War in Ukraine: Russian military pressure mounts – Conflict escalates in eastern part

The pressure of the Russian army on the Ukrainian forces is suffocating, with the clashes intensifying in the eastern part of Of Ukrainewhich remains in the vortex of war.

According to the APE-MPE, Russian units escalate clashes along entire front line in Donetsk regionsaid in a statement today the General Staff of Ukraine.

Moscow is doing businesses near Zarisne. Russian forces are trying to advance around the city of Rubizne in the Luhansk region. Clashes continue around the town of Popasna. According to the information of the staff, part of this city is already controlled by the Russian troops.

They are also conducted fierce clashes around Marginka, as in the previous days. Russian units tried to advance there with artillery support.

The German news agency could not independently cross-reference information on the war front.

Zelensky: No further attachments will be made

THE Volodymyr Zelensky blamed her Russia that it seeks to organize a “pseudo-referendum” on the independence of its regions Hersonissos and her Zaporizhiawhere has been captured by her armyin the southern part of the country.

In his night sermon, Mr. Zelensky demanded that residents of the occupied territories not provide any personal information, such as their passport serial numbers, when asked to do so by the Russian armed forces.

“They do not just want to make an inventory. Nor to distribute humanitarian aid of any kind. So you have to be very careful in the information that is received. “This is the so-called referendum in our territory, if an order arrives from Moscow to organize this comedy.”said the head of the Ukrainian state. “There will be no democratic democracy in Hersonissos. “If someone wants a new annexation, new, even stronger sanctions will hit Russia.”interrupted Mr. Zelenski, who added saying: “Your country will become poorer than it was after the civil war of 1917”.

Ukraine had already accused in early March that it was seeking to stage a “referendum” in Kherson in the image of that of 2014, when it proceeded to annex the Crimean peninsula. The annexation is considered illegal by Kyiv and western countries.

In eastern Ukraine, the two pro-Russian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk have already declared their independence as “people’s democracies”, following referendums that also declared Kyiv and the international community invalid.

Kherson is the first major Ukrainian city to be occupied by the Russian army since the invasion began on February 24. A little further northeast, Russian troops have also seized a large area around the city of Zaporizhia, but the city itself remains under Ukrainian control. Meanwhile, on a daily basis, there are reports either from the Ukrainian authorities or from the Ukrainian media about the change of administrations in areas that have fallen into the possession of Russian forces and the establishment of local governments friendly to Russia. Such examples exist in Melitopolis, but also in Mariupol.

“The greatest war crime of the 21st century”

Three to nine thousand civilians may have been buried in one mass grave near Mariupolaccording to an estimate released tonight by the local municipal authority.

«In the village of Manhous, the invaders may have buried 3,000 to 9,000 inhabitants of Mariupol. This is supported by the comparison with satellite photos of a mass grave in Bouka, where 70 bodies were found.“, Reports the municipal council of Mariupol in the Telegram.

And he adds: “In April 9 photos by (US private company) Maxar, the mass burial site in Manchus is 20 times larger. The conquerors dug continuously and buried corpses in the following days. Our sources state that in such tombs the bodies lie on different levels».

Photo of this site by Maxar, at March 19is the following:

At April 3Maxar’s download, at the same point, is as follows: