Newsletter 02/05/2024
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Missile attack on Odesa: Nova Poshta branch damaged, no employees injured
An enemy missile attack on depot 1 and cargo branch No. 4 of Nova Poshta in Odesa. Fortunately, everyone is alive! All 18 people who were on shift managed to hide in a bomb shelter.
Russian forces executed at least 20 Ukrainian soldiers since December 2023 - HRW
The Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023.
Russians use kamikaze drones over ZNPP reactors – Ukrainian intelligence
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has obtained evidence indicating that the Russian military has employed kamikaze drones over the nuclear reactors of the temporarily seized Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP).
Macron does not rule out sending troops to Ukraine if Russia breaks through defense and there is request from Kyiv
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that preventing Russia from winning the war is a strategic security goal, and under certain circumstances, he does not rule out sending European ground troops to Ukraine.
Enemy attempting to break through front line in three sectors - Defense Forces
The situation in the eastern sector, where the Khortytsia operational and strategic grouping of troops operates, is hot. In particular, in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka sectors, the enemy is trying to break through the front line.
War
Strike on Derhachi: Number of injured children grows to eight - all of them were in a sports club
The number of children injured in a Russian strike on Derhachi, Kharkiv region, has increased to eight, all of whom were in a sports club at the time of the attack.
Russia will definitely be held accountable for use of chemical weapons - MFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has welcomed the decision of the United States to impose additional restrictive measures against Russia related to the aggressor state's unleashing a full-scale war against Ukraine and the use of chemical weapons.
Syrskyi shows footage of Ukrainian forces eliminating invaders at front
Politics
President of Georgia urges citizens to choose between Europe and Russia
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called on citizens to make an "existential" choice between Russia and Europe, commenting on the law on "foreign agents."
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia and countries helping it produce weapons
The U.S. government has announced hundreds of new sanctions against Russia's military and industrial base, chemical and biological weapons programs, as well as companies and individuals in third countries that help Russia produce weapons.
Environment
New environmental project is being launched in Ukraine at expense of EU
The project "Preservation of Natural Heritage for Life in Ukraine" is being implemented in Ukraine with co-financing from the LIFE Program.
Publication
Artūras Žarnovskis, Co-Create Future of Ukraine Programme Manager Ukrainian
We have already talked on multiple occasions about the Baltic countries, and Lithuania in particular, treating Ukrainian troubles as their own. These countries are providing Ukraine with all the help possible - at all levels and in various areas, including a key area such as recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine.
Highly illustrative of this is the creation in Lithuania, within the structure of its Central Project Management Agency, of a specialized entity that is dealing with Lithuanian programs for Ukraine and would be helpful in recovery and reconstruction of our country - Co-create Future of Ukraine. Ukrinform spoke with Artūras Žarnovskis, Co-Create Future of Ukraine Program Manager.