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• 4 Civilians Killed As Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pleads For Patriot Systems RFE/RL 15 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on April 15 again called for Kyiv's Western allies to "urgently" deliver desperately needed additional air-defense systems, weapons, and ammunition as Russian artillery and missiles continued to wreak havoc among civilians and destroy critical infrastructure.

Ukraine

• Zelenskyy calls for same defense from allies as for Israel VOA 15 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western allies Monday to display the same "unity" toward Ukraine as they did toward Israel when they thwarted an Iranian aerial assault against the Israeli skies over this past weekend.
• Andriy Yermak Discussed Ukraine's Defense Needs with Lockheed Martin Delegation President of Ukraine 15 Apr 2024
• "Shaheds" in the Skies Above Ukraine Sound Identical to Those Over the Middle East - Address by the President President of Ukraine 15 Apr 2024
• The President of Ukraine Met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway President of Ukraine 15 Apr 2024

Russia

• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 15 Apr 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Russian Troops Take Aim at French Mercenaries in Slavyansk Sputnik 15 Apr 2024 -- Fighters operating underground and based in Slavyansk, a city in the Donetsk People's Republic, have revealed a number of Russia's tactical victories in the region. The clandestine group has disclosed information on Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian energy facilities, military equipment, and enemy troops in the vicinity.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 420 Soldiers Near Donetsk in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 15 Apr 2024 -- Ukraine lost up to 420 soldiers in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Monday.

United States

• READOUT: Under Secretary for International Affairs Jay Shambaugh Meets with Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko of Ukraine US Treasury 15 Apr 2024 -- On Monday, Under Secretary for International Affairs Jay Shambaugh met with Ukraine's Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko on the margins of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.
• Designating Belarusian Networks US Dept. of State 15 Apr 2024 -- The United States is today designating one entity and five individuals for facilitating sanctions evasion for a major Belarusian defense enterprise; six revenue generating state-owned enterprises; and five entities and five individuals involved in a global arms network connected to a U.S.-designated Belarusian defense firm.
• Treasury Targets Belarusian Sanctions Evasion Networks and Cogs in Russia's War Machine US Treasury 15 Apr 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 12 entities and 10 individuals pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14038. This action builds on U.S. sanctions imposed in response to Belarus's fraudulent August 2020 election, as well as President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's (Lukashenka) support for Russia's illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's action sustains U.S. financial pressure on the Lukashenka regime for its continuing support for Russia's war against Ukraine and the financial benefit it derives from this activity.

NATO

• Ukraine Will Become NATO Member, Predicts Former NATO Deputy Secretary-General RFE/RL 15 Apr 2024 -- Rose Gottemoeller is a former U.S. diplomat who served as deputy secretary-general of NATO from October 2016 to October 2019. Before that, Gottemoeller served nearly five years as the undersecretary for arms control and international security at the U.S. State Department. During that time, Gottemoeller, a specialist in Russian defense and nuclear issues, was the chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia.

United Nations

• UN nuclear chief says accident is 'dangerously close' at Zaporizhzhia VOA 15 Apr 2024 -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Monday that the danger of a major nuclear accident at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains "very real."
• Prospect of Nuclear Accident 'Dangerously Close' at Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine, International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Warns Security Council UN Security Council 15 Apr 2024 -- The Security Council met this afternoon at the request of Slovenia and the United States - the co-penholders on political issues in Ukraine - to discuss the safety and security of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
• Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant 'Getting Dangerously Close' To Accident, IAEA Chief Warns RFE/RL 15 Apr 2024 -- Recent drone attacks on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine have raised the risk of a nuclear accident to a new level, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency warned on April 15, calling on the UN Security Council to do everything in its power to minimize the risk.
• United Nations Security Council Update IAEA 15 Apr 2024

Foreign Reactions

• Commission endorses Ukraine Plan, paving the way for regular payments under the Ukraine Facility European Commission 15 Apr 2024 -- Today, the Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council Implementing Decision that assesses positively the Ukraine Plan, Ukraine's comprehensive reform and investment strategy for the next four years.
• 'Ukraine needs right now the vital munitions which will allow it to continue to defend itself' says PACE President Council of Europe 15 Apr 2024 -- "Ukraine needs our support and not just words - it needs right now the vital munitions which will allow it to continue to defend itself, to defend us all and to defend the most fundamental right of all laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights - the right of people to life," PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said at the opening of the Assembly's spring session.
• It is vital to reduce the risk of a nuclear incident at Zaporizhzhia and across Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 15 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
• Norway and Ukraine agree on security assurances Government of Norway 15 Apr 2024 -- Norway and Ukraine have concluded negotiations on a bilateral agreement on security assurances. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide announced the conclusion of the negotiations after his meeting with President Zelensky in Kyiv today.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide visits Ukraine Government of Norway 15 Apr 2024 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide is currently in Ukraine where he met with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and visited a power plant. Norway is now mobilising support to provide electrical materials and equipment to Ukraine's power sector.
• Landsbergis meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands: "Europe's future is decided in Ukraine today" Lithuania MFA 15 Apr 2024 -- On April 15, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, met with the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanke Bruins Slot. The Foreign Ministers discussed defence and security, the strengthening of NATO's eastern flank, support for Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, topical issues of the EU, and bilateral relations.

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