The situation on the Eastern Front has “deteriorated considerably over the past few days,” Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky said on Saturday.He notes an “intensification” of the offensive of the Russian army, which is pushing in particular in the direction of Chassiv Iar.Follow the latest information.
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War in Ukraine: attacks in Russia are increasing
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The situation on the Eastern Front has “considerably deteriorated in recent days”, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky said on Saturday, noting an “intensification” of the Russian army’s offensive, which is pushing in particular in direction of Chassiv Yar.
“The situation on the Eastern Front has deteriorated significantly in recent days. This is mainly due to a significant intensification of the enemy’s offensive after the presidential elections in Russia,” he wrote on Telegram, saying that the “most problematic” areas had been reinforced, in particular with anti-aircraft defense means.
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In the city of Kharkiv, traces of the war are omnipresent. Its inhabitants tell their story, between fear and resilience.
In Kharkiv, life under Russian strikesSource : TF1 Info
2 JOURNALISTS ACCUSED OF SPYING
The Russian Justice Ministry accused two journalists of being “foreign agents”, according to the BBC. These are the British channel’s correspondent, Ilya Barabanov, and a Russian science journalist, Asya Kazantseva, who no longer live in Russia. Their wrongs? Having extensively covered the war in Ukraine and the actions of the Wagner mercenary group for the first, having signed an open letter from Russian scientists and scientific journalists demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine for the second.
“The BBC has a global reputation as a reliable and independent news source. (…) Our priority at this time is to support Ilya and all his colleagues to ensure that everyone can continue their work reporting on Russia at such an important moment,” reacted the television group.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN EXCHANGE
Invited on Friday evening by LCI, the Minister of the Armed Forces returned to his exchange with his Russian counterpart at the beginning of April, which had been “long and hard”. This discussion, requested by France, aimed to provide Moscow with “a certain amount of information” in connection with the Crocus City Hall attack.
Sébastien Lecornu returns to his phone call to Russia on LCISource : TF1 Info
EMBARGO ON RUSSIAN METALS
Washington has just banned the import of aluminum, copper and nickel of Russian origin, as part of additional sanctions taken with the United Kingdom and aimed at reducing Moscow’s revenues. “This new action prohibits the importation of Russian-origin aluminum, copper and nickel into the United States and limits the use of Russian-origin aluminum, copper and nickel in global metal and in over-the-counter derivatives trading,” the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
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Washington on Friday banned the importation into the United States of aluminum, copper and nickel of Russian origin, as part of additional sanctions taken with the United Kingdom and aimed at reducing Moscow’s revenues. “By taking joint action, the United States and the United Kingdom are depriving Russia and its metal producers of an important source of income”, specifies the American Treasury. In addition to banning the import of these metals into the United States, both countries have also taken steps to limit the trading of these metals in global markets.
One person was killed and three injured on Friday April 12 during Russian bombings in the Kharkiv region, in northeastern Ukraine, increasingly regularly targeted by Russia, the national police announced, specifying that the strikes took place on the town of Vovchansk, on the village of Monachynivka, as well as in the Kupiansk district. Three other people were injured in the eastern region of Donetsk and two others in the southern region of Kherson, according to their respective authorities.
Future Ukrainian fighter pilots likely to operate American F-16 planes are being trained in the south of France by the Air Force, announced the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu. Pilots receive a “general training, on Alpha Jet (military aircraft of Franco-German design, editor’s note)which allows Ukrainian pilots to acquire fundamentals of piloting a fighter plane.declared the minister.