Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,149 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These are the key events on day 1,149 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Friday, 18 April:

Fighting

• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, of which 49 were downed in the Kursk region.
• The ministry said it seized the village of Preobrazhensky in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, state news agency TASS reports.
• Kyiv’s air force…