On April 11, 2024, the Russia-Ukraine war entered its 778th day.
Let's take a look at the situation on the battlefield first.
On the Avdiivka front, Russian troops made new advances south of the Durna River and south-east of Umansk, reaching the outskirts of Umansk.
In the Pervomaiske direction, Russian troops hung their rags in the far west of the village the day before yesterday, making it seem that they had taken full control of the settlement, but a new video shows Ukrainian troops still fighting in the center of Pervomaiske.
On the Bakhmut front, Russian positions in Ivanivske were attacked yesterday by Ukrainian guided bombs, causing considerable casualties.
In the direction of Chasov Yar, yesterday the Russian army used 32 armored vehicles and tanks to flank the positions of the Ukrainian 67th Brigade from both sides.
After 5 hours of fierce fighting, the 67 Brigade destroyed 19 of the equipment, and Russia was finally forced to retreat.
In the Crimean direction, the Ukrainian side announced the destruction of a Russian Ka-27 military helicopter.
The Russian Ministry of Defense later confirmed that the Russian army did lose a helicopter near Crimea, but it was the Mi-24 and not the Ka-27 that the Russian Foreign Ministry claimed was related to a technical malfunction.
Yesterday's results announced by the General Staff of Ukraine.
The loss of Russian personnel has officially exceeded the 450,000 mark.
By the way, I think this loss should be the sum of the killed and seriously wounded, and the ratio of the two is roughly around 1:1.
Let's take a look at the other news.
As expected, the Ukrainian parliament began its second reading of the bill on mobilization, which was attended by the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army and other high-ranking military officials, who answered questions from parliamentarians.
The final vote on the bill is likely to take place on these two days.
Russia is now facing its own Dnieper catastrophe.
After several dam bursts, the water level of the Ural River in the Orenburg region has already exceeded the 10-meter mark. Many residential areas have been flooded, thousands of people have been left homeless, and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated.
An American man named Richard Branson raised $635,000 in New York to support the rebuilding of a Ukrainian campus.
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that "the people of Ukraine are fighting for the freedom of all." If Russia wins, a new Iron Curtain will appear in Eastern Europe, and XXX all over the world will be even bolder. The West must supply Ukraine with weapons in order to win".
Germany announced new military aid, including:
tracked all-terrain vehicle Warthog (team vehicle);
2台WISSENT 1排雷机;
6000 shells of 155 mm caliber;
16 reconnaissance UAV vectors;
30 reconnaissance UAVs RQ-35 Heidrun;
30 systems for UAVs;
11 mobile demining systems;
3 mine trawls;
70 infrared cameras;
6800 Haenel MK5566;
1200 Haenel CR308;
500 Haenel HLR3386;
a million small arms cartridges;
5,000 detonators.
The deputy editor-in-chief of the German newspaper Bild interviewed Zelensky in the trenches of Kharkiv last week and commented:
"It seems to me that Zelensky is not worried about an attack in Kharkov. He even asked us if we should move the interview out despite the possibility of a bomb attack."
"Zelensky doesn't like dark rooms or basements. He loves freedom. "
Whether you like him or not, you must admit that Zelensky is one of the most courageous leaders in the world today, and it is this extraordinary courage and love of freedom that has sustained him and the Ukrainian people to where they are today.
The Georgian people gathered in Tbilisi to protest against the pro-Russian prime minister for the implementation of the "law on foreign agents". The slogan they shouted was:
"On the right side of history"
"Say no to the laws of Russia!"
"Joining the European Union"
"释放拉扎尔·格里戈里亚迪斯"(Lazare Grigoriadis,因"外国代理人"罪名被判入狱两年)。
On the other side, large numbers of Hungarians took to the streets to protest against the Eddesz Orban, which has a parliamentary majority, and has extended the state of emergency for six months, citing the war in Ukraine.
In Hungary, the state of emergency has been in place for more than four years, and it should continue without more fierce resistance.
This is a very natural result.
It is important to know that if a state of emergency can expand power, power will tend to make the state of emergency last forever. It's like, if an enemy can make power more solid, then power will manage to make the enemy last forever.
Text/West Building Drinking Moon
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