LIVE War in Ukraine – day 794: Russians try to encircle the city of Ceasiv And / Moscow attacks central and western Ukraine

Russian troops are trying to encircle the city of Ceasiv Iar in the Donetsk region, according to a Ukrainian military official. The attack is ongoing, but Kiev claims that Moscow’s forces have had no success in the past week. Russia continued to strike civilian targets in Ukraine for the 794th day. On Saturday morning, energy infrastructure in three Ukrainian regions was targeted by Russian missiles.

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09:35 Russia has lost 465,054 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the war, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

According to the cited source, 1,124 Russian soldiers died in the last day, notes The Kyiv Independent.

08:56 What corruption looks like in Russia: 1,500 meters had the house of Timur Ivanov, the arrested Minister of Defense, named after his wife. “Every year they bought a new car or motorcycle”

08:34 Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in three regions on Saturday, damaging equipment and injuring at least one worker, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Reuters.

Galushchenko said on Telegram that the Russian attacks targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine and the western regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.

08:05The latest news from the Ukrainian front was rather gloomy, talking about Kiev’s disadvantage in terms of weapons and combat power and the expected Russian assault. However, experts and officials quoted by the Financial Times believe that, for now, Russia does not have a major advantage in any chapter and that the offensive that could begin in May or June will not give Moscow a serious advance on the battlefield.

Brief recap of recent events:

• Ukraine has moved US-supplied Abrams M1A1 battle tanks from the front line
• Russian troops are trying to encircle the city of Ceasiv Iar in the Donetsk region, said Nazar Volosin, the spokesperson of the operational-strategic group in Hortitia, on national television on April 26, Kyiv Independent reports.
• The number of drones used by Russian forces on the front line has doubled in the last three months
• The United States has given the green light to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike targets in the Crimea peninsula with ATACMS missiles
• Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian rail infrastructure to “cripple” military supplies,
• A Ukrainian court decided on Friday that the Minister of Agriculture, Mikola Solski, should be arrested
• Russian forces are stabilizing their position on the front north-west of Avdiivka and may make new tactical gains that could cause Ukrainian forces to withdraw from other positions along the front line west of Avdiivka to a more defensible line , think the analysts from the Institute for the Study of Labor.
• Spain will send a small number of Patriot missiles to Ukraine
• Vladimir Medinski, the adviser Vladimir Putin picked two years ago to lead the Kremlin’s delegation to peace talks with Ukraine, says both sides were “sincere” at the time in their desire to reach an agreement.
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he had conveyed to China his concerns about its support for Russia
• Kiev announces the evacuation of two hospitals for fear of Russian attacks
• Belgium to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets this year
• US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a new round of $6 billion aid to Ukraine on Friday

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