President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine will hold elections when all the necessary security guarantees are in place. Photograph: Mindaugas Kulbis/AP

Ukrainian president says security guarantees must first be in place as he pushes back at suggestions he plans to hold poll under US pressure. What we know on day 1,450

Ukraine will hold elections only once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said , pushing back at suggestions he is planning to stage fresh ballots under US pressure. We will move to elections when all the necessary security guarantees are in place, the Ukrainian president told reporters on Wednesday in a voice note. I have said its very simple to do: establish a ceasefire, and there will be elections. He also said that if Russia agreed, it might be possible to end hostilities by summer. Elections in Ukraine have been effectively suspended since Russia invaded in 2022 due to martial law.Senior Ukrainian officials agreed on Wednesday to boost air defence capabilities around the capital to counter possible further Russian air attacks on energy infrastructure, the energy minister said. We also identified and prioritised other critical infrastructure facilities that require protection, Denys Shmyhal said on Telegram on Wednesday after a meeting of the military staff. The fresh preparations follow attacks on Kyiv that have left officials scrambling to repair damage that has left thousands in the cold and darkness.Russian strikes killed four civilians on Wednesday in different localities in Ukraines south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region , the regional governor said. The attacks occurred in three small localities near the town of Synelnykove, east of the regional centre of Dnipro, Oleksandr Ganzha said on Telegram. In one attack, a man was killed and his wife wounded. In a different locality, a couple and their 45-year-old son was killed and a man wounded. A woman was hurt in a third village.Zelenskyy said the US needed to put more pressure on Russia if it wanted the war to end by summer , adding it is unclear whether Moscow would attend US-brokered peace talks next week. It depends not only on Ukraine, but also on America, which must exert pressure C excuse me for saying so, but there is no other way: it must exert pressure on Russia, he said on Wednesday, after previously saying Washington wants to end the war by June. Zelenskyy said Russia was still deliberating over whether to participate in the proposed next round of trilateral peace talks in Miami but that Ukraine was ready to attend.The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he is ready to be disqualified on Thursday because he does not want to betray his countrys dead athletes, reports Sean Ingle . Heraskevych has vowed to wear his helmet of memory in the skeleton, even though the International Olympic Committee has told him it will kick him out if he does. I will not betray these athletes, he said after finishing first on the final day of practice.British defence minister John Healey says the UK has committed 05150m ($205m) to the so-called prioritised Ukraine requirements list (Purl) initiative to supply Ukraine with US weapons. Purl was set up last summer to keep US weapons flowing to Ukraine at a time when new US military assistance had stalled. Together we must provide Ukraine with the critical air defence it needs in response to Putins brutal onslaught, Healey said in a statement on Wednesday. Allies have already put forward more than $4.5bn through the programme, the US ambassador to Nato, Matthew Whitaker, said on Tuesday.A Russian crackdown on the Telegram social media app risks damaging its own army, pro-war bloggers have warned , as the platforms founder refused to bend to pressure from Moscow, reports Pjotr Sauer . Russias communications watchdog said on Wednesday that the app C used by more than 60 million Russians each day C would begin slowing nationwide, accusing it of failing to address earlier regulatory violations.Europes largest nuclear power plant can be restarted safely only if it is returned to Ukrainian control, the head of Ukraines nuclear power operator said on Tuesday. The six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have been shut down since Russian forces captured the area, and Moscow announced last year it was aiming to restart at least one reactor. But Pavlo Kovtoniuk, boss of Ukrainian state nuclear firm Energoatom, said Russia lacked some equipment and spare parts to operate it, and risked a nuclear accident if it tries.

乌克兰总统表示，必须首先落实安全保障，同时驳斥了有关其计划在美国施压下举行选举的说法。第1450天最新动态

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示，乌克兰只有在获得安全保障并与俄罗斯达成停火协议后才会举行选举，此举驳斥了有关他迫于美国压力计划重新举行选举的猜测。泽连斯基周三通过语音记录告诉记者："我们将在所有必要的安全保障到位后推进选举。我已说过这很简单：实现停火，选举就会举行。"他还表示，如果俄罗斯同意，或许有可能"在夏季前结束敌对行动"。自2022年俄罗斯入侵实施戒严令以来，乌克兰的选举实际上已暂停。乌克兰能源部长表示，该国高级官员周三同意加强首都周边的防空能力，以应对俄罗斯可能对能源基础设施发动的进一步空袭。军事指挥部会议后，杰尼斯·什梅加尔周三在Telegram上表示：“我们还确定并优先列出了其他需要保护的关键基础设施设施。”此前基辅遭到的袭击导致官员们忙于修复受损设施，致使数千人陷入寒冷与黑暗之中。乌克兰第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州州长亚历山大·甘扎在Telegram上表示，周三俄军袭击导致该州东南部不同地区的四名平民丧生。袭击发生在第聂伯罗市以东的锡内利尼科韦镇附近三个小定居点。其中一起袭击中，一名男子遇难，其妻子受伤；另一起袭击中，一对夫妇及其45岁的儿子不幸身亡，另有一名男子受伤；第三个村庄则有一名妇女在袭击中受伤。泽连斯基表示，若美国希望战争在夏季前结束，就需要对俄罗斯施加更大压力。他补充说，目前尚不清楚莫斯科是否会参加下周由美国斡旋的和平谈判。他在周三表示：“这不仅取决于乌克兰，也取决于美国——恕我直言，但别无他法：美国必须对俄罗斯施压。”此前他曾提到，华盛顿方面希望在6月前结束战争。泽连斯基称，俄罗斯仍在考虑是否参加拟于迈阿密举行的新一轮三方和谈，但乌克兰已准备出席。据肖恩·英格尔报道，乌克兰钢架雪车运动员弗拉季斯拉夫·赫拉斯克维奇表示，他已准备好在本周四被取消参赛资格，因为他不愿背叛祖国逝去的运动员们。尽管国际奥委会警告他若坚持佩戴"纪念头盔"将被驱逐，赫拉斯克维奇仍誓言要在比赛中佩戴这件特殊装备。"我绝不会背叛这些运动员，"他在训练收官日获得第一名的成绩后说道。英国国防大臣约翰·希利表示，英国已承诺向所谓的"乌克兰优先需求清单"（Purl）计划提供1.5亿英镑（约合2.05亿美元），用于向乌克兰供应美国武器。该计划于去年夏天设立，旨在美国新军事援助停滞期间维持对乌武器输送。希利在周三的声明中强调："我们必须共同为乌克兰提供抵御普京野蛮进攻所需的关键防空系统。"美国驻北约大使马修·惠特克周二表示，盟国通过该计划已累计提供超过45亿美元援助。据记者皮奥特·绍尔报道，亲战博主警告称，俄罗斯对社交媒体应用Telegram的打击可能损害其自身军队利益，因该平台创始人拒绝屈服于莫斯科方面的压力。俄罗斯通信监管机构周三表示，这款每日有超过6000万俄罗斯用户使用的应用将开始在全国范围内降速，理由是Telegram未能解决先前的违规问题。乌克兰国家核电公司负责人周二表示，欧洲最大的核电站只有在重新由乌克兰控制后才能安全重启。自俄军占领该地区以来，扎波罗热核电站的六座反应堆一直处于关闭状态，莫斯科去年宣布计划重启至少一座反应堆。但乌克兰国家核电公司Energoatom负责人帕夫洛·科夫通纽克表示，俄罗斯缺乏运行该核电站所需的设备和零部件，若强行重启恐将引发核事故。