Here are the key events of Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine on Day 1135.

Combat Operations

• Adequate Russian ballistic missile strikes caused the deaths of at least four individuals and injured 17 in Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The strike also resulted in fires, as reported by Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Kryvyi Rih’s military administration.
• Russian drone attacks targeted the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhia and Kharkiv overnight, resulting in one fatality and numerous injuries according to officials.
• A Russian drone strike in Kharkiv killed two people, including children, and injured at least 32 after hitting several apartment buildings. One person was also injured in a separate drone attack on the village of Ruski Tyshky, outside Kharkiv.
• According to the Kyiv air force, Russia launched 39 drones overnight, with 28 being intercepted. Seven of the remaining drones failed to reach their targets due to electronic warfare tactics.
• Russian air defense units intercepted a drone approaching Moscow, as stated by the city’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of launching over 30 “provocative” attacks on Russian energy facilities, violating the mutual agreement mediated by the United States to cease strikes on energy infrastructure.
• Within the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military denied accusations of attacking Russian energy facilities, affirming adherence to the ceasefire, while claiming that Russia had frequently violated it.

• The Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces took control of two settlements, Vesele and Lobkove, in eastern Ukraine.
• Reuters, citing war bloggers, reported that Russian troops had intensified their attacks in the western Kursk region to expel Ukrainian forces, including a group of Ukrainian soldiers taking refuge in a monastery, which is described as their last significant outpost in Russian territory.
• US Army General Christopher Cavoli acknowledged that Ukraine’s army had made up for some manpower shortages in their fight against Russia. However, he warned that a halt in US weapon supplies to Ukraine would significantly harm Kyiv’s efforts. Cavoli also reported that Russia had lost over 4,000 tanks in the war, calling the scale of conflict “awe-inspiring”.

Economic matters

• Kyiv’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko characterized the 10 percent tariffs imposed on Ukraine by the United States as “difficult, yet not critical”. She stated that Ukraine had exported goods worth $874 million to the US last year and imported goods worth $3.4 billion from the US.
• Moscow’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia was unfazed by US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose new tariffs on Russian oil and remained patient.

Ceasefire Considerations

• Ryabov cautioned that a peace agreement in Ukraine might be unachievable unless the US acknowledged the “belligerent” stance of the European Union and Ukraine.

• During a meeting with community leaders in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, President Zelenskyy prioritized maintaining the size of Ukraine’s army in peace negotiations.
• Zelenskyy also ruled out recognizing Russian-controlled Ukrainian territories as part of Russia. He proposed finding a compromise that would allow for the return of these territories to Ukraine over time through diplomatic means.
• Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, informed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Russia’s violations of the energy ceasefire brokered by the US.

Politics and International Relations

• Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, accused unnamed forces of attempting to create discord between Russia and the US by “distorting Russia’s position”. He highlighted that a recent meeting with the US had shown a “positive dynamic” between Washington and Moscow.
• Finland’s President Alexander Stubb suggested that France or the United Kingdom, as part of a “coalition of the willing”, should engage in talks with Russia in support of Kyiv.
• In response to a “change in priorities” within the US Department of Justice, the US withdrew from a team of European and US investigators tasked with gathering evidence of potential Russian war crimes in Ukraine through the EU’s judicial body Eurojust.