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6:16 p.m. : “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”Thomas JeffersonTotal combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to April 8, 2023: https://t.co/Z1TUHuSN2S
6:16 p.m. : Like every evening, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes the assessment of enemy losses, including 3,636 tanks (three more than yesterday), more than 7,000 combat vehicles and 2,700 pieces of artillery. Note that the Russians do not publish such a report on social networks.
6:30 p.m. : kyiv announces that it wants to set up fairly quickly the equivalent of nine assault brigades, ie approximately 40,000 men, for a future major counter-offensive. The latter are mostly trained in England, Europe and the United States. From a source close to the European general staff, we say to ourselves “bluffed” by the quality of recruitment of Ukrainians. Crews to be trained on Leopard 2 tanks, for example, are thus systematically selected from among young engineers or senior technicians.
(GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)
6:23 p.m. : And during this time, Ukrainians collected a hundred Easter cakes to form the coat of arms of the country, in Lviv, in the West. These pastries will be distributed to soldiers and refugees.
(YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)
6:23 p.m. : According to the Ukrainian presidency, nearly 20,000 children who lived in territory occupied by Russian forces have been separated from their families and very often deported to Russia.
5:08 p.m. : Had an online call with the prominent human rights defender and @ClooneyFDN co-founder Amal Clooney. Discussed the issue of protecting the rights of 🇺🇦 children and holding Russia accountable for crimes committed against them. https://t.co/beAb5dZEIR
6:22 p.m. : Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak had a lengthy video chat with lawyer Amal Clooney (who is not only known for marrying a coffee-drinking actor). On the menu of the debates, the protection of the rights of Ukrainian children, and possible legal proceedings against Russia for violation of their rights.
4:26 p.m. : On April 8, 2022, russian terrorists attacked Kramatorsk railway station, where thousands of people were waiting for evacuation. A cluster-munitions-equipped rocket was deliberately launched into a crowd. 61 civilians, including 7 children, were killed at the time.
📷Donetsk RMA
5:48 p.m. : Today we commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Kramatorsk station. Residents of this Ukrainian city laid flowers at a memorial on the occasion. As a reminder, a Russian missile strike left 61 dead a year ago as thousands of civilians rushed there to flee the war.
4:23 p.m. : The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announces the strengthening of defenses on the border between its country and Belarus, quoting General Serhiy Nayev in a Facebook post: “Anti-tank minefields are created in areas accessible to tanks and on probable enemy penetration routes into our territory, namely roads, forest paths, bridges and power lines.“
3:27 p.m. : Dear @Jeans, we did mention this information yesterday at the end of the afternoon in our article. To be precise, the Pentagon is investigating a leak on social networks of classified documents concerning the strategy of the United States and NATO in Ukraine.
According to New York Times, these documents date from the beginning of March. They do not reveal a precise battle plan concerning the Ukrainian counter-offensive expected in the coming weeks. But they do give an inventory of the needs of the kyiv army.
09:46 : Classified NATO documents have just leaked on the war in Ukraine. They seem right according to the world despite modifications. But motus de france info!!!