These are the key events on 1,147 or the Russian war in Ukraine.
This is where things are on Wednesday, April 16:
Struggle
- The Russian Ministry of Defense said its units destroyed 115 Ukrainian drones in a night attack.
- The Ministry also accused Kyiv or carrying six attacks against Kremlin’s energy infrastructure on the last day, despite a 30 -day mutual moratorium on energy strikes.
- A Russian military court imprisoned a Kremlin soldier for 15 years after condemning him of dropout and voluntarily surrender to Ukraine.
- A Russian court also imprisoned five young Russian citizens, all in their 20 years, to set a helicopter and rail team on behalf of Ukraine. They were convicted of sabotage and terrorism and delivered sentences up to 18 years in prison.
- A person was killed and seven other wounds in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kursk region of Russia, said the Ministry of Health. Four of the seven were hospitalized, with one in a serious condition. The attack also destroyed two residential buildings and 15 cars.
- kyiv’s Air Force said Moscow attacked Ukraine with 52 drones and a missile during the night, of which 26 drones were demolished. According to reports, nineteen drones failed to achieve their objectives, probably due to electronic war measures.
- The Ukraine Army said it hit a base of the Russian rocket brigade that carried out the attack of mortal missiles that killed 35 people in Sumy City on Sunday.
Policy and diplomacy
- The special envoy of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, after a meeting with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said that the latter was open to a “permanent peace” agreement with Ukraine.
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper that it was not easy to agree with the United States in “key components” or a possible peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that there is a political will to move to the director of a possible Russian agreement in Ukraine. However, he said there is no clear summary of what the agreement would be like.
- Peskov also addressed the Head of Foreign Policy of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, asking the Member States to skip the events of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9. We pay attention to your very hard statements. We do not consider Statemement, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify, classify classifypas.
- Russia’s foreign espionage services head Sergey Naryshkin, said Russia and Belarus security services were ready to act proactively in case of an attack against both countries.
- Naryshkin told the State News Agency Tass that Ukraine must give up his ambitions to join NATO and renounce the attached territories by Russia. Ukraine must also be a country “free of nuclear” and that “demilitaries and the decay of the Ukrainian state, and the abolition of all discriminatory laws approved after the 2014 coup d’etat” are essential.
- President Volodymyr Zenskyy presented two bills to the Parliament of Ukraine to extend military mobilization and martial law in the country for another 90 days, ending on August 6.
- Hello, they also initiated processes to fire the military governor of Sumy, Volodymyr Artyukh, after the deadly attack against the Northeast region that killed 35 and wounded hundreds.
- Zenskyy told the boss of NATO Mark Rutte that Ukraine has an “acute” need for aerial defense systems and missiles.
- In a surprise visit to the port city of Odeesa, Routte said that the high fire conversations led by the United States were not easy, but expressed their support for the impulse of President Trump for Peace. Rutte also condemned the “outrageous” and “terrible pattern” of Russia or attacks against Ukrainian civilians.