The latest news from the UkraineRussia war today, April 11, 2022. Zelenskyi: “Ready for the new Russian attack. The latest news in real time:
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HOURS 8.53 Sanctions against Russia because of the war in Ukraine “are always on the table. Discussing Ukraine certainly means discussing its effectiveness and that ministers will discuss next steps, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said, responding to the possibility in Luxembourg on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council that an embargo on oil imports will be decided from Russia.
8:46 a.m. Another train station in eastern Ukraine was attacked by Russian forces. This was announced by the President of the Council of the Ukrainian Railway Company (Ukrzaliznytsia), Oleksandr Kamyshin, stating that the attack did not cause any casualties or injuries. 5 locomotives and tracks damaged.
8.37am 183 children have lost their lives in Ukraine since the start of the Russianinstigated conflict. This was announced by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv, adding that 342 children were injured. However, the actual death toll could be higher.
8:29 am Losses in the Russian ranks since the day Moscow attacked Ukraine, February 24, would be 19,500. This was reported by the Daily Bulletin of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, just published on Facebook, with numbers that cannot be independently verified.
8.16 About 11,000 mines were neutralized in the Kyiv region liberated by Russian troops. This was stated by the head of the military administration of the Kyiv region, Oleksandr Pavliuk, stating that the Russian armed forces left many “surprises, including mines that serve as traps. Ukrinform reports this.
08.04 The Russians continued to bombard the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts, but Ukrainian forces repelled numerous attacks, resulting in the destruction of Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery equipment. This was reported by the British secret service in the daily update on the Ukraine crisis.
7.53 am The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not rule out that Russia may conduct a provocative action in Transnistria to accuse Ukraine of aggression against Moldova.
7.42 Finland and Sweden will join NATO this summer. The Times, citing US officials, writes that Russia made “a major strategic error” in attacking Ukraine. Finland and Sweden’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance was “the subject of discussions and several sessions” during last week’s NATO foreign ministers’ meetings, the British newspaper writes.
7:34 am “I’m going to Kyiv to celebrate Holy Week and bring the Pope’s embrace to the suffering population,” said Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almsgiver and Pope Francis’ operational arm in the fight against poverty, in an interview with “la Repubblica as he spoke about his mission in Ukraine on his way to Kyiv, where he will deliver today, an ambulance donated by the Holy See, the second in a few weeks.
7:27 a.m. After Mariupol, Chechen fighters will aim at Kyiv. Word of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who promises in a video published on his Telegram channel: “There will be an offensive. Not only on Mariupol, but also on other places, towns and villages. Kadyrov specifically quoted “Luhansk and Donetsk: First we will liberate them completely. And then we take Kyiv and all the other cities.
7.14 “We are ready”. Ukraine, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is ready for the announced attack by Russia in the Donbass, in the new phase of the war sparked by the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin on February 24. “Russia has destroyed millions of lives, started an allout war and is acting like Ukraine is to blame,” Zelenskyy said in the latest night message. “Another week has passed in which Ukraine has stayed alive despite Russia’s best efforts to destroy us. We fight, we defend, we respond to attacks,” he added, before blaming Russia again.
7.06 Russia has “lost touch with reality to the point where it accuses us of committing what the Russian troops obviously did”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said so in a speech published last night, accusing the Russians of saying that “Bukha’s murders are not being committed by them, but presumably by us. Although it is obvious to everyone that people were killed while the Russian army controlled the city.
6.57 “We are ready”. Ukraine, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is ready for Russia’s announced attack in Donbass in the new phase of the war sparked by the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin on February 24. “Russia has destroyed millions of lives, started an allout war and is acting like Ukraine is to blame,” Zelenskyy said in the latest night message. “Another week has passed in which Ukraine has stayed alive despite Russia’s best efforts to destroy us. We fight, we defend, we respond to attacks,” he added, before blaming Russia again.
6.48am Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was “grateful” for the change in Berlin’s position on Kyiv, which he noted after speaking “today with Chancellor Olaf Scholz”. In his latenight speech, Zelenskyy explained that the interview focused on “how to bring all war criminals to justice. How to tighten sanctions on Russia and force Russia to seek peace. I am pleased to note that the German position has recently shifted in favor of Ukraine. I find it absolutely logical because most Germans support it. And I am grateful to them.