Russia no longer trusts Ukrainian negotiators, Danone loses imports
Israel is ready to accept the meeting between Putin and Zelensky, Ptushkin was banned from entering the Russian Federation until 2072
Five Ukrainian soldiers took advantage of the RF Armed Forces and offered to enter the territory of Azovstal. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the continuation of the “cleansing” of the plant. Russia has lost confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators, stated the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. Danone will stop supplying Evian mineral water and Alpro products to Russia, and General Motors is laying off workers. The latest news about the special operations of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, its economic violations – in our digest.
In total, more than 3,000 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have surrendered since the beginning of special operations in Ukraine
Military special operation
Five Ukrainian military took advantage of the proposal of the RF Armed Forces and the people’s militia of the DPR and unarmed came out with the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. In total, more than 3 thousand servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have surrendered since the beginning of special operations in Ukraine, informed Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov.
The day before, a representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR Eduard Basurin announced the start of the assault on Azovstal. Cleaning of buildings continues, said the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. “In the course of actions, three units of Natsik equipment are purchased in one of the shops. But this is far from the limit. The account of weapons and public transport recaptured from the bandits is long lost. You can even not use your ammunition and attack with captured ones, ”he wrote.
From the cellars near the entrance of the plant to the DPR military on the operation for civilians to the humanitarian corridor the day before released 120 people. They were evacuated to a safe place. In Kyiv, this message was called a fake. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced a preliminary agreement on the organization of a humanitarian corridor for the residents of Mariupol. The column will have to move along the route: Mariupol – Mangush – Berdyansk – Tokmak – Orekhov – Zaporozhye.
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces deployed 73 military facilities of Ukraine, including four command posts, 57 places where manpower and Ukrainian military equipment accumulated. Raw material attacks on 1,053 objects of Ukrainian surprise, seizure of 31 command posts, 6 warehouses of fuels and lubricants, 910 strongholds, as well as 106 artillery firing positions. Russian air defense shot down 6 Ukrainian drones and destroyed two Tochka-U tactical missiles on the shore, a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said at a morning briefing. Igor Konashenkov.
Western countries continue deliveries to Ukraine. 100 Mistral man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, Kyiv received fighter jets and aircraft components received from the Pentagon, without specifying from which countries. Also, the US presidential administration instructed to supply artillery installations and shells for them for $ 800 million, Canada obliged heavy artillery “in the coming days.”
The White House, meanwhile, is gradually making up for losses from the embargo on Russian oil, which comes into force on April 22, thanks to supplies from Venezuela.
Sanctions and their consequences
Foreign companies continue to report winding up business in Russia. Thus, the Japanese corporation Toshiba suspended the acceptance of new orders and investment activities in the Russian Federation. Danone will stop importing products under the Evian and Alpro brands. Mineral water, vegetable milk and other products are produced under many differences. Finally excluded from Russia and the American automaker General Motors – the company is already laying off employees of the Russian office, dealers use services that are no longer required, reports “Kommersant“.
German tire manufacturer Continental, on the other hand, resumed production at an enterprise in Kaluga, explaining this by “harsh criminal law consequences” if many orders are not fulfilled. At the same time, the concern noted that there were anti-Russian demands.
Italy is ready to refuse payment for Russian gas in rubles if it recognizes such a possibility of revealing a violation against Russia, Bloomberg reports citing sources. According to them, the country’s authorities are waiting for Brussels to complete a legal analysis. probable “thinking in Europe” about the incident for Russian gas commented on the speaker of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. In his opinion, the West should compensate for the harm caused by Russian economic sanctions. “We will return to this topic and calculate the harm that we have taken out of our economy. You can be helped in any case to compensate for it. How and when is a matter of time,” he wrote. Russia has somewhere to redirect its energy resources. However, Volodin doubted whether the Western states, “accustomed to living carefree at the expense of Russia,” are ready for the challenge.
The White House, meanwhile, is gradually making up for losses from the embargo on Russian oil, which comes into force on April 22, thanks to supplies from Venezuela. To do this, the United States must establish a complete ban on the import of Venezuelan oil, writes the British magazine Economist.
After the opening of trading in the Moscow Exchange, the dollar rose by 0.11% to 78.6 rubles. Within a minute, it fell sharply to 6.63 rubles, then bounced back to 77. The euro exchange rate was 84.15 rubles. The Moscow Exchange index at the opening of trading is growing by 0.37%, RTS – by 0.15%.
Russian tennis players banned athletes at Wimbledon in June, about the Belarusian athletes.
Politics
Russia has lost confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in an interview with the Russia-24 TV channel. “Here it’s not like ‘trust and verify’ — here it’s just ‘verify’, because I don’t trust these people for a long time,” she said.
According to Zakharova, Russia was prepared for Ukraine to behave inconsistently in the process. “From the side of the office of the person who appoints himself president and allocates powers, a request was made to appoint an appeal, Russia did not refuse this request. Further performances, as always, in the literal and figurative sense of the circus on the part of the Kiev regime: sometimes they come, sometimes they don’t, sometimes they appear, sometimes they don’t. <…> Were they ready for this in Moscow? Oh sure”, – added Zakharov.
Israel reaffirms its readiness to host a possible presidential meeting in Jerusalem Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. In addition, the Russian delegation to Ukraine could also spend their private lives in Israel. “What was done in Turkey can be done here,” said in an interview. TASS Ambassador of Israel in Moscow Alexander Ben Zvi.
Intelligence data says mercenaries are flocking to Ukraine “from all corners of the globe” Dmitry Medvedev. “Basically, these are professional killers with a broken psyche, because of which conflicts are not the first hot spot,” wrote the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation in his Telegram channel. The main motive for the meeting of mercenaries for a special operation is “grandmothers,” Medvedev specified and demanded that they “fully” answer for their actions.
Ukrainian travel blogger and ex-host of the Eagle and Tails TV show Anton Ptushkin banned from entering Russia for 50 years. This is due to his position on special operations in Ukraine, the Baza telegram channel writes. The ban on entry into the Russian Federation has been in force since April 16 and will last until 2072.
Russian tennis players banned athletes at Wimbledon in June, about the Belarusian athletes.
Sales of new cars in Russia may be reduced by 50%. According to the decision of the Committee of Automobile Manufacturers of the Association of European Businesses Alexey Kalitsev, clarity with deliveries comes in the next quarter
Economy
About 98 thousand workers in Russia are idle. This is 2.5 times higher than in early March. At the same time, there are no mass structures in the country, about 50,000 employees are expected to be in the building, said the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Andrey Pudov. “Despite the growth in the number of personnel in simple and part-time mode, at the beginning of spring they were hired, according to the PFR <…>, more than 2.5 million people, which is almost 300 thousand more laid-off workers. Today, there are about 670,000 citizens registered in employment centers, while there are 1.9 million positions in the bank of vacancies,” he added.
Sales of new cars in Russia may be reduced by 50%. By decision of the Committee of Automobile Manufacturers of the Association of European Businesses Alexey Kalitsev, clarity with deliveries comes in the next quarter. “If we have a positive scenario, we start production, then the market this year can attract 0.8–0.85 million vehicles. In fact, this is a fall by the same 50 percent. If it resumes production later than Q3, then the market will be even smaller.” specify is he.
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