29 April 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Russia Launches Drone Attacks On Dnipro, Kharkiv After Kremlin Rejects Offer Of 30-Day Cease-Fire RFE/RL 29 Apr 2025 -- Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro late on April 29, killing one person and setting homes on fire, the regional governor said.

Russia Focused on Bringing Peace to Ukraine - Kremlin Sputnik 29 Apr 2025 -- The government spokesman touched upon the most pressing policy issues with emphasis on the Ukrainian crisis and the geopolitical turmoil surrounding it.
Russia's Air Forces Down Ukrainian Su-27 Sputnik 29 Apr 2025 -- Russia's Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, while aviation and artillery struck the infrastructure of military airfields, the training center of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, strike drone launch sites, ammunition depots, and air defense systems, destroying 189 drones, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday.

Russian Figures Highly Praise Feats of Combat Sub-units of DPRK Armed Forces in Liberating Kursk Area KCNA 29 Apr 2025 -- The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry and a military expert highly praised the combat sub-units of the armed forces of the DPRK for making a great contribution to annihilating the Ukrainian army which invaded the territory of Russia.
Russian President Issues Statement on Participation of Combat Sub-units of DPRK Armed Forces in Operations for Liberating Kursk Area of Russia KCNA 29 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, issued a statement on April 28 as regards the participation of the combat sub-units of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the operations for liberating the Kursk area of the Russian Federation.

Trump Warns Ukraine Could Collapse in Three Years Without Peace Deal Sputnik 29 Apr 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has said that he believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to making a deal on Ukraine and is easier to negotiate with than Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russian Federation's 'War of Choice' on Ukraine Undermines United Nations Charter, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Calling for Ceasefire UN Security Council 29 Apr 2025 -- Warning the Security Council today that the Russian Federation's three-year "war of choice" continues to kill and injure Ukrainian civilians, a senior United Nations official called for a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire despite offers of temporary truces.
Ukraine: Ceasefire a critical first step on the road to durable peace UN News 29 Apr 2025 -- The UN political affairs chief underscored the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.

Joint statement by the Nordic-Baltic-Weimar Ministers of Foreign Affairs Lithuania MFA 29 Apr 2025 -- "We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and the Minister Delegate for Europe of France, have met today on the island of Bornholm to address Russia's continued illegal aggression against Ukraine, including its implications for European security."
Baiba Braže: the Baltic states, Nordic countries, France, Poland, and Germany will continue to support Ukraine, strengthen European and NATO security and defence; so far, they have channelled 100 billion euros in support of Ukraine Estonia MFA 29 Apr 2025 -- Further support to Ukraine, security of the Baltic Sea region, containing Russia, including its "shadow fleet", transatlantic relations, strengthening the security of Europe and across the Euro-Atlantic space - those were key topics addressed at the annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Nordic countries (NB).

Budrys: Russia has no right to dictate the terms of Ukraine's future Lithuania MFA 29 Apr 2025 -- On 28-29 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, attended a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) and Weimar Triangle countries—Poland, France, and Germany—on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Ministers discussed European security and defence, transatlantic relations, Russia's aggression against Ukraine and support for the country, as well as the response to hybrid and shadow fleet threats.

China supports all efforts conducive to peace: FM on Russia's announcement of three-day truce from midnight May 8 Global Times 29 Apr 2025 -- When being asked to comment on Kremlin's announcement of a ceasefire for the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War to last from May 8 to May 11 Moscow time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday that China's position on the Ukraine crisis is clear and consistent: China supports all efforts conducive to peace and hopes that all relevant parties will continue to resolve the crisis through dialogue and negotiation.
China tight-lipped on North Korea's Russia troop deployment confirmation Radio Free Asia 29 Apr 2025 -- China avoided directly commenting on North Korea's confirmation of its troop deployment to Russia and reiterated support for a "multilateral solution" to the conflict.

EU Says Budapest's Block Could Mean Moldova's Accession Moves Forward Without Ukraine RFE/RL 29 Apr 2025 -- The European Union is considering moving along in the accession process with Moldova while leaving Ukraine behind as Hungary to block Kyiv's membership drive.

Europe's Game Plan For Ukraine-Russia Talks, And Will The Next Pope Be Hungarian? RFE/RL 29 Apr 2025

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