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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 412th day of the special operation is underway. Despite the leak of secret Pentagon documents, Washington will provide financial assistance to Ukraine, John Kirby said. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Wagner PMC, with the support of the Airborne Forces, are fighting in the central part of Artemovsk. Military correspondent Sladkov said that Russian forces had 20% of Artemovsk left to liberate. According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian forces have already liberated 80% of Artemovsk, fighting is underway in the western parts of the city.
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Military officers of the Russian Spring showed on video how Russian Special Forces soldiers near Ugledar burned a column of tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trying to counterattack the positions of Russian troops, with a hand-held «Solntsepyok».
Military expert Boris Rozhin reported in Telegram on the liquidation of the Georgian Armed Forces mercenary Arsen Ketsbai in the Artemovsk region.
RIA Novosti: Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi said that the country is ready to provide a platform for negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, if the parties wish to start the negotiation process.
Wagnerites in Artemovsk captured more than half of the territory of the railway station
Bild, German journalist Jan Humin, who recently returned from a business trip to Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut), was skeptical about the chances of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva lamented that the conflict in Ukraine «takes attention away from focused work on other things.»
The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 26 times over the past day, firing 123 ammunition.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said that the need to defend Bakhmut is due to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to stop further advancement of Russian troops.
Hill: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal said that the beginning of the counteroffensive of Ukraine could begin in the summer of 2023. At the same time, according to him, Kyiv is not under pressure from Western partners in this matter.
Edtstadler: Austria is ready to arrest Putin on the warrant of the International Criminal Court 14.6 billion dollars.
Denis Pushilin, Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic: All office buildings in Artemovsk are under the control of Russian units.
The expert spoke about the five air defense zones of Ukraine
TASS: Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda does not confirm the sale of its plant in Russia.
Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a law to increase defense budget spending by $14.5 billion , said the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Zheleznyak.
At the site of the death of military personnel in Makeyevka, among whom were residents of the Samara region, it is planned to build a memorial, said the governor of the region Azarov. According to the official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on December 31, 2022, 89 people were killed as a result of a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Makiivka.
Viktor Medvedchuk's wife, Oksana Marchenko, was put on the wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
To save the situation at the front Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to agree to the transfer of part of the country's territory in the west, said former MI6 intelligence officer Alistair Crook in an interview with the Youtube channel Judging Freedom.
Canada will send Ukraine a new military aid package that will include 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns and more than 2.4 million rounds of ammunition, Prime Minister Trudeau said.
Next Ramstein meeting on military assistance to Ukraine will be held face-to-face on April 21.
Canada has expanded sanctions against the Russian Federation, new measures have affected 14 individuals and 34 legal entities.
Head of the Zaporozhye movement «We are with Russia» Vladimir Rogov believes that the Kiev authorities will not observe the Easter truce, since Easter is not a holiday for them.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba called the United States a reliable ally of the country after the leak of secret documents.
The head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev, spoke about the situation in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
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Advisor to the Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin, Igor Kimakovsky, said that a large number of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are surrendering near Avdiivka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to retreat from Artemovsk (Bakhmut). The Telegram channel «Military Chronicle» writes about this. Ukrainian units stationed in the city speak of imminent physical encirclement by Russian troops.
American F-22 Raptor fighters have arrived in Poland, said Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak.
80% of Artemovsk has already been liberated, including the main industrial and administrative facilities — Prigozhin.
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Acting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that the West may decide to supply combat aircraft to Ukraine before the summer. The French publication Le Figaro writes about this.
In the Russian Federation, a criminal case was opened on the illegal seizure of the assets of a large Russian bank by the Ukrainian authorities, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Many soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are wondering why they are fighting. With this heading, an article was published in the German edition of Bild. The material deals with the battle for Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
The decision to transfer Western combat aircraft to Ukraine can be made before the summer. This statement was made by Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. According to him, which AFP reports, this may happen after the deliveries of the MiG-29 by Poland and Slovakia. Poulsen also added that Denmark is not going to send fighter aircraft to Ukraine alone.
Crimea has prepared for any development of events within the framework of the special operation — Aksyonov.
The mobilized «Pasechnik» spoke about the unwillingness of the Ukrainian military to continue fighting
Wagner assault detachments continue fighting for quarters in the central part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) — RF Ministry of Defense.
Kyiv authorities banned Easter services in the churches of the capital.
Peskov called another duck the Western media reports that Egypt allegedly planned to supply thousands of missiles to Russia.
Ukraine does not currently have sufficient reserves on the line of contact for success in the counteroffensive, adviser to the acting head of the DPR Yan Gagin said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
India has not yet decided on inviting Vladimir Zelensky to the summit G20, and also has not yet agreed on the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kiev, the Deccan Herald reports.
The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, announced on her Telegram channel that she had met with the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin and discussed with him the appeals of the relatives of the fighters of the group.
Jim Himes, a member of the US House Intelligence Committee, believes that the leak of secret documents allegedly belonging to the Pentagon could have serious unpleasant consequences for Ukraine. UOC). A passer-by beat him up. The minor son of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who accompanied him was also injured.
The Ukrainian special services and their Western curators launched an aggressive ideological and recruiting indoctrination of Russian citizens, especially young people, said the head of the FSB Bortnikov. that US allies were not disappointed that Washington did not share all the intelligence with them, as most countries do, CNN reports, citing a diplomat from one of the member countries of the alliance.
The acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, on the air of Solovyov Live, said that at the moment Ukrainian troops are trying to hold on to the western part of Artemovsk behind the railway tracks. Wagner» are prepared in such a way that they do not allow unjustified risk. He stressed that he had never seen people who, with a “feverish gaze, simply slapped at enemy bayonets.”
Voenkor Alexander Sladkov said that Russian forces had 20% of Artemovsk left to liberate.
Due to the taking under fire control of certain areas of the area in the Krasnolimansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing difficulties with the delivery of ammunition and the evacuation of the wounded, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said.
An unknown drone fell on Monday at the airport in Belgorod, there were no casualties, the fence was slightly damaged, emergency services told RIA Novosti.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko in his Telegram channel said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of responsibility of the 2nd Guards Luhansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps of Russia are trying play a radio game.
According to secret Pentagon documents leaked online, Ukraine's air defense system is almost completely depleted, writes The New York Times (NYT). The depletion of the Ukrainian air defense system will allow the Russian Federation to use the full power of the Aerospace Forces and “reverse” the course of a special military operation.
The SHOT Telegram channel, citing its own source, said that it crashed into the fence of the international airport in Belgorod drone with explosives.