Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 408

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1 year ago

April 7, 2023

Press Room

Because the Russia-Ukraine battle enters its 408th day, we check out the principle developments.

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Friday, April 7, 2023:

Diplomacy

Authorities in Russian-occupied areas of jap Ukraine mentioned a complete of seven civilians have been killed on Thursday in two separate Ukrainian artillery assaults.
The pinnacle of Russia’s Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, mentioned Ukrainian forces weren’t leaving town of Bakhmut and that he wants extra help from Russia’s common navy to advance additional.
Andriy Sybiha, the deputy head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s workplace, informed the UK’s Monetary Instances that Kyiv can be keen to debate the way forward for Crimea with Moscow if Ukraine’s counteroffensive have been to succeed in the peninsula. However Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak later appeared to contradict these remarks saying there can be no talks with Moscow about territory till Russia withdraws all its troops.
Kyiv’s plans to retake territories occupied by Russia are intently guarded, with few individuals conscious of the situation and timing of a deliberate “spring” offensive, Ukraine’s Nationwide Safety and Defence Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov mentioned in a radio interview.

Athens has pledged navy help to Ukraine for “so long as it takes” however officers additionally cautioned that Greece must maintain a lot of its Russian-made weaponry for its personal defensive wants.
A European Union plan to ship 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine is being held up as member states argue over how far spending for the plan will keep inside the EU, officers mentioned.
Ukraine and Poland agreed on the joint manufacturing of 125mm-calibre tank shells, Ukraine’s state arms producer introduced a day after Zelenskyy visited Poland.
A Ukrainian air commander mentioned Kyiv is in dire want of F-16 fighter jets, which he described as “4 or 5 occasions” more practical than the Soviet-era MiG-29 planes the nation is at present utilizing.