "I thank the President of the United States and the American people for their leadership in supporting Ukraine in our fight against Russian aggression. We defend common values - democracy and freedom. We appreciate US assistance. Today it is needed more than ever."
09:43 The US will "strongly support" the decision of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, Blinken said.
09:39 Russian troops carried out several successful local attacks from Kherson towards Nikolaev, the American Institute for the Study of War reported. It is also reported that the invaders have increased the pace of artillery and air strikes on Ukrainian positions on Azovstal.
In attacks directly southeast from Izyum towards Slovyansk, Russian forces have made little progress and will likely try to bypass Ukrainian defenses by attacking further west, analysts say.
The Russian army is trying to increase the pace of offensives. Probably the most important battles in the Donbass will take place in the next 2-3 weeks.
09:35 The operation to evacuate civilians from Azovstal is scheduled for Friday, April 29, a source in the OP told Reuters.
09:08 Germany is ready to stop buying Russian oil, paving the way for an EU ban on oil imports from Russia, writes WSJ. Berlin has been one of the main opponents of sanctions on Russian oil and gas. However, on Wednesday, Germany's representatives in the EU institutions lifted the country's objection to a total embargo on Russian oil, provided that Berlin gets enough time to secure alternative supplies.
08:52 Borrell commented on yesterday's attacks on Kiev: "Shocked and amazed by Russian missile attacks on Kiev and other cities of Ukraine. Russia again demonstrates blatant disregard for international law by shelling the city during the stay of UN Secretary General António Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov".
08:41 In the Luhansk region, the invaders fired at Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Gornoe, Privolye, Popasnaya, and the battles for Orekhovo continue, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said.
08:40 In the morning, Russian troops fired at Velyka Kostroma and Maryanskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Gradov, Governor Valentin Reznichenko said. Outbuildings were damaged, there were no casualties.
08:39 Kyiv City State Administration clarified that as a result of yesterday's missile attack on a residential building in the Shevchenko district of Kiev, four people were hospitalized, ten people were injured in total. In the morning, utilities began cleaning near the house.
08:37 British intelligence reports that the battle for Donbass remains Russia's main strategic direction - to achieve the stated goal of controlling the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. In these areas, the fighting was especially heavy around Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, with attempts to advance south from Izyum towards Slavyansk. But due to the strong resistance of Ukraine, the territorial gains of Russia were limited and achieved at the cost of significant losses for the Russian troops.
08:33 The UK is preparing the largest deployment of its troops in Europe since the Cold War: about 8,000 British soldiers will go to Eastern Europe in the summer for exercises against Russian aggression, Sky News reports.
Troops will be deployed from Finland and the Baltic countries to North Macedonia. They will have dozens of tanks and over 100 armored vehicles. In addition to the British, tens of thousands of military personnel from other NATO countries will take part in the exercises.
08:31 More than 1,900 missile strikes have been carried out by Russia on Ukraine since the beginning of a full-scale war, the US Department of Defense reported. Most of the strikes are in Mariupol and the JFO zone. The Pentagon noted that the vast majority of strikes against Ukraine are carried out from air bases on the territory of the Russian Federation.
08:16 A ship from Spain arrived in Poland with 200 tons of military aid for Ukraine.
07:39 Russian troops continue offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone and are actively conducting reconnaissance. Ukrainian defenders are conducting active mobile defense, and in some places they are delivering counterattacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .
05:15 The United States will not succumb to nuclear blackmail and is just as ready for strategic deterrence as it has been for decades, Ambassador to Russia Sullivan said.
03:20 Arestovich said that the war unleashed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine is developing according to the principle of expansion to neighboring countries : “The shadow of the war fell on Moldova, Belarus and Russia itself. not within the borders of Ukraine. It has cast a very serious shadow, and flashes of fires are visible in this shadow."
01:34 Under the rubble of a field hospital at the Azovstal plant, at least one Ukrainian defender was killed, and about a hundred more wounded soldiers received another shell shock. The Azov Regiment reported that the blow was delivered purposefully at the hospital.
00:17 On Thursday, April 28, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 15 air targets of Russian invaders: one aircraft (Su-34), five cruise missiles, nine UAVs.
00:14 In the Khmelnitsky region, the enemy launched a missile attack on an infrastructure facility in one of the territorial communities of the Shepetovsky district, the fire was extinguished, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gamaly.