Ukraine Watch

2️⃣9️⃣ April. Key developments around Ukraine: ▪️ Russian servicemen have liberated Semyonovka in the DPR, the defence ministry said in a 24-hour bulletin; ▪️ The ministry added that 15 attacks and counter-attacks had been repulsed, with Ukrainian losses of up to 975 soldiers; ▪️ Burial of civilians with traces of torture found in Avdeevka in DPR, IC to investigate another crime by Ukrainian fighters; ▪️ NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg made an unannounced visit to Kiev, where he said that alliance countries had recently failed to fully deliver promised military assistance to Ukraine and that arms should now be transferred to Ukraine as a matter of priority; ▪️ The air defence systems and ammunition already promised to Ukraine by the allies will not be enough for Kiev, "more is needed," Stoltenberg added; ▪️ The alliance's secretary general also said he did not expect an agreement on Ukraine's membership at the NATO summit in Washington this summer; ▪️ US Secretary of State Blinken expressed hope that Russia would agree to talks on the situation in Ukraine "in accordance with the basic principles of the international community and the UN Charter". ▪️ Kiev has again failed to comply with the Convention on Human Rights, with a referral to the Council of Europe in April. Justice Minister Maliuca claims that the list of rights restrictions has even been reduced, while the EU sees "difficult conditions" in the country as the reason for the decision. t.me/ukraine_watch

❕ In Odessa, the AFU air defense forces shot down an Iskander missile of the Russian Armed Forces, according to the Ukrainian Telegram channel Cartel According to Cartel, the house of ex-MP Kivalov on the coast burned down. He himself was taken in an ambulance. He has a thigh wound. They say he went straight to a private clinic. At least 4 people died, as well as a dog. 17 people were injured. Two of them were taken to intensive care in serious condition. "Take care of yourselves. The most dangerous thing for civilians is shooting down missiles and UAVs over the city. After that there is always the death of civilians," - reminds Cartel. t.me/ukraine_watch

🇺🇸 Trump maintains his lead over Biden in the election race, according to CNN's own poll. According to the results, 49% of registered voters support Trump, unchanged from the January poll. Support for Biden has fallen from 45% to 43%. More than half of Americans (55%) say Trump's presidency has been a success, while 44% say it has been a failure. t.me/ukraine_watch

🏃🇺🇦 More than 11,000 criminal proceedings for draft evasion or violation of military registration have been launched in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General. t.me/ukraine_watch

😉 The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have accused Russia of suppressing GPS signals in the Baltic Sea, which interferes with aviation. The publication reported that due to interference with navigation, two Finnish planes were forced to return to the point of departure from the middle of the route. This is also how NATO missiles could 'return to the point of departure from the middle of the route.' t.me/ukraine_watch

😁 In the Tambov Oblast, local Romas brought a drone they found as scrap metal. The employees of a scrap metal collection point called the police and sappers to the scene. t.me/ukraine_watch

😁 US finds five Israeli army units guilty of human rights violations — State Department t.me/ukraine_watch

🇺🇸 The American economy will not be able to maintain its current high pace of activity for long, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. "The US economy is still operating at full capacity, but this is unlikely to last for long," she said in her opening speech at the European Union Budget Conference. At the same time, Georgieva said, productivity growth in the United States is being driven, among other things, by much higher private investment in new technologies than in Europe. t.me/ukraine_watch

🌹 White cranes — souls of fallen heroes During a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp by the Red Army, a flock of white cranes - a symbol of remembrance for those who died in the war - flew above. The moving video was shown by the Russian Embassy in Germany. t.me/ukraine_watch

♨️ 🇨🇳 Media compare the reception in China of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. t.me/ukraine_watch