Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.41 On the evening of April 29, the Russian army struck Kharkov with drones, at least three people were injured. This was reported by the city mayor Igor Terekhov.
21.47 Russian troops are trying to accumulate manpower and continue to force the Oskol River in the Kupyansk direction. This was reported on television by National Guard representative Ruslan Muzychuk.
20:43 The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Melitopol native Yegor Semenov guilty in the case of the attempted poisoning of graduates of the Armavir Aviation School in Krasnodar Krai. This was reported by RosSMI.
It is noted that Semenov was sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony, with the first five years to be served in prison.
19.49 As a result of Russian shelling in Nikopol and Sinelnykivsky districts, five people were injured. There is also damage to housing and civilian infrastructure. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.
19:45 US Presidential Special Representative Keith Kellogg criticized the proposal of a "three-day truce" announced by Russian newscaster Vladimir Putin, saying that the US is interested in a long-term ceasefire. He said this on Fox News.
19.23 Two Russian servicemen have been found guilty of violating the laws and customs of war. They have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. This was reported on April 28 by the Office of the Prosecutor General. It is noted that the convicted persons are servicemen of the 6th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.
18:53 The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced five residents of occupied Melitopol to terms ranging from 11 to 14 years in prison in the case of "preparing a terrorist attack" in April 2022. This was reported by Mediazona.
18.34 The draft law on establishing liability for the illegal movement and use of children for military purposes by a representative of a foreign state has been adopted as a basis. This was reported by the press service of the Verkhovna Rada.
18.31 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the general director of a defense plant and his first deputy were detained for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a wholesale batch of defective mortar shells. This was reported by the SBU.
18.05 President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the Three Seas Initiative (Three Seas) summit and put forward an initiative to increase cooperation in the field of security in the region, in particular in the field of energy protection. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state.
17:58 Police officers have discovered seven spontaneous burial sites in the courtyards of multi-story buildings in Pokrovsk. This was reported by the head of the department for organizing evacuation activities of the Donbass police, White Angel Gennady Yudin.
17.58 The spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces, Vladislav Voloshin, reported on television that the enemy is breaking through to the border of three regions.
"The situation in the Novopavlovsk direction has become quite tense, where the enemy has carried out 23 combat clashes in the past 24 hours. Fierce battles are constantly continuing there, the enemy is literally rushing to the border of the Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions," he noted.
17:30 Servicemen of territorial recruitment and social support centers (TRC and SP) without combat experience and health restrictions will be sent to the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16.59 An FSB agent who spied on the Defense Forces in Sumy Oblast has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. This was reported by the SBU.
16.33 Since the beginning of the current day, 75 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The largest number of battles were recorded in the Pokrovsky, Limansky and Kramatorsk directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report.
16.01 In order to implement the political interests of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Kremlin has identified new representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church responsible for promoting the ideas of the “Russian world” in Ukraine.
The list includes:
• Metropolitan Anthony (Anton Sevryuk) – head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, close to Patriarch Kirill.
• Metropolitan Dionysius (Petr Porubai) – Metropolitan of Omsk and Tavrichesky, an active propagandist of the Kremlin ideology and the concept of the “Russian world”.
• Metropolitan Pavel (Georgy Ponomarev) – Patriarchal Viceroy of the Moscow Metropolitanate, responsible for the work of the Russian Orthodox Church in neighboring countries.
• Metropolitan Varsonofy (Anatoly Sudakov) – head of the St. Petersburg Metropolitanate, closely connected with the Russian security forces. Actively participates in the implementation of propaganda activities under the guise of church activities.
The intelligence officers explained that the so-called church figures must organize and coordinate contacts with religious organizations whose leadership center is located in the Russian Federation and other pro-Russian elements in Ukraine, transmit instructions to them from Russian special services and control the implementation of provocations in the interests of the Kremlin.
15:57 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved on Tuesday a bill developed by the Ministry of Defense that creates new educational guarantees for military personnel aged 18-24. This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.
15.48 The body of the deceased Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchina was returned from Russian captivity without eyes, brain and part of the larynx. This was reported by the publication Vazhnye Istorii, citing a source familiar with the investigation.
15:36 US President Donald Trump suggested that certain actions by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could sway him to Ukraine's side. He said this in an interview with The Atlantic. Aid to Ukraine may not necessarily be only in the form of weapons, the American leader noted.
15.05 It is important for Russia to start direct negotiations with Ukraine and this is primary, and questions of the "legitimacy" of President Volodymyr Zelensky are secondary. This statement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a comment to Russian propagandists.
14.58 Poland has provided Ukraine with assistance in providing Starlink satellite communications worth 323 million zlotys during the three years of the Great War. This was reported by the specialized publication Polska Zbrojna.
14.44 The Cabinet of Ministers will introduce a support program for cotton producers in three regions. The payment will be 10 thousand hryvnia per hectare. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a government meeting.
We are talking about three regions: Nikolaev, Odessa and Kherson regions. The head of government noted that this will be an incentive for the development of light industry.
In addition, Shmigal added, this step will be important for strengthening the state’s defense capability.
14:39 China supports all efforts aimed at establishing peace in Ukraine, and therefore positively evaluates Vladimir Putin's initiative for a "truce" from May 8 to 10. This was stated by the press secretary of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Guo Jiakun, at a briefing.
14.23 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assured that the country supports US efforts to achieve a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, welcoming the Ukrainian side's readiness for an unconditional ceasefire. She noted this in an interview with Corriere della Sera.
The establishment of a just peace first and foremost requires reliable security guarantees, the head of the Italian government reminded.
"Italy has already made its own proposal: a necessary solution inspired by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, even outside the NATO Treaty," Meloni emphasized.
14.02 Due to massive Russian attacks this winter, Ukraine has lost almost 50% of its gas production. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a government meeting.
13.38 Russia does not plan to agree to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said .
13:30 The Ukrainian Air Force shared footage of the destruction of a Russian attack drone by a MiG-29 fighter pilot. The corresponding video was published by the Western Air Command.
Pilot Denfix, who has destroyed more than two dozen cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, noted that it is easier to detect and destroy drones in light.
"Therefore, unlike night combat work, I could clearly see the target in the sight. After the explosion, I was happy that I was doing a good deed and that I was able to see with my own eyes a destroyed enemy drone that did not reach its target and did not destroy anything on our home soil," the pilot said.
12.37 A forced evacuation of parents with children has been announced from several settlements of the Mezhevskaya community of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Families with children must leave the villages of Kolonna Mezhova, Novopodgorodnoye, Raipole, Sukhareva Balka.
10.20 The Security Service counterintelligence detained a Russian agent in Mykolaiv region – a 57-year-old employee of one of the departments of the Pervomaysky City Council, who was spying on the military. The woman was detained when she was at a meeting with her superiors and colleagues.
The traitor tried to discover "new" locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, where they had moved from their standard bases after the start of a full-scale war.
09:15 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 100 attack UAVs and other types of drone imitators. 37 drones were destroyed, another 47 did not reach their target. The Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions suffered as a result of the Russian attack.
08.57 Russian troops attacked Kiev and the region at night with 11 Shahed-type attack drones. Of these, nine were destroyed by air defense systems, and two were lost to radar.
Critical infrastructure facilities were not affected. However, within Kyiv, as a result of the fall of debris from one of the downed drones, a fire was recorded on the territory of a recreation center in the Desnyansky district. There is destruction and damage to buildings and cars. Three people sought medical assistance.
08.35 As a result of a Russian drone attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a 12-year-old girl was killed in the Gubinis community of the Samarovsky district. A six-year-old girl and two adults were injured.
The girl was pulled out from under the rubble of her own home. They tried to save the child, but he died on the way to the hospital.
08.10 Over the past 24 hours, 178 armed clashes were recorded at the front. In particular, the Russians attacked the Pokrovsk direction 59 times, and 15 armed clashes occurred in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces destroyed 16 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one air defense system and two artillery systems of the enemy.
07.35 As of April 29, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 950,860 people (+1060 per day).
04.10 Vice President of the United States of America J.D. Vance believes that Ukraine will not be able to win a war with the Russian Federation. He said that the country will not win if hostilities continue in the coming years. At the same time, Vance suggests that in such a case, a scenario of nuclear escalation by the Russian Federation is quite possible.
02.20 On the night of Tuesday, April 29, Russian military launched kamikaze drones in the direction of Ukraine. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that as a result of falling debris in the Desnyansky district, a three-story recreation center building burned down. One woman was injured, and doctors provided assistance to her on the spot.
01.14 French President Emmanuel Macron said that international pressure on Russia would be increased over the next eight to ten days to achieve a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine.
"In the next 8-10 days, we plan to increase pressure on Russia. I remain cautious because part of this equation depends on Moscow. We need to act as one," he said.
00.34 US Vice President J.D. Vance stated that negotiations to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian "conflict" are in full swing.
"The negotiations around the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict are in full swing... Sometimes you have to apply pressure, sometimes you have to be more friendly, sometimes you have to promise rewards, and sometimes you have to promise punishment, because "it's dirty, routine work, but it's the work that the American people elected the Trump administration to do," said J.D. Vance.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
Half of all attacks were carried out by Russians in the Pokrovsky direction. Currently, 12 combat clashes are ongoing there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 75 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The largest number of battles were recorded in the Pokrovsky, Limansky and Kramatorsk directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report on Tuesday, April 29.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russian attack in the Kamyanka area was stopped.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out two assaults in the direction of Petropavlovka and Novaya Kruglyakovka.
In the Liman direction, the invaders attacked 10 times near the settlements of Lipovoe, Novoye, Novomikhaylovka, Mirnoye and Yampolivka. Five combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, an attack near Verkhnekamyansky was repelled.
In the Kramatorsk direction, six attempts by the occupiers to advance forward in the directions of Mayskoye, Predtechny, Belaya Gora and in the area of Chasovy Yar have been stopped. Two more military clashes are still ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked once near Dachnoye.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers carried out 38 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Staraya Nikolaevka, Tarasovka, Shevchenko, Elizavetovka, Novotoretskoye, Lisovka, Uspenovka, Kotlyarovka, Troitskoye, Nadievka and Andreyevka. The defense forces stopped 22 attacks, 12 combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked six times near Constantinople, Burlatskoye and in the direction of Odradnoye. One combat clash continues to this day.
In the Dnieper direction the enemy carried out one unsuccessful attack.
In the Kursk direction, our defenders repelled six attacks, and another military clash is still ongoing.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on April 28, Russia lost more than 1,000 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1 million people.
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[NewsFront]20:08 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Chasov Yar –MAP 19:57 Konstantinovskoye/Chasovyarskoye direction
Our units, which had secured a foothold in Stupochki yesterday, repelled several enemy counterattacks, including those with armored vehicles, continued the offensive and occupied the northern part of Stupochki.
19:55 Severskoye direction
Units of the Russian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Grigorovka.
North of Verkhnekamenskoye, our assault groups advanced about one km in altitude in the direction of Seversk (it is a little more than four km away).
Northeast of Ivano-Daryevka our units advanced into the crop fields.
19:51 Krasnolimanskoe direction
Units of the Group of Forces "West" continue to expand the Ivanovo-Makeyevka bridgehead.
Our assaults took the southwestern part of Novy and the main part of Lipovoye. The enemy in Novy found itself practically in operational encirclement, but stubbornly continues to defend.
Northeast of Novomikhaylovka, our assault units took an enemy stronghold and advanced in the direction of Olgovka and Grekovka (Petrovskoye) on both sides of the Rovchak ravine.
The battles for Redkodub, on the approaches to Zelenaya Dolina and in the crop fields at the northern edge of the settlement of Kolodezi west of the Zhelobka River continue.
Our units are attacking in the direction of Zarechny in the Mirny area. Torskoye is behind the enemy. There are battles in the area of the Bakai ravine (ravine).
18:58 Russian Armed Forces advance in Pokrovsky direction –MAP
18:18 Motorized riflemen of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed three hexacopters "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversky direction.
To destroy drones, which the enemy uses mainly at night, our servicemen use both interceptor drones and standard small arms with night vision devices.
17:19 Ministry of Defense:
FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces destroyed enemy fortifications, supporting the offensive actions of assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Attack drone crews of the Vostok group of forces eliminated a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators in the village of Bogatyr in the South Donetsk direction.
16:18 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced south of Chasov Yar, fighting is taking place directly in Stupochki, –MAP.
16:15 Around 15:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:40 Russian Armed Forces advance near Novomikhaylovka and Novoye, –MAP.
14:34 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center destroyed an M-113 armored personnel carrier and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel who were trying to take cover in the private sector of the village of Bogatyr in the Donetsk direction.
13:39 Around 12:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
13:26 Attack drones caught up with a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
The movement of the combat vehicle was detected using aerial reconnaissance equipment.
Having waited for the right moment, the FPV drone crews of the West Force Group launched precise strikes. The first hit disabled the tank, and the next one destroyed it.
12:19 As a result of active actions by the unit of the West group of troops released settlement Doroshovka, Khar'kov region.
11:24 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the northern part of the village of Belovody in the Sumy region, –MAP.
10:30 Crew of the 120mm self-propelled mortar "Nona-SVK" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed armored personnel carrier "MaxxPro" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
09:50 Soldiers of the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" exposed and destroyed assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Guryev Kazachok (Khar'kov region), –video.
08:12 Rocket artillery of the West group of forces destroyed hexacopter takeoff points, UAV control points and enemy manpower concentrations.
A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Dnepr troop group struck an artillery position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia direction.
07:31 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:
-- Control zone in the Grigorovka area has been expanded;
-- Kamenka was liberated;
-- Progress in the area of the junction on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway;
-- The enemy was driven beyond the state border line in the Popovka area;
-- Control zone in the Lysovka area has been expanded;
-- Advance north of Nadezhdinka;
-- Control zone in Chasov Yar has been expanded.
07:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed4 0 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
Seven UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Four UAVs - over the Black Sea,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,
Two UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
In total, from 20:00 Moscow time on April 28 to 06:00 Moscow time on April 29, air defense alert systems destroyed 91 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
40 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,12 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
Seven UAVs - over the Black Sea,
Six UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Miropolskoye, Turya, Sadki, Prokhody, Mogritsa, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, and six artillery guns. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
As a result of active operations, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Doroshovka (Kharkov region).
Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Kupyansk, Nechvolodovka, Kamenka, Dvurechnaya, Moskovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Novomikhaylovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, one tank, four motor vehicles, and three Western-made field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were eliminated.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Malinovka, Ivanopolye, Chasov Yar, Minkovka, Petrovka, Grigorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Konstantinovka, and Dyleyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 250 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle and one MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Vladimirovka, Ulyanovka, Tarasovka, Zverevo, Novoekonomicheskoye, Alekseyevka, Mirolyubovka, Novoaleksandrovka, and Novaya Poltavka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades of AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Poddubnoye, Zelenoye Pole, Bogatyr, Otradnoye, and Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of two coastal defence brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Tokarevka, Sadovoye, and Veletenskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, three motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station and military technical equipment and materiel depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, a training centre of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, a UAV launch site, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defence units shot down seven U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 189 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy lost 662 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 54,368 unmanned aerial vehicles, 605 anti-aircraft missile systems, 23,081 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,553 MLRS combat vehicles, 24,238 field artillery guns and mortars, 34,718 units of support military vehicles.
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[Regnum] Five Ukrainian servicemen received sentences of 15 to 16 years for invading the Kursk region. This was reported on April 29 by the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.
The 2nd Western District Military Court handed down a guilty verdict to the servicemen of the 21st separate mechanized brigade of the armed formations of Ukraine, Vladimir Gavriles, Vladimir Martsinkevich, Andriy Kukharyshyn, Andriy Kucheruk and Viktor Nedashkovsky.
All of them were found guilty under paragraphs “a” and “b” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Commission by a group of persons by prior conspiracy of a terrorist act resulting in grave consequences”).
As the court established, each of the defendants, together with their fellow servicemen, invaded the Sudzhansky District of the Kursk Region in August-September of last year and proceeded towards the settlement of Kauchuk, the village of Obukhovka in the Korenevsky District and the village of Vesyoloye in the Glushkovsky District. They were armed with automatic small arms, large-caliber weapons and explosive devices.
"In order to carry out terrorist activities, block and hold settlements under armed control, Gavriles, Martsinkevich, Kukharishin and Nedashkovsky set up observation and firing positions in adjacent forest plantations with a unified system of reconnaissance, fire and communications, took measures to destabilize the work of state authorities and local governments, intimidated civilians, prohibited them from moving, and prevented evacuation," the prosecutor's office reported.
Driver-mechanic Kucheruk delivered additional forces and resources there, including ammunition and weapons.
Russian military stopped terrorist activity of Ukrainian military. They were taken prisoner.
“The court agreed with the position of the state prosecutor and sentenced the militants to imprisonment for terms of 15 to 16 years, with the first three years to be served in prison and the rest of the sentence in a maximum security penal colony,” the department reported.
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[Regnum] The world community must direct its efforts to creating a new architecture of equal and indivisible security. This was stated on April 29 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the plenary session of the international forum "Great Heritage - Common Future" in Volgograd.
“The world community needs to work together to create a new architecture of equal and indivisible security that would reliably protect all states without harming the interests of others,” the Russian leader noted.
According to Putin, this is especially relevant today for the countries of Eurasia, which must create a space on the common continent where peace and stability prevail, making it an example of sustainable economic, social and humanitarian development.
The Russian President expressed the opinion that the already adopted multilateral forms of cooperation could form the basis for the formation of such an architecture. Putin cited the Union State, the CSTO, the CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, ASEAN as examples, and also recalled the existence of other influential structures.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on Tuesday Putin arrived in Volgograd, where he met with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
Speaking at the forum about the hero city of Stalingrad, the Russian president pointed out that during the Great Patriotic War the fate of the future of all mankind was decided here. The Russian leader emphasized that it was during the Battle of Stalingrad that a radical turning point occurred in the war against Nazism, which resulted in the defeat of the fascist troops on the banks of the Volga.
Putin added that both Russia and Belarus will always remember how, during the Great Patriotic War, the peoples together defended their homeland and, at the cost of enormous sacrifices, brought peace to Europe.
More from regnum.ru Putin called Stalingrad the place where the fate of the entire world was decided I would argue that Operation Watchtower more was where the fate of the world was decided, but then I'm prejudiced.
Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War became the place where the fate of the entire world was decided. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 29 at the international forum of the Union State "Great Heritage - Common Future".
Opening the event, the Russian President called Volgograd a sacred land for all the peoples of Russia and for all the peoples of the former Soviet Union.
“It is symbolic that the forum is taking place in a hero city where the fate of the entire world was decided,” Putin said.
During the Battle of Stalingrad, a radical turning point occurred in the war with Nazi Germany. The enemy was stopped and defeated on the banks of the Volga, the head of state recalled.
"A decisive blow was dealt to the Nazi war machine. A radical turning point in the war was ensured, the road to the West, to Berlin, to the great Victory, the 80th anniversary of which we will solemnly celebrate very soon - on May 9," he noted.
"In Russia, as in many republics of the former Soviet Union, Victory Day is one of the most significant and sacred holidays. During the war, our peoples together went through the most difficult trials, defended their independence and future," he emphasized.
The head of state also added that the victory over Nazism is the common heritage of Russia and the CIS countries, which is why Moscow is expecting the leaders of a number of states to attend the ceremonial events on May 9.
[TheRegister] British soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon.
The demonstrator weapon, a type of Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW), uses high-frequency radio waves to disrupt the electronic components inside drones, resulting in the devices malfunctioning.
"RF DEW systems can defeat airborne targets at ranges of up to 1 km and are effective against threats which cannot be jammed using electronic warfare," the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said.
However, the nature of the technology means that a wide beam is used, which is effective at disabling multiple drones simultaneously, but lacks target discrimination. Hence, Sgt Mayers, the first British soldier to bring down drones using a radiofrequency weapon, described it as "a great asset to Layered Air Defence."
The MOD believes the system, which it estimates costs 10p per shot fired, "could provide a cost-effective complement to traditional missile-based air defence systems."
That's assuming further development takes place to increase both range and power. The UK government has invested £40 million in RF DEW research to date, and more will be needed to move the weapon beyond a demonstrator to something that could be deployed operationally.
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