Newsletter 17/04/2024
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Death toll from Russian missile attack in Chernihiv rises to 17, 61 injured
On the morning of April 17, Russian invaders attacked Chernihiv with three Iskander missiles. Social infrastructure facilities, a university building, a hospital, and 16 residential high-rise buildings in one of the city's neighborhoods were damaged.
"As of now, 24 houses and 252 apartments have been damaged," said Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, the head of the Chernihiv City Military Administration.
House Republicans unveil aid bills for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
House Republican leadership on Wednesday unveiled the legislative text for three bills that are part of a complicated plan by Speaker Mike Johnson to get aid to U.S. allies while addressing concerns from conservatives.
The three bills would provide $26.4 billion to support Israel, $60.8 billion to bolster Ukraine and $8.1 billion to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, including billions for Taiwan.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson has said that a vote on aid bills will take place this Saturday, April 20.
Biden calls on Congress to urgently pass military aid for Ukraine
“Now is not the time to abandon our friends. The House must pass urgent national-security legislation for Ukraine and Israel, as well as desperately needed humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza,” U.S. President Joe Biden emphasized.
New package from Denmark: Ukraine to receive $313 million in military aid
Denmark has announced the allocation of the 17th military aid package to Ukraine worth DKK 2.2 billion ($313 million). Most of the aid will go to the defense sector.
Partisans: S-400 system and command post hit at Dzhankoi airfield
As a result of strikes on the airfield in Dzhankoi in the temporarily occupied Crimea, the S-400 system and the command post of the Russian air defense missile regiment were hit.
Mi-8 helicopter destroyed in Russia – Ukrainian intelligence
On April 17, 2024, a Mi-8 transport helicopter was destroyed at the Kryazh air base in the city of Samara. The aggressor used the helicopter in the war against Ukraine for the transportation of weapons and personnel.
War
Russia preparing provocation against Ukraine to accuse it of illegal arms trafficking in Africa - intel
As the positions of the Russian Federation and its proxy forces are weakening on the African continent, Russian special services are preparing a special information operation against Ukraine, allegedly related to the illegal circulation of Western weapons.
Russia preparing to redeploy Wagner fighters from Africa Corps to Belgorod region - ISW
According to ISW analysts, an insider source claimed on April 15 that the Kremlin believes that Russian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Lieutenant General Andrei Averyanov failed to meet the Kremlin's deadlines to develop the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD)-controlled Africa Corps.
The insider source claimed that Russian authorities are preparing to redeploy unspecified detachments of the Africa Corps from Africa to the Belgorod region.
Defense
Canada to allocate $1.2 billion for military aid to Ukraine
Over the next five years, Canada will allocate 1.6 billion Canadian dollars (about 1.2 billion US dollars) for various lethal and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine.
Energy
Russian occupiers not conduct all necessary repairs at Zaporizhzhia NPP – Energoatom
Necessary repairs and inspections are not conducted in full at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) due to the lack of competence among the personnel hired by Russian occupiers.
Factcheck
Fire at pharmaceutical warehouse in Poland: Russian propaganda spreads fake about Ukrainians' involvement
Recently, Russian Telegram channels, media outlets, and public pages on the Vkontakte social network have begun circulating a video of the fire that broke out at the Farmacol pharmaceutical warehouse in the Polish city of Katowice. Below the video, the authors of the propaganda resources synchronously wrote that a group of Ukrainian refugees, dissatisfied with the Polish authorities' policy of supplying Ukrainian goods and weak military assistance, organized an act of retaliation and set fire to the warehouse. Later, pro-Russian English-language resources, including the Pravda network, which is engaged in propaganda for European countries, began to spread this information.
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