Recent remarks by the Chinese ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states like Ukraine are totally unacceptable, foreign ministers for the Czech Republic and Lithuania said.
"It is totally unacceptable", Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavsky said ahead of an EU meeting in Luxembourg today.

"I hope bosses of this ambassador will make these things straight."
Asked about his position on whether Crimea is part of Ukraine or not, China's ambassador to Paris Lu Shaye said in an interview aired on French television on Friday that historically it was part of Russia and had been offered to Ukraine by former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Russian troops increased the number of missile carriers in the Black Sea to two overnight.

The Head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces, Natalia Humeniuk, said this on the air of the United News telethon, Ukrinform reports.

A total of 1,374 civilians were killed in the Kyiv region during Russian occupation, and 717 of them were shot dead with small arms.

The relevant statement was made by Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Kyiv region Andrii Niebytov during a briefing at Media Center Ukraine -Ukrinform.

Ukrainian artillery liquidates thousands of Russian soldiers and units of enemy equipment, skillfully combining foreign weapons with domestic artillery systems.

Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces, wrote this on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Ukraine offered Russia to exchange prisoners of war who profess Islam on an "all for all" basis to mark the beginning of Ramadan, but Russia turned down the offer.

The advisor on communications of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Daria Zarivna, said this in an interview with Voice of America, Ukrinform reports.

The President of the European Commission called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to help establish a just peace in Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen said that China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has a special responsibility to uphold the basic principles of the UN Charter.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this after a meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was laughing about bombs with his apparent assassin at an event in St. Petersburg minutes before he was killed by a bomb hidden inside a gifted statuette, eyewitnesses told The Moscow Times.

The Head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of Security and Defence of South of Ukraine Natalia Humeniuk called the Russian army launching guided bombs with aircraft a step of desperation.

The Head of the Joint Press Center Natalia Humeniuk expressed this opinion on the United News telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Bulgaria has decided to close ports to all ships that have a certificate from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

This is reported by Ukrinform, referring to PortSEurope.

On April 5, 2023, Russian troops opened fire on the Kherson region 42 times. The enemy fired 151 projectiles, having injured one civilian.

The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Prokudin on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.