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[00:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡ Media: Explosions heard in Odesa. Explosions were heard at around 2 a.m. on April 19 in Odesa, according to local media. Authorities in Odesa have reported that the city's air raid alerts have been activated. The Kyiv Independent can not independently verify this information.

[00:34:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡ Ombudsman: Russia must be prosecuted for destruction of Ukrainian culture, heritage. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on April 17 that Russia's destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage and its violation of cultural rights breaches the norms of international humanitarian law.

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[02:19:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US announces new charges against 4 Americans, 3 Russians for ‘malign influence campaign.’ The Justice Department announced new charges on April 18 against the group for a “multi-year campaign of harmful foreign influence in the U.S." allegedly to further Russian interests.

[03:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine recalls ambassador to Belarus over Lukashenko’s meeting with Russian proxy leader. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador to Minsk following Belarusian dictator Lukashenko’s meeting with the leader of Russia's proxy administration in occupied Donetsk Oblast

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[04:04:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine serves 5 individuals in Luhansk Oblast suspicion notices for allegedly spreading propaganda in schools. The individuals are former teachers who have collaborated with Russia in the Russian-occupied Starobilsk District since March 2022, Ukraine's General Prosecutor said

[04:49:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrenergo, ENTSO-E increase capacity for Ukraine, Moldova to import electricity. Ukraine's Ukrenergo grid operator and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity increased the two countries' capacity to import electricity, Ukrenergo said on April 18.

[05:04:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Reuters: South Korea could provide military aid to Ukraine under certain circumstances. South Korea could provide more than humanitarian and financial aid to Ukraine in "a situation the international community cannot condone," President Yoon Suk Yeol told Reuters. (1/2)

[05:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: "If there is a situation the international community cannot condone, such as any large-scale attack on civilians, massacre or serious violation of the laws of war, it might be difficult for us to insist only on humanitarian or financial support," Yoon said. (2/2)

[05:19:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine's Air Force: 10 out of 12 Iranian-made Shahed drones downed over Odesa Oblast. Two of the drones Russia launched at the oblast overnight on April 19 struck a "public infrastructure facility," according to the Odesa Oblast Military administration.

[06:19:45] Twitter DefenceU: "Don’t count the days; make the days count." Muhammad Ali Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to April 19, 2023: https://t.co/oUAxfwUj2J

[06:19:46] Twitter DefenceU: RT @TobiasBillstrom: Slava Ukraini! https://t.co/S89kmJPyEp

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[07:34:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Russia possibly preparing to sabotage wind turbines, gas pipes, power cables in Nordic countries. Russia may be preparing to sabotage wind farms, gas pipelines, and power and internet cables in the waters around Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, DR Nyheder reported.

[07:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: Intercepted radio communications from the Russian navy revealed the presence of "ghost ships" in Nordic waters, including the Russian naval vessel the "Admiral Vladimirsky," which is officially used for marine research. https://t.co/aoGTBsAMaY

[08:19:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/NJMyP52Vu4

[08:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️4 US citizens, 3 Russian nationals charged with conducting 'multi-year foreign malign influence campaign' in US. The individuals allegedly worked on behalf of the Russian government to, the U.S. Justice Department reported on April 18.

[08:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: “Russia’s foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights – freedoms Russia denies its own citizens – to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said. https://t.co/BnzWPvwgQP

[09:19:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️FT: Ukraine likely to ask for more air defense missiles at upcoming Ramstein summit. Ukraine is likely to make an urgent plea to western allies for more air defense missiles at the upcoming Ramstein Summit on April 21, the Financial Times reported on April 19.

[09:34:45] Twitter DefenceU: “Our lovely neighbor" 2023 Boris Groh https://t.co/TxhvkXXMAC

[10:04:46] Twitter DefenceU: RT @EU_Commission: Putin must be held accountable for his crimes. For the first time in history, the @IntlCrimCourt has issued an arrest warrant for a leader of a permanent member of the UN Security Council. There will be no escape for the perpetrator and his henchmen. #StandWithUkraine

[10:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills 2 people. The bodies of a 50-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman were found in the rubble after a Russian air strike hit the city of Vovchansk on April 18, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. Oleh Syniehubov https://t.co/vEfI3hygYR

[10:19:45] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: “Patriots” for patriots Do you know how to visualize a dream? We must tell about it to the world and give it life! This is exactly what happened with the Patriots, even before the large-scale war, even before my appointment to the most important position of my life at the most… https://t.co/6TuaLXsVDB https://t.co/m6H63erV6Z

[10:34:46] Twitter DefenceU: The terrorist state launched an airstrike on Vovchansk, Kharkiv region,late in the evening of Apr 18. As is so often the case, the targets of russian bombs were purely civilian objects - the densely built-up town center and the market place. Two residents of the town were killed. https://t.co/UWGdOFwXPb

[10:49:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Defense minister: Patriot air defense systems arrive in Ukraine. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced on April 19 that US-produced Patriot air defense systems had arrived in Ukraine. "Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more secure," he said. @BMVg_Bundeswehr https://t.co/QiG8PEorJG

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[11:49:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Minister: Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain to resume in Turkish territorial waters. An agreement has been reached to renew registration and inspection procedures for ships arriving to load Ukrainian grain, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov reported.

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[12:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️NYT: 'Surge' in electronic components sent to Russia via Armenia, Kazakhstan. According to the NYT, U.S. and EU officials noticed a "surge" in electronic components sent to Russia that were "deemed as critical to the development of weapons, including Russian cruise missiles."

[13:04:47] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Defense Ministry: 'Complex measures' of planned counteroffensive 'already underway' in the east. "Complex measures" of Ukraine's planned counteroffensive are "already underway" in the east, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on national television on April 19.

[13:04:49] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to Maliar, the planned counteroffensive "involves a vast and complex set of actions and measures carried out by the Armed Forces, which includes preparing people for a range of defensive and offensive actions."

[14:04:45] Twitter DefenceU: Reports in the media that russia has canceled the "tank biathlon" competition in 2023 are false. The russian national team continues to triumph, most notably at tournaments in Vuhledar and Avdiivka, near Kreminna. However, currently playing the role of targets.

[14:04:47] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky visits Volyn Oblast in northwest Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Volyn Oblast, which borders Belarus, to discuss the socio-economic and security situations there, the President's Office reported on April 19. https://t.co/a59dKboVcN

[14:49:49] Twitter KyivIndependent: We've just launched "Ukraine’s True History," a series set to explain Ukraine’s past and present without distortions. The first episode debunks the 10 most common misconceptions about Ukrainian history. https://t.co/aFkoN2ZWRA

[14:49:51] Twitter KyivIndependent: Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/Nm8inB6OUb Watch the video: https://t.co/nxb3FvoZh3

[14:49:53] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Official: Patriot systems from US, Netherlands already in Ukraine. Patriot air defense systems pledged by the U.S. and the Netherlands have arrived in Ukraine, First Deputy Minister of Defense Oleksandr Pavliuk said on April 19.

[14:49:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Ukrainian official also confirmed the arrival of a Patriot battery from Germany, which Berlin had reported a day before. https://t.co/kGsJ85mRCs

[15:49:50] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Ukraine receives another IRIS-T system from Germany. Germany delivered the second of the four promised IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine "around April 16," Der Spiegel reported on April 19, citing its sources.

[15:49:52] Twitter KyivIndependent: The remaining two systems are supposed to be sent by early 2024, but they have yet to be produced, according to the publication. https://t.co/CAmn6iNx6e

[17:04:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Bulgaria temporarily bans import of Ukrainian agricultural products. Bulgaria has temporarily blocked imports of Ukrainian grain and over 20 other food products to protect the local market, the country's acting Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev said on April 19.

[17:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: The import ban will last from April 24 until June 30, Gechev said at a briefing, as cited by national radio. It will not apply to the transit of food from Ukraine through Bulgarian territory if the goods are sealed at the border.https://t.co/j2k1zktsEB

[17:34:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Commander on Bakhmut: 'Dynamic' fighting continues, city still stands. Russia is concentrating "the largest number of forces" in Donetsk Oblast's Bakhmut, but Ukrainian defenders "hold back the enemy onslaught," the commander of Ukraine's Land Forces said on April 19.

[17:34:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: Bakhmut remains "the epicenter" of the Russian offensive as "dynamic" fighting for the eastern city continues, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi added. https://t.co/lG8PhRxEud

[18:04:52] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US announces new military aid package for Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Defense announced an additional security assistance package for Ukraine worth $325 million on April 19.

[18:04:54] Twitter KyivIndependent: The package includes more ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 155mm and 105mm artillery shells, anti-armor weapon systems, anti-tank mines, and more than nine million rounds of small arms ammunition.

[18:04:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: Washington will also provide Ukraine with demolition munitions, logistics support vehicles, maintenance equipment, and spare parts, according to a Pentagon press release.

[18:19:47] Twitter DefenceU: russian authorities threatened South Korea that if it supplied lethal weapons to Ukraine, russia would respond by supplying arms to the DPRK. Today, trains are transporting Korean War-era T-54 tanks from russia to Ukraine, and tomorrow they will transport T-34 tanks to Pyongyang.

[18:34:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Air defense active in Dnipro. Air defense is at work in Ukraine's city of Dnipro late on April 19, according to Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak. Earlier, Suspilne news outlet reported the sound of an explosion in the city.

[19:34:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️State Bureau of Investigation opens case into officer allegedly beating serviceman in Volyn Oblast. Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has reported launching an investigation into a recent serviceman's beating in Volyn Oblast's city of Volodymyr.

[19:34:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to the victim's testimony, an officer in his military unit beat him up on April 8. The soldier was hospitalized with a closed craniocerebral injury, hematomas, and a broken nose, the SBI wrote.https://t.co/FQOJiIn33y

[19:49:51] Twitter KyivIndependent: Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that “complex measures” of Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive are “already underway” in the east of the country. https://t.co/wgE5XoH2ed

[20:04:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Air defense reportedly at work in Kyiv Oblast. Ukrainian air defense has detected a target over Kyiv Oblast and is trying to shoot it down, the regional military administration reported late on April 19.

[20:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: Earlier, unofficial Telegram channels published several videos showing a bright flash in the sky over Kyiv.

[20:34:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukraine hits two Russian ammunition warehouses over past day. Ukraine's military struck two Russian ammunition warehouses and nine concentration areas of Russian troops and equipment over the past 24 hours, the General Staff said in its April 19 evening update.

[21:19:47] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Today I visited our border guards, on the border, in particular, with Belarus. Arrangement of the border, defense - many issues. We continue to prepare our international steps. The defense, the rules-based international order remain the number one issue on the global agenda. https://t.co/OJSy5nrK4S

[21:34:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Local authorities: Light flash over Kyiv due to NASA satellite crash. A bright flash of light seen in the sky over Kyiv late on April 19 resulted from a NASA space satellite crashing to Earth, according to preliminary data by the city military administration head Serhii Popko.

[21:34:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: An air raid alert was turned on to avoid victims from the spacecraft debris falling to the ground, Popko said. Ukraine's Air Force said that the light flash could be linked to the fall of a satellite or meteorite, which is yet to be clarified.

[21:34:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: On April 18, the Space media outlet reported that dead NASA's RHESSI satellite, which had studied the Sun from 2002 to 2018, would fall to Earth in the next several days.

[22:04:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: The scandal highlighted a striking flaw in the Ukrainian justice system: tolerance of sexual violence. https://t.co/lDpMWwcYrw

[22:19:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Switzerland has no plans to join REPO task force on basis of neutrality. Switzerland refused a request from the G7 countries to join the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) multilateral task force on April 19.

[23:34:47] Twitter KyivIndependent: President Nikos Christodoulides will work with the U.K.-based sanctions unit to establish this new department.

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