🇺🇦Daily SitRep: April 29, 2024. Repost = appreciated. #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #NATO #AFU #Netaylove #Novooleksandrivka #Novomykhailivka #Neshtya @RedIntelPanda 💥 Combat 💥 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported: 131x combat clashes, 1x missile and 82x air strikes, and 108x MLRS attacks. (facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua) DeepState reported that Russian forces have advanced in Netaylove, near Novooleksandrivka and captured Novomykhailiva. (deepstatemap.live/en) ISW: Recent Russian advances forces Ukrainian troops to withdraw from tactical positions in the Avdiivka direction without leading to rapid Russian tactical gains, let alone operationally significant gains. Russian command must now choose whether to advance on Pokrovsk or conduct a complementary offensive operation to support efforts to seize Chasiv Yar. (understandingwar.org/backgro…) Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recaptured the Nestyha Island, in the Kherson River Delta, Kherson Oblast. (newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukra…) Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi announced that the withdrawal from Berdychi, Semenivka and Novomykhailivka was done to save soldiers’ lifes, RBC Ukraine reported. Moreover, he said that the Russian Armed Forces are attempting to develop and offensive in the Avdiivka direction to break through to Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. (newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukra…) The Special Operations Forces destroyed a Russian caponier with ammo and three servicemen. (facebook.com/watch/?v=240321…) HUR reported that recently, two diesel locomotives were destroyed in Russia. One in Orenburg, another in Vladikavkaz, The Kyiv Independent wrote. (kyivindependent.com/military…) SBGS spokesperson, Andrii Demchenko, claimed that Russia currently does not possess enough strength to launch an offensive from the territory of the Russian Federation to achieve any strategic objective. However, there may be a diversionary maneuver. He furthermore says that the recent increase of the SBGS by 15,000 personnel is due to the creation of new brigade-type units - capable of performing combat operations and armed with artillery. (ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3857…) HUR estimates that 18,000 Russian soldiers of the Russian Southern Military Command have deserted, of which most are mobilized conscripts. (t.me/DIUkraine/3754) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇺🇦 The number of civilian casualties has increased in March (604 killed or wounded) by 20% compared to February 2024. (xitter.cf/DefenceHQ/status…) Air Force spokesperson, Illia Yevlash, said that Poland could protect the Western Ukrainian air space but lacks political will. (ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/385…) According to the SBGS, the blockade along the entire Polish-Ukrainian border has effectively been lifted. (dpsu.gov.ua/ua/news/U-punkti…) In his evening address, Zelensky announced that Ukraine fulfills all conditions for the start of accession negotiations with the European Union. (youtube.com/watch?v=8HndATHW…) The Ukrainian Government has informed the Council of Europe secretariat on derogations from some obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. According to Ukrainska Pravda: “Ukraine informed the ECHR that the Ukrainian government's obligations to comply with Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom of assembly and association), Article 2 of Protocol 4 (right to free movement of persons), as well as three articles from the first protocol – Article 1 (protection of private property), 2 (right to education) and 3 (right to freedom of elections), were no longer adhered to within Ukraine.” (pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…) Ukraine and the UAE “signed a joint statement on the completion of negotiation on an intergovernmental agreement on a comprehensive economic partnership,” Ukrinform wrote, citing the Ministry of Economy press service. (ukrinform.net/rubric-economy…) The National Resistance Center reported that the Kremlin will undertake a personnel reshuffle in the TOT. (sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/en/the-kr…) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 🇷🇺 Russia 🇷🇺 According to OSINTer @RedIntelPanda, Russia has been constructing a new airfield near Alexeyevka, Belgorod, over the past months. (xitter.cf/RedIntelPanda/st…) During an interview with the TV programme “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin”, Peskov claimed that: “It seems to me that Zelenskyy's fate is definitely sealed. And very soon there will come a time when many people, including in Ukraine, will question his legitimacy. In any case, even from a legal point of view, this will have to be done, and he will have to justify himself somehow. But for us, the main thing is that we have to continue the special military operation, protect ourselves, and carry out the tasks that were originally set." (t.me/s/zarubinreporter/2441) Authorities arrested multiple Russian journalists - working for the AP, Deutsche Welle, and Reuters - on charges of working for an “extremist organization” for their previous work with the Anti-Corruption Fund (founded by Navalny). (understandingwar.org/backgro…) Meduza reported that Russian citizens will start receiving electronic conscription notices using the Unified Military Registry, on November 1, 2024. (meduza.io/news/2024/04/28/el…) According to informnapalm.org, Russian Kaspersky Lab is involved in the development of weapons in Russia. (informnapalm.org/ua/kaspersk…) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 📡 Other 📡 Seizing all frozen Russian assets held by Western states, worth $320bn, would allow Ukraine to finance the war throughout 2028. (reuters.com/breakingviews/uk…) During a joint press conference with Zelensky, Stoltenberg said that consensus among NATO members is that it is unlikely that Ukraine will receive an invitation to join NATO at the Washington summit in July. Zelensky and Stoltenberg also discussed the NATO SecGen’s proposal of a special €100bn fund for Ukraine’s military. (newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/stol…) (pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…) The Guardian reported that Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians that NATO failed to live up to promises in regards to arms transfers and said that weapons influx would now increase. (theguardian.com/world/live/2…) Australia announced a $100m military aid package (short-range air defense missiles, UAVs, and high-priority equipment), according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. Canada pledges $2.2m (in USD) for the production of drones by the Ukrainian DIB. (canada.ca/en/department-nati…) Delfi Bizness reported that AS “Latvenergo” donated energy systems equipment (high-voltage transformers, 60t of oil, air compressor) to Ukraine. (rus.delfi.lv/biznes/37448553…) Canada to send the first 10 out of 50 promised ACSVs (Armored Combat Support Vehicles) by summer, but will likely not enter service until fall. (cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine…) The Belgian Council of Ministers decided to transfer F-16s sooner than planned, so, until the end of 2024. (mil.in.ua/en/news/belgium-to…) The Financial Times estimates that the seven biggest Western banks that remain in Russia paid more than $850m in taxes to the Russian state. This is four times more than before the full-scale invasion. (ft.com/content/cd6c28e2-d327…) Former UK Armed Forces minister, James Heappey, said that a Ukrainian defeat would cost the West $3trn in a new Cold War. (telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…) According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two Ukrainian citizens who were killed in Murnau, Germany by a Russian citizen, were military personnel who were undergoing rehabilitation, Ukrinform reported. (ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/385…) Czech authorities conclude that Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives were behind the deadly ammo depot explosion in Vrbětice, Czech Republic, in 2014. (policie.cz/clanek/ukonceni-p…) Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis on Russian GPS jamming: “Things in the Baltic region near Russian borders are now getting too dangerous to ignore.” (ft.com/content/37776b16-0b92…) The Financial Times reported that Türkiye is negotiating with ExxonMobil to reach a deal regarding LNG in order to reduce reliance on Russian natural gas. (ft.com/content/37568778-0f17…)