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.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg intends to convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, which may take place in early April as part of a NATO meeting at the level of foreign ministers.
Ukraine seeks to include the phrase "international mechanism to condemn the crime of aggression" in the draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on accountability for war crimes in Ukraine and support for the special tribunal to prosecute Russia, and expects the document to be adopted in April.
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya, urged the organization not to allow Russia's one-month presidency over the UN Security Council in April.