Moscow has asked Ukraine to extradite all persons it says are involved in terrorist acts in Russia, including the head of the country’s SBU, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Sunday. The SBU immediately rejected the Russian request as “unnecessary” and indicated that the Russian agency had “forgotten” that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was under an international arrest warrant.

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07:55 According to local authorities, Russian shelling killed at least three people in different regions of eastern Ukraine and two more in the Lviv region, far from the front line.

On Sunday evening, the Russian side struck the civilian infrastructure in the center of Kharkiv (in the northeast), Oleg Sinegubov, the governor of the region, said, and regional news stations reported that aerial bombs were dropped on several districts of the region. No casualties have been reported.

Also on Sunday, a man was killed as a result of heavy shelling in the city of Borova, southeast of Kharkiv, the local prosecutor’s office reported.

Police in Donetsk region (south-east) reported that 14 towns and villages were hit by Russian shelling, and two casualties were reported in Krasnohorivka, west of the Russian-controlled regional center of Donetsk. (Reuters)

Russia asked Ukraine to extradite the head of the SBU

07:34The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement listing several violent incidents that have occurred in Russia since the invasion began, including bombings that killed Daya Dugina and war blogger Vladden Tatarsky, saying that “traces of these crimes lead to Ukraine.

“Russia has sent requests to the Ukrainian authorities for the immediate arrest and extradition of all those involved in terrorist acts,” the message says, and among those whom Moscow wants to hand over is Vasyl Malyuk, head of the SBU.

The SBU responded by saying that Russia’s demand “sounds particularly cynical from the terrorist state itself.” … Therefore, any words of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation are useless.” The SBU also mentioned the warrant for Putin’s arrest issued by the International Criminal Court in connection with the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia, adding that “The Hague Tribunal is waiting for him.” (Reuters)

07:00“Guys, it’s war!” The Ukrainian political scientist reveals Kyiv’s biggest mistake, assesses the decline in Zelenskyi’s popularity and what the West should do now.

“The Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2022 was so successful that it created an overly optimistic atmosphere, and I think that this optimism came mostly not from the military, but from political leaders and their entourage. At the same time, important things have not been done, such as the law on mobilization,” Ukrainian political scientist Oleksiy Haran explains in an interview with HotNews.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Putin signed a decree on the recruitment of 150,000 people. The President of Russia signed a decree on the start of the spring conscription campaign, conscripting 150,000 citizens into military service, according to a document posted on the Kremlin’s website.
• The Pope calls for a “general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.” During his Easter message from the Vatican, the sovereign pontiff called for a “general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine,” reports AFP.
• The mayor of Paris categorically addressed the Russians and Belarusians: “You are not welcome at the Olympics.”
• Elon Musk said that Russia “will definitely gain more positions than now” and gave tactical advice to Ukraine. Musk commented on the situation with the war in Ukraine on X, arguing that Kyiv’s decision to launch a counteroffensive was wrong and saying that Russia would still make important territorial gains.
• According to Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu, France will supply Ukraine with “hundreds” of old but “still functional” armored vehicles and Aster missiles as part of a new aid package to Kiev in its war against Russia.

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