Embassy of Ukraine within the USA
WAR BULLETIN
April 8, 6.30 pm EST
WAR ROOM
Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The forty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian folks to Russian army invasion continues.
The armed forces of the Russian Federation proceed to conduct a full-scale armed aggression in opposition to Ukraine. The Russian forces are being ready for an offensive operation within the east of Ukraine.
The Russian occupiers proceed to destroy civilian infrastructure by launching missile and artillery strikes at railway junctions and roads, stations, residential areas and locations of evacuation of civilians.
Within the Donetsk and Tavriya instructions, Russia continues to extend the variety of troops.
The Russian occupiers didn’t abandon makes an attempt at an offensive within the route of Popasna and Severodonetsk. The entire makes an attempt have been unsuccessful.
Within the Pivdennobuzhsky route, the enemy fought within the space of the settlement of Oleksandrivka.
Within the Slobozhansky route, the Russians continued to blockade the town of Kharkiv, shelling residential neighborhoods utilizing artillery, together with a number of rocket launchers and large-caliber mortars.
The Russian occupiers fully withdrew their troops from the Sumy area, relocating the forces to the territory of Russian Federation.
The Russian enemy has important issues with the recruitment of army models that suffered important losses throughout hostilities in Ukraine. Based on obtainable data, greater than 80 p.c of the Russian personnel, that was concerned within the conflict since 24th of February, don’t wish to participate in additional hostilities. The commanders of the occupying Russian forces of the occupiers forbade the discharge of servicemen whose contracts had expired earlier than the top of the so-called “particular army operation”.
Within the briefly occupied territories, the enemy continues to violate worldwide humanitarian regulation by committing unlawful acts in opposition to civilians, together with looting, theft of autos and detention of Ukrainian residents.
The Russian occupying authorities within the briefly occupied territory of Donetsk area have acquired directions from Russian curators to return to those territories the individuals who left for the Russian Federation in January-February 2022. Based on the directions of native administrations, residents should return to the settlements on the place of registration / residence after two months of keep in Russia.
Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has acquired the listing of servicemen of Khabarovsk Rosguard who took half in genocide of the Ukrainian folks within the Kyiv area (Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka and different settlements).
Checklist of the Russian troopers: https://bit.ly/3uoGvH1
A unit of Russian particular forces with expertise in Syrian hostilities, in full, refused to take part in additional makes an attempt to storm Mariupol. Within the battles in opposition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from April 2 to 4, this unit misplaced about 30 servicemen.
Prosecutor Basic’s Workplace of Ukraine
The Russian army tortured after which set on fireplace three native residents throughout the occupation of Gusarivka, Izium district. In an effort to destroy traces of their crimes, the Russian army coated their our bodies with automotive tires earlier than setting them on fireplace.
After the liberation of the village from the Russian invaders on April 7, 2022, the stays of the useless had been discovered within the basement of one of many homes.
On 8 April 2022, in violation of worldwide humanitarian regulation, the Russian armed forces carried out missile strikes on the railway station in Kramatorsk. On the time, the inhabitants was being evacuated and almost 4,000 civilians, most of them ladies and kids, had been on the railway station. Based on preliminary stories, dozens of individuals had been killed and injured.
Exhumation of our bodies from the place of mass non permanent burial started in Bucha.
There’s a large grave close to the church – communal staff buried in it the victims of conflict crimes – those that died after the shelling and homicide. Roughly 67 our bodies right here.
Every is examined by forensic consultants, forensic scientists, investigators and prosecutors. Of those that had been examined, most had been with gunshots and shrapnel wounds from explosions, in some circumstances solely fragments of our bodies remained.
Borodyanka is probably the most destroyed city in Kyiv area: it was hit by unguided 250-kilogram high-explosive bombs, a number of rocket launchers “Urgan” and “Smerch”. Proof of Russian conflict crimes is right here at each flip. What number of casualties there will probably be is tough to foretell. Twenty-six our bodies had been extracted from beneath the rubble of two bombed-out condominium blocks alone. The airstrikes on the housing infrastructure had been insidiously launched by the enemy within the night, when there was the utmost variety of folks at residence. The goal was solely civilians – there aren’t any army installations there.
The occupants purposefully exterminated the civilian inhabitants: killing, torturing and mutilating. There may be already a confirmed case of sexual violence in Borodyanka right here.
In Motyzhyn a lady was killed by the Russians simply because she was sporting black. The murdered girl’s father was blindfolded in a shed for 7 days. Additionally there in Motyzhyn, Russian military intelligence checked folks’s telephones, choosing victims for so-called “denazification”.
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
As of 10 a.m. on April 8, 2022, in keeping with the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, in addition to different sources that want affirmation, 169 (+2 per day) kids have died and 306 kids (+9 per day) have been injured because the Russian invasion of Ukraine started.
The extent of brutality of the Russian military is aware of no bounds – a number of circumstances of raped kids.
A 14-year-old lady was raped by 5 occupying males. She is pregnant now. Bucha.
An 11-year-old boy was raped in entrance of his mom – she was tied to a chair to look at. Bucha.
A 20-year-old girl, raped by three occupiers in all attainable methods directly. Irpen.
There is no such thing as a place on earth or in hell the place racist criminals can conceal from retribution!
The value of the reality concerning the crimes of the Russian terrorist military – a Fox News journalist who got here beneath fireplace from the occupiers in Kyiv area, misplaced a part of his leg and went blind in a single eye.
On March 16, a shell hit a automotive within the village of Gorenka, Kyiv Oblast, because of artillery shelling by racist forces. The accidents killed the operator of the American TV channel “Fox News”, an Irish citizen Pierre Zakzewski, and fatally injured a journalist – a citizen of Ukraine Oleksandra Kuvshinova.
A British journalist, Fox News correspondent Benjamin Corridor was injured and brought to the capital’s medical facility.
On account of the assault, the journalist misplaced half a leg on one aspect and a foot on the opposite. One eye can now not see, listening to has deteriorated.
Benjamin believes that he’s nonetheless very fortunate and expresses gratitude to the Ukrainians who pulled him out and saved him.
Horrific sexual crimes dedicated by the Russian occupiers proceed to be uncovered. In a village in Kherson area, Russian invaders raped a 16-year-old pregnant lady and a 78-year-old grandmother. The Prosecutor Basic’s Workplace has uncovered rapes not solely of girls, but in addition of males.
Ministry of Inner Affairs of Ukraine
Within the Kyiv area, the guards of the Nationwide Guard of Ukraine discovered the official documentation of the Russian module of intelligence and management.
In the course of the day, pyrotechnic models of the State Emergency Service detected and neutralized 6,393 explosive gadgets, an space of 346.79 hectares was inspected.
In complete, 38,117 explosive gadgets and 417 kg of explosives, together with 1,366 aviation bombs, have been neutralized because the starting of the full-scale army invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. The world of 6064 hectares was surveyed.
POLICY
President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Prime Minister of Slovakia in Kyiv
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Eduard Heger who’s on a go to to our nation.
The President thanked the Slovak folks and personally the Prime Minister of Slovakia for supporting Ukraine and offering actual help within the type of weapons that strengthen our nation’s protection capabilities in instances of the Russian invasion.
“I wish to thank the Slovak folks and the Slovak Prime Minister not for the longer term, however for the current, for what they’re doing for us throughout the conflict. Totally supporting us, our place, condemning the aggression of the Russian Federation not solely in phrases, but in addition in deeds,” mentioned the President of Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy famous that he wouldn’t disclose particulars of this help and harassed that this was traditionally essential help.
Based on the Head of State, throughout right this moment’s go to of Eduard Heger to Kyiv, the Prime Minister of Slovakia additionally held talks with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, and plenty of essential points for the way forward for our state had been mentioned.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Slovak aspect for supporting Ukrainians who had been pressured to flee their houses because of Russia’s army invasion.
For his half, the Prime Minister of Slovakia thanked the President and the residents of Ukraine who’re preventing for the beliefs of freedom and democracy, defending European values.
Eduard Heger famous that the Slovak Republic will proceed to offer help to Ukraine, as a result of the profitable wrestle of our nation is successful for the entire of Europe. Particularly, he targeted on the protection help for the Ukrainian state.
The Prime Minister of Slovakia additionally harassed the significance of building a fund for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
Handle by the President of Ukraine
The forty fourth day of our protection in opposition to the Russian invasion is coming to an finish. The forty fourth darkish day. Russian troops launched a missile assault on the Kramatorsk railway station this morning. 38 folks died on the spot. One other 12 folks died in hospitals throughout the day. We misplaced 5 kids. Dozens extra closely wounded stay in hospital.
That is one other conflict crime of Russia, for which everybody concerned will probably be held accountable.
Russian state propagandists had been in such a rush to shift accountability for the assault to Ukrainian forces that they unintentionally blamed Russia.
RIA Novosti reported that the strike on Kramatorsk had been inflicted when the missiles had been nonetheless within the air. The day earlier than, different Russian propagandists had been spreading threats to all those that escaped from Donbas by rail.
All of the world’s main powers have already condemned Russia’s assault on Kramatorsk. We anticipate a agency, world response to this conflict crime.
Just like the bloodbath in Bucha, like many different Russian conflict crimes, the missile strike on Kramatorsk have to be one of many fees on the tribunal, which is certain to occur.
All of the efforts of the world will probably be aimed to ascertain each minute: who did what, who gave orders. The place did the rocket come from, who was carrying it, who gave the order and the way the strike was coordinated. Duty is inevitable.
I spoke about this right this moment with representatives of the European Union who arrived in Kyiv. With President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen and head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
In the course of the day, they visited Bucha and witnessed the implications of the occupation. They noticed how many individuals had been killed by the Russian army. I recognize the EU’s readiness to offer the mandatory monetary and technical help to doc and examine Russian crimes. I’m grateful to the President of the European Fee for her private involvement and help in establishing a joint investigation workforce to ascertain the total reality concerning the actions of the Russian occupiers and produce all these accountable to justice.
I’m additionally grateful for the monetary help – one billion euros for weapons. Plus right this moment we agreed on one other 500 million euros for protection wants.
I held negotiations with the Prime Minister of Slovakia and thanked for the unprecedented defensive and different help. For the heat of Slovak hearts in the direction of Ukrainian women and men.
We additionally talked with EU officers about additional steps to pressure Russia to hunt peace. I emphasised that the prevailing sanctions aren’t sufficient. The strain on Russia have to be elevated.
It’s essential to introduce a full power embargo – on oil, on gasoline. It’s power exports that present the lion’s share of Russia’s income and permit the Russian management to consider in its impunity. This permits Russia to hope that the world will ignore the conflict crimes of its military. We is not going to enable this. Everybody on the earth who has the braveness, like Ukrainians, to withstand tyranny is not going to enable this.
Russian banks should even be fully disconnected from the worldwide monetary system. Not a few of them, however all, your entire banking system of Russia. It’s inadmissible that the best menace to world safety is discovering its technique to world wealth.
On this context, I additionally consider the brand new introduced package deal of sanctions in opposition to Russia.
I consider the softness with which some within the West nonetheless deal with the Russian state is flawed. We all know who is continually attempting to melt sanctions proposals. And we are going to do our greatest to lastly make Europe perceive: in any case, you’ll have to impose actually principled and actually sturdy sanctions in opposition to Russia. And never some partial restriction of Russian power exports. Not some partial restriction of Russian navigation. We all know everybody who delays the choices. However I’m assured that each these politicians and these nations will change their place beneath the strain of all that Russia is doing in opposition to Ukrainians and in opposition to freedom in Europe.
I addressed the Parliament and the folks of Finland right this moment. I known as on Finnish politicians to do all the things attainable to assist Ukraine. I additionally reminded that one of the best ways to cease tyranny and shield freedom is to offer Ukraine with the mandatory weapons. The weapons we’ve got repeatedly requested for from the West. The weapons which might be obtainable there. I’ll proceed to combat day-after-day, actually each hour, to get all the things our state wants.
Russia’s conflict in opposition to our folks might finish in victory of freedom a lot before many on the earth assume if Ukraine merely receives the weapons the listing of which we’ve got supplied. Any delay in offering such weapons to Ukraine, any excuses can imply just one factor: the related politicians wish to assist the Russian management greater than us Ukrainians.
It doesn’t matter what, we are going to proceed to guard our land and our folks in any case.
Sure, not everybody on the earth has discovered the braveness we’ve got. However we’ve got highly effective and principled companions and pals. Actual pals who assist Ukraine to actually shield us. To essentially shield freedom in Europe. I’m satisfied that Ukraine’s victory is simply a matter of time. And I’ll do my greatest to scale back this time.
By the best way, we additionally talked right this moment concerning the time wanted for Ukraine’s full accession to the European Union.
In the present day we acquired a questionnaire from the European Fee. Lastly. A questionnaire the solutions to which would be the foundation for making ready the conclusion of the European Fee on Ukraine’s readiness for EU membership negotiations.
Our Authorities will put together solutions qualitatively and really shortly. I feel in per week. Subsequent is the conclusion of the European Fee, which will probably be ready within the subsequent few months. After which there would be the selections of the member states and the negotiations on accession.
I’m satisfied of our success on this path. I’m satisfied that we’re lastly near realizing our long-standing purpose. Ukraine will probably be one of many equals in our widespread European residence. Ukraine will probably be a member of the European Union. A peaceable, sovereign, rebuilt state. We are going to present it. There is no such thing as a doubt.
We’re additionally making ready for tomorrow’s mass occasion in Warsaw, which can happen throughout the initiative of President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau – Stand for Ukraine.
It’s concerning the help for Ukrainians, for our migrants. All funds will probably be allotted for the help of Ukrainians.
Handle of the First Girl of Ukraine to the contributors of the convention on the brand new Technique for the Rights of the Youngster (2022-2027), which befell beneath the auspices of the Council of Europe.
In her handle, the First Girl of Ukraine famous the significance of common safety of youngsters’s rights. She mentioned that because of a full-scale Russian assault, Ukrainian kids can not train none of their rights.
Olena Zelenska thanked the Council of Europe, which responded instantly to the unjustified and unprovoked aggression of Russia in opposition to Ukraine, and on March 16 accomplished the process for excluding it from the group.
On the similar time, the President’s spouse acknowledged that the skies over Ukraine had been by no means closed to Russian planes: “From the very starting of the conflict, we requested NATO to shut the skies over our cities, over Ukraine. We weren’t heard. Properly, now I ask you to at the very least guarantee the proper of youngsters to get out of hazard. They want actual humanitarian corridors, as a result of now the enemy is capturing at civilian automobiles in addition to at army ones.”
She additionally known as on the contributors to make sure, in accordance with the declared purpose of “child-friendly justice”, a world investigation and punishment for all Russians who in a technique or one other have dedicated and proceed to commit violence in opposition to kids in Ukraine.
“However to this finish, it’s worthwhile to find out about such a menace. The precise to know can also be an inalienable proper of adults and kids,” the First Girl concluded.
Deputy Head of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine
Ukraine is actively working to consolidate worldwide help for the restoration of destroyed and the development of latest youth infrastructure. This was acknowledged by Deputy Head of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Dniprov throughout a web based dialog with the management of the Nationwide Democratic Institute (NDI, USA), which was devoted to the event of democracy and youth areas in Ukrainian settlements affected by large-scale army aggression in opposition to Ukraine.
The assembly was additionally attended by NDI President Derek Mitchell, folks’s deputy of Ukraine, co-chair of the Youth Council beneath the President of Ukraine Oleksandr Sanchenko, in addition to heads and consultants of European and Ukrainian NDI places of work. The assembly was moderated by Denys Hanzha, member of the Youth Council beneath the President of Ukraine.
The contributors of the occasion mentioned the troublesome humanitarian scenario that has arisen because of the aggressive conflict of the Russian Federation in opposition to Ukraine.
In the course of the assembly, particularly, the events agreed on methods to coordinate efforts to develop youth coverage in Ukraine, in addition to mentioned attainable venture areas that may be carried out in cooperation with the authorities, civil society and NDI.
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Slovakia have synchronized efforts to ramp up sanctions on Russia
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal mentioned the rise of sanctions strain on Russia, humanitarian assist and help on the best way to becoming a member of the European Union with Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger.
Denys Shmyhal dwelled on the necessity to put into apply further sanctions and restrictive measures in opposition to Russia.
“It’s of utmost significance to introduce a so-called re-package of sanctions to forestall Russia from adapting and regulating the availability of sanctioned items by way of different nations. This could have a decisive strain on the aggressor, “the Head of the Ukrainian authorities harassed.
The perimeters, inter alia, mentioned the institution of the Reconstruction Fund and the Plan for the Restoration of Ukraine, in addition to acquiring Ukraine’s candidate standing for accession to the European Union.
“We are going to be thankful for the professional and technical help within the accelerated process of Ukraine’s accession to the European household,” mentioned the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Eduard Heger assured that Slovakia is able to help sanctions and expressed religion in Ukraine’s victory. The Slovak Prime Minister harassed that Ukraine is defending the way forward for Europe.
In Bucha, Kyiv area, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, Excessive Consultant of the European Union Josep Borrel and Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger paid tribute to harmless civilians
Throughout an official go to to Ukraine, high-ranking EU officers and the pinnacle of the Slovak authorities noticed the implications of crimes dedicated by russian troops throughout the occupation of the city.
Ministry of International Affairs of Ukraine
OPERATIONAL SITUATION ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT
as of 19:00 on April 8
️ Sanctions
The EU Council has authorized a fifth package deal of sanctions in opposition to Russia over its conflict in opposition to Ukraine. Restrictions embrace a ban on Russian coal imports from August this 12 months and a ban on Russian ships accessing European ports.
the US imposes sanctions on main Russian state-owned firms, together with Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond miner
Daughters of Russian President Putin and Kremlin International Minister Lavrov come beneath new British sanctions
Japan joins the US and EU nations by banning Russian coal imports
Montenegro imposed sanctions in opposition to Russia as a result of army invasion of Ukraine
️ Deputinization of the world
Finland has introduced its choice to expel two Russian embassy workers members
Japan expels eight Russian diplomats and commerce representatives
46 UNESCO member states refuse to take part within the forty fifth session of UNESCO whereas it’s headed by the Russian Federation
️ Isolation of the Russian Federation
Turkish Airways cancels flights to and from Minsk till Could 15, Sochi – till April 18, Rostov – till Could 15
The American Company Air Merchandise and Chemical substances is creating a plan to promote its enterprise in Russia
IT firm Acer suspends operations in Russia
German meals producer Dr. Oetker is leaving the Russian market
Canadian skilled funding administration firm Colliers Worldwide Group Inc suspends operations in Russia and Belarus
ENERGY
Ministry of power of Ukraine
Info on power provide in Ukraine as of April 8
Over the previous 24 hours, energy provide to greater than 50,000 shoppers has been restored.
Particularly, in Donetsk area – greater than 20 thousand shoppers, Kyiv – greater than 13 thousand, Kherson – 9 thousand, Kharkiv – 4 thousand, Sumy – 1,7 thousand, Zaporozhzhya – 1,6 thousand, Mykolayiv – 1,1 thousand shoppers.
Gasoline provide was restored to 2,098 shoppers.
Ukrainian power firms are doing their greatest to shortly restore power provide to Ukrainian residents. Nevertheless, in some areas, emergency restoration work is sophisticated or unimaginable as a result of intensification of hostilities and the emergence of latest injury.
As of April 8, 1173 settlements, a complete of about 774 thousand shoppers, stay with out electrical energy. Greater than 303 000 shoppers stay with out gasoline provide.
Ukrenergo
The second month of the conflict is underway. The Ukrainian energy system confidently retains the steadiness between manufacturing and consumption and operates synchronously with ENTSO-E. The ability grid frequency is 50 Hz.
Electrical energy consumption has historically decreased with warming. However, regardless of the spring, the utmost and minimal consumption charges are stabilizing and even regularly rising. That is largely because of the truth that energy firms are actively restoring energy traces and different grid infrastructure. Each day, repairs are carried out wherever the army permits and it’s attainable to get to the location of the injury.
Particularly, NPC Ukrenergo has accomplished the restore of one of many trunk traces in Sumy area. Based on the Ministry of Vitality, over the previous 24 hours, distribution system operators have reconnected greater than 13.5 thousand shoppers in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, and Chernihiv areas.
Ukrainian energy vegetation function in keeping with the schedule and instructions of dispatchers offering electrical energy to all Ukrainian shoppers. We remind you that at the moment, there isn’t a cause to scale back consumption. Due to this fact, in case you are protected, please use electrical home equipment as often.
GTS Operator of Ukraine
The actions of Russian occupiers endanger the gasoline transit by way of GMS Sokhranivka
Gasoline TSO of Ukraine (GTSOU) stories on gross interference by representatives of the Russian Federation and unlawful armed teams beneath their management in operational work and technological processes of gasoline transportation by way of compressor station (CS) “Novopskov” within the Luhansk area.
CS “Novopskov” is a vital object for the group of gasoline transportation to shoppers of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas. Additionally, nearly 1/3 of gasoline transit to Europe through Ukraine is transported by way of this compressor station.
GTSOU recorded a number of actions by the occupiers, together with modifications within the operation of communication gear and technological modes, which can end result within the lack of operational management over the CS gear. It would result in important dangers to the integrity of the Ukrainian gasoline transmission system, the steadiness of gasoline transportation modes, and the impossibility of gasoline transportation by way of the CS, together with gasoline volumes beneath the transit contract.
We name on the aggressor’s representatives to chorus from additional strain on GTSOU staff and interference within the CS operations. In any other case, in case of lack of operational management, GTSOU will probably be pressured to cease the operation of this facility to maintain the integrity and protected operation of the Ukrainian GTS. Disconnection of the CS Novopskov means no transit by way of the GMS Sokhranivka. Duty for the implications falls on the Russian Federation.
