20 April: A blast over Kyiv, Stoltenberg arrived in Ukraine

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Thursday, April 20, 2023.
Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

The Russians tried to improve their tactical position in the past few days and conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the southern outskirts of Kreminna and Serebryansk forestry.

Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Kuzmine and Bilohorivka were subjected to artillery fire.

The enemy continues to suffer casualties, filling the network of civilian medical facilities with wounded. Even in small settlements.

Donetsk Region

The Russians shelled the following settlements: Avdiivka, Druzhkivka, Kostyantynivka, the village of Lastochkine, the village of Velyka Novosilka, Bakhmut, the village of Novodmitrivka, Virolyubivka, Chasiv Yar, Novokalynove. One person died and two were injured during the day.

Sumy Region

At night and in the morning, the enemy carried out two mortar attacks on the Bilopillia community. There was no information about the victims, the destruction of infrastructure facilities. The data is being verified.

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians shelled the border communities – Yunakiv, Bilopillia, Shalyhyne, Nova Sloboda, Khotyn. 52 hits from mortars, artillery, and grenade launchers were recorded. According to preliminary data, there are no consequences.

Kharkiv Region

In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the following settlements: Strilecha, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Petropavlivka, Karaichne, Zemlianka, Ustynivka, and Odradne.

Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne and Berestove came under enemy fire in the Kupyansk direction.

In the evening, the enemy shelled the village of Kolisnykivka, Kupiansk district, and residential buildings were damaged. As a result of shelling in the city of Kupiansk, a private house was damaged and a fire broke out.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

Tonight, the military from the «Skhid» air command and the Air Defense Air Force landed six attack drones.

Yesterday, the Russians shelled the region again. Two administrative buildings and a car were damaged in the Velyka Mykhailivka community of the Synelnykove district. A private enterprise was damaged and 34 solar panels were broken in the Chervonohryhorivka community of the Nikopol district. It passed without casualties.

Zaporizhzhia Region

The enemy carried out 86 strikes on 13 settlements with various types of weapons. 20 new destructions were recorded, but no one was injured.

Kherson Region

The enemy carried out 60 shellings, firing 298 shells from heavy artillery, UAVs and aviation.

The enemy shelled the city of Kherson 5 times.

As a result of Russian aggression, six people were injured.

The Russians hit the village of Zmiivka of the Beryslav community. The enemy once again targeted the building of the local school, and also damaged the premises of the medical clinic. In addition, the Russian army struck a bus park in Kherson. Several utility vehicles were damaged due to shelling.

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China and Iran are using a new tactic to go after their enemies in the US – the FBI

Foreign authoritarian regimes violate U.S. laws to intimidate certain communities.

The governments of China and Iran periodically hire private detectives to track down dissidents, followed by criminal prosecutions for related violations, Reuters reports.

The FBI notes that these tactics and lines of conduct are novel and intersect, something not previously seen in investigations of Chinese and Iranian activities on U.S. soil. The goals of such transnational repressive schemes are multifaceted and aimed at influencing US policy decisions through malicious influence. The FBI hopes to raise awareness of such trends and alert the private detective sector, as well as state and local law enforcement agencies.

«We’ve really seen a tipping point in the tactics and the tools and the level of risk and the level of threat that has changed over the last few years,» said an unnamed FBI counterintelligence official.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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