Day 433 since the beginning of the war: In Russia, a fuel depot caught fire near Crimea. There has apparently been an attack on the Russian rail network. All information in the blog.
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Ukraine: Attacks on Kyiv repelled
5.55 a.m.: According to Ukrainian sources, Russia has carried out night attacks on Kiev for the third time in six days. “All enemy targets in the airspace around the capital were identified and shot down,” the Kiev military administration said on Telegram. Russia used Iranian-made Shahed drones in the attacks.
Russian fuel depot on fire
4.11 a.m.: A fuel depot in Russia’s Krasnodar Territory caught fire, according to the region’s governor. “This is a fire of the highest severity class,” Governor Veniamin Kondratiev wrote on the Telegram news service. The region is located in southwestern Russia on the Azov Sea across from Ukraine. There is no danger to the residents of the village. There were initially no reports of injuries, the cause of the fire initially remained unclear.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, it is said to be a camp near the village of Volna. This is not far from the Kerch Strait, which leads to the Crimean Peninsula. There were first, but not officially confirmed, videos on Twitter showing tanks on fire. It is currently still unclear whether it is a Ukrainian drone attack.
A drone attack set fire to a Russian fuel depot in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on Saturday. Russia blames Ukraine for this. Ukraine rarely claims attacks on Russian-controlled territory.
Selenskyj: Didn’t know about the US data leak in advance
3.20 a.m.: According to his own statements, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not first informed by the US government about the explosive data leak with secret documents circulating on the Internet. This emerges from an excerpt from an interview with the “Washington Post” with Selenskyj, which the newspaper published on its website on Tuesday. “I was not informed in advance from the White House or the Pentagon,” Zelenskyj said. “We didn’t have that information, and neither did I personally.” That is clearly a bad thing. The Washington Post report says that Zelenskyi found out about it from the news. Read more here.
Report: Russian S-300 missiles en route to Zaporizhia
12:55 a.m: Five trucks with S-300 missile systems have been sighted in Mariupol and are said to be on their way towards the Zaporizhia region, which is largely under Ukrainian control. This is what Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, wrote on Telegram. The S-300 are Soviet missile systems designed for air defense. Russia uses a modified version for attacks on Ukraine. The information cannot be independently verified.
After similar transports, there had previously been attacks on populated areas in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Andriushchenko said. He urged residents not to ignore airborne alerts. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is also located in Zaporizhia. It is currently controlled by Russian forces.
Two Russian rockets hit a private house in Zaporizhia on April 9, Zaporizhia acting mayor Anatolii Kurtiev reported on Telegram. The city has faced frequent attacks since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
EU wants to boost ammunition production with 500 million euros
9:10 p.m.: The EU Commission wants to increase ammunition production in the community with subsidies of more than 500 million euros. “When it comes to defence, our industry must now switch to war economy mode,” said EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.
The plan is to be officially presented on Wednesday, which the governments of the EU states and the EU Parliament will then have to approve. The money is to be used to invest in boosting the production of ammunition and rockets. This is intended to support Ukraine and replenish ammunition depots in EU countries.
