April 5, 2023 7:12 p.m
Ukrainian light plane crashes on Russian territory: pilot arrested
A small Ukrainian plane crashed in a Russian region bordering Ukraine today and the pilot was arrested. This was announced by the security services of the FSB. “The plane crashed near the village of Butovsk in the Bryansk region for unknown reasons. The pilot (citizen of Ukraine) who tried to flee to Ukrainian territory was detained by a border guard unit,” the FSB reported.
April 5, 2023 7:12 p.m
Fire in a Russian defense building
A fire broke out in a building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in central Moscow, the state news agency TASS reported, citing the emergency services.
Apr 5, 2023 5:38 p.m
Portal: 40,000 men ready for Ukrainian counteroffensive
Eight new assault brigades are ready for the counteroffensive that Ukraine plans to launch in the coming weeks, for a total of 40,000 soldiers. This is reported by the Portal website. These recruitments follow an ongoing recruitment campaign on social media and billboards aimed at attracting highly motivated volunteers. The new brigades, recruited by the Interior Ministry, will fight alongside regular army units. The brigades are named Hurricane, Spartan, Chervona Kalyna, Frontier, Rage, Azov and Kara Dag, the name of a mountain in Crimea.
Apr 5, 2023 5:36 p.m
Putin: “Western-backed attacks in Russia”
The potential of western special services is used in the preparation of terrorist attacks in Kiev in Russia. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin, who chaired a session of the National Security Council. The tax office reports it.
Apr 5, 2023 3:33 p.m
Putin: “Relations with the EU have deteriorated because of Brussels”
Relations between the European Union and Russia have “deteriorated” because the EU has started “a geopolitical confrontation” with Moscow. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony to hand over the credentials of the new ambassadors.
Apr 5, 2023 3:33 p.m
Zelenskyy: “Retreat from Bakhmut only if we lose too many soldiers”
“The situation in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is the most difficult on the front line in Donetsk. The Russians do not control the city, the decision to withdraw the defense forces can be made when there is a risk of large losses of soldiers. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukrainska Pravda reported. “The faster ammunition from international partners arrives in Ukraine, the faster the defense forces will recover the situation not only in Bakhmut, but also along the entire line of contact,” he said.
April 5, 2023 3:32 p.m
Putin: “US-Russia relations in deep crisis”
The US supported the color revolutions in the former Soviet republics and “the coup in Kiev” in 2014, an episode “at the origin of the current crisis”. This is what Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the US Ambassador to Moscow Lynne Tracy during the ceremony of handing over the credentials of the new ambassadors. Relations between Russia and the United States are “in a deep crisis,” Putin added.
April 5, 2023 3:32 p.m
NATO: “Multi-year military assistance plan for Kiev”
During today’s Atlantic Council, the allies “decided to offer Ukraine a multi-year support program to strengthen Kyiv’s armed forces, their interoperability and the path to NATO standards as Ukraine becomes part of the Euro-Atlantic family”. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said so, specifying that at the moment the allies are covering “immediate needs”, while now it is necessary to “strengthen the institutions, standards and doctrine” to support the path to NATO in Kiev.
April 5, 2023 3:31 p.m
Putin to ambassadors: “Russia does not want to isolate itself”
Russia “does not want to isolate itself” and remains open to “cooperation” with all countries based on the principle of “equality”. President Vladimir Putin said this when he received the new ambassadors to hand over the credentials. Among them is US Ambassador Lynne Tracy.
April 5, 2023 3:31 p.m
President of Poland: “Eight fighters have already been sent to Kiev. 6 more will come
Poland has already deployed a total of eight MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine and is preparing to deploy six more. This was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Ukrinform reports. Poland will “in future be able to relocate the entire Mig-29 fleet to Ukraine,” about thirty fighters, “by agreement with NATO partners” because they are currently deployed in Alliance patrol missions, Duda reported. The Polish President has indicated that Warsaw still needs the MiGs, but if the new FA-50 and F-16 aircraft ordered by South Korea and the United States arrive, he could consider handing over his entire fleet of old fighter jets to Ukraine.