A memorial service was held for the Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsyubail with the call sign "Da Vinci" in the Church of St. Nicholas on the Askold Tomb (UGCC) in Kyiv, on the occasion of 40 days since his death. ukrinform.ua/rubric-kyiv/36…
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According to the correspondent of Ukrinform, relatives, friends, comrades-in-arms of the deceased and caring citizens came to the service.
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As reported by Ukrinform, Dmytro Kotsyubailo, the commander of the Wolves Da Vinci special unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, died on March 7 near Bakhmut. ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/367…
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On March 9, farewell to Kotsyubail took place in his native village of Bovshiv in Prykarpattia.
He was born in 1995 in Ivano-Frankivsk region, graduated from art college. At the age of 18, he was a participant in the Revolution of Dignity. From the Maidan, he immediately went to war as part of the Right Sector Volunteer Corps. ukrinform.ua/tag-vijna
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In 2021, Dmytro Kotsyubail was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for personal courage shown in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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On March 21, paramedic Alina Mykhaylova, the fiancee of the fallen Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsyubail (Da Vinci), registered a Petition to President Volodymyr Zelenskyi regarding the creation of the National Pantheon of Heroes of Ukraine-
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The occupiers are preparing the kidnapping of children from Energodar
In schools and kindergartens of the evacuated Energodar, "evacuation" of children to the Crimea began, Energoatom reports. Local educational institutions disseminate information about the forced "
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evacuation", which will last until April 20.
It is noted that the children are planned to be taken out on station buses, thus formally legalizing the theft of ZNPP vehicles, which the station staff use to get to work
Source: t.me/Pravda_Gerashc… #RussianWarCrimes
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Also, the export of furniture, mattresses and other things from the city's kindergartens has already been recorded. Earlier, in October, it was reported that the Russians did not return the children who were taken from the captured Energodar to "summer camps" -
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The situation in Bakhmut is decided by the railway and the railway station. The battles wave back and forth here.
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During the last 3 days, the railway station itself has been 2 times in our hands and 2 times in the hands of the tourists.
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Right now, you don't know who is the master of the road there. We did drive them to the east side of the railway line but they came back AND NOW again we have driven them in a larger area back again.
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The New York Times sums up the Pentagon leak story nytimes.com/2023/04/15/wor…
In the leaked documents, "Ukraine's predicament looks terrible." But they are unlikely to have any impact on the military plans of the parties.
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So far, there are no signs that Russian commanders have changed their operations in Ukraine in response to the revelations, according to two US officials.
Ukrainian officials, though unhappy with the leaks, believe that they will not have a serious impact on the UAF -
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counteroffensive, since Russ already knew the main parameters of Ukraine's vulnerability (for example, its lack of weapons and ammunition)
"And the documents do not disclose exactly when, where and how the Ukrainians will launch a counteroffensive," one senior US official said/3
▪️The Russian information space views the demographic changes in the Russian Federation in a way that indicates that their ideologies underlying the war in Ukraine will continue to influence domestically.
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Putin's United Russia party has announced its intention to recruit Russian military personnel as candidates in elections in 2023 and 2024, likely in an attempt to establish itself as an agile party.
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▪️Russian forces attacked in the Kremennaya area and, possibly, are preparing for defense in the Kupyansky direction; advanced in the Bakhmut area and on the Avdeevka-Donetsk line.
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US-imposed sanctions and export controls on Russia are depriving it of materials for the war in Ukraine.
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The minister added that limiting the price of Russian oil to $60 per barrel turns the expected budget surplus of the Russian Federation into a deficit.
"Sanctions and export controls have forced Russia to turn to Iran and North Korea for military equipment and materials, -
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Operational information as of the morning of 04/16/2023 from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
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▪️During the day, the Russian army launched 28 air and 6 missile strikes, carried out 38 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the civilian infrastructure of settlements.
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▪️No signs of the formation of offensive groupings of the RF Armed Forces were found in the Volyn, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions. A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus continues.
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