Ukraine-Russia War: 2026-04-05

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Sunday, with the two agreeing to work together on security and economic cooperation. The leaders discussed regional developments, Russia's war against Ukraine, and Ukraine's potential role as a food supplier to Syria, in what Zelenskyy described as part of Ukraine's "active diplomacy" in the Middle East.

Ukrainian drone operators from the 9th Kairos Battalion destroyed a rare S-400 Triumph multifunctional radar station in Feodosia, occupied Crimea, the Unmanned Systems Forces reported. The 92N6E radar — capable of tracking up to 100 targets simultaneously — was struck alongside a Tor surface-to-air missile system in Donbas and an airspace control radar in Luhansk, blinding Russian air defenses across multiple sectors.

Ukrainian Defense Forces have retaken 480 km² on the Oleksandrivka axis, with eight settlements in Dnipropetrovsk region and four in Zaporizhzhia now under Ukrainian control, Commander Syrskyi reported. The advance comes as Ukrainian counterattacks may have disrupted Russian plans for a spring-summer 2026 offensive.