The Account – Operational Intel Summary for the War in Ukraine – Day 418

#ukraine #dailynews #ukrainewar

00:00 Intro
00:23 Flashpoints
01:57 Wagner confessions
04:34 Daily News – Ukraine
08:05 Daily News – Occupied Territories
08:55 Daily News – Russia and Belarus
11:09 Daily News – International Developments
15:48 UK MoD Update
16:31 ISW Assessment
18:08 General Staff Update
19:57 Outro

Today’s map:
https://deepstatemap.live/en

Marinka:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3696967-russian-troops-withdraw-two-airborne-units-from-maryinka-section-for-recovery.html

Wagner Mercenary confessions:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398225/
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1647949751990599687

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYqdso9Hx_8

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3697090-wagnerites-killing-children-wont-escape-justice-head-of-zelenskys-office.html

2 Easter Services:
in Ukrainian
https://suspilne.media/447369-dvi-sluzbi-v-odnij-lavri-ak-pcu-ta-upc-mp-proveli-velikodni-liturgii/

Floods in Ukraine:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-emergencies/3696725-number-of-floods-across-ukraine-increased-over-900-households-hundreds-of-buildings-affected.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cich0-il-H4

Kherson communication and electricity:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3696823-some-300-mobile-communication-stations-available-in-deoccupied-kherson-region.html

No Chinese weapons yet:
https://kyivindependent.com/danilov-ukraine-hasnt-found-chinese-weapons-on-the-battlefield/

Reznikov apologizes for interview:
https://twitter.com/oleksiireznikov/status/1647868299982561281

Ukrainska Pravda interview with Dmytro Lubinets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPTuZfYqAVo

Mariupol:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3696667-twentynine-apartment-blocks-demolished-in-mariupol.html

Mariupol exhibition:
in Ukrainian
https://t.me/mkipu/5611

Crimea Railway CCTV:
https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/en/2023/04/17/occupiers-are-installing-additional-surveillance-cameras-in-crimea-to-fight-the-partisans/

Belgorod – Drone, fire, blackout:
in Russian
https://t.me/bbcrussian/44770
in Ukrainian
https://hromadske.ua/posts/u-byelgorodi-problemi-zi-svitlom-miscevi-kanali-pishut-sho-comu-pereduvali-zvuki-vibuhiv

Vladimir Kara-Murza:
in Russian
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/17540045
https://t.me/rbc_news/72239

Medvedchuck calls on tribunal for Zelensky:
in Russian
https://aif.ru/politics/world/ukrainskiy_nacizm_ili_pochemu_neobhodim_novyy_nyurnberg

17,000 inmates disappear:
in Russian
https://zona.media/article/2023/04/17/17000

Putin-Shoigu meeting:
in Russian
https://ria.ru/20230417/kremlin-1865810925.html
https://ria.ru/20230417/shoygu-1865739603.html
https://t.me/news_kremlin/1722

Electronic summonses to be tested in spring:
in Russian
https://ria.ru/20230417/povestki-1865887873.html

Lavrov in Brazil:
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-17-23/h_1a7e9caddd96231050f84148bd0e62f2

G7 countries:
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/04/b889314dd2a4-g-7-top-diplomat-talks-enter-2nd-day-with-russias-war-high-on-agenda.html
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/baerbock-in-japan-jetzt-geht-es-darum-putin-unsere-entschlossenheit-zu-zeigen-9664751.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-nuclear-fuel-agreement-alongside-g7-seeks-to-isolate-putins-russia

Aurora 23:
https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2023/04/armed-forces-exercise-aurora-23-about-to-start/

Blinken on documents leak:
https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-33/

Kazhakstan:
in Russian
https://kaztag.kz/ru/news/knb-rassleduet-10-ugolovnykh-del-po-faktam-uchastiya-kazakhstantsev-v-voyne-v-ukraine

NAFO exposes woman:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-account-overseen-by-former-navy-noncommissioned-officer-helped-spread-secrets-a4b5643b?mod=hp_lead_pos1
in Russian
https://theins.ru/antifake/261013

Slovakia – MiG-29:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3696888-slovakia-hands-over-all-promised-to-ukraine-13-mig29-fighters.html
https://twitter.com/JaroNad/status/1647862420445044736

German export boom in countries neighbouring Russia:
in German
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/russland-sanktionen-der-verdaechtige-boom-bei-deutschen-exporteuren-a-c37beb74-baaa-4f2b-af8a-adfe95867de3

NATO changes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-war.html

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence update:
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1647839836705902592

ISW Assessment:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-16-2023

Evening report by the General Staff of Ukraine:
I only quote troop movements or events and not shelling.
https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0ouT5L5hWGcgyiwxZrb1RHVg9XxG4EaMUSH9BoFf5BQYEJiMyZwwsjzjqcmJLgQQsl

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