Category: Ukraine
Ukraine’s defenders repel almost 60 Russian attacks – General Staff report
Pravda Ukraine On 22 April, the defence forces of Ukraine repelled 58 Russian attacks on 3 fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00, 23 April 2023 Quote: “Over the past day, the Russian Federation launched 8 missile and 37 air strikes and fired about 45 times,…
Read MoreRussian military leadership wants to switch to defence, but cannot convince Putin
Pravda Ukraine Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the Russian military command is likely trying to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to abandon offensive operations and switch to defensive ones, but it does not dare to directly convey this idea to the Russian president. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/23/7399049/
Read MoreUkrainian forces land on left bank of Kherson Oblast
Pravda Ukraine The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has stated that Ukrainian forces took up positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. Source: ISW report Details: Analysts at the ISW have said that Russian “military journalists” provided enough geographically referenced video footage and text messages to confirm…
Read MoreBaltic States respond to Chinese diplomat who questioned sovereignty of post-Soviet states
Pravda Ukraine The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have reacted to the recent statement of Lu Shaye, the Chinese Ambassador to France, who questioned the sovereignty of the former Soviet republics and claimed that “Crimea originally belonged to Russia”. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/23/7399047/
Read MoreWhat are Israeli-European relations like after 75 years? – opinion
Jerusalem Post Historically, Europe played a key role in Israel’s security and economic growth – from the supply of weapons by Czechoslovakia in 1948 to the reparations agreement with Germany in 1952. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-739961
Read MoreMinistry of Culture creates commission to inspect Pochaiv Lavra monastery
Pravda Ukraine The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has set up a commission to check the use of the Pochaiv Lavra by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). Source: Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: “We have set…
Read MoreBrazilian President says he wants to find “third alternative” to end war in Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who had previously suggested that Kyiv give up Crimea for the sake of peace and called on the US to “stop encouraging war”, has said he was not seeking to “please anyone” but was trying to find a “third alternative” that he believed would bring peace…
Read MoreRussians force residents of left bank of Kherson Oblast to leave their homes
Pravda Ukraine Russian invaders demand residents of the left bank of Kherson Oblast living along the Dnipro River to leave their homes, as well as the region. Source: National Resistance Center Quote: “In Nova Kakhovka and the settlement of Dnipriany, the occupiers ordered residents who live on the first coastline of the Dnipro to leave…
Read MoreRussians attack 5 hromadas in Sumy Oblast in one day
Pravda Ukraine Over the course of 22 April, Russian occupiers attacked 5 border hromadas in Sumy Oblast, using mortars and artillery; there were 64 strikes [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/23/7399042/
Read MoreItaly’s Defence Minister advocates Ukraine-Russia negotiations mediated by China
Pravda Ukraine Guido Crosetto, The Italian Minister of Defence, advocated bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table, mediated by China. Source: Libero Quotidiano citing Crosetto in an interview with La Stampa; Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of Office of the President of Ukraine, on Twitter Quote from Crosetto: “[Regarding the war in…
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