Ukraine war briefing: Moped ban in Crimea as official says noise is Kyiv plot using youth
‘The enemy is recruiting your children for nighttime rides,’ says official, claiming moped noise confuses drone defences. What we know on day 1,575
TL;DR
- Crimea has banned nighttime moped, quad bike, and motorcycle riding, citing engine noise confusion with drone attacks and alleging Kyiv is recruiting youth.
- Ukraine has increased drone attacks on Crimea and a major refinery supplying the Moscow region, leading to potential pauses in operations.
- G7 leaders are considering further sanctions on Russia's oil, banking, and military production, and pledged more air defense for Kyiv.
- A Ukrainian Su-24M bomber crashed, killing its two-member crew.
- Russian strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine, including in Nikopol, Sloviansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
- Repairs to the damaged Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery are expected to take around two years.
- A Russian artist critical of Putin and Kadyrov was shot and killed in Poland; two Belarusians were detained.
- China has complained to Britain about sanctions on Chinese entities for supplying military equipment to Russia.
- The US extended a sanctions waiver on Serbia's Russian-controlled oil company NIS.