Russia War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1,139 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

These are the main events of day 1,139 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here, things stand on Tuesday, April 8:

Fighting

• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its units had intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight, of which 13 were destroyed over the Azov Sea.
• The ministry also said that Ukraine attacked the energy infrastructure in Russia six times during the past 24 hours, despite its interchangeable stopping on energy strikes. She said that the attacks struck the power facilities and electrical sub -stations in the areas of Rostov, Voroniz and Brickk, as well as in the Ukrainian regions of Jiusson and Donetsk, which are controlled by Moscow.
• The regional authorities said that a Ukrainian drone was suppressed by Russian air defense systems, railway tracks in the southwestern Russian region of Krasnodar were damaged.
• Russian forces took control of the Catherinevka settlement in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied Ukraine’s allegations that Russia had been fired at the civil infrastructure after a fatal attack on the Ukrainian Ukrainian city of Kreifi, who killed 20 people, including nine children.
• The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said that the Russian forces launched multiple attacks on the villages surrounding the eastern Ukrainian town of Boukrovsk.

cease-fire

• Peskov told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin supports the ceasefire, but there is still a “large number of questions” without answering. He also said that there is a joint understanding between Russia and the United States that must continue mutual communication.
• US President Donald Trump said he was “unhappy” with Russia for the bombing of Ukraine “like madness.” However, he also said that Kyiv and Moscow are “somewhat close” in a deal.

Politics and diplomacy

• Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sfridinko said a team from Kiev is scheduled to travel to Washington this week to discuss a deal that allows the United States to access rare land minerals in Ukraine.

• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha said to X, calling for a “strong international response to Russian atrocities,” Kiev started an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday after the Russian missile attack last week on Kryvyi Rih.
• For the first time, President Folodimir Zelinski acknowledged that the Ukrainian forces were present in the Russian Baljuod region. “We continue the active operations in the border areas of the enemy, and this is completely justified,” Zelinski said at the night video address.