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• Ukrainian Soldiers Who Were Surrounded By Russians Held Out For 35 Freezing Days RFE/RL 14 Apr 2025 -- A Ukrainian commander whose unit held off daily Russian assaults while trapped in freezing ruins for more than a month says his team held on by finding strength they never knew they had.

Ukraine

• For 34 Days Now, Russia Has Been Openly Refusing to Cease Fire - Address by the President President of Ukraine 14 Apr 2025
• Andriy Yermak Urges G7 Countries to Increase Pressure on Russia to Achieve a Ceasefire and a Just Peace President of Ukraine 14 Apr 2025
• Steps Toward a Just Peace and the Use of Frozen Russian Assets: The Office of the President Hosted a Meeting with the Ambassador of Italy President of Ukraine 14 Apr 2025

Russia

• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region as of 14 April 2025 Russia MoD 14 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Apr 2025
• Russia Has Evidence Sumy Strike Targeted Ukrainian Troops and Foreign Mercs - Lavrov Sputnik 14 Apr 2025 -- Russia possesses information that Ukrainian troops met with their foreign counterparts at the facility targeted by Russian forces in the strike on Sumy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
• Russia Wipes Out 60 Ukrainian Troops With Precise Iskander Missile Strike on Sumy Sputnik 14 Apr 2025 -- Russian forces on Sunday hit the site of a meeting of Ukrainian command staff in the city of Sumy with Iskander cruise missiles, killing 60 servicepeople, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Kremlin warns Germany sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine risks 'escalation' Press TV 14 Apr 2025 -- The Kremlin has warned Germany against giving Kiev Taurus missiles, saying the move risks an "escalation" of the Ukraine war.

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NATO

United Nations

• UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine UN News 14 Apr 2025 -- The United Nations has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday which reportedly killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 100 others.

Foreign Reactions

• Putin Condemned Over Sumy Attack As Zelenskyy Invites Trump To See Destruction RFE/RL 14 Apr 2025 -- Officials from around the world condemned Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, as the Ukrainian city of Sumy continued to sift through the wreckage caused by Russian a missile strike that left at least 34 people dead.
• Defence Ministers met in Brussels to discuss further support of Ukraine Czech Republic Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces 14 Apr 2025 -- The Defence Ministers of the countries united in the so-called Coalition of the Willing and the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) met in Brussels to discuss further support of Ukraine.
• Baiba Braže: comprehensive EU support for Ukraine continues, priority is air defence, long-range artillery capabilities, munitions deliveries Latvia MFA 14 Apr 2025 -- On 14 April 2025 in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, participated in a meeting of the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council, which addressed further military support to Ukraine, the sectors of Russian economy to be covered by the 17th package of sanctions, the fight against Russia's unconventional threats, and ensuring Russia's accountability.
• Budrys in Luxembourg: attacks on Sumy are a barbaric war crime Lithuania MFA 14 Apr 2025 -- Today, on 14 April, in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, is attending the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council.
• Ukraine receives precision weapons financed by Lithuania Lithuania MND 14 Apr 2025 -- The advanced long-range Ukrainian-made weapons paid for by Lithuania via the bilateral financing mechanism for the defence industry of Ukraine have been delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the precisions weapons are already on the frontlines and scoring high in the battle-test.
• UK sends multi-million pound military equipment loan to Ukraine UK MOD 14 Apr 2025 -- The UK makes second £752 million payment to Ukraine through the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans for Ukraine scheme.
• Europe's promise: Middle East, Ukraine and Western Balkans in focus at the Foreign Affairs Council Germany Federal Foreign Office 14 Apr 2025 -- At the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg today, the EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as relations with the Western Balkans and Africa. Immediately afterwards, a high-level dialogue between the EU and the Palestinian Authority will be held.

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