Because the warfare enters its 788th day, these are the primary developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Monday, April 22, 2024.
Wrestle
- One individual was killed and 4 others wounded in Russian shelling within the metropolis of Ukrainsk, in line with the prosecutor’s workplace within the partially occupied Donetsk area. Within the Odessa area, 4 individuals had been injured in a Russian missile assault, in line with Governor Oleh Kiper.
- Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its forces had taken management of the Bohdanivka settlement within the Donetsk area. Bohdanivka is situated simply west of the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut.
- The Common Workers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in its night report, talked about Bohdanivka as one among a sequence of villages the place it stated Ukrainian forces repelled 13 enemy assaults. He didn’t give particular particulars.
- Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk stated the navy had hit and broken the Kommuna, a Russian rescue ship, in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea. The Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol stated Russian forces had repelled an anti-ship missile assault on one among its ships within the port and that there was a small fireplace.
Weapons
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the US Home of Representatives’ passage of a long-delayed invoice to offer $61 billion in overseas assist to Ukraine and urged the US to shortly convert the invoice into legislation and start the switch of weapons.
- European Union overseas ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Monday to debate strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses.
- International navy spending rose 6.8 p.c to a report excessive of $2.4 trillion, pushed by conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere, in line with the Stockholm Worldwide Peace Analysis Institute (SIPRI). Russia elevated spending by 24 p.c, reaching $109 billion in 2023, in line with SIPRI estimates. Ukraine’s navy spending elevated by 51 p.c, reaching $64.8 billion, whereas it additionally acquired $35 billion in navy assist from its allies, primarily the US.
