#UKRAINERUSSIAWAR. Dnipropetrovsk forced evacuation for Ukrainians, Russians advance. Kartapolov: Moscow will use North Korean fighters on other fronts if necessary
The United States and Ukraine may sign a resources agreement this week, the deal will cover all minerals, including oil and gas, as well as major energy resources, sources told the Financial Times. According to the publication, the progress was made possible by the US agreement to exclude compensation for aid already provided. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal: "It was decided that the assistance provided before the signing of the agreement will not be taken into account during its implementation."
Vice President Vance also returned to the issue of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations: "If this doesn't stop, Charlie, at the last minute, if it doesn't stop, the Ukrainians are not going to win the war. I think there's this weird idea in the mainstream media that if this continues for a few more years, the Russians are going to collapse, the Ukrainians are going to take back their territory and everything will go back to the way it was before the war, but that's not the reality that we live in," Vance said in an interview with MAGA podcaster Charlie Kirk. "If this continues for a few more years, we could be looking at a collapse of society. The demographics of both of these countries are a nightmare. If this continues for a few more years, millions of people could die and it could escalate into a nuclear war. This has to stop. It's the policy of this administration to stop it, and I guarantee you the president is having all of his people, including me, work very hard to achieve that end goal," he added.
Trump adviser Mike Waltz said that Ukraine is and remains one of the most corrupt countries in the world. In an interview with Fox News, he stressed the need to carefully monitor where Kiev spends the billions of dollars transferred to the United States.
On April 28, French President Emmanuel Macron said that in the context of reaching a ceasefire in Ukraine, pressure on Russia will increase in the next eight to ten days. Macron was asked if he really believed that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia was closer than ever. "I hope so. In the next eight to ten days we will increase the pressure on Russia. I remain cautious, because part of the equation depends on Moscow. We must be united," he replied in an interview with Paris Match. The next two weeks will be crucial to reaching a ceasefire and increasing the pressure, he said. "I think I have convinced the Americans that there is a possibility of escalating threats and perhaps sanctions to force the Russians to accept this ceasefire," he added.
Germany will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine, "remaining its biggest supporter in Europe," the country's president says. "Today, when the war against Ukraine is going on at full speed and the United States is putting strong pressure on its European allies, Germany, I believe, is in a decisive position. That is why I turn to you, our allies, not only with gratitude, but also with a call to immediate action," he said. He also assured that Berlin will continue to strengthen its armed forces, the Bundeswehr, and increase investment in the defense industry.
Ninety percent of the 155 mm shells produced by the French company KNDS are supplied to Ukraine, Radio France International said. "The murder of Russian General Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces [Editor's note], was organized by Ukrainian special services," said the secretary of the National Security Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Roman Kostenko.
Zelensky effectively rejected Putin's proposal for a three-day truce in May, the Strana news agency wrote. He called the proposal a manipulation and called for a 30-day truce, not a three-day one. "Here's another attempt at manipulation: for some reason everyone should wait until May 8 and only then cease fire to ensure Putin's silence during the parade. There is no point in waiting until May 8. The fire must be stopped for more than a few days. "An immediate, complete and unconditional ceasefire, and for at least 30 days," he said.
On April 29, the forced evacuation of families with children began in the Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities reported: "We are talking about the settlements of the Mezhova community: Kolona-Mezhova, Novopidhorodne, Raipole, Sukhareva Balka."
According to the Wall Street Journal: Russia has launched a campaign to expand a long string of military bases in the northwest of the country, near the borders with Finland, Estonia and Latvia, as part of a buildup of tens of thousands of troops in anticipation of a possible increase in tensions with NATO countries.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the Victory Day ceasefire a show of goodwill on the part of the Russian Federation. Efforts to find a peaceful solution continue, Russia and the United States have managed to unblock bilateral relations, Peskov said. According to him, in the process of dialogue between Moscow and Washington, an attempt is being made to reach a peaceful solution in Ukraine. He also explained that “media publications about the nuances of the agreement in Ukraine rarely correspond to reality.” On April 29, in response to the three-day ceasefire on Victory Day, Peskov said: “Moscow has no idea whether Kiev will join the ceasefire.”
Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov believes that it is possible for North Korean military personnel to participate in combat operations in other areas of the Northern Military District after the liberation of the Kursk region is completed. "This is a decision of the commander-in-chief. Whatever he decides, it will happen, but I would not rule it out," Kartapolov said. He noted that now the Korean military personnel "have completed their tasks and are preparing for other assignments, which we will find out later."
The body of Igor Rozhnev, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, was found in a garage in Krasnoyarsk, law enforcement officials in the region told TASS. "He came to visit his relatives, and in the morning his daughter discovered his body in the garage," the agency's source said, adding that he had presumably committed suicide. TASS has not yet received official comments from the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the region and Khakassia.
More pessimistic was Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev: "In my opinion, our relations with Europe have passed the point of no return (there is no one to talk to and nothing to talk about)." And he further stated: “The Russian Federation’s response to the Western principle of “peace through strength” can only be “peace through fear,” since “fear still works,” “We need real denazification, and throughout Europe,” Medvedev said. And he called the claim that Russia could attack Europe absurd.
And now a look at the front line as of 15:00 on April 29. The Ukrainian Armed Forces staged a night raid in Russian regions. Just a couple of hours before midnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 51 drones in the Black Sea, Crimea, Kursk, Oryol and Belgorod regions. At night, drone attacks were repelled in two districts of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Explosions were also reported in the sky above Obninsk, Kaluga region; The governor reported that a drone was destroyed in Zhukovsky district.
Russian military carried out strikes on Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk; the Ukrainian military had more than 40 Russian drones in flight.
In the Bryansk region, the intensity of attacks by the Ukrainian military on villages remains high. Under attack are Zernovo and Suzemka, Starye Yurkovichi, Khoromnoye and Uborki, Demyanka, Azarovka and Strativa, the village of Podyvotye
At the junction of the Kursk and Belgorod regions, yesterday morning in the direction of Goptarovka, an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again attempted to penetrate Russian territory through the forests. According to the Russian social network, it was destroyed in a firefight. Another group of Ukrainian attack aircraft was destroyed on the territory of the Sumy region.
Opposite the Belgorod border In the direction of Popovka, on Ukrainian territory, a dispersed group of Ukrainian Armed Forces trying to take cover in the woods was hit by Russian artillery. In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Russian servicemen injured by anti-personnel mines. During the Ukrainian attacks, Nezhegol, Murom, Repyakhovka, Dorogoshch, Gora-Podol, on the Urazovo-Troitskoye road in the Valuysky district, a car was attacked by an FPV drone.
In the direction of Kupyansk, the Russians reportedly took Stepova Novoselivka, the fighting near it has been going on for a long time. The village is located 17 km from Kupyansk, in a “pocket” that Russian troops are trying to close.
North of the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported the liberation of Kamyanka (7 km from the Belgorod section of the Russian state border). The village was taken as a result of fighting that took place after Russian troops crossed the Oskil River.
In the Pokrovs'k direction, Russian troops are conducting high-intensity offensive operations on a wide front. Ukrainian forces are resisting and it is premature to speak of large-scale successes of the Russians. Russian forces are fighting in Uspenivka, Kotlyne, near Zvirove. To the east of Pokrovs'k, on the outskirts of Myrolyubivka, fighting is taking place. To the south of Pokrovs'k they write about the successes of the Russian forces in Novooleksandrivka and on the eastern outskirts of Novoserhiivka.
In the direction of South Donetsk, Russian forces are advancing towards Bahatyr, which is being attacked by MLRS and aircraft. Ukrainian channels claim that Russian air strikes destroyed two bridges over the river. Vovca in the area of the settlements of Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka northwest of Bogatyr. The Vostok Group of Forces is trying to isolate the combat zone and disrupt the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, depriving the Ukrainian garrison of supplies. Every day there are reports of counterattacks by the Ukrainian side.
On the Zaporizhia front, the LBS remains unchanged. Mutual shelling and fighting of varying intensity are taking place.
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