🇺🇦🇺🇸🇳🇱🇩🇪Patriot air defense systems from the United States, the Netherlands and Germany have already arrived in Ukraine, said the country's First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavlyuk.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Germany has handed over the second of four promised IRIS-T (SLM) air defense systems to Ukraine, writes Spiegel. In addition to the complex itself, 16 missiles were delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. SAM is already on the territory of Ukraine.

“The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops is already underway, but it is not limited to active offensive operations” - Anna Malyar

🇫🇷 Protests continue in France against President Emmanuel Macron.
Protests even inside shops now.
They demand Macron resigns.

The work of Ka-52 VKS helicopters on Ukrainian positions

🇸🇾 The Syrian 25th Special Forces Division conducted exercises

More Ukrainian demands - this time it’s $1bn from Shell.

Sauce: Politico

🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia showing ‘western values’

🇵🇱🐔🇺🇦 A blogger from Poland reports on low-quality meat imported from Ukraine:

"Attention! The State Sanitary Inspection has detected salmonella in chickens from Ukraine. It is a deadly bacteria for children and the elderly. So far, the contaminated products have not been withdrawn from the market, so warn your loved ones to avoid products with code 482"

Contaminated Chicken and Oil Companies with Morals....

Insane in the ukraine....

🇭🇺 There are reports of another wave of purges from the Hungarian national defence. 53 are stated to have been fired from the Hungarian intelligence services (KNBSZ).

From: BasedHungary on Twitter

🇨🇭 The Swiss government says the confiscation of private Russian assets would undermine the Swiss constitution and the prevailing legal order.

Swissinfo.ch

Mercedes-Benz claims that in negotiations with the car dealer, Avtodom secured the possibility of buying back its assets in the event that sanctions against Russia are lifted and thereby return to the Russian market, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported.

According to then, Mercedes-Benz received a buyback option when selling its Russian assets to Avtodom.

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (19 April 2023)⚡️

◽️ In Kupyansk direction, Ground-Attack and Army aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Novoselovskoye (LPR), Kotlyarovka, Zagoruikovka, Ivanovka, and Pershotravnevoye (Kharkov region). An ammunition depot of the AFU's 3rd Tank Brigade was hit close to Dvurechnoye.

◽️ In addition, actions of 2 AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups were foiled near Sinkovka and Orlyanskoye (Kharkov region).

💥 During the day, up to 120 militants, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Grad MLRS vehicle have been destroyed in this area.

◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces engaged AFU units close to Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR), and Grigorovka (DPR).

💥 The enemy's casualties were more than 75 militants and 2 AFVs.

◽️ In Donetsk direction, assault squads have liberated 3 quarters in northwestern, central, and southwestern parts of Artyomovsk. Russian Airborne Troops isolated the city from the northern and southern outskirts.

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces supported the assault squads' actions in this area.

📊 Over the past 24 hours, aircraft flew 4 sorties, and the Group's artillery carried out 67 firing missions in this area.

◽️ AFU attempts to counterattack assault squads were foiled close to Stupochki and Krasnoye (DPR), and in the northwestern and central parts of Artyomovsk.

💥 An ammunition depot of the AFU's 68th Mechanised Brigade has been hit close to Krasnogorovka (DPR).

💥 The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to up to 380 militants, 1 tank, 2 IFVs, 5 AFVs, 8 motor vehicles, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, 1 D-20 howitzer, and 1 Grad MLRS.

◽️ In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on AFU units close Ugledar, Pavlovka (DPR), and Chervonoye, Malaya Tokmachka, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).

◽️ In addition, actions of 2 AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups were foiled near Vladimirovka and Neskuchnoye (DPR).

💥 Total enemy losses in these directions amounted to up to 120 militants, 2 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 30 militants, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and 1 D-30 howitzer have been destroyed over the past 24 hours.

💥 An ammunition depot of the AFU's 126th Territorial Defence Brigade has been obliterated close to Zmiyevka (Kherson region).

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 98 AFU artillery units at their fire positions, manpower, and military hardware in 133 areas during the day.

💥 1 AFU's pontoon-bridge across Seversky Donets River was destroyed near Seversk Malyi (DPR). A command and observation post of the AFU's 110th Mechanised Brigade was eliminated close to Avdeyevka (DPR). A fuel depot of the AFU's 17th Tank Brigade has been hit close to Konstantinovka (DPR).

✈️ Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 3 airplanes of Ukrainian Air Force including:

▪️ 2 Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets were shot down close to Novoukrainka and Sergeyevka (DPR);
1 Su-25 was downed close to Dolgenkoye (Kharkov region).

💥 Russian air defence facilities have shot down 1 Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 aircraft of near Ugledar (DPR).

◽️ In addition, the air defence forces shot down 4 HIMARS MLRS projectiles and neutralised 6 Ukrainian UAVs close to Podo-Kalinovka (Kherson region), Komsomolskoye (DPR), Novogorovka, Ilyinka, and Chervonopopovka (LPR).

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NATO countries will be able to think about accepting Ukraine into the alliance only when the hostilities are over

So said Czech President Petr Pavel after talks on Wednesday in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.