April 2022

The shelling in Poltava was not confirmed/Kolokray

The night of April 27 turned out to be restless for the residents of Poltava region. At night in Poltava, many people heard the sounds of explosions.

In the Poltava region on the night of April 27, an air alert was announced four times. And at 8:06 – one more time. In the morning it became known that the information about the explosions in Poltava, which was before, was not confirmed. This was reported at the daily construction of the regional VA for the Office of the President, channel 24 reports.

Before that night, the head of the Poltava regional military administration, Dmitry Lunin, said that in some areas of Poltava and suburbs, many heard sounds similar to explosions. This information was also submitted by the mayor of Poltava, Oleksandr Mamai.

However, Lunin added that there was no information about missile strikes, destruction of infrastructure, injured or downed missiles at that time.

American diplomats in Lvov/twitter of the US Embassy in Ukraine to Kyiv. On April 26, they visited Lviv, where they met with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

Diplomats announced “an early resumption of work in the capital”, but there is no exact return date yet.

The visit has become first step ahead of more regular travel in the near future.

Great to be back! Today, members of the embassy team went to Lviv to meet with key partners, including the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the embassy noted.

Preparations are currently underway for the early resumption of work in Kyiv.

American diplomats in Lviv/Photo from the US Embassy in Ukraine Twitter

What is known about the return of American diplomats

• On April 26, American diplomats returned to Ukraine for the first time since the Russian invasion. According to media reports, the diplomats arrived in Ukraine from Poland and went to Lviv for a day trip.
• It is noted that American diplomats make day trips to Lviv, avoiding rail transport.
• Until recently the return of the US embassy to Kyiv was considered a very distant prospect.

The US will return its embassy to Ukraine: watch the video

In Severodonetsk, the clergyman agreed to cooperate with the Russian invaders. He passed information to the enemy about the deployment of Ukrainian troops.

This was announced by the head of the Lugansk police department Serhiy Gaidai.

He noted that law enforcement officers checked the clergyman’s mobile phone yesterday, April 26 The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

“During the check, the priest's correspondence with representatives of illegal armed groups was discovered,” Gaidai said.

He spoke about the number, deployment and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In messages, he conveyed to the invaders information about the number, deployment and armament of the military armed forces of Ukraine.

Recall that for cooperation with the enemy, you can go to prison for a period of 10 to 12 years. Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk noted that the parliament is working to ensure that there is no more collaborationism in Ukraine at all. The people's representatives are doing their best to put safeguards on collaborationism for the future.

On April 27, the invaders fired again at the bridge in the Odessa region/myintimatecities

Occupiers once again fired at the bridge across the Dniester estuary in the Odessa region. The OVA explained why the Russian invaders did not stop trying to destroy the crossing.

April 27 at 06:45 Russian infidels again fired at the bridge across the Dniester estuary in the Odessa region. The representative of the Odesa OVA, Sergey Bratchuk, explained on the air of the telethon why it is very important for the Russians to destroy it.

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73% of Americans support US arms supplies to Ukraine/Channel 24 Collage

Poll conducted by Reuters news agency and international research company Ipsos on April 26. The last such study was conducted at the end of March, even before the global outrage due to the discovery of Russian atrocities against civilians in the Kyiv region – then the supply of weapons by the states to Ukraine was supported by 68% Americans.

Americans support arms supplies to Ukraine

The latest poll showed that the majority of supporters of both the Democratic and Republican parties support US sanctions against Russia and say that in the midterm elections to Congress on November 8 this year they will prefer candidates who support < strong>military assistance to Ukraine.

At the same time, about half of the respondents, including 6 out of 10 Democrats, are concerned that Russia may try to influence the elections to Congress through disinformation and propaganda.

In addition, the survey found that US citizens rate Joe Biden's reaction to the war in Ukraine higher than his actions on other issues. We are talking, in particular, about the country's economic performance and high energy prices.

Thus, about 46% of respondents, including 70% of Democrats and 24% of Republicans, generally approve of Biden's decisions and actions regarding Ukraine, but the approval of economic steps was only 37%, the settlement of energy prices – 32%.

By the way, it is noted that in general, Biden's work as president in the survey was approved by 42% respondents, which is the lowest level during his term. Both Reuters and Ipsos polls were conducted online across the United States, with over 1,005 American adults each time.

Refund of duty on cars imported into Ukraine for own use/Collage of Channel 24

Bill #7311 provides for the abolition of all privileges for the import of vehicles during wartime. The corresponding project was registered by members of the tax committee of the Parliament.

On April 26, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, chaired by Danylo Getmantsev, developed Draft Law 7311 dated 04/24/2022 “On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other laws of Ukraine regarding certain taxes and fees during the military state of emergency”.< /p>

The purpose of this project is the complete abolition of preferential customs clearance of cars. After the adoption of this bill, you will again have to pay import duties, excise taxes and VAT. For used cars, these taxes can be from 40 to 100% of the value of this car in Europe.

Recall that on April 5, 2022, a law came into force that abolished all taxes on the import of vehicles. The state sought to replenish the number of vehicles destroyed in the war, the loss of which was about 200 thousand units. Nevertheless, Ukrainians actively began to import cars into Ukraine for their own fleet, which created huge queues at the borders.

It is noted that such activity at the borders prevented the rapid arrival of humanitarian supplies for the needs of Ukrainians during the war. And even foreign partners paid attention to the number of cars, and some wealthy people began to import too expensive cars. Please note that the Law did not specify restrictions on the price of cars that are subject to benefits.

Statistics showed that from April 5 to April 24, about 14 thousand cars were imported into Ukraine without paying taxes .

The process of adopting a new law on the return of duties may take from several days to a month, so the date of the abolition of “zero customs clearance” is unknown.

We only note that planning to import a car without taxes today is a very risky decision.

In particular, the legislators propose a number of tax changes: doubling the military levy, allowing the reimbursement of value-added tax with domestic government bonds, taxation for goods imported by payers of a single taxes of groups I, II and III, taxation for vehicles imported by citizens for free circulation.

The US Department of Defense has created a control center for military aid in Ukraine in Germany/The Page

< strong _ngcontent-sc84="">In the area of ​​responsibility of the US European Command in the German city of Stuttgart, the Pentagon has created a control center to coordinate deliveries and optimize the delivery of military assistance to Ukraine.

This was announced on April 26 by a representative of the ministry U.S. Defense Command.

According to the official, the U.S. European Command center is based at its headquarters in Stuttgart and is led by a two-star American military general.

The center in Germany works closely with an international donor clearing house run by a British general. The center was created to support the efforts of this security system, the Pentagon spokesman said.

According to him, the control center, along with personnel from the United States, includes workers from 15 other countries.

The control center control will manage a network of more than 40 partner countries and allies who met on April 26 in Germany at the Ramstein airbase and discussed support for Ukraine, including accelerating the supply of weapons to Ukraine. These are mainly countries in Europe, as well as the Middle East, including Israel and even Africa. Representatives of South Korea and Japan were also virtually present.

Recall that the head of the Pentagon noted that the rates go far beyond Ukraine and even Europe. Austin called Russia's invasion of Ukraine an attack against the rules-based world order, which is a challenge against free people around the world. Therefore, these countries united to support Ukraine.

Zoran Milanovic/EPA-EFE

Intentions Sweden and Finland joining NATO to shield themselves from a supposed Russian attack could be thwarted by political ambitions on the other side of Europe. Croatian President Zoran Milanovic threatened to block their entry into the Alliance.

Zoran Milanovic decided to take advantage of the opportunity to put pressure on other European countries. He is calling for a reform of the electoral law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where many ethnic Croats live.

Elections will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina soon. And the country's largest Croatian party is demanding reforms that will give Bosnia's Croats more power. The Croatian president and government joined in their calls.

Consequently, Milanovic decided to resort, in fact, to blackmail.

“For me, let them join NATO … but until the issue of the electoral legislation of Bosnia is resolved, until the Americans, the British, the Germans, if they can and want, do not forced (Bosnian officials – Channel 24) to change the electoral law in the next six months and give the Croats their basic rights, Parliament should not ratify anyone's accession to NATO,” Milanovic said.

Croatian President does not like the fact that Bulgaria and Romania cannot join the Schengen area, North Macedonia and Albania cannot start EU accession negotiations, and Kosovo has not been recognized, while Finland “may join NATO immediately”. Although it recognizes Finland as a “model country”.

It should be noted that if Finland and Sweden decide to join NATO, their applications must be ratified by all 30 members of the Alliance. Croatia has been a member of NATO since 2009. The agreement is ratified by the country's parliament, not the president.

Russia failed to destroy the Ukrainian aviation/Channel 24

The Russian invaders failed to appreciate the Ukrainian air force. Accordingly, they failed to effectively destroy them.

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The situation in the Luhansk region/Sergei Gaidai

Russian invaders shelled Belogorivka in the Luhansk region at the very time when people were evacuated from the village. In Lisichansk, they attacked a school where children were hiding.

There were 8 children among those who wanted to be evacuated from Belogorovka. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk OVA on April 27.

While we were evacuating people, including eight children from Belogorivka, the Russians opened fire on this village, the report says.< /p>

Luckily no one was hurt. As a result of shelling, another private house was damaged.

Destroyed building/Photo by Sergei Gaidai< /p>

Russian infidels fired at one of the schools in Lisichansk. In the basement of the educational institution, 23 people were hiding, including children. Fortunately, no casualties either.