The Czech Republic will provide Ukrainian soldiers with twice the amount of shells as previously announced; The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the ship Konstantin Olshansky, which used to belong to the Ukrainian Navy. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Czech Republic promised more shells for Ukraine
The Ukrainian army can receive almost twice as many shells as part of the Czech initiative – up to 1.5 million units. This information was confirmed by Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipovsky. He made it clear that the Czech initiative by itself would not be enough to adequately support Ukraine.
Ukrainian fighters attacked the large landing ship Konstantin Olshansky with the Neptune missile system
The ship Konstantin Olshansky is a Ukrainian VDK, which 10 years ago, in 2014, was captured by Russian troops during the annexation of Crimea. For nine years it stood in Sevastopol Bay, and in the 10th year of the war the Russians decided to return it. Within a year it was returned to be used against Ukraine.
The Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that the ship is currently in a non-combat condition.
The Ukrainian military managed to destroy four large landing ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The enemy has only five ships of this type left, said Dmitry Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The IMF has granted Ukraine the fourth tranche under the current EFF program
Ukraine received the fourth tranche from the IMF in the amount of about $880 million under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. The money will be used to strengthen public administration and support recovery efforts. Ukraine has already secured about $5.4 billion from the $15.6 billion provided by the program with the IMF.
The SBU detained two saboteurs who were planning to blow up a railway
As a result of a special operation in the Poltava region, two FSB agents were detained trying to blow up a section of the railway line connecting the central and eastern regions of Ukraine. In the event of an explosion, the occupiers hope to disrupt logistics routes for the supply of weapons, ammunition and fuel to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Henchmen of the enemy are residents of Kyiv and Kharkov regions.
Bridge collapses in US, emergency declared
The governor of the US state of Maryland, Wes Moore, announced a declaration of emergency due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Remember that on the night of March 26, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a cargo container ship crashed into it. Two dozen people found themselves in cold water.
In Turkey, law enforcement officials detained suspects with ties to the Islamic State
Turkey has arrested 147 people suspected of having ties to the jihadist group Islamic State. They were arrested in 30 of the country’s 81 provinces. A large amount of foreign currency, organizational documentation and digital materials were seized.
Igor Yukhnovsky, the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, has passed away
Yukhnovsky is a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He created the Lviv Scientific School of Statistical Physics, the Department of Statistical Theory of Condensed Matter at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, on the basis of which the Institute of Condensed Systems Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was created in 1990. He came up with the idea of the referendum on December 1, 1991, which gained the independence of Ukraine.
The number of civilians held captive by the Russian Federation has been announced
The enemy is holding more than 10 thousand Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation, and the criminal proceedings identified 5,600 Ukrainians who suffered torture by the occupiers.
Zelensky dismissed Danilov from the position of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Alexey Danilov is the thirteenth secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. He has held this post since October 3, 2019. In another order, Zelensky appointed Alexander Litvinenko, who headed Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), as the new secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
Alexey Danilov said that he is not ashamed of his work as the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine. He promised to continue working for Ukraine and expressed his belief that “the Russian monster will be destroyed.”
Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency due to dengue fever
Puerto Rico has 549 cases of dengue, with nearly half of the cases concentrated in the capital, San Juan. Dengue can cause headache, pain, fever and rash, and in some cases death.
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