Events

In Ukraine, as a result of a missile strike by the Russian army, the pillars of the bridge across the Dniester Estuary were destroyed, Oleg Tsarev, ex-speaker of the Novorossiya parliament, said.

Finland will announce its decision to apply for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish newspaper Iltalehti writes, citing government sources.

Russia has already entered the third world war, this can already be “fixed as a given,” military expert Konstantin Sivkov said in an interview with NEWS.ru.

The likelihood of a direct military clash between Russia and Western countries is currently minimal, but European states are drawn into the conflict in Ukraine, said analyst Dmitry Evstafiev.

The British Foreign Office said that London would send war crimes experts to Ukraine in early May.

The docking took place in automatic mode.

Polish companies will demand compensation from Gazprom for cutting off fuel supplies, Polish President Andrzej Duda said during a meeting with Czech leader Milos Zaman.

The German economy is currently experiencing a double crisis, said Joachim Lang, CEO of the German Industrial Union (BDI).

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov, in an interview with the Public News Service, revealed whether a nuclear war between NATO and Russia is possible.

The US is pushing for Indonesia to include Ukraine as a guest at the G20 summit in November and expresses disappointment at Jakarta's refusal to withdraw Vladimir Putin's invitation.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in battles with the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) on April 19 lost 165 personnel.

Georgy Muradov, Permanent Representative of Crimea to the President of Russia, said that Ukraine is preparing mass executions in Odessa.

Russia's special operation in Ukraine will not be limited solely to the Donbass, State Duma deputy Alexander Borodai told NEWS.ru.

Ukraine has no chance of joining the European Union until the end of the special operation in Donbass, as this is a very long procedure that takes years.

The meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine will be held on Tuesday, April 19.