History: April 2023
17 articles
Retrospective · events of 2 April 2023
What did 2 April 2023 bring to the war's edges?
Opinion
A bombing in Saint Petersburg and diplomatic moves in the days before marked the period around 2 April 2023.
Retrospective · events of 3 April 2023
Who controlled Bakhmut on 3 April 2023?
Security
Competing claims over the eastern Ukrainian city emerged as news spread of a deadly bombing in Saint Petersburg.
Retrospective · events of 5 April 2023
What did Finland's NATO entry change by 5 April 2023?
Security
A look back at the security picture around 5 April 2023, after Finland's accession and as Bakhmut remained contested.
Retrospective · events of 6 April 2023
Would Kyiv talk about Crimea? April 2023 signal
Politics
A look back at 6 April 2023, when a senior Ukrainian official set out a condition for negotiations over the peninsula, a day after Zelenskyy's Polish visit.
Retrospective · events of 8 April 2023
Kyiv's Crimea signal and the Warsaw visit
Politics
A look back at two political messages from Ukraine in early April 2023: talks on Crimea if a counteroffensive reached its border, and a decoration in Poland.
Retrospective · events of 13 April 2023
What the Pentagon leaks exposed by 13 April 2023
Security
A look back at the state of the leaked US documents inquiry as of 13 April 2023, and what had been confirmed by then.
Retrospective · events of 13 April 2023
US confirms leaked documents are genuine and reveal Ukrainian weaknesses
Opinion
A retrospective on the classified-document leaks that confirmed Ukrainian military vulnerabilities while Russian strikes continued on the ground.
Retrospective · events of 14 April 2023
Eight dead in Sloviansk as leaked US war documents spread
Opinion
A deadly missile strike on Sloviansk came as the fallout from leaked U.S. documents on the war continued to unfold.
Retrospective · events of 19 April 2023
What Putin's rare trip to occupied Ukraine signalled
Security
A look back at the Russian president's visit to occupied Kherson and Luhansk oblasts, reported on 18 April 2023, and a notable Ukrainian death in combat.
Retrospective · events of 19 April 2023
What the April 2023 front-line signals showed
Security
A presidential visit to occupied territory, a jet transfer and a combat death marked the days around 19 April 2023.
Retrospective · events of 19 April 2023
Occupied Kherson and Luhansk: Putin visits, jets transferred, ex-lawmaker killed
Security
A retrospective on 19 April 2023 and the events of the preceding two days: a visit to occupied territory, a jet transfer and a combat death.
Retrospective · events of 19 April 2023
Putin visits occupied Kherson and Luhansk as Ukraine invites Lula
Politics
On 18 April 2023, Ukraine's government invited Brazil's president to visit while Russia's president travelled to occupied Kherson and Luhansk oblasts.
Retrospective · events of 20 April 2023
Putin reportedly meets commanders in occupied Kherson and Luhansk oblasts
Security
A look back at reports of a visit by Russia's president to occupied Kherson and Luhansk oblasts, and the death of a former Ukrainian lawmaker in combat.
Retrospective · events of 23 April 2023
Latvia pledges all its Stingers as Putin tours occupied Ukraine
Politics
A look back at how Kyiv's diplomatic friction with Brazil, Moscow's show of presence in occupied areas and new Latvian arms pledges fitted together in the days before 23 April 2023.
Retrospective · events of 26 April 2023
Missile hits Kupiansk as drone raid targets Sevastopol
Security
A look back at two incidents reported in the days before 26 April 2023: a missile strike in Kupiansk and a drone attack on Sevastopol.
Retrospective · events of 26 April 2023
What Kupiansk and Sevastopol showed by 26 April 2023
Security
Two incidents in the days before 26 April 2023 pointed to pressure on a front-line city and on Crimea.
Retrospective · events of 27 April 2023
Xi phones Zelenskyy as Latvia pledges Stingers to Kyiv
Politics
A look back at the phone call between the Chinese and Ukrainian presidents, and at Latvia's pledge of its Stinger missiles a few days earlier.