Ukraine – Page 4087 – Prologue Journal

Ukraine says Russia pushes Grain Initiative to “critical situation”

Pravda Ukraine Yurii Vaskov, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, who is responsible for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, has said that the implementation of the initiative is in a “critical situation” due to Russia’s actions. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/11/7397410/

6 Ukrainian border guards held Bakhmut positions for 3 hours, preventing Russians from encircling Ukrainian forces

Pravda Ukraine Urban combat continues in the eastern city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a video showing Ukrainian forces repelling a recent Russian assault. Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Quote: “Over the course of three hours, six border guards from the Luhansk detachment held…

Zelenskyy holds meeting of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Staff to discuss how to improve military command systems

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to discuss how to improve the efficiency of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ command and control systems and strengthen interactions between units of security and defence forces when undertaking combat missions. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/11/7397404/

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions excludes Russian Ombudswoman

Pravda Ukraine Russia, in the person of ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova, was excluded from the membership of the European network of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). Source: Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), on Telegram Quote: “Today, I took part in the voting process for the exclusion of the…

Russian State Duma implements digital summons for military service and partially closes border for conscripts

Pravda Ukraine The Russian State Duma supported the duplication of traditional summons for military service in a digital form in three readings at once. Source: Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti Details: The changes provide that summons can be sent to Russians in writing with a receipt, by registered mail with a return receipt, as…

Ukraine to decide on counteroffensive at the last moment – Security Council Secretary

Pravda Ukraine The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will make a decision about the start of the planned counteroffensive at the last moment. Source: Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, in Tagesschau news programme of the German ARD TV-channel, as cited by Ukrinform Details: “If somebody thinks that…

Decision on hybrid tribunal is yet to be made, three options under consideration – Ambassador Korynevych

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/04/11/7159567/

Year in captivity: what is known about soldier whose conversation with his mother touched Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine The soldier whose poignant conversation with his mother was posted by the Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets, spent a year in captivity. Mykhailo Kalashnyk from Vinnytsia, 24, is one of the 100 prisoners of war who were exchanged on 10 April, Source: Viacheslav Sokolovyi, Head of Vinnytsia Oblast Council. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/11/7397394/

Russian-appointed head of Crimea admits that peninsula is being carefully prepared for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

Pravda Ukraine The Russian-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, boasted of the modern echeloned defence of the Russian army on the annexed peninsula and declared that the counteroffensive of Ukraine does not frighten the occupiers. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/11/7397388/

Russian commander to be prosecuted for shooting a column in Irpin

Pravda Ukraine A Russian military officer will be tried for a cruel murder of civilians in Irpin who were trying to evacuate. Source: the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, source of Ukrainska Pravda in law enforcement Quote: “Under procedural guidance of the prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office, an indictment against the commander of the…