The day of the war at a glance
Putin receives Austrian Chancellor – 1222 bodies discovered in the region around Kyiv
4/10/2022 9:52 p.m
After his trip to Kyiv, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be the first Western head of government to meet Kremlin boss Putin since the beginning of the war. After the horrific massacre in Bucha, Ukrainian prosecutor Iryna Venediktova stated that more than 1,200 bodies have been discovered in the Kyiv area so far. Meanwhile, the battle for Mariupol, which Selenskyj described as crucial to the war, continues. The 46th day of the war at a glance.
Nehammer travels to Moscow on Monday
As the first Western head of government after the beginning of the war, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday. Austria’s government spokesman Daniel Kosak confirmed this to the German Press Agency. Chancellor Nehammer will fly to Moscow via Turkey. A meeting with Putin is planned there for Monday afternoon. Among other things, Nehammer wanted to talk to Putin about the war crimes of the Russian army. It was said from those close to the Austrian Chancellor that he was acting in concert with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In doing so, Austria contradicted other statements about irritation in Ukraine. “We were in Bucha. We saw the war crimes and Chancellor Nehammer will name them to President Putin,” announced the Chancellery in Vienna. Meanwhile, the increase The Union calls for the Chancellor to visit Kyiv. Scholz himself has not yet reacted to this.
Scholz and Zelenskyj on the phone about “anti-Russian” sanctions
in one phone call However, Scholz has promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj his full support. Ukraine is demanding above all energy embargo against Russia and more weapons from Germany. The call for stricter sanctions has not yet been followed on these two points. After the call, Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter that he also spoke to Scholz about “anti-Russian sanctions, defense and financial support for Ukraine.”
Airport in the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro destroyed
Russia continues its rocket attacks, especially in the eastern areas of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, the airport in the industrial city of Dnipro was completely destroyed. This no longer exists, wrote the regional head of administration Valentyn Resnichenko on Telegram. “The airport itself and the infrastructure nearby were destroyed. And the missiles fly and fly.” It is not yet clear how many victims there are. According to Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko, the airport was completely renovated just last year. “All the investment and effort has been completely wiped out,” she wrote on Twitter.
An infrastructure object in the town of Svonezke was also hit this Sunday, Resnichenko said. The Russian Ministry of Defense had previously announced that the headquarters and base of the Ukrainian Dnipro Battalion had been destroyed in Zvonetske in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Reports of dead civilians in the East – Battle of Mariupol decisive for the war according to Zelenskyj
The Ukrainian military administration reported that several civilians were killed and others injured by shelling in the Donetsk region and the Kharkiv region. Russian troops carried out 66 artillery strikes in several areas, including the city of Derhachi. “As you can see, the Russian army continues to ‘fight’ with the civilian population because it has not won any victories at the front,” said Kharkiv governor Oleh Synyehubov. Launch complexes of the S-300 air defense system were also destroyed at the military airfield in the garrison town of Chuhuiv in the Kharkov region, as well as several drones, two ammunition depots and three fuel depots in eastern Ukraine. A total of 86 objects were hit within one day. Ukrainian forces killed 80 soldiers and destroyed three tanks and one plane and one helicopter in attacks on Russian troops. According to Russian information, more than 700,000 people are said to have fled to Russia from the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and other regions. The information provided by the warring parties cannot be verified.
Fighting also continued in the port city of Mariupol. Selenskyj described the battle for the Ukrainian city as decisive for the further course of the war. In an interview with the AP news agency, Zelenskyy said that the outcome of the battle for the besieged port city will determine the direction of the upcoming battle for the Donbass region. “Mariupol is the heart of this war. If it stops beating, our positions will be weaker.”
Ukraine speaks of more than 1,200 dead “in the Kyiv region alone”
Dozens of dead civilians were discovered in a mass grave “near the gas station” in the village of Busova, west of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The community leader Taras Didytsch said on Sunday night on Ukrainian television. The news came shortly before the announcement by Ukrainian prosecutor Iryna Venediktova, who spoke opposite the British broadcaster Sky News spoke of 1222 recovered dead “in the Kyiv region alone”. Venediktova also wants to launch investigations into 5,600 suspected war crimes against 500 suspects from the ranks of the Russian military and the government in Moscow, including the head of the Kremlin. “Vladimir Putin is the main war criminal of the 21st century,” said Venediktova.
Russian soldiers are said to have stolen radioactive material
The reports of looting by Russian soldiers are spreading, they are said to have sent stolen goods home to Russia. The Russians are also said to have stolen things from the nuclear ruins in Chernobyl, but this time, according to Ukrainian information, 133 highly radioactive substances. If not handled professionally, even a small part of it can be fatal. The Ukrainian energy minister speaks of shocking ignorance on the part of Russia. It had previously been reported that while occupying the nuclear power plant, Russian soldiers had exposed themselves to dangerous levels of radioactive radiation.
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