Ukraine war until the afternoon of April 10: Russia marches east of Kharkiv

Satellite image showing convoy military Russia moves south through the town of Velykyi Burluk. in Ukraine afp

According to the sheet The Guardian April 10, satellite images of Maxar Technologies (USA) and intelligence information Ukraine shows a nearly 13km long Russian military convoy moving south, passing the town of Velkyi Burluk in eastern Ukraine.

This town is located in the east of Kharkiv near the border with Russia. Ukraine’s defense report states that “the frequent arrival of wounded (Russian) soldiers” is a medical burden and a logistical overload.

Accordingly, lacking a stable supply source, Russian soldiers were forced to “work around the clock” to repair and restore equipment. Also according to the report, in Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian soldiers thwarted eight waves of Russian attacks, destroyed four tanks, eight armored vehicle units and 13 air targets including planes, missiles and aircraft. Unmanned aircraft.

Meanwhile, Sputnik quoted Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying that the Russian side used high-precision weapons from the sea to bomb the headquarters of the Ukrainian Dnieper battalion in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

In addition, the Russian air force has attacked 86 Ukrainian military facilities since the evening of April 9, including ammunition depots, checkpoints, fuel depots, multiple rocket launchers and concentration areas. Ukrainian military equipment. Russian and Ukrainian officials have not commented on the latest damage information released by each other.

Attempts to evacuate

Regarding the evacuation of civilians, CNN quoted Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk as saying that nine evacuation corridors were established on April 10 in eastern and southern Ukraine.

A corridor connecting the Donetsk region from the city of Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia, for private cars only. Besides, 3 other corridors are connected to Zaporizhzhia from Berdiansk, Tokmak and Energodar regions with buses and private cars.

No corridors from the southern city of Melitopol were announced on the same day. In the Luhansk region, there will be 5 corridors connecting to Bakhmut from the Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Hirske and Rubizhne regions.

Regional leaders are calling for the evacuation of civilians in eastern Ukraine amid the possibility of intense fighting in the region.

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Ukraine bans Russian imports

Reuters news agency on April 10 reported that Ukraine announced a ban on all imports from Russia. Russia was one of Ukraine’s important trading partners before sending troops to Ukraine, with a total annual import value of about $6 billion.

“Today we officially announce the complete cessation of trade in goods with the aggressive country,” Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote on Facebook on April 9, and called on other countries to do the same and impose sanctions on Russia. .

Since Russia started its operation in Ukraine on February 24, the exchange of goods and services between the two countries has almost ceased, but until now Ukraine has officially made a decision.

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Russia appoints general to command Ukraine campaign

Earlier, CNN reported that Russia did not have a commander for a special military operation in Ukraine. This meant that units from different Russian military regions were operating without coordination, according to two US defense officials.

According to observers, a new war zone commander with a lot of combat experience could help raise the level of coordination in a campaign that is expected to focus on the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, instead of spreading out on many fronts.

General Dvornikov (61 years old) is the first commander of Russia’s military operations in Syria, after the President Putin deployed forces to support the government of President Bashar al-Assad from September 2015.

Under the command of General Dvornikov from September 2015 to June 2016, Russian aircraft played a supporting role for government troops to launch a spearhead attack in eastern Aleppo, which was then occupied by rebel forces.

See more: President Putin replaced the general to command the operation in Ukraine?