Direct War in Ukraine, Day 398: Explosions in Kiev / Companies Selling Their Businesses in Russia Forced to Pay 10% “Donation” to Russian Government / General: Defense of Bahmud is a “Military Necessity”

According to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, several explosions were heard in Kyiv on Monday evening. Klitschko said a store to the west caught fire, but there were no casualties. Kevin’s air defenses shot down all involved drones.

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Compilation of the last 24 hours of war

  • Ukraine’s ground forces commander says his troops are continuing to repel attacks on the eastern city of Bahmut and that securing Bahmut is a “military imperative”. General Oleksandr Chirsky’s comments reiterated Ukraine’s willingness to continue fighting in Bahmut, despite the high death toll.
  • A Russian missile attack on the eastern city of Sloviansk on Monday killed at least two people, the regional governor said. Pavlo Kyrilenko said the attack injured 29 people and damaged or destroyed several high-rise buildings and offices. Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted a video showing burning vehicles and debris littering the road.
  • Ukraine’s president told IAEA chief Rafael Grossi that the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant cannot be guaranteed as long as the Russians are there. Croci says the two met on Monday to discuss the management of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and had “standard” discussions.
  • Western companies that sell Russian businesses and leave Russia are obliged to donate 10% to the Russian government, writes the Financial Times, citing the decision of the Russian Foreign Investment Commission.
  • UN rejects Russia’s demand to investigate who sabotaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline The Security Council rejected it on Monday. Russia, China and Brazil voted in favor of the probe motion. .
  • 18 Cheetah 2 battle tanks promised by Germany to Ukraine have been delivered to Ukrainian border.
  • Ukrainian media published a phone conversation between prominent Russian music producer Iosif Prigozhin and billionaire Fargad Akhmedov in which both criticized Russia’s leadership. If authentic, the record would provide unprecedented insight into the state of mind among the Russian elite.
  • Poland has detained a foreign national accused of spying for Russia, prosecutors said. The arrest comes after Poland dismantled a Russian spy network that was planning sabotage and monitoring railroads to Ukraine. If convicted, the suspect faces up to 10 years in prison.
  • Hungary’s parliament has approved a bill allowing Finland to join NATO, a step closer to full membership of the alliance. Hungarian parliamentarians voted 182 in favor and 6 against. Turkey is the only country among the 30 NATO members that has not ratified Finland’s accession.
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Ukraine War Latest, Day 398, Live:

08:23Bulgaria, through intermediaries, will sell a large amount of ammunition to Ukraine, which will significantly affect the course of the war, writes Pravda.ua. The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense has announced that it will hand over old ammunition worth nearly 175 million euros to the state military plant VMZ in exchange for new ammunition. Former Defense Minister Boyko Noev explained in an interview to bTV: The purpose of this decision is to allow old ammunition from the warehouses of the Bulgarian army to enter Ukraine. “This is the largest rearmament operation of the Bulgarian ground forces in recent history,” the former minister said.

07:29Ukrainian officials quoted by Ukrinform say that the Russian Federation must return wounded and seriously ill servicemen without additional conditions. A meeting with relatives of captured and missing soldiers was held at the General Coordination Headquarters. “It is very difficult to get reliable information about the place where our servicemen are detained in Russia or in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. Representatives of the International Red Cross, having access to such places, conduct surveys, find out the state of health and conditions of detention. With the consent of the prisoner, they inform relatives and state authorities about the fact of their captivity. “However, the ICRC does not disclose the places they visited,” the Ukrainians say.

06:53 Several explosions were heard in Kyiv, Ukraine overnight Monday through Tuesday (local time), city mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced on his official Telegram channel, CNN reported.

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06:20 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, on Monday the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 41 Russian attack attempts towards Lyman, Bahmut, Avtivka and Marinka. According to Ukrinform, the death toll from Russia in Ukraine on March 27 was 171,160. Ukrainian forces destroyed 3,595 Russian tanks, 6,953 armored fighting vehicles, 2,638 artillery systems, 2,216 drones and hundreds of enemy equipment.

01:30Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday evening that “the enemy must be held accountable” for every attack, according to News.ro, referring to all areas where Russia has struck residential areas.

After a visit to the Zaporozhye region and a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Raphael Krause, Zelenskiy said “holding a nuclear power plant hostage for more than a year is the worst thing that could happen. In the history of the nuclear industry”.

00:30Russia launched a new drone attack on Kiev, while several explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

11:40 p.mPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Monday night speech that Ukraine will participate in the US-led Democracy Summit, CNN reported.

“We are already preparing for an important international event this week at the initiative of President (Joe) Biden and the United States,” he said.

“Democracy Summit. Ukraine will participate. Our pro-independence stance will sound as strong as ever,” the president added.

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