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Ukraine war: "Unprecedented case in world history" could herald the end of the war soon

2023-04-24T14:54:12.858Z


The fighting in Ukraine is becoming increasingly bitter. Wagner boss Prigoschin threatens not to take any more prisoners of war.


The fighting in Ukraine is becoming increasingly bitter.

Wagner boss Prigoschin threatens not to take any more prisoners of war.

  • Battles for Bakhmut:

    In the Ukraine war, fierce battles are still going on for the city in the Donetsk region.

    Wagner mercenaries also clashed with Russian soldiers.

  • Targets of attack:

    While Russia reports that drones have been shot down, Ukraine again accuses the Russian military of attacking civilian targets.

  • The processed information on the losses of the armies involved in the

    Ukraine war

     comes partly from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine.

    They can therefore not be independently checked in part.

Update from April 24, 3:30 p.m .:

Ukraine is working with Russia to exchange all prisoners of war.

"Yes, we are getting closer to that," Kyrylo Budanov, chief of military intelligence responsible for prisoner exchanges, told the RBK-Ukrayina news agency on Monday.

According to the idea, all Ukrainians in Russian captivity should be redeemed against all Russian soldiers captured by Kiev.

So far, when it comes to prisoner exchanges, attention has mostly been paid to parity in terms of numbers.

How many prisoners each side has is unknown.

However, Russia is said to have significantly more Ukrainian prisoners than vice versa.

According to the 37-year-old, the exchange of prisoners of war during the war is "an unprecedented event in world history".

Ukraine has been repelling a Russian invasion for 14 months.

According to Kiev, more than 2,300 Ukrainian prisoners of war have since been exchanged with Russia.

Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia

Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia

War in Ukraine: Intelligence chief Budanov considers the end of the war to be possible in 2023

Update from April 24, 1:50 p.m .:

According to Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian spring offensive announced by many experts and observers could begin soon and bring initial successes.

Budanov announced this in an interview with the RBK-Ukrayina news agency, emphasizing that he assumes "that a sufficient area will be recaptured in this operation".

According to Budanov, the only way to end the war is to retake all of Ukraine's territory and "restore borders".

According to the German Press Agency,

he thinks it is “quite possible” that this could be achieved by the end of the year

.

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has now lasted 14 months.

Around 20 percent of Ukraine's territory, including Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, is currently under Russian control. 

Ukraine War: Brutality on Russian side increases

First report from April 24, 10.53 a.m .:

Kiev/Moscow – In a tense and muddled phase of the Ukraine war, neither Russian nor Ukrainian troops are currently making any notable progress.

As a result, brutality is increasing, especially on the Russian side.

While civilian targets are again being hit by Russian bombing raids and people are losing their lives in the process, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin announces that he will no longer take prisoners of war in the future, but rather "destroy all Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield".

The background to the threat made on Telegram by the Russian entrepreneur, who has made a name for himself for years with his mercenary troupe known for being particularly brutal, is the accusation that Kiev is violating international law in the war, reports the German Press

Agency

.

In an allegedly intercepted radio message, the Ukrainian military discussed shooting injured Wagner mercenaries.

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After months of fighting, the city of Bakhmut lies in ruins.

(symbol photo)

© Anatolii Stepanov/AFP

Tactical misjudgments in the Ukraine war: the nerves of Russian troops are on edge

However, the announcement by the Wagner boss could also confirm the increasing frustration of the Russians, which the Ukrainian military leadership reported in a situation report on Sunday evening.

Because Wagner mercenaries and Russian soldiers would accuse each other of causing tactical misjudgments and casualties, there were heated arguments over the weekend.

According to reports by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform,

gunfire exchanges between pro-Russian forces

even resulted in deaths.

Wagner mercenaries have been fighting for months, especially in the Bachmut area, which despite isolated Russian reports of success is still being defended by Ukrainian soldiers even after weeks of heavy fighting.

Observers repeatedly attribute the high losses on the Russian side to the ruthless tactics of the Wagner fighters.

As

dpa

reports, they send their "own soldiers - often former prisoners - like living targets to reconnoiter enemy positions on the battlefield".

The daily casualties on the Russian side are currently more than 600 fallen fighters on the Russian side almost every day.

War in Ukraine: Russia reports drones shot down, Ukraine attacks on civilian targets

The Russian side continues to report primarily “successes” from Ukraine.

It was said on Monday morning that the Russian Black Sea Fleet repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea during the night.

According to the governor installed by Russia, Mikhail Razvozhayev, a Ukrainian drone was shot down by the troops.

Another one "exploded by itself," quotes the government-critical online newspaper

The Moscow Times

.

In addition, the Russian side continues to carry out violent attacks on the contested Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Rocket attacks on the Donetsk region again hit numerous civilian targets over the weekend.

Two people in Donetsk were killed in Russian attacks, according to the Ukrainian governor of the Russian-claimed region, Pavlo Kyrylenko.

(saka with dpa/AFP)

List of rubrics: © Anatolii Stepanov/AFP

Source: merkur

All news articles on 2023-04-24

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