[Korrespondent] 22:14 Canada will transfer the confiscated Russian AN-124 aircraft and other assets to Ukraine, Shmyhal said: "A new package of sanctions against Russia from Canada. In particular, against the Volga-Dnepr company. We are preparing to confiscate the AN-124 aircraft and other assets of the aggressor in Canada and transfer them to Ukraine."
21:41 Brazilian President Lula da Silva said following his visits to China and the UAE that he had discussed joint mediation with these countries in resolving the situation in Ukraine. He also advocated the formation of a "political G20" to end the war.
"President Putin is not making any initiatives to stop the war. Zelensky from Ukraine is not making any initiatives to stop the war ... Europe and the United States continue to contribute to the continuation of the war. Therefore, they should sit down at the negotiating table and say enough is enough," he said. brazilian president. Da Silva said he had already discussed his initiative to create a "new G20" with Biden, Scholz and Macron, as well as with the leaders of some South American countries.
21:16 During his visit to Moscow, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said at a meeting with Putin that Russia and China "have strong relations, they are superior to the Cold War alliances, they are built on the principles of non-alignment, non-confrontation with a third party."
21:07 Ukraine in March received more than 3,000 appeals from Russians who wanted to surrender, Vitaly Matviyenko , the speaker of the state project I want to live , said. According to him, operations during which Russian citizens surrender take place every two days.
19:58 Rescue work after the Russian strike on a residential area in Sloviansk has been completed: according to the final data, 15 people were killed and 24 injured , said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Among the dead was a two-year-old child. On Friday, April 14, the Russians fired eight missiles from the S-300 air defense system into the city. The most extensive destruction was in a five-story building in Parkovy Lane.
19:04 In the occupied territories, Russians are catching local residents everywhere - on the streets, at checkpoints, at any movement - forcing them to obtain a Russian passport, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. Especially, according to her, the occupiers are trying by violent means to encourage males, who are primarily considered as a mobilization resource. They are immediately put on the list of potential recruits.
17:32 In Slavyansk, the body of another deceased was taken out from under the rubble of a five-story building: thus, the total number of victims of the Russian strike on a residential area of ​​the city on April 14 reached 13 people, the State Emergency Service reported. According to the National Police, two more people may be under the rubble.
16:39 Italy has already handed over to Ukraine at least 30 units of M109L artillery mounts out of the promised 60. The rest should arrive in the near future, La Repubblica writes.
14:31 The Russians hit the temple in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, from heavy artillery, two people were injured, the OVA reported. In addition to the temple, five residential buildings, two cars, and several power lines were damaged in the city.
13:44 Reznikov said in an interview with La Razon that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are "critically less than Russian" and less than the death toll in the earthquake in Turkey.
12:56 The Russians are preparing to kidnap children from Energodar - local schools and kindergartens are distributing information about the forced evacuation, which began and will last until April 20, Energoatom reports. They plan to take the children to the Crimean side on ZNPP buses, thus allegedly legalizing the theft of the nuclear power plant’s transport, which the personnel use to get to work. Now the invaders have already begun to take furniture, mattresses and other things out of kindergartens.
12:37 In Slavyansk, from under the rubble of a five-story building, which the Russians fired on April 14, they got the body of another dead person - the total number of victims thus increased to 12, search and rescue operations continue, the State Emergency Service reports.
11:08 British intelligence reports that the commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinskiy, probably again plays one of the key roles in the war in Ukraine, although he was removed from this direction in January. One of the signs of his return is the strengthening of the role of the Airborne Forces near Bakhmut. Analysts say Teplinskiy is likely to promote the traditional role of the Airborne Forces as an elite force.
Intelligence also notes that Teplinskiy is one of the few Russian generals who is respected among the rank and file military.
10:19 Ukraine returned another 130 defenders from Russian captivity , the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. Among them are 92 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 20 Teroboronets, 11 National Guardsmen, three border guards, two representatives of the Navy and two representatives of the State Special Transport Service. All of them are privates and sergeants. Most of them defended Ukraine in the Bakhmut and Soledar directions, as well as in the Zaporozhye, Kherson, Lugansk regions.
Of the 130 defenders released, 48 were considered missing. Some of the rescued have wounds, concussions, some have lost limbs. In total, 230 Ukrainian defenders were rescued from Russian captivity last week.
09:23 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the settlements of the Kherson region 70 times from heavy artillery, drones and aircraft. In particular, the Russian army attacked residential areas of Kherson five times. Two people died and two others were injured, the IVA said.
09:15 In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, rescue operations are still ongoing at the site of a five-story house destroyed as a result of shelling on April 14, the State Emergency Service reports. According to the National Police, four more people may be under the rubble. Two people were rescued, the bodies of six were raised from the rubble of the destroyed five-story building. In total, as a result of a massive enemy strike, from which several houses were damaged, 11 people were killed and 22 were injured.
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 16.
- personnel - about 182,070 (+520) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3657 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7083 (+10),
- artillery systems - 2795 (+10),
- MLRS - 538 (+3),
- air defense systems - 284 (+1),
- aircraft - 308 (+1),
- helicopters - 293 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2339 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5658 (+12),
- special equipment - 326 (+2).
08:28 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. During the day, the Defense Forces repelled more than 60 enemy attacks in the indicated sectors of the front, the General Staff said in the morning report .
The General Staff notes that Russia is suffering daily losses, and this makes itself felt. Thus, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to postpone the start of the educational process for officers in some higher military educational institutions from September 1 to December 1. There is also a decrease in the number of personnel in units trained at the training grounds. This is probably due to the constant dispatch of small groups to the areas of combat operations to make up for the losses of combat units.
Recently, an open letter from PMC Wagner appeared in the information space with an "invitation" to join its ranks of volunteers. It is known that the units of this organization suffered heavy losses during the attack on Bakhmut.
08:14 At night, the Russians launched rocket attacks on the Snigirev community of the Nikolaev region, previously from the S-300 air defense system. In one of the settlements of the community, two teenagers born in 2005 were killed as a result of shelling. Residential buildings, an educational institution and a private enterprise were damaged, the OVA said.
In the city of Snigirevka, as a result of the shelling, two educational institutions, a hospital, a cultural center and residential buildings were damaged. According to preliminary information, people were not injured.
06:10 The "DPR" accused Ukraine of allegedly shelling the center of Donetsk: rockets fell near the Transfiguration Cathedral, where the Easter service was taking place, six people were injured.
04:29 The Russians fired at the Zaporozhye region: the local church was damaged in Kamyshevakh, the service was not held in it. In Zaporozhye, the enemy hit the green zone, the OVA reported.
00:35 The Russian army in the evening launched airstrikes on the border area of ​​the Chernihiv region, including an enterprise in the city of Semyonovka. There were no preliminary victims, rescuers are eliminating the fire, OK Pivnich reported.
In addition, the enemy launched an airstrike, probably a guided bomb, on a public utility in the Shostka district of the Sumy region. According to preliminary information, one person was injured.
00:17 The authorities of the Russian Federation did not take measures to block the US access to Russian security and intelligence services after the leak of secret Pentagon documents, writes The New York Times, citing two high-ranking US officials. This, they said, was one of the issues that worried the West: they thought the Russians would try to find US sources and try to cut them off. However, a week after the publication of the data, "fears were not justified."
There is also no indication that the Russian command has changed its operations on the ground in Ukraine since the leak. American intelligence agencies have infiltrated the Russian army to such an extent that they are warning Ukraine in real time about airstrikes and even about their specific targets. The documents showed "how much Ukraine's military efforts depend on the United States," the newspaper notes.