🔘 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in a night video message, reiterated that Russian troops are getting ready a brand new offensive within the Donbass. Western analysts additionally discuss concerning the switch of Russian models to this area. On April 6, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk referred to as on residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk areas to urgently evacuate.
🔘Donbas is a vital industrial area of Ukraine. Throughout the battle in 2014, the self-proclaimed republics, with the assist of Russia, managed to occupy a part of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas. After that, the battle was frozen, Ukraine concentrated very giant forces within the Donbas. It is extremely essential for Russia to grab the Donetsk and Lugansk areas, as a result of it acknowledged the self-proclaimed republics inside the borders of those areas. The result of all the battle will depend upon the end result of the Battle for Donbass.
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🔘 Ukrainian media write that after the night time shelling, a powerful hearth began within the metropolis.
🔘 Russia started to create pseudo-authorities within the captured Energodar and “fired” legit officers, mentioned the Ukrainian enterprise Energoatom (manages the Zaporozhye nuclear energy plant positioned within the metropolis). 34 members of the so-called “public council of self-organization of Energodar” elected Andrey Shevchik, a metropolis council deputy from the pro-Russian celebration “Opposition Platform – For Life”, as the pinnacle of town. And he, by his order, “dismissed” the present head of town, Dmitry Orlov, and the heads of town authorities.
🔘 In Mariupol, in the course of the bombing of a kids’s hospital by Russian invaders, virtually 50 folks had been burned alive. This was said by the mayor of town Vadim Boychenko. Based on him, Mariupol is now virtually utterly destroyed by Russian troops: greater than 90% of town’s infrastructure has been destroyed, of which not less than 40% can not be restored.
🔘 The New York Occasions writes that it managed to ascertain the authenticity of a video that appeared on social networks on Monday, through which Ukrainian troopers end off wounded Russian troopers with point-blank photographs. The video was filmed in a village west of Kyiv, writes NYT. It seems like a few of them have their palms tied. Close by can also be a BMD-2 armored automobile with the V image. The Ukrainian Ministry of Protection beforehand reported the destruction of a Russian convoy in these locations. On March 30, the Ukrainian company UNIAN posted a video of the destruction of the ambush column. It reported that the operation was carried out by the “Georgian Legion”, consisting of volunteers from Georgia.
🔘 Based on the UN, not less than 1,563 civilians have died for the reason that starting of the battle in Ukraine. One other 2213 – wounded
Photograph: The state of affairs in Mariupol in response to British intelligence
On this planet:
🔘 About 1,700 Ukrainian refugees (NBC News estimated) have gathered in Tijuana, Mexico on the US border, close to San Diego, California, hoping to obtain asylum in America. In March, President Biden introduced that the US would soak up 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. CBS News stories that about 150 Ukrainians are allowed into the US on daily basis. They entered Mexico on vacationer visas. On the identical time, condemnation of the unfair therapy of the USA and the West generally in the direction of different migrants is rising. It’s claimed that Ukrainians are given a major choice over lots of of 1000’s of refugees from different international locations of the world, the place damaging wars are additionally happening.
🔘 The US is coaching the Ukrainian army to function the Switchblade kamikaze drones. This was reported to Related Press by a supply within the Pentagon. Based on the interlocutor of the company, a small group of Ukrainian army personnel stationed in the USA are being educated. Based on him, we’re speaking about 10 troopers who will return to Ukraine within the close to future. The truth that the USA goes to switch Switchblade, guided homing missiles, additionally referred to as kamikaze drones, to Ukraine turned identified in mid-March.
The U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) introduced on Thursday that it has helped ship 5,000 units of Starlink satellite tv for pc web gear from SpaceX to Ukraine, CNN stories.
🔘 Czech Protection Minister Yana Chernokhova mentioned immediately that her nation is sending “obligatory army gear” to Ukraine, with out going into particulars. Earlier it was reported that the USA and its NATO companions plan to switch to Ukraine the remaining Soviet-style weapons, with which the Ukrainian army is already acquainted and they don’t have to endure retraining.
The U.S. believes it will probably establish Russian army models that Ukraine and Western international locations maintain accountable for killing civilians in Bucha, an unnamed U.S. official instructed CNN.
🔘 The US Senate unanimously supported the approval of a regulation permitting President Biden to activate the lend-lease program. It will assist to ship army gear to Ukraine underneath an accelerated process.
🔘 Russian rapper Oksimiron held the third charity live performance in Berlin in assist of Ukrainian refugees Russians In opposition to Conflict.
🔘 NATO international locations are divided on the long run coverage in the direction of Russia in opposition to the backdrop of the battle in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic international locations are calling for elevated stress, an entire severance of relations with Moscow and measures that can “carry Russia to its knees,” writes The New York Occasions with referring to 2 high-ranking Western officers. However Germany, France and Turkey intend to keep up contacts with the Russian authorities, regardless of what’s occurring.
Video: Ukrainian army destroys gear with the assistance of the British ATGM NLAW — UNIAN
In Russia:
🔘 60 Pskov paratroopers refused to go to battle in Ukraine. “After the primary days of the battle, they had been first withdrawn to the territory of the Republic of Belarus, after which they returned to their place of deployment in Pskov. Now most of them are being fired, however some are additionally threatened with felony instances,” the Pskov Gubernia telegram channel stories.
🔘 “It’s indecent and dishonorable to ask what number of Krasnoyarsk residents died in Ukraine.” This was said by the chief army commissar of the Krasnoyarsk Territory when requested concerning the variety of these killed within the battle.
Photograph: Borodyanka after the Russian invasion – UNIAN
