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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 16.04.2023 Ukraine MOD 16 Apr 2023
• Ukraine, Russia Mark Orthodox Easter With Large Prisoner Exchange RFE/RL 16 Apr 2023 -- Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram on April 16.

Ukraine

• Zelenskiy Calls For 'Security Guarantees' For Ukraine As Putin Ally Urges Moscow To End Fighting RFE/RL 16 Apr 2023 -- KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for "effective security guarantees for Ukraine" immediately, even as rescue work continues following a Russian air strike in the Donetsk region city of Slovyansk that left at least 11 civilians dead.
• Ukraine to Start Talks With Poland on Export of Products on Monday Sputnik 16 Apr 2023 -- Ukraine will start negotiations with Poland on the issue of product exports on Monday, Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solskyi said, adding that similar talks with Romania and Slovakia are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
• Easter greetings from the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 16 Apr 2023

Russia

United States

• US to grant Ukraine further $4.9 billion in 'budget support' Press TV 16 Apr 2023 -- The Biden administration has announced plans to grant the Ukrainian government an additional $4.9 billion in monetary aid next September "to provide critical services for its citizens."

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Foreign Reactions

• Italy Sends Two Dozen M109L Self-Propelled Howitzers to Ukraine - Reports Sputnik 16 Apr 2023 -- Italy is seemingly shipping by rail to Ukraine around 20 M109L self-propelled howitzers, Italian media report, citing footage shot by eyewitnesses at a railway station in the city of Udine in the northeast of the country.
• US, EU must stop 'encouraging war' in Ukraine: Brazil's Lula Press TV 16 Apr 2023 -- The Brazilian president has called on the US and its European allies to stop "encouraging war" in Ukraine by arming Kiev, adding that they should rather focus on promoting peace in Ukraine.
• Brazilian President Warns US Against 'Encouraging' Ukraine Conflict Sputnik 16 Apr 2023 -- Washington and its allies have already provided Kiev with billions of dollars worth of arms, which Russia says adds to prolonging the Ukraine standoff.
• Bulgaria Eyeing Temporary Ban on Ukrainian Grain Imports Sputnik 16 Apr 2023 -- Bulgaria is mulling the possibility of introducing a temporary ban on grain imports from Ukraine, following the lead of Poland and Hungary, Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev said on Sunday.

News Reports

• Latest in Ukraine: Russia, Ukraine Exchange More Prisoners on Orthodox Easter VOA 16 Apr 2023
• Latest in Ukraine: Respected Russian Military Leader Returns to Ukraine VOA 16 Apr 2023
• Iran court hands down jail sentences to 10 military staff over 2020 Ukraine jet downing Press TV 16 Apr 2023 -- An Iranian court has issued a verdict for 10 members of the country's Armed Forces who were involved in the 2020 accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in the skies over the capital, Tehran.
• Iran Sentences 10 Military Members To Prison In 2020 Downing Of Ukrainian Airliner That Killed 176 RFE/RL 16 Apr 2023 -- Iran has sentenced 10 members of the armed forces to prison on charges of involvement in the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people, according to the Iranian judiciary's website.