Ukraine’s withdrawal from the Donetsk region cannot be considered a compromise, as it would ultimately give Russia the opportunity to occupy Kharkiv and Dnipro.
Across all regions of Ukraine, on Friday, April 10, scheduled hourly electricity outages will be applied throughout the entire day for all categories of consumers.
The Russian army carried out almost 60 attacks on the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Pavlohrad districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in two casualties.
Kyrylo Budanov said that attacks on Russian oil terminals affect the negotiation process and predicted that "a lot of new things" will be heard from the Russian side at the next round of talks.
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked Ukrainian defenders' positions 64 times. The enemy is most active in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions, with increased activity in the Huliaipole direction.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that U.S. Vice President JD Vance is not participating in negotiations between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.
Russian troops do not have sufficient forces to capture Kostiantynivka and Druzhkivka by the end of April, while the situation in the Pokrovsk sector remains difficult but stable.