Russia-Ukraine war highlights: EU urges more arms to Kyiv, mulls Russia oil ban
The Ukrainian military says Russia has been beefing up its forces and trying to probe Ukrainian defences.
Russia-Ukraine war highlights: Ukraine’s president warned his nation Sunday night that the coming week would be as crucial as any in the war. “Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address as war enters 47th Day.
Meanwhile, the governor of the region that includes Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, Dnipro, says the airport was hit twice by missile attacks on Sunday. The Russian Defence Ministry says its air-launched missiles hit Ukraine’s S-300 air defence missile systems in two locations, while sea-launched cruise missiles destroyed a Ukrainian unit’s headquarters in the Dnipro region.
The Pentagon said Russia has a clear advantage in armoured forces for its next phase in its war on Ukraine.
Ukraine’s border guard agency says that about 2,200 Ukrainian men of fighting age have been detained so far while trying to leave the country in violation of martial law.
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Russia destroys S-300 missile systems supplied to Ukraine by European country
Russia has destroyed S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems which had been supplied to Ukraine by a European country, Russia's defence ministry said on Monday as per news agency Reuters.
The ministry said that Russian sea-launched Kalibr missiles on Sunday destroyed four S-300 launchers which were concealed in a hangar on the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Russia said 25 Ukrainian troops were hit in the attack.
It did not say which European country had supplied the S-300 systems.
- Apr 11, 2022 12:55 PM IST
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"Sanctions are always on the table," he told reporters as he arrived for a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. "Ministers will discuss which are the further steps," he said.
- Apr 11, 2022 12:08 PM IST
EU urges its members to ‘send weapons to Ukraine soon’
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged member states to quickly provide Kyiv with the weapons it has asked for, as Ukraine braces for Russia to step up its campaign in the country’s east, according to people familiar with weekend discussions.
Borrell told EU diplomats a decision is needed in days and not weeks, and the bloc must do whatever it takes to help Ukraine, Bloomberg reported.
- Apr 11, 2022 11:25 AM IST
UK says Russian shelling has continued in Donetsk and Luhansk
Russian shelling has continued in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, with Ukrainian forces repulsing several assaults resulting in the destruction of Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery equipment, the UK's Ministry of Defence tweeted on Monday.
- Apr 11, 2022 10:55 AM IST
Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine early on Monday
Air raid sirens were heard across Ukraine early on Monday, media reports said.
“It is likely that the enemy, in order to disrupt the supply of goods to the places of hostilities, will continue to strike at transport infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in order to destroy or disable them,” the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said on Monday as per news agency AP.
- Apr 11, 2022 10:03 AM IST
World Bank forecasts 45% drop in Ukraine GDP output
The World Bank on Sunday forecast the war would cause Ukraine's economic output to collapse by 45% this year, with half of its businesses shuttered, grain exports mostly cut off by Russia's naval blockade and destruction rendering economic activity impossible in many areas.
The bank forecast Russia's GDP would contract by 11.2% this year due to punishing Western sanctions.
- Apr 11, 2022 09:41 AM IST
Civilian casualties rise as war enters 47th day: UN
On Sunday, the United Nations says 4,232 civilian casualties had been recorded in Ukraine to date, with 1,793 killed and 2,439 injured.
- Apr 11, 2022 08:34 AM IST
Ukraine says 1,200 bodies found near Kyiv
Ukraine said Sunday it had found more than 1,200 bodies in the Kyiv region, the scene of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops, as residents in the country's east braced, or fled, ahead of an expected massive offensive. AFP reported.
Heavy bombardments hammered Ukraine through the weekend, adding to mounting casualties six weeks into Russia's invasion of its neighbour.
- Apr 11, 2022 07:47 AM IST
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- Apr 11, 2022 05:46 AM IST
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