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“Need to kill women and children, it’s a mop-up operation”: SSU releases intercepted conversation of Russian invader

Pravda Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has published an intercepted conversation between a Russian soldier and his wife, indicating that Russians receive orders to kill even children, and they are ready to carry out such orders. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398240/

Latvia imposed sanctions against 10 Russians given verdict of oppositionist Kara-Murza

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7159985/

Russians mount surveillance cameras in Crimea trying to counter acts of sabotage

Pravda Ukraine In the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian invaders install surveillance cameras along the railway to counter possible actions of partisans. Source: National Resistance Center Quote: “In the temporarily occupied peninsula of Crimea, Russians install additional security cameras to detect partisans. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398236/

Ukraine foreign minister seeks support on visit to Iraq

Jerusalem Post “We always strive to be a part of the solution. Wars end with negotiation and dialog; that’s why we believe in the language of dialog,” Hussein said. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739454

551 Holocaust survivors made aliyah in 2022; 52,513 made aliyah in total

Jerusalem Post The high number of Holocaust survivors who made aliyah to Israel in 2022 is mainly due to the war in Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/aliyah/article-739448

Ban on Ukraine’s agricultural imports complicates continuation of duty-free trade with EU

Pravda Ukraine On Wednesday, 19 April, EU ambassadors should vote to extend duty-free trade with Ukraine until June 2024, but the situation is complicated by Hungary and Poland’s ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398227/

US targets Orbán with sanctions: what’s next

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7159964/

Shot 5-year-old girl in head: Prisoners from Wagner confess to killing children in Bakhmut and Soledar

Pravda Ukraine Convicted Russians from the Wagner private military company, who went to war from Russian prisons, confessed to the murder of Ukrainian children in Bakhmut and Soledar. According to one of the killers, 15-year-old unarmed Ukrainians “can hardly be called civilians. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398225/

17,000 inmates “disappear” from Russian prisons during war in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Correctional facilities in 35 regions of Russia have lost 17,000 inmates during the war in Ukraine. Source: Russian online media outlet Mediazona Quote: “Neither the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FPS), nor Prigozhin (Evgeny Prigozhin, the Russian financier and founder of the infamous Wagner Group) or the Ministry of Defence of Russia published…

Hungary considers prolongation of ban on import of Ukrainian grain

Pravda Ukraine The Hungarian government may prolong the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain after 30 June if the EU does not take sufficient measures to protect local farmers. Source: European Pravda, with reference to the Reuters news agency and Sandor Farkas, the State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture Farkas states that…