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Ukraine Invasion Day 430: the war continues with more civilian casualties [1]

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Date: 2023-04-28

Another day of missile strikes.

But Western support for Ukraine has invited hostility on both fringes of the political spectrum. For the Western hard left, opposed to “U.S. hegemony” or “U.S. militarism,” their own anti-American and anti-Western worldview is so absorbing that they will readily take the side of any aggressor in the anti-Western camp. Similarly, they will eagerly oppose any country supported by the United States. This is where persistent sympathies among a segment of the left for repressive regimes like Russia’s and Iran’s come from—it’s not that they approve of repression per se, but the reflex to align with the anti-American camp is stronger than any disapproval. [...] This twisted worldview—where Ukrainians have no agency and Russia is the victim of a proxy war—was on full display at a Manhattan cultural center event last month. There, some of the most prominent figures of this subculture discussed a “Real Path to Peace in Ukraine,” as the event was called. The line-up included several icons of the progressive left: linguist Noam Chomsky, former U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, and Medea Benjamin, a prominent self-styled peace activist. In the course of more than three hours of debate, streamed to a modest online audience, not a single speaker proposed anything resembling even a first step to peace in Ukraine. Despite the event’s subtitle—“Negotiation—yes! Escalation—no!”—not one speaker bothered to address who would negotiate, what their negotiating positions might be, and who would give up what to achieve any sort of lasting peace. Ukrainians were not represented at the event, for which one speaker’s trite defense was that “you don’t have to be Ukrainian or Russian to call for peace.” (December 2022) archive.ph/… x "I'm dumbfounded as to why diplomats are pressing Ukraine to give up Crimea for the sake of peace," Hodges said. "Not just in Ukraine, but pretty much nobody in Europe, actually trusts Russia to live up to any agreement."



The Russian Case For Crimea https://t.co/5b6nQ9tCuP — Ben Hodges (@general_ben) April 28, 2023

German designer Frank Peter Wilde shared a photo from the already legendary elevator

x The Ukrainian Air Force says that Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched 23 Kh-101/555 cruise missiles early this morning, which killed at least 25 civilians. https://t.co/JsjmUGd29Vhttps://t.co/fEMwsZ8g5S https://t.co/aePIHH2OGt pic.twitter.com/tDG8ItrWTB — Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 28, 2023

x Watch a survivor's video after a rocket hit her apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Uman on Friday during a Russian aerial assault. At least 23 people were killed in the attack, including four children, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. https://t.co/5FcYjvXmbs pic.twitter.com/fjmejAHayf — The New York Times (@nytimes) April 28, 2023

x Ukraine is making final preparations for a counteroffensive which will begin “as soon as there is God’s will, the weather and a decision by commanders”, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said.



🟠 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/UHro8fD13h pic.twitter.com/ti40frKIZz — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 28, 2023

Key Takeaways Russian forces launched a series of missile strikes against rear areas of Ukraine on the night of April 27.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed the appointment of Vice Admiral Vladimir Vorobyov as the new commander of the Baltic Fleet following the transfer of former Baltic Fleet commander Admiral Viktor Liina to the Pacific Fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree codifying conditions for the further large-scale deportation of residents of occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.

Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu promoted the Kremlin’s efforts to form a potential anti-Western coalition during a meeting of the defense ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in New Delhi, India.

Head of the Kremlin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow defrocked a Russian Orthodox Church protodeacon who did not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russian forces continued ground attacks near Kreminna and have made an incremental advance northwest of Kreminna as of April 28.

Russian forces are increasing pressure against the T0504 Kostyantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Bakhmut highway.

Russian forces continued routine indirect fire and defensive operations in southern Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked Russian officials with developing Russia’s domestic drone industry likely as part of the Kremlin’s effort to gradually mobilize Russia’s defense industrial base (DIB).

Russian occupation authorities continue to announce patronage programs with Russian federal subjects. understandingwar.org/...

x ⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - APR 28



46:14 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 added by @Rebel44CZ 🇨🇿



VISUALLY CONFIRMED:

3.1x losses to date ➡

2.8x since 🇺🇦 counteroffensive (Aug 29) ➡

2.8x 30-day average ⬆



📈 https://t.co/5tdPPqz7VF pic.twitter.com/HGtPNiWU13 — Ragnar Gudmundsson 🇮🇸🇺🇦 [email protected] (@ragnarbjartur) April 28, 2023

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Luhansk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and northern Donetsk Oblast) Russian forces continued ground attacks near Kreminna and have made an incremental advance northwest of Kreminna as of April 28. Geolocated footage posted on April 28 shows that Russian forces have advanced in an area about 10km northwest of Kreminna.[23] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Dibrova (5km southwest of Kreminna), the Serebrianske forest area (10km south of Kreminna), and Bilohorivka (10km south of Kreminna).[24] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian troops unsuccessfully attacked towards Torske and Terny, both about 13km west of Kreminna.[25] Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Donetsk Oblast (Russian Objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas) Russian forces are increasing pressure against the T0504 Kostyantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Bakhmut highway. Geolocated footage posted on April 27 shows that Russian forces advanced to the Bakhmut Industrial College on the T0504 in southwestern Bakhmut.[26] Other geolocated footage shows Ukrainian forces conducting a controlled withdrawal from one building along the T0504, suggesting that Russian forces also advanced in that area.[27] The Ukrainian General Staff reported for the first time on April 27 that Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian ground attack in the direction of Chasiv Yar (9km west of Bakhmut).[28] Russian forces continued ground attacks in and around Bakhmut on April 27. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces continued attacks within Bakhmut and that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian ground attacks in the direction of Bohdanivka (5km northwest of Bakhmut).[29] Russian milbloggers claimed that Wagner Group forces broke though Ukrainian defensive lines in central Bakhmut and continued attacking Ukrainian positions in northern, southern, and western Bakhmut.[30] The milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces attacked near Orikhovo-Vasylivka (11km northwest of Bakhmut) and Ivanivske (6km west of Bakhmut). One milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted counterattacks near Khromove (immediately west of Bakhmut) and Bohdanivka.[31] Russian Supporting Effort – Southern Axis (Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions and secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes) Russian forces continued routine indirect fire and defensive operations in southern Ukraine on April 28. The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Russian troops are defending in the Kherson and Zaporizhia directions.[40] Russian sources continued to speculate about a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive across the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast and across the Kakhovka Reservoir in Zaporizhia Oblast.[41] Geolocated footage posted on April 28 shows Ukrainian forces striking Russian positions in Korsunka, Kherson Oblast.[42]

Yanukovych 'asked for help' 03/04/2014 March 4, 2014 Russia has displayed a letter at the UN Security Council, saying former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych requested Russian military intervention. The US and UK called the maneuvers "a response to an imaginary threat." [...] Russia had called Monday's Security Council meeting on Ukraine, the third in the past four days, saying it wanted to explain its stance after its parliament on Saturday approved the use of force in Ukraine. "Under the influence of Western countries, there are open acts of terror and violence," Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin read aloud from the document. "People are being persecuted for language and political reasons. So in this regard I would call on the president of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order, stability and to defend the people of Ukraine." US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said there was no evidence of danger to ethnic Russian or pro-Russian communities in Ukraine. www.dw.com/... x It is reported that ex president Yanukovitch is in Minsk, Belarus, the Russians think they will install him as president, the Ukrainians think differently. — Graham Wall 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@Grimmers11) March 2, 2022

The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that can detect‌‌ bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb and can confirm the identity of the attacker. In part, the goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on Ukrainian soil, its atomic signature and Moscow’s culpability could be verified. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine 14 months ago, experts have worried about whether President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would use nuclear arms in combat for the first time since the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The preparations, mentioned last month in a House hearing and detailed Wednesday by the National Nuclear Security Administration, a federal agency that is part of the Energy Department, seem to constitute the hardest evidence to date that Washington is taking concrete steps to prepare for the worst possible outcomes of the invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s second largest nation. www.nytimes.com/...

x An earlier Forbes article.



> "Ukraine Converts $21.9 Billion In U.S. Military Surplus Into Fearsome Force"



Russia trounced by US's military surplus:



> "aid has been dominated by largely second-string gear, comprised of unpopular or lower-tech"https://t.co/fR8I58WL02 — vitz (@osmnactej) April 28, 2023

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