April 11 Ukraine prepares for attacks by Russian forces in the east

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11.04.2022 10.39

A total of 1,793 civilians have been killed and another 2,439 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, according to official figures from the United Nations Office in Ukraine. According to the Bureau, the real number of civilian casualties is even higher, as it is difficult to obtain information from places where active hostilities continue.

From 24 Feb—9 April, we recorded 4,232 civilian casualties in context of Russia’s armed attack against #Ukraine: 1,793 killed, incl 142 children; 2,439 injured, incl 229 children, mostly caused by shelling & airstrikes. Actual toll is much higher. Update https://t.co/NWq032Vos7 pic.twitter.com/vpqTAZBUi7

— UNHumanRightsUkraine (@UNHumanRightsUA) April 10, 202

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Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday that at least 183 children had been killed and more than 342 injured in various attacks by Russian troops in Ukraine since the start of the war. The attacks on Russian soldiers in the Donetsk region killed and injured 110 children, in the Kiev region 98, in the Kharkiv region 76, in the Chernihiv region 54, in the Mykolaiv region 40, in the Luhansk region 35, in the Kherson region 29, in the Zaporizhia region 22, in the city of Kiev and Sumy 16 each in the Zhytomyr region and 15 in the Zhytomyr region.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has stated that these data are not final, as it is not possible to inspect the entire territory of the country, especially in the temporarily occupied areas, as the shootings continue.

11.04.2022 08.40

Russian troops continue to regroup and are expected to try to resume the attack on Slobozhansk in the coming days, the Ukrainian army headquarters said on Monday.

Transport infrastructure facilities are being bombed to disrupt the supply of goods to combat areas by Ukrainians.

The invaders continue the partial blockade of Kharkiv and fire certain parts of the city with artillery.

Russian forces are conducting air reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles. With the forces of two battalion tactical groups, the Russians tried to attack Dovgenke and Dmitrivka, but did not succeed and regained their previous positions.

In the direction of Donetsk, the invaders are devoting their main efforts to the capture of Rubižne, Nizhny Novgorod, Popasna and Novobahmutivka, as well as to gain complete control over the besieged Mariupol.

Russian forces tried to launch an attack on Zolote, but were unsuccessful.

In total, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Ukrainian army repelled four enemy attacks per day, destroying five Russian tanks, eight other armored units, six cars and eight cannons.

In turn, the Ukrainian Air Force and anti-aircraft gunmen shot down four helicopters (MI-24 and KA-52), three unmanned aerial vehicles and three cruise missiles per day.

11.04.2022 07.57

Due to Russia’s military invasion, Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) will shrink by almost half this year (by 45.1%), but due to Western sanctions, GDP is also expected to fall in Russia, according to World Bank forecasts released on Sunday.

In January, when the invasion of Russian troops had not yet begun, Ukraine was forecast to grow by 3% of GDP this year.

In Russia, on the other hand, according to the latest estimates, GDP is forecast to contract by 11.2% this year, indicating that the decline will be mainly caused by Western sanctions.

In January, the World Bank forecast that Russia’s GDP would grow by 2.4% this year.

11.04.2022 07.41

For the first time in several weeks, a change of on-call staff has taken place at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, CNN reports. This is the second time the station has been changed.

The International Atomic Energy Agency stated that the replacement was important for the safe operation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The station had been occupied by Russian forces at the beginning of the war.

Ukraine has reported to the agency that the radiation monitoring laboratories at the station have been destroyed and the instruments stolen or broken.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has indicated that Ukraine still has a long way to go to return the plant to normal.