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Unofficial Kyiv Independent Telegram channel. All news are automatically forwarded from the official Twitter account of the KI.
⚡️Bryansk governor accuses Ukraine of shelling, says 2 civilians killed.
A local governor said two civilians died as a result of what he called a Ukrainian shelling on a village of Suzemka in Russia's Bryansk Oblast.
⚡️Ukrainian military: Russian forces far from controlling Bakhmut's 'road of life.'
Russian forces didn't yet manage to get a hold of the exit road from Bakhmut, Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the eastern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on April 29.
In exchange, the EU will allow an embargo on wheat, corn, rapeseed, and sunflower for five EU countries – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
They would still be obligated to transport these products elsewhere.
⚡️Zelensky: 'We won't delay counteroffensive' despite lack of F-16 jets.
"It would help a lot... But we understand that we will not delay this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 29. https://t.co/UDPXsmMC5W
⚡️Prigozhin threatens to pull Wagner out of Bakhmut if not given munitions.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of private Russian army Wagner Group, threatened to abandon his positions next to Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast if he doesn’t get more supplies from the Kremlin. https://t.co/k7CsnMwmPH
⚡️1 killed in Russian shelling of Kherson Oblast.
Russian forces shelled Bilozersk territorial community in Kherson Oblast on the morning of April 29, killing one victim and hospitalizing another, according to the General Prosecutor's Office. https://t.co/qzWYfN3DO9
⚡️Rescue operations complete in Uman after Russian missile strike kills 23.
Rescue operations are over in Uman, where an April 28 Russian missile strike on a residential building killed 23 people, including six children, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
⚡️Kherson prepares evacuation plans in case of mass shelling of region.
Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated on April 29 that due to increased attacks in Kherson Oblast and throughout the country, he ordered means of evacuation to be prepared on a larger scale.
In an article published on April 28, Le Monde reported, citing its sources, that Paris has greenlighted Framatone to supply equipment for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Russian-backed Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary.
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On the morning of May 13, in the occupied city of Kherson, six armed Russians arrested the IT specialist Iryna Horobtsova for actively participating in protests against the Russian occupation. It’s been nearly a year since Iryna’s relatives last saw her. https://t.co/ZiIHV3F9It
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⚡️Interior Ministry: Another child in Uman found dead after Russia's April 28 mass strike.
The authorities discovered that another child was killed in Russia's mass strike on Uman, raising the death toll of children to five, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
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⚡️UK Defense Ministry: 'Realistic possibility' Russia attempted to intercept Ukrainian supply route in its April 28 mass strike.
There is "a realistic possibility" that Russia attempted to intercept Ukraine's supply route during its first major mass strike in nearly two months,… https://t.co/6DLkkSSyPX https://t.co/H6dDVonAdo
⚡️New York Times: Report finds parts of Amnesty statement criticizing Ukraine 'ambiguous and imprecise'
A report seen by the NYT found faults in Amnesty International's Aug. 4 statement accusing Ukraine's military of putting civilians in harm's way while fighting Russia.
⚡️Zelensky calls for removal of restrictions on Ukrainian food exports.
President Zelensky called for the removal of what he termed the "destructive" impact of bans of Ukrainian food exports by five EU members in a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel.
⚡️CNN: Rescuers continue search for missing children under rubble of building destroyed by Russian missile in Uman.
First responders told CNN reporters on site they are searching for two children, a boy and a girl, believed to be under the rubble of the building.
⚡️Russia shells 6 communities in Sumy Oblast.
Russian forces shelled six communities in Sumy Oblast on April 29 with over 170 explosions reported in the region, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said on Telegram.
⚡️Air Force: Russia shells Ukraine with recently made missiles.
Russia reportedly uses missiles manufactured last fall or winter to strike Ukraine, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said. He added that Russia still has missiles and also keeps producing them.
⚡️EU Commission expects Ukraine's grain import to resume on May 2, allowing ban on five products.
Poland will have to lift its ban on grain shipment on May 2, according to undisclosed sources cited by Polish media RMF 24. https://t.co/vIDjs7at9r
⚡️Pelosi: Democracy must prevail in Ukraine.
Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Associated Press that democracy must prevail over autocracy on Ukrainian battlefields, as she recalled her trip to Kyiv one year ago.
According to the ministry, 22 of the fatalities were recovered deceased from the collapsed building and one later died in a hospital. The children include three boys aged 1, 16 and 17 and three girls aged 8, 11 and 14.
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⚡️Czech President visits IDPs in Dnipro, pledges more humanitarian aid.
Czech President Petr Pavel visited internally displaced Ukrainians in Dnipro on April 29, tweeting that the region houses 200,000 people who lost their homes to the war. https://t.co/Ch0WmiEvS3
⚡️Ukraine sends a note to Polish Embassy, EU Representative Office on 'unacceptable' trade restrictions of Ukrainian grain.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry lashed out at Poland and EU on a "categorically unacceptable" situation concerning the trade restrictions of Ukrainian grain.
⚡️Le Monde: France approves Framatome's involvement in Russia-led construction of nuclear reactors in Hungary.
France has reportedly cleared ways for Framatome, a state-backed nuclear power operator subsidiary, to participate in a Rosatom-led construction project in Hungary.
It was previously believed that four children were among the 23 victims of the strike, but during the identification process, it turned out that five children were killed, Klymenko said.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/uJTKrz5uaE
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⚡️Head of Russian occupying authority in Crimea claims Sevastopol attacked by drones.
The head of the illegal Russian occupation government in Sevastopol claimed a drone attack on April 29 caused a fire at a fuel storage tank at the Kozacha Bay in Russian-occupied Sevastopol.
⚡️National Resistance Center: Russia to forcibly relocate children from Russian-occupied Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast
Russia plans to forcibly move all schoolchildren from the occupied city at the end of the school year under the pretext of evacuation, the center said.
⚡️Zelensky calls for removal of restrictions on its food exports.
President Zelensky called for the removal of what he termed the "destructive" impact of bans of Ukrainian food products by five EU members during a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel.
⚡️Russia shells Bilozerka near Kherson, 1 civilian killed.
Russian forces shelled the settlement of Bilozerka, located near the regional capital of Kherson, on April 28, killing one woman and injuring three, the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported on Telegram.