J6 victims, ignored.
[FoxNews] State Department demands the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich following his detention in Russia.
Assange is guilty of doing bad things. No one quite remembers exactly what but we heard about it on the news enough to know that he is a terrorist or a fugitive or something.
[KhaamaPress] Russia and Tajikistan held military exercises at the Kharb-Maidon training ground in Tajikistan, 20 Km from the border with Afghanistan, that will continue till April 7, Officials said on Monday.
At the Kharb-Maidon training facility in Tajikistan, 20 kilometres from the Afghan border, military contingents from Russia and Tajikistan began joint drills that will last through April 7, according to a Monday blurb from the Central Military District of Russia, TASS News Agency reported.
"During the practical stages, the military contingents from Russia and Tajikistan will practice preparing and carrying out a joint operation on mountainous terrain to eliminate outlawed armed gangs intruding into the territory of an allied state and also exercising command and control of joint forces in blocking and destroying an illegal armed formation," according to the press office.
According to the press office, the majority of the Russian military contingent taking part in the exercises is made up of the Central Military District’sDistrict’s mobile electronic warfare groups, armoured, artillery, radiation, chemical, and biological protection troops, and motor rifle units, all of which total more than 300 personnel.
Russia’s most extensive military base is stationed in the cities of Dushanbe and Bokhtar, and according to the agreement signed in October 2012, the military bases in Tajikistan will remain through 2042.
The military manoeuvre came after the security concerns expressed by the Russian envoy and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Chief on Friday, saying that an increased risk of terrorist groups’ infiltration from Afghanistan threatens the security of the organization’s member countries.
"There is an increasing risk that terrorist groups and murderous Moslem ideas will infiltrate the territories of our CSTO allies. Complex threats from Afghanistan are of particular concern," the CSTO chief said.
The Russian and Central Asian countries reiterated their concerns over the security threats and risks emanating from Afghanistan and stressed watching the situation in Afghanistan closely.
Since the return of the de facto government in Afghanistan, Russia’s bloc expressed their security concerns about ISIS murderous Moslems in the country, including "terrorism, illegal arms, drug trafficking, illegal migration and the spread of murderous Moslem ideology," according to Russian officials.
However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... the Afghan authorities claim that the Taliban ...Arabic for students... forces destroyed the ISIS group and will not allow anyone to utilize Afghanistan territory against neighbouring nations.
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[LB] The armed forces repelled 45 enemy attacks in four directions in the east.
by Iryna Gamalii
During the day, the enemy carried out 3 missile and 17 air strikes, carried out more than 20 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 404th day of the large-scale Russian invasion.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. Thanks to the coordinated actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the heroism of each soldier, more than 45 enemy attacks were repelled during the day. Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
In the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, no signs of formations of enemy offensive groups have been detected. Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine. The Russian Federation will continue to use the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus, its military infrastructure. The training of units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation is carried out at the Belarusian training grounds. The presence of enemy units in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions is maintained.
During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Zapsilya and Myropyllya in the Sumy region, as well as the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Zybine, Volokhivka, Rublene, and Vilkhuvatka in the Kharkiv region.
Kamianka, Petro-Ivanivka, Dvorichna, Kutkivka, Zapadne, Masyutivka of the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire in the Kupyansk direction ; Krokhmalne in Luhansk region and Terna and Serebryanka in Donetsk region.
In the Lymansky direction, during the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry. Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Vesele, Spirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, and continues to storm it. He led unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka and Ivanovske. During the day, units of the defense forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the battle line. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Ozaryanivka, Dachne, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling.
On the Avdiyiv and Maryinsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Severnoy, Pervomaisky and Maryinka. At the same time, the enemy shelled Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Severne, Netaylove, Pervomaiske, Georgiyivka, Maryinka, and Pobyeda of the Donetsk region.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . Unmanned aerial vehicles were actively used to adjust artillery fire. He shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Velika Novosilka, and Vremivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but increased its defense capabilities. He carried out shelling of populated areas, which are next to the line of military confrontation. Among them are Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as the city of Kherson.
In the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region, the so-called Russian occupation authorities have begun compiling lists of local residents who agree to "evacuate" to Crimea or the territory of the Russian Federation. It is known that the "evacuation" will be carried out on a voluntary basis for the time being, primarily women and children will be taken out.
The aviation of the defense forces struck 5 times during the day on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Our defenders also shot down an enemy reconnaissance UAV. Units of rocket troops and artillery, in turn, struck the area where the enemy's manpower was concentrated.
It will be recalled that the commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the Russians are weakening and trying to cover up their failures with "new and new fakes about the capture of Bakhmut".
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[Korrespondent] 23:00 Zelensky announced that he had met with a delegation of American congressmen and former head of the US State Department Mike Pompeo.
22:52 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held an offsite meeting of the Headquarters for the second time - this time in Chernihiv: "Key security issues are at the front line, in the northern regions and at the border. The commanders of the directions reported - this time generals Syrsky and Tarnavsky reported via secure communication, and not in person, from the hottest sectors of the front.The situation in Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and throughout the Donbass.Belogorivka and the entire Lugansk region.Commander-in-chief and head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, head of the State Border Service, representatives of the Ministry of Defense.Complete coordination.Complete preparation of our active actions for the sake of the liberation of Ukrainian lands".
22:39 In the north of Crimea, the Russians are creating new lines of defense, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images. In particular, in November 2022, there were no trenches yet, and by mid-March 2023, four sections are already clearly visible. One of the trenches starts at the Perekop Bay, the second and third run from both sides of the E-97 highway. Another system of trenches was created near the village of Filatovka. All of them have appeared since the beginning of this year.
22:35 Zelensky held a meeting with a delegation of the US House of Representatives from the Republican Party, headed by Chairman of the Standing Committee on Intelligence Mike Turner. The President recalled that the bicameral and bipartisan support of the United States, Biden, and the entire American people played a decisive role in Ukraine's ability to resist Russia in the war for its freedom and democratic values. "I hope that the high level of support and interaction between our states will continue to be maintained. This is the key to a joint victory over the Russian aggressor," Zelensky stressed.
22:21 Closed negotiations have begun in the United States on the removal of Cold War ammunition from bunkers and their subsequent modernization for transfer to Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the publication, one of these programs has already been launched - missiles for American-made HAWK air defense systems that have long been decommissioned should receive the necessary updates to be sent to Ukraine.
22:14 Washington respects Ukraine's decision to keep Bakhmut, said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House. According to him, Bakhmut "is of great importance for Ukrainians, and we, of course, respect and understand this." At the same time, he added that the retreat of the Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut "will not change the dynamics of the battle from a strategic point of view."
21:16 The Government of the Netherlands announced the allocation of a package of assistance to Ukraine for 274 million euros. Of these, 180 million are intended for humanitarian assistance, agriculture and reconstruction, the remaining 94 million are for non-lethal support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the fight against impunity and the preservation of cultural heritage.
20:33 Tough fighting continues in Bakhmut. Clashes have been going on for several weeks in the city itself. The Wagnerites continue to talk about the capture of the city, but the Ukrainian command assures that Russian troops are still very far from establishing control over Bakhmut. More details - there is no Capture in the material, there are fakes .
20:26 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now armed with five brigades of SU-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat said: "This is a historic step - the transfer of such types of weapons [Polish MiG-29] to Ukraine. We have three brigades of such aircraft today There are five fighter brigades: two SU-27 brigades and three MiG-29 brigades." He added that these are old fourth-generation Soviet fighters, and Ukraine needs more modern aircraft.
20:03 Zelensky, during a trip to the Chernihiv region, held talks with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who is on a visit to Ukraine.
19:37 Washington expects that Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in the coming weeks, said US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
19:06 Washington may announce an additional aid package for Ukraine this week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
18:44 Russian law enforcement officers have already reported on the detention of a suspect in involvement in the death of Vladlen Tatarsky. More details - in the material Who is suspected and the main versions .
18:41 The Russians fired at Avdiivka, got into a departmental bus - one person was killed, one was injured, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Almost at the same time, the enemy fired on Chasov Yar - two houses were completely burned down, three were damaged, but people were evacuated in time. Kirilenko once again urged people to travel to other regions of the country, since "any point in the Donetsk region is potentially dangerous."
18:29 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The defense forces repulsed more than 45 enemy attacks during the day. Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
In the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region, the occupying "authority" draws up lists of local residents who agree to be "evacuated" to the Crimea or Russia. So far, the evacuation will be carried out on a voluntary basis, in the first place, women and children will be taken out.
18:01 The SBU has reported suspicion to millionaire blogger Yuriy Podolyak, who publicly justifies Russian armed aggression against Ukraine. He is currently on the territory of the Russian Federation and is actively involved in the information and psychological operations of the Russian special services. In particular, he regularly appears on propaganda TV channels, including Solovyov's talk show, and calls for the capture of Ukraine and the destruction of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
Podolyaka was born in Sumy, and has been living and working in Russia since 2014. Since January 15, 2023, he has been under the sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in connection with anti-Ukrainian activities.
17:50 Zelensky said that he had handed over to Chernihiv the insignia of the hero city. "We are celebrating the first anniversary of the liberation of our northern regions. It was then, a year ago, that the successes of our people in the battles for Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kiev regions revealed the truth to the world. The truth about what Ukraine is like," the president said.
17:23 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the Russian delegation is not allowed to work in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and therefore the Russian Federation suspends the payment of membership fees to the organization's budget for 2023.
17:17 Ukraine returned 12 more of its citizens from Russian captivity , five of them seriously wounded, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. Of the 12 Ukrainians who returned home, ten were military and two were civilians. In total, 2005 Ukrainians have been released from captivity since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The headquarters recalled that on March 24, Ukraine voluntarily and without any conditions returned to Russia all five seriously wounded prisoners who were transportable. This is in line with the requirements of international humanitarian law. But Russia, instead of returning all seriously wounded Ukrainians, as required by the international conventions signed by the Russian Federation, released only five.
17:11 Australia will supply Ukraine with remote weapon systems (RWS) worth up to $80 million, Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems has announced. The company has already signed a contract with the Ukrainian side for the supply of up to a hundred heavy RWS, as well as spare parts and related services.
17:06 The Russians shelled a hospital in Kherson, where more than 200 patients are treated and about 100 specialists work. Windows were shattered in the building, but there was no direct hit on the building where people are located, so there were no casualties, the IVA said.
17:00 According to the World Bank, the priority demining of Ukraine's territory will cost about $1.5 billion. The priority plan identified 470,000 hectares of potentially contaminated agricultural land.
16:56 The enemy is weakening and trying to cover up its failures with more and more fakes about the capture of Bakhmut, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "But the truth is that the successful work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refutes all the efforts of Russian propagandists," he added. Syrsky said that he constantly works with units performing tasks in the hottest spots of the front line, and today he met with soldiers and commanders who "destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the Wagnerites and Russian paratroopers."
16:39 Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, said that five wounded Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated to Ukraine today.
16:39 Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, said that five wounded Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated to Ukraine today.
16:15 The profile committees of the State Duma are preparing amendments that will ban the activities of the International Criminal Court and international bodies in the Russian Federation "directed against Russia," speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said. In addition, according to him, for calls for the execution of decisions of international bodies "whose activities are directed against Russia", it is proposed to introduce criminal liability.
16:09 The Russians are increasingly sending Shahed kamikaze drones from the north - this is how they try to find weaknesses in the Ukrainian air defense, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Usually this is the Bryansk region, the area of the Sescha airfield. It is launched in small batches of 10-15 UAVs of this type... So they find the weak points of our air defense thanks to different sources and deplete our air defense because we waste anti-aircraft missiles on them."
16:05 Zelensky said that he had visited the village of Yagodnoye in the Chernihiv region together with the Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economy and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habek and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychynovych-Burich. We examined the consequences of the occupation of the village of Yagodnoye by Russian troops, visited the school, in the basement of which the Russians kept 367 local residents in unsanitary conditions for almost a month, 11 of them died.
15:38 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi will arrive in Moscow on Wednesday, April 4, where he will meet with a Russian interdepartmental delegation, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russian ambassador in Vienna, said.
15:11 At a meeting on April 4-5, NATO foreign ministers will agree on the start of developing a multi-year support program for Ukraine, Stoltenberg said. The Secretary General also noted that the alliance will discuss with Ukraine "not only urgent military support, but also reforms, the fight against corruption and the rights of national minorities."
15:05 The volume of military aid to Ukraine from NATO countries has exceeded $65 billion, Stoltenberg said.
14:56 Zelensky promised that if Russian troops do not leave the occupied Ukrainian territories, they will be destroyed: "I will not talk about specific things, because we cannot enable terrorists from the Russian Federation to prepare for our methods and steps for de-occupation. But we will do it, and they must know it. They still have time to get out of there, otherwise we will destroy them." According to him, now the Defense Forces are preparing "to be strong and de-occupy our land."
14:35 Zelensky, during a trip to Yagodnoye, Chernihiv region, commented on the murder of Tatarsky: "I don't think about what is happening in St. Petersburg or in Moscow. Russia should think about it. I think about our country."
14:21 Stoltenberg said that Finland will officially become a member of NATO on Tuesday, April 4.
13:53 In Belarus, on behalf of Lukashenka, a "check of the combat readiness of the armed forces" has begun, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The movement of military equipment is planned, restrictions for civilian transport are possible.
13:14 Peskov said that "the Kiev regime supports terrorist actions and may be behind the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky, like many other people since 2014." The Kremlin speaker added that "that is why the special operation is being carried out."
13:10 Denmark and Norway have agreed to jointly transfer 8,000 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine, the Danish Defense Ministry said. The timing of the release and delivery of shells is not specified. But it is indicated that the ammunition is suitable for Caesar artillery self-propelled guns, and it is expected that the shells will be transferred along with the systems.
13:07 The defense forces have improved the tactical position in the Donetsk direction. In particular, they were able to take some positions that are strategically important, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, speaker of the Tauride direction. He also said that the enemy was rotating near Avdiivka: “Today, it is known about the withdrawal of the 200th motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Army from there.
12:42 The European Commission will present an update on the EU accession status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in May. RFE/RL Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said a full report on the expansion is expected in October, but there is already a working proposal: a recommendation to start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, and candidate status for Georgia.
12:29 The speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Cherevaty, told Reuters that fighting continues around the city administration in Bakhmut, and the Russian troops "have not captured anything and, to put it mildly, are very far from it."
12:13 The National Anti-Terrorist Committee of Russia stated that the murder of military commander Vladlen Tatarsky was allegedly planned by the Ukrainian special services. Agents from among the people collaborating with the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation, of which the detained Trepova is an active supporter, were allegedly involved in the terrorist attack.
11:49 Ukraine has completely stopped importing electricity, there are no consumption restrictions in any region, Ukrenergo reported.
An important Russian lever of control removed? Good for Ukraine
11:18 The direct damage to Ukraine from Russian aggression is estimated at $750 billion, and if we add the so-called indirect losses, the amount will exceed $1 trillion, Oleg Ustenko, presidential adviser on economic issues, said.
11:16 Yermak denied Prigozhin's information that Bakhmut was allegedly "legally taken." "Bakhmut is Ukraine. Calmly react to the fakes of those who invent a "victory" that does not exist in reality," the head of the President's Office said.
11:13 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the detention of Darya Trepova on suspicion of involvement in an explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg, which killed military commander Tatarsky.
10:51 On April 3-4, Kuleba will visit Brussels, where he will take part in the official meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission. This will be the first meeting of the commission since 2017.
10:43 British intelligence believes that the Russian Ministry of Defense is trying to restore the reputation of the 155th Marine Brigade, which was twice defeated near Ugledar. Analysts say such attempts reflect concerns that the brigade's failures are increasingly being attributed to Russia's top military leadership.
Thus, during March, efforts to restore the image of the 155th Marine Brigade included public statements that the formation was "in high spirits with a firm determination to achieve its goals," as well as photographs showing that the 155th Brigade was being re-equipped modified tanks. In fact, the 155th brigade has probably been reactivated at least twice in the last six months after unsuccessful attempts to storm Vugledar, intelligence notes.
10:34 Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychinovich-Burich visited Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said.
Also in Ukraine on a visit is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Levente Madyar. He visited the village of Zagaltsy in the Kyiv region, where the destroyed kindergarten and school will be restored at the expense of the Hungarian government.
10:12 Poland has already handed over several of its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, spokesman for the Polish President Marcin Przydacz said. "According to my information, this process has already been completed, that is, the transfer of this first part," he said.
09:40 Zelensky will pay an official visit to Poland on Wednesday, April 5, according to the office of President Andrzej Duda.
09:37 Russian media write that as a result of an explosion in Melitopol, the former "head of administration" of the village of Akimovka, Maxim Zubarev, was wounded. According to the "authorities" of the occupied region, the condition of the collaborator is assessed as serious.
09:09 German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habek arrived in Kiev on an unexpected visit, writes Spiegel. He arrived with a small delegation of German business representatives. In particular, the delegation includes President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) Siegfried Russwurm.
09:06 In the center of Melitopol, on Bohdan Khmelnitsky Avenue, a car exploded, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said, citing local residents. Local "authorities" report that one person was injured in the explosion.
08:58 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six people were killed (in Konstantinovka), another 15 people were injured in the region. In the Kherson region, one dead, in the Kharkiv region - one wounded, according to the OVA.
08:52 In Melitopol, after the explosions in the locomotive depot on April 2, the invaders, in order to create the illusion of defense, once again used their air defense systems located in the middle of residential areas. Fragments of air defense shells hit an apartment building, injuring six local residents, Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said. Meanwhile, local "authorities" are accused of shelling the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that forces inside the Russian Federation may be involved in the liquidation of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, although Russian officials and propagandists were quick to blame Ukraine for the murder. At the same time, Prigozhin said that he would not blame the "Kiev regime" for the deaths of Tatarsky and Daria Dugina. Analysts say Tatarsky's murder in Prigozhin's bar may be part of a broader trend of escalating domestic conflicts involving Prigozhin and the Wagner PMC.
The institute’s experts also do not rule out that the assassination of the propagandist was a warning to Prigozhin, who increasingly questioned the Kremlin’s main propaganda theses about the war in Ukraine and even vaguely hinted at an interest in the position of the Russian president as a competitor to Putin or his successor.
The ISW also notes that the Russian authorities are likely to use the assassination of a military correspondent to increase censorship and strengthen control over the information space.
08:18 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 3.
personnel - about 175,160 (+610) people liquidated,
tanks - 3619 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 6993 (+7),
artillery systems - 2694 (+7),
MLRS - 527 (+0),
air defense systems - 280 (+1),
aircraft - 306 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2262 (+13),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5553 (+16),
special equipment - 298 (+2).
08:12 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 70 enemy attacks were repelled. At the epicenter of hostilities are Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In Melitopol, the invaders are forcing school teachers to write a waiver of Ukrainian citizenship by June 1 and receive Russian passports.
00:48 The German concern Rheinmetall is building a logistics and repair center for military equipment supplied to Ukraine in the Romanian city of Satu Mare. The repair base will start operating in April, Armin Papperger, head of the concern, said. Rheinmetall set up a similar center in Lithuania in June 2022 to provide support for NATO equipment in the Baltic States
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[RIA] "Until the last Ukrainian" - over the past year, we have heard this phrase quite often. Recall that on the eve of the special operation, on February 1 last year, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who played a significant role in inciting the Ukrainian conflict, while in Kiev, publicly announced: "Ukrainians will fight to the last drop of blood." The head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, who was standing next to the British speaker, did not react to these words in any way, only writing down something on paper. Apparently, he marked the order of the London patron as his own task.
The other day, Vladimir Putin, commenting on Britain's decision to send depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, stated the sad fact : "It seems that the West really decided to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian - no longer in words, but in deeds." And, mind you, we have always perceived this as a "tragedy of the Ukrainian people", calling for an end to the bloodshed. But Zelensky wrote in his tasks: "To the last drop of blood." Here he performs.
And the other day, the scale of this tragedy was involuntarily pointed out by The Times newspaper, which tirelessly wages an anti-Russian propaganda campaign on its pages. In another similar material, her military commander quoted the former Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tymofiy Milovanov , who advised paying attention to the demographic tree of his country, pointing out that there were practically no people of twenty years of age left there.
The newspaper decided to illustrate the words of the ex-minister by posting this tree on its pages. The bild editors of The Times did not particularly philosophize, simply superimposing UN statistics for 2021 and 2023 on top of each other. The comparison was shocking. Apparently, realizing how terrible it looks for Ukraine, the editors later quietly removed the graphics from their website, but they were preserved in the printed version of the publication.
Data from the UN statistics department really confirms what is happening. Last year, the median number of twenty-year-old residents of Ukraine (both girls and boys) reached approximately 200,000 people in each gender category. And the data for this year show that there are about 60,000 young men in the age category of 21, and even fewer girls - somewhere around 50,000. Imagine what a drop in numbers in just a year!
It is worth emphasizing that we are not talking about numbers taken from the ceiling. The table refers to official statistics from the annual World Population Prospects published by the UN Secretariat. Moreover, the compilers of the tables emphasize that they do not take into account changes in the borders of Ukraine in recent years and do not actually take into account military losses. That is, much more inflated indicators of the pre-war population of Ukraine were taken as a basis - more than 40 million people, although even Ukrainian officials even before the NVO admitted that in fact about 30 million live there.
In addition, military losses in the UN tables are taken into account very approximately. By and large, only the official migration data and the fact that more than seven million people left Ukraine last year were taken as the basis for statistics. That is, if we add to the official data of the UN the combat losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , the colossality of which is recognized by everyone, and the loss of a significant part of the territories, then we can safely conclude: twenty-twenty-five-year-old boys and girls in Ukraine have actually ended! And this is the most reproductive age.
Thus, Zelensky fulfills Johnson's order to fight "to the last Ukrainian" exactly. With a similar rate of decline in the number of children and youth, which the UN records in Ukraine, this country, this territory is simply deprived of a future. But Zelensky could have prevented all this.
As President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko correctly noted on Friday , one day Zelensky will be asked: “Why didn’t you prevent the war? Why didn’t you do everything to prevent this war from happening? And when it started, why didn’t you stop it?” Be sure to ask! If there is anyone else to ask.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:41 It is reported about destruction B/C warehouse in the Kharkiv region. 22:53 Ukrainian army released a package of 122mm MLRS "Grad" rockets in residential areas of Donetsk.
22:47 Fixed again shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk.
22:33 APU attacked Sevsky district of Belgorod with drones.
22:10 Fixed shelling of APU in Donetsk.
21:50 Defeat ground targets by Ka-52 and Mi-28 unguided rockets
20:20 In the Belgorod region, the village of Pervomaiskoye again came under fire - governor
“Windows were blown out by the blast wave and facades and fences were cut in four private households. The power line was also damaged,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov.
19:06 Near Artemovsk destroyed Colonel of the Ukrainian "Alpha"
Colonel of the elite special unit of the SBU Oleksandr Vdovichenko was liquidated on March 17th. The information is confirmed by the Ukrainian media.
19:06 APU occupy houses and apartments of civilians, and then they are surprised that they regularly fly
17:54 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces destroys strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
17:02 A command and staff exercise with the Novosibirsk missile formation equipped with the Yars PGRK ended in the Strategic Missile Forces
In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment were involved in the exercise.
The command-staff exercise with the Novosibirsk missile formation showed a high level of combat training of the formation, as well as the professionalism of the personnel. The military personnel of the Novosibirsk formation of the Strategic Missile Forces, as part of the command and staff exercise, completed an extensive list of tasks and introductory ones, including the performance of intensive maneuvering operations on combat patrol routes.
The crews of the Yars mobile ground-based missile systems worked out the issues of making marches up to 100 kilometers, dispersing units with a change in field positions, their engineering equipment, organizing camouflage and combat protection. Also, strategic missilemen resolved issues of countering sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
As part of maneuvering operations, missile units and subunits worked out the tasks of dispersing them in a forest area in order to increase the secrecy of the Yars PGRK units. Support units made the withdrawal of special equipment from the zones of conditional chemical contamination.
17:02 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West"
During the day, the military personnel of the “West” group of troops opened and destroyed five enemy DRGs from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 105th and 115th brigades of the TerO, and also disrupted four rotations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront near the settlements of Sinkovka, Krakhmalnoe, Orlyanskoe.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Stelmahovka, a reconnaissance group of a special-purpose brigade discovered and destroyed two enemy shelters by fire from a 240mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar.
The calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed the mortar crew of the enemy in the area of the village of Sinkovka.
15:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr group
In the Kherson direction, artillery units of the Dnepr group, during a counter-battery fight, inflicted fire damage on the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian nationalists in the area of the city of Kherson and the settlements of Kamyshany and Daryevka.
The irretrievable losses of the enemy in manpower amounted to more than 20 people. The 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and the hangar for temporary storage of weapons and military equipment of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine were destroyed.
In addition, in the area of the settlements of Korsunka, Golaya Pristan and Dnepryany, the group's electronic warfare equipment suppressed six quadrocopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
14:53 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
◾️Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 75 military;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 285 military and mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two ammunition depots in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 79 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;
◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 50 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 45 soldiers and self-propelled guns Krab in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 10 soldiers and the howitzer "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Kherson direction;
◾️Russian air defense intercepted 10 HIMARS and Smerch MLRS shells, shot down seven APU drones.
13:57 Donetsk military destroyed Observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a multi-storey building from ATGM
12:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force of the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping. During the clashes, up to 15 militants were eliminated, an armored car was destroyed by the ATGM crew. The calculations of the Osa-AKM and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two Leleka UAVs.
In the Zaporozhye direction, special forces units discovered and destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group and stronghold with artillery fire, and more than 20 militants were eliminated.
As part of the counterbattery fight, with the help of automatic sound-measuring systems and unmanned aircraft, two enemy howitzers in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoe and Chervonoe, two mortar crews in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Velikaya Novosyolka were discovered and the calculations of the self-propelled guns 152mm "Hyacinth" and 122mm "Carnation" were destroyed.
11:55 Destroyed in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Ukrainian armored car International M1224 MaxxPro of American production
11:55 Attack helicopter KA 52 "Alligator" performs Combat launch of NURS-type missiles from a pitch-up position
10:49 Russian Defense Ministry published footage of the combat work of the crew of the TOR-M1 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) of the Central Military District (TsVO) in the zone of the special military operation.
09:24 Hot breath of the "Solntsepeka": crews of heavy flamethrower systems of the Airborne Forces continue to perform combat missions -video.
Radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists of the Airborne Forces strike with 220mm thermobaric unguided projectiles at the enemy hiding in strongholds and deep shelters. In addition, the crews of heavy flamethrower systems destroy observation and strongholds, ammunition caches and artillery positions.
08:19 Footage of 152mm Msta-S firing from inside the fighting compartment -video.
08:10 Combat Job of crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of a special military operation.
Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
08:05 Job of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" of the Air Defense Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:15 The situation in Bakhmut/Severny Stavka area:
Wagner PMC units advanced along Levanevskogo Street and Pobedy Street, reaching Rose Alley.
-- AZOM industrial zone:
Most of the northern industrial zone of Bakhmut is under the control of the Wagner PMC, which occupied the workshop of the Bakhmut Electrotechnical Plant and the trolleybus depot, approaching the Bakhmut-1 railway station.
-- Center:
Wagner PMC fighters planted the flags of Russia and their unit on the site of the Bakhmut City Council. During the retreat, the building was blown up by servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Most of the area is also under the control of "musicians".
-- Vodokanal:
Units of Wagner PMC are moving north, expanding the previously occupied bridgehead. To the east, Wagner operators came close to the Avangard stadium.
-- Aircraft:
Fierce fighting continues. Russian fighters are engaged in the liquidation of a powerful defense area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, created in a residential area between Tchaikovsky and Korsunsky streets.
19:45 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forcesinflictedfire defeat to Ukrainian nationalists in the Seversk direction.
19:31 Debacle of enemy in the Svatovsky direction. The enemy tried to advance towards the positions of the Russian troops in the Svatovo-Kremennaya area, but was detected in advance from the air.
18:41 Donetsk direction situation as of April 3, 2023:
In the Donetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are strengthening their positions. New batches of ammunition were transferred to the front line, fuel was issued in limited quantities due to failures in the supply of fuel and lubricants. At the same time, reinforcements are expected to be transferred to the LBS from other sectors of the front.
In the Avdievka sector, units of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for an offensive north of Avdievka against the positions of the RF Armed Forces near Krasnogorovka.
Ukrainian formations were given dry rations for several days, and refueling of equipment was also organized. A couple of days ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine already tried to recapture the lost territories, but the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation successfully repelled the attack.
Fierce positional battles continue in Marinka. Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces storm the fortified areas of Ukrainian formations in the city center near the church on Druzhby Avenue and on the northern outskirts behind the reservoir. At the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the lines by equipping firing points in houses.
Reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in Marinka to carry out the rotation of the personnel of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine. And from the environs of Kurakhovo, four tanks were transferred to Maksimilyanovka.
Members of the Ukrainian formations talk about power outages in the territory of the DPR occupied by them due to the strike of the Russian army on the Kurakhovskaya thermal power plant.
At the Ugledar site in the area of Novy Komar, under the guidance of American instructors, the personnel of an unidentified unit are being trained to conduct assault operations in small groups.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, at the training ground near Novomoskovsk, the training of 2rd3 Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being completed. Upon completion of training, the personnel of the 23rd Brigade will be transferred to the Donetsk direction to one of the sites.
In addition, from April 8, it is planned to send a battery of M109A6 Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts (eight self-propelled guns and about 120 people) to the Donetsk direction. A6 modifications are equipped with improved armor protection and an automated fire control system.
At the moment, the Ukrainian authorities are planning to significantly strengthen the grouping of troops in the Donetsk direction. Taking into account certain successes of the Russian army in Marinka and near Avdiivka, with a high degree of probability, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to launch a counterattack somewhere near these suburbs of Donetsk.
The general plan of the spring-summer campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine implies an offensive on a wide front in one or two directions, with several fetters in other sectors, from Kherson to the Kharkiv region. This will make it possible to determine the least protected positions of the RF Armed Forces and strike precisely there to break through the front.
18:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 3, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): - in a forest belt, along Polupanov Street, as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Lepestok", a woman born in 1976 was injured.
As of April 3, 106 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. 10 children, on mines PFM-1 "Petal". Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
18:05 As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Lisichansk with the use of artillery guns 155mm (2 rounds) damaged a residential building.
17:40 Russian video conferencing continues to burn enemy at Kherson.
Russian military aviation is delivering bombing strikes on the places of accumulation of equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper, identified by intelligence.
17:15 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) recorded shelling:
– 09.45 Lisichansk (LPR) using a 155mm artillery gun (two rounds). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
17:07 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing 3 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:45 Administration of Artemovsk. It was-became.
The building was reportedly deliberately blown up by the UAF during its retreat so that Wagner would not be able to hang flags and film from the building or from its roof.
However, Wagner already found a way to place flags on the ruins of a blown up building and went to liberate the remaining areas of the city.
16:34 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 3, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Horlovka (Nikitovsky district): — on ul. Yerevanskoy, two dead woman born in 1955
16:12 Ukrainian troops fired at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:04 Both Russian aviation and artillery are working in Kherson. It is known that the position of the Ukrainian territorial defense was hit an hour ago. Now a Russian UAV is flying over the city and continues to correct the work of Russian artillery.
15:27 Artillery and tanks of the 9th Brigade support advancement of infantry in the Avdeevsky direction.
Brave fighters of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 9th Regiment of the NM DPR) continue to push back the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donetsk west of Avdievka. Infantry advancement is supported by artillery and tankers when adjusting fire from UAVs
15:10 The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the explosion in Melitopol of the car of the head of the administration of one of the districts of the Zaporozhye region, the department's Telegram channel reported.
14:40 Battle for Artemovsk situation as of April 3, 2023:
In the north of Artemovsk, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC continue to advance in the Selishche area to the south of the city. During the fighting, they completely cleared the territory of school No. 24. In addition, Russian units came close to the railway station.
In the central districts of the city, the "Wagnerites" liberated residential areas along Boris Gorbatov Street, and also established control over the building of the City Council of Artemovsk. Now the fighting is going on at school No. 11 and the clinic.
On the southern outskirts of the city, the assault squads expanded the zone of control around the Avangard stadium, moving along Bakhmutskaya Street.
At the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold the western outskirts of Bakhmut. There are no signs of withdrawal of Ukrainian formations: on the contrary, 80 people were transferred from the Sumy region to Artemovsk to strengthen positions in the settlement.
In addition, units of the 5th Assault Brigade, created on the basis of the 5th Assault Regiment, arrived at the section of the Chasov Yar - Khromovo road. The forces of the 5th Brigade were previously noted only in the Toretsk sector. This confirms the plans of the Ukrainian command to continue the defense of Artemovsk.
14:37 Flags of Russia and PMC "Wagner" on the ruins of the administration of Artemovsk.
13:57 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:25 Kamikaze drone «Lancet» destroys another 155mm M777 howitzer in the Artemovsky direction.
It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian gunners clumsily tried to disguise their howitzer with a maskset, but the attempt was in vain, and the M777 was destroyed along with the ammunition.
13:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified the artillery attack of the Novokakhovka district. From March 27 to April 2, Ukrainian troops fired 60 rounds.
At the moment, the quietest place is Tavriysk. There were no arrivals at all. The loudest is Korsunka. APU hit there most often.
12:35 It is reported that Syrsky reported to Zelensky about heavy fighting in Bakhmut and about the inability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to organize a counteroffensive in this direction. The Ukrainian army is forced to retreat to the western quarters of the city, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine control no more than 15% of the settlement.
11:55 Destruction of mortar positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdievka direction.
11:27 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Otradokamenka (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured.
11:00 According to the official data of the DPR JCCC from the beginning of the escalation (from 02/17/22) as of 11:00 04/03/2023
During the 410 days of escalation in the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, 687 civilians were killed, incl. 28 children.
On the territory liberated during the NMD, 3,787 civilians were killed, incl. 106 children. Total: 4,474 including children - 134.
On the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, 2,580 civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. 182 children.
A total of 105 cases of undermining civilians were registered, incl. 10 children, on mines PFM-1 "Petal". Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
On the territory liberated during the NMD, 1,687 civilians were injured, incl. 93 children. Total: 4,267 including children - 275.
Damage:
— 10,295 residential buildings;
— 2,515 civil infrastructure facilities, incl. 140 medical institutions, 509 educational institutions, 1,002 social security facilities, 73 critical infrastructure facilities, 791 electricity, water, heat and gas supply facilities.
- 1,317 vehicles.
At the moment, it is impossible to establish for certain the data on damage and destruction of residential housing constructions and civil infrastructure facilities in the territory liberated during the NWO.
During the 410 days of the escalation of the DPR JCCC, 16,556 facts of firing were recorded, of which 16,224 were using heavy weapons.
In total, the enemy fired 105,040 ammunition of various calibers, including 40 Tochka-U missiles, 262 Himars MLRS missiles, 22 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS missiles, 258 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS missiles, 13,598 MLRS missiles (122mm), 24,805 rounds caliber 155mm.
10:25 For 3 months since the beginning of 2023, the Representative Office of the Luhansk People's Republic in the JCCC recorded 67 artillery attacks by the armed forces of Ukraine in 32 settlements of the Republic.
The enemy used the following weapons: MLRS HIMARS (112 missiles), MLRS "Alder" (one missile), 155mm artillery pieces (81 rounds), MLRS 122mm BM-21 "Grad" (10 missiles), mortar 120mm (one mine) and seven strike UAVs.
During the above period, 126 civilians became victims of the AFU aggression, of which 32 people died and 94 were injured. Two children were killed, seven more children were injured.
A total of 269 housing constructions and 77 civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged, incl. eight medical and eight educational institutions.
10:20 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- Seven rounds were fired at the settlement of Zabarino;
– n.p. Aleshki fired nine rounds;
- in the village of Dnepryans fired six rounds;
- Six rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynki;
- according to n.p. Golaya Pristana fired eight rounds;
- according to n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired nine rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, Peschanovka, Korsunka, firing a total of 42 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
10:06 This is how the training of the mobilized in the LPR looks before they are sent to the front line -video.
All kinds of trainings are carried out here, imitating real work on the front line. The vast experience of the instructors allows them to provide the necessary skills and knowledge about everything that can be useful on the battlefield.
09:48 "Head" of Akim's administration Maxim Zubarev was injured in a car explosion in Melitopol, - media
It is reported that the man is in serious condition, he has a hip wound and a pelvic fracture. Video from the site of the attack.
09:21 Enemy observation post in Avdievka destroyed using ATGMs.
The ATGM crew of the 87th Regiment of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 119th Regiment of the NM DPR) destroyed an enemy observation post located on a multi-storey building in Avdieivka with well-aimed fire.
09:20 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 04/03/2023
09:10 Calculations of anti-tank systems and 100mm "Rapier" destroy enemy in the Avdievka industrial zone.
Calculations of anti-tank missile systems and 100mm anti-tank guns MT-12 "Rapier" of the 87th regiment of the 1st Donetsk army corps (formerly the 119th regiment of the NM of the DPR), whose work is corrected with UAVs, hit enemy strongholds in the Avdeevka industrial zone with well-aimed fire.
08:40 In the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, according to preliminary data, a car exploded, the city administration reported in the Telegram channel.
"According to emergency services, one person was injured in the explosion of the car, he is receiving medical assistance," the mayor’s office added.
The incident took place on Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street. Emergency services are on the scene and the cause of the explosion is under investigation.
08:15 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces fired defeat Ukrainian nationalists in the Seversk direction.
08:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/03/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Novoyakovlevka, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Poltavka and Olgovsky. APU launched a missile attack on Melitopol.
On the Donetsk front, units of Russian troops, after a massive fire defeat, attacked in the western part of Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky, near the North and on the southwestern and eastern approaches to Avdiivka. They also conducted assault operations near the village of Keramik.
Artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Thin, Orlovka, Stepnoy, New York and Zhelezny. The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC "Wagner" tried to break through to Predtechin. The Armed Forces held their positions. In the southern part of the city itself, Wagner operators, with massive support from artillery and aviation, managed to move towards the center. And in the north there were oncoming battles.
The Ukrainian side also used artillery to strike at the industrial zone. After a fire defeat, PMC "Wagner" attacked near Bogdanovka. No success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attempted an offensive in the direction of Verkhnekamenskoye. Russian troops shelled Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Ivanovsky, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka and Disputed. The Armed Forces of Ukraine beat on Kurdyumovka.
In the Luhansk direction, with the support of artillery, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked in the area of Torskoy and Nevsky. No advance.
08:05 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, firing nine rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
07:50 Russian paratroopers of the Dnepr group in the Kherson direction began transition of equipment for the summer period of operation. They have to do this in a short time in combat conditions.
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[REGNUM] Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin ) with the Order of Courage. The decree on awarding a military commissar who died as a result of a terrorist attack in a cafe in St. Petersburg (posthumously) with a high award was signed on April 3.
As stated in the decree, Vladlen Tatarsky was awarded "for courage and courage shown in the performance of professional duty . "
Voenkor Vladlen Tatarsky was killed as a result of a terrorist attack committed on the evening of April 2 in St. Petersburg in a cafe on Universitetskaya embankment, where his creative meeting was held.
Daria Trepova was detained on suspicion of committing a terrorist attack , and admitted that she brought a figurine to the cafe , which subsequently exploded. As a result of the explosion, the military commander died, and 32 more people were injured. The condition of ten of them is assessed as serious, 16 are in a state of moderate severity.
The NAC called the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky a terrorist attack, which was organized by the special services of Ukraine.
Earlier, Dmitry Kuznetsov , a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, addressed the President of Russia on awarding Vladlen Tatarsky . The deputy proposed to award him the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Daria Trepova, suspected of the murder of military officer Maxim Fomin, known as Vladlen Tatarsky, it was decided to transfer from St. Petersburg to Moscow. This was reported on April 3 by Fontanka.
According to journalists, the measure of restraint for the detainee is planned to be chosen in the Basmanny Court of the capital. It is reported that she was already taken by departmental transport towards Pulkovo airport.
Earlier it became known that Trepova, before the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, rubbed her trust in patriotic communities . She ran a Telegram channel in support of the special operation in Ukraine, and also drew and sold patriotic postcards with Russian servicemen for charity.
Daria Trepova, detained on suspicion of the murder of military correspondent Maxim Fomin, known under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky , was looking for ways to show herself as a patriot before the attack. This was announced on April 3 by the Telegram channel 112.
"Daria Trepova ran a pseudo-channel in support of the SVO and tried to get into a patriotic party," the message says.
According to the channel, on March 3, Trepova first came to the Foliage bookstore, opened by the Black Hundred publishing house, called herself Nastya and began to actively get to know everyone there at events. She offered to sell postcards in support of the special operation in Ukraine, the profit from the sale of which was to go to humanitarian aid.
It is reported that Trepova managed to sell 40 postcards. The store will check if there are any explosive or listening devices left after it. All planned events were temporarily noted there.
"In a couple of days, the pros will step in to constantly guard the Foliage: there will be an inspection with a metal detector at the entrance," the store said.
As REGNUM reported , the press center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs previously released a video in which Trepova confessed to being involved in the murder of Tatarsky. She said that she brought the figurine, which then exploded during the event.
The Investigative Committee reclassified the criminal case as a terrorist act. According to preliminary data from the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, it was organized by the Ukrainian special services.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin:
As aside note, I think Rozhin is missing the point. I agree with the Russians that this straight up was a terrorist attack on a civilian population. There can be no justification for this act. Leaving it as such, state action against other groups is not required. Public opinion in Russia in time will destroy them. State action against the enumerated groups listed below can only bolster the power of the state, and in time may well not work to the Russian Federation's benefit.
[ColonelCassad] The close collaboration of the fifth column is noteworthy. In the case of the murder of Vladlen agreed:
1. GUR MOU (and possibly the SBU)
2. FBK Navalny.
3. Ponomarev's collaborators.
4. A traitor from the NBP (about him here https://t.me/boris_rozhin/82090 ) who worked for Khodorkovsky.
5. "No to war" activists.
And we do not even touch on the issue of the potential involvement of other foreign intelligence services.
[ColonelCassad] Operational video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Trepova confesses that she brought a figurine with a bomb to the scene of the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky.
According to published information, Trepova was in contact with some "Ukrainian journalists" and "received assignments from them." At the same time, she planned to travel abroad (so far they are writing about Uzbekistan).
Now the format of the future reaction depends on the authorities and how far the circles of this murder will diverge. With a certain desire, the consequences can be comparable to the consequences of the assassination of Kirov, which led to serious internal political changes in the country.
It's not about comparing Kirov with Tatarsky, it's about the fact that a landmark murder can provoke an avalanche of certain and long-overdue decisions in relation to the internal opposition and the same enemies of the people who were "invented by the paranoid Stalin", but who "suddenly" live among us. However, given the previous experience, it is not at all necessary that everything will go according to the hard version. But such a fork already exists.
Yesterday and today I received requests from friends and acquaintances "Be more careful, or you never know", well, plus the usual Bandera threats "You're next, ko-ko-ko, Ukraine-we can" and similar nonsense that I receive with 2014.
All the risks have long been recognized and accepted, back in 2014, when I started doing what I have been doing for more than 9 years now. As it was with Hemingway - Ahead of 50 years of undeclared war against fascism, and I signed up for the entire term.
The Investigative Committee reports that the alleged perpetrator of the terrorist attack, during which Vladlen Tatarsky died, was nevertheless detained agency channel.
Trepova was detained in a previously rented apartment owned by an acquaintance of her husband. According to preliminary information, air tickets to Uzbekistan have already been bought from her. Trepova went to the place where she hoped to sit out after the "change of image" from the Vasileostrovskaya metro station.
In the social networks of the owner of the apartment, the place of work is indicated: a sculptural workshop. Now he is being interrogated.
Trepov's photo is on the left. She leaves, retreats, after, at the request of Vladlen, after the presentation of the statuette, she nevertheless sat nearby for some time (at first she didn’t want to, she denied). Shortly after this moment in the photo, literally seconds later, an explosion sounded.
The likelihood that Trepova was used in the dark is close to zero. Usually, people who do not know anything do not run away first from the scene, moreover, changing their image, moreover, to a rented apartment prepared in advance.
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Daria Trepova, judging by her Telegram channel, could have created the sculpture herself, which she handed over to Vladlen Tatarsky.
In her channel, the detainee on suspicion of committing a terrorist attack often wrote about sculpture, posted photos of the work of various sculptors - she was clearly interested in the topic. In one of the publications, she writes that this is her favorite thing.
Also in December last year, Trepova published a photo of a sculpture of a volunteer, which she allegedly made herself.
Judging by her posts, she was engaged in modeling, which means she could create a bust sculpture, which she brought to the creative evening of the military correspondent, writer Vladlen Tatarsky. If this was the case, then Trepova could not help but know that there was explosives inside. Although earlier her husband told the media that she could think that she was giving Vladlen Tatarsky a bust with a wiretap.
Trepova, as her friends say, was of oppositional views. Participated in Navalny's so-called smart vote and could have been an activist in the underground network created by his former team. And the channel was allegedly patriotic in order to ingratiate herself with Vladlen and his entourage. Trepov's channel often quotes his works.
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