WAR in Ukraine Day fifty-first (April 15, 2022) – Topky.sk

Russia destroyed the $ 750 million naval missile cruiser The fourth exchange of prisoners of war with Russia took place in Russia Russia fired in 15 settlements in the Donetsk region The Russian army threatened Ukraine with an attack on command centers in Kiev Live from Ukraine VIDEO Ukraine on Friday said that Russia would want revenge for the sinking of its flagship missile cruiser Moscow, which, according to Kiev, hit Ukrainian anti-ship missiles type R-360 Neptune. “The strike on the Moscow cruiser did not only affect the ship itself, it affected the enemy’s imperial ambitions. We all realize that we will not be forgiven,” said Natalia Humenukova, a spokeswoman for the southern military of Ukraine, quoted by the AFP news agency. 18:52 On Friday, the European Union criticized Russia as an unfounded decision to expel 18 EU diplomats, to whom Moscow responded to the dismissal of its representatives from Brussels on allegations of espionage. “The European Union condemns the unjustified, unreasonable decision of the Russian Federation to expel 18 members of the European Union Delegation to the Russian Federation,” the EU diplomatic service said in a statement. 18:10 Moscow has ordered 18 members of the European Union delegation in Russia to leave the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced this on Friday. This was reported by AFP and a statement published on the Russian Ministry’s website. The statement states that 18 members of the Delegation of the European Union in the Russian Federation were declared so-called. undesirable persons (persona non grata) and will have to leave the country “in the near future”. 17:58 Northern Macedonia has ordered the expulsion of six more Russian diplomats, the second such move in less than a month. According to the AFP news agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this Balkan country announced this on Friday. The sanctioned diplomats “carried out activities in breach of the Vienna Convention”, the North Macedonian ministry said in a statement referring to an international treaty containing agreements on diplomatic protocols. Russian diplomats must leave the country within five days, Skopje said. 17:26 For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has used long-range bombers in attacks on the besieged city of Mariupol. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claims this in a statement on Friday afternoon. Kyiv Ministry of Defense spokesman Olexandr Motuzianyk also said that the Russian army is currently focusing on the conquest of the cities of Rubizna and Popasna in the Luhansk region and Mariupol in the Donetsk region. 17:08 On Friday, the Russian media regulator blocked the website of the independent news portal The Moscow Times in Russian due to reports concerning the war conflict in Ukraine. The AFP agency reports that this is a further restriction of independent journalism in Russia. The Moscow Times, whose original English version was founded in 1992 by Dutch media mogul Derk Sauer as the first English-language newspaper in Russia, claims that its Russian Internet service has been shut down for what “authorities call false information about riot police.” who refused to fight in Ukraine “. The operation of the English version of the daily website was not affected by this measure, according to AFP. 16:28 In the Chernihiv region, the attackers fired from mortars at the positions of Ukrainian border guards. 16:01 Andrei Nebitov, chief of police in Kiev, said that as of April 15, 900 bodies of civilians had been found. 14:46 More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, according to Friday’s United Nations data. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that 4,796,245 million Ukrainians have fled abroad, with almost 215,000 third-country nationals fleeing to neighboring countries, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 14:13 Tokyo has expressed its concern to Moscow over tests of missiles conducted by Russia in the Sea of ​​Japan. This was announced on Friday by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimas Hayashi, CNN reported. Japan calls on Russia to refrain from any steps that could increase tensions in Northeast Asia, Hayashi said. He also reiterated that his country “strongly condemns” Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which “shakes the foundations of the international order”. 14:09 The commander of the Moscow cruiser Anton Kuprin died in an explosion and fire on board. The adviser to the Minister of Interior of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko informed about it. 13:50 Moscow has sent a diplomatic note to the United States warning that further armaments in Ukraine could have “unpredictable” security consequences. The information was originally published by the American daily The Washington Post, which managed to get to the text of the said note. According to the newspaper, Russia sent it to the American side this week. “We call on the United States and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which could have unpredictable consequences for regional and international security,” the Russian Post quoted The Washington Post as saying. 13:20 Seven civilians died and another 27 were injured when Russian troops in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine fired at buses that took people fleeing the war to safer places. 13:15 Ukrainians file more than 77,000 complaints of property damage. Ukrainian citizens can apply for compensation for private houses and apartments destroyed by Russia by applying through the government application Diia. 13:10 Last night, a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter was destroyed in the Kharkiv region. 13:05 Zelenskyj said that in Mariupol, the occupiers destroyed 95% of all buildings in the city. 13:00 Russia warns US to stop arming Ukraine. The Washington Post said it had received a copy of a diplomatic note sent by Russia. In the note, Russia argued that US and NATO arms supplies to Ukraine could have “unpredictable consequences.” 12:20 Russian Defense Ministry intensifies rocket attacks on Kiev. Russia said it was a response to alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory. Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24 and has been bombing and shelling Ukraine ever since. 12:00 Mariupol City Council announced on Friday that Russian soldiers are beginning to dig up the bodies of victims who have been buried in previous weeks near the apartment blocks. It is not clear why the bodies are exhumed or what happens to them next. According to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian army has transported 13 mobile crematoria to the city. There are therefore fears that Russia wants to destroy the evidence of war crimes committed by its troops in Mariupol in this way. “But they will not succeed. The whole world already knows about the numerous crimes of the Russian army in Mariupol,” the Mariupol City Council said in a statement. In addition, Russian soldiers are preventing the Mariupolians from burying civilians killed by Russian forces around their homes. 11:50 The Russian army claims that it has managed to gain full control of the steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces. According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian soldiers in Mariupol have begun digging out the bodies of the victims in an attempt to cover up their war crimes. We took the news from DPA and Sky News. Due to the situation in besieged Mariupol, which has been the cause of difficult fighting for weeks, they could not be independently verified. “Attacks by Russian armed forces and Donetsk People’s Republic troops in Mariupol have completely liberated Ijlych’s steelworks from Ukrainian nationalists,” said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenko. 11:00 These are indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 10:30 A Russian ministry said on Friday that a rocket attack near eastern Kharkov in eastern Ukraine must have killed up to 30 Poles fighting alongside Ukrainian troops. We received the report from AFP. He also warned that intensified attacks on Kiev in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory. According to the ministry, an arms factory in the suburbs of Kiev was destroyed during a Russian rocket attack on Thursday. Russia’s strategic missile forces, according to a ministry statement on Friday, “eliminated up to 30 Polish mercenaries” when they attacked the village of Iziumske near Kharkov. However, this claim could not be independently verified. “The number and scale of missile attacks in Kiev will increase in the event of any terrorist attacks and sabotage committed by the Kiev nationalist regime on Russian territory,” the Moscow Ministry of Defense said. At the same time, he said that the Russian army hit a “military” factory near Kiev on Thursday night. According to the ministry, long-range guided missiles of the Kalibr type were fired from warships or submarines during the attack. 9:30 Belgorod is restless again. Locals heard the sounds of explosions. The air defense system is probably in action. 9:20 Encircled Marines urge Ukrainian authorities to break the siege of Mariupol. Serhiy Volyna, commander of the 36th Ukrainian Naval Brigade, said the situation in Mariupol was critical. The city has been besieged by Russian troops since the end of February. 8:45 List of countries that have received the largest number of Ukrainian refugees. As for Russia, it should be borne in mind that the Ukrainian authorities accuse the aggressor’s country of forcibly evicting the population from the occupied cities. 8:40 Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a law imposing an embargo on Russian coal. In addition, the law provides for the possibility of freezing the assets of people who supported the Russian aggression. Photo gallery (5) Polish President Andrzej Duda
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