Shelling in Kharkiv and Odesa region, persecution of a journalist, and Zelenskyy's interview: highlights for April 6
Russian troops strike in Kharkiv and Odesa region. The Security Service of Ukraine ordered the military enlistment office to prosecute a journalist of Slidstvo.info after exposing the elite property of the head of the SBU cybersecurity department. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an interview on the air of the national telethon. We have collected the main news for April 6.
Shelling of Kharkiv and Odesa region
On the night of April 6, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv using a double-strike tactic. The attack killed 7 people. Later in the day, the occupiers attacked the regional center again, killing one person and injuring another.
In addition to Kharkiv, the occupiers attacked the Odesa district with an Iskander-M ballistic missile, hitting a utility facility. As a result, one person died.
Persecution of a Slidstvo.info journalist
The Ukrainian investigative journalism agency Slidstvo.Info stated that representatives of the military enlistment office tried to serve a summons to their journalist Yevhen Shulhat on the instructions of an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine. In this way, the special services allegedly wanted to punish the investigator, who had exposed the elite property of the head of the SBU cybersecurity department, Illia Vitiuk.
The agency says that on April 1, in a supermarket in the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv, Slidstvo.info journalist Yevhen Shulhat was approached by employees of the Solomianskyi Territorial Recruitment Center and tried to hand him a summons. According to the investigator, they addressed him by name and surname and “clearly knew him by sight”.
The SBU said that this information is being checked together with the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an interview on the air of a national telethon. In particular, he said that 25 Patriot systems or their equivalents are needed to fully protect Ukrainian skies and that Ukraine is developing domestic weapons to counter Russian guided bombs.
In addition, the President touched upon mobilization, the construction of fortifications at the front, and the law on US aid. We have collected more details in this news story.
Assistance from Lithuania and South Korea
Starting in 2024, South Korea will start providing Ukraine with money from a $2.3 billion medium- and long-term assistance package. In addition, the country's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said that he would propose to allocate $12 million for the rehabilitation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers through the NATO Trust Fund to help Ukraine.
At the same time, Lithuania announced the transfer of M577 command and control vehicles to Ukraine. The country has also already developed a long-term plan to support Ukraine, which provides for a military assistance package worth 200 million euros over 2024-2026.
Other important news
- Ukrainska Pravda stated that last year, Prosecutor General Kostin spent more than 100 days on business trips abroad. His office denied this information and noted that the business trips lasted 79 days.
- The creation of a €100 billion fund to support Ukraine may be agreed by July, Stoltenberg says.
- ZNPP is connected to a second power line after Russian shelling.
- A ship with a record cargo of over 195,000 tons leaves the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi.
- Ukrainian troops have a tactical success on two frontlines, Syrskyi said.