‘Battle of Donbass’ remains Russia’s main strategic objective – UK
Russia is hitting targets across Ukraine, including the capital Keiv where the UN chief has been touring, as fierce fighting drags on into the 65th day.
Due to strong Ukrainian resistance, Russian territorial gains were limited and achieved at significant cost to Russian forces, the UK Ministry of Defense said. (AA)
Friday, April 29, 2022
United Kingdom: Russia continues to focus on the Donbass
The “Battle of Donbass” remained Russia’s main strategic objective in order to achieve its declared aim of securing control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the British Ministry of Defense said.
“In these oblasts, fighting was particularly intense around Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, with an attempted advance south from Izium towards Sloviansk,” the ministry said on Twitter.
Due to strong Ukrainian resistance, Russian territorial gains were limited and achieved at significant cost to Russian forces, the ministry added in the regular bulletin.
Ukrainian leader holds ‘substantive and warm talks’ with Bulgarian PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had “very in-depth and warm talks” on energy and defense cooperation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov during his visit to Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said they agreed that damaged Ukrainian military equipment could be repaired in Bulgarian factories and then returned to Ukraine.
“Another issue we agreed on was the supply of Ukrainian electricity to Bulgaria and the joint use of the Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline ‘to diversify energy supply in the region,'” Zelenskyy said in his video speech. night to the nation.
US believes Russian intelligence behind attack on journalist – media
The United States believes Russian intelligence services were behind a chemical attack in April on a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Russian journalist and Kremlin critic, US news outlets have reported.
Dmitry Muratov, editor of the investigative newspaper Novaya Gazetasaid he was splashed with red paint containing acetone while on a train by an assailant who told him, “This is for you from our boys”.
Muratov published at the time photographs of his face, chest and hands covered in red oil paint, which he said badly burned his eyes from the acetone.
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