As the war enters its 771st day, the main developments include:
This is the situation as of Friday, April 5, 2024.
finding
- The death toll from Russian drone strikes on Kharkov has risen to four, including three rescue workers who died in a second attack after going to help following the first. Governor Ole Sinevov announced that 12 people were injured and three were in critical condition. The attack left approximately 350,000 people without power.
- In separate incidents, four people were killed in Russian artillery and air strikes in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions, local officials said.
- A total of six civilians have been killed by Ukrainian drone and artillery fire, authorities set up by the Kremlin in Russian-occupied areas of eastern and southern Ukraine have said.
- Vasily Golubev, the governor of Russia's Rostov-on-Don region, which borders Ukraine, said air defenses had destroyed more than 40 airborne targets. He added that an electrical substation in the Morozovsk region was damaged and work is underway to restore power supply.
- Moldova's border police said they found what appeared to be debris from an Iranian-made Russian drone about 500 meters (1,600 feet) from the border with Ukraine. The area was sealed off.
politics and diplomacy
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said China's 12-point peace plan, announced on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, was “based on an analysis of what is happening and its needs.” He said it was “reasonable.” The goal is to eliminate these root causes. ” Critics say the plan is vague.
- An investigation reported by Monitor magazine and broadcast on public broadcaster ARD revealed that two German construction companies were involved in the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Mariupol was captured by Russia two years ago after a weeks-long siege that left thousands of people dead and the city in ruins.
- Ukraine has sentenced a resident of the eastern town of Kramatorsk to life in prison after being found guilty of high treason for supporting a Russian missile attack on a pizza shop last June that killed 13 people and injured dozens more. , announced.
- Switzerland's population grew at the fastest pace in 60 years last year, driven by record immigration, including thousands of people from Ukraine, according to provisional figures from the Federal Statistical Office.
weapons
- Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said he would donate tens of millions of euros to an effort led by Prague to buy hundreds of thousands of shells for Ukraine. First deliveries are expected by June.
- NATO members agreed to review their arsenals to provide more air defense systems to protect Ukraine from Russian ballistic missile attacks, but gave no specific goals or commitments.