10:59
“We are convinced that we will win”
“We are convinced that we will win”, declared Wednesday the ambassador of Ukraine in France, Vadym Omelchenko, in an interview with the daily Nice-Matin, considering that the Ukrainians have “already won the first phase”.
“The Russians had invaded Ukraine via eight axes, there are only two left. Elsewhere, they were expelled from Ukrainian territory,” he said.
“The second phase, a massive invasion in the East and in the Donbass, has been going on for eight days. Without success”, added the diplomat, according to whom the future initiatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin “will depend on the determination of the West and the Western community”.
10:44
US defense chief urges allies to ‘move at the speed of war’
The US defense chief has urged Ukraine’s allies to “move with the speed of war” to supply more weapons to kyiv, as reported by the Associated Press, quoted by the Guardian.
” We do not have time to lose. We must move at the speed of war,” Lloyd Austin said.
10:30
Shooting near a Russian ammunition depot in Transdniestria
Authorities in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Transdniestria, Moldova, say a village bordering Ukraine hosting a major Russian army ammunition depot came under fire after being hovered over by drones .
“Last night, several drones were spotted over the village of Kolbasna,” the Transdniestrian “Ministry of Interior” said in a statement, adding that on Wednesday morning, “shots were fired in the direction of Kolbasna from Ukraine” without causing any casualties.
10:02
EU prepares ‘coordinated’ response to Russian gas suspension in Poland and Bulgaria
The EU had been “prepared” for an interruption of Russian gas and is preparing “a coordinated response”, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after Gazprom suspended deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland.
“Gazprom’s announcement is another attempt by Russia to gas blackmail us. We are prepared for this scenario. We are developing our coordinated European response. Europeans can be sure that we are united and in solidarity with the Member States affected, ”she reacted on Twitter.
09:56
Moscow says it destroyed in a strike a “large quantity” of weapons delivered by the West
The Russian army claims to have destroyed a “large quantity” of weapons delivered to kyiv by the United States and European countries, during a missile strike in southeastern Ukraine.
“Sheds with a large amount of foreign weapons and ammunition, delivered to the Ukrainian forces by the United States and European countries, were destroyed with high-precision Kalibr missiles fired from the sea at the aluminum plant of Zaporozhzhia”, in the south-east of Ukraine, indicates the Russian Ministry of Defense.
09:21
217 Ukrainian children killed, 610 injured since start of Russian offensive
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, Russia’s war has killed 217 children and injured more than 610. As of April 27, the regions with the most casualties are Donetsk, kyiv and Kharkiv.
09:04
Gazprom suspends gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria
The Russian group Gazprom has announced that it is suspending all its gas deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland, as these two member countries of the European Union have not made any payment in roubles. In a statement, Gazprom said it had notified the Bulgarian company Bulgargaz and the Polish company PGNiG of the “suspension of gas deliveries from April 27 and until payment is made” in rubles. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last month that Russia would only accept payment for gas deliveries in its national currency. “The situation does not affect the current supplies of PGNiG customers who receive the fuel in accordance with their request”, indicated the Polish gas company PGNiG.
08:48
Grain price hike due to speculation, not war, says Leclerc
According to Michel-Edouard Leclerc, the rise in cereal prices is due to suppliers’ anticipation and not to the war because “the wheat in Ukraine has just been sown, it has not yet been harvested, and if that happens it will be a good harvest, ”he explains on BFMTV.
“What drives up the price of wheat is speculation. These are reverse auctions. It’s a black market logic”, denounces the president of the Strategic Committee of the E.Leclerc centers.
08:28
kyiv announces the capture of several localities by Russian forces in the East
The Ukrainian army has recognized an advance of Russian forces in the east of the country, with the capture of several small localities in the Kharkiv region and in the Donbass.
The Russian forces are advancing from Izium, already under their control, towards Lyman and near Severodonetsk, one of the major cities of the region: they have taken the localities of Velyka Komychouvakha and Zavody, in the Kharkiv region , and those of Zaritchne and Novotochkivské, in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in its morning report.
08:25
kyiv demolishes a monument of Ukrainian-Russian friendship
Kyiv City Hall has started the demolition of a historical monument dating from Soviet times and celebrating the friendship between Ukraine and Russia.
08:17
Chinese drone giant DJI suspends operations in Russia and Ukraine
The world leader in consumer drones, DJI has announced to “suspend” its commercial activities in Russia and Ukraine, becoming one of the few Chinese companies to publicly take such an initiative.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov wrote a letter last month to DJI accusing the Russian military of using the company’s “products” to target civilians.
07:57
Dnipropetrovsk region heavily shelled overnight
Russian troops shelled Zelenodolsk, Maryanske and Velyka Kostromka, damaging energy infrastructure, causing oil leaks and a fire, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.
07:41
Putin still hopes for a ‘positive result’ in negotiations with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday that he still believed in a positive outcome to negotiations with Ukraine, despite continued fighting between the two countries.
“Despite everything, the negotiations continue (…) I hope that we will reach a positive result”, he declared.
07:33
400 cases of sexual assault committed by Russian soldiers
Ukrainian Parliament Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said her office received about 400 complaints between April 1 and April 14, after setting up a hotline to report incidents of violence sexual. Children are among the victims.
07:24
Ukraine retains control of its airspace
Ukraine retains control of most of its airspace, the UK Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Russia failed to effectively destroy the Ukrainian Air Force or suppress Ukrainian air defenses. Ukraine continues to endanger Russian air assets.
Russia continues to target Ukrainian military assets and logistical infrastructure across the country.
07:12
Detonations in the Russian city of Belgorod
A series of detonations were heard in the Russian town of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, while an ammunition depot was also reportedly on fire, local officials said according to a Reuters report, quoted by the Guardian.
“According to preliminary information, an ammunition depot is on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka” about twenty kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram.
He said no civilians were injured in the fire that broke out at a facility near the village of Staraya Nelidovka.
07:04
The Russians prepare to attack Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia, a major industrial center on the Dnieper, to the south of which is also Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, has in recent weeks been the reception point for Ukrainian civilians fleeing the siege of Mariupol and other bombed cities. of the Donbass.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that this city was now preparing for an attack by Russian forces from the coast.
06:56
36th anniversary of Chernobyl, in the midst of war
The road to Chernobyl is still strewn with Russian army rations and sometimes bullet casings, a disturbing reminder of the risks that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine poses to the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.
It was Tuesday the 36th anniversary of the tragedy, and the European Union warned of a possible new nuclear disaster in Ukraine because of the war.
06:46
Bulgarian Prime Minister expected in Kyiv
Kiril Petkov and his allies in the government coalition, with the exception of pro-Russian socialists, will leave for Ukraine today, the government announced, amid a political row over military aid to kyiv.
06:38
5.3 million refugees, the UN expects 3 million more
Nearly 5.3 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their country since Russian troops invaded two months ago, and the UN expects there will be 3 million more by the end of the day. end of the year.
According to the UNHCR, as of April 25, 5,264,767 Ukrainians had left their country since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 32,753 more than the figure the day before.
06:22
“We have entered a new phase”
Speaking on Facebook, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “I can say something: the Ukrainian army will have something to fight for… We have entered a new phase, in which no one would have thought two months ago. The transfer to the Ukrainian Armed Forces of NATO weapons, to NATO standards. It is in progress”.
After initially reluctant to supply offensive weapons to Ukraine, the United States, like Britain, France and the Czech Republic, have taken the plunge. Even Germany, particularly reluctant, announced on Tuesday that it was going to authorize the delivery of tanks of the “Guepard” type.
06:15
Gazprom suspends gas deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland
“Bulgargas EAD has received notification that deliveries from Gazprom Export will be suspended from April 27, 2022,” the Bulgarian Economy Ministry said on Tuesday. This Balkan country is 90% dependent on Russian gas. Earlier, the main Polish gas supplier received a similar note.
06:11
Chernobyl: Zelensky accuses Moscow of having put the world “on the brink of disaster”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of having put the world “on the brink of catastrophe” by its occupation, at the start of its invasion of Ukraine, of the Chernobyl power plant. He held a joint press conference in kyiv with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi. He was speaking 36 years to the day after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, when a reactor at the plant exploded in 1986, contaminating much of Europe, especially Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
06:07
Moldova: Washington warns of an “escalation of tensions” around Transnistria
The United States has warned against attempts to “escalate tensions” after a series of explosions in the pro-Russian Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria, bordering Ukraine. Without going so far as to attribute responsibility for the explosions to Moscow, as kyiv does, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters: “We remain concerned about any potential attempt to escalate tension”.
06:00
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