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Occupiers intensify checks on Ukrainians in Enerhodar

Pravda Ukraine The Russian occupiers have intensified inspections of local residents in the occupied city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center Quote: “Cases of being checked at checkpoints have become more frequent for local residents in Enerhodar. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/22/7398963/

Ukraine’s air defence shot down 4 Shahed drones last night

Pravda Ukraine Five Iranian-made Russian Shahed kamikaze drones attacked Ukraine from the southeast on the evening of 21 April, four of them were shot down by air defence forces. Source: Air Force of Ukraine on Telegram Quote: “On 21 April, at around 19:00, the enemy attacked Ukraine from the southeast with Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/22/7398962/

Ukraine military appoints rabbi as first-ever Jewish Religious Officer for Jewish soldiers

Jerusalem Post Rabbi David Milman has been informally tending to Jewish soldiers for many years, his position was made formal by the Ukrainian military. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-739926

Russians attack 4 hromadas in Sumy Oblast

Pravda Ukraine Over the course of 21 April, Russian forces have launched four attacks on border hromadas in Sumy Oblast [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/2023/04/22/7398959/

EU will not introduce sanctions on Russia’s diamonds and nuclear energy in new sanctions package

Pravda Ukraine The European Commission’s proposal for a new package of sanctions against Russia due to its aggression against Ukraine contains mostly measures to strengthen the existing restrictions. Source: Rikard Jozwiak, RFE/RL journalist on Twitter Quote:”The next EU sanctions package on Russia will mainly be about improved compliance and new anti-circumvention tools,” the journalist tweeted.…

Zelenskyy responds to petition for life imprisonment of parliamentarians for corruption during the war

Pravda Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to a petition for life imprisonment for members of the Ukrainian parliament who resorted to corruption during martial law. Source: response to the petition on the President’s Office website Quote: “Thank you all for your active civic position and concern in improving the criminal legislation of Ukraine under…

Russia imprisons 75-year-old Spanish volunteer for over year, evidence shows he is being tortured

Pravda Ukraine The Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Black Sea Fleet admitted for the first time that 75-year-old Spanish citizen Mariano García Calatayud was detained by “employees of the special services” and placed in a pre-trial detention centre. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/21/7398948/

Zelenskyy responds to petition for life imprisonment of parliamentarians for corruption during the war

Czech Republic offers to expand programme of T-72 tanks modernisation for Ukraine on Ramstein meeting

Pravda Ukraine The Czech Republic expressed its readiness to modernise several dozen more T-72 tanks as part of a partnership project with the United States and the Netherlands to strengthen military support for Kyiv. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/21/7398944/

Son of Russian President’s Press Secretary fought as part of Wagner Group – Wagner Group Head

Pravda Ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin, Leader of the Wagner Group, said that the son of Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the Russian dictator, served as an ordinary gunner in Wagner Group. Source: Prigozhin’s statement in the video of the Russian so-called “military correspondents”, which is distributed by his press service. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/21/7398943/