Rocket attack on a defense plant in Kiev

1 Ukraine

The artillery troops of the Russian, the LPR, and the DPR forces inflicted loses to the Ukrainian manpower. The recent attack costed Ukraine about 300 servicemen, plus some vehicles — the news website «Donbass Today» reported while citing the Russian Defense Ministry. «Over the past night, the artillery forces completed 975 fire missions. They hit 21 command posts, 69 strong points, 763 areas of concentration of enemy infantry and armor, and 107 artillery positions. As a result of the attacks, over 280 Ukrainian nationalists, and 38 armored vehicles, were destroyed” — the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, reported. ’’The Russian air force used high-precision long-range weapons to destroy the production buildings of the space-rocket company ’’Artem’’, located in Kiev» — the «Donbass Today» quoted his words.

2 Ukraine

The Polish radio reported on the supply of weapons from Poland to Ukraine. Warsaw delivered 200 tanks ’T-72’ to Kiev, which makes it possible to equip 2 tank brigades. The Ukrainian military also received several dozens of Polish IFVs. The deliveries aren’t limited to armored vehicles. Poland supplies Ukraine with self-propelled artillery vehicles 2S1 ’Gvozdika’, MLRS ’Grad’, and air-to-air missiles for jet fighters. The total amount of the Polish deliveries is over $1.5 billions of dollars. Recently Ukraine received 10 T-72s and 30 IFVs from the Czech Republic. Slovakia supplied the Ukrainian forces with S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems. Some amount of T-72M1 were sent as well. Slovenia plans to supply their M-84 tanks — the Yugoslav upgrade of the T-72s.

3 Ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that sea-launched cruise missiles ’Kalibr’ hit the rail infrastructure, used by Ukrainian forces — a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on 29th of April. ’’3 traction-electrical substations near the railway junctions of Fastov, Krasnoselka, and Polonnoye were destroyed by the high-precision, long-range, sea-based cruise missiles Kalibr» — Igor Konashenkov explained. Traction substations are built to provide the electrical energy to the electric trains. The Ukrainian railway infrastructure is being actively used by the Ukrainian forces for the delivery of weapons, vehicles, and servicemen.

4 Russia

«On 29th of April, the border department of the Russian FSB in the Bryansk region, in the village of Belaya Berezka, in the Trubchevsky district, was shelled with mortars from Ukraine. There were no casualties» — the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, reported on VKontakte». «The water and electricity facilities were damaged, but they are fixed by now. As soon as the security services inspect the place — the public utility companies will clear the territory» — the RIA NEWS quoted his words.

5 Afghanistan

A bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital city of Kabul. 10 people were killed, at least 15 were injured — the ’’France-Presse’’ news agency reported while citing the Afghan Interior Ministry. According to the ’’Associated Press’’, which quited a spokesman of the Taliban — a movement under the UN sanctions for the terrorist activities — 20 people were injured in the explosion.

6 Russia — Ukraine

The press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, stated that there is no news yet on the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine. «There is no news at the negotiations yet» — Dmitry Peskov told to reporters while answering a question about the demand for a Turkish platform for the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier, during telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention to step up the Istanbul process between the delegations of Moscow and Kiev — the RIA NEWS reported. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS