48th day of fighting: the main thing

The message about the use of chemical weapons by Russia in Mariupol is being checked, Iran may supply smuggled weapons to Russia, Putin met with Lukashenka

• On the night of April 12, the Ukrainian side reported the use of chemical weapons in Mariupol against military and civilians. Reports of this promptly decided to check the UK and the US. So far, there is no evidence of the use of such an arsenal.
• British intelligence reports the transfer of Russian troops from Belarus to the eastern part of Ukraine. Fights go from Kharkov to Kherson. According to experts, Russian troops are planning to take an arc in the eastern part of the country in order to provide a land exit to the Crimea.
• Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko reported 10,000 dead in the city. At the same time, he himself is outside it on the territory controlled by Ukraine. His sources in the city say that Russia has begun to use mobile crematoria. They allegedly burn the bodies of dead civilians. Boychenko also suggested that Russian forces may have kept humanitarian missions out of Mariupol in order to cover up the massacre.
• Russia could use smuggled weapons from Iraq in Ukraine. Sources told The Guardian. The country needs missiles, RPGs, launchers and other weapons.
• The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, said that people were not taken out of Ukraine against their will. She estimated the number of refugees in the country at 500,000.
• In five regions of Russia and in the Crimea, was introduced a “yellow” regime of increased terrorist threat . Local authorities report that this will not affect the ordinary life of citizens, but street patrols will be stepped up in several areas, residents are not recommended to attend mass events. These rules will be in effect for 15 days.
• Putin met with Lukashenka in the Amur region at the Vostochny cosmodrome. The parties discussed future cooperation. Regarding the fighting in Ukraine, Putin said that it was necessary to live, he called the killings of civilians a fake. Lukashenka handed over to him the documents that confirmed the “staging”. The entire operation in Ukraine is proceeding according to plan, according to Putin, and will continue until the goals of the Russian troops are fulfilled.