Category: Ukraine
Air-raid warning issued in part of Ukraine, air target spotted over Kyiv Oblast
Pravda Ukraine An air-raid warning was issued in the east of Ukraine and in Kyiv Oblast, and an air target was spotted in the sky over Kyiv Oblast on the evening of 19 April. Source: alerts.in.ua; Kyiv Oblast Military Administration on Telegram; Andrii Yermak, Head of the President’s Office, on Telegram Quote from Kyiv Oblast…
Read MorePutin proposes to name a children’s organisation as pioneers
Pravda Ukraine Russian dictator Vladimir Putin did not like the name of the organisation of children and youth “Movement of the First” and suggested the variant “Pioneers”. Source: Russian media outlets Kholod, Meduza, TASS Details: On 19 April, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported to Putin and mentioned the “Movement of the First youth”…
Read MoreNational Guard and police conduct combat coordination exercises with military equipment needed for offensive
Pravda Ukraine The National Guard and National Police forces are currently conducting combat coordination exercises with military equipment necessary for assault and offensive operations. Source: Interior Ministry website, citing a statement by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko during a working visit to the southeastern oblasts of Ukraine Details: The minister reportedly visited the National Guard and…
Read MoreExplosion heard in Dnipro: air defence is operating
Pravda Ukraine The air defence system was activated in the city of Dnipro during the air-raid siren on the evening of 19 April. Source: Andrii Yermak, Head of the President’s Office, on Telegram; Suspilne Details: At 21:12, Suspilne reported that the sound of an explosion was heard in the city. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398606/
Read MoreRussia starts removing references to Kyiv from school textbooks
Pravda Ukraine Some Russian school textbooks have removed references to Kyiv in paragraphs about Kyivan Rus. Source: Mediazona Details: The news agency Mediazona has reviewed a few pages of the edited fourth-grade textbook The World Around Us (for 9-10-year-olds) and compared them to the 2021 version. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398604/
Read MorePutin’s double visited Kherson Oblast – Ukraine’s National Security Council Secretary
Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, is convinced that it was not Russian President Vladimir Putin who visited the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Luhansk oblasts but one of his doubles. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398601/
Read MoreUS announces new military aid package for Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine The White House has announced another US$325 million military aid package for Ukraine on Wednesday, 19 April. Source: The White House and the US Department of Defense, as European Pravda reported Details: The new US aid package includes additional ammunition for HIMARS systems, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells, TOW anti-tank guided…
Read MoreGermany rejects the idea of “patronage over oblasts” in rebuilding Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine Berlin does not consider the concept of donor states concentrating on reconstructing certain oblasts during the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine to be effective. Source: Jochen Flasbarth, German Federal Government’s Commissioner for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, as European Pravda correspondent reports Details: Flasbarth explained that the German…
Read MoreKremlin reacts to media investigation into suspicious activities of Russian vessels
Pravda Ukraine The Kremlin has denied the allegations in several media investigations about the suspicious activities of Russian vessels in the Baltic and North Seas. Source: Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, citing Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov, reports European Pravda Details: Peskov commented that the journalists were allegedly mistaken in their conclusions.…
Read MoreUkraine develops new way of verifying identity of prisoners of war
Pravda Ukraine Ukraine is developing a method to further verify the identity of military personnel held in Russian captivity. Source: Dmytro Lubinets, Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Commissioner for Human Rights, on Telegram Quote: “We are developing a procedure for additional verification of the identity of our soldiers who are held in captivity on the territory…
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