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Monday April 24, 2023
08:32
“ATTACK” BY NAVAL DRONES IN THE CRIMEA
Russian authorities said Monday they repelled a drone attack on the port of Sevastopol in annexed Crimea, headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, without causing casualties or damage. “An attempted attack on Sevastopol was repelled at 3:30 a.m.,” Russian-appointed Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvojayev told Telegram.
“One surface drone (navy) was destroyed by the anti-sabotage forces, the second (drone) exploded by itself,” he added, adding that the attack was repelled on a roadstead outside the port and that “no infrastructure” was damaged. Naval surface drones are vehicles that operate on the water surface without a crew.
08:11
“We’re just going to kill everyone”
The head of the Wagner group, Evgueni Prigojine, sent a chilling instruction to his men deployed on the Bakhmout front on Telegram. First, he referred to the “laws of humanism” that apply to a POW who wants to be “sent home” during an exchange and urged them not to “violate those rules.” Before finally declaring: “We’ll just kill everyone on the battlefield, take no more prisoners”. See the column below for more details.
“No more prisoners”: Wagner’s shock directiveSource: TF1 Info
08:00
“IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LET BAKHMUT OPEN”
In the interview given to Al-Arabiya, Volodymyr Zelensky also referred to the situation on the Bakhmout front, where Ukrainian and Russian troops have been fighting each other for weeks, and reiterated his desire to continue the fight. “It is impossible for us to give up Bakhmut because it would widen the battlefront and give Russian forces and Wagner the opportunity to conquer more of our country,” he said.
07:57
“We are approaching victory”
When asked by the Saudi television channel Al-Arabiya, Volodymyr Zelenksy confirmed that Ukraine could repel the Russian invasion. “We hope and believe in it [gains] newspapers, we are getting closer to victory,” said the Ukrainian President in his interview given on Sunday.
“I can’t say that the situation is good, but we are fighting,” he said, assuring that “we are stronger than a year ago”. As for the counterattack that Kiev is preparing, “our army is preparing and we are doing everything in our power to make it stronger,” he added.
07:28
MILITARY EXPENSES
Military spending in Europe will return to post-Cold War levels in 2022, with a record increase in more than three decades spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a Benchmark report released on Monday.
Military spending across all continents combined hit a new high of $2.240 billion or 2.2% of global GDP last year, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
07:04
REPORTING
In Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, one last doctor works after the hospital was bombed. She is reluctant to leave but is held back by the residents who “need help”.
06:58
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