Russia’s War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1,149 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

These are the main events of day 1,149 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

here Where things stand Friday, April 18:

Fighting

• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense systems destroyed or assumed 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, of which 49 were shot down in the Kursk region.
• The ministry said it had seized the village of Preobrazhensky in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
• The KYIV Air Force said that Russia launched five missiles and 75 drones in Ukraine overnight, of which 25 were dropped, and 30 others did not reach its targets due to electronic warfare measures.

• Regional ruler Sirhi Lesak said that the Russian artillery cage was killed and five others were wounded in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikobol.
• The death toll One of the recent Russian mass attacks on Dnibro rose to three, while 31 others were injured. At least 15 buildings were damaged, according to the Dnipro Borys Filatov Dean.
• Olexander Brocodine said a Russian drone attack in the southern region of Ukraine killed two road workers, the governor of the region, Olexander Brocodine.
• Okran, senior military commander in Ukraine, Oilxander Serski, said that Ukraine has gained small pockets of lands of about 16 square kilometers (6 square miles) near Ukrainian settlements in Odeesen, Kotlene, Shevchenko, all of which are a short distance of the Bochrovis.

cease-fire

• The Russian -installed administration of the Zaborisvia nuclear power plant said that the facility was attacked by Ukrainian drones, despite a 30 -day stoppage on energy strikes.
• Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine violated the agreement daily, claiming a total of 80 strikes so far on energy sites. According to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, 10 attacks were carried out last day.
• DTEK, the largest special energy producer in Ukraine, said that Russian drones attacks destroyed its energy infrastructure in the Dniproptrovsk area.

• Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha said that the Ukrainian delegation met with representatives from the United Kingdom, France and Germany in Paris to discuss the potential ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev.
• Ukraine and European countries also met with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkev envoy in Paris to La Vitloa to the Kiev case for a ceasefire with Russia.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a meeting between the United States, Ukraine and European countries in Paris was an opportunity for Witkoff to inform them of the ceasefire discussions.
• A Russian envoy said that the meeting of President Russia Vladimir Putin with Wetkov was “very fruitful”, but he accused some countries of trying to disrupt the dialogue between the two countries.

Politics and diplomacy

• Ukraine and the United States signed Memorandum of intent As a preliminary step towards obtaining an agreement on mineral extraction in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sfridino I in Ukraine said.

• Ukrainian President Foludmir Zelinski urged “pressure” on Russia to end the Moscow war for three years on Kiev.
• President Zelinski also said that Ukraine has evidence that China was providing artillery and gunpowder to Russia.
• Zelinski said that Russia has reduced the strikes on energy facilities in Ukraine, but it began to target civilian infrastructure instead.
• Zelinski also said that Kyiv is ready To buy at least 10 national air defense systems From the United States to protect itself from Russian attacks.
• Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova said that the use of a Taurus missile to strike Russia is a direct participation by Germany in the Ukrainian war. Her comments were followed by a German advisor, pending the comments of Friedrich Mirz, expressing her willingness to provide Kiev missiles.