Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 415

As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its 415th day, we take a look at the main developments.

This is the state of affairs on Friday, April 14, 2023:

To fight

• Kiev and Moscow announced separate investigations into a disturbing video showing the alleged beheading of a Ukrainian soldier believed to have been filmed by Wagner Group mercenaries from Russia.
• Russia’s defense ministry said its troops “blocked” Ukrainian troops from leaving or entering Bakhmut, but Kiev rejected the claim. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, said it was “too early” to say Russia had surrounded the devastated city.
• A Russian mine exploded near the generator room of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Energoatom, the operator of the Ukrainian state nuclear power plant, said.

Diplomacy

• The FBI arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira of the US Air Force National Guard in connection with the alleged online leak of classified military intelligence documents.
• In the latest revelations from the leaked files, the documents suggested the US was eyeing UN chief Antonio Guterres because he believed he was too soft on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.
• Norway said it would expel 15 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage while working at the Russian embassy in Oslo.
• Moscow said there will be no extension of the Black Sea grain deal beyond May 18 unless obstacles to Russian grain and fertilizer exports are removed.
• Romania, Ukraine and Moldova signed cooperation agreements in Bucharest following a trilateral meeting on ways to strengthen security to counter threats from Russia.
• Chinese and Russian foreign ministers discussed the conflict in Ukraine at a meeting in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, China’s foreign ministry said.
• The US Commerce Department said it imposed export controls on more than two dozen companies in China, Turkey and other countries for supporting Russia’s military and defense industries.
• Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz said Russia has been ordered by an arbitration court in The Hague to pay $5 billion in damages for the expropriation of Ukrainian assets in Crimea.
• The Kremlin denied a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been charged with espionage.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, or Doctors Without Borders) said it had not yet been granted access to deliver aid to the Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine, despite talks with Russian diplomats in Geneva last month.

Weapons

• Berlin approved Poland’s request to send five MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement.
• President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia has never sold arms or ammunition to Ukraine or Russia, although Serbian weapons may have reached the battlefield through third countries.