Destruction of Russian invasion
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By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
UKRAINE: Ukraine refuses to exchange prisoners with Russia if there are no women on the list.
Another 40 people were evacuated from the Luhansk region, including children.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Russian occupiers had set up a concentration camp in Mariupol and were behaving more cynically than the Nazis 80 years ago.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and third in line to the presidency, visited Kyiv and President Zelensky in a secret meeting.
The actress Angelie Jolie met with wounded children and visited a coffee house in Lviv, Western Ukraine.
WORLD: Due to sanctions and problems in the defense industry in Russia there were problems with replenishment of high-precision missiles.
Russia’s military campaign in Donbas, aimed at establishing full control in the region, is moving slower than planned. «The Pentagon.»
British Minister Ben Wallace suggested that the Russian president would announce a general mobilization for war with Ukraine around the world on May 9, which is a major Soviet-era holiday.
The Pope three times asked Putin for a safe corridor from Mariupol. Putin refused but reported today some civilians have been able to evacuate besieged Mariupol.
To kill civilians: Russians in Luhansk region disguised as Ukrainian troops
The Russian occupiers in the Luhansk region are disguised as Ukrainian troops to destroy civilians.
This was announced on April 30 on the TV marathon «United News» by the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Haidai.
«The Russians are preparing provocations, they have seized containers in the uniform of our servicemen, and they can disguise themselves to kill civilians in order to accuse the Armed Forces of this,» he said.
Gaidai also noted that the enemy continues to shell all the free cities of the region, trying to break through in three directions – Rubizhne, Popasna, Mountain Community. Unsuccessfully, the occupiers suffer losses. Fighting is taking place in the Lower.
Donetsk region
Air and missile strikes, artillery – along the entire front line. Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka – breakthrough attempts. Unsuccessful. Estuary – constant artillery shelling of the city and the community.
The Ocheretyn territorial community has started self-destruction of mines, which were blown up by a tornado last night, explosions continue, no one is injured so far. Mariupol: no changes.
Luhansk region
There were 16 massive artillery attacks per day. Burning of 20 houses and 2 schools. 5 houses in Gorskoye and 10 in the village of Orikhove. The information is being clarified due to the high intensity of actions in the region.
Dnipropetrovsk region
The night passed quietly. In the morning, a rocket «arrived» in the village of Synelnykiv district. Previously – without the dead and injured. Detailed information and data on the consequences are being clarified.
Zaporizhzhia region
Fierce fighting continues in the region – in the area of Huliapole. Artillery was active on both sides at night. The information is being clarified.
Kherson region
The enemy continues to fight in the region and shell neighboring areas. The explosions have destroyed many homes and injured people.
The situation in the villages bordering Mykolayiv, Snihurivka, Zelenodolsk and Kryvyi Rih remains critical; villages under occupation. The situation in the region remains difficult.
Russian occupiers continue to kill Ukrainian children and women, in the city of Mariupol, whose name means «City of Mary.» Art by Inna Savina
Kharkiv region
In the regional center, shelling of the city continued at night, in particular in the easternmost residential area of Saltivka. One person was injured. During the day, the occupiers continued shelling the settlements of Bohodukhiv, Izyum and Lozova districts.
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