17 April: Confessions of soldiers to Wagner in the killing of children, Shmyhal about the Russian narrative

626 0
Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Monday, April 17, 2023.
Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

[For urgent updates please follow Ukrainian Freedom News in Telegram]

By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

Stelmakhivka, Nevske and Bilohorivka were subjected to artillery shelling by the Russian army. The situation in the region remains difficult.

Donetsk Region

Yesterday, the enemy fired from artillery, Grad anti-aircraft missile defense system, carried out an airstrike (the type of missile was not established),, and a S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. 10 settlements were shelled: village Stara Mykolayivka, Avdiivka, Toretsk, village Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka village, village Karlivka, Kurakhove, Bakhmut, village Serebryanka, Kostyantynivka. 19 residential buildings (five of them multi-apartment buildings), power lines, six outbuildings, a garage, and was damaged. In one day, four people died in the Donetsk region.

Sumy Region

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out three shellings of the border communities – Velyka Pysarivka, Bilopillia and Shalyhyne. 16 mortar and artillery attacks were recorded. Fortunately, without loss or damage.

Tonight – 10 arrivals from a rack-mounted anti-tank grenade launcher. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.

Kharkiv Region

In the Slobozhansk direction, the Russian invaders shelled the settlements of Veterynarne, Neskuchne, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Bochkove, Mala Vovcha, Zemlianka and Topoli.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, and Kindrashivka. As a result of the mortar shelling of the village. A private residential building was damaged in the smoking area of the Kupiansk district.

Yesterday afternoon, the enemy shelled the village of Pershotravneve in the Izyum district, and a residential building was damaged.

During the day, the occupiers shelled the city of Vovchansk, Chuhuiv district, with artillery. As a result of these shellings, at least 11 private houses were damaged, fires occurred due to the enemy shelling of Vovchansk.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

Yesterday, the Russians hit the temple in Nikopol with heavy artillery. Two people were injured. In addition to the temple, five residential buildings, two cars, and several power lines were damaged in the city. Four farm buildings were mutilated, one was destroyed.

Chervonohryhorivka community also came under fire. Rescuers are examining the area, the consequences are being clarified.

Zaporizhzhia Region

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has carried out 56 attacks on 16 peaceful settlements in the region: 46 artillery strikes, four air strikes, four with the use of UAVs and two attacks with MLRS. So far, 52 reports of destruction of social infrastructure objects, apartments, private houses, cars and other property have been registered.

A 61-year-old man was injured in Preobrazhenka and has already been taken to the hospital.

Kherson Region

Over the past day, the enemy carried out 46 shellings, firing 170 shells from heavy artillery, UAVs and aviation. The enemy shelled the city of Kherson three times. There are no casualties among the civilian population.

Specialists of the mobile operator have restored the operation of another base station in the Suvorovskyi district of Kherson. Currently, 287 base stations and three mobile stations are operating in the liberated Kherson region.

UKRAINE: Almost 600 occupiers and a lot of equipment: the General Staff updated data on Russian losses

Exchange of 130 Ukrainian soldiers: why Prigozhin agreed to return prisoners – ISW

The occupiers are preparing for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces and have strengthened artillery in the south – ISW

«The child was 5 years old, and I did a check-up»: Wagner fighters told how they killed at least 10 Ukrainian children

WORLD: The date of the beginning of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces was found in the secret documents of the Pentagon – Newsweek

«Ukraine’s counteroffensive can be very difficult»: the US assessed Russia’s readiness

Slovakia handed over 13 promised MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine

Shmyhal: War fatigue is a Russian narrative, we are determined to win

Ukrainians are ready to fight for their land.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukrainians are ready to continue fighting against the Russian invaders, and talk of war fatigue is the Kremlin’s narrative.

The head of the Ukrainian government said this at a press conference during his visit to the US capital.

The politician noted that there is no fatigue from the military support of the allies, and Ukraine, according to him, continues close cooperation with its partners.

«War fatigue in Ukraine is a Russian narrative. We are united with our partners, there is no fatigue from military or donor support,» Shmyhal said.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Ukrainians are determined to win the war with the Russian invaders and return the temporarily occupied territories.

«We are determined to win this war and liberate our territories. He emphasized this in a conversation with journalists after his visit to Washington,» he added.

The politician also added that as a result of the negotiations with the finance ministers of the G7 countries within the framework of the Spring Meetings, Rbtd received assurances of additional support in the amount of more than 5 billion dollars. In particular, Ukraine agreed on additional support packages with France, Germany and Great Britain.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

Produced with support from ukrainianfreedomnews.com. There you can support Lviv local media-hub Tvoe Misto via PayPal or Bitcoin; please write to lvivlab2020 [at] gmail.com if you would like to designate a donation to Tvoe Misto. Through our friends at Ukrainian Freedom Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, U.S. tax deductible donations are possible. 

Follow Lviv Now on Facebook. To receive our weekly email digest of stories, please follow us on Substack.

Lviv Now is an English-language website for Lviv, Ukraine’s «tech-friendly cultural hub.» It is produced by Tvoe Misto («Your City») media-hub, which also hosts regular problem-solving public forums to benefit the city and its people.


Читайте також:
+
Щодня наша команда працює над тим, щоб інформувати Вас про найважливіше в місті та області. За роки своєї праці ми довели, що «Твоє місто» - це медіа, якому справді можна довіряти. Долучіться до Спільноти Прихильників «Твого міста» та збережіть незалежне медіа для громади. Кожен внесок має значення!