The wrecked Russian warship Moskva – Russian Ministry sank

Russia’s Defense Ministry has issued a statement saying the Moskva missile cruiser sank in the Black Sea off southern Ukraine. It is not yet clear whether the ship was hit by Ukrainian weapons. The ship is believed to have suffered significant damage and was believed to be heading for Sevastopol, Crimea, before sinking. Russia has previously claimed that it suffered damage as a result of ammunition on board. The crew was evacuated. Ukraine claimed that the ship sank, Russia denied it and then came reports that Russia was towing its ships out to sea, possibly to take them out of Ukrainian missile range. The Moskva was apparently under tow when it sank. Russia has only three of these flagships in the warship category, which have crews of almost 500 sailors. Updated at 21.21 BST Before 2 meters 01.22 At least 503 civilians have been killed in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region since Russia launched its invasion on the 24th, the region’s local governor said. “This is an innocent civilian population, we will not forgive them for any life!” Oleg Synegubov wrote in the Telegram, adding that the dead included 24 children. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city with a population of about 1.5 million before the war, is located about 40 km (25 miles) from the Russian border. It was a key target for Moscow’s invading forces, which bombed it but failed to capture the city. 4 meters ago 01.20 A Russian lawmaker and two aides have launched a covert propaganda campaign aimed at gaining US government support for Russia’s foreign policy agenda, including moves against Ukraine, according to an Justice Department indictment seen by the Associated Press. The effort was part of what US officials describe as a broader goal of the Russian government to influence public opinion in its favor, to sow discord in American institutions and to bring wedges between the US and its European allies. In this case, prosecutors say, lawmakers tried to get American and European political officials – including members of the US Congress – to enter the US under false pretenses to attend meetings. The lawmaker, Aleksandr Babakov, 59, is identified in the indictment as a high-ranking Russian government official from the same political party as Russian President Vladimir Putin, who currently serves as deputy speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature. Two of his staff members – Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vorobev, 52, and Mikhail Alekseyevich Plisyuk, 58 – were also indicted in Manhattan federal court. All three men named are based in Russia and remain at large, authorities said. They are accused of conspiring to force an American citizen to act as a foreign agent for Russia and Russian officials without notifying the Department of Justice. with a conspiracy to evade US sanctions; and with a visa fraud conspiracy. The current indictment shows that Russia’s illegal actions against Ukraine extend beyond the battlefield, as political influences under Russian control allegedly planned to direct geopolitical change in Russia’s favor by secretly and illegally inside the US and “Elsewhere in the West,” said Manhattan District Attorney Damian Williams. in a statement. “Such malicious foreign interventions will be revealed and we will seek justice against its perpetrators.” Before 9μ01.15 The United States is preparing new efforts to crack down on Russia for violating sanctions, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser said on Thursday. “What we will focus on in the coming days is tax evasion,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with the Washington Economic Club, according to Reuters. “I think we will have some announcements in the next week or two that will identify targets that are trying to facilitate this tax evasion both inside and outside Russia,” he said, without elaborating on future plans. But Sullivan said Washington did not want to give back yachts and other assets confiscated by people they consider to be oligarchs with ties to Putin. “The president is actively considering how we can deal with the fact that as we confiscate these assets, our goal is not to give them back,” he said. “Our goal is to make the most of it. But I will be careful what I say today because there is an ongoing – kind – policy process around how we will end up tackling this question. But be assured that the goal is not just to sit on them for a while and then pass them all back. “ 16 meters before 01.08 A total of 2,557 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities via humanitarian corridors on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Of these, 289 people were evacuated from the besieged southern port of Mariupol by their own means of transport, Vereshchuk said in a statement via the Telegram messaging app. Before 21 μ.01.03 The head of the UN World Food Program (WFP) said people were “starving” to death in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol and predicted that the country’s humanitarian crisis was likely to worsen in the coming weeks. WFP Executive Director David Beasley said the war was “destroying the people of Ukraine” and lamented the lack of access to the agency and other humanitarian organizations in their efforts to provide food supplies to war-torn areas. “I do not see any of them relaxing. “I just do not see it happening right now,” he told the Associated Press. Lack of access is part of the problem, he said, but so is the lack of manpower and fuel as resources are diverted to the war effort. “It’s not just going to be the next few days – but the coming weeks and a few months could be even more complicated than it is now,” he said. “In fact, it is getting worse, concentrated in some areas and the front lines will be moving.” Beasley has expressed particular concern about the port of Mariupol, where a declining number of Ukrainian defenders is resisting a Russian siege that has trapped more than 100,000 people in desperate need for food, water and heating. Russian forces controlling access to the city did not allow assistance, although the WFP requested access. “We will not abandon the people of Mariupol and other people we can not reach. “But it is a catastrophic situation: people are dying of hunger.” Before 36 m.00.48 Meanwhile, former CIA Director David Petraeus described Russia’s admission that its flagship had sunk as a “rare moment of truth.” “I’m surprised they admitted it,” he told the BBC, adding that the facts would have come out. Before 48 m.00.36 CIA Director William Burns also acknowledged that the United States was sharing information with Ukraine. “We are committed to the rapid and effective exchange of information with our Ukrainian partners, throughout the fighting and for months before.” Burns said it was important to divulge public information before the February 24 invasion because “we had clear evidence [Putin] “We are trying to blame the Ukrainians, wrongly, for provoking the conflict.” Burns said a protracted war was a strong possibility and that Putin had developed an almost “secret belief” that it was his destiny to restore Russia’s stature to the world. Before 51 m.00.33 Russian President Vladimir Putin may resort to the use of tactical or low-efficiency nuclear weapons in the light of military failures in the invasion of Ukraine, said CIA Director William Burns. Speaking at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Burns said: “Given the possible despair of President Putin and the Russian leadership, given the military setbacks they have faced so far, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a possible recourse to regular nuclear weapons or low-efficiency nuclear weapons.” The Kremlin said it had put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert shortly after the February 24 attack, but that the United States had not seen “much practical evidence” of real developments that would be of greater concern, Burns added. Obviously we are very worried. “I know President Biden is deeply concerned about avoiding a third world war, about avoiding a frontier where, you know, nuclear conflict is possible.” 2 hours ago 23.52 We see reports of explosions in Kyiv. The Guardian has not yet verified the accounts and it is unclear what damage has been done. 3 explosions in #Kievo right now. One after another. The air raid warning has been activated for an hour. Most likely, #putin became furious because of the sinking of #Moskva. Well, we will continue to endure the annoyance of #Russia – Lesia Vasylenko (@lesiavasylenko) April 14, 2022 Reports of explosions in Kyiv, Kherson, Bila Tserkva. The whole country is on air raid alert. – Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) April 14, 2022 2 hours ago 23.24

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The Russian cruiser Moskva sank in the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is not yet clear whether the ship was hit by Ukrainian weapons. Ukraine claims it was – while Russia maintains a fire on the ship and then was responsible for the “stormy conditions at sea” while being towed. Russia has only three of these flagships in the class of warships, which have crews of almost 500 sailors – and the loss of Moscow is a big blow. The lives of some 2.7 million people with disabilities are at stake in Ukraine, a UN commission has warned, citing reports that many are trapped or abandoned in their homes, care centers and orphanages without basic supplies or medicines. The commission said it was “deeply concerned” that the fate of people with disabilities in Ukraine was “largely unknown”.

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