What happened in the last few hours

On the 414th day since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, here is the top news as of 8:00 p.m. this Thursday, April 13, 2023:

The Pentagon is targeting a 21-year-old military airman in connection with the Ukrainian leaks, reports the ‘New York Times’. The Pentagon is to interview a 21-year-old National Guard airman from eastern Massachusetts in connection with the leak of secret documents about the war in Ukraine. Corporal Jack Teixeira, a member of a military intelligence unit, was the moderator of an online forum in which some 20 to 30 young people, mostly teenagers, shared information about weapons, according to the New York Times. video games and racist memes. According to an investigation signed by eight people, although forum members do not identify the person who has access to the military information and who shared it with the group, a “digital evidence trail” points to Corporal Teixeira.

Biden ‘concerned’ about leaked documents, but sees no immediate risk. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, assured Thursday that he was “concerned” by the leak of very sensitive documents from his government, but ruled out any immediate risk. “I fear that has happened,” Biden admitted to reporters in Ireland, where he is traveling. The president added that the investigation is “closer” to certain conclusions.

Germany gives Poland green light to send more MiG fighters to Ukraine. Germany gave the Polish government the go-ahead on Thursday to send Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Warsaw needed permission from Berlin because the planes had been purchased in 2002 from old German Democratic Republic stockpiles, with the caveat that Poland needed permission to re-export them. Of the 23 aircraft acquired 21 years ago, Poland had about ten at the end of March, according to presidential security adviser Jacek Siewiera in mid-March. Warsaw has already sent MiG fighters from its own stocks to kyiv.

Prigozhin corrects the Russian Ministry of Defense by stating that it is premature to say that Ukrainian troops are stuck in Bakhmut. Russian Wagner militia leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday said it was premature to say Russia blocked Bakhmut, soon after the country’s defense ministry claimed the Russian military had closed off all access to the town. in eastern Ukraine. . “Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to bring reinforcements and move them to the city,” Prigozhin said on Telegram. “Difficult and bloody fighting is underway, so it is premature to speak of a total blockade of Bakhmut,” he added, assuring that 80% of the city is under Russian control.

A mine explodes near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, according to kyiv. A Russian mine exploded on Thursday near a generator room at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe and controlled by Kremlin troops almost since the start of the invasion, according to Energoatom, the state operator Ukrainian. “According to various sources, an explosion occurred near the engine room of the fourth [reactor]“Wrote Energoatom in a press release. According to the Ukrainian company, Russian troops told factory workers that it was “their own mine that had exploded”.

Over 161,000 Ukrainians granted temporary protection in Spain in 2022. A total of 161,037 Ukrainians have been granted temporary protection in Spain over the past year, according to a report by the Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees (CEAR) which analyzes European Union asylum data in 2022. For the CEAR, the launch of the Reception, Attention and Orientation Centers (CRADE) has made it possible to “lighten the asylum system and guarantee fundamental rights in record time”. This is why, through his report, he affirms that the effective response offered by Spain for the care of this group and the CREADE model are extended to the rest of the applicants for international protection who have to flee for different reasons, such as Turkey and earthquake in Syria.