17:44 Read the material: ““Donetsk would have been destroyed”: Zelensky’s words about the secret preparation of a “war” were clarified“.
17:22 “The situation here is positive. Help has been provided. They are being fed and treated. Better than we thought. We ourselves imagined that we would not be particularly kind here,” Yevgeny, a captured soldier of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, who surrendered in Mariupol, told reporters.
15:46 A source in maritime circles told the TASS news agency that the crew of the Moskva missile cruiser, which sank after a fire, had been left at its permanent deployment point – Sevastopol.
15:37 The head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, supported the proposal to name the Progress cargo ship, which will fly to the ISS in June, “Donbass”.
15:35 The Investigative Committee stated that the fighters of the French Legion are present in the ranks of the Ukrainian troops.
14:48 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reports that since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian Federation, more than 4.79 million refugees from Ukraine have arrived in neighboring countries.
14:36 “The main thing is to release all the same from these nationalist battalions. The operation continues, and the tasks that stand are well known. They must be fulfilled and will be fulfilled. There should be no doubts,” the press secretary told reporters at a briefing on Friday. Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
14:32 The White House, after Biden’s statement yesterday about his readiness to personally go to Kyiv, clarified that his trip to Ukraine is not planned.
14:11 The entry of Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Alliance will lead to the fact that they will find themselves “on the front line of NATO”, which will not at all contribute to strengthening their national security, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
13:40 The website of the Russian-language version of The Moscow Times was blocked by Roskomnadzor at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office dated April 12.
13:34 Oksana Marchenko, the wife of Viktor Medvedchuk, the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform – For Life party, who was arrested in Ukraine, said at a press conference that she did not know her husband’s whereabouts. She noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not respond to her appeal. According to Marchenko, her husband’s escape from the place of house arrest and his subsequent detention were fabricated by the SBU. She added that she continues to receive threats.
13:33 Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to visit Sevastopol in connection with the situation with the Moskva cruiser and hold meetings on this topic, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of state.
13:31 Read the material: “Military sailors saw a mystical trace in the loss of the cruiser “Moskva”“.
13:18 The decisive battles with Russia will take place in the Donbass. The most difficult situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed in the region, but the most powerful units of Ukraine are also concentrated there. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
12:58 North Macedonia declares six more Russian diplomats persona non grata
12:22 Moody’s announced the terms of the announcement default of Russia by May 4.
12:21 Read the material: “Liya Akhedzhakova was asked to check for assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine“.
12:03 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the detention of more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered in captivity in Russia.
11:53 According to RIA Novosti, an air defense system went off over Belgorod. At 09:45, two anti-missiles were visible in the sky above the city. The authorities have not yet made any official statements about this.
11:13 The Russian senator said that the special operation in Ukraine will end soon.
11:02 The Ministry of Industry and Trade reported that a number of international carriers are still refusing to transport Russian goods.
10:50 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation promised to respond with missile strikes in the event of an attack by Ukraine on Russian territory. Punishment will follow in response to any attacks “of a terrorist nature or sabotage.”
10:40 Russian missile forces have attacked 221 military targets in Ukraine. They hit 12 command posts and 12 artillery positions. 176 strongholds and personnel concentration points were suppressed.
10:39 At night, a Russian ship fired high-precision Kalibr missiles at the Vizar Zhulyansky machine-building plant. Two workshops were liquidated, which produced and repaired long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as anti-ship missiles.
10:32 Russian S-400 air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Chernihiv region, which had attacked the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region the day before. The helicopter was destroyed near the village of Gorodnya.
10:29 The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced the complete liberation of the plant named after Ilyich in Mariupol from the nationalist formations of Ukraine.
10:29 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that 13 Ukrainian military installations were destroyed overnight on April 15. Two warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons, as well as 10 areas of concentration of military equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian army, were liquidated.
10:23 A captured Ukrainian sailor from the 36th brigade, Viktor Spassky, said that at first the leadership threatened the soldiers with execution for leaving their positions, and then abandoned them and stopped helping.
10:15 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview that he started the “war” with Russia in advance. Long before the start of the special operation. He said that the leadership of the republic suppressed internal political forces and agreed with the West on the supply of weapons back in December or even November last year.
10:10 Poland refused to import Russian coal. The President of the Republic, Andrzej Duda, signed the relevant law, approved by the Polish Parliament. The document also allows to freeze the assets of subjects and persons supporting Russia.
09:59 British freelance photographer Maximilian Clark said that Western media often buy his pictures taken in the DPR. But they put signatures on them that do not correspond to reality. In addition, fearing accusations of bias, Clark does not post the most striking photos on Western social networks.
09:45 The Russian Defense Ministry showed the work of electronic warfare units (EW). During a special operation in Ukraine, they found and suppressed 12 Bayraktar complexes.
09:31 The head of the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus, Konstantinos Petridis, linked inflation unprecedented for many years in Europe with the events in Ukraine. He refused to predict its development, since it depends on the situation in the republic.
09:29 According to sources of the telegram channel WarGonzo, about two thousand foreign mercenaries arrived in Zaporozhye. It is reported that among them there are citizens of Azerbaijan and Turkey.
09:22 The total number of refugees who came to Russia since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine has reached 808 thousand people. Among them – 163 thousand children. They were accepted in 45 Russian regions.
08:46 Ukraine received from the United States 30% of Washington’s own stockpiles of Javelin anti-tank missile systems. But Kiev still lacks planes, drones and helicopters. If the United States continues to help in this part of the armaments, they will exhaust their own stocks for many years to come.
08:43 The boy, who was injured in an attack by Ukrainian helicopters on the village of Klimovo, Bryansk region, was transferred to Moscow. A two-year-old child has a penetrating head wound.
08:42 In the UK, journalists found the family of mercenary Aidan Eislin (Cossack Gundi or Johnny), who was captured near Mariupol. His mother demanded compliance with the Geneva Convention, as her son became a Ukrainian soldier and is a prisoner of war.
07:58 Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken will stop making payments to Russia and Belarus after May 31 due to Western sanctions that have made them “very risky and difficult.”