Assessing the Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Failed Offensives and Escalating Violence.

The US defence department is assessing the impact of leaked intelligence documents on US national security and allies, which suggest Ukraine's air defences could be in peril without a boost in munitions, and that Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to operate in African states and source arms from Turkey. Ukrainian government minister Emine Dzhaparova will visit India seeking humanitarian aid and equipment to repair energy infrastructure damaged during the invasion. Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury called for peace in their Easter messages, while Russian shelling killed at least seven civilians in Ukraine over the weekend. Russia claimed it destroyed a fuel depot and Ukrainian military warehouses.