Ukraine’s president has renewed his offer to Russia of a mutual ceasefire on strikes towards vitality infrastructure. “If Russia is ready to stop strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in kind,” he mentioned. “This proposal has been conveyed to the Russian side through the Americans.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy provided final week to observe a ceasefire for Easter, which Orthodox adherents mark on Sunday (13 April) in Russia and Ukraine.
In his remarks on Monday, after an in a single day assault on the Black Sea port of Odesa killed three folks and injured a minimum of 16, Zelenskyy mentioned Russia appeared unwilling to conform to the ceasefire. “We have repeatedly proposed to Russia a ceasefire at least for Easter,” he mentioned. “But for them, all times are the same. Nothing is sacred.”
Ukrainian drones attacked the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s oil delivery terminal in southern Russia early on Monday, damaging a mooring level and setting 4 oil tanks on fireplace, the Russian defence ministry claimed. The Ukrainian military mentioned it had attacked a unique terminal within the port of Novorossiysk – with out mentioning the CPC, which didn’t instantly remark. The CPC pipeline handles about 1% of the world’s oil provides, in addition to about 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports.
A reservist within the Australian military has been charged after allegedly working as a drone operator for Ukraine. The 25-year-old man from Felixstow, within the South Australian metropolis of Adelaide, was charged by the Australian Federal Police with working for a overseas army with out authorisation, the AAP information company reported. It is the primary time somebody has been charged with the offence, with the person going through as much as twenty years in jail if discovered responsible. Australian legal guidelines restrict the work defence personnel can carry out with a overseas army, authorities or firm with out authorisation. The man allegedly travelled to Ukraine in May 2025 and returned to Australia in January 2026.
A Russian ship carrying wheat believed to have sunk within the Sea of Azov after a drone assault has been discovered and towed to shore, Russia’s state information company Tass mentioned on Monday. The dying toll has risen to 3, it added. Crew deserted the ship final Friday and made it to shore on Monday, in accordance with Russian studies.
Russia jailed on Monday a former governor of the Kursk border area, the place Ukraine’s military broke by means of in 2024, for 14 years over alleged kickbacks for presidency contracts associated to the development of fortifications. Since August 2024, the Kremlin has gone after prime regional and army officers for failing to cease the incursion – a large embarrassment for Vladimir Putin. Alexei Smirnov, the previous Kursk governor, was “sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of 400 million rubles [£3.8m/US$5m]”, a court docket assertion mentioned. Another former Kursk governor, Roman Starovoyt, who led the area till simply earlier than the Ukrainian breakthrough, died final yr by alleged suicide – a destiny that frequently befalls officers who run foul of the Russian president.
