Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy reiterates truce offer ahead of Orthodox Easter | Ukraine
Ukrainian president renewed his offer to Russia mutual ceasefire Strikes against energy infrastructure. “If Russia is ready to stop attacks on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in kind,” he said. “This proposal was conveyed to the Russian side through the Americans.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week proposed a ceasefire for Easter, which Orthodox followers celebrate in Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, April 13.
In a statement on Monday, Three people died and at least 16 were injured in an overnight attack on the Black Sea port of OdessaZelenskyy said Russia appeared unwilling to accept a ceasefire. “We have repeatedly offered Russia a ceasefire, at least for Easter,” he said. “But to them it’s always the same. Nothing is sacred.”
Ukrainian drones attacked Caspian Pipeline Consortium Oil shipping terminal in southern Russia Russia’s defense ministry claimed the incident early Monday damaged a mooring point and set fire to four oil tanks. The Ukrainian army said it did this attacked a different terminal In the port of Novorossiysk – without mentioning the CPC, which did not immediately comment. The CPC pipeline accounts for approximately 1% of the world’s oil supply and approximately 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports.
A. Australian army reservist charged He allegedly worked as a drone operator for Ukraine. The 25-year-old man, from Felixstow in Adelaide, South Australia, has been charged by the Australian Federal Police with working for a foreign military without permission, news agency AAP reported. This is the first time anyone has been charged with this crime and the man faces up to twenty years in prison if convicted. Australian law limits the work defense personnel can do. foreign military, government or company without permission. The man allegedly traveled to Ukraine in May 2025 and returned to Australia in January 2026.
A Russian ship carrying wheat in the Sea of Azov is thought to have sunk after a drone attack found and pulled ashoreRussia’s state news agency Tass said in a statement on Monday. In the statement, it was stated that the number of deaths increased to 3. According to Russian news, the crew abandoned the ship last Friday and reached shore on Monday.
Russia jailed a former governor on Monday Kursk border area, where the Ukrainian army advanced in 202414 years due to allegations that he received kickbacks from government contracts related to fortification construction. Since August 2024, the Kremlin has gone after senior regional and military officials who failed to stop the attack; This is a great shame for Vladimir Putin. Former Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov “sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of 400 million rubles” [£3.8m/US$5m]In the statement made by the court, another former Kursk governor, Roman Starovoyt, who governed the region until just before the Ukrainian breakthrough, He died last year after allegedly committing suicide. – a fate that regularly befalls officials who run afoul of the Russian president.
