Kyiv city authorities have designated April 25 as a day of mourning to honor the victims of the devastating Russian attack on the capital on the night of April 24.
Yesterday, on April 22, Russian troops sent two aerial bombs to Zaporizhzhia. Two versions of why this could have happened and why the defense system did not work on the approach to the city are currently being studied.
Two new Russian military bases have appeared in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol during March and April, according to the Center for the Study of Occupation.
On Thursday, April 10, defense ministers from the “Coalition of the Willing” will gather in Brussels, under the leadership of their counterparts from the United Kingdom and France.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a meeting of military teams is scheduled for this Friday, April 4, regarding the deployment of a contingent in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are likely to attempt to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Russia-Ukraine war by either April 20 or May 9.
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset predicts that practical steps will be taken in April next year to establish a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, at least 129 civilians were killed and 574 others were injured in April as a result of hostilities.
In April 2024, Russian attacks intensified in eastern Ukraine, rising by 17% from March 2024. Of these, more than three-quarters were located in the Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar, and Marinka areas of the front line.
In April, 444 cases of the Russian army’s use of munitions containing hazardous chemicals were recorded, which is 71 more cases than in the previous period.
In April alone, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with more than 300 missiles of different types, almost the same number of Shahed kamikaze drones and more than 3,200 guided aerial bombs.
The total losses of the Russian army in April in the eastern direction alone amounted to 24,156 occupants, 308 tanks and 671 armored personnel carriers.
Five people injured in the hostile attack in Zaporizhzhia on April 5 are still in hospitals. One woman is in serious condition, and three men and a woman are in moderate condition.
In April, the National Information Bureau received about 19,000 reports of disappearance, capture, deportation, and forced mobilization of Ukrainian citizens in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
Poland will unblock the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory to ports in Europe on Friday, April 21. However, the ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the Polish market remains.