Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, stated on Radio NV that Ukraine is considering the possibility of blowing up the Kerch Bridge in Crimea. Can our defenders take such a step? The Russian side, according to Danilov, uses the bridge to reinforce their groups. He also stated that if possible, the Ukrainian military will destroy the crossing. The Kremlin, on the other hand, threatened to "strike back."
In the Luhansk direction, the enemy, intensifying the shelling with available means of fire, tried to advance deep into the territory of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Popasna and Rubizhne, to develop an offensive in the direction of Severodonetsk. The occupiers were unsuccessful and suffered losses.
The conflict continues: for the past two months, Ukraine's Armed Forces have boldly defended the country from Russian occupiers. During the Easter holidays, the situation remained tense on all fronts.
Mariupol is in a difficult situation. Fighting is raging around Azovstal, which serves as the Azov Regiment's headquarters.
“What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[a] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?” Genesis 18:24
The visits of international leaders to Kyiv demonstrate the partners' trust in the Ukrainian government as well as the consolidation of the West as a whole in the face of the Russian threat.
Over 500 thousand Ukrainians, including 121 thousand children, were forcibly deported to Russia from Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories. Serhiy Kyslytsia, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, made the announcement.
According to reports, Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin was in the occupied Donetsk region. Vitaly Milonov, a United Russia deputy, posted a photo of Prigozhin on VKontakte. Prigozhin commented on this photo as follows: "I was walking along Nevsky Prospekt and I noticed Milonov walking. I approached him and said hello. That's the end of the story. There's nothing to say. Why is everything shattered around here? This is St. Petersburg, our city."
On the first day of the Ukrainian war, I was in Turkey. On February 17, I traveled to Istanbul for a conference. A week later, I purchased a return ticket. I'm still waiting for the day when I can use this ticket…
Ukraine has received the Switchblade kamikaze drones from the United States. I'll start with the fact that kamikaze drones are also known as loitering munitions. They are equipped with cameras, navigation systems, and explosives. Switchblade is a product of the American company AeroVironment. According to open data, there are two versions of smart munition: Switchblade 300 and Switchblade 600.
Few nations are as close to the Turkish nation as the Crimean Tatars. Their relations began 500 years ago with the alliance of the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate. After the annexation of the Khanate by the Russian Empire immigration waves to the Turkish motherland lasted 150 years and the two nations merged culturally and genetically. Today, Crimean Tatars have become a minority in their homeland and are struggling to preserve their cultural identity.
Russian troops have increased their presence in the Kharkiv region, but have made no significant progress. The city of Kharkiv is still under partial blockade and artillery shelling. The enemy resorted to forming units of the so-called "people's militia" in some temporarily occupied territories.