The United States understands Ukraine's desire for air defense support, but it is not going to engage in direct armed conflict with Russia, while remaining fully committed to Ukraine's defense by providing air defense systems and other military assistance.
EU Chief Diplomat Josep Borrell said that the EU is working to improve Ukraine's air defense capabilities.
Russian troops shelled settlements in the Kharkiv region with artillery and aircraft, damaging residential buildings, administrative buildings, and infrastructure, but no hostile attacks were recorded in Kharkiv itself.
Last night, the enemy shelled Bilopillya, Sumy region, with multiple rocket launchers, damaging buildings, cars, a gas pipeline and a power line, injuring one person and leaving 746 subscribers without electricity.
The Philippines is facing an energy crisis due to a heat wave that has shut down 19 generation facilities on the main island of Luzon and put the grid on high alert, forcing the government to urge the population to reduce electricity consumption.
Tesla has laid off more than 10% of its global workforce, about 14,000 employees, across all departments and at all levels to cut costs and improve productivity amid declining profits and falling sales.
China's economy grew by 5. 3% in the first quarter of 2024, exceeding expectations and, as indicated in Beijing, laying a good foundation for the whole year, thanks to government stimulus plans and an increase in industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment.
The missile was fired in the direction of the Kyiv region, causing an air raid in Kyiv and several other regions of Ukraine.
In response to the intensified shelling by the enemy along the border in Kharkiv region, the forced evacuation of families with children from 47 frontline settlements continues, of which 27 children and their families have already been evacuated from the Lipetsk community to safe places.
Due to a partial power outage in Kharkiv, some transport routes, including trolleybuses, trams and subways, are not operating as usual, and some customers are experiencing a decrease in water pressure and interruptions in traffic lights.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces shelled the village of Zolochiv with a guided aerial bomb, hitting the Ukrposhta building and injuring a 57-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man.
15,600 Ukrainians have received microgrants totaling UAH 3. 7 billion under the state program "Own Business" to start or develop their own business, with the latest wave of 573 winners receiving UAH 136 million.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law on mobilization in Ukraine.
The deputy chairman of the Poltava regional council is suspected of misusing his business trip to the EU for personal purposes and is charged with forgery and fraud.
Australian police declared the knife attack on the bishop of the Assyrian Church and his followers in Sydney a terrorist act motivated by alleged religious extremism.
Russian troops shelled three communities in the Sumy region of Ukraine with multiple rocket launchers.
The Olympic Torch Relay of the 2024 Paris Olympics officially began on April 16 when the Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and passed from a Greek Olympian to a French Olympic swimming champion.
A power substation in Bryansk, Russia, was damaged, cutting off power to several military and industrial facilities used by Russia in its war against Ukraine.
The NBU and the Ministry of Digital Transformation have launched a project that allows Ukrainians to exchange various digital documents and financial information with banks through the Diia app in one package, which simplifies the document exchange process.
Two men were electrocuted, one fatally, while drilling a well in rainy weather when their metal structure collided with a power line in Kyiv region.
The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics was lit at a ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on April 16, marking the start of the Olympic torch relay.
A 30-year-old drunken man was served a notice of suspicion of committing hooliganism near the Heroes Memorial in Kryvyi Rih. The journalist reported that the suspicion was announced to the man "who urinated on the Cubes of Memory".
Former U. S. President Donald Trump appears to have dozed off in the courtroom during a hearing in his criminal case over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed holding an international peace conference, recognized by both Ukraine and Russia, to resolve the conflict, outlining four principles for a settlement.
During his talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed four principles for the speedy restoration of peace in Ukraine.
Firefighters extinguished a 0. 5-hectare forest fire in Ivano-Frankivsk region after a 5-hour operation that included aerial reconnaissance and a 1.5-kilometer hike due to the lack of access roads.
Five ancient icons from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including a Borisov icon, an Old Believer icon, and a silvered icon, were seized by the State Customs Service during their illegal export from Ukraine to the United States.
A fire broke out in the historic Old Stock Exchange building in Copenhagen, engulfing its iconic dragon-tailed spire, which fell to the roof.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a draft law on mobilization and sent it to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his signature.
The weather caused a power outage in 130 settlements in 3 regions of Ukraine, including a mine with 135 employees underground in Donetsk Oblast, which has now been brought to the surface, and 2,500 consumers in 19 settlements in Chernihiv Oblast due to shelling.
