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RUSSIA ANNOUNCES ICBM TEST AS UKRAINE CLINGS TO KEY PORT CITY

By David L. Stern
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Karen DeYoung
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Karoun Demirjian
 
April 20, 2022 at 7:50 p.m. EDT
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April 20, 2022 at 7:50 p.m. EDT
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MUKACHEVO, UKRAINE — Russia and the West traded threats and diplomatic slights
Wednesday, as another Russian deadline for Ukrainian forces to surrender the key
port city of Mariupol passed without movement, and Moscow’s forces continued
pummeling a broad swath of the country’s east.

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Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that it had successfully conducted the first
test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin
said “is capable of overcoming all missile defense systems” and would make those
who “try to threaten our country think twice.”

Putin also claimed, according to Russian news reports, that the nuclear-capable
RS-28 Sarmat missile was made using “exclusively” domestically manufactured
parts — an apparent shot at Western sanctions, which have kept Moscow from
obtaining critical components for other weapons systems it has relied upon in
its assault on Ukraine.

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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States, in keeping with existing
arms control provisions, was notified of the test ahead of time. But Putin’s
comments served as a reminder of the military might of his nuclear-armed state,
and his potential willingness to escalate a brutal war that seems nowhere near
an end.


Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said April 20 that Russia properly notified the
United States about its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. (Video:
Reuters)

Nine ways Russia botched its invasion of Ukraine

After the Ukraine invasion began, a test launch of a U.S. Minuteman III ICBM was
postponed when U.S. officials said they did not want Russia to misconstrue such
a display of firepower, or use it as justification to escalate hostilities in
Ukraine.

In Washington, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair
Jerome H. Powell, along with multiple other world leaders, walked out of a
closed-door Group of 20 meeting when Russian officials began to speak, according
to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity
because of the matter’s political sensitivity.

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Earlier in the week, a Treasury Department official said that Yellen would use
the meeting “to voice our strong condemnation of Putin’s brutality” and make
clear such gatherings were “reserved for countries that demonstrate respect for
the core principles that underpin peace and security across the world.”

Wimbledon on Wednesday barred tennis players from Russia and Belarus from
playing in the premier annual tournament that begins in June because of the
Ukraine invasion, a decision that will affect two of the world’s highest-ranked
players. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, ranked second in the world, and fourth-ranked
women’s player Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, will not be permitted to play,
according to the All England Club.

The action was quickly condemned by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told
reporters that players “are again being made hostages of political intrigues.”

Russian figure skaters were banned from world championships in March, and
Russian international and club teams have been banned from soccer competitions
by the sport’s governing body. Despite calling Russia’s invasion
“reprehensible,” the Association of Tennis Professionals called Wimbledon’s
decision “unfair” and said it “has the potential to set a damaging precedent for
the game.”



In the southern Ukraine port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces are making
a last stand, their commander issued a dire warning Wednesday, saying his
fighters holed up in the Azovstal steel plant were “dying underground.” In audio
messages sent to The Washington Post, Maj. Serhiy Volyna of the 36th Separate
Marine Brigade, while still resisting against an advancing and much larger
Russian force, appealed for other countries to help them secure a way out.

What is happening in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city under Russian siege?

“While the world is asleep, in Mariupol, the guys are dying,” Volyna said.
“They’re suffering losses. They’re being bombed with heavy bombs … torn up by
artillery, and they’re dying underground — the wounded and the living there.”

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His comments came amid successive Kremlin surrender deadlines, all of which have
been refused by the defenders. In their latest move, Russia demanded Ukrainian
forces in Mariupol give up their weapons and walk out of the steel plant by 2
p.m. local time (7 a.m. Eastern) Wednesday or face a bitter end.

Tass, a state-run Russian news agency, on Wednesday reported that a “mop-up
operation in Mariupol” was “nearing its conclusion,” citing a statement from a
pro-Moscow separatist group in the area. A planned humanitarian corridor to
evacuate thousands of women, children and the elderly still in the city also
fell through, according to the governor of the Donetsk region, to the northeast
of Mariupol. New videos recorded in the city show the lifeless bodies of more
than a dozen civilians lying on streets.

Taking full control of Mariupol would tighten the grip of Russian forces along
the Sea of Azov coast and help form a land bridge between Russian-occupied areas
along the border and the Crimean peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.

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Putin is said by Western defense officials to be determined to take Mariupol and
advance in Donbas — the broad region of eastern Ukraine bordering Russia — by
May 9, a holiday in Russia known as Victory Day to commemorate the surrender of
Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.

Western backers are just as determined to at least stall the Russian onslaught,
and continued to pledge their support, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky and commanders in the field said they needed more.

Understanding the weapons that have drawn the world’s attention since Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine

According to the Pentagon, an influx of aircraft parts sent by the West in the
last few weeks has made at least 20 more fighter jets available to the Ukrainian
air force. A senior defense official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity
under terms set by the Pentagon, would not say whether all of the repaired jets
are Soviet-origin MiGs, which are part of Ukraine’s arsenal.

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Earlier in the conflict, there was also a high-profile push, primarily from
Poland, to augment Ukraine’s fleet with more such warplanes, an offer
discouraged by the United States as escalatory. This week, the Pentagon official
indicated that another offer has been made by a third-party country to send
Ukraine whole fixed-wing aircraft to augment its fleet, but noted that has not
happened yet.

A second U.S. official familiar with the issue said the administration wanted to
“leave it to that country to determine if they want to speak publicly.”

The second official said that the Biden administration was opposed to the
earlier Polish proposal because Warsaw’s intention to send the planes through
the U.S. air base at Ramstein, Germany, was judged to be “low reward, high risk”
in terms of escalating the Ukraine conflict. But “if other countries want to and
are able to provide fighter jets to Ukraine, that is certainly their own
sovereign decision that we respect and support.”

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“It’s not that we don’t think it’s a good idea,” said the official, who also
spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive matter. “Our comments
about risks more directly related to that one proposal, as opposed to overall …
If another country wanted to provide them with jets, we would not oppose it by
any means.”

Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said Tuesday that the Ukrainians had received
aircraft “platforms and parts,” without specifying what that meant. On
Wednesday, the senior defense official noted that Ukraine has “been given whole
helicopters, including helicopters from the United States.”



The United States announced last week an $800 million military assistance
package to Ukraine that included 11 Mi-17 attack helicopters. The helicopters
were purchased from Russia years ago to send to U.S.-backed forces in
Afghanistan.

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In a telephone call Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said any prospect of overcoming an apparent stalemate in
negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv to end the conflict “depends solely on
Kyiv’s willingness to take into account our legitimate demands,” the ministry
said in a statement on its website.

Russia’s goal in negotiations, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a
Moscow news briefing, is focused on “demilitarization and denazification and the
restoration of the official status of the Russian language, [and] recognition of
modern territorial realities, including Crimea as part of Russia and
independence of the DNR and LNR.” Those acronyms refer to the southeastern
Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, both part of Donbas, that Russia
claimed to have “liberated” and made independent with its invasion.

“If the Kyiv regime is genuinely committed to its publicly expressed and
confirmed commitment to negotiate, it must begin to look for realistic options
for reaching an agreement,” Zakharova said.

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A United Nations majority voted not to recognize the 2014 Crimea annexation, and
Ukraine has said it will not negotiate away any of its territory. Turkey has
sought to mediate the conflict and hosted a round of talks between the two sides
last month.

Zakharova also said that the Russian side had given Ukraine new peace proposals
on Friday, but that Kyiv had not yet responded to them. Ukrainian negotiators
“are using their favorite tactics: dragging out, refusing earlier reached
interim agreements, public repudiation of what was agreed upon,” she said.

In response, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, told the Ukrainian news
outlet Strana that “the Russian Federation loves to make loud statements in
order to put pressure on this or that process.”

Podolyak said that during the last round of negotiations in Istanbul, Russian
officials were given a “formulated position of the Ukrainian side,” and have now
offered counterpositions — nothing more.

“Then it is our turn to study, compare and draw conclusions. Including of a
political and legal nature,” Podolyak said.

He downplayed Russia’s description of the current proposals, which Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov described as a “draft document” that “has been handed
over to the Ukrainian side, which includes absolutely clear formulations worked
out,” according to Russia’s state-run Tass news agency.

Meanwhile, Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said in Moscow that
lessons explaining the objectives of what Russia calls its “special operation”
in Ukraine will start in Russian schools on Sept. 1, according to Russia’s
Interfax news agency.

Children, Kravtsov said, “were simply showered with disinformation, which is not
credible at all, with fake news about our country.” The lessons, he said, would
be held on Mondays, along with flag-raising ceremonies and singing the national
anthem.

Russia has banned the media’s use of the words “war” and “invasion” in reference
to the Ukraine operation, and has closed down virtually all independent news
sites in the country.

DeYoung and Demirjian reported from Washington. Amy Cheng in Seoul; Mary
Ilyushina in Riga, Latvia; Adela Suliman in London; and Matt Bonesteel, Jeff
Stein and Paulina Firozi, Claire Parker, Jon Swaine, Sarah Cahlan and Atthar
Mirza in Washington contributed to this report.


WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The latest: Five Russian missiles hit Kyiv as United Nations Secretary General
António Guterres wrapped up his Thursday visit to the Ukrainian capital,
President Zelensky said.

The fight: Russian forces continue to mount sporadic attacks on civilian targets
in a number of Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian prosecutors have been taking detailed
testimony from victims to investigate Russian war crimes.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles
and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other
allies. Russia has used an array of weapons against Ukraine, some of which have
drawn the attention and concern of analysts.

Photos: Post photographers have been on the ground from the very beginning of
the war — here’s some of their most powerful work.

How you can help: Here are ways those in the U.S. can help support the Ukrainian
people as well as what people around the world have been donating.

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