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On the 66th On the 1st day of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the Russian army continued its offensive in the east and south of Ukraine with undiminished intensity, targeting the city of Kharkiv in particular. Heavy explosions were heard in Kharkiv on Saturday night. Despite the ongoing Russian attacks on the country’s second-largest city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of “tactical successes” by government troops in the region.
News of the war in Ukraine on Saturday, April 30:
12.51: “Ghost of Kyiv”: Ukrainian fighter pilot is said to have been shot down
The mysterious Ukrainian fighter pilot who became known as the “Ghost of Kyiv” is said to have been shot down. This is reported by the British “” citing unspecified Ukrainian sources. According to the report, the fighter pilot was 29-year-old Major Stepan Tarabalka. He was shot down on March 13 while fighting “overwhelming” enemy forces. By that time he was said to have shot down 40 Russian planes.
12.18 p.m .: Söder demands that former Chancellor Schröder waive privileges
CSU boss Markus Söder has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to leave the SPD himself and also to renounce his privileges as a former head of government. At a small CSU party conference in Würzburg, Söder called it “a disgrace for our country” how Schröder behaved in connection with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine: “It harms us all over the world, not just the SPD.”
The SPD has already asked the Chancellor, who ruled from 1998 to 2005, to leave the party. Like Söder, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) also demanded that Schröder withdraw the state support to which he was previously entitled.
10.16 a.m .: Ukrainian military speaks of unsuccessful Russian attacks in the east
In its situation report on the course of the war, the Ukrainian general staff listed new Russian attacks with a focus on eastern Ukraine. But there are no successes for Russia, it says. “The fighting continues.” Near the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, Russia continues to concentrate its troops for attacks. There are attempts by the Russian armed forces to advance inland in several places. However, the attacks would be fended off.
4.59 a.m .: Lavrov rumbles against the West and NATO
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov incited hatred against NATO in two interviews during the night. In an interview with the Chinese agency Xinhua early on Saturday morning, according to Russian agencies, he accused the military alliance of preventing the end of the “special operation” through political agreements and arms deliveries.
In an interview with the Arabic-language channel Al-Arabiya, Lavrov also said that Russia knows the routes through which the West wants to deliver arms to Ukraine. The delivered weapons should now become the target of what the official Russian side calls a “special operation” as soon as they reach the territory of Ukraine.
3 a.m.: Selenskyi causes irritation with information about the mass grave
In an interview, Selenskyj spoke of a new mass grave with 900 dead in the Kiev region. His spokesman and the police denied it. “As of April 29, a total of 1,187 bodies of victims of the Russian army were discovered in the Kyiv region, and the president probably meant this total number when he spoke of over 900,” said a statement from the Kyiv region police. Presidential spokesman Serhiy Nykyforov also emphasized in the online newspaper “Ukrajinska Pravda” that the president meant the total number.
Source: Stern
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