2024-04-28 16:50:22
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the battles, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
The Russian members of the metal band Korrozia Metalla were arrested on Saturday evening by the police in the middle of a concert and charged with “propaganda of Nazi symbols”.
“Police officers with the support of the National Guard arrested three members of a music group in one of the clubs in Nizhny Novgorod,” regional police said in a statement.
The three members of the group, aged 57, 19 and 42, are accused of “propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols”, an offense most often punished by a fine or a short period of administrative detention. In images of the concert posted on social networks, we can see the police burst into the room during the concert and force spectators to lie down on the ground, sometimes in a muscular manner.
Police said they had seized t-shirts and books “bearing prohibited symbols”. According to the group’s director, Maria Rounova, interviewed by the state agency TASS, the symbols in question are “old Slavic symbols”.
Today’s statement
“RSF is concerned by the arrest of two Russian journalists, Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Kareline. Reporters who also work for Reuters & AP media are accused of “extremism” and suspected of having participated in the creation of videos for Navalny’s YouTube channel.
This is what the Reporters Without Borders association deplored on X this Sunday after the arrest of two journalists this weekend. Sergei Kareline, and Konstantin Gabov arrested on Saturday, are accused of having participated in the preparation of videos for the NavalnyLIVE YouTube channel of the team of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, who died in prison in February in murky circumstances. His movement has been classified as “extremist” by the courts, which puts his collaborators and supporters at risk of prosecution. Most of the deceased opponent’s associates are in exile abroad, others have been sentenced to heavy prison sentences.
The number of the day
17. This is the number of Ukrainian drones that Russia claims to have neutralized this Sunday in several regions in the west of the country.
“During the night, a new attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using drones against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. published on Telegram.
Russian anti-aircraft defense “intercepted and destroyed seventeen Ukrainian drones,” he said, adding that nine of them were neutralized over the Bryansk border region. The other Russian regions targeted are those of Kursk, where three drones were shot down, Belgorod and Kaluga, details the ministry.
The trend
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, admitted on Sunday that the situation on the front had “deteriorated”, with Russian troops, superior in weapons and soldiers, having achieved “tactical successes” in several areas .
Struggling to mobilize new soldiers and faced with the drying up of Western aid, Ukraine has had to retreat recently in several sectors, as illustrated by Moscow’s demand this Sunday for the capture of a new village. This is Novobakhmoutivka, located northwest of the town of Avdiïvka. This village is located near that of Otcheretyne, quickly invaded this week by Russian forces who currently control most of it according to observers, which has sparked criticism.
Russia is “actively attacking all along the front line, achieving tactical successes in certain sectors,” General Syrsky said on Facebook. He reported “heavy fighting” over the past week, describing a “dynamic” situation with certain positions captured by one side and then the other several times during a single day. Among the areas where the fighting is most intense is the Kupiansk sector, in the northeast of the country, where the Russians have “enjoyed partial successes, but were stopped,” General Syrsky said.
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