Ukraine Foresees Great Battle For Donbas (online)
10- 11.04.2022, 7:40
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(Updated) Major developments of the 47th day of the war.
Ukraine is heroically fighting for its freedom. The Russian army is increasing the presence of military equipment near the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.
Over the past 24 hours, the defenders of Ukraine have repulsed four enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and destroyed five tanks, eight armoured units, six vehicles and eight enemy artillery systems.
The Charter97.org broadcasts the 47th day of the war online. You can see the developments in Ukraine on April 10 in our previous online broadcast.
Ukraine 24 TV channel special broadcast
23:47 Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree canceling the spring draft and demobilization of previously drafted conscripts.
23:32 In the Donbas, the Ukrainian military successfully repulsed 6 enemy attacks during the day, — JFO.
23:18 A video with a wounded Kadyrovite has appeared on the internet.
23:07 Due to the war against Ukraine, the French financial conglomerate Societe Generale stops working in Russia and signs an agreement on the sale of Rosbank and its Russian insurance subsidiaries.
22:45 Such streamers have appeared on one of the Kyiv bridges.
22:32 The Azov regiment reports that about an hour ago, Russian troops used a poisonous substance of unknown origin, dropped from an enemy UAV, against Ukrainian military and civilians in the city of Mariupol.
The casualties have respiratory failure, vestibulo-atactic syndrome.
22:28 The French Foreign Ministry has declared six more Russian diplomats persona non grata.
"After a lengthy investigation, the Main Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) on Sunday, April 10, revealed a covert operation carried out by Russian special services on our territory. Six Russian agents operating under diplomatic cover and whose activities were contrary to our national interests have been declared persona non grata," the French Foreign Ministry said.
22:15 Forbes has calculated the cost of the demolished Russian equipment in Ukraine.
21:59 Novoaydar, the invaders were left without a parking lot for their equipment and ammunition.
21:44 The EU Representation resumed its work in Kyiv.
21:33 Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the aggressor in the area of responsibility of the Skhid operational-tactical group.
21:24 Sir Geoffrey Nice, who led the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Court, called to expel Russia from the UN Security Council, or at least revoke its veto power. This is necessary for the trial of Russian war criminals, writes The Guardian.
21:11 Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, in his evening address, told about the main developments for Monday, April 11.
21:00 Little Mariupol girl Kira Cheberko accidentally touched a banner left by the Russian soldiers, and received shrapnel wounds. The doctors did a surgery, and Kira is now on the mend and actively talks about what she and her family have gone through.
20:45 To date, all regions of the Russian Federation bordering Ukraine (Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Voronezh), as well as the northern regions of Crimea and the Azov regions of the Krasnodar Territory, have already declared a yellow (increased) level of terrorist threat.
The exception is the Rostov region, which refused to declare the yellow level.
20:33 Warriors of the 95th Airborne Brigade destroyed five enemy tanks, one of them commander's, during 2 days of fierce fighting in one of the important areas.
20:15 Russia has defaulted on its external debt, Standard & Poor's rating agency reports.
20:03 And this is how mobilization is carried out in the "LPR". People do not want to be cannon fodder, but they are taken by force.
19:49 On the night of April 10-11, in the Luhansk direction, the artillery of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade destroyed an enemy field ammunition depot.
19:32 The defender of Ukraine fires from MANPADS against the backdrop of explosions.
19:16 Near Chernihiv, the invaders tortured not only people, but also animals. The Russian soldiers arranged a "safari" on cows and pigs in the villages of Lukashivka and Ivanivka, which are located near the borders of Chernihiv. The farmer counted 110 dead carcasses — adult cows and calves.
19:07 The "Russian spring" and the occupation of Donbas ideologist has been arrested in Russia.
"Vladislav Surkov is under house arrest. Investigative measures are being carried out in the case of embezzlement in the Donbas since 2014," said former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, citing his sources.
18:55 Municipal deputies of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow recognized Russia as a fascist state. In protest against the war in Ukraine, a children's drawing competition has been canceled, and at the end of the meeting, Head of the municipal assembly Elena Kotenochkina declares Russia a fascist state.
18:43 The maintenance of one Russian prisoner costs Ukraine 50-100 hryvnias. Ukraine gives them food, cigarettes and guarantees humane treatment in accordance with all international standards, Ombudswoman Lyudmila Denysova reports.
18:30 The moment of yesterday's most powerful explosion in Mykolaiv.
18:19 The "DPR" proposes to use chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military, who are defending themselves at Azovstal.
It makes no sense to storm the underground fortifications of Azovstal in Mariupol, so you need to "turn to the chemical troops," said the representative of the so-called DPR Eduard Basurin.
18:03 The Huawei AppGallery store removed the applications of the Russian banks that fell under sanctions.
17:54 Canada is imposing sanctions on 33 more Russian companies associated with the defense industry. This was stated by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie.
17:43 Valeriy Zaluzhnyi demonstrated a modern radio-electronic complex to combat enemy drones.
17:34 On April 11, Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė visited Borodyanka, Kyiv region, which was destroyed by the Russian invaders. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, who accompanied Šimonytė, announced this on Telegram.
"Borodyanka is one of the bleeding wounds on the body of Ukraine... The consequences of the occupation by the Russian barbarians are horrifying. Death and ruins are what the so-called "Russian world" brings. Rescuers continue to dismantle the rubble of the houses destroyed by bombs. This is all that the enemy is capable of — to fight against the civilian population," Shmyhal wrote.
17:26 This is what the military equipment of the occupiers is turning into on the territory of Ukraine.
17:18 The Russian occupiers have captured the ship SMARTA. Crew members and the captain's wife (two dozen people altogether) are taken prisoner by the Russians. The ship was in the port of Mariupol.
17:12 A Russian in Almaty called the police to the address where people were collecting humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
17:01 The German defense concern Rheinmetall has announced its readiness to supply to Ukraine up to 50 Leopard 1 tanks and up to 60 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
16:52 The results of the work of the infantry of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade on the equipment of the occupier.
16:38 Updated data on the losses of the occupiers in Ukraine from the Military Balance.
16:35 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi commented on the situation in Mariupol.
"The defense of Mariupol continues. Communication with the units of the defense forces that heroically hold the city is stable and maintained. We are doing everything possible and impossible for the Victory and the preservation of lives," said Zaluzhnyi.
16:34 Air defense of the 68th separate Jaeger brigade shot down a Russian Mi-24 helicopter.
16:24 Another Russian T-72B3 tank was captured by the Ukrainian soldiers in Barvinkovo, Kharkiv region.
16:17 The operational situation in Ukraine according to British intelligence as of April 11.
16:12 Israeli business will not cooperate with Russia in circumvention of the sanctions imposed by Western countries, said Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodsky.
15:59 The occupiers are digging trenches near Energodar and setting up Grads along the Dnieper.
"Probably, they want to "gain a foothold" in the positions, because they are well aware that no one will give them the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, and also will not leave to the mercy of fate the inhabitants of the satellite city of the nuclear power plant, who courageously hold on to the occupation," they noted in Energoatom.
15:47 The EU introduces a complete ban on the transfer of technology to the state-controlled Russian telecom operators. This means that now Rostelecom and the mobile operator Tele2 controlled by it will not be able to use Ericsson and Nokia equipment.
15:40 The photos of Iryna Filkina flew all over the world. She went on her last journey near Bucha.
15:32 Homel residents continue to notice the military of the Russian Federation on the streets of the city.
15:27 Employees of the Belarusian branch of EPAM spoke about the situation in the company due to the war in Ukraine.
15:17 In a video shown by Ukrainian volunteers, they destroy Russian military equipment on the streets of Mariupol.
15:09 The State Emergency Service reports that almost half of Ukraine needs to be demined due to the war. About 300 thousand square kilometres of the territory of Ukraine are contaminated with explosive objects.
15:02 Bloomberg reports the first default among Russian companies. Russian Railways was unable to make payments on Eurobonds in Swiss francs because of sanctions.
14:57 What is happening in Belarus in the rental housing market?
14:47 Russians once again made a generous "gift" to the Ukrainian defenders. Now the tank of occupiers is on the side of good.
14:40 Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk, the activist of the European Belarus civil campaign, was transferred to the pre-trial detention center No 3.
14:33 The Belarusian Ministry of Forestry has closed all forests in the south of the Homel region. Specifically, in the areas with a complete ban on visiting forests that the greatest military activity takes place today (military airfields are being equipped, missiles are being launched, vehicles of the military defence forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus are moving).
14:26 A tank of the Russian destroyed a group of Russian soldiers with a single "friendly shot".
14:20 In Vaukavysk, activists organized a protest against the war in Ukraine.
14:14 In one of the houses in Kharkiv, a missile got stuck in the ceiling.
14:08 Soldiers of the 54th Mechanized Brigade showed how they knocked out Russian tanks in the Donbas.
14:02 Belorussian workers continue to leave enterprises. Most of the dismissed and retired people are in the Minsk region.
13:55 The European Union has included 20 Russian airlines in the "black list" of carriers that do not comply with international safety standards. The list includes Aeroflot and its subsidiaries (Pobeda and Rossiya), Nord Wind, Yamal, Ural Airlines, UTair, Smartavia and others.
13:49 According to Bloomberg, High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell calls on EU member states to urgently provide Ukraine with the weapons.
13:44 According to the Lithuanian Customs Administration, Lithuania stopped 250 trucks from Belarus and Russia.
13:38 The number of VPN users in Russia has increased by 53.5 times.
13:29 The dollar and the euro have risen.
13:17 "Ukrainian Safari 2.0": the hunting season for Russian vehicles continues.
13:11 At a ceremony in Buchenwald, Lukashenka's flag was replaced with a White-Red-White flag.
13:00 The 54th Ivan Mazepa Mechanized Brigade stopped a convoy of Russian military equipment that went on the offensive in the Donbas.
12:52 French Ambassador to Ukraine: French gendarmes arrived in Ukraine to assist in the investigation of war crimes.
12:45 Continuation of the story with Russian delayed action mines. They are found in the Industrialny, Kyivskyi, and Nemyshlyanskyi districts of Kharkiv. The mine pickers in the video work in the Industrialny District.
12:37 Soldiers of the Azov Battalion showed the symbol of Mariupol's resilience - a snow-white radiator. Previously a kitchen cabinet in Borodianka near Kyiv had demonstrated a similar “stubbornness”.
12:27 There are still queues in the visa centers in Belarus. The report from the visa center in Brest.
12:19 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that tens of thousands of people died in Mariupol. He noted that Russians want to make Mariupol "the demonstrably destroyed city".
12:12 Russian pilot Artem Severyukhin, competing under the flag of Italy at the European Junior Karting Championship, showed a Nazi salute at the awards ceremony.
12:03 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine help to destroy the enemy mortar battery in the video.
11:58 The State Border Committee of Belarus reports that the number of trucks to EU countries has decreased three times after the ban on Belarusian and Russian transport companies to transport goods across the EU.
11:52 A video of a direct hit on a Russian tank T-72 appeared on the web. The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the military equipment of the occupiers in the Luhansk region.
11:45 Lukashenka's regime is on the verge of a technical default. Belarusian officials note that the country lacks euros and dollars.
11:37 Russian soldiers refuse to attack and sabotage the orders of the leadership. Some of the subdivisions are already on the verge of an uprising. This is evidenced by numerous interceptions of the Security Service of Ukraine.
11:31 Footage of the liberation of Nova Basan in the Chernihiv region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces appeared on the Web. Russian landing forces were destroyed in this village.
11:25 A citizen of Belarus was detained in Latvia on suspicion of espionage. The State Security Service of Latvia reported that the man is suspected of collecting information about military and strategic infrastructure facilities.
11:19 Instead of experienced Russian pilots who died during the war in Ukraine or were taken prisoner, school graduates sit at the controls of the aircraft. They are not skilled enough, often they hit their own positions or Ukrainian defenders eliminate them.
11:12 They rubbed Peskov's nose in the atrocities of the Russians near Kyiv on the air of a British TV channel.
11:06 From today, a temporary bulk bridge was opened in Romanivka connecting Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Vorzel with Kyiv.
11:00 Oleh Synyehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said that Russia shelled the region more than 60 times during the day. 11 people were killed, including a 7-year-old child. Another 14 people were injured. The occupiers shell residential areas with Grads and Smerches.
10:52 Lithuanian Foreign Minister: The EU countries began to develop the sixth package of sanctions against Russia with the "oil option".
10:45 At the foreign exchange auctions in Belarus that opened on Monday, the dollar and the euro rose sharply in price. The Russian ruble is going down.
10:40 Informnapalm published a photo of the burning flags of the Russian occupiers. It is reported that this is the work of Ukrainian partisans in the occupied Kakhovka.
10:33 The World Bank predicted the fall of the Russian economy in 2022 by 11%. Inflation will be 22%, imports and exports will fall by about a third, analysts say. According to the forecast, in 2023 and 2024, the Russian economy expects near-zero growth.
At the same time, the organization notes that “uncertainty about forecasts is unprecedentedly high” due to the ongoing military aggression in Ukraine and the reaction of the world community to what is happening.
10:22 "The most pressing and expensive issues are medicines and doctors": Belarusian pensioners told about their incomes and expenses.
10:16 Oleh Synyehubov the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration said that an enemy drone was shot down over Kharkiv tonight.
"We do not observe aircraft over Kharkiv. Only in some places unmanned aerial vehicles act as reconnaissance aircraft, one was shot down this night,” he said.
10:10 A sowing campaign started in the Zaporizhzhia region just 30 km from the combat zone. They plant lentils and sunflowers. The agrarians are dressed in military uniform and go out into the fields only after preliminarily checks by mine pickers.
10:04 A Ukrainian singer released a hit in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Zelensky, Kim, Arestovich and Serdiuchka.
09:56 One of the largest French banks, Societe Generale, announces its withdrawal from the Russian market.
09:50 Another mass grave has been found in the village of Buzova near Kyiv. Local residents also talk about dozens of dead people lying on the road.
09:43 Did the Russians really see the toilet for the first time in Ukraine? The story by Ukrainian civilians is about the experience of communication with Russian looters.
09:37 183 children were killed and more than 342 were injured because of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
09:29 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a warehouse with the ammunition of the Rushists near the occupied settlement in the Luhansk region. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Haidai.
09:22 The head of the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv Vitaly Kim spoke about the evening attacks of Russia on the city.
09:17 11 years ago there was an explosion in the Minsk subway.
09:11 Sweden and Finland intend to join NATO this summer, writes The Times, citing sources. European diplomats expect both countries to expand NATO's capabilities, especially in the field of intelligence-gathering and as part of the strengthening of the air force.
09:05 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the losses of the armed forces of the Russian Federation after the invasion of Ukraine as of April 11:
08:58 New British Defence Intelligence update: raises the possibility of phosphorus munitions' future employment in Mariupol.
08:50 Over the past 24 hours, the defenders of Ukraine have repulsed four enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Furthermore, Ukrainian fighters destroyed five tanks, eight armoured units, six vehicles and eight enemy artillery systems.
08:40 A video of the successful operation of the Stugna ATGM appeared on the Web. The Ukrainian system destroyed a tank of the Russian Federation.
08:33 On Sunday, Belarusians in Tbilisi held an action of solidarity with the people of Ukraine and in support of Belarusian political prisoners.
08:27 "42 countries have already appealed to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The investigation of war crimes at the international level has begun. The appeals of other countries have simplified and accelerated the procedure for Ukraine," said The Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Maliuska.
08:20 Vilkhivka, liberated from the invaders in the Kharkiv region, was almost completely destroyed by the Rushists.
08:13 According to the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Matti Maasikas, Ukraine is likely to receive the status of a candidate for EU membership in June.
08:07 It will no longer be possible to send a letter from Finland to Belarus from April 11. Posti Group Corporation, the main Finnish state postal company, has announced the suspension of the transport of letters and parcels between Finland and Russia, as well as Finland and Belarus. The suspension applies to mailing in both directions.
08:01 The defence forces of Ukraine destroyed a battalion-tactical group of the Russian Federation during the assault on a number of settlements in the Donetsk region.
07:56 The FSB conducted a "purge" among the employees who dealt with the "Ukrainian issue" and supplied Putin with information about the situation in Ukraine. This was reported by Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev.
07:50 The Russian army is increasing the presence of military equipment near the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, in particular, in the city of Valuiki and the village of Soloty, Belgorod Region.
07:45 French elections. With nearly 100% of the results counted, Emmanuel Macron won first place in the first round of the presidential election with 27.6% of the vote. Marine Le Pen had 23.41%. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is third with 21.95%.
07:42 A mini-movie about the destruction of occupiers' equipment by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
23:50 Address by Volodymyr Zelensky:
23:38 Ukrainian defenders shot down a Russian drone and were amazed by the "technical solutions" of the Russian occupiers.
23:25 NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said that not all visits of foreign guests to Ukraine become public. For example, recently the former US Secretary of Defence secretly visited the country. This is how he explained, among other things, the unexpected visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson:
"There are people who visit our capital. This happens almost every day. We have many friends who support us. But not all of them are public, not all of them appear on television and in the media. There are consultations and meetings."
23:10 There is no calm in Ukraine now, there is no stabilisation, and the Russian army is trying to fulfil the minimum plan — to capture the east of Ukraine.
This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Hanna Malyar. According to her, the main goal of the enemy is the whole of Ukraine.
