War in Ukraine, day 61: Russia, according to the economy of London, lost 15 thousand soldiers in Ukraine
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The British Ministry of Defense published an estimate of losses, several key centers in Ukraine were subjected to rocket attacks, Kyiv and Moscow did not agree on opening a humanitarian corridor to Azovstal, and assassination attempts on television propagandists were revealed in Russia.
These and other events are briefly about our daily review.
15,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the war
According to the British Ministry of Defense, during the hostilities in Ukraine, about 15,000 Russian citizens died, more than 2,000 armored vehicles were destroyed and captured, including at least 530 tank transports, 530 armored personnel carriers and 560 infantry fighting vehicles. Russia has lost more than 60 helicopters and fighters.
Speaking in the British Parliament, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace noted that the offensive, which should have taken place from a high week, now lasts for many weeks.
Several railway stations in Ukraine shelled
On the morning of April 25, several railway junction stations in springs and western Ukraine came under fire at once.
In Zhmerynka and Kazatin, there are casualties as a result of shelling, and at the Krasnoye station near Lviv, the wires of the contact electrical network were damaged.
Russian infected who used high-precision weapons to distribute traction substations at outlying railway stations.
According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, Russian troops are firing rockets at railway junctions to cut off the delivery of foreign aid to the front.
Humanitarian corridor for Azovstal failed to open
As Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk stated in her telegram channel, there was no agreement in Ukraine and Russia on a humanitarian corridor for the exit of persons from the territory of Azovstal.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that from 14:00 local time, a humanitarian corridor from Azovstal would be unilaterally opened for “civilians, whom Kyiv announced.”
However, the Ukrainian side stated that the agreement on the humanitarian corridor should be mutual, and this should not be a one-sided appearance.
According to Vereshchuk, the Ukrainian side turned to UN Secretary General António Guteres with the aim of acting as the initiator and guarantor of such a humanitarian corridor.
International Criminal Court joins investigation of war crimes in Ukraine
ICC staff join the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on military cases experienced in Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania.
On Monday, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and his colleagues from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine entered into a new agreement that is essential to the emergency tribunal’s investigation, a significant involvement in the investigation of alleged war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine.
FSB announced a thwarted assassination attempt on TV propagandists
The Russian FSB and the Investigative Committee on Monday announced that they had detained in Moscow six neo-Nazis who are about to assassinate TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and five more TV propagandists on the order of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The FSB stated that found Molotov cocktails, 6 pistols, a sawn-off shotgun, grenades, more than the collected cartridges, as well as drugs and neo-Nazi literature were detained.
Kyiv called the statement of Russia that a certain “group of neo-Nazis” was allegedly preparing an attempt on the life of propagandist Vladimir Solovyov by order of the SBU as a fabrication.
Fire at the oil depot in Bryansk
At the Transneft oil depot in Bryansk, 110 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, fires have been discovered that have continued since night. Despite the fact that media close to the broad power structure claimed that the base was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, this official confirmation has not been confirmed.
According to an Interfax agency source, the fire engulfed a 10,000 cubic meter reservoir. The TV channel “Russia 24” also reported on the second object that caught fire in Bryansk – a diesel fuel warehouse in military units.
In early April, as a result of attacks by Ukrainian combat helicopters of Ukraine, explosions and a fire occurred at an oil depot in Belgorod.
“The So-Called Friendship”
As the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaliy Klitschko said in his telegram channel, a decision was made to demolish the 8-meter bronze sculpture installed in the city center back in 1981 and symbolizing the friendship between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples.
“She marked her dislike for Ukraine with the brutal murders of peaceful Ukrainians, the destruction of our peoples and settlements, and the desire to destroy our statehood.
The second sculptural composition on the same theme made of natural granites will be covered with finishing materials and also subsequently dismantled.