As the war enters its 775th day, major developments include:
This is the situation as of Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
finding
- In the southern city of Zaporizhia, Russian missiles hit several apartment blocks, industrial buildings, and medical and educational facilities, killing at least three people and injuring eight others.
- Russia attacked the town of Vilopilia in the northern Soumi region with a guided bomb, killing one woman and injuring three others. The attack hit the center of the town of 15,000 people, damaging shops and the city council building.
- Authorities said Russian artillery fire caused a fire that caused the roof of the building to collapse, killing one person and injuring five others, including three children.
- Officials in Zvyahel, central Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast, urged people to stay indoors due to concerns about “air pollution” after Russian drone strikes hit infrastructure. No casualties were reported. Officials said Russia launched 24 drones at targets across Ukraine, and 17 were shot down.
- The Russian government has requested an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s 35-member Board of Governors over Ukraine's alleged attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Kiev has denied attacking the factory and accused Russia of spreading disinformation.
- Ukraine's Energy Minister Deutsche Galushchenko said Russia has attacked 80% of Ukraine's conventional power plants and half of its hydropower plants in recent weeks, and that Russia will launch a full-scale invasion in February 2022. He said it was the most violent attack since then.
politics and diplomacy
- British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to meet with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday to urge Congress to pass a $60 billion aid package for Ukraine that has been blocked by Republicans.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted a photo on Telegram of Lavrov meeting with Wang, but did not specify the content of the meeting.