🛤🇷🇺 Katsap war correspondent
near the railway station in Bakhmut

🧭 Pay attention to the position of the cardinal points.

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🇷🇺 A video of the unfortunately successful assault on our positions south of Nevelske was released

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🗡️ 79th Air Assault Brigade is one of the best at using FGM-148 Javelin. The paratroopers shot down a Katsap T-90 tank which had a mine trawl that was about to clear a minefield for a potential attack on our positions

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🔥 Biowaste disposal near height 181.0, south of Orikhovo-Vasylivka

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⚔ 92nd Mechanized Brigade, shelling katsaps in a field near the road through Khromove

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Situation on the frontlines as of April 22, 2023

▶️ On the Belarusian and Siverskyi direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Svatove direction — localized fighting along the contact line and shelling from both sides continue.

▶️ On the Bakhmut direction — the fighting continues near the road through Khromove, the enemy continues to throw meat on the road. Over the past few days, the f***ers have advanced in several places in Bakhmut. First, they occupied the square formed by the Kraynya-Levanevskogo streets. Secondly, the enemy managed to push the defenders out of the area of the school #3 and the adjacent private sector. Thirdly, they managed to drive our troops out of the high-rise buildings west of the railway station. The latter is especially unpleasant in the context of the configuration of the further defense of the city. The katsaps lost their positions in Bilohorivka (L).

▶️ On the Avdiivka direction — the area of Krasnohorivka has been clarified. No other changes were recorded on the map over the last day.

▶️ On the Zaporizhzhia direction — enemy fortifications are increasing in number.

▶️ On the Tavria direction — no changes.

🗂 Analytical note. In recent days, the situation in Bakhmut has significantly worsened: both near the "Alley of Roses" and west of the train station. Heavy fighting continues near Khromove, and all recent attempts of the enemy to reach the boulevard section of Tchaikovsky Street have failed. However, the dynamics of the battles indicate that this street is becoming a front from its northern part. Unfortunately, the enemy has enough artillery to destroy the remnants of the private sector.

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🇨🇳The Chinese Ambassador to France said on LCI television channel that the issue of Crimea's belonging is "not a simple problem," calling the peninsula "initially russian."

🤕The Chinese ambassador also seems to have significant issues with international law and geography, referring to countries of the "former soviet union" that freed themselves from the "red plague" as having an undefined status.

💭"In international law, the countries of the former soviet union do not have a valid status because there is no international agreement that would materialize their status as a sovereign country," said Lu Shaye.

🇺🇦The Ukrainian ambassador to France responded to these statements on his Twitter page:

💭"Either there are clear problems with geography or such statements contradict Beijing's position 'on efforts to restore peace in Ukraine based on international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter,'" wrote Vadym Omelchenko.

👋We would like to send greetings to Lu Shaye from Taiwan and wish him to get the pro-Russian crap out of his mouth, which he has filled his head with, and to coordinate his position with the leadership, which is slightly different in his previous statements on Ukraine. Although it is clear that the Chinese are deceiving everyone for their own benefit.

🇷🇺"russia should simply disintegrate into various small countries," says Estonian Defense Forces Commander General Martin Herem

🇪🇪In an interview with local television Eesti Rahvusringhääling ERR the Estonian Defense Forces Commander shared his thoughts on the desired future development of russia in the context of the russian-Ukrainian war.

💭"I don't see an end to this conflict until russia completely changes. It should no longer be russia. It shouldn't be a large and powerful country that thinks it has the right to do everything. russia should be broken up into small states that will not have so much power and ambition," said Martin Herem.

🧐He also noted that muscovy perceives large losses of human resources as its strength, showing that they have resources and that they can attack and attack. Therefore, there will be no end to the conflict until muscovy changes. And he sees the change of russia in its disintegration.

💭 "The military power of russia is probably greater than we want to believe, its warehouses are full of weapons, and then there is the sheer human mass, which is seemingly endless. One thing is how many of these resources are in various warehouses, towns, and villages all the way to Vladivostok. Another is the standard of losses, which someone considers a tragedy and perceives as a tragedy. We in the West live in the era of post-heroic warfare, where the loss of one person is a tragedy, and then we all discuss it. It seems to me that russia perceives the loss of 500-600 soldiers per day as a sign of strength, that 'we can.' 'We can afford to lose tomorrow; you can't, I can, and I'm going, I'll take what's there anyway.' If this standard remains, it will be very difficult for Ukrainians to stop until the last occupier is destroyed on their territory" <...> "I don't see an end to this conflict until russia completely changes," emphasized the commander.

🐐 Ahmat tea units occupied a compressor station near Spirne

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Situation on the frontlines as of April 23, 2023

▶️ On the Belarusian and Siverskyi direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Svatove direction — ongoing local battles along the contact line and artillery shelling from both sides. The enemy has intensified artillery pressure.

▶️ On the Bakhmut direction — ongoing battles near the highway through Khromove and in Bakhmut itself. The enemy has captured a compressor station near Spirne.

▶️ On the Avdiivka direction — the enemy has resumed assault actions near Novobakhmutivka.

▶️ On the Zaporizhzhia direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Tavria direction — based on several visual confirmations that there are no enemy defensive lines between Konka and the Dnipro, the territory is moving into a gray zone.

🗂 Analytical note. No global changes have been recorded in the past day. Katsaps continue to put pressure on Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

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🇨🇳Nearly 80 European parliamentarians call for declaring China's ambassador to France persona non grata

👥In a joint statement, the parliamentarians appealed to the French Foreign Minister to respond to the ambassador's attacks:

✍️«As Members of Parliament, we are writing to draw your attention to our call on the French government to take action in response to the aggressive statements made on Friday, April 21 at LCI by the Chinese Ambassador to France, Mr.Lu Shaye; statements that clearly violate international law and should be considered a threat to the security of France's European partner countries,» the statement reads.

🫡«At a time when war is raging in Europe, caused by russia's aggression against the territorial integrity of its neighbor Ukraine, it is crucial that the democratic world sends an unequivocal message to authoritarian countries to defend the sovereignty of our allies.»

👤EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter that Lu Shaye's remarks were "unacceptable."

🕊«Unacceptable remarks of the Chinese Ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of the countries which became independent with the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. The EU can only suppose these declarations do not represent China’s official policy.»

🇺🇦🔹Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda: Ukraine's membership will strengthen NATO

🗣«Instead of repeating hackneyed phrases about NATO's open doors, we need to find more concrete mechanisms for Ukraine's rapid integration into NATO after the war,» the Lithuanian leader said during a meeting with journalists.

🇱🇹Nausėda noted that the army's combat experience, which no other European country has, will obviously strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance.

💭«I think it is in the interest of all of us that President Zelenskyy will take part in our discussions. A significant part of the discussions will be devoted to and directly related to Ukraine,» Gitanas emphasized.

🚀A FAB-500 hits the beach - declared by the enemy as an attack on our positions on Cherkessky Island

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💣 The 43rd Artillery Brigade destroyed an enemy tank at the "40th km" checkpoint near Bohdanivka

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🇷🇺 Soviet classic from the katsaps - we don't "abandon" our own, but if we "abandon" them, it means they weren't our own

🚤 The f***ers on a boat decided to swim, but not all of them could swim. Katsap soldiers left their "tavarishch" to die in the cold waters of the Dnipro

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Situation on the frontlines as of April 24, 2023

▶️ On the Belarusian and Siverskyi direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Svatove direction — ongoing local battles along the contact line and artillery fire from both sides. The enemy continues to pressure with the goal of displacing Defense Forces from Serebryansky forestry.

▶️ On the Bakhmut direction — near Bilohorivka (L), the enemy failed to secure some positions. Fighting continues near the road through Khromove. The enemy has partial success beyond the railroad in Bakhmut.

▶️ On the Avdiivka direction — the enemy has resumed attacks near Novobakhmutivka and captured the former checkpoint "Borci".

▶️ On the Zaporizhzhia direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Tavria direction — active artillery exchanges continue.

🗂 Analytical note. The enemy continues to push on many sections of the front. These attempts appear to be searches for weak spots rather than a massive offensive. In Bakhmut, katsaps are pressing the defense, but an update to the Bakhmut combat contact line will not be made yet. With each passing day, holding the city becomes more difficult as the area of control diminishes, giving an advantage to the enemy's low-precision artillery.

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🛡 The 79th Border Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine hits targets on the left bank of the Dnipro River

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🚀Katsaps struck at the dachas north of Marfopil

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