Victorious news of 406th day of war: Poland sends more fighters to Ukraine, border guards repel Wagner Group’s assault in Bakhmut

Zelenskyy received the highest award in Poland

On April 5, the President of Ukraine arrived on an official visit to Poland, where he met for talks with his counterpart Andrzej Duda. The press service of Andrzej Duda's office tweeted that the president had presented Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Poland's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle.

Ukrainian border guards repelled the Wagner soldiers' attack in Bakhmut

At night, units of the State Border Guard Service as part of the Defense Forces repelled the assault of the Wagner mercenaries, killing 29 soldiers and wounding 40 more. 

The State Border Guard Service's press service reported this, according to Ukrinform. 

“The enemy focused its main efforts on trying to break through the defense line in the industrial zone of the fortress city of Bakhmut. In this location, one of the border guards' strongholds was located in the direction of the main attack of the enemy forces. The battle began in the evening, and the confrontation lasted until late at night. At the fiercest moment of the battle, our position was attacked simultaneously by six assault groups of the Wagner PMC. The Ukrainian defenders destroyed the occupying forces with mortars, heavy machine guns and sniper weapons. Ukrainian defenders threw dozens of fragmentation grenades at the mercenaries who were climbing the ruins in the near zone,” the press service reported. 

Ukrainian CERT-UA team wins trophy at US Marine Corps cyber exercise

At the end of March, four teams of the State Special Communications Service of Ukraine took part in the Quantico Cyber Eagle cybersecurity exercise at the CYBER RANGES technology training ground in Quantico, Virginia, at the invitation of the US Marine Corps.

Members of Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team were able to test their teamwork skills in a high-fidelity simulation environment that replicated the tactics and techniques used by Russian actors in cyberspace.

“We are pleased that our teams have shown very good results, and the CERT-UA team received the Quantico Cyber Eagle trophy,” Oleksandr Potiy, Deputy Head of Ukraine's State Special Communications Service said. 

The scenario was based on a simulation of a cyberattack by Russia's special services on the embassy of a fictional NATO country.

“The similarity of tactics, techniques and procedures used to conduct real cyber attacks on our country and NATO countries gave Ukrainian teams the opportunity to practice and hone their skills in responding to cyber incidents,” the agency added.

Ukraine will receive USD 2.5 billion from the World Bank's trust fund

Today, on April 5, Ukraine's Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko and the World Bank's Regional Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji signed an agreement to provide Ukraine with a USD 2.5 billion grant.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance, the grant was provided by the United States of America and allocated to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund as the fourth additional financing under the Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) Project.

Spain announces delivery of six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said in an interview with 24H TV channel that the 6 Leopard 2A4 tanks that Spain has pledged to send to Ukraine will leave the country in the second half of April.

She added that the country's military services are working on four additional tanks to make them ready for combat and possibly send them to Ukraine as well.

Poland has handed over 8 MiG-29s to Ukraine and plans to hand over 6 more

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the country has already handed over 4 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine, and 4 more are in the process of being handed over. In the near future, Poland plans to give 6 more such aircraft. 

He said this in response to a question from an Ukrinform correspondent during a briefing with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“Four MiG-29s from our warehouses have been delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in recent months. Four more MiG-29s are being additionally delivered now, which means that eight have already been supplied. We are ready, and I told Mr. President (Volodymyr Zelenskyy - ed.) about this, to hand over six more, which are now being prepared,” Duda said.

Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy a Russian Ka-52 helicopter on the eastern front

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this. 

The aviation of the Defense Forces launched 12 strikes on the invading Russian troops' military positions over the day.

At the same time, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter on the eastern front. Missile and artillery units hit 2 control points, 2 munitions depots, 2 air defense positions and 4 enemy electronic warfare stations.