{"id":54196,"date":"2025-04-27T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T07:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/54196\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T07:37:07","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1158-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/54196\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,158 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">These are the key events on day 1,158 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Here is where things stand on Sunday, April 27:<\/p>\n<p>Fighting<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed what he said was the complete failure of an offensive by Ukrainian forces in Russia\u2019s Kursk region after Moscow said they had been expelled from the last village they had been holding.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Russia\u2019s chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has confirmed for the first time that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/program\/newsfeed\/2024\/11\/13\/north-korean-troops-enter-battlefield-against-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Korean soldiers<\/a> have been fighting alongside Russian troops in Kursk, praising their \u201ccourage and heroism\u201d in helping to drive out the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Diplomacy and politics<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>The FSB security service said it had detained a suspect over the killing of senior Russian military officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/4\/25\/senior-russian-general-killed-by-car-bomb-near-moscow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yaroslav Moskalik<\/a> by a car bomb. The Kremlin has blamed Ukraine for the killing. There was no official comment from Kyiv on the attack.<\/li>\n<li>United States President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at St Peter\u2019s Basilica before Pope Francis\u2019s funeral in Rome.<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy said the meeting could prove historic if it delivers the kind of peace he is hoping for, and a White House spokesperson called it \u201cvery productive\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>After the meeting, Trump took a tough tone on the Russian leader, writing, \u201cThere was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days.\u201d He also urged Putin to stop bombing civilian areas in Ukraine, adding that secondary sanctions on Russia might be necessary in response.<\/li>\n<li>Following Trump\u2019s remarks, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the US Senate is poised to move forward on bipartisan legislation that would impose trade sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, gas and other products.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">French President Emmanuel Macron said after a \u201cvery positive\u201d exchange with Zelenskyy that Ukraine was ready for an unconditional ceasefire and that the so-called \u201cCoalition of the Willing\u201d led by France and the United Kingdom would continue working on achieving that, as well as a lasting peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she expects Russia to show concrete signs of its willingness to pursue peace in Ukraine, after meeting Zelenskyy in Rome following Pope Francis\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The British government said Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Zelenskyy discussed \u201cpositive progress\u201d to end the war in Ukraine on the sidelines of the pope\u2019s funeral.<\/li>\n<li>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered Zelenskyy the EU\u2019s backing in any negotiations for ending the war with Russia, adding that the bloc \u201cwill always stand by Ukraine in the pursuit for peace\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the key events on day 1,158 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. 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