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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. The 426th day of the special operation is underway. Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that Ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive in the LPR. The Russian military in the Kupyansk direction destroyed nine shelters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The T-14 «Armata» tank began to be used by Russian troops as part of the NMD.
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GT: The West is about to collapse because of the desire to crush the Russian economy with a blockade
Online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine: an air raid alert has been announced in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the part of the DPR controlled by Kiev.
Pushkov: the offensive announced by Kiev will become an attack by the WestActing head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin said in Telegram that the tariffs in the new territories would reach the average Russian rates within 10 years.
Voencors RV: Russian troops began artillery preparation for the final assault on the west of Bakhmut
В The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine was informed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Gorlovka and Donetsk using 24 shells of NATO caliber 155 millimeters in 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Yahoo News: The US House of Representatives is preparing a bill demanding an end to the conflict in Ukraine and a return to the borders of 1991.
Podolyak: Ukraine «has the right» to destroy everything in Crimea and Donbas
Minister Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov said that in order to contain Russia, «the EU is militarizing at a record pace and turning into an aggressive structure.»
Lavrov: The West is preparing for a new round of war to maintain world domination.
< p>Foreign Policy: Kuleba demanded from NATO the timing and plan for Ukraine's entry into the alliance.
Lavrov: Russia has the opportunity not to depend on Western countries trying to put pressure on it with sanctions Kuleba said that Ukraine is ready to «discuss any peace plan that does not lead to a freeze of the conflict or to Ukraine surrendering territories to Russia.»
France detained mercenaries who executed Russian prisoners
The Ukrainian Fencing Federation on its official website announced that it had filed a lawsuit with the District Court of Lausanne demanding to suspend the implementation of the decision of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to competitions.
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures in in case of seizure of Russian assets abroad.
An air raid alert has been declared again in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, as well as in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kiev, according to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of the country.
The United States will not abandon anti-Russian sanctions in favor of a «peace strategy» in Ukraine, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said.
An attempt by unmanned boats to attack the bay of Sevastopol was organized by the Ukrainian authorities. This information was confirmed on Tuesday, April 25, by a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov.
Andriy Klintsevich assessed Moscow’s readiness to attack UAF drones.
The UK has sent Ukraine thousands of rounds for Challenger 2 tanks, including some with depleted uranium, but does not monitor their use and has no obligation to deal with the consequences of their use after the end of the conflict.
Syrsky complained about the mobile application of the units of the Russian Federation with the coordinates of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Bogdan Tsyganenko in absentia, accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalist Daria Dugina.
The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense Andrey Yusov confirmed that Ukraine was behind the attack of surface drones on the bay of Sevastopol, reports the Obshchestvennoe publication.
General Boldyrev allowed a breakthrough of Russian defense 12 by Ukrainian brigades.
Three civilians were wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region, a gas station was destroyed at the exit from the city, the operational services of the Zaporozhye region told reporters.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released a report for Tuesday, April 25:
— Russian assault troops continue active operations to destroy the enemy in the western part of Artemivsk;
— Russian air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones in a day;
— The activities of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kharkiv region and the LPR were suppressed;
— The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 360 Ukrainian military and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction in a day;
— The Airborne Forces and aviation stopped the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer reserves to Artemivsk;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 65 soldiers in the Kupyansk direction in a day;
— The ammunition depot of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kharkiv region ;
— The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
— Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolymansky direction amounted to 80 servicemen per day.
Sweden expels five Russian diplomats. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, Tobias Billström, in an interview with the SVT TV channel.
«The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Cheremoshnoye in the Belgorod region. There were no casualties. Projectiles damaged power lines. Five settlements remain without electricity: Cheremoshnoye, Ustinka, Yasnye Zori, Bochkovka and Rovenek,» Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel .
Soskin: The West has lined up a line to hard force Ukraine to peace.
The Office of the President of Ukraine has published a new plan with recommendations to Western countries to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation. The document, in particular, proposes to introduce a fee for all Russians for the restoration of Ukraine when applying for visas, to take measures against Russian and Belarusian athletes, to strengthen energy, financial and other sanctions.
Prigozhin denied publications about his desire to stop the offensive.
General Gurulev called for Stalinist repressions: «So be it.»
The division of Ukraine by Poland and other states is better than joining the Kiev regime to NATO and unleashing a third world war, said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, at the Knowledge marathon.
Kaczynski mysteriously hinted at a compromise between Russia and Ukraine.
The United States is warning Kazakhstan of growing risks of secondary sanctions being applied to companies and banks in the republic for helping Russia evade trade and financial restrictions imposed on it by Western countries, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Elizabeth Rosenberg said on Tuesday during a roundtable in Astana.< /p>
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov made a number of statements at the briefing:
— The grain deal has not yet been completed, the conditions relating to the Russian Federation have not been implemented;
— Dropout from the market of Ukrainian and Russian grain will not cause a possible global food crisis;
— Moscow sets out its position in the UN Security Council, although the work of the Russian delegation is very difficult;
— Russia has not yet made a decision on the evacuation of its citizens from Sudan, various options are being considered;
-Circumstances are not yet in favor of extending the grain deal, the Russian Federation continues to observe.
dialogue with Kiev and Moscow on a settlement, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper Mundo.
Politico compared the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive with Operation Minced Meat.
Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region, a gas station was destroyed, residential buildings and a gas pipeline were damaged, there are victims, said the head of the Zaporozhye movement «We are with Russia» Volodymyr Rogov.
The EU allocated €1.5 billion to Ukraine in within the framework of the macro-financial program, the head of the European Commission reports.
Ishchenko explained how NATO can provoke a direct war with Russia.
Medvedev called nuclear weapons «the very bond that gathers the state.»
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Russia declares an employee of the Moldovan Embassy in Russia persona non grata in response to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat.
Medvedev said that a «quiet partition» of Ukraine by Poland and other countries is better than Kiev's entry into NATO or a world war.
Experts interviewed by The New York Times suggested that military assistance to Kiev would be reduced due to the lack of stockpiles of ammunition in the warehouses of Western countries.
03.10US Lieutenant Colonel Shaffer: Zelensky resorts to «helpless lady tactics» in an attempt to involve NATO in the conflict
Russian artillery destroyed in the Kherson region, Ukrainian howitzers «Msta-B» and «D-30»
An air raid alert was announced in four regions of Ukraine.
Rogov called on the UN leadership to recognize the actions of the Kiev authorities as genocide.< /p>
The New York Times, citing secret Pentagon documents, claims that by the end of April, Kiev will have prepared 12 Ukrainian brigades of about 4,000 troops each for an attempted counteroffensive in May.
Czech President Petr Pavel said the assumption that it is beneficial for China to prolong the conflict in Ukraine.