12 April 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Russia, Ukraine Pound Each Other With Drones, As US Envoy Meets With Putin RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine pounded each other with drones, with Moscow complaining that Kyiv had targeted its energy facilities in violation of a tenuous cease-fire agreement that has yet to take hold.
Ukrainian Forces Repel Russian Attacks With Drone-On-Drone Warfare RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- From their base near Kupyansk, a team of Ukrainian drone pilots is locked in a high-stakes aerial battle.

Russia, Ukraine in contact via embassies in Belarus: Russian diplomat People's Daily 12 Apr 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine have established a diplomatic communication channel through their respective embassies in Belarus to address consular and legal matters, local media reported Friday.
'They're Taking Everyone.' In Russian Regions, Recruiting For Ukraine War Soars RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- Russian recruitment for men to fight in Ukraine is soaring in many of the country's regions, with signing bonuses and other incentives reaching new records in some places.
Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12 April 2025) Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
Ukraine Could Be Sabotaging Agreements by Violating Moratorium with Strikes on Energy Facilities Sputnik 12 Apr 2025 -- Kiev's strikes on energy facilities are carried out either because there was no order to halt them or because the order was not followed, Director of the Second Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Polishchuk told Sputnik in an interview out on Saturday.

Kellogg Blasts Times for Misrepresenting His Words on Ukraine 'Partitioning' Sputnik 12 Apr 2025 -- US President Donald Trump's special envoy Keith Kellogg accused the Times newspaper of misrepresenting his words about control zones in Ukraine, clarifying that he did not mean "partitioning" the country itself.

Russia has not once to date respected any agreement it had made, says Minister of National Defence discussing Ukraine Lithuania MND 12 Apr 2025 -- Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė attended the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and 30-country strong Coalition of the Willing meetings in Brussels.

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