Thursday, April 18, 2024

71 combat engagements on front lines in past 24 hours

"In the past 24 hours, 71 combat engagements took place on the battlefield in Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled most enemy attacks in the Bakhmut, Novopavlivka and Avdiivka sectors. In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, Russia maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues to conduct sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shelling populated areas from its territory and increasing the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine.
In the Lyman sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled two Russian attacks near Terny and Yampolivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops.
In the Bakhmut sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 17 attacks in the areas of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region; Verkhniokamianske, Vyimka, Kalynivka, Chasiv Yar, Novyi, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy was attempting to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdiivka sector, 11 enemy attacks were repelled near Novokalynove, Ocheretyne, Berdychi, Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, attempted to dislodge Ukrainian units from their positions.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the vicinity of Novomykhailivka and Urozhaine in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, attempted to break through the Ukrainian troops' defenses 12 times.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy, with the support of aircraft, attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders three times near Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region and Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kherson sector, the enemy has not abandoned its intention to force Ukrainian units out of footholds on the left bank of the Dnipro River. The enemy launched seven unsuccessful attacks on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Krynky, Kherson region.
According to the General Staff, the Ukrainian Air Force struck nine enemy manpower clusters.
Ukrainian missile units struck one enemy manpower cluster and one ammunition depot." Ukrin

Russians attempt to target critical infrastructure in Ivano-Frankivsk region

"Russians launched combat drones in an attempt to damage critical infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk region." Pravada

Venezuela’s Maduro Sends Devastating Message to Biden in English: ‘I You Want I Want I You to Want I Do Want’

"Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro attempted to issue a message in English to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the upcoming expiration of Biden’s generous oil and gas sanctions relief package to his regime.
The dictator’s latest attempt to speak English prompted the laughter of the audience of his weekly television show Con Maduro Más (“With Maduro Plus”), leading to his video going viral on social media platforms.
Maduro — who, prior to becoming Venezuela’s socialist dictator, was his predecessor Hugo Chávez’s foreign minister — has developed a reputation for poor proficiency of the English language. The dictator has issued several “English”-language messages and threats to former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama during their respective administrations.
I tell the negotiators to tell President Biden the following message,” Maduro said in Spanish, before attempting English: “I you want I want, I you to want I do want.”
Maduro was apparently attempting to invite Biden to a bilateral dialogue. “If you want to, I want to. If you don’t want to, I don’t want to. That’s the end of it,” he clarified, eliciting the applause of his show’s audience." Breitbart