Russia does not always confirm exchanges Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced today about a new exchange of prisoners. 10 military men, including two officers, and 9 civilians returned to the country. Russia did not report the exchange. Irina Vereshchuk also published data on the exchange on April 19: 16 civilians and 60 military returned home, including 10 officers. Information was also available on April 10: then 12 military and 14 civilians returned to Ukraine.

He explained this by the need to save the life and health of the Russian military. Today, during a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Putin ordered to cancel the assault on the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. According to TASS, he instructed to block the territory of the plant in such a way "so that the fly does not fly." The Minister of Defense said that Mariupol is under Russian control, with the exception of the territory of the plant.

The most popular article is about “fakes” about the Russian army and government agencies Human rights activist and lawyer Pavel Chikov said that from February 24 to April 20, 100 people became defendants in new criminal articles. Of the new ones introduced after the start of the “special operation”, the most popular article is about “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Information from the Russian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Today is the 57th day of fighting in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of several dozen military facilities and the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a civilian facility. The Russian side denies accusations of Ukraine in the attack on civilian infrastructure.

The case was considered by the Presnensky District Court of Moscow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was charged with a “sanitary case,” OVD-info* reports. She was found guilty in September 2021 for violating the sanitary and epidemiological rules (part 1 of article 236 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 4 of article 33 of the Criminal Code) after calls to go to protests on January 23, 2021.

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.

Another 2,897 injured The UN has confirmed civilian casualties in Ukraine. 2,224 people died, 2,897 were injured. Losses may be inaccurate, the organization clarifies: it is now impossible to collect data from areas where there are intense battles. Among the dead were 173 children. 280 children were injured.

The evacuation of civilians yesterday did not go according to plan The military remaining in Mariupol reported that they were ready to leave. But they do not agree with the demand to lay down their arms, the Air Force writes . Yesterday's plans to evacuate civilians did not work, only a few dozen people were able to leave the city on their own.

This may affect the activity of the offensive The UK Department of Defense has released the latest intelligence report. Russia plans to show "successes" in Ukraine for the annual May 9 Victory Day celebration. In anticipation of this date, the troops may step up operations. Now the troops are moving from the Donbass towards Kramatorsk, which is constantly under fire.

The proposal came from the State Duma committee to investigate outside interference At a meeting of the commission on new bills, Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the profile committee of the State Duma, put forward proposals for a law on foreign agents. He suggested adding a ban on working with children to the previously enshrined restrictions. He proposed to extend the ban to teaching, educational, educational activities among children.

A similar request was sent to Kyiv On April 20, the UN sent a request to Permanent Representatives from Ukraine and Russia to organize a meeting between Secretary General António Getteris and Presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. He would like to discuss urgent steps to achieve peace in Ukraine. At the meetings, Guterres plans to talk about the prospects for the principle of multilateralism in international relations, based on the UN Charter and international law.

The Ministry of Defense does not confirm the losses and wants to complicate the receipt of such data Vot Tak has found another conscript missing on the sunken cruiser Moskva. Sister Svetlana Tishkina wrote about Ivan Frantin from Karelia on VKontakte. Midshipman Ivan Vakhrushev was declared dead. According to Meduza *, 37 people died and about 100 were injured. The list of missing people includes Nikita Syromyasov, Yegor Shkrebets, Mark Tarasov, Artem Mishustin, Andrey Tsyvov.

Diplomatic missions will be closed in St. Petersburg and Pskov The Russian Foreign Ministry announced today the closure of the Consulate General and Consulates of Latvia in St. Petersburg and Pskov. The Estonian representation and office will cease to exist in St. Petersburg and Pskov. The Consulate General of Estonia will be closed in St. Petersburg.

The Sarmat missile is a problem for tracking and air defense systems On April 20, the Russian Defense Ministry conducted flight tests of the Sarmat missile. From the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, it reached Kamchatka - the distance between the two points is more than 6,000 kilometers. Vladimir Putin watched the launch via video link. He congratulated the military on the successful launch.

Date set for April 27 In the Kherson region on April 27, they plan to hold a referendum on the creation of the Kherson People's Republic (KhNR). This was reported by the Operational Command "South". In its summary, the command believes that the appointment of a “imitation of a referendum” is scheduled for a working day, which means that the will of the local population of the country is not of interest, and the outcome is known. Settlements are under constant shelling.