The G7 nations pledged to provide Ukraine with more air defense equipment, ammunition, and artillery to help repel the Russian invasion, while exploring the possibility of using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
The European Union has allocated 143 billion euros ($150 billion) in aid to Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said.
The G7 ministers said they would explore ways to use Russia's immobilized assets to support Ukraine and provide recommendations on all possible options ahead of the summit in Puglia.
In Dnipro, a Russian missile strike injured 24 people, damaged 5 high-rise buildings, 2 private houses, 3 schools, 7 office buildings, a market, shops, a hotel, a gas station, almost 50 cars, a solar power plant, and injured 7 people.
Ukraine's power grid remains in short supply as emergency aid from Europe arrives in the morning, and from 18:00 to 22:00, consumption for businesses and industry may be restricted due to damage caused by Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian power plants.
The G7 countries expressed their determination to strengthen Ukraine's air defense capabilities and to work with partners to achieve this goal, praising Germany's Immediate Action Initiative, while reaffirming their commitment to Ukraine's long-term security and providing military, financial and other support.
Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Elon Musk to become the third richest person in the world with a net worth of $175 billion thanks to the growth of Meta Platforms shares and the fall of Tesla shares.
Two children, aged 14 and 8, were killed in a Russian strike in the Dnipropetrovs'k region, underscoring the urgent need for additional air defense systems and the brutality of Russian terror against civilians.
G7 foreign ministers have identified concrete steps to help Ukraine.
According to intelligence reports, Iran will not respond to strikes likely to be carried out by Israel on its territory.
The US House Rules Committee pushed through a package of foreign aid bills, including aid to Ukraine, with Democratic support after opposition from hardline Republicans.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls on protesting Polish farmers to stop blocking the Ukrainian border.
Israel struck Iran, targeting a military facility near Isfahan, in response to recent Iranian attacks on Israeli territory, but according to U. S. officials, the target was not a nuclear facility.
Due to significant damage to energy facilities and a drop in temperatures, restrictions were imposed on industry to meet consumer needs using electricity generated domestically, imports, and emergency aid from neighboring countries.
Germany and Ukraine discussed increasing German investments in Ukrainian energy, transport, agriculture, production of critical materials and green steel, as well as the development of distributed generation using German and Ukrainian components.
According to the IMF's Managing Director, Ukraine needs $42 billion in budget support this year to continue fighting the Russian invasion.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that more defense equipment and ammunition for Ukraine is on the way from NATO allies who are determined to support Ukraine and increase their military support.
President Zelenskyy thanked Germany for providing Ukraine with the Patriot air defense system and missiles, calling on other partners to follow Germany's lead in protecting lives from Russian attacks, which will determine Europe's security for decades.
Rocket attacks in the Dnipropetrovs'k region killed 8 people, wounded 29 and caused significant damage to residential buildings in several towns.
In the Dnipropetrovs'k region, a Russian attack killed 8 people, including 2 children, and injured 25 others.
On the night of April 19, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack using 36 missiles and drones, but Ukrainian air defense systems successfully destroyed 29 of them, including for the first time a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles.
A technological accident involving a fire occurred at a gas pipeline in the Kharkiv region, but it will not affect gas supply to consumers, and no one was injured.
In Kherson region, Russian troops shelled residential areas, damaging 5 multi-storey buildings, 8 private houses, a medical facility, an administrative building, a heating main and a gas pipeline, injuring 3 people.
Russian strikes in the Dnipropetrovs'k region resulted in casualties and destruction: 2 dead and 16 wounded in Dnipro, 6 dead, including children aged 6 and 8, in Synelnykivka district, where more than a dozen houses were damaged.
On April 22, Kyiv resumed paid parking through the Kyiv Digital app, which varies depending on the zone from 5 to 35 UAH/hour on weekdays from 8 am to 10 pm.
In the morning, three explosions occurred in occupied Mariupol, one of which was directed against the leadership of a Russian battalion near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, the group "Resistance of Mariupol" reports.
Rocket attacks in Ukraine resulted in 15 wounded in Dnipro, 3 wounded in Kryvyi Rih, 3 wounded in Synelnykove, including 2 children, and tragically, one 8-year-old child died in hospital.
On the night of April 19, the Dnipro region was attacked by Russian troops: 9 missiles were shot down in the morning and 2 more at night, but some missiles hit, damaging infrastructure in Dnipro, a business in Pavlohrad, causing destruction and casualties in Synelnykove and Nikopol districts, 2 people were killed in Dnipro and 15 were injured.
A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber carrying out a missile attack crashed in the Stavropol Territory, but the pilots survived, the Ukrainian Armed Forces report.
President Zelenskyy's peace plan is the only one being discussed by the international community, while other plans have disappeared, and then they will have to be discussed with Russia, which is the aggressor - we should not forget this, says EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell.
