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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.
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President Joe Biden has not plans to visit Kiev to meet with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
This comes after Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Biden should visit Ukraine because he is the "leader of the United States."
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a precision airstrike wiped out a logistics facility outside Lvov in western Ukraine containing large amounts of US and European weaponry. Moscow has repeatedly warned the West against pumping Kiev with weapons, at the same time assumming it will not change the outcome of the special operation.
Russia launched a military operation last month with the stated goal of putting an end to war crimes committed by Ukrainian troops against civilians during an eight-year offensive against Donbass.
Russia, which has repeatedly said it does not violate existing conventions regulating armed conflict, has said Ukrainian troops are using typical terrorist methods, such as hiding behind civilians and positioning weapons systems in civilian areas. Russia has also accused the Ukrainian military of using cluster munitions, including in the March 14 missile attack on Donetsk that killed 21 civilians.
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10:58 GMT 19.04.2022
France Trying to Convince EU to Impose Embargo on Russian Oil - Finance Minister
France is trying to convince its EU partners to impose an embargo on oil supplies from Russia to undermine its ability to finance its special military operation in Ukraine despite the spike in energy and food prices worldwide, French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday.
Earlier in April, French President Emmanuel Macron urged the European Union to restrict oil and coal supplies from Russia.

"In light of what is happening now in Donbas, the stoppage of oil supplies from Russia is necessary more than ever. This is what we are preparing. The French president has made it clear that we are trying to convince our European partners of this to cut off supplies of Russian oil, since the stoppage of oil supplies will undermine the financing of the war in Ukraine", Le Maire told French radio station Europe 1.

09:56 GMT 19.04.2022
Ukrainian Forces Shell Donetsk Twice in Just Five Minutes, DPR Says
09:46 GMT 19.04.2022
US Doing Everything They Can to Drag Down Russian Special Op in Ukraine, Defence Minister Shoigu Says
08:53 GMT 19.04.2022
New Phase of Russian Special Op in Ukraine Has Begun - Lavrov
A Russian serviceman at an airfield in the area of the special military operation in Ukraine. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.04.2022
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: New Phase of Special Operation in Ukraine Has Begun
08:36 GMT 19.04.2022
Russian MoD Publishes New List of Ukrainian Servicemen Who Died Amid Special Operation
08:11 GMT 19.04.2022
Kiev Prepares New Provocation to Accuse Russia of 'War Crimes' in Odessa Region - Moscow
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is preparing a new provocation in the Odessa region in order to later accuse Russia of "war crimes", Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the Russian defense ministry's national defense control center, said on Tuesday.

"According to the available reliable information, the Security Service of Ukraine is preparing another monstrous provocation to accuse the military personnel of Russia of the so-called war crimes with the mass destruction of civilians in the Odessa region. To this end, in the near future it is planned to change the uniforms one of the SBU units into the uniform of Russian military personnel and stage a demonstrative execution of local residents", Mizintsev said.

He added that photo and video materials of this action with alleged atrocities of Russians will be published by Ukrainian and Western news agencies "for the immediate cynical promotion of fakes".
08:03 GMT 19.04.2022
Russia Gives Ukrainian Soldiers and Mercenaries Chance to Leave Azovstal Plant in Mariupol Without Weapons, MoD Says
The Russian military is proposing to Ukrainian "militants" and foreign mercenaries who are hiding in Mariupol's Azovstal plant to surrender on Tuesday afternoon, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the Russian Defecse Ministry's National Defence Control Centre, said.

"Given the catastrophic situation that has developed at the Azovstal metallurgical plant, and also guided by purely humane principles, the Russian armed forces once again offer militants of nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries from 12.00 Moscow time [09:00 GMT] on 19 April 2022 to halt all hostilities and lay down their arms," Mizintsev told a briefing.

According to Mizintsev, the process includes direct communication between Russian and Ukrainian sides starting from 10:00 GMT. The Russian official said that the surrender process should last two hours and start at 11:00 GMT when the militants will start leaving the Azovstal plant without weapons.
07:59 GMT 19.04.2022
WATCH: Russian Il-38 Aircraft Carries Out Patrol Flight
07:41 GMT 19.04.2022
DPR Militia: Ukrainian Radicals Have Killed at Least 23 Civilians in Kramatorsk to Seize Their Cars
07:41 GMT 19.04.2022
At Least Three People Injured, Over 30 Homes Damaged as Result of Ukrainian Shelling of Belgorod Region - Governor

"Three people were injured. One has already been discharged and is undergoing outpatient treatment. Two women are at the hospital, under the supervision of qualified doctors. All medicines are available", governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.

07:32 GMT 19.04.2022
Moscow Preparing Lawsuits to Recover Its International Reserves, Russian Central Bank Chief Says
07:28 GMT 19.04.2022
MoD: Russian Forces Eliminate Two Ukrainian Depots Where Parts for Tochka-U Missiles Were Kept
07:14 GMT 19.04.2022
Japan to Supply Ukraine With Drones, Chemical Protection Equipment - Defense Ministry

"Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) decided to newly provide NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) suits, NBC masks and Drones to Ukrainian government. The fight of Ukrainians to defend their country still continues so that JMOD will continue our utmost support. For Ukraine," the ministry said on Twitter.

In March, Japan sent bulletproof vests, helmets, warm clothes, tents, hygiene products, first strike rations, and generators of the Japanese self-defense forces to assist Ukraine.
06:56 GMT 19.04.2022
Special Forces Begin Storming Azovstal Plant in Mariupol, DPR Militia Speaker Says
06:48 GMT 19.04.2022
Polish PM Morawiecki to Visit Lvov on Tuesday
According to Michal Dworczyk, the head of the PM's chancellery, the Polish government contributed into establishing container towns for internal refugees in Ukraine.

"The first of them will be opened today by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Lviv", Dworczyk tweeted.

06:43 GMT 19.04.2022
France Pledges to Continue Deliveries of 'Defensive' Weapons to Ukraine
Paris will continue to supply Ukraine with defensive weapons, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday.

"We will continue to take all useful initiatives to try to put an end to [the Russian special operation]. This means, on the one hand, we will continue our assistance to Kiev — both humanitarian [assistance] and the supply of defensive weapons", Attal told the CNews broadcaster.

04:00 GMT 19.04.2022
Russian Military Conducting Raids in Kherson to Identify Ukrainian Saboteurs - Source
03:35 GMT 19.04.2022
Belgorod Region Governor Says Ukraine Shelled Border Village, No Casualties Reported
03:27 GMT 19.04.2022
Video: Commander of 501st Battalion of Ukrainian Marine Corps Says ’Doesn’t Regret’ Surrendering to Russian Army
A view shows the territory of the destroyed military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.04.2022
Ukrainian Commander ‘Doesn’t Regret’ Surrender, Admits Mariupol Views Ukrainian Forces ‘Negatively’
23:51 GMT 18.04.2022
Google Says Did Not Change Maps to Reveal Russian Military Facilities
On Monday, the Daily Storm reported that Google Maps declassified Russian military and strategic facilities, while similar information about other countries was still hidden.

“We have not made any blurring changes to our satellite imagery in Russia," Google said.

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