65th day of war in Ukraine: Russia says two provinces were raided across the border
Russian officials said the Kursk and Bryansk provinces were hit by artillery and mortar fire from Ukraine, but no casualties were reported.
Bashaw Kursk Roman Starovoit on April 29 announced that the checkpoint in the village of Krupets was under mortar fire from the Ukrainian side at about 8:00 am (12:00 Hanoi time). Army and Border Guard Russia then returned fire and suppressed the enemy’s firing position, no casualties were recorded in the raid.
Alexander Bogomaz, governor Bryansk, said border guards recorded a shelling from Ukraine’s territory against the village of Belaya Berezka, no casualties have been recorded. Mr. Bogomaz said that water and electricity supply systems in Bryansk province were damaged in the shelling.
Ukraine has not commented on the information. Assistant to the President Ukraine Mykhaylo Podolyak on April 28 announced that Ukraine has the right to attack Russian military targets, including locations in Russian territory. Moscow last week warned it would strike Kiev if Ukraine continued to carry out attacks on Russian territory.
Location of Bryansk (red circle) and Kursk (yellow circle) provinces of Russia. Graphics: Google.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on April 28 that the country’s military used a high-precision long-range weapon to destroy the production buildings of the Artyom rocket and space enterprise in Russia. Kiev. The missile strike came less than an hour after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a joint press conference some 3.5 kilometers away from the target.
Ukraine announced plans to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal iron and steel plant in the city Mariupol, but have not implemented this activity yet. The Azovstal plant is the last defensive stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol and is being besieged by Russian forces. Ukraine says about 1,000 civilians are in the factory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said civilians hiding at the Azovstal plant “can go out and go wherever they want”, while Ukrainian soldiers must lay down their weapons when leaving the facility. Russia pledged to ensure the lives of those at the Azovstal plant, and promised medical care for the injured and sick.
US and NATO officials assess that Russian forces have made some progress in their operations in the region Donbasseastern Ukraine and is trying to fix many problems.
Ukrainian soldiers on armored vehicles at an undisclosed location in a photo released on April 19. Image: Reuters.
The US House of Representatives on April 28 approved the Ukraine Democratic Defense Lend-Lease Bill 2022 with 417 votes in favor and 10 against, three weeks after the bill was passed by the US Senate. The bill will be sent to the White House to the US President Joe Biden signed into law.
The bill would program revival aid Lend – Lease during World War II, which allowed the US to lend or aid military equipment to allied countries in the shortest time. It is separate from the effort to transfer weapons from the US stockpile to Ukraine that has taken place.
Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin warned that “many future generations of Ukrainian citizens will have to pay their debts” for weapons, ammunition and food delivered by the United States because it stipulates that Kiev must “pay” on the delivery condition. return or reimburse military supplies borrowed or leased”.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded more than 5.4 million Ukrainians displaced abroad and more than 7.7 million internally displaced after February 24, when Russia launched a military operation. special aim to “demilitarize and de-fascist Ukraine”.
Nguyen Tien (According to AFP, RT)
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