Category: Ukraine
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces and other troops deploy HIMARS to strike Russian jamming station
Pravda Ukraine Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces have tracked down a Russian Zhitel R-330Zh jamming station, and another defence unit has deployed HIMARS to strike it [Zhitel is Russian for “resident” – ed.]. Source: Special Operations Forces Quote: “Officers of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine and units from the defence forces carried out a number…
Read MoreRussian occupiers in Donetsk Oblast increase number of checkpoints where “filtration” process takes place
Pravda Ukraine Russian forces have increased the number of checkpoints and patrols conducting “filtration measures among local residents” on the occupied territories of Donetsk Oblast. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: “Russian occupiers are continuing to ramp up their counterintelligence measures on the temporarily occupied territories. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/13/7397649/
Read MoreUkraine’s defence forces repel 45 Russian assaults and shoot down 2 Russian drones – General Staff report
Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s defence forces repelled 45 Russian assaults and shot down two Russian Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 13 April Quote: “Thanks to the courage of each and every [Ukrainian]…
Read MoreEU Representative “deeply shocked” by Russians decapitating Ukrainian soldier
Pravda Ukraine Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said he was “deeply shocked” by the video, in which Russian soldiers decapitated a Ukrainian prisoner of war. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/13/7397646/
Read MoreInternational partners to provide Ukraine with another US$115 billion
Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that Ukraine plans to receive at least US$115 billion in long-term financial assistance from its international partners. Source: Shmyhal, after participating in a ministerial roundtable in support of Ukraine at the World Bank Quote: “Mobilising resources for Ukraine’s restoration is one of the main topics of…
Read More“Hungarians are paying for knife used to cut off Ukrainian soldier’s head” – Zelenskyy’s advisor
Pravda Ukraine Economic advisor to the President of Ukraine Oleh Ustenko has said that a number of agreements that strengthen Hungary’s energy cooperation with Russia will only prolong the full-scale war and called on the European Union to block them. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/13/7397641/
Read MorePutin personally approves arrest of WSJ reporter Gershkovich
Pravda Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of US reporter Evan Gershkovich whom Russia accuses of espionage. Source: Bloomberg citing its sources Details: Bloomberg has pointed out that the Russian president’s endorsement of the move reflects the growing influence of Kremlin hardliners who push for deepening a confrontation with Washington. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/13/7397638/
Read MoreNew US sanctions affect more than 120 entities and individuals from over 20 countries
Pravda Ukraine On 12 April, the US Department of State and the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on more than 120 legal entities and individuals in more than 20 countries and jurisdictions in connection with the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, including those who facilitated sanctions evasion. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397637/
Read MoreParliamentary office to be opened in Ukraine to adapt legislation to EU law
Pravda Ukraine On Wednesday, Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine [Ukrainian parliament – ed.] signed a decree establishing a parliamentary office to support the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397636/
Read More“It’s dangerous” – Secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council on four “wild card” scenarios of war
Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has called dangerous the publication by The New York Times about four scenarios of fatal events that the US allegedly considered as hypothetical factors that could influence the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397634/
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