Russia-Ukraine War: Key Events Recap for Day 1,138 | Updates on the Conflict

These are the key events on day 1,138 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Monday, April 7:

Fighting

• Polish and allied aircraft were activated to protect Polish airspace after Russian strikes in western Ukraine, which borders Poland, according to the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command.
• One person was killed and several others were injured in Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities reported.
• A Russian ballistic missile partially destroyed a building housing state-owned channels broadcasting in foreign languages, the television channel Freedom stated.
• Ukraine’s military said its forces shot down 13 of 23 missiles and 40 of 109 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack. Additionally, 53 drones were lost due to electronic warfare measures, the military added.
• The death toll from Russia’s recent missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih rose to 19, including many children, with 75 others injured, Ukrainian officials said. The attack damaged 44 apartments and 23 private houses. Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city’s military administration, declared three days of mourning starting April 7.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed its forces carried out a high-precision missile strike on a restaurant in Kryvyi Rih where Ukrainian unit commanders and Western instructors were meeting. It said the strike killed 85 military personnel and foreign officers and destroyed 20 vehicles. The Ukrainian General Staff denied these claims.

• Russia’s Defence Ministry stated that its air defence units “intercepted and destroyed” 11 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk, Belgorod, and Rostov regions, which border Ukraine, overnight.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry accused Kyiv of carrying out seven attacks on Moscow’s energy infrastructure facilities between April 5 and 6, despite a moratorium on energy strikes brokered by the United States. The ministry claimed the attacks targeted Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, as well as the Bryansk, Rostov, and Voronezh regions.
• The ministry also said Kremlin forces launched an overnight strike using long-range precision weapons and drones against Ukraine’s central artillery armament base and defense industry enterprises involved in drone production.
• According to the ministry, Moscow gained control over the village of Basivka in Ukraine’s Sumy region in a rare cross-border advance. Andriy Demchenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, called the announcement “disinformation.”

Politics and diplomacy

• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemned Russia’s “reckless disregard” for civilians following the attack on Kryvyi Rih.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern over the lack of international pressure on Russia amid the “increasing” number of “daily Russian strikes on Ukraine.”

• Zelenskyy also noted that the US had not issued a statement in response to Russia’s refusal of an unconditional truce, which Ukraine has agreed to.
• French President Emmanuel Macron called for “strong action” against Russia if Moscow continues to “refuse peace.” He stressed, “A ceasefire is needed as soon as possible.”
• Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s international economy envoy, told Channel One television that Russia and the US could resume contact “next week.”
• Ukraine’s economy minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, told the Associated Press that Kyiv would send a team to Washington, DC, next week for negotiations on a new draft deal granting the US access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.