Here is where things stand on wednesday, 9 april:

Fighting

  • The Ministry of Defense in Moscow Said ITS Units Intercepted and Destroyed 23 Ukrainian Drones Overnight On The Border in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod Regions.
  • The Ministry Also Said Russian Forces Mounted A Shock Attack and Recaptured The Village of Guyevo in Kursk, Which Had Been Held By Ukrainian Troops Since August 2024.
  • Moscow Said It Carried Out Air and Artillery Strikes On Ukrainian Troops Inside Russian Territory, Pushing Kyiv’s Soldiers Back Towards The Border.
  • Ukrainian Forces Attacked Two Russian Energy Facilities in The Past 24 Hours Evoid Mutually Agred Moratorium on Energy Strikes, The Russian Defense Ministry Also Said.
  • UKRAINE’S AIR FORCE SAID RUSSIA LAUNCHED 46 DRONES AND AN ISKANDER-M BALLISTIC Missile During An Overnight Attack, Of Which Nine Drones Were Shot Down and 31 Were Lost to Electronic Warfare Measures.
  • AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE WERE INSFURED IN RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON THE UKRAINIAN CISIES OF DNIPRO AND KHARKIV, WHICH ALSO CAUSED FIRES AND DAMAGED HOUSES, REGIONAL AUTHORITIES SAID. One Woman was left in serious condition due to her insult.
  • UKRAINE SAID ITS FORCEST STRUCK AND RESTROYED AN AIRCRAFT HANGAR COMPLEX, DIVERAL MILITARY BUILDINGS AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT, KILLING ABOUT 30 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN OZERKI VILLAGE, LOCATED IN RUSSIA’S BORDER REGION OF KURSK.

Ceasefire

  • United States Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea Toled The Un Security Council that washington “Will Have No Patience” for Negotiations made in Bad Faith Or Violation of Any Commitments In Efforts To End Russia’s War On Ukraine. “We Will Ultimately Judge [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin’s Commitment to A Ceasefire By Russia’s Actions, ”Shea Said.

Politics and Diplomy

  • Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Said It was see Hard to Imagine The Start of Negotiions with The Us On A New Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty Due to The Mutually Strained Trust With Washington, Which Was Only On The Mend.
  • UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAID HIS TROOPS ENVOY SIX Chinese Soldiers Fighting for Russia On the Battlefield and Detained Two As Prisoners of War. ZELENSKYY SAID HA HAD ORDED OFFORCIALS TO OBTAIN AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION FROM CHINA AS TO WHY CHINEE NATIONALS WERE FIGHTING WITH RUSSIAN FORCES.
  • China’s Charge d’Affires you have been summoned over the witness of chinese People Fighting for Russia, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha Said. “Chinese Citizens Fighting as Part of Russia’s Invasion Army in Ukraine Puts into Question China’s declared Stance For Peace,” He Said.
Firefighters Work at A Site of A Russian Missile Strike, Amid Russia's Attack On Ukraine, In Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2025. Press Service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv/ Handout via Reuters Attection Editors - This Image Has Been Supply Third Party. Mandatory Credit.
Firefighters Work at A Site of A Russian Missile Strike In Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2025 [Handout/Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv via Reuters]
  • A New Round of Russia-US Consultations Will Take Place On Thursday Regarding the Restorration of Normal Functioning of Russian and Us Embassies, The Reuters News Agency reported Citing a Diplomatic Source.
  • According to Russia’s State-Rowned News Agency Tass, Moscow’s Delegation at the Normalisation Talks Will Be Led By The Newly APPOINTED RUSSIAN ABOUSOR TO THE US, ALEXANDR DARCHIEV, WHILE THE US DELEGATION Will Be Headed By Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Son Caulter.

AID

  • Belgian Prime Minister Bart of Wever Said His Government Had decided to provides 1 Billion Euro ($ 1.19bn) Aid Package to Ukraine This Year. He Also Said His Country Planned To Support Kyiv With A Similar Package Each Year During His Ter.
  • US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegesh Will Be Virtually Attending a Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) On Friday, The AFP News Agency reported, quoting to US Defense Official.



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