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Ukraine drones attack the base of a Russian missile brigade that struck Sumy. Zelenskyi responds to Witkoff\u2019s remarks on \u201cfive territories\u201d. Russia may end the \u201cenergy ceasefire\u201d with Ukraine soon, ISW says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine drones attack base of Russian missile brigade that struck Sumy<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The city of Shuya in Russia\u2019s Ivanovo region came under a drone attack on Wednesday morning, posts on local Telegram channels said. The city hosts the base of the Russian 112th Missile Brigade that launched a missile strike on Sumy on Palm Sunday that killed dozens of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brigade is equipped with Iskander-M missile systems and was the target of the drone strike, Astra Telegram channel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian Telegram channels were circulating videos that appeared to show the base being struck. The attack has reportedly caused injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of the Main Intelligence Department of Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, earlier said the Sunday strike on Sumy was carried out by the Russian 112th Missile Brigade and 448th Missile Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyi responds to Witkoff\u2019s remarks on \u201cfive territories\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine is a sovereign state and only Ukrainians can decide on the future of their country\u2019s territories, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi told a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, in Odesa on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Responding to your question] about the territory, Ukraine is a sovereign nation and all territories belong to the unitary state of Ukraine. Only the people of Ukraine can decide on our country\u2019s territories. Our red lines include the recognition of any temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian. The representatives in question go beyond their competence when discussing these matters,\u201d Zelenskyi said, when asked to comment on U.S. special envoy, Steve Witkoff\u2019s latest statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview on Fox News Monday night that followed his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, Witkoff said the key to an overall peace agreement revolves around \u201cfive territories,\u201d without providing more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has been demanding full control over four Ukrainian regions \u2014 those of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. It doesn\u2019t fully control any of them. It illegally annexed the peninsula of Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witkoff also said there is a \u201clot of detail\u201d to work through in negotiations over a \u201ccomplicated situation, rooted in some real problematic things happening between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Head Sergey Naryshkin claimed on April 15 that any future peace agreement ending Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine must include terms concerning the recognition of Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of all of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia may end \u201cenergy ceasefire\u201d with Ukraine soon, ISW says<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Russia may recognize the end of the 30-day energy infrastructure strikes ceasefire soon and intensify its long-range strikes against Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in a report released on Tuesday. The paragraphs below are quoted from the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kommersant asked Lavrov to comment on how neither the temporary ceasefire against energy infrastructure strikes nor the temporary ceasefire in the Black Sea are \u201cfully in effect.\u201d Lavrov responded, claiming \u201cthere are no such agreements,\u201d but then proceeded to discuss Putin’s rejection of Trump’s proposed 30-day full ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on April 15 that the Kremlin would clarify the end date of the 30-day energy infrastructure strikes ceasefire with the Russian MoD and noted that \u201ceverything will depend on further orders from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [Putin].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian officials have routinely claimed almost every day since March 18 without evidence that Ukraine has violated the temporary energy infrastructure strikes ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian forces may intensify long-range strikes against Ukraine in the coming days as the ceasefire comes to an end. The exact parameters of the ceasefire \u2014 including its end date \u2014 remain unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin rejected Trump\u2019s temporary full ceasefire on March 13, questioning whether Ukraine would be allowed to continue to mobilize forces, train newly mobilized soldiers, and receive military aid from its partners and allies and questioning the control and verification measures of a temporary ceasefire \u2014 questions which Lavrov reiterated on April 15. Lavrov attempted to blame Ukraine for the lack of a full ceasefire, claiming that Ukraine \u201cloves to lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian officials, led by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), have accused Ukraine of violating the temporary energy infrastructure strikes ceasefire almost every day since March 29 while offering no evidence of such violations, and the Kremlin appears to be using these unsubstantiated claims to also refuse Trump\u2019s temporary full ceasefire proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukraine drones attack the base of a Russian missile brigade that struck Sumy. Zelenskyi responds to Witkoff\u2019s remarks on \u201cfive territories\u201d. Russia may end the \u201cenergy ceasefire\u201d with Ukraine soon, ISW says. Ukraine drones attack base of Russian missile brigade that struck Sumy The city of Shuya in Russia\u2019s Ivanovo region came under a drone […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":334050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[699,611,748],"tags":[8921,32939,32702,34623,6910,32654,32733,32727,7265,1124,1082,32709],"section":[743],"form":[],"yoast_head":"\nDay 1,148: Russia may end \u201cenergy ceasefire\u201d with Ukraine soon, ISW says | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ukraine drones attack the base of a Russian missile brigade that struck Sumy. 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