Russia-Ukraine struggle: Checklist of key occasions, day 774 | Russia-Ukraine struggle Information

Because the struggle enters its 774th day, these are the principle developments.

Right here is the state of affairs on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Preventing

• Ukraine’s navy stated that preventing across the entrance line metropolis of Chasiv Yar was “tough” and “tense” however that its forces had been resisting Russian air and infantry assaults.
• Ivan Fedorov, the top of Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhia area, stated three individuals died within the city of Huliaipole after their home was hit by a Russian shell.
• A lady was killed in a Russian assault that hit an condo block in Kupiansk, within the northeastern Kharkiv area.
• In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, 5 individuals had been injured in a Russian assault.
• In Russia, in the meantime, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated one lady was killed after shrapnel from a shot-down Ukrainian drone hit a automotive. Authorities stated they introduced down 12 drones within the Belgorod area and three over Bryansk.
• Russia accused Ukraine of a drone assault on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant. Ukraine denied the declare. Russia seized the ability shortly after launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Politics and diplomacy

• Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov will go to Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, and maintain talks with China’s Overseas Minister Wang Yi. The Overseas Ministry stated the “Ukrainian disaster” can be mentioned.

Weapons

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukraine would lose to Russia and different international locations can be liable to assault if the USA Congress didn’t approve a $60b navy support bundle that Republicans have blocked for months.