First assessment for the sinking of the Moskva. While the Kremlin refused to speak out on testimonies of losses since the April 14 sinking of his cruiser in the Black Sea so far, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Friday April 22 that one sailor had died and that 27 others were still missing.
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On this day, Russia also assured that it was ready to observe “at any time” a truce “on all or part” of the Azovstal industrial site. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from this day of war in Ukraine.
First assessment since the sinking of the Moskva
A sailor has died and 27 others are still missing after the cruiser sank last week Moskva, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. This is the first time that Moscow has acknowledged losses in the April 14 shipwreck. The ministry added that the other 396 crew members were able to be evacuated. “The Ministry of Defense provides all the necessary support and assistance to the families and friends of the deceased and the missing”did he declare.
UN Secretary General to visit Russia
Antonio Guterres will be received by Vladimir Putin next Tuesday, the Kremlin announced on Friday. This is their first meeting since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Antonio Guterres will also meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his trip to Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, quoted by Russian news agencies. Furthermore, the Organization has accused the Russian army of actions “possibly amounting to war crimes” in Ukraine since February 24.
Russia ready to consider a truce in the Azovstal factory in Mariupol
The Russian army said it was ready on Friday to observe “at any time” a truce “on all or part” of the Azovstal industrial site. “The starting point for this humanitarian pause will be the raising by Ukrainian armed formations of white flags over all or part of Azovstal”the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
He assures that evacuated civilians will have the choice of joining territories under Ukrainian or Russian control, that Ukrainian soldiers will be well treated and that the wounded will be cared for. Vladimir Poutine also affirmed that kyiv refused the surrender of the last Ukrainian soldiers entrenched in the industrial zone of Azovstal.
Russian army aims for “full control of Donbass and the south” of the country
The Russian army wants “establish full control over Donbass and southern Ukraine”, a senior Russian military official, General Rustam Minnekayev, said on Friday. “This will ensure a land corridor to Crimea, as well as weigh on vital infrastructure of the Ukrainian economy, the Black Sea ports through which deliveries of agricultural and metallurgical products are made”listed the general quoted by Russian news agencies on Friday. “Control of southern Ukraine is also a corridor to Transdniestria, where there are also cases of oppression of the Russian-speaking population”he added.