The consequences of the Russian bombing were discovered in several cities of the country.
- The explosions took place on Tuesday night in the small town of Radekhiv, 70 kilometers from Lviv, the big city in western Ukraine, a local official said. So far, we have no information on possible victims., He added. Located in the far front, Lviv and western Ukraine have rarely been targeted by bombing since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February.
- Several bombs fell overnight from Monday to Tuesday in Kramatorsk, a large city in Donbass controlled by the Ukrainian army. For Mariupol, it has passed the stage of humanitarian disasteraccording to the mayor.
- Borodyanka, another city in the kyiv region, suffered massive damage from the Russian bombing, according to the media, including the Americans, who were able to visit it after the departure of Russian troops.
- The Russian army claims they shot down two Ukrainian helicopters aimed at evacuating the leaders of a nationalist battalion defending the besieged port of Mariupol, while again calling on members of this battalion to lay down their weapons. This morning, April 5, in the vicinity of Mariupol, a new attempt by the kyiv regime to evacuate the leaders of the nationalist battalion Azov was aborted. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, trying to reach the city from the sea, were shot down by man-portable anti-aircraft systems, said Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. The latter ensured that Moscow offered Ukrainian fighters on Tuesday morning to lay down their weapons and leave the city. by the agreed route in the territory under the control of kyiv. According to him, however, the Ukrainian army has ignored this measure. Because kyiv is not interested in the possibility of saving its military life, Mariupol will be freed from the nationalistsadded Igor Konashenkov.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to the Security Council, where he called for a reform of the international security system, calling for the process to exclude Russia from the Security Council.
- Russia’s head of diplomacy Sergei Lavrov considered the discovery of the bodies in the Ukrainian city of Bucha a teasing aimed at torpedo ongoing negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. Talks continue between Ukraine and Russia. Last week, after a meeting in Istanbul, Moscow announced that it would reduce its military activities in northern Ukraine. For its part, kyiv has submitted proposals to Moscow requesting an international agreement establishing countries guaranteeing its security. In return, Ukraine will receive a status not nuclear and neutral, will renounce joining NATO and allowing foreign military bases on its territory.
- In terms of sanctions, the UK has frozen $ 350 billion of foreign currency from Russia, the chest of war by President Vladimir Putin, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced. According to him, the sanctions have a regrettable effect on those who supply and fund Putin’s war machine. This amount corresponds to more than 60% of the country’s $ 604 billion in foreign currency, he said.
- The European Commission will impose an embargo on coal imports, which represent 45% of imports from the European Union, for an estimated amount of 5.5 billion Canadian dollars.
- Nearly 200 Russian diplomats were expelled from Europe within 48 hours. After France and Germany on Monday, Italy, Spain and Slovenia in turn expelled Russian diplomats en masse on Tuesday, marking further deterioration in relations with Moscow. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell also announced unhappy person some members of Russia’s representative to the EU since adverse activities in their status as diplomats, without specifying the type of activities, or the number, or the date of their expulsion. The Kremlin denounced the lack of perspective European. And this will definitely lead to retaliatory measureswarned Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
- Twitter will reduce the circulation of Russian government accounts on the social network. These official accounts are no longer recommended to Twitter users in any category of site or app, including search, the platform said in a statement Tuesday. The California company, like its neighbor Meta (Facebook, Instagram), has already blocked the accounts of Russian media RT and Sputnik in the European Union. Moscow responded by restricting Twitter access in the country (and blocking Facebook and Instagram).
With information from France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada