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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine's Top General Says Frontline Conditions Worsen, Troops Fall Back RFE/RL 28 Apr 2024 -- Ukraine's top general warned on April 28 that the situation for Kyiv's forces in the east has deteriorated, with Russia attacking "along the entire front line" and achieving "certain tactical successes," forcing Ukrainian troops to pull back to new defensive positions.
• Ukrainian troops retreat, Russian forces advance, as Kyiv awaits weapons infusion VOA 28 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian troops, outnumbered by Russian ground forces, are retreating from positions in eastern Ukraine as Russian troops advance westward, Ukrainian Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Sunday.
• Interfax says Russian forces capture village in Donetsk Press TV 28 Apr 2024 -- Russian forces have gained control of another village in Donetsk as the Ukrainian leader pleads once more to his Western partners to provide Kiev with more arms and munitions to stop Moscow's continuous victories.
• Russia says shot down 17 Ukrainian drones Press TV 28 Apr 2024 -- Russian air defense systems have shot down 17 Ukrainian drones overnight in several western parts of the Russian territory, according to the country's defense ministry.
• Ukrainian Troops Strike Church During Palm Sunday Service in Donetsk Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- One woman died and another was injured in the shelling by Ukrainian forces in Alexandrovka, reported a representative of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of ceasefire-related issues (JCCC).
• Many People to Question Zelensky's Legitimacy Soon - Kremlin Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- Many people, including in Ukraine, will question the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon, and he will "have to justify himself," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
• Russian Forces Hit Ukrainian Deployment Points of Foreign Mercenaries Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- The Russian Armed Forces have struck Ukrainian temporary deployment points of foreign mercenaries, Russia's Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.
• Russian Troops Take Control Over DPR Village of Novobakhmutovka - MoD Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- Russian forces took control over the village of Novobakhmutovka in the Donetsk People's Republic in the past 24 hours, eliminating up to 380 Ukrainian servicepeople and one tank in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• Ukraine Fails to Use US Top Notch GLSDB Munitions Due to Russian Electronic Warfare Systems - Report Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- The GLSDB, or Guided Long-Range Surface-to-Surface Delivery Ballistic Bombs, is a joint development of Boeing and Saab, which added a rocket engine to the air bomb and adapted it for launch using multiple rocket launchers.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question about Kiev's recent statements regarding the events in Bucha in the spring of 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Apr 2024

Defense Policy / Programs

Foreign Policy

• Moscow Rules Out Possibility of Exchanging New Regions for Assets Frozen by West Sputnik 28 Apr 2024 -- Russia rejects the possibility of exchanging its new regions for assets frozen by the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

News Reports

• Tajikistan Advises Citizens To Avoid Traveling To Russia RFE/RL 28 Apr 2024 -- Tajikistan has advised its citizens to refrain from traveling to Russia amid increased pressures faced by Central Asians there following the deadly Crocus City Hall attack near Moscow last month.
• 2 More Russian Journalists Arrested As Crackdown On Independent Media Heightens RFE/RL 28 Apr 2024 -- The crackdown on independent media in Russian mounted over the weekend, with two journalists having alleged ties to the late Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and Western news outlets being arrested and charged with "extremism."