Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:24 Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina confirmed that the United States and Germany oppose inviting Ukraine to NATO: “Absolutely all allies support this decision, except two. Since this information has become public, now the United States and Germany are trying "pay attention to other skeptical allies such as Hungary and Slovakia. But the key position is precisely these two countries."
21:33 The delay in providing American assistance to Ukraine has received a new explanation. The head of the US House Foreign Committee, Michael McCaul, said that President Joe Biden and his national security adviser Jake Sullivan “bought” the idea that the Russian Federation could use nuclear weapons if the United States provided Ukraine with “too many” weapons. Read more in the article Russian Nuclear Intimidation.
21:25 Umerov said that, together with Syrsky, he had a telephone conversation with Pentagon head Lloyd Austin. We briefed the US Secretary of Defense on the current situation and recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure. “I emphasized once again: Ukraine needs more air defense systems and missiles. We must together stop the enemy of the free world - and do it here in Ukraine,” Umerov noted.
20:48 In Zaporozhye, the number of deaths as a result of the Russian attack has increased to four, more than 20 people were injured, said the head of the OBA Ivan Fedorov.
20:11 In two territorial communities of the Sumy region, a decision was made on the mandatory evacuation of children by force, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. In total, it is planned to remove 297 children from 52 settlements in the region.
19:52 Journalists from Mediazone and the Russian Air Force Service confirmed, based on open data, the death of 50,016 Russian military personnel since the beginning of a full-scale war against Ukraine.
19:00 Ukrenergo reported that this evening it will again limit electricity consumption in the Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Poltava and Sumy regions. The reason is the lack of sufficient generating capacity due to recent Russian attacks on power plants.
18:51 Russia has switched to “two waves” of shelling tactics, in which rescuers and police officers are killed, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov. He explained that first the enemy strikes, and later, when rescue services and police arrive at the scene, he strikes a second time.
18:43 South Korea will provide Ukraine with a medium- and long-term assistance package worth $2.3 billion, and will also contribute $12 million for the rehabilitation of the military through the NATO Trust Fund, said the country's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol.
18:38 In Zaporozhye, the number of deaths as a result of the Russian strike has increased to three, 13 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. Among the wounded, four are in serious condition. According to Fedorov, two missile strikes were first carried out on Zaporozhye, and 40 minutes later, when rescuers, police and reporters were already working on the site, there were three more - in the same place. Two journalists were among the wounded.
18:32 The “authorities” of the unrecognized Transnistria stated that a kamikaze drone attacked a military unit in the Rybnitsa region. Allegedly, “minor damage” was caused to the radar station, but there were no casualties.
18:23 Zelensky said that today he was on a working visit to Chernihiv and the Chernihiv region. In particular, he checked the progress of the construction of fortifications and listened to reports from the military leadership of the region. “In all border areas, the problems are the same. Constant Russian bullying - shelling, terror. For the 15 thousand residents of the border communities of the Chernihiv region, who are subject to constant such attacks from Russia, terrorists fired 15 thousand shells over the past year,” the president noted.
18:06 Blinken told European allies that China is increasing its support for Russia, the Financial Times writes, citing sources. According to them, the US Secretary of State said, in particular, that Beijing is providing assistance to Moscow’s military-industrial complex “on a worrying scale” and providing “tools, materials and technical expertise.”
Blinken said Chinese assistance was particularly focused on Russia's manufacturing of optical equipment and fuel, as well as its space sector, which "not only facilitates Russian aggression in Ukraine, but also threatens other countries."
17:34 As a result of the attack on Zaporozhye, two people were killed and six were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. Among the wounded is a nine-year-old child.
17:13 The Main Intelligence Directorate and the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked airfields in Engels, Yeysk and Kursk, Ukrainian media report citing sources in the special services. As a result of the drone attack, at least three Tu-95MS strategic bombers at the Engels-2 military airfield were seriously damaged. At the same airfield, explosions killed seven Russians, among whom, according to preliminary information, there could have been bomber pilots.
In Yeisk, two Su-25s completely burned out, killing at least four Russians. The consequences of the attack on the airfield in Kursk are being clarified.
16:51 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, the Russians bombed the office of Doctors Without Borders tonight, the organization reported. Mission representatives were not injured, but five local residents who were near the office were injured.
16:45 Russian troops attacked Zaporozhye - according to preliminary data, six people were injured, said City Council Secretary Anatoly Kurtev. Three high-rise buildings, one private house, a hostel and a retail establishment were damaged.
16:12 The Russians struck Kharkov and the populated area of the Kharkov region, preliminarily with KABs. Details are being established, at the moment there is no information about casualties, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
15:58 Russian cities where military airfields are located were attacked by several dozen drones on the night of April 5. In particular, explosions occurred at the Morozovsk airbase in the Rostov region. Su-34 and Su-35 are stationed there and carry out daily strikes on Ukraine. It was also loud at the military airfield in Engels. For more details, see the article Attack on large Russian air bases: what is known.
15:21 The tribunal against Putin will probably be created before the end of this year, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders told DW. According to him, two main options are being considered - an international tribunal based on a multilateral agreement or a simplified solution based on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe. The Netherlands proposed holding a special tribunal in The Hague. Since July 2023, an international team of prosecutors has been analyzing evidence submitted by different countries to a database created specifically for this purpose by Eurojust.
14:55 Germany is modernizing its army to be ready for war, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: "With Russia challenging the European peace order, a special threat situation has arisen for Germany and its allies. The analysis has focused on military capability and operational readiness." Pistorius noted that Germany faces the task of reforming the Bundeswehr in order to make it “optimally positioned, especially in a defense situation.”
14:49 Over the past few weeks, Russia has disabled 6 gigawatts of Ukraine’s energy capacity, 80% of thermal power plants have been destroyed, Shmygal said in an interview with the Estonian National Broadcasting. He clarified that the destroyed capacities also included hydropower and coal power.
14:36 At night, the Russians fired five missiles at an idle airfield in the village. Korotich, Kharkov district, said the head of the investigative department of the regional police, Sergei Bolvinov. The hangars were damaged and there was a fire at the site. According to preliminary data, the shelling was carried out from the S-300 complex; no people were injured.
14:02 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that in the Morozovsky district, where, according to him, “an explosive device from a fallen drone detonated not far from the airfield,” eight people were injured - they carried out “investigative actions” with the drone.
13:57 Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia, banning the export of another 164 types of goods to the Russian Federation. The new restrictions apply to lithium-ion batteries, gas pipes, motor oil for automobiles, thermostats, nitrocellulose products and woodworking machines. In addition, the export of photographic equipment, hand-held power tools, tungsten powder, molybdenum, cobalt, zirconium and rhenium is prohibited. The sanctions will come into force on April 17. Also, Japan will ban the import of Russian non-industrial diamonds from May 10 - the G7 countries made a corresponding decision in December last year.
13:45 Lithuania will allocate another 5 million euros for education and 12 million euros to help veterans, restore schools and kindergartens, and arrange shelters, Shmygal said.
13:34 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that in the phone of the person accused of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, “photo images of people in camouflage uniforms with a Ukrainian flag against the background of destroyed houses and a Ukrainian postage stamp with an obscene gesture were allegedly found.” The Russian Investigative Committee claims that “the data may indicate a connection between the terrorist act committed and the conduct of a special military operation.”
12:48 Russian public pages write that a drone was discovered in the Moscow region on the afternoon of April 4, 150 meters from the Novoselki oil loading base, owned by Lukoil. The wing of the drone was torn off, it did not detonate - perhaps the device caught its wing in the trees and did not reach the target.
12:43 Lithuania will allocate 2 million euros for the purchase of 3,000 FPV drones for Ukraine, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said during a joint press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal. She added that drones should arrive at the front this year. Simonyte also reported that Lithuania has allocated 35 million euros for the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
12:37 Russian troops attacked Berislav, Kherson region, from a drone, three people were injured, OVA reported.
12:16 Public accounts write that Russian troops allegedly entered the suburb of Chasova Yar, Donetsk region, but the representative of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andrei Zadubinny, in a comment to Reuters, denied these rumors and urged “not to believe Russian reports.” According to him, the situation there is very difficult, fighting continues, but there are no Russian troops in the city.
12:09 Ukraine will not be invited to NATO at the July summit in Washington, writes The New York Times, citing sources among diplomats. According to them, this is opposed, in particular, by the United States and Germany, who fear that the Alliance will be drawn into war. At the same time, NATO partners are looking for a middle ground to demonstrate that they intend to support Ukraine in the long term.
11:43 In the morning, Russian troops shelled the Dnieper district of Kherson, three people were injured, the OVA reported.
11:20 The attack on the Morozovsk airfield was a joint operation of the SBU with the military and Defense Forces. As a result of the attack, at least six aircraft were destroyed and eight were significantly damaged, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. At the same time, about 20 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded. Front-line bombers Su-24, Su-24M, Su-34 were based at the airfield. It is them that Russia uses to drop KABs on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian front-line cities.
11:07 At night, the Russians attacked energy infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region, part of the equipment was damaged, Ukrenergo reported. There was no loss of power to consumers. In the Kharkov region, hourly shutdown schedules apply; in Kharkov, emergency shutdowns are used.
10:59 Bild writes, citing sources, that Ukraine will soon use long-range UAVs that can attack the Urals and the Arctic. According to the publication, already this year Ukraine will be able to use UAVs with a range of up to 2000 km or more - they should make up for the shortage of medium- and long-range missiles. In particular, by the end of the year, ten manufacturers will supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces with drones with a range of up to 2,500 km, and the Kiev design bureau Luch has developed the Sokol-3000 UAV, which can fly up to 3,300 km, the newspaper’s source claims.
10:34 One of the Chinese companies with headquarters in Hong Kong controls a key part of the Polish port of Gdynia. It turns out that the Chinese have access to a dock that is used to offload American and NATO military aid for Ukraine. Read more in the article How China monitors aid for Ukraine.
10:12 The head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, said in an interview with Politico that the attacks that Ukraine has been subjected to in the last three weeks are part of the Russians’ preparation for a major offensive. In particular, he noted that Kharkov suffered particularly severe attacks, and large-scale Russian attacks knocked out its power plants. In this regard, Ermak called on the United States to unblock military assistance as soon as possible: “The problem for us is time. I want to emphasize that now is a critical moment. It is very important that the package is approved this month.”
09:18 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 5:
personnel - about 445,900 (+860) people,
tanks - 7033 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 13,459 (+73),
artillery systems - 11 221 (+50),
MLRS - 1029 (+3),
air defense systems - 747 (+1),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8847 (+30),
cruise missiles - 2059 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,922 (+61),
special equipment - 1849 (+4).
09:10 Over the past 24 hours, 65 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 30 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorivka, Verkhnekamenka in the Luhansk region, as well as Spornoe, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye, Stupochki, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region. Also, the enemy tried more than 20 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Konstantinovka, Novomikhailovka, Velyka Novoselka and Urozhayny, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction over the past 24 hours, the enemy has not carried out offensive actions. In the Liman direction, four enemy attacks were repelled in the area of Ternov and Yampolevka, Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - two attacks in the Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region and north-west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - five attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:49 At night, the Russians fired at the private sector in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region - five people were wounded, including a 14-year-old child, the prosecutor's office reported.
08:35 On the evening of April 4, the Russians shelled Kharkov, hitting the ground near a civilian service station was recorded. Four cars and the glazing of the windows of a five-story building were damaged, but no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Meanwhile, the Kharkov Metro reported that in the morning the work of the metro was suspended due to the situation in the energy system.
07:43 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the “destruction and interception” of 44 drones over the Rostov region by air defense systems overnight, one each over the Saratov, Kursk and Belgorod regions, and six over the Krasnodar Territory. Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that air defense forces allegedly destroyed more than 40 air targets near the military airfield in Morozovsk. According to him, as a result of the attack, an electrical substation was damaged and dozens of residential buildings were left without electricity.
Meanwhile, Russian public pages write about a series of explosions and a fire in the area of the airfield in Morozovsk. In addition, explosions were reported by residents of Engels, Saratov region, where there is also a military airfield from which the Russians launch their strategic aircraft to bombard Ukrainian cities. Governor Roman Busargin said that in Engels “the UAV was allegedly destroyed, there were no casualties or destruction of infrastructure.”
07:14 Air defense at night destroyed all 13 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in Zaporozhye, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, at night the enemy attacked with two S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch areas - Belgorod region).
05:32 NATO member countries intend to redouble their efforts to find air defense systems, artillery and ammunition for Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. According to him, NATO partners will strengthen the defense potential of the Ukrainian armed forces.
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[Korrespondent] The enemy attacks Krynki every day, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold their positions.
In the Kherson direction, the occupiers do not abandon their intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.
During the day, 72 clashes were recorded at the front. The enemy made 14 attacks in the Kherson direction near Krynoki. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Friday, April 5.
In total, Russian troops carried out 10 missile and 67 air strikes, and carried out 97 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two enemy attacks in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the invaders tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, more than 10 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Zelenopole, Kleshchievka, Ivanovskoye, Donetsk region, where the Russians tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, 18 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge Ukrainian units from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russian invaders in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Konstantinovka, Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, where the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defense 10 times.
In the Orekhovsky direction, during the day, the enemy, with the support of aviation, made one unsuccessful attempt to attack the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, during the day, 14 unsuccessful attacks were carried out on the positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces troops in the area of the settlement of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on nine areas where personnel were concentrated and one enemy anti-aircraft missile system.
The missile force units destroyed one control point, two air defense systems, one artillery weapon, one UAV control point and two areas where enemy weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 860 invaders. Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 445.9 thousand soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] From 31 March to 5 April 2024, in response to the Kiev regime's attempts to damage Russia's oil and gas and power facilities, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 39 group strikes by ground-launched and air-launched high-precision weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles targeting Ukrainian energy industry facilities, military industrial enterprises, air defence systems, arsenals, fuel bases, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian units and foreign mercenaries.
The goal of the strikes have been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces in cooperation with aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Stroyevka (Kharkov region).
In addition, 10 counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 95th Air Assault Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 60th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 270 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, and 13 field artillery guns.
Four ammunition depots were also destroyed.
In Donetsk direction, as a result of the actions of the Yug Group of Forces units, the tactical position along the front line has been improved.
Strikes were delivered at units of four assault, three airmobile, and eight mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kurdyumovka, Novomikhailovka, Kleshcheyevka, Spornoye, Andreyevka, and Chasov Yars (Donetsk People's Republic).
Fifteen counterattacks of the AFU's 31st, 67th, 72nd Mechanised, 80th, and 92nd Air Assault brigades were also repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,110 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 89 motor vehicles, and 40 field artillery guns.
In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defence, as well as to occupy more advantageous lines.
In addition, air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit the personnel and hardware of six brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and repelled 39 enemy counter-attacks close to Semyonovka, Novogorodskoye, Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Usmanskoye, and Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
More than 1,695 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, and 19 field artillery guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been neutralised during the week.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved their tactical position along the front line and defeated the units of the seven brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, National Guard, and Territorial Defence close to Urozhaynoye, Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 760 Ukrainian troops, eight tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 24 motor vehicles, and 11 field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the Dnepr Group of Forces' actions defeated manpower and hardware of one mountain assault brigade, three mechanised brigades, one naval infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as three territorial defence brigades close to Vysshetarasovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Rabotino, Nesteryanka, Novosyolovka, Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region), Ivanovka and Novotyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 Ukrainian troops, 19 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns, to include one M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system and two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems.
Over the past week, the Groups' Missile Troops and Artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles have neutralised three Su-25 ground-attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force at the home airfield and five S-300 anti-aircraft missile launchers.
Russian air defence means and aviation have eliminated two Su-27 and one Mig-29 fighter jets of the Ukrainian Air Force, five Hammer and JDAM aerial guided bombs, 91 HIMARS, Vampire, and 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS projectiles, as well as 1,119 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Seven Ukrainian servicemen surrendered during the week.
In total, 583 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 18,892 unmanned aerial vehicles, 495 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,691 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,264 MLRS combat vehicles, 8,674 field artillery guns and mortars, and 20,627 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 22:45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the towns of Shebekino and the village of Krasnoye in the Belgorod region. About this in my Telegram channel said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
According to him, in Shebekino, near the bypass road, a tractor was attacked in a field by an FPV drone. As a result of the explosion, the machine was completely burned out and the operator was injured. The man received abrasions in the area of his left hand. At the hospital he was provided with all the necessary medical care.
21:34 More than 2,800 requests from citizens,received to the governor’s mobile reception, was considered from December 2023, said Vladimir Saldo
21:00 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck stronghold with militants in the Kupyansk direction
The VKS strike group, consisting of Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-35M and Mi-8 helicopters, hit a strong point and a concentration of enemy manpower, and then successfully returned to the departure airfield.
19:20 Local Telegram channels report about explosions in Kharkov
19:10 To the southwest of Avdievka, Russian troops break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Most of the work on the battlefield in this area is done by the Terminator BMPT. On frames: The crew of a tank support combat vehicle destroys a machine gun crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was hindering the advance of Russian motorized rifles north of Netailovo.
19:01 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
18:34 Chasov Yar - military expert Yuri Podolyaka reports the situation in the middle of the day on 04/05/24:
The enemy, after several unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from the positions occupied yesterday, withdrew reserves beyond the canal line and concentrated on defending the high-rise area of the Canal microdistrict.
In the morning, our assault units continued the assault on Chasov Yar. Some groups have entered high-rise buildings and are trying to gain a foothold in them. The latter went a little to the right and, having cleared the forest to the north, entered a holiday village and are trying to gain a foothold in it.
The liberation of the dacha area will not only provide the right flank of the offensive, but also force the enemy to retreat from the remaining part of Bogdanovka, which will be in full view and below, which will make its defense pointless.
This will also make it easier for our units north of Bogdanovka to develop an offensive up the hill towards Kalinovka, which will finally secure our flank and significantly complicate the situation of the front line of defense of Chasov Yar, located along the canal line.
To the south, from Ivanovsky, the assault continued along two beams with the aim of reaching the canal line and securing the left flank of the attack aircraft fighting for the microdistrict. "Channel".
18:23 Situation in the Seversky direction:
Our army continues the operation to encircle the village. Belogorovka (LPR). It is reported that the movement is coming from two flanks: north and south.
17:27 Another explosion in Zaporozhye.
17:04 Explosions occurred in Khar'kov for the fourth time in two hours, the Suspilne publication reported.
16:54 In Kharkov "arrival" FABs in the area of the Khartron plant. The company specializes in the production of automatic control systems for aviation and rocket and space technology.
16:29 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Zaporizhia NPP with drones in the area of the cargo port and nitrogen-oxygen station, the press service of the nuclear power plant reports.
No damage to critical infrastructure or disruption to plant operation was recorded.
15:44 98th Airborne Division continues assault on the eastern outskirts of Clock Yar. The enemy concentrated the bulk of the fortifications not in the part of the city beyond the canal, but directly along the canal line.
15:40 Situation in the Krasnolimansky direction:
After yesterday’s breakthrough of our army into Terny, Russian army soldiers managed to take part of Mira Street and gain a foothold. At these moments the advance continues.
It is reported that the enemy has begun to withdraw its units to the other bank of the Zherebets River.
15:36 Third explosion in Zaporozhye.
15:34 Repeated explosions in Khar'kov. Gauleiter Terekhov confirmed this information.
15:22 Russian military in the Avdeevsky direction liberated the village of Vodyanoye in the DPR, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 39 group strikes against Ukrainian energy facilities, the military-industrial complex, military installations, and mercenary deployment sites. Goals achieved, objects hit;
Three Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft, two Su-27 fighters, one MiG-29, and five S-300 launchers were destroyed.
15:20 Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye and Kharkov.
15:07 Russian fighters have taken the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the foot of the White Mountain (Belogorovka, LPR).
The Akhmat special forces Chechens
and the 7th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade took part in the operation. The commander of the Akhmata reconnaissance group, Aid, told RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa that the assault lasted three days.
The military quietly walked along the mountainside to the enemy’s positions and destroyed six VSE troops in close combat, after which they gained a foothold and waited for reinforcements.
Hades recalled that the White Mountain was stormed by Red Army soldiers in a similar way in 1943. Then they surrounded it and took the dug-in Germans into the cauldron.
Belogorovka is the key to Seversk, which opens the route to Krasny Liman and Torskoye, therefore it is of strategic importance for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy brought four battalions here, and holds two more in reserve.
14:45 Situation according to Chasov Yar at 14:00, April 5:
Airborne units with the heaviest fighting are biting into urban development from the east of the city in the Kanal microdistrict from the side of the street. Gorbatova.
The watershed - the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal is about 1.2 kilometers along the road, which is shot right through.
The units adjacent to the Airborne Forces maintain the general pace of the offensive, but the situation remains difficult, artillery on both sides works without interruption.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces, as expected, have not yet retreated to the right bank of the canal and are actively bringing up reserves from the west and southwest, but problems with command and control of troops (and in particular artillery fire) are beginning to accumulate.
At night, Ukrainian artillery, despite the large number of drones for correction, often makes mistakes and hits its own (at least three attacks on Ukrainian units were recorded in the area of Borisoglebska Street over the past 24 hours).
Reports that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly reached the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal and crossed it are not true. Also untrue are the reports that the Russian Armed Forces are already working inside the city blocks of Chasov Yar from the side of the street. Borisoglebskaya, Vishneva and Koshevoy.
Despite the difficult conditions, the assault on the city continues, and the Russian troops are making progress.
14:20 Cleaning out the basements of the Belogorovka mill -video.
13:34 News from Zaporozhye direction, Rabotino/Verbovoe:
It is reported that direct fighting has intensified following the recent advance of our troops, writes Front Bird.
Our frontline aviation is also working.
12:32 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk -photo.
12:10 A new series of attacks was carried out on enemy military infrastructure facilities in the Kharkov region. Last night explosions were heard in the area of the village Korotich, west of Khar'kov.
In Korotich there is a small sports airfield, which serves as a training base for UAV operators and a launch site for Ukrainian drones. Also, enemy helicopters departed from the territory of this airbase towards the border with the Belgorod region.
Several objects were also hit in Izyum: here the enemy’s airborne troops, with the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine preparing to be sent to the Kupyansky direction and to the Chasov Yar area, became probable targets.
11:57 The next morning the enemy confirms the advance of our troops on the Seversky ledge in the Vesely area, as well as the exit of our troops to the outskirts of Chasov Yar.
11:29 Nine people got wounds of varying severity as a result of artillery attack of Gorlovka.
Since yesterday evening, Nikitovsky and Central City districts have been under heavy fire from Ukrainian militants.
11:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled several settlements in the Kherson region - as a result of the attack, six people were injured, two are in serious condition.
Since the very morning, the enemy has been attacking administrative and residential buildings in the Kherson region. In the town of Velikaya Lepetikha, an Ukrainian Armed Forces shell hit the administration building - five people were injured, two of them are in serious condition, Governor Saldo said. The village administration building in Dnepryany also came under fire.
Ukrainian militants also struck the residential sector in the village of Cossack camp in the Kakhovka district - as a result, one person was injured, who was quickly taken to the hospital.
10:34 The first groups of our paratroopers entered the street. Green microdistrict Kanal in Chasovoy Yar.
10:28 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the city of Kremennaya in the LPR, which resulted in a fire in an apartment building, injuring two people - Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region
10:24 Russian troops came close to Chasov Yar in the Artemovsk direction.
According to the Ukrainian military channel Deep State, our troops approached Chasov Yar from the east south of Bogdanovka and entered houses on the outskirts of the city.
“Given the situation with the enemy occupying positions in the surrounding area, street battles may begin in Chasov Yar in the near future,” the channel comments.
And the American Institute for the Study of War reports that on April 4, Russian troops carried out a “reinforced mechanized assault” in the direction of Chasy Yar and advanced to the eastern outskirts of the settlement along the road from Khromovo.
During the attack, the troops approached the outskirts of the Kanal microdistrict, which takes its name because of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal running there. Moreover, it lies underground in this area, so it is not an obstacle to a further assault on the city.
10:17 The situation in the Chasov Yar area is “very difficult,” said the head of the city’s military administration, Sergei Chaus.
10:10 In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of troops during the past 24 hours occupied defense on the left bank of the Dnieper.
They carried out the destruction of enemy watercraft on the river. Dnepr, as well as the fight against enemy UAVs. The enemy lost 31 UAVs, up to 35 personnel, and the Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
09:48 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 93 units of ammunition into the territory of the DPR, reports the JCCC. As a result, two civilians were killed and ten, including a child, were injured.
09:22 T-80 crews defeated armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and positions of anti-tank weapons in the Rabotino area in the Zaporozhye region. Tankers of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group of forces moved to the front line of the enemy’s defense and worked against the enemy on the move. This method increases the survivability of the vehicle on the battlefield.
09:15 RF Armed Forces lead attack on Chasov Yar, fighting is taking place in the center of Berdychi and on the outskirts of Tonenkoye.
The Russian army has pushed the Ukrainian Armed Forces back 20-25 km from Donetsk, reducing the threat of artillery shelling.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to launch a counter-offensive in the western part of Tonenky, but the Russian Armed Forces have gained a foothold in the city - the enemy has to retreat.
09:07 Seversky section: advance of the Russian Armed Forces north of Veselysituationby 09.00 April 5, 2024:
In the Seversky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Vesely area. Members of the Zarya battalion drove Ukrainian formations out of a stronghold northeast of Vesyoly, although it is not yet clear whether they managed to gain a foothold in their positions.
In addition, footage of a successful attack by the Russian Armed Forces north of the village appeared on the Internet, which confirms the information about successes in this area. Thus, Russian troops are advancing on both sides of the railway in the direction of the village of Vyemka, putting pressure from the south on Ivano-Daryevka and Spornoe.
Artillery and air strikes are actively being carried out on enemy positions. In particular, in Verkhnekamensk, the arrival of a FAB-1500 from the UMPC destroyed the position of Ukrainian formations in the local school building.
At the same time, they are trying to increase the stability of their defense: this is how the transfer of personnel is recorded in Liman and several nearby settlements. Moreover, these units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not equipped with armored vehicles and are equipped only with small arms and anti-tank weapons.
08:46 Chasov Yar on the morning of April 5:
After yesterday’s assault, the paratroopers secured a foothold in the forest - in the immediate vicinity in front of the houses, a couple of hundred meters from PTU-77 (Chasovyarsky Lyceum) and the stadium, where Russian artillery and the Aerospace Forces had previously been actively “filled” with artillery.
From houses on Zelenaya and Gorbatova streets (from the O-0506 highway) in the immediate vicinity of the Airborne Forces positions, as well as on the first line in the Novy microdistrict, entrenched Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are breaking out. Ukrainian channels also confirm that Russian troops are gradually pushing through the front line defenses from the east of the city.
08:22 Frontline summary for the morning of 04/05/2024 from the WarGonzo channel:
On the Zaporozhye Front, the LBS did not undergo significant changes. In Rabotino and north-west of the horse, oncoming battles using long-range weapons continue.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces are pushing back the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, trying to completely dislodge Ukrainian troops from the village.
In the Vodyanoye area, where after the complete liberation of the village. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to develop a further offensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked. No success. In Georgievka and Pervomaisky there are oncoming battles.
In the Uman region, the Russian Armed Forces are also trying to develop an offensive and are preparing to storm the settlement. There are advances in Semyonovka and Berdychi as a result of assault actions by Russian troops, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area are still offering fierce resistance.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces came close to the outskirts of Chasov Yar. The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces continues to develop. Long-range weapons are actively working.
The Lugansk front began to be active again. Here the Russian Armed Forces resumed assault operations and were able to break through to the outskirts of the village. Thorns.
08:17 Crews of 122mm BM-21 "Grads" of the group of troops "West" in the Kupyansk directiondestroyedidentified armored vehicles, ammunition depots and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:15 Artillery of the 38th Brigade of the Vostok group struckhitalong the enemy's air traffic control route in the Polozhsk direction. As a result of the impact, the car was destroyed.
08:07 In the Novomikhailovka area, the enemy lost another armored vehicle -video.
08:04 Artillery crew of the 152mm 2S3 “Akatsiya” self-propelled artillery unit of the Central group of troops from a distance of more than 18 km destroyed mortar crew, as well as an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction.
08:02 Battle of Chasov Yar: breakthrough of the Russian Armed Forces to the Kanal microdistrict situation as of 08.00 April 5, 2024
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are developing an offensive in the direction of Chasov Yar. According to preliminary information, airborne units managed to reach the outskirts of the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal through the Stupki tract. Later, information appeared that the Russian Armed Forces had reached the outskirts of the Kanal microdistrict: soldiers of the 98th Airborne Division entered the outskirts of the settlement through the forest from the side of the O0506 highway and broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian formations in this area.
The emerging footage of objective control by the enemy confirms the fact of the attack by Russian troops and their engagement on the outskirts of the microdistrict on Zelenaya Street. And taking into account the fact that the media resources of the Armed Forces of Ukraine usually post materials that are more profitable for themselves, the real promotion of the RF Armed Forces may be even greater.
The BMP-3 is a much improved infantry fighting vehicle bristing with a 100mm cannon, a 30mm autocannon and a 7.62mm machine gun, all coaxially mounted.
[Regnum] Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec state corporation) handed over a batch of third-generation infantry fighting vehicles to the Ministry of Defense. The press service of High Precision Systemsreported this on April 5
“Kurganmashplant “High-precision complexes” has delivered the next batch of third-generation infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3 as part of the execution of the state defense order,” the statement says.
It is noted that the company has been increasing the production volume of military equipment for two years, improving it for the tasks of the defense department.
The press service clarified that Kurganmashzavod, as part of a special operating regime, increased its staff, recruiting over 2,000 workers of basic professions and specialists in 2023 alone.
Earlier, Roman Khromov, Deputy Executive Director for State Defense and Military-Technical Cooperation of Kurganmashzavod, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that a study of a captured American infantry fighting vehicle showed that it is completely inferior to the BMP-3. He clarified that the Russian armored vehicle with a powerful weapon destroys American infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with one shot.
As Regnum reported, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on March 20 that since the beginning of 2024, the Armed Forces have destroyed four American Abrams tanks, five German Leopards, 27 Bradley armored vehicles and Western-made MLRS and air defense missile launchers during battles.
The head of the defense department noted that it is increasingly difficult for Western countries to argue for continued funding and supplies of weapons to Kyiv, which is why the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had to bring reserves into battle, including the most expensive samples of provided foreign equipment. Ukrainian troops lost a total of 11 thousand units of various weapons, he added.
Gospozha Zakharova complains about a time honored practice of every political entity since the dawn of time.
[Regnum] American intelligence services use journalists as agents, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the Telegram channel on April 5.
A year after the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, an employee of the American edition of The Wall Street Journal, one of the March issues of the newspaper came out with a black and white photo of an American journalist detained on suspicion of espionage with the phrase “His report could be here.” To this, Zakharova said that Gershkovich could write about terrorist attacks on Russian cities and fellow journalists killed by the Kyiv regime.
“I could if I was engaged in journalism and not espionage,” the diplomat emphasized.
Zakharova also drew attention to the fact that not a single American newspaper came out in support of another American journalist, Gonzalo Lira, who spent eight months in torture in a Ukrainian prison, eventually being killed in January. At the same time, the diplomat said that she had not heard about the initiation of a criminal case in the United States regarding the murder of Lira.
As Regnum reported, Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg in March 2023. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A WSJ journalist collected secret information in Russia about one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The information that the accused tried to find out was a state secret.
On March 26, 2024, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended Gershkovich’s arrest until June 30. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on March 28 that there are contacts between Russia and the United States on the exchange of prisoners, but they must be carried out in silence.
President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, did not rule out the possibility of exchanging Gershkovich. The head of state said that Russia has already made so many goodwill gestures that it has exhausted all limits.
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[Regnum] The United Aircraft Corporation (part of the Rostec state corporation) transferred Su-34 front-line bombers to the Russian Aerospace Forces, which became the first delivery of combat aircraft in 2024. The press service of Rostecreported this on April 5
“This year’s first batch of Su-34 front-line bombers was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the execution of the state defense order,” the state corporation reported.
The Su-34 was assembled at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after. V.P. Chkalov and after a complex of factory tests was sent to the customer.
According to UAC General Director Yuri Slyusar, all corporation factories participating in the implementation of state defense orders maintain their production rates.
“We began delivering aircraft with the first batch of Su-34 front-line bombers as part of the current year’s production program. The Novosibirsk plant confidently copes with its tasks. Factory workers understand how important our technology is today,” he said.
Russian Su-34 bombers are an important part of the strike power of Russian front-line aviation. Their capabilities make it possible to use promising aviation weapons, increase the range of destruction of ground and surface targets, and also increase the accuracy of bombing.
As Regnum reported, earlier on April 5, Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec state corporation) transferred a batch of third-generation infantry fighting vehicles to the Ministry of Defense. It was noted that over the past two years the enterprise has been increasing the production volume of military equipment and improving it to meet the customer’s requirements.
On March 22, the Rostec press service reported a multiple increase in the production of FAB-500 aerial bombs. The state corporation clarified that they also doubled the production of FAB-1500 aerial bombs and began producing three-ton FAB-3000 bombs.
The Russians did the same thing in 2014 at the start of the war, and again in 2022 beginning with the Mariupol operation.
[Regnum] More than 1,200 schoolchildren from the Belgorod region were placed in the Stavropol region. The guys who arrived as part of the first group have already left for training. The second group of 750 people will begin studying on April 8, said the regional Minister of Education Maria Smagina.
At a briefing at the regional government, Maria Smagina told how things are going with the children who arrived in the Stavropol Territory from the Belgorod Region. The regional Ministry of Education is working in this direction on behalf of Governor Vladimir Vladimirov. Funds for providing for children are allocated from the regional budget, writes the Pobeda26 publication.
According to the head of the department, the first group of guys went to Nevinnomyssk, and the second to Stavropol. The children were placed in dormitories at universities and colleges, in sanatoriums, and children's camps.
“We placed the children, including in the children’s sanatorium “Zhuravlik” in Nevinnomyssk, in the boarding house “Fakel” in Kislovodsk, in the children’s country camp “Grenada” in the Kochubeevsky district,” said Maria Smagina.
Primary schoolchildren were placed in orphanages and boarding schools, since these institutions are additionally guarded and have all the conditions for children. According to the minister, the first adaptation stage has already passed, the children were provided with everything necessary for education, and conversations were held with the groups where Belgorod children will study in order to prepare them for the meeting.
In addition, the children completed a survey on issues of additional education. The guys were signed up for the clubs they would like to attend. Also, the Ministry of Education of the Stavropol Territory instructed the heads of municipalities to provide children with leisure time on weekends - walks, excursions, cultural events.
“As additional requests are received upon the arrival of children, we will process them. We are ready for this, we have about 200–300 more places, but they are mainly located in orphanages and boarding schools,” explained Maria Smagina.
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[Regnum] Belarus and Turkey on the same day, April 5, announced the suspension of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko agreed to submit to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic a bill on the suspension of the CFE Treaty, in which Minsk ratified participation in 1992. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree suspending Turkey's obligations under the CFE Treaty from April 8.
BELARUS
The project agreed upon by Lukashenko provides for the suspension of the CFE Treaty, but does not mean the country’s withdrawal from the agreement and the termination of obligations under it. According to the agreement, Belarus, like its other participants, pledged to limit the total levels of conventional weapons and equipment in five main categories (tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, attack helicopters, combat aircraft) and to comply with mechanisms for verifying compliance with obligations.
According to the BelTA agency, the decision is due to the fact that the Czech Republic and Poland in August 2022 and March 2023, respectively, decided not to fulfill their contractual obligations in relation to Minsk.
TURKEY
Erdogan’s decree on the suspension of Turkey’s participation in the treaty was published in the official Turkish gazette Resmi Gazete. The document refers to a provision allowing the head of the republic to suspend the country's participation in international treaties without parliamentary approval.
According to Bloomberg, the decision is a signal to the United States, which previously took a similar step, ahead of the planned meeting between Erdogan and Joe Biden. The US and Turkey also held talks on improving security and energy ties and the supply of explosives for munitions production. In general, as the agency noted, US-Turkish relations have improved after Ankara approved Sweden's entry into NATO.
PURPOSE OF THE CFE TREATY
The CFE Treaty was signed in Paris in 1990 by 16 NATO countries and six Warsaw Pact countries, including the USSR. The document introduced restrictions for each country on the presence of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 mm, combat aircraft and helicopters on European territory. None of the alliance countries have ratified the treaty.
In May 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to introduce a bill on the denunciation of the CFE Treaty to the State Duma and soon signed the law on denunciation. On November 7, Russia completed the procedure for withdrawing from the CFE Treaty. Then the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that by suspending the agreement, the country left the opportunity for dialogue on ways to restore control over conventional arms in Europe, but opponents did not take advantage of this.
On March 6, the Moldovan authorities suspended the CFE Treaty. This was stated by the Secretary of State of the Moldovan Ministry of Defense Valery Mija. On March 9, the press service of the Polish Sejm reported that 435 out of 440 deputies voted for the country to withdraw from the agreement, and later President Andrzej Duda signed a corresponding resolution.
The suspension of the treaty by NATO states and allies effectively means the termination of its functioning.
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[REGNUM] On Wednesday, April 3, the German publication Tagesschau published a large article claiming that products from companies from Germany are actively used for the construction of buildings in Mariupol.
The German media writes that the city’s construction sites use products from at least two similar companies: Knauf, a world leader in the production of gypsum, and WKB Systems, a developer of equipment for cellular concrete and sand-lime brick factories.
After studying photos from Mariupol, German journalists reported: the logos of these companies are visible on construction equipment, house windows, packaging of concrete blocks and bags of building materials.
“In annual reports, on company websites, in photographs and videos, evidence and evidence can be seen everywhere that German companies are also playing an important role in the restoration of Mariupol,” the authors write.
Moreover, as Tagesschau reports, one of the official dealers of the Knauf company is allegedly publicly reporting on the construction project of a residential building in Mariupol on behalf of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The dealer's name is not disclosed.
"A BLATANT VIOLATION OF EU POLICY"
Of course, the authors of the publication claim that the companies named have close ties with Moscow. Thus, Knauf has more than 4 thousand employees in Russia, and the owner of the company, German businessman Nicholas Knauf, was the honorary consul of Russia in Nuremberg for more than 20 years, criticized anti-Russian sanctions and even met with Vladimir Putin.
As for WKB Systems, Russian businessman Viktor Budarin was named its main shareholder.
“Budarin used his German company as a supplier for the construction industry in Putin’s Russia,” the article’s authors are disappointed.
They believe that WKB Systems supplied entire plants for the production of such aerated concrete blocks to one of the businessman’s Russian companies for several years. At the same time, EU sanctions against Budarin have not yet been introduced, which outrages the publication.
German politicians have already condemned the alleged participation of German companies in construction work in Mariupol. According to the chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, Roderich Kiesewetter, there is a flagrant violation of EU policy.
“ This is very obvious in the case of Knauf, because they are actually consolidating Russian power in these territories, including Mariupol,” says Kiesewetter.
It is noteworthy that earlier in Ukraine Knauf was included in the list of “war sponsors” because the company refused to close enterprises in Russia after the start of the war.
“ANTI-RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ARE CIRCUMVENTED BY CUNNING”
Tagesschau journalists claim that Knauf representatives did not respond to the editor’s requests regarding the situation with the discovery of the company’s products in Mariupol. At the same time, the company states that it complies with all EU sanctions against the Russian Federation and emphasizes that Knauf produces products in Russia “exclusively for the Russian market.”
In general, German businessmen are not ready to give up working with Russia. Previously, even German Economics Minister Robert Habeck was forced to admit that companies from Germany are cunningly circumventing anti-Russian sanctions. Many companies operate successfully in the shadows.
At the same time, for Europeans, even proving the fact of violations is a big problem. In 2022, they tried to accuse the manufacturer of Claas combines of using a loophole in the sanctions rules to deliver components for assembling grain harvesting equipment to Russia.
It didn’t work out: Claas successfully fought off the charges.
At the same time, a system of parallel imports has been built and established in Russia, so Western companies may indeed not know that the products of their brands are used here.
BUSINESS IS WAITING FOR IT TO WORK NORMALLY
Now the political position of the German authorities and the interests of local entrepreneurs are very different, say experts interviewed by Regnum. And the farther, the stronger.
Many representatives of German business are waiting for the lifting of the sanctions regime, because it has a very negative impact on their work, explains senior researcher at IMEMO RAS, German specialist Alexander Kamkin.
“Back in 2015, when this whole sanctions corps de ballet was just beginning, representatives of large German companies said that this whole situation was extremely harmful to the interests of Germany,” the expert notes.
Today, most German companies are forced to minimize direct business relations with Russian partners, but are waiting for the normalization of relations, adds the interlocutor of IA Regnum.
According to Kamkin, it cannot be ruled out that the products of German companies come to Russia through third countries or a chain of intermediaries.
German business does not object to normal cooperation with Russia, since restrictions on the supply of German equipment and goods to our country affect the income of German companies and their position in the market. Economist, leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries Alexander Dudchak speaks about this.
“Especially in the current conditions, when industry in Germany is under serious stress, losing competitiveness at high energy prices,” says the economist.
Of course, Berlin could tighten regulations on German manufacturers, introduce new fines and begin to control exports more closely. But German politicians and regulatory structures may simply not have enough resources for this. And business, of course, will resist and look for new loopholes for work, Dudchak is sure.
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[Regnum] Russia has become Pakistan's main grain supplier, supplying almost half a million tons of products in March and thereby taking about a 70% share of Pakistani imports. RIA Novosti reported this on April 5with reference to statistical data.
At the end of March, Russia supplied 478 thousand tons to Pakistan for a total amount of $139 million, which was a record figure. Thus, the share of Russian grain in Pakistani imports exceeded 70%, although back in 2022 it was 24.6%.
In the first quarter of this year alone, the volume of supplies amounted to almost two-thirds of last year’s exports and reached 1 million tons worth $296 million.
As Regnum reported, in October last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his visit to Pakistan, held talks with the then acting Prime Minister of the country Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar. During the negotiations, the head of the Russian state noted the readiness of the Russian Federation to fulfill its obligations and stated that Russia has supplied 1 million tons of grain to Pakistan since the beginning of 2023.
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[Regnum] The Ministry of Health has registered fluorothiazinone tablets against antibiotic resistance, the department’s press service reported on April 5.
“The drug was completely developed and produced by the N. F. Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health,” the statement says.
The department called the development of Russian scientists unique. The medicine will treat bacterial infections caused by antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. The new product showed a favorable safety profile and high efficiency.
It is noted that the drug has no analogues in the world among antibacterial drugs with such mechanisms of action.
The chief freelance urologist of the Ministry of Health, Dmitry Pushkar, said that this antimicrobial drug can be used separately and in combination with antibiotics.
“The Russian Federation is one of the leaders in the fight against antimicrobial resistance,” said Roman Kozlov, the ministry’s chief freelance specialist in clinical microbiology and antimicrobial resistance.
The American publication The Hill in December 2023, citing data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported the spread of “ superbugs ” resistant to antibiotics in Ukraine. Journalists noted that the microorganisms that appeared there showed resistance, including to carbapenems, antibiotics, which are called the last resort for infections.
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