💥Strike on the Command Post of the 8th Army in Donetsk, - Dosiye Shpiona

• 8 dead (including the acting commander of the army);
• 9 wounded;
• 4 missing persons.

🇩🇰🇺🇦🇺🇸 Danish PM Frederiksen:

"If the US decides not to provide Ukraine with the necessary [weapons], it will be a serious blow to Ukraine, the EU and NATO."

🇺🇦 FT: How much money does Ukraine need?

The analysis indicates that the IMF’s own programme — for $15.5bn in financial assistance over four years — is also on track, as is the $153bn financing package it is part of, which includes much bigger contributions from the EU, the US (until this year) and other friends of Ukraine.

About $40bn a year in “financing needs”, then, which this coalition has managed to provide until now and should be able to keep providing, even if the US lets Ukraine down.

But “financing needs” of $40bn a year does not mean Ukraine only (only!) needs $40bn a year. The financing needs quickly fall to negligible amounts from 2026 in the IMF analysis.

Ash speculates it would take $150bn a year, rather than $100bn, to put Ukraine in a sufficiently dominant position to defeat the Russian invaders.

✈️🇺🇦 Kyiv bids farewell to F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko. People got out of cars as the body was being carried away.

🤔📞 Putin said he would have a phone conversation with Trump today.

Udmurtia 🦅🦅🦅

🔥 Defense Forces "South", launching heavy attack drones "Lazar" from the sides of sea drones in the area of ​​the village of Mayak, Crimea:

▪️RLM-M 55Zh6M "Nebo-M" - 1 unit;
▪️RLM-D 55Zh6M "Nebo-M" - 1 unit;
▪️KU radar 55Zh6M "Nebo-M" - 1 unit.

🇺🇸📞 Trump confirmed a phone call with Putin, which will take place at 17:00 Kyiv time.

🇺🇦 Also, according to foreign media, Trump's conversation with Zelensky is expected in the near future.

🎉 At night, strike drones attacked the Energia plant in Yelts, Lipetsk region, — SBS.

❗️The enterprise mass-produces batteries and accumulators for the Iskander-M OTRK, Kh-35U sea-based cruise missiles, UMPK and energy modules for special complexes.

⚡️ We expect a mass shooting down of "shaheds". Ukraine and the US signed a contract on the production of interceptor drones, — Zelensky

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺 We count on continued American support, because there are certain positions that Europe cannot provide us with, — Zelensky.

🇪🇺🗣️ The Russian economy, overheated by the war, is reaching its limit. It is very important for us to increase our pressure, the 18th package of sanctions will hit the very heart of Putin's war machine, — Ursula von der Leyen.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 No country will be able to stop Ukraine on its path to joining the EU: but we need the support of all EU members. You know which countries these are. But one way or another, we will be able to cope with this, — Zelensky.

🇺🇦📞🇺🇸 Maybe tomorrow, or in the coming days, I will talk to President Trump about continuing US support, — Zelensky.

❗️Zelensky recalled that Ukraine has supported Trump's idea of ​​an unconditional ceasefire from the very beginning. And he himself is ready to meet with Putin to achieve peace.

🇩🇰🇺🇦 If there are gaps in US support, we should do our utmost to fill it, — Danish PM Frederiksen.

🇪🇺 Ursula von der Leyen shares this view, adding that Europe has the financial capacity to support Ukraine:

“On the one hand, tax flexibility is directed towards investments in the Ukrainian defense sector, and there is also a joint procurement program that allows direct investment in the Ukrainian defense industry.”

🤩🇩🇰🇺🇦 Zelensky: In Denmark, I presented a special award – the “Future of Ukraine” distinction – to 11-year-old volunteer Jens Fogh Thomsen. Since last year, he has been handcrafting Easter decorations and, through their sale, has raised over 34,000 Danish kroner to purchase school backpacks and supplies for Ukrainian children affected by the war.

Jens became the first foreigner to receive this award. We will always be grateful to everyone who sincerely empathizes with our people and helps Ukraine. I am deeply thankful to Jens – on behalf of all our people and the children of Ukraine.

🇩🇰❗️🇭🇺 Denmark is pushing the EU to fully pursue Article 7 sanctions against Hungary over rule-of-law violations and its blockade of Ukraine’s EU membership, - Politico

Minister Marie Bjerre says Brussels must consider cutting funds and take all legal steps to hold Hungary accountable.