The following are the important developments on day 1,164 of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Combat Activities
- Residents suffered a fatality in Ukraine’s Kherson region when an unexploded drone detonated while the victim attempted to move it from near a residential building.
- A mass drone onslaught from Russia wounded at least 46 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, leading to fires and damages to a high-rise apartment building.
- The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, reported 12 strikes on four city districts by Russian forces, including injuries to an 11-year-old child and eight hospitalizations.
- Russia claims to be creating a “security buffer zone” in Sumy region’s border areas following the expulsion of Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region, just across the border in western Russia.
- More than 20 individuals were harmed as Russian attacks targeted the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine.
- Greater than four people sustained injuries due to a joint Russian drone and artillery strike on the localities near Nikopol, situated in southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
- Russia’s defense forces reportedly neutralized 10 Ukrainian drones within an hour, with eight intercepted over Bryansk and two over Russian-occupied Crimea.
- Yury Slyusar, the acting governor of Rostov region adjacent to Ukraine’s east, stated that Russian air defenses annihilated Ukrainian drones over five districts without harming anyone.
- The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) accused Russian intelligence of engineering an assassination attempt on blogger Serhii Sternenko; a 45-year-old woman was implicated but the attempt failed.
Military Support
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the striking of Ukraine’s civilian zones and urged allied nations to expedite bolstering the country’s aerial defense systems.
- The Pentagon revealed that the U.S. State Department has sanctioned the potential $310 million sale to Ukraine for F-16 fighter jet training and associated hardware.
Economic Sanctions
- New economic sanctions are reportedly being prepared against Russia, including against the state-backed Russian energy giant Gazprom, in a move to pressure Moscow to cease its conflict in Ukraine.
Political Actions and International Relations
- Ukraine’s military forces will join a British military parade on Monday to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
- Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the United States reiterated calls for Russia and Ukraine to broker a peace accord, stressing the need for a breakthrough in the situation.
