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[Korrespondent] 21:54 Norway will allocate an additional almost 600 million euros to Ukraine, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. Of this amount, about 500 million euros will go mainly to air defense systems and another 100 million to other support. Thus, the total amount of Norwegian assistance to Ukraine in 2024 will amount to 1.8 billion euros in direct support.
21:21 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that he is negotiating with a number of countries about the transfer of Patriot complexes to Ukraine: “There are countries that have Patriot, and what we are doing is continuing to negotiate with these countries. I personally spoke with the leaders of several countries in the last two weeks and asked them to provide more funds."
21:15 After Polish protesters unblocked the checkpoints, trucks began returning to Ukraine en masse. However, immediately after crossing the border, the truck drivers were met by TCC employees. In particular, military personnel remove drivers from international flights and send them to acquisition centers, leaving loaded vehicles on the side of the road. Read more in the material Mobilization of truck drivers .
21:12 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held many meetings today on military topics - on the situation at the front, the offensive actions of the Russian Federation and the actions of the Defense Forces - "both in order to thwart Russian plans and in order to achieve our goals" .
We discussed arms supplies and communication with partners with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. “We need to significantly speed up deliveries in order to significantly strengthen the capabilities of our soldiers. The front should not be dominated by Russian air bombs and assault operations, but by our Ukrainian initiative - our air defense, our artillery, our drones. We are partly solving this thanks to our production. Special results achieved in relation to drones," the president said.
20:53 On the night of April 30 in Crimea, after a missile attack, a fire broke out at a military airfield in Dzhankoy. The missiles also attacked three military air defense units - in the village of Donskoye, as well as in the Saki and Black Sea regions, and there were wounded Russian soldiers everywhere. For ATACMS missiles, the primary targets are long-range anti-aircraft missile sites and airfields. For more details, see the article Prepare the Bridge .
20:19 Russia has run out of gasoline due to Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, Politico writes. Diesel fuel prices for Russians have risen sharply, and gasoline prices have reached a six-month high. Drone attacks on refineries have become both a military and political problem for the Kremlin, as cheap fuel is important to the war and to Putin's image. The Russian Federation has already banned the export of gasoline and diesel fuel, and it may have to import gasoline from reserves in Belarus, the newspaper notes.
19:50 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a decision regarding a special tribunal for Russia, which instructed the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to prepare the necessary documents to facilitate consultations in the Core Group and prepare a potential draft agreement with Ukraine on the actual creation of the tribunal. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that this is an important practical step towards the creation of a special tribunal for Russian aggression.
19:17 During his visit to Vilnius, Zelensky discussed with his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda the issue of returning Ukrainian men of military age, said Lithuanian Presidential National Security Advisor Kestutis Budrys. “To the extent and in the form in which Ukraine deems it necessary, we, of course, will talk with them and help in implementation,” he noted.
At the same time, Burdis emphasized that in order for such a decision to be effectively implemented, it must act at the interstate level. “If we introduce stricter living and working conditions in Lithuania for Ukrainian citizens who evade their obligations in Ukraine, and if they can move to a neighboring country and there will be no such regime there, how effective will this be? It will be more of an imitation,” - Burdis explained.
18:20 Trump said in an interview with Time magazine that he would stop aid to Ukraine if Europe does not increase its share: “I will not give unless Europe starts to compare the score. If Europe is not going to pay, why should we pay?.. On them The ocean between us had a much greater impact."
17:39 In the last week alone, the Russian army was able to capture or enter approximately six villages in the Donetsk region, writes The New York Times. Military experts say Moscow is trying to advance as far as possible before the first shipment of US military aid arrives. More details about the Russian offensive can be found in the article Where the enemy wants to break through .
16:56 The government has allocated an additional 15.5 billion hryvnia for the purchase of drones, Shmygal said. According to him, this is an additional resource to the 43.3 billion hryvnia that have already been allocated for drones this year. For the funds allocated today, 300 thousand drones will be supplied to the Defense Forces.
16:34 Over the past year, Russia has learned to produce new weapons faster than ever before in history, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to him, the Russian Federation has significantly accelerated the pace of production of ammunition, missiles, tanks and armored vehicles. This was done thanks to significant assistance in the form of machine tools, microelectronics and optics, mainly from China, Blinken added.
16:11 Latvia will provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance, which will include, in particular, short-range anti-aircraft guns and surveillance drones, Prime Minister Evika Silina said. She recalled that Latvia allocates about 0.25% of its GDP per year to support Ukraine.
15:27 Lithuania plans to build six underground schools in Ukraine by the end of the year, said the head of Lithuanian programs Arturas Zarnovskis. He clarified that educational institutions will be built in Nikolaev, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkov regions. “We are starting to build large schools-bomb shelters. And this is construction “from scratch”, in places where, unfortunately, there were no shelters before. Among other things, the safety conditions in such underground premises will include, just in case, anti-radiation protection... I think , we will be able to complete construction this year,” he noted.
14:45 Ukraine will not forcibly return men of military age from abroad, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishyna. According to her, providing data to territorial recruitment centers does not mean automatic mobilization to the front - we are talking about accounting and information.
14:16 In Kharkov, the number of victims as a result of today's attack by air bombs has increased to nine, one person was killed, said the head of the Air Force Oleg Sinegubov. He clarified that four people were hospitalized, another five were treated on the spot. The first hit was recorded in the Kiev district on the territory of a garage cooperative and an administrative building nearby, the second hit on the territory of a civilian railway infrastructure enterprise in the Kholodnogorsk district. The prosecutor's office clarified that Russian aviation dropped three UMPB D-30SN bombs on the city.
13:53 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian air defense allegedly shot down six American ATACMS missiles and two Hammer guided bombs made in France in one day. Meanwhile, the opposition Russian publication Astra writes that a military airfield in Dzhankoy was attacked at night, as a result of which five servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces were wounded.
13:42 In Kharkov, the Russians again attacked civilian railway infrastructure today, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. As a result of the shelling, one railway worker was killed and another was wounded.
13:05 Zelensky admitted that Ukraine will not be able to become a member of NATO during the war: “The question of NATO is a question of the majority, and the majority is a political question. And in order for Ukraine to be politically accepted into the Alliance, this requires victory. And I believe that one of the reasons why there is a war is because we have not been in the Alliance before.”
12:24 The Russians struck Odessa on April 29 with an Iskander ballistic missile with a cluster warhead, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin said: “This is an indiscriminate weapon, the use of which can lead to significant casualties among the civilian population. Metal fragments were seized within a radius of 1.5 km from the site of the attack and rocket debris. The investigation has reason to believe that the decision to use precisely such weapons was made deliberately by officers of the Russian Armed Forces in order to kill as many Ukrainian civilians as possible."
12:00 According to updated information, in Kharkov, as a result of today’s strikes, one person was killed and seven were injured, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
11:52 In the morning, the Russians hit a grain warehouse with drones in one of the villages of the Novgorod-Seversk community of the Chernihiv region. As a result of the hit, a fire broke out, which has already been extinguished; no people were injured, said the head of the OIA, Vyacheslav Chaus.
11:46 On Border Guard Day, Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko announced the creation of the Garth brigade - this is the 11th brigade as part of the Offensive Guard and the third combat brigade as part of the State Border Service. Garth's fighters are already strengthening the Defense Forces on the eastern borders of the country.
11:10 The Icelandic Parliament adopted a resolution on long-term support for Ukraine in the period from 2024 to 2028. The document is aimed at supporting independence, sovereignty, borders, civilian safety, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction work in Ukraine.
10:49 According to preliminary information, as a result of the strikes on Kharkov, two people were killed and six were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
10:47 In Odessa, as a result of yesterday’s missile attack, the vice-rector of the Academy of the International Humanitarian University, Boris Vasiliev, was killed, Moscow State University confirmed.
10:42 The Lithuanian authorities supported the idea of returning men of military age to Ukraine. In particular, the country's President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte spoke in favor of this. They believe that Ukraine should have the means and tools to “invite its young men to serve their homeland.”
“We could probably look for some ways to make sure that a person has fulfilled his mobilization duty or is released from it when we consider the issue of renewing a residence permit,” Simonyte noted. However, she added that this issue should be discussed at the EU level.
In turn, the representative of the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs Anneli Viks said that the country does not plan to deport Ukrainian men to their homeland for military service. According to her, “mobilization is an issue concerning the state and its citizens.” Ukrainians with expired documents will be able to continue living in Estonia, but will not be able to travel to other countries, she clarified.
10:33 The Russians hit the Kholodnogorsky and Kievsky districts of Kharkov with KABs, hits were recorded on civilian infrastructure, including near the park area, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, one person is currently known to have died and two were wounded in the Kholodnogorsk district.
09:45 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Ten private houses, a critical infrastructure facility, an administrative building, and a cultural institution were damaged.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed in Krasnogorovka, two more were injured, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin.
09:04 On the evening of April 29, the Russians hit the KAB in the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Kharkov region, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:53 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 30:
personnel - about 468,720 (+1250) people,
tanks - 7307 (+22),
armored combat vehicles - 14,046 (+39),
artillery systems - 12,011 (+26),
MLRS - 1053 (+2),
air defense systems - 779 (+1),
aircraft - 348 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9531 (+3),
cruise missiles - 2126 (+2),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,142 (+33),
special equipment - 1977 (+3).
08:24 Over the past 24 hours, 115 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 33 enemy attacks in the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamensky, Novy, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Razdolovka and Chasov Yar, Donetsk region. Another 24 attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Sokol, Solovyevo, Semenovka, Orlovka and Netaylovo, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 20 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Konstantinovka, Georgievka and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. In the Liman direction, 13 attacks were repelled in the areas of Tverdokhlebovo, Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry in the Luhansk region, as well as Ternov, Torsky and south of Zarechny in the Donetsk region; in Kupyansky - nine attacks in the areas of Berestovo and Novosergeevka, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Orekhovsky - seven attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Novodarivka, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:58 The number of victims of yesterday's Russian missile attack on Odessa has increased to five - one of the wounded died in the hospital, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. According to him, 23 victims continue to be treated in medical institutions, eight of them are in serious condition, four are in extremely serious condition, including a four-year-old girl.
07:49 A representative of the Russian “authorities” of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack with ATACMS missiles on Crimea at night, and an air defense system allegedly worked over Dzhankoy and Simferopol.
05:55 Russian troops have received minor tactical advantages near Avdievka and can now choose a further direction of attack, writes the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Analysts see several opportunities for Russian troops, but it is unclear where they will focus their efforts in the near future.
Thus, according to ISW assessments, the stabilization of Russian positions northwest of Avdeevka poses the Russian command with a choice: either continue to advance west toward the stated operational objective in Pokrovsk, or try to advance north to conduct possible additional offensive operations around Chasov Yar.
00:34 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington is ready for negotiations as soon as Russia demonstrates a sincere desire to conduct them. According to him, the end of the war in Ukraine depends on Putin’s decision. "I hope that Putin will understand the message and demonstrate a willingness to negotiate sincerely in accordance with the basic principles, the basis of the international community and the UN Charter: sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence. If these are properly confirmed, a resolution should be adopted," Blinken added .
00:16 Duchess of Edinburgh Sophie Helen visited Ukraine, becoming the first in the British royal family to do so since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. In Kyiv, the Duchess of Edinburgh met with President Vladimir Zelensky and First Lady Elena Zelenskaya. She gave them a personal message from the British King Charles III. The Duchess also met with internally displaced persons and visited the mass grave site in Bucha.
Buckingham Palace said Sophie's visit was carried out at the request of the British Foreign Office and was intended to "demonstrate solidarity with the women, men and children affected by the war."
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[Korrespondent] Russia accelerates offensive in Donbass.
Over the past week, the Russian army has captured or entered approximately six villages in the Donbass, writes The New York Times.
Russia has expanded its offensive operation in the Donbass, and the Ukrainian Defense Forces are forced to partially retreat. This is how the American publication The New York Times describes the difficult situation at the front.
Over the past week alone, the Russian army was able to capture or enter about six villages in Donbass, the media notes. Journalists also note that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Alexander Syrsky, announced the aggravation of the situation at the front on Sunday.
Military experts say Moscow is trying to advance as far as possible before the first shipment of US military aid arrives.
“Trying to seize the strategic initiative and break through the front line, the enemy concentrated his main efforts in several directions, creating a significant advantage in forces and means,” the publication quotes Syrsky.
CONFIDENT PROGRESS IN THE AVDEEVKA AREA
The commander-in-chief added that “the most difficult situation” is around the villages west of Avdiivka. Here, he said, Russia has deployed up to four brigades. The occupiers' goal is to advance into Ukrainian military logistics centers such as the eastern city of Pokrovsk.
After Russia captured Avdeevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated to a new defense line about five kilometers to the west, along a number of small villages, but this line was recaptured by Russian forces. In particular, we are talking about such settlements as Berdich and Semyonovka.
The head of the public research group of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, Sergei Kuzan, explained that the Ukrainian command was forced to make “a choice between a bad situation and an even worse one” and decided to lose territory, not soldiers.
The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was further complicated by the breakthrough of the northern part of the defense line in the Donetsk region. As you know, the Russian army, taking advantage of the gaps in the Ukrainian positions, quickly advanced to the village of Ocheretino. The settlement is located on the way to Pokrovsk, approximately 45 km to the west.
OFFENSIVE ON CHASOV YAR
The American Institute for the Study of War believes that the achievements of the occupiers in Ocheretino presented the Russian command with a choice: continue the offensive west towards Pokrovsk or advance north towards Chasovoy Yar, which is located at a strategic height approximately 11 km west of Bakhmut.
According to Ukrainian defenders, about 25 thousand Russian troops are participating in the attack on Chasov Yar. Capturing him would put Konstantinovka in the line of direct fire. Moreover, the city is the main supply point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces along most of the eastern front.
An attack north of Ocheretinoye could also allow Russian forces to attack Konstantinovka from the south.
"Russian forces now have the ability to achieve significant operational gains near Chasovoy Yar," ISW said in a Sunday report.
TORETSK OPERATION
At the same time, Ukrainian military expert Konstantin Mashovets believes that the enemy is now forming two flanks for the upcoming Toretsk operation. These flanks are formed in the north (Chasov Yar) and in the south (Ocheretino).
Having broken through Ocheretino, the invaders began to advance towards the highway to Konstantinovka. How, according to Mashovets, did they outline their plan to cover the Toretsky region.
On the northern flank, according to the expert, the Russian army can bypass Chasov Yar without attacking it head-on, but acting from the south and southeast. This is what the Russians did during the assault on Avdeevka with the local coke plant. To form the northern flank of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to reach the Stupochka-Belaya Gora line.
“Apparently, the enemy command understands all this quite clearly and acts precisely in this vein. At least, it is trying. After all, at the moment it has all the conditions for this, and among them, the main thing is an advantage in forces and means, and not just “significant”, but almost “overwhelming”,” Mashovets noted.
WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS?
Military expert Sergei Kuzan also believes that the advance of the Russian army will occur in the near future, depending on how quickly and in what volume Western assistance arrives.
Last week, the United States said it would urgently transfer the first billion dollars of its new military aid package to Ukraine. This shipment will include Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and other air defense munitions, Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and 155mm projectiles.
Ukraine is especially in need of artillery shells to defeat the enemy and stop their advance. Speaking to Western allies last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was firing 10 shells for every one fired by Ukraine.
“We are still waiting for the supplies promised to Ukraine,” President Zelensky said in a late-night address on Sunday.
“We are counting on precisely the volume and content of supplies that can change the situation on the battlefield,” he added.
But whether these supplies will reach the battlefield quickly enough to stop the Russian advance remains unknown. Moreover, military experts say that Moscow is preparing to launch a new large-scale offensive in late May or early June and that it will continue to attack in the coming weeks.
The commander of the 3rd company of the 8th volunteer formation of the territorial society, Vladimir Bitsak, said on Monday that Russia had deployed four battalions near the border with the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] The situation on the fronts is difficult, but Ukrainian defenders are courageously repelling enemy attacks.
The hottest situation during the day was in the Bakhmut direction, where 24 attacks by Russian troops were repelled, and in Avdeevsky - 23 attacks.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Tuesday evening, April 30.
During the day, 96 military clashes were recorded. In general, the enemy launched 1 missile and 29 air strikes, carried out 109 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas, the General Staff said in a statement.
In the Kupyansky direction, Ukrainian fighters repelled three attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo and Kopanki, Kharkov region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 attacks carried out by the enemy in the area of the settlements of Novoegorovka, Grekovka, Makeevka, Nevskoye and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region, as well as Ternov in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 24 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements, Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoe, Razdolevka, Spirnoe, Novy, Kleshchievka, Andreevka and Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, 23 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Keramik, Sokol, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka and Netaylovo in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to oust our units from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Praskovevka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 10 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, twice attacked the positions of our defenders in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and Rabotinoy, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy twice made unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 12 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on one area where Russian troops were concentrated.
Let us remind you that over the past day, April 29, Ukrainian fighters destroyed 1,250 enemy soldiers , 22 tanks, 39 armored vehicles, 33 cars and many other enemy equipment. The total number of losses of Russian army personnel since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine is 468,720 soldiers.
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[KavkazUzel] Police officers released Alipanakh Gashumov, who is the father-in-law of activist and author of the novel “Andalunya” Abid Gafarov. The authorities are persecuting Gafarov’s relatives and himself because in his book he pointed out torture and violations of people’s rights during the “Terter affair,” human rights activist Rufat Safarov believes.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, in Azerbaijan on the evening of April 29, people in civilian clothes came to search the private house of activist Abid Gafarov, who is in political exile in Europe. They confiscated copies of Gafarov’s books, a laptop and took his father-in-law to an unknown direction.
On the night of April 30, Abid Gafarov's father-in-law Alipanakh Gashumov was released. After the search, people in civilian clothes took Gashumov to a police station. An hour later he was released. Gafarov himself announced this.
“Everything ended well, largely thanks to human rights activists and representatives of independent media, who promptly covered the search in our house and the actual detention of my father-in-law. The illegal actions of security forces in civilian clothes caused a resonance on social networks and, although my books were irrevocably confiscated, my father-in-law was ultimately they left him alone and released him,” Abid Gafarov told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The search in Gafarov's house and the detention of his father-in-law is alarming, said Rufat Safarov, executive director of the NGO Line of Protection .
“It is clear that the goal was to confiscate copies of Abid Gafarov’s novel “Andalunya,” in which he described the horrors of victims of torture who were persecuted in the “ Terter case .” It was not clear why they began to bother his father-in-law, an elderly man who was taken from his home at night , they kept me somewhere else and then finally released me,” Safarov told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have a comment from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. The department's press service did not respond to a written request.
Let us recall that earlier Abid Gafarov said that the novel “Andalunya” is an allusion to the “Terter Affair” in Azerbaijan. “On April 27, 42 copies of the book presented at the book exhibition “Okhu” (“Reading”) in the Park of the Academy of Sciences in Baku were confiscated by people in civilian clothes. Ruslan Farzaliev, who presented the book at the exhibition and suffered during the “Terter events”, was detained and released many hours later,” Gafarov previously told a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The book "Andalunya" is written in Azerbaijani language and in an original style. It tells about the life of people in the state of Andalunia with distorted socio-political views, noted the author of the blog “ Wind from Absheron ” on the “Caucasian Knot” on March 29.
“The book is written in a harsh style, the author does not advise people with weak psyches to read it. In “Andalunya” Gafarov also talks about the disappearance of citizens caught in the millstone of unemployment, their inherent concepts of courage and honor,” the blogger explained .
The “Terter case” refers to the events when, in the spring of 2017, a group of military and civilians was arrested in Baku on charges of collaborating with the Armenian intelligence services and preparing sabotage. During the investigation, eight people were tortured to death, four of them were subsequently posthumously rehabilitated. In 2021, members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe indicated that over 200 military personnel were victims of torture, 11 of whom died. On November 1, 2021, the Azerbaijani prosecutor’s office admitted the torture of the accused in the “Terter case.”
In December 2022, 19 people acquitted in the Terter case were released. The court also dismissed cases against two deceased persons. In January, those acquitted reported that the Azerbaijani authorities were putting pressure on them, prohibiting them from communicating with each other and with journalists. Although most of those convicted in the Terter case have been rehabilitated, 10 military personnel still remain in custody.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 30th, 63rd Mechanised, 57th Motorised Infantry, and 12th Azov Special Forces brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Five attacks launched by assault units of AFU 77th Airmobile, 44th Mechanised, 1st National Guard brigades were repelled near Stelmakhovka, Raygorodok (Lugansk People's Republic), Krakhmalnoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 90 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 30th, 93rd Mechanised, 80th, 92nd Air Assault, 46th Airmobile, and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Razdolovka, Zaliznyanskoye, Krasnogorovka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 155mm U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one electronic reconnaissance station.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and defeated units of AFU 23rd, 115th Mechanised, and 92nd Assault brigades near Novobakhmutovka and Ocheretino (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine counter-atacks launched by assault units of AFU 24th, 100th Mechanised, 142nd Infantry, 98th Assault, 68th Jaeger brigades and the 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment were repelled close to Novgorodskoye, Semyonovka, Neytalovo, Novokalinovo, Shumy, Leninskoye, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 Ukrainian troops, three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one 105mm U.S.-made M101 howitzer.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised, 123rd Territorial Defence brigades near Staromayorskoye and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks, and two 155mm U.S.-made M777 howitzers.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower of AFU 65th Mechanised and 36th Naval Infantry brigades close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) and Novotyaginka (Kherson region).
The enemy lost more than 20 troops.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have been engaged one hangar for assembling light-engine strike unmanned aerial vehicles, two hangars with military equipment, as well as AFU manpower and hardware in 108 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, and two French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs.
In total, 593 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 23,619 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air defence missile systems, 15,888 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,275 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,216 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 21,396 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:03 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression, bell-type submunitions were identified in the village of Komarova, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, said the head of the Gorlovka urban district, Ivan Prikhodko.
A woman and a child born in 2019 were injured.
19:50 RF Armed Forces significantly advanced in the Chasovoyarsk direction and reached the bank of the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal.
18:50 About situations in Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction, military correspondent Alexander Kots reports:
“There is indeed an advance of our forces in the western part of the population. On the northern side, the local presence of the enemy, who sits in the basements and does not stick out, does not conduct active defensive actions. He also began actively mining the northern entrances to the village, which indicates the absence of intentions to counterattack.
Now our forces need to pick out the pigs from positions north of the village, where they can organize a defense and hold part of the village. in the gray zone. And after that it will be possible to say that Rabotino has been taken.”
17:45 Operators of attack FPV drones of the 1st Army Corps of the “Southern” group of forces destroye dammunition warehouse and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
During aerial reconnaissance, the position of enemy UAV operators was revealed, as well as equipment and an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hidden in the forest plantation. The FPV drone crews destroyed the identified targets with several strikes.
16:54 Ukrainian resources confirm the advance of Russian troops in the Avdievka direction.
In particular, the Deep State resource notes that the Russian Armed Forces made a breakthrough to the northwest of Ocheretino, to Novoaleksandrovka.
Also on map shows the almost complete transition to the control of the Russian army of the Keramik region (near Novokalinovo).
16:05 Assault units of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of tanks and attack UAVs, capture strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction -video.
15:55 FPV operators - kamikazes of the Russian army discovered and destroyed a Ukrainian battle tank -video.
14:47 Explosions in the area of Kramatorsk (DPR, occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
14:32 Destruction of armored vehicles BRDM of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Netaylovoye in the Donetsk direction, using an FPV drone.
14:07 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Pokrovsky district (DPR, occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
13:52 Russian military hit on transport-loading vehicles from the S-300 air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region.
13:34 The main thing from the Russian Ministry of Defense report on the progress of hostilities for the day:
Air defense shot down six Ukrainian ATACMS tactical missiles made in the USA
The Russian military hit a Ukrainian hangar for the assembly of light-engine attack unmanned aircraft
The losses of the Ukrainian army in the Northern Military District zone amounted to up to 795 militants killed and wounded
13:26 Units of the 1st Tank Army are burning out the equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and covering enemy personnel with artillery fire -video.
13:11 The first destroyed Italian armored personnel carrier PUMA 6X6 AFV of Ukrainian formations in the area of the village. Belogorovka –photo.
12:54 Ocheretinsky direction on April 30:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned most of their positions around the present day. Keramik village near Ocheretin and retreated to the neighboring village of Arkhangelskoye. The area of concentration of Ukrainian troops in this area is maximally dense and saturated with a variety of forces: from TrO units to small subordinates of unmanned aircraft as part of mechanized brigades, which, during the defense of Ocheretin, should have played into the hands of the Ukrainian troops, but now plays against them.
There is no centralized resistance, but some attempts to cover the retreat with counter-battery fire are still recorded. The situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is aggravated by a shortage of reserves: it is even more difficult to maneuver units along the front than a month ago, since the former Avdeevka group, as previously predicted, was cut into two parts and can no longer function as a single whole.
The main part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, as before, are isolated to the west of Orlovka, the remnants of the northern group (the so-called covering forces that left Keramik and retreated to Arkhangelskoye) are knocked out of Ocheretin and are pushed back to the north, where, apparently, they will be destroyed.
After this, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to continue moving along key heights to the west of Ocheretin by rail, which is why the former Avdievka garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (previously isolated from the covering forces) may be under the threat of operational encirclement.
12:20 Units of the “Southern” group of troops as a result of active actions improved positions along the front line, inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 46th Airmobile and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Konstantinovka. The enemy lost up to 395 military personnel wounded and killed.
Three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, two cars, and the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station were hit by guided missile systems and loitering ammunition.
During the counterbattery fight, a 155mm M198 howitzer and a 122mm D-30 gun were destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, a Hurricane missile, and a Dzheydam guided aerial bomb.
11:54 Combat Job of drone pilots of the 14th Brigade of the Special Forces of the Russian Armed Forces in the village. Urozhaynoe in the South Donetsk direction.
10:57 Zaporozhye direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Rabotino. Situationas of April 30, 2024:
In the Rabotino area, Russian troops were able to break through the enemy’s defenses. Stormtroopers from the 2nd battalion of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment, under the cover of aviation, artillery and drones, forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces units to leave the village.
The advance of Russian troops was influenced, among other things, by the transfer of enemy forces to the Avdiivka direction, where Ukrainian formations have been unable to stabilize the front for a week.
In recent days, the enemy had been hiding in dilapidated basements and houses, but due to the lack of reinforcements, they retreated from positions near the cemetery in the direction of Kopanei.
At the moment, most of the village is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces; its northern outskirts are actually in a gray zone: there is simply nowhere for either side to hold positions there.
10:34 Ukrainian Telegram channels report on numerous new launches of satellites in the Kharkov region. There are arrivals in the suburbs, but a large number of bombs are still in the air.
10:25 After a short break, the assault on Krasnohorivka resumed. Before this, about 15 FAB-1500 aerial bombs were dropped on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and artillery was fired.
Ukrainian channels note that Russian troops are working with the same tactics - quick attacks of small assault groups on several infantry fighting vehicles, accompanied by a tank. At the same time, the advance in the city from the eastern side continues.
Foreign analysts believe that the Russian troops' plan is to carry out harassing assaults on the main fortified area outside the plant while simultaneously outflanking it.
In this scenario, there is a threat of deep coverage of the industrial zone from east to north and its surroundings. Further, against the backdrop of the prospect of an operational encirclement, the prerequisites are created for squeezing out the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the city.
10:10 Gauleiter Sinegubov has already reported several explosions in Kharkov. Local Telegram channels, meanwhile, write about a column of smoke over the city.
09:47 Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the zone of the special military operation.
Launched three counterattacks by assault groups of the 77th Airmobile Brigade and 1st Operational Brigade of the national guard in the Stelmakhovka area. The group’s air defense systems destroyed five aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 40 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and 3 vehicles.
09:17 UAV operators of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks.
08:18 Summary on the morning of April 30, 2024
The situation in the Kherson direction remains unchanged; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to create new points of tension on our shore by landing DRGs and small groups of infantry. In the village of Yubilein, Aleshkinsky District, artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces damaged three residential buildings; in Novaya Kakhovka, a drone hit a car from which a civilian was selling things. The Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators see their targets and purposefully target civilians.
On the Zaporozhye front, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces is slowing down due to the continuous mining of the area by Baba Yaga drones. North-west of Verbovoy, ours are using heavy flamethrower systems, aviation is hitting the enemy concentration near Orekhov. In Rabotino, our people are moving forward with the hardest fighting, the Russian flag is planted in the village, the battle continues.
There are oncoming battles in the Vremevsky direction, our troops are gradually moving towards Urozhainy. Aviation is working closely against the enemy, delivering FAB with UMPC.
The South Donetsk direction is characterized by the advance of our troops north of Novomikhailovka along a broad front. Our troops are leveling the line of combat contact, moving towards the road to Ugledar. The assault on Krasnogrovka continues, within 24 hours there has been an advance of the Russian Armed Forces in urban areas.
In the Pokrovsky direction (west of Avdeevka), the Russian Armed Forces are consolidated in the eastern part of Netailovo. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Semenovka. On the Ocheretinsky ledge, our troops fight their way to the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka road to the north-west. There are reports of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fleeing Novokalinovo under the pressure of the Russian Army, and there are battles for Keramik.
In the direction to Chasov Yar, no significant changes in the front line occurred during the day.
In the Kupyansky direction there are battles in Kislovka, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting for the settlement. In the Krasnoliman direction - a battle east of Ternov.
08:05 Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to strike with ATACMS missiles in Crimea; the air defense system worked over Dzhankoy and Simferopol. There are reports of five missiles in the first wave of launches, and four in the second.
08:01 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are unsuccessfully trying to regain positions in the Svatovsko-Kremensky area. This was reported by military expert Andrei Marochko. He noted that there is an intensification of the Ukrainian military in Terny and Torskoye.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The retreat of Ukrainian army fighters from positions in the village of Ocheretino in the DPR led to heated discussions in the republic. The German newspaper Berliner Zeitung reported this on April 28.
According to the publication, in recent days the Russian army was able to liberate Ocheretino in the DPR almost without resistance.
“Since the Ukrainian soldiers of the 115th Mechanized Brigade withdrew without much resistance, the incident caused a lot of discussion within Ukraine,” the publication wrote.
It is clarified that the Ukrainian military leadership does not comment on this incident, but is making attempts to find the culprit in what happened. According to the author of the article, everything suggests that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters who were responsible for the defense of the front sector left their positions “too early.”
As Regnum reported, on April 22, co-chairman of the coordinating council for the integration of new regions, head of the “We are together with Russia” movement, Vladimir Rogov, wrote that Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters fled from their positions in the village of Ocheretino. According to him, military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces immediately after this entered the village and raised state flags in its center.
Retired General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Krivonos said on April 29 that the liberation of Ocheretino by the Russian army would give it a significant advantage on the front line. He also stressed that he was furious about what happened.
Forbes columnist David Ax wrote on April 27 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will lose positions in several settlements near Ocheretino. In his opinion, the most realistic outcome for Ukrainian troops in this situation would be a retreat to the west.
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