News|Russia-Ukraine warRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,381These are the key developments from day 1,381 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
A Russian drone attack resulted in the deaths of two men, aged 52 and 67, in Izyum, Ukraine, as they were unloading firewood from a truck, according to local officials. Russian forces killed a 12-year-old boy in an attack on the Vasylkivska community…
A Russian drone attack resulted in the deaths of two men, aged 52 and 67, in Izyum, Ukraine, as they were unloading firewood from a truck, according to local officials. Russian forces killed a 12-year-old boy in an attack on the Vasylkivska community in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and wounded more than a dozen Ukrainians in the Kherson, Donetsk, and Sumy regions, as reported by local officials. Ukraine’s national grid operator, Ukrenergo, announced nationwide electricity restrictions starting Saturday due to previous Russian missile and drone attacks on energy facilities. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reported a Ukrainian drone hit a building in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya region, causing damage but no casualties. He promised retaliation. A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod region wounded the mayor of Berezovka village, while Ukrainian assaults on energy facilities in Russian-occupied Luhansk led to electricity outages. Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency claimed attacks on military targets in Russian-occupied Crimea, including a Su-24 tactical bomber. The Ukrainian military reported drone assaults on Russia’s Temryuk seaport in Krasnodar Krai and the Syzran Oil Refinery in Samara region overnight on Friday. The Russian Ministry of Defence reported downing 41 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to the TASS news agency. Russian investigators charged a Ukrainian Armed Forces commander with terrorism, in absentia, over the death of journalist and Russian Channel One military correspondent Anna Prokofieva in March, as reported by TASS.
United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, held talks with Ukraine’s senior negotiator Rustem Umerov in Miami, Florida, on Thursday. A White House official reported progress in these discussions. The meetings in Florida followed Witkoff’s earlier discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, described as “truly friendly” by Yury Ushakov, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy adviser. Yury Ushakov also mentioned that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is actively working to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in his capacity as a US negotiator. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz conducted talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever regarding a European Union plan to use Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine. Belgium has yet to endorse this plan. The Save Ukraine NGO reported the return of 18 Ukrainian children, aged two to 17, from Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine’s Kherson region over the past week. International Criminal Court prosecutors stated that arrest warrants for Putin and five other Russians accused of war crimes in Ukraine will remain in place even if a blanket amnesty is approved during US-led peace talks. Putin announced Moscow’s readiness to provide “uninterrupted shipments” of fuel to India during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, despite US sanctions. Bulgaria’s maritime authorities, border police, and navy are attempting to recover the sanctioned Russian tanker Kairos, which was hit by a Ukrainian drone in Turkiye’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea last week.
Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency claimed attacks on military targets in Russian-occupied Crimea, including a Su-24 tactical bomber.
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera.