The night of the war at a glance: According to the governor, the Russian ammunition depot is on fire – Kyiv assumes that the war will last for months

The night of the war at a glance
According to the governor, Russian ammunition depot on fire – Kyiv assumes months of war

Russia is serious: Poland and Bulgaria are no longer getting Russian gas. In Warsaw, people are quite relaxed about the delivery stop, and Bulgaria also sees no bottlenecks at the moment. Meanwhile, Germany should continue to be supplied via Nord Stream 1. While Ukraine reports more dead civilians, President Zelenskyj’s adviser dispels hopes of a quick end to the war. In a few weeks, the arms deliveries would first affect the course.

Poland sees gas delivery stop calmly

As announced, Russia has turned off the gas supply to Poland. The actual gas flow through the Yamal pipeline from Belarus to Poland was zero kilowatt-hours as of 4:07 a.m., data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators shows. Poland’s climate minister, Anna Moskwa, said the effects of the delivery stop were minor. Since the first days of the Ukraine war, Warsaw has declared that it is ready for full independence from Russian raw materials. Gas will continue to flow to Germany via Nord Stream 1, assured the Polish government’s representative for strategic energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimski. “We are monitoring the situation closely,” said the Federal Ministry of Economics. Security of supply in Germany is currently guaranteed.

The Ministry of Energy in Sofia announced that Bulgaria had also taken steps towards an alternative gas supply. For the time being, there is no need to limit gas consumption. It has “completely fulfilled” its obligations and made all payments for Russian gas “timely and strictly” required by the current contract, the ministry said. A local online portal reported that gas payment for May was made in the usual way, and not through two newly opened accounts at Gazprom Bank, as requested by Gazprom – in dollars and in rubles.

Poland also does not want to use this account solution to pay for natural gas in rubles, as Russia has demanded. At the end of March, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin demanded that Western countries open accounts with the Gazprom Bank effective April 1 in order to pay for Russian gas deliveries. Otherwise these would be set for the “unfriendly” countries.

Munitions dump on fire, according to governor

According to Russian officials, an ammunition depot caught fire in the Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border. This is located near the village of Staraya Nelidovka, the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, informed on Telegram, like the Russian one Agency Interfax reported. Gladkow went on to say that no residential buildings or houses had been destroyed and that there were no civilian casualties. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression around two months ago, there have been several reports from Russian officials about incidents and shelling of locations on the Russian side.

Ukraine reports more dead civilians

Ukraine, meanwhile, complained of further deaths and injuries in several regions of the country after new Russian attacks. In the Donetsk region in the east, three civilians were killed in three separate incidents, the governor of the region said. The governor of the Kharkiv region also reports three more dead and seven injured by shelling in the city in the east of the country.

Zelenskyy’s adviser: War can last until the end of the year

The Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych assumes that the war of aggression will drag on for many more months. If, for example, active combat operations in the Donbass are stopped after the current offensive and positions are taken up, this will by no means mean the end of the war, said Arestovych in a YouTube interview reported by the Ukrainian agency Unian. The weapons newly received by Ukraine could have a “serious impact” on the fighting in late May or early June. The war itself could last until the end of the year.

Ukraine: Forces ready for possible attack from Transnistria

According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian armed forces are prepared for a possible attack by Russian troops from the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria. The strength of these troops is known and the Ukrainian armed forces are not afraid of them. A contingent of Russian soldiers is stationed in Transnistria. The Ukrainian military warned on Tuesday that these troops would not be activated.

Zelenskyj: Moscow’s goals go far beyond Ukraine

Selenskyj warns that Ukraine will not be the only victim of Russia’s expansionist drive in the medium term. “The ultimate goal of the Russian leadership is not only to conquer Ukraine, but to smash the entire center and east of Europe,” said Zelenskyy in his video message that evening. A “global strike against democracy” is also part of the goal.

Union wants relief package for the economy

In view of the burdens also caused by the Ukraine war, the Union called on the federal government to provide a comprehensive relief package for the economy. In a Bundestag motion, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group advocates, among other things, a “moratorium on tax burdens”, tax relief and more flexible labor law regulations. The competitiveness and sustainability of the economy must be strengthened. The application is to be discussed in the Bundestag on Thursday.

That’s going to be important today

  • The focus of the Bundestag session is on Russia’s war against Ukraine and its consequences. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock answers questions from MPs. It should again be a question of whether and which heavy weapons Germany will make available to Ukraine.
  • The federal cabinet also wants to pass a billion-euro relief package because of the sharp rise in energy prices.
  • Bulgarian Energy Minister Aleksandar Nikolov wants to comment today on the freeze on natural gas supplies from Russia.

You can read all further developments in our live ticker on the Ukraine war.

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