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These are the key events on day 1,141 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here is where things stand on Thursday, April 10:
Fighting
- Kyiv’s air force reported that Russia launched 55 drones toward targets in Ukraine overnight. Air defense units shot down 32 drones, and eight more were lost due to electronic warfare measures.
- Russian drone attacks targeted three Ukrainian cities—Kramatorsk, Dnipro, and Kharkiv—injuring at least 22 people, with at least seven hospitalized. The strikes also caused fires and damaged houses and cars.
- Moscow announced it is investigating the killing of eight civilians by Ukrainian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, which was under Ukrainian control at the time of the reported deaths.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed it destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 29 over the southern Rostov region and 69 over the Krasnodar region. No injuries were reported, but nearly 50 buildings were evacuated due to the drone threats.
- Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) stated that a member of Kyiv’s military was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing military intelligence to Russia.
Ceasefire
- Kremlin Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of continuing to attack Russian energy infrastructure daily, despite a mutually agreed 30-day moratorium on energy strikes.
- Moscow’s Defence Ministry claimed Ukraine carried out four energy attacks in the past day. The Kremlin also accused Ukrainian drones of attempting to strike a compressor station serving the TurkStream pipeline, which transports gas from Russia to Türkiye via the Black Sea.
Politics and Diplomacy
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that talks with the United States on a minerals-for-security deal would take place next week.
- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Kyiv has finalized its position and developed its vision for a future minerals deal with the US. A delegation will soon be formed to travel to Washington for further discussions.
- A document revealed by the media showed that the Ukrainian government allocated $2.7 million for consulting services to advise on a draft plan for the minerals deal.
- Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of US forces in the Asia-Pacific region, confirmed that two men captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia were of Chinese origin. He warned that any Russian offensive success in Europe would embolden China in its own ambitions.
- President Zelenskyy revealed that Ukrainian intelligence has information about 155 Chinese nationals fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine, with the actual number likely much higher. He accused Russia of dragging Beijing into the war.
- China’s Foreign Ministry dismissed claims of significant numbers of Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russia as “baseless” and said it is verifying reports of Chinese nationals captured in Ukraine. Spokesperson Lin Jian urged citizens to avoid conflict zones.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on allegations of Chinese soldiers fighting with Russian troops.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas noted that Moscow’s attacks on Kyiv have increased since the US floated the idea of ceasefire talks.
- Zelenskyy explained that Ukraine’s offensive in Russia’s Belgorod region aims to prevent Moscow from intensifying pressure on Ukraine’s border areas.
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