Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia has clear priorities in using its Armed Forces, first of all, in Ukraine.
"Obviously, we have clear current priorities in using the Armed Forces, first of all regarding Ukraine and the protection of our people in Donbass, other new territories," Putin said during a meeting with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
This was reported by the Russian news agencies.
Putin met with the defense minister who briefed him on the Pacific Fleet exercises.
In the meeting, Shoigu said that Russian strategic bombers carrying missiles will fly to the central part of the Pacific Ocean during the exercises in the Pacific.
Meanwhile, he reports Tass,
Pacific Fleet forces will practice chasing down and destroying a simulated enemy's submarines and naval groups and artillery fire against naval and air targets.
For Putin, "the components of the fleet can certainly be used for conflict resolution anywhere".
The surprise inspection of the Pacific Fleet, which began on April 14, "involves more than 160 ships and vessels, including 12 submarines, more than 25,000 people, 89 aircraft and helicopters," the defense chief said.
Meanwhile,
the British Ministry of Defense reveals that since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine more than 750 civilians have died or been injured by the explosion of mines, including more than 90 children
(1 in 8): it will probably take at least a decade to demine the whole country.
Every day civilian casualties are recorded in Ukraine due to mines, according to the report published on the Internet: the most affected areas are the regions of Kherson and Kharkiv, and more particularly the areas previously occupied by Russia.
With the arrival of spring and the increase in people engaged in agricultural activities, the London experts conclude, the risk of civilian accidents due to landmines will also increase.
ANSA agency
Ukraine, Orthodox Easter does not stop the battle and the bombs
Pro-Russian, rockets on Donetsk near the cathedral, one dead and wounded.
The vigil of the Orthodox Easter was in progress.
Russian missiles destroy a Ukrainian Orthodox church in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Two injured by the bombs against the church of Nikopol, in front of the nuclear power station.
Two teenagers killed in a Russian bombing in the Mykolaiv region.
The Pope's prayer: 'May Easter help peace in Russia and Ukraine'.
Wagner militia releases 130 Ukrainian prisoners of war
In the balance of yesterday's fighting, according to Kiev, Ukrainian forces yesterday repulsed 60 Russian attacks in the directions of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Russian troops have launched 25 rocket attacks on the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kamyshevakha (Zaporizhzhia region) and Snigirevka (Mykolaiv) in the last 24 hours, as well as 42 air raids.
In addition, the Russians carried out 46 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems against Ukrainian military positions and civilian infrastructure resulting in deaths and injuries.
