Putin will do everything he can to increase strikes on Ukraine this year and try to break us. Instead, Ukraine is increasing its ability to destroy the occupier.
In the Oleksandriia district of the Kirovohrad region, the Air Defense Forces destroyed the Russian army's air attack weapons, but the debris caused damage to residential infrastructure.
Forty-seven combat engagements took place at the frontline over the day, with the majority of attacks repelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bakhmut and Novopavlivka directions.
The Russian army launched ballistic missiles at the Odesa region. Four people were killed, including a 10-year-old child, and seven others were injured.
Russia is once again spreading PSYOP about a possible "offensive" on the right-bank Kherson region, but the situation is under the full control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation with President of Switzerland Viola Amherd. The parties discussed preparations for the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, scheduled for June this year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed participants in the Delphi Economic Forum, saying that Ukraine needs air defense systems and fighter aircraft to protect itself from Russian terror.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin have signed a framework agreement on defense and industrial cooperation with the British government.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the newly appointed Lithuanian Defense Minister, Laurynas Kasciunas, have discussed further all-round support for Ukraine.