Late Wednesday evening in the sky Kyiv a sudden bright flash of a flying object: for the Ukrainian armed forces, it could be the crash of a satellite to Earth NASA. But the American body holds back: “When there was this glow, ours was still in orbit.” The Minister of Agriculture Romania At the same time, he called on Ukraine to limit grain exports. For now while the controls are increased Bucharest will continue to ensure the transit of grain to third countries as a sign of support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.
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11:47 a.m
Ukraine, Hungary expand list of banned imports
Hungary expands list of Ukrainian products banned from import after wheat lockdown As of June 30, the list of 25 products also includes “oil, honey and some meat products,” he said Gergely Gulyas, Chief of Cabinet of the Prime Minister. the Minister of Agriculture, Istvan Nagyspecified that the transit of Ukrainian grain is allowed in a “controlled way”.
11:40 a.m
Kremlin: “Kiev’s NATO entry is a serious threat”
Preventing Ukraine from joining NATO remains one of the goals of the Russian special military operation, the Kremlin spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov, as reported by Interfax. “Otherwise there will be a serious and significant threat to our country and its security,” said Peskow, writes Interfax. Today the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenbergvisits Kiev for the first time since the beginning of the war.
11:24
Ukraine, Wikipedia does not delete article about war: punished again by Russia
The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has been fined 1.5 million rubles by a Russian court for failing to delete an article about the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the Tass news agency. The “offensive” article refers to fights that took place near ad in the spring of 2022 Akhtyrka where children were killed. According to the Russian Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow, the information is not true and for this reason he asked the Wikimedia Foundation to remove the article, which was not done.
11:16
The symbolic shot of the Mariupol bombing is the Photo of the Year for World Press Photo 2023
The Associated Press photographer Yevgeny Maloletka won World Press Photo of the Year for its harrowing shot showing rescuers carrying a pregnant woman through the rubble of a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol amid the chaos following a Russian attack. Picture taken by the Ukrainian photographer on March 9, 2022 shows the injured woman with her left hand on her bloodied left abdomen, a shot that illustrates the horror of Russia’s brutal attack on the eastern port city earlier in the war. The woman, Iryna Kalinina, 32, died of her injuries half an hour after giving birth to the lifeless body of her baby Miron. “For me, it’s a moment I always want to forget, but I can’t. This story will always stay with me,” Maloletka said in an interview ahead of the announcement.
The iconic shot of the Mariupol bombing is the Photo of the Year for World Press Photo 2023
published by the foreign editorial office April 20, 2023
10:30 a.m
Russia deposes the commander of the Pacific Fleet
The commander of the Pacific Fleet based in Vladivostok, Admiral, was removed from his post Sergei Avakyantsannounced the Kremlin envoy for the Far East Yuri Trutnev a week after the fleet’s surprise drills to repel a hypothetical enemy landing. Avakyants, 66, had commanded Starfleet since 2012. Now he will head a new organization for military training and patriotism education. Last Friday it was Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu who declared the state of alert for exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk.
10:21 a.m
Moscow launches recruitment campaign: “Become a real man”
The Russian military has launched a video campaign to recruit more professional soldiers for combat Ukraine, which challenge you to prove you’re “a real man” and trade a mundane civilian life for the adrenaline of the battlefield. The announcement, set to impressive rock music, follows a report by British military intelligence suggesting that Moscow is trying to recruit up to 400,000 professional soldiers – on a voluntary basis – to bolster its armed forces in Ukraine. The Guardian reports on it. The announcement has so far been published on major Russian social networking sites. He invites you to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for a salary starting at 204,000 rubles ($2,495) a month, and it begins by showing a man in a military uniform with a heavy machine gun in a supermarket. “Is this the kind of defender you dreamed of?” the question asked.
(Portal) 09:59
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg arrives unexpectedly in Kiev
Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Kyiv. The Kyiv Independent writes it by publishing two photos of the NATO Secretary General in the city. Stoltenberg “was seen by an independent journalist from Kiev on the morning of April 20, paying tribute to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Michael’s Square,” in the center of the Ukrainian capital, the portal writes on Twitter. The visit was not announced.
??Jens Stoltenberg arrives in Kiev.
The NATO Secretary General was spotted by a Kiev independent journalist on the morning of April 20 paying tribute to fallen Ukrainian soldiers in St. Michael’s Square in central Kiev. pic.twitter.com/QhY515J305
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 20, 2023
09:24
The Ukrainian Air Force: the glow possibly caused by a meteorite
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said that the flash visible yesterday in Ukraine and “also in Belarus” was probably caused by a meteorite. “This flash was also seen in Belarus, so finding debris was not so easy. I think the special services will take care of it, but maybe this body, a meteorite, “burned out in the atmosphere.”
09:06
Russians: Stop using US fuel for Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, captured by Russia last year, will stop using US-made nuclear fuel as soon as possible. The Interfax news agency wrote, citing a Russian official. Renat Karchaa, adviser to the general manager of Russian nuclear power company Rosenergoatom, who now heads the facility that Russia seized and captured in March last year, said the facility has had US-made fuel reserves for about four years, Interfax reports. But the Russian leadership will try to replace the fuel with Russian fuel as soon as possible, believing that its own technologies are superior.
08:44
British Intelligence: Moscow has created a new operational division to defend the southwestern flank of the occupied zone
A new “operational formation” has been set up by the Russian armed forces to defend the occupied part of southern Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry’s intelligence service points out in its daily analysis of the course of the war. The formation, they explain from London, was mentioned in the press release on the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Ukrainian front. “On April 18, 2023, the Kremlin issued a press release on President Putin’s visit to Russian-occupied southern Ukraine.” This text mentioned the visit to the “Dnieper Troops Group.” The definition of ‘force group’, the analysis explains, is used by Moscow ‘in a particular way to indicate a large operational formation organized by objectives. Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russian Armed Forces have been organized into Force Groups, each aligned with their respective military districts in Russia, e.g. the Western and Central Force Groups. The existence of a new group suggests that the original force organization has evolved, likely due to heavy casualties. The mission of this group, named after the river, according to London, is “to defend the southern sector of the occupied zone and in particular the south-western flank, currently marked by the Dnieper River”.
One of the published pictures of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine (Portal) 05:54
Florida, a US citizen and a Belarusian arrested for violating sanctions against Russia
an american businessman, John Unsalan41, from Orlando and a citizen of Belarus, Sergei Karpushkin46 were arrested Florida and accused of violating US sanctions over a purchase plan 150 million dollars in steelmaking materials by an exiled Ukrainian oligarch accused of funding separatist groups backed by Russia in eastern Ukraine. “John Unsalan’s arrest should serve as a warning to those seeking to do business with sanctioned individuals or entities that threaten the security of the United States and our allies,” the US Attorney General said in a statement. Merrick garland.
05:09
Mayor of Kiev: “Moscow has not given up the capital”
The Russians did not change their minds about the capture Kyivand the Ukrainian capital is ready to defend itself much better than a year ago: the mayor of the city said: Vitaly Klitschko, in an interview with Voice of America. “Kiev was and remains the attacker’s target. Kiev is the heart. Kiev is the capital. And that’s why we do everything we can to foresee different scenarios, even the worst ones,” said Klitschko. “Kiev is now much better protected than a month ago, six months ago, even more than a year ago. Now there is a control system, a system of checkpoints, modern weapons and already our armed forces are much stronger than a year ago. They are prepared, armed and even a more detailed program has been developed to protect Kiev from aggression,” he said.
(afp) 03:41
NASA Denies Ukraine’s Armed Forces: “Our Satellite Was Still in Orbit at the Time”
The glow in the sky over Kiev with a falling luminous object was attributed by the Ukrainian military to the crash of a NASA satellite to Earth. The Ukrainian Air Force also said the flash was “linked to a satellite/meteorite fall.” The US space agency announced earlier this week that the satellite Rhesi, which weighed about 300 kg, would have returned to the atmosphere on Wednesday. But now NASA is holding back, saying their satellite had not entered the atmosphere at the time of the flash of light seen above. Kyiv. And he adds: “No other NASA satellite has reentered the atmosphere to date.”
00:58
Ukraine: Lightning in the sky over Kiev, it was a NASA satellite
The crash of a NASA satellite has lit up the sky of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv which has provoked numerous reactions on social platforms. This was announced by the local military administration. “According to initial information,” said the head of the military administration Kyiv, “the phenomenon is the result of the crash of a NASA satellite on Earth”. The US space agency had already announced earlier this week that a satellite weighing around 300 kilograms would re-enter the atmosphere at an unspecified time on Wednesday. The Rhessi satellite, used to observe solar flares, had been launched into low Earth orbit in 2002 and was no longer used in 2018. No explosions followed the skyglow. The alarm was raised anyway, although the air defense did not take action.
00:55
Romania also wants to restrict imports of Ukrainian wheat
The Minister of Agriculture RomaniaPetre Daea officially asked theUkraine Solutions to limit the export of wheat, sunflower seeds and rapeseed. The application aims to protect Romanian producers and Daea has announced that the Romania will take additional security measures for vehicles passing through Romanian territory and transporting grain to third countries. For now, however, while strengthening controls, it will continue to ensure the transit of grain to third countries and on traditional trade routes, as a sign of support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. The decisions of the European Commission are awaited, which under pressure from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia have also been asked to intervene.
What Ukraine produces and why Kiev’s grain is so important
by Eugenio Occorsio February 24, 2023
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