Chronicle of the war with Ukraine. Day 50

00:05

A video appeared on social networks in which the lead singer of the Elysium group, Dmitry Kuznetsov, says that the group’s concert that took place over the weekend “was not a planned anti-war action,” drew attention Novaya Gazeta . Europe".

On April 9, "Elysium" performed in Moscow with a white-blue-white anti-war flag, sang songs in Ukrainian and the song "Tanks belong in a museum."

“The color of the white-blue-white flag on the stage was not a planned action of solidarity with anyone. This will not happen again at concerts, ”Kuznetsov says in the video, standing in front of the camera in a room that looks like an office.

"New Newspaper. Europe” writes that the video was distributed by telegram channels with the symbol Z.

Later, Meduza published a screenshot of a post and video from Elysium's private VKontakte public page, showing Kuznetsov filming himself on his phone, standing in Moscow against the backdrop of the FSB building on Lubyanka. In the video, the newspaper writes, the soloist of "Elysium" repeats the same words that he said in the first video. "We're duplicating the statement. If someone did not understand something, ”the post says.

Updated at 00:16. Added information about the second video.

23:51

Politician Lev Shlosberg was detained in Pskov, Sever . Realities".

Activist Nikolai Glushkov, who was detained with Shlosberg, said that they were stopped on their way to a working trip: “At first they were stopped by ordinary guards. Then employees of the "E" center arrived. They said that the order of the leadership was urgently delivered to the department.

SOTA, referring to Lev Shlosberg, writes that a protocol is being drawn up against him to discredit the actions of the Russian army for one of his posts on his social networks.

23:39

The BBC Russian Service found thousands of vacancies for contracted military personnel on job search sites (HeadHunter and SuperJob).

An anonymous military expert told the publication that traditionally, contract soldiers are not recruited through advertisements on the Internet, this is done through military enlistment offices and recruitment centers. At the same time, HeadHunter noted that such announcements were published before, but the figures show that since the end of February there have been more of them: since the beginning of 2022, 6.8 thousand vacancies for military personnel under the contract, in previous years, such a number of announcements appeared for the whole year . Superjob did not explain the number of vacancies.

According to these ads, writes BBC Russian Service, you can get to the war in Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

22:57

The cruiser Moskva sank, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“During the towing of the Moskva cruiser to the port of destination, due to damage to the hull received during the fire from the detonation of ammunition, the ship lost stability. In the conditions of stormy seas, the ship sank, ”the Ministry of Defense writes.

The crew from the cruiser was evacuated, the ministry said earlier.

22:15

Ivanovo resident Dmitry Silin, who handed out George Orwell's dystopia 1984 to passers-by, was charged with discrediting the Russian army.

According to Ivanovo activist Sergei Rimsky, on April 12, the Leninsky City Court registered a case under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses against Silin. He handed out books on April 8th.

21:57

73 bodies have already been removed from the mass grave in Bucha, told Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk UNIAN. According to him, 167 out of 403 bodies of residents in Bucha were identified and identified: “We found out what kind of people they were, where they lived, where they worked.”

21:26

A Russian flag was hung on the administration of the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson region, said Mayor Evgeny Rishchuk . The Russian military, according to him, "completely enter the city", they will also patrol Alyoshki. Ukrainian utilities, according to the mayor, will continue to work.

20:38

According to the UN , since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 1,964 civilians have died and 2,613 people have been injured. The real figures, the UN notes, are much higher.

“The majority of reported civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of ​​effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the organization’s report says.

20:24

After the shelling of the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region, about 100 houses were damaged, two of them burned down completely, TASS reports citing Governor Alexander Bogomaz. Eight people were injured.

According to Bogomaz, the residential sector with one-story houses was subjected to shelling, there was no evacuation from it.

20:10

During the shelling of Zhuravlevka, one person was injured, said the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to him, a 37-year-old local resident has a slight shrapnel wound in his forearm.

19:17

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced another shelling in the village of Zhuravlevka. There is damage to residential buildings and social facilities, there is no information about victims and victims.

According to him, the shelling came from Ukraine. A state of emergency has been introduced in the village and people have been taken out of it.

19:13

SoundStream restricted access to Kholod's podcasts at the request of Roskomnadzor, Sergey Epikhin, content director of the service, told Kholod.

Tonight, the service received a notification from Roskomnadzor stating that Kholod's podcasts contain false information about the war in Ukraine.

“The request does not apply to a single episode of a particular podcast or a particular show, but to all podcasts of the Kholod edition. Unfortunately, we are forced to restrict access to these podcasts on our platform, as we are required to comply with all the requirements of the regulators,” Epikhin said.

On all other sites, the Cold podcast is now available.

19:10

The founder of the Altai newspaper Listok, Sergei Mikhailov, was sent to a pre-trial detention center in the case of "fakes" about the Russian army, Kommersant reports , citing the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

Yesterday, Sergei Mikhailov was detained in the Moscow region, taken by plane to Novosibirsk, and then brought by car to Gorno-Altaisk. In parallel, a search was carried out in the editorial office of the newspaper. According to the materials of the case, Mikhailov, motivated by “political hatred or enmity,” posted publications in the newspaper and on its web mirror, which, under the guise of being reliable, “contained false information about the goals, objectives and procedure for conducting a special military operation by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine ". Under the article on “fakes” (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), Mikhailov faces up to 10 years in prison.

Earlier, the Gorno-Altai City Court fined the Leaf newspaper for 300,000 rubles under an article about discrediting the Russian army. Also, the director of the legal entity Olga Komarova was fined 100 thousand rubles.

18:43

According to OVD -Info, since the beginning of the war, Russian courts have issued at least 960 arrests due to protests.

In addition to the article on violating the procedure for holding a mass event (20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the article on discrediting the actions of the Russian army (20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) is used to suppress anti-war protests, the organization reports. At least 993 cases have been initiated under this article.

According to the OVD-Info report, more than 15,000 people have been detained at anti-war actions since the beginning of the war, after which at least 84 people faced criminal prosecution. 26 people from 16 regions became defendants in criminal cases under the article about "fakes" about the Russian army.

18:23

Russian troops shelled the outskirts of the city of Gorodnya in the Chernihiv region, Suspіlne Novyny reports , citing the deputy head of the city, Igor Lakhneko. There were no deaths, he said.

17:59

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine banned the symbols Z and V, and also recognized the war as genocide by Russia, said . deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko

“We recognize Russia as a terrorist state, condemn the neo-Nazi totalitarian regime of Russia and prohibit any of its propaganda,” he wrote.

17:37

The United States does not intend to return the property seized from Russian businessmen due to sanctions, said National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

“Our goal is not to bring them back. Our goal is to use them better than in this way, ” TASS quotes Sullivan’s speech at the Economic Club of Washington.

17:29

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told CNN that the Moskva remains afloat and is moving east on its own. He suggested that the ship is moving to Sevastopol for repairs, reports CNN.

The Pentagon confirms that the explosion occurred on the ship, "quite strong, causing noticeable damage to the ship." However, the department does not know what exactly provoked the explosion.

16:12

In the Belgorod region, the Ukrainian military shelled the village of Spodaryushino, writes Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

There are no casualties or casualties among the civilian population, as well as the destruction of residential and social buildings. According to Gladkov, residents of the villages of Bezymeno and Spodaryushino were temporarily taken out of their settlements.

15:55

The Investigative Committee of Russia claims that a village in the Bryansk region was fired upon by two Ukrainian helicopters that crossed the border.

“Using two combat helicopters equipped with heavy offensive weapons, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine illegally entered the airspace of the Russian Federation. Moving at low altitude, acting deliberately, they carried out at least 6 air strikes on residential buildings in the village of Klimovo, Klimovsky district, Bryansk region, ”the IC said in a statement .

The department opened a criminal case. Seven people were injured as a result of the shelling.

15:47

The Gorno-Altai City Court fined the Listok newspaper 300,000 rubles, and Olga Komarova, director of the legal entity, 100,000 rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian military. attention to the release of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about this and cards . the case drew Mediazona

A protocol was also drawn up against Komarova earlier on calls for sanctions because of the Listk article. And yesterday, the founder of the newspaper, Sergei Mikhailov, was detained in a criminal case on the dissemination of "fake news" about the army.

15:08

The fourth exchange of prisoners of war took place today, said . Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk

According to her, 30 prisoners were handed over to the Ukrainian side: five officers, 17 privates and eight civilians.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine separately reports on the release from captivity of two Ukrainian pilots Ivan Pepelyashko and Aleksey Chyzh. They were kept in the pre-trial detention center of Kursk, there were eight more Ukrainian officers in the cell.

According to Pepelyashko, most of the captured Ukrainians did not receive medical care there: “The guys are holding on, but most of the wounds have begun to fester. They asked the Russians to give at least bandages and brilliant green, to take care of the most difficult ones. But in vain."

Another pilot, Aleksey Chizh, said that they were forced to record propaganda videos, and if they refused, they were threatened that they would stop bandaging the wounds of their colleagues.

Updated at 15:22. Added information GUR Ukraine.

14:22

Seven people were injured as a result of the shelling of the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine, TASS reports citing an employee of the admissions department of the central district hospital.

“Seven people got in. Of these, a child in serious condition with a pregnant mother was sent to the Novozybkovskaya Central District Hospital. Two adults are in serious condition, and three more are in average condition," a TASS source said.

In addition, the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said that two houses caught fire due to shelling.

Later, Governor Oleksandr Bogomaz accused the Ukrainian military of shelling the village of Klimovo.

Updated at 14:53. Added Bogomaz comment.

13:32

The border checkpoint in the Bryansk region was fired from the territory of Ukraine, according to the FSB. No one was hurt, but two vehicles with refugees were damaged.

13:12

Roskomnadzor drew up two protocols against Google for refusing to remove links to materials about the war and YouTube videos from search results.

“The protocols against Google contain links to fake materials that discredit the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as to youtube videos of an extremist nature with calls for violent actions against Russian military personnel, materials of extremist organizations such as the Right Sector and the nationalist regiment Azov," the ministry clarifies.

According to one protocol, a fine of up to 4 million rubles is threatened, according to the second - up to 8 million.

13:01

The cruiser Moskva remains buoyant, and the fire on it was localized, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“The fire on the cruiser Moskva has been localized. There is no open fire. Explosions of ammunition have been stopped. The cruiser Moskva remains buoyant," quoted the message the Zvezda TV channel as saying. The main armament was not damaged.

The Ministry of Defense still does not comment on the information that two Neptune missiles hit the ship.

12:26

The head of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko , said that Russian troops are forcing the townspeople to wear white armbands "as a mark" "our", exposing them to the risk of shelling from the Ukrainian military.

“In fact, in this way, the Russians once again use the civilian population to “bait” snipers and soldiers of our troops. Since it is precisely such a mark that is used by the Russian army and can be mistaken by ours for a real enemy, ”Andryushchenko writes.

In Bucha, in the Kiev region, where hundreds of civilians were killed, the Russian military also required citizens to wear white armbands to signify their “civilian” status.

He also said that snipers are working in the Levoberezhny district of the city, and the Primorsky district near the port remains the hottest battle zone. Street fighting also takes place in the Central District.

“Exit / exit from the city is virtually impossible. Isolated cases of release from the city only when placed in the Mangush and Nikolsky districts with subsequent filtration,” the mayor noted.

12:10

In Odessa, the leader of the faction of the pro-Russian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" in the Mariupol City Council was detained, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine reports . The department does not name the detainee, but it is likely that he is Vladimir Klymenko.

According to the State Bureau of Investigation, he was engaged in an anti-Ukrainian information campaign in support of Russia (Part 6 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). In particular, the department points to Klymenko's Facebook post on the eve of the invasion with "a call for the overthrow of the current Ukrainian government." It is not clear what kind of post he is talking about - a week before the start of the war, he published an appeal by pro-Russian deputies calling on the Ukrainian authorities to implement the Minsk agreements.

“This “politician” went through a “thorny” path from the man of Yanukovych, Medvedchuk, Korolevskaya to the head of the Mariupol faction of the Opposition Platform – For Life. He became the mouthpiece of the Kremlin in the east - he advocated the restoration of economic ties with Russia. Today, a case of encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine is being considered in court against him,” the ministry said in a statement.

The State Bureau of Investigation also notes that, according to operational information, Klymenko was married to former Crimean prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya, who supported the annexation of the peninsula to Russia. Information about their marriage appeared eight years ago, but there was no official confirmation.

After the news about the detention of Klymenko, Poklonskaya wrote on her Telegram channel that she did not know him.

Updated at 13:22. Added information about Poklonskaya's comment.

11:34

Since the beginning of the war in the Donetsk region, 238 civilians have been killed and 772 injured, said the head of the region Pavel Kirilenko. He clarified that the data on the dead in Mariupol and Volnovakha are still unknown.

11:29

More than 154 objects of property of the pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko have been arrested in Ukraine, the reports . State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine

“Among those arrested: 26 cars, 30 land plots, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces and a motor yacht,” the statement said. Under arrest and shares in the authorized capital of 25 companies.

Medvedchuk is accused of treason and assistance to a terrorist organization. Before the start of the war, he escaped from house arrest, after which he was arrested in absentia. On April 12, the SBU detained Medvedchuk.

10:34

10:23

In Kalmykia, an employee of the Elista administration was arrested, who was suspected of creating a telegram channel about the Russian military killed in Ukraine, reports . RIA Novosti

A criminal case was opened against him about “fakes” about the Russian army (paragraphs “a”, “d” of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), which threatens up to 10 years in prison.

According to the "Caucasian Knot", the arrested person is 40-year-old Altan Ochirov, he ran the Free Ulus telegram channel, which now has 135 subscribers. The channel published messages about the dead Russian military, and also criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Altan has two dependent children. He holds a technical position in the mayor’s office,” lawyer Sanal Ubushiev, who maintains contact with the lawyer and the family of the arrested person, said about Ochirov.

10:00

Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine , admitted that a part of the 36th Marine Brigade was captured in Mariupol. He claims that there were "much, much fewer" soldiers in captivity than the thousand people reported by the Russian side.

9:41

The Investigative Committee will ask for the arrest of Mikhail Afanasiev, a journalist from the Khakassia publication Novy Focus, who told about riot police who refused to go to war in Ukraine, the reports . Network Freedoms project

The project published a fragment of the resolution, signed by the investigator Natalia Bogdanovich. A criminal case has been opened against the journalist for “fake news” about the Russian army, he faces up to 10 years in prison.

Afanasyev was detained yesterday in Abakan. He was searched for three hours, and then he was taken away for interrogation. In early April, the journalist published an article in which he spoke about the events of the first days of the war, after which 11 Khakass OMON fighters refused to participate in the war in Ukraine.

“To be honest, I believe too much in humanity and the best in it to understand how dangerous it is for me to publish this information due to the new legislation. I just do what my conscience tells me to do. <...> Perhaps I'm exaggerating and everything is not so bad, but I think it's better to say goodbye just in case. Take care of yourself, take care of love, take care of freedom, ” Afanasiev wrote then.

9:25

The American company Monotype, which owns the rights to the popular fonts Helvetica, Times New Roman, Tahoma and Arial, has closed access to its library for Russian users, Vedomosti writes , citing a source in a Russian IT company.

The newspaper specifies that when using VPN services, a library with these fonts is available.

Lawyers interviewed by Vedomosti say that blocking access to the font catalog does not mean a ban on Russian users from using them. Moscow Digital School teacher Roman Lukyanov suggests that the closure of access to the catalog may be due to “the inability to process payments, reputational risks, exchange risks, etc.”

8:58

On the cruiser "Moskva" of the Black Sea Fleet, a fire broke out and detonated ammunition, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

“As a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated. The ship was seriously damaged. The crew has been completely evacuated, ” quotes a representative of the department. TASS

A few hours before the statement by the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian journalist Oleksandr Karpyuk wrote that the cruiser was hit by two Neptune missiles. about this The head of the Odessa region, Maxim Marchenko, also wrote : “The Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea inflicted very serious damage on the Russian ship.”

This was also confirmed by Ukrayinska Pravda's intelligence sources. “According to the available information, Moskva has disappeared from the radar, other ships of the enemy ship group are now also in that area, a rescue operation is possibly taking place. This happened in an area about 20 nautical miles from Zmeiny Island, ”the source said.

The cruiser Moskva became the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet more than 20 years ago. The crew consists of 510 people.

Results of the 49th day of the war

In the Kyiv region, after the withdrawal of Russian troops, the bodies of 765 dead civilians were found.

The Russian Defense Ministry has threatened to strike at Kyiv if the Ukrainian military continues to strike targets on Russian territory.

When asked about the exchange of Putin's godfather Viktor Medvedchuk, who was detained by the SBU after escaping from house arrest, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Medvedchuk had nothing to do with the war and was a foreign political figure.

The SBU claims that the FSB was going to smuggle Medvedchuk by boat to Transnistria, and from there to Moscow.

Roskomnadzor began monitoring anti-war posts on the Internet at least as early as 2020.

In St. Petersburg, artist Sasha Skochilenko was sent to a pre-trial detention center for replacing price tags in a supermarket with anti-war leaflets. Now she faces up to 10 years in prison. A denunciation of Skochilenko was written by a customer.

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