Russian missiles hit a series of targets

Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on April 5 that the Russian military had launched a long-range guided missile from the sea at a special forces training center in the Russian Federation. southern Ukraine, which is used for foreign mercenaries. However, the Russian side did not specify the damage caused by the attack.

Mr. Konashenkov added that the force Russia launched multiple precision missiles from the air against fuel storage facilities at four locations in Ukraine: Kremenets, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia and Novomoskovsk.

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video of the Tor-M2 short-range air defense missile battery participating in the military operation in Ukraine, saying that this unit had shot down many enemy aircraft, including unmanned aircraft. Bayraktar TB2 pilot (UAV) made in Turkey. The time and location of the video recording were not announced.

Series of Russian air strikes show conflict in Ukraine There is no sign of cooling down, although the two sides have gone through many rounds of negotiations in both face-to-face and online forms. Russia announced the withdrawal of forces in northern Ukraine and is said to be focusing on strengthening the eastern and southern fronts of the country.

Serhii Haidai, chairman of the regional military government Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, said the situation in the region was “very difficult” as Russia continued to bomb targets.

“Heavy shelling, street fighting continues,” he said. “Neither the rescue team nor the doctors were able to reach some towns such as Popasna and Rubizhne.”

Residents in town Rubizhne were asked to stay indoors or wear masks dipped in sodium solution after Russia struck a nitric acid tank, sending a cloud of toxic smoke over the area. Haidai did not specify how much acid was in the tank, but insisted it was “very toxic”.

In the city Melitopol in Zaporizhia province in the southeastern part of Ukraine, mayor Ivan Fedorov said that the Russian military had blocked the convoy of humanitarian goods and prevented the evacuation of civilians.

“The situation of the humanitarian corridors has not improved,” said Fedorov. “In the last two weeks, we have only delivered two humanitarian shipments to Melitopol.”

In northern Ukraine, the road connecting the capital Kiev and the city of Chernihiv has been reopened, according to local officials. Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv regional government, added that some more roads will be opened due to the heavy traffic.

A video posted on April 5 shows that the city of Borodyanka, in the Kiev region, has been almost completely destroyed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces since the beginning of March, according to reports. CNN.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Russia is likely to launch a major offensive in eastern Ukraine to “take over the entire Donbass region”.

“In the coming weeks, we think that Russia will push further into the east and south to try to capture the entire Donbass and create a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula,” Stoltenberg said.

After nearly a month and a half of fighting, the fighting in Ukraine has left at least 1,480 civilians dead and 2,195 injured, according to Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations’ secretary general for political affairs and peacebuilding. However, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned that the actual death toll could be higher.

At least 11.3 million people have been displaced, including more than 4.3 million refugees who have left Ukraine for neighboring countries since Russia began the operation, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ).

Speaking online before the United Nations Security Council today, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and called on the United Nations to expel Russia from the Security Council and provide security guarantees to Kiev.

“Where is the security that the Security Council needs? It’s not in Ukraine, although the Security Council is still there. So where is the peace? What are the guarantees that the UN needs to guarantee?”, he said. .

During the meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the Ukraine conflict one of the biggest challenges facing the international order. “The war in Ukraine must stop,” he said. “We need serious negotiations for peace, based on the principles of the UN Charter.”

Thanh Tam (According to CNN, AFP)