"Over 160 Ukrainian children allegedly “kidnapped by Russia” have been discovered living in Germany. The head of Ukrainian national police, Ivan Vygovsky, on Wednesday hailed the discovery, telling national media that he had discussed the issue with Holger Munch, president of the BKA, during a meeting earlier in this week.
Allegations by Kiev that Moscow kidnapped Ukrainian children en masse have been exposed as a lie after some of the purported victims have been found in the EU, according to Russian children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova. She is among the officials to have been accused of abducting youngsters from Ukraine amid the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.
When asked for clarification by RT Deutsch, the BKA said its officers had identified the children after they were flagged as “kidnapping” victims by Kiev. Their personal details were checked against German records.
The majority of the youngsters had entered Germany as refugees accompanied by their parents or legal guardians, the police said. In a handful of cases, suspicion of “unlawful transfer” remained, the statement added, without offering further details." RT
"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 launched combat drones in an attempt to damage critical infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk region." Pravada
"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
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced an amendment to a supplemental funding bill for Ukraine that would require members of Congress who vote “in favor” to enlist in the Ukrainian military." Breitbart
"UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks where he is expected to repeat his warning against any response to the recent missile attack by Iran. Lord Cameron will meet Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has vowed to retaliate to Iran’s weekend attack." Breitbart
"Strikes have been carried out against Odessa port infrastructure, and all the roads have been cordoned off, coordinator of the underground network in Nikolayev." Sputnik
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed the strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian airfield in Dzhankoy. Atesh (the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar underground resistance movement in temporarily occupied Crimea) announced that a series of strikes carried out on the Dzhankoi airfield." Pravada
"Over the past day, 68 combat engagements took place at the frontline....airstrikes hit Popivka, Vozdvyzhenske (Sumy region), Zolochiv, Vesele, Volokhivka, Hlushkivka, Kolisnykivka, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast), Bilohorivka (Luhansk region), Terny, Zarichne, Verkhnokamyanske, Chasiv Yar, Spirne, Novokalynove, Berdychi, Semenivka, Pervomaiske, Soloviove, Bila Hora, Novobakhmutivka, Oleksandropil, Antonivka, Kostyantynivka, Staromaiorske (Donetsk region), Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia region), Beryslav, Odradokamyanka, Kozatske (Kherson region).More than 110x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts came under artillery fire. Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border.
Kupyansk axis: on April 11, the enemy did not conduct any offensive (assault) operations.
Lyman axis: the enemy conducted 9x attacks on positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinities of Terny, Torske, Hryhorivka (Donetsk region) and Serebryanske forestry (Luhansk region).
Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian forces repelled 19x attacks of the adversary in the vicinities of Verkhnokamyanske, Vyimka, Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka (Donetsk region), where the enemy, using air attacks, attempted to improve its tactical position.
Avdiivka axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 11x attacks in the vicinities of Ocheretyne, Novokalynove, Berdychi, Semenivka, Netailove, Pervomaiske (Donetsk region).
Novopavlivka axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the vicinities of Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, where the invaders made 20x attempts to breach Ukrainian defense.
Orikhiv axis: the enemy conducted 4x attacks on positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinities of Staromaiorske (Donetsk region), Robotyne, northwest of Verbove (Zaporizhzhia region).
Kherson axis: the enemy does not abandon its intention to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. For instance, on April 16, the invaders launched 5x unsuccessful attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian troops.
At the same time, the Ukrainian soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation troops, and exhausting the enemy all along the line of contact. Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes on 6x concentrations of troops, 2x command posts of the adversary.
The Ukrainian Missile Forces hit 1x concentration of russian troops." Ukrin
"U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a confidential meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and asked Kyiv to refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, The Washington Post reported. But Harris' request on this issue "irritated" Zelensky and his team.
Zelensky "brushed off" Harris's recommendation, sources in the Biden administration said." UB
"An Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike killed a commander of the Hezbollah movement’s coastal sector in southern Lebanon the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. "Earlier today, an IAF aircraft struck and eliminated Ismail Yusaf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah’s coastal sector, in the area of Ain Ebel in Lebanon, " the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel." Sputnik
"Fifty combat engagements occurred along the front lines in Ukraine....The enemy launched 2 missile strikes,43 air strikes and carried out 39 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian positions and various settlements.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy maintains his military presence in the border areas, conducting subversive activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to dangerous sectors and increasing the density of minefields along the state border.
The enemy carried out air strikes near Popivka and Vozdvyzhenska in the Sumy region. More than 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Liskivshchyna in the Chernihiv region, Stara Huta, Khliborob, Romashkove and Vilna Sloboda in the Sumy region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations in the Kupiansk sector. The enemy launched air strikes near Hlushkivka, Kolisnykivka and Berestove in the Kharkiv region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kyslivka and Pishchane in the Kharkiv region.In the Lyman sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled six attacks outside Terny, Torske and Hryhorivka in the Donetsk region and near the Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk region.
The enemy carried out air strikes near Terny and Zarichne in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka in the Luhansk region and Terny¸ Yampolivka and Torske in the Donetsk region.
On the Bakhmut axis, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 12 attacks near Verkhniokamianske, Vyimka, Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, tried to improve their tactical position.
The Russian army carried out an air strike near Spirne in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Hryhorivka, Kalynivka and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks near Ocheretyne, Novokalynove, Berdychi, Semenivka and Netailove in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, tried to dislodge Ukrainian units from their positions.
The Russians also carried out air strikes in the areas of Pervomaiske, Soloviove, Novobakhmutivka and Oleksandropil in the Donetsk region. About ten settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Semenivka, and Netailove in the Donetsk region, came under artillery and mortar shelling.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continued to hold off the enemy near Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy launched 14 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses." Ukrin
"Ukraine repelled 73 enemy attacks in five sectors of the front over the last day, most of them in the Bakhmut and Novopavlivka sectors.In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, Russia maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues to conduct sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from its territory, and increases the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine.In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations but instead shelled populated areas - about 20 towns and villages came under artillery and mortar fire. In particular, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kyslivka, and Pishchane in the Kharkiv region were under fire.
In the Lyman sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Terny in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 27 enemy attacks in the areas of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, Verkhniokamianske, Spirne, Nove, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka in the Donetsk region. The Russian forces were trying to improve their tactical position there.
In the Avdiivka sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Semenivka, Umanske, and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region. Russian troops, with the support of aircraft, attempted to displace the Ukrainian defense units from their positions.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Pobeda, Vodiane, and Urozhaine in Donetsk region. The Russian army, with the support of aircraft, attempted to break through the defense there 26 times.
In the Orikhiv sector, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian positions five times near Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region, north of Pryiutne and southwest of Bilohirya in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kherson sector, the enemy continued attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their footholds on the left bank of the Dnipro River. During the day, the Russians launched four attacks on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Krynky, Kherson region, but all of them were unsuccessful.:" Ukrin
"Sumy region---border guards repelled an attack by a sabotage and reconnaissance group that tried to enter from Russia." Ukrin
"Israel is looking to "send a message" against Iran, but short of causing outright war and mass casualties, a top-level official has told The Washington Post. During Monday's Israel War Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu is reported to have requested defense leaders to draw up a list of targets. According to Washington Post's reporting:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the Israel Defense Forces to provide target options, according to an official familiar with high-level discussions, who said Israel is looking at options that would “send a message” but not cause casualties.
Israeli officials are now signaling to their US counterparts that they would like the White House's backing and coordination for retaliation, however, so far President Biden has urged restraint." ZH
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