Lilia Podolyak
An explosion at a hydroelectric power plant near Bologna, Italy, killed at least 3 people, injured 5 and left 4 missing during maintenance work.
After an air alert was declared in the city and region, explosions were heard in some areas of Zaporizhzhia.
The United States has approved the possible sale of $138 million worth of Hawk air defense system maintenance kits to Ukraine to strengthen Ukraine's security as a partner country.
By a majority vote in the Verkhovna Rada, the provision limiting military service under martial law to 36 months was removed from the draft law on mobilization.
Zelenskiy says Germany refuses to provide Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles, its most powerful weapons system, as Scholz argues that Germany cannot leave itself without them, but Zelenskiy says this will not protect the world from a nuclear threat from Russia.
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky asked to remove the provision on demobilization from the government's law on mobilization, which was agreed upon by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Zelenskiy said that Putin wants to capture Kharkiv, and Ukraine is doing everything possible to prevent this, with the possibility of a second offensive on Kharkiv and hundreds of thousands of casualties.
On Tuesday, April 9, Russian troops shelled several settlements in Sumy region, with 50 explosions from artillery, mortars, rockets and drones.
An urgent evacuation of residents has begun in the Kurgan region of Russia due to severe flooding: the Tobol River level has reached a critical level of 9 meters, rising by 3. 5 meters overnight.
Russian troops fired missiles at Odesa region, hitting an infrastructure facility, despite the fact that air defense shot down two missiles.
The parliamentary committee recommends adopting the draft law on mobilization in the second reading and as a whole.
According to President Zelenskyy, Ukraine has developed a plan for a new counteroffensive, but needs modern weapons from the West, especially the United States, to defeat the Russian army.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security approved the text of the draft law on mobilization for the second reading, and on April 10 it will be submitted to the parliament for consideration.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military has shot down more than 9,000 Russian drones, including Iranian Shaheed-136 drones assembled in Russia from components from the United States, Canada, and Japan.
The doctors of the Kyiv Okhmatdyt examined the little residents of Vinnytsia region.
The Ukrainian band KOZAK SYSTEM, together with the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation, organized a tour of military hospitals called "People-Titans" to provide moral and psychological support to wounded soldiers.
Help for two million hryvnias: this is the amount that the DobroDiy Charity Marketplace spent in March to purchase equipment for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Ukrainians expressed dissatisfaction with the country's tax policy and sarcastically proposed new taxes, such as on air, bad weather, sleep, and even a tax on tax itself.
Russian attack drones struck Odesa region at night, damaging a private house and a power line, but causing no casualties.
Russians shelled the city of Ochakiv and the waters of the Ochakiv community in Mykolaiv region, causing no casualties, and air defense destroyed three Shahed drones in the region.
Five Russian drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces in the skies over Dnipro region on the night of April 9.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 449,250 personnel and 7,110 tanks.
During a nighttime alert, the air defense forces destroyed 20 drones over several regions, the wreckage of which damaged a private yard and cut a power line in Odesa district.
Over the last day, 56 combat engagements took place, during which the enemy launched 4 missile attacks, 97 air strikes and 92 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
Over the last day, Ukrainian aviation conducted 11 strikes against the enemy, destroying 4 anti-aircraft missile systems and 7 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian troops.
Ukrainian air defense forces successfully shot down all 20 Russian attack drones launched during the night attack on April 9.
The occupiers in the Luhansk region owe more than 19 million occupation rubles in salaries to more than 2,500 employees of schools, kindergartens, museums and utilities since 2022.
The White House accuses Congress of inaction, which is causing Ukraine to lose ground on the battlefield, and calls for passage of a bill to provide aid to Ukraine.
Six European countries - Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark and Norway - have signed a pact to invest and cooperate in protecting critical infrastructure such as cables and oil and gas installations in the North Sea.
Iraq is planning to repair the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline to Turkey, which will allow it to export up to 350,000 barrels per day by the end of the month, which could cause tensions with the Kurdish authorities over control of oil revenues.