Bombings and attacks in Kharkov, Lugansk and across the Donetsk front by the Russians

LAST UPDATE: 17.20

Ukraine woke up to the sound of sirens for the 51st day, with the country’s media reporting powerful explosions in the early hours of the morning in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and other parts of the country. Ukrainian media reported explosions outside Kiev on Hersonissos (south), at Kharkiv (east) and at Ivano-Frankivsk (west). A spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in southern Ukraine said Russian missile strikes in the south on Thursday night were in retaliation for the sinking of a Russian cruiser in Moscow. Natalia Humeniuk said the attack had “affected not only the ships [της Ρωσίας]but also the imperial ambitions of the enemy “.

The Russian military also claimed Friday that it had advanced to Mariupol, just two days after Ukrainian units blocked in the city said they had consolidated their defenses. “The group of Russian troops and units of the Donetsk People’s Militia have completely liberated Ilic Steelworks “by Ukrainian nationalists as a result of the attack on the city of Mariupol,” Konashenkov said in a statement.

A grim statement was made by CIA Director William Burns, who warned that Russia’s possible use of low-efficiency nuclear weapons as compensation for the delay in progress in Ukraine could not be “taken lightly”, although there was little practical evidence. such a concern. “Given that President Putin and Russian leaders are likely to sink into despair, given the military defeats they have suffered so far, none of us can take lightly the threat of resorting to regular nuclear weapons, or (nuclear) fire. “low power,” Mr Burns said during a speech in Atlanta.

Neighboring Moldova, Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, has banned the use of Russian war symbols, including the letters Z and V and the St. George ribbon.

In Russia, more than 20 buildings and a school were damaged yesterday by the Ukrainian bombing of a Russian village in the region. Belgorodin western Russia, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russian regional authorities.

Moskva sank

There may have been nuclear warheads in submerged Moskva

The 51st day of the war began, however, with Ukraine having dealt a major blow to Russia’s reputation since yesterday, sinking the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, Moskva (“Moscow”).

Andriy Klimenko, project director at the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Black Sea, said that there could be two nuclear warheads in the now sunken Russian cruiser “Moskva” writes the Ukrainian newspaper Ukrainian Pravda. “… experts say there are 2 nuclear warheads for cruise missiles in Moskva (maybe that might be news to many, but yes, this ship is a nuclear weapons carrier). Where are these warheads? Where were they when? “Where is the point on the map? Coordinates? – These are the responsibilities of the UN Security Council, the IAEA… The Black Sea coastal states – Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia – must act immediately.” , Klimenko wrote on Facebook.

Turkish ship rescues 54 crew members
A Turkish ship was the one that removed 54 crew members of the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Moskva, which sank yesterday, after, possibly, by a blow of the Ukrainian forces, said on Thursday the Minister of Defense of Lithuania.

The Russian cruiser sent an alarm signal at night, Arvindas Anusauskas said on Facebook: “At 1.14 am, the cruiser leaned to the side and after half an hour, all the electricity was cut off. From 2 in the morning, the Turkish ship was evacuated. At around 3 a.m., Turkey and Romania reported that the ship had sunk. “, said Anousauskas.

What is happening on Ukrainian soil

Russian troops continue to prepare for an offensive in the east, training additional units and assembling an air force, according to the Ukrainian military. The first Russian troops to leave northern Ukraine earlier this month began appearing in the northern Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday. Meanwhile, civilians are fleeing the area, which has seen weeks of bombing and fighting in cities.

Bryansk: In the Klimovo, a Russian border village near the Russia-Belarus-Ukraine tri-national was attacked yesterday resulting in a fire. The Russian governor blamed Ukraine. Ukraine’s intelligence service said on Friday it had intercepted a call revealing that the attack in Klimovo was a provocative attack by Russians to blame the Ukrainians.

Klimovo, Bryansk Oblast

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Kyiv: Russia struck what it described as a “military installation” on the outskirts of Kiev two days after threatening to strike targets in the capital in response to alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil, the Russian military said on Friday.

Sumi: Russian forces bombed the village Velika Pisarivka near the eastern border. Explosions were also reported from the village Spontariousino.

Kharkiv: Seven civilians killed by Russian fire on civilian evacuation buses near Kharkov, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Friday.

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration, said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter, killing the Russian crew.

Izium: The village Borova outside the Izium It was completely occupied by Russian forces, locals said.

Lugansk: Russian forces bombed it late yesterday Energomaspertstal. The governor of the region, Serhiy Gaidai, on Friday urged residents of six cities to flee, adding that one person was killed and five were injured in Russian bombings in the city. Cremina. Gaidai wrote in the Telegram: “Do not hesitate and leave as long as there is this possibility … Choose life, the buses are waiting for you at the pick-up points. Like the trains, of which there are several.”

Ivanivka: Panchir anti-aircraft system and S-300 were immortalized near Ivanivka, Lugansk.

Donetsk: Heavy bombardment took place along much of the front line in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. Pavlo Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, said that “almost all settlements in the Donetsk region along the front line are under attack.” Kirilenko pointed out her sufferings Marinka, where he said 11 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The city was badly damaged, with nearly 100 houses demolished, 13 high-rise buildings and three schools hit.

Zaporizhia: One person was killed and five were injured in Russian bombardment of the city Vasilivkain which houses, a butcher and installation of its railway station Ταβρίισκ suffered damage, according to a message from the Ukrainian regional military administration in the Telegram application.

Mariupol: The last Mariupol defense units, the Azov Battalion and the 36th Marine Brigade, are surrounded by Russian forces and their supplies have been depleted. Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday that street battles were continuing in the besieged city, which Russian forces had not been able to fully occupy. Motuzyanyk said fighting was taking place around the Ilyich steel and iron plant in Mariupol, as well as in the port area.

Oleksandr Motuzianyk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, said that Russian long-range bombers had hit Mariupol. “On April 14, two Russian Tu-95 / -160 bombers fired cruise missiles hitting Ukrainian territory,” he said. “Also for the first time since the beginning of the invasion, bombs were dropped from a long-range Tu-22M3 bomber.”

Dnipro: The Russian Defense Ministry says it hit Nnipro airport. Late last night the village was bombed Sinelnikove to its west Zaporizhia.

Hersonissos: An exchange of prisoners took place in the village Posad-Pokrovske. Earlier, Ukrainian forces had made some territorial gains after fighting with the Russian army.

Mykolaif: At least two people have been killed in multiple attacks in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a regional military official told CNN. Dmitry Pletenchuk, a spokesman for Mykolaiv’s military administration, said an unidentified number of people had also been injured in the bombings.

Odessa: Explosions were reported on Friday morning in Odessa. The Ukrainians shot down a Russian Orlan-10 drone.

The war does not end soon

Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken told European allies that the United States believed that the Russian war in Ukraine could last until the end of 2022. said two European officials on CNN, as US and European officials increasingly appreciate that there is no end in sight to the conflict in the near future. Many of the officials who spoke to CNN said it was difficult to predict exactly how long the war would last, but several officials said there was no indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ultimate goals had changed and were unlikely to pursue double standards. unless they face military defeat. The thought that this could be a long-term conflict represents a remarkable change from the early days of the war, when Russia was expected to quickly occupy the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and underscore Moscow’s failures on the battlefield. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that the fighting would continue “for months or more”, while two other European officials said they believed the fighting in eastern Ukraine could last four to six months and then lead to a stalemate. .

War crimes by the Syrian butcher

The Ukrainian military intelligence service issued a statement on Thursday, in which he named Russian General Alexander Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s Southern Military District, known as the “Syrian butcher” who leads operations in Ukraine and claims to have committed war crimes in the siege of the port city of Ma. In a statement, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry’s Central Intelligence Agency said Dvornikov had been appointed commander of Russian troops in Ukraine on April 8. The Ukrainian statement said that “units of the armed forces and troops of the Russian National Guard, which receive orders from him, are involved in war crimes against the civilian population of Mariupol”, the port city that has been destroyed by weeks of Russian bombing.