57th day of fighting: the main thing

Putin canceled the assault on Azovstal in Mariupol, fighting continues throughout the territory of contact, intelligence reports that Russia plans to show the “successes of the special operation” by May 9

• Today, at a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Putin ordered the assault on the Azovstal plant to be cancelled. The assault lasted two days. Military and civilians are hiding on the territory of the plant. According to the Ukrainian side, there are wounded and dead there.

Shoigu reported about Mariupol that the city had been taken. In it, the deputy mayor plans to hold the “Immortal Regiment” on May 9, and in schools the children are told that “the enemy will be defeated” soon.

The humanitarian corridors announced yesterday did not work as planned. It was possible to withdraw civilians on only 4 buses instead of 60.

• British intelligence reported that the offensive of the Russian troops would most likely be more active, since by May 9 it was necessary to show "the success of the special operation."
• In the Kherson region, part of which is occupied by Russian troops, they announced a possible referendum on April 27. People will decide on the creation of "HNR". There are also reports of forced mobilization coming from this region.
• last night The Ministry of Defense reported on the testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile. She flew from the Arkhangelsk region to Kamchatka. Such a missile can carry nuclear warheads and decoys, which becomes a problem for air defense systems.

But according to military analysts, rearming Russia's existing nuclear weapons system will take time. And such missiles will not appear there soon.

• There are new testimonies about the missing conscripts from the cruiser "Moskva". The Ministry of Defense has not confirmed the loss. So far, the lists of confirmed names include six conscripts who are missing and one midshipman who has died. Earlier, the Russian authorities assured that conscripts do not participate and will not participate in the “special operation” in Ukraine.
• In Russia, 100 defendants appeared in criminal cases related to the spread of "fake" about the country's armed forces, government agencies, vandalism - from writing protest slogans to comparing Z and V with a swastika. So far, “calls for sanctions” are not popular among the new articles of the criminal code, and there are no repeated prosecutions for discrediting the RF Armed Forces.
• UN Secretary General António Guterres invited Vladimir Putin to meet in Moscow. Russia refused to meet. The same proposal was sent to Kyiv.
• took place Another exchange of prisoners . Seven servicemen returned to Russia, and 10 servicemen and 9 civilians returned to Ukraine.