WAR IN UKRAINE: April 30, 2023
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 431
A drone strike has caused a massive fire at an oil depot in Russian-controlled Crimea, local officials say. Social-media footage showed flames billowing from the site in Sevastopol, Crimea's main city, early on Saturday. The fire was later put out and no-one was hurt, the Moscow-appointed regional governor said - BBC
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, has threatened to withdraw his troops from the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut if ammunition supply problems are not resolved.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed for modern air-defense systems following one of the deadliest Russian strikes on civilian targets in recent months - RFE/RL
During the latest attacks, Russia used missiles manufactured recently - in the fall and winter, said the spokesman of the Air Force Command. This is evidenced by the found fragments of rockets - Suspilne
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it had condemned the restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports into EU countries as "categorically unacceptable" in diplomatic notes handed to Polish and EU representatives in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain has published a list of military equipment and weapons that it plans to purchase for Ukraine from a special fund. The list includes, in particular, missiles with a range of 100-300 kilometers, air defense equipment, demining machines, reusable bridges and heavy equipment transporters - Suspilne
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In time of war
Fourteen months on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signs of an end to the war remain distant. Sanctions are hurting the Russian economy, though so far in a more limited way than originally expected. Risks of conflict elsewhere in the world may be rising, in part as a consequence of the pandemic.
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