As the war enters its 789th day, the main developments include:
This is the situation as of Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
finding
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Russian missile attack that destroyed Kharkov's 240-meter (787-foot) television tower was part of a deliberate effort by the Russian government to make Ukraine's second-largest city uninhabitable. He said it was part of it.
- Nazar Voloshin, a spokesman for Ukraine's Eastern Command, said the situation in Chasiv Yar and surrounding villages was “difficult” as some 20,000 to 25,000 Russian troops were planning to storm towns in eastern Ukraine. But he said it was “under control.” Strategic high ground in the partially occupied Donetsk region.
- Ukraine has denied Russian claims that it has captured Novomikhailivka in eastern Ukraine, saying Ukrainian forces still control the village about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
politics and diplomacy
- A Moscow court has sentenced a 39-year-old Russian man to five charges for spreading “deliberately false information” about the military by speaking about the Ukraine war in an impromptu street interview with reporters from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Sentenced to forced labor in 2015, it is funded by the US government.
- A military court in Moscow sentenced Meta Communications director Andy Stone to six years in prison for “publicly advocating terrorism,” the verdict being handed down in absentia, RIA news agency reported. It was. Meta is designated as an extremist organization in Russia and has been banned from its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram since 2022, when Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
weapons
- President Zelensky spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden, and Kiev and the US began talks on a bilateral security cooperation agreement and finalized plans to send additional ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) long-range missiles to Ukraine. He said he had decided.
- European Union ministers said they were urgently considering ways to provide Ukraine with more air defense equipment, but stopped short of making a concrete commitment to provide Kiev with the Patriot systems it needs most. There wasn't.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Poland on Tuesday and announced an increase in military aid to Ukraine by 500 million pounds ($617 million), adding that Russia would be needed to prevent the military's further advances into Europe. He warned them that they needed to be defeated. Britain will also send what is believed to be the largest single shipment of military equipment ever to Ukraine, including 60 boats, more than 1,600 attack and air defense missiles and around 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition.