Pavlo Bashynskyi
During the missile attack in Sumy, 13-year-old Kyrylo Illyashenko broke the window and helped passengers escape from the burning bus. The boy was injured, but saved many.
Max Nazarov, suspected of justifying Russian aggression, paid bail. The court reduced the bail amount from 12 to 8.5 million hryvnias. Nazarov was released from custody, surrendered his passport and has obligations.
Roman Yaremchuk became the champion of Greece, but this deprived Ukraine of a direct ticket to the Champions League 2025/2026. For the first time since 2008/09, no Ukrainian club will play in the main stage.
The Russians hit Sumy with a «shahid». The whole city is in smoke. Before that, the «shahid» circled over the city for about 1.5 hours. The day before, the Russians launched a missile attack on Sumy.
As a result of enemy shelling in Kupyansk, two people died, and in the village of Shevchenkove, two more received fatal injuries. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov.
April 13 is celebrated as Palm Sunday, International Kissing Day, Scrabble Day, and the memory of Saint Artemon is honored. Believers bring willow branches to the church and greet each other.
In Kyiv, former football player Oleksandr Aliyev was detained while driving. Telegram channels write that he was drunk, but the athlete himself denies this.
693 flights have been canceled at two airports in Beijing due to strong winds and rain. Rail services have also been disrupted, with some flights to northern cities suspended.
The Trump administration intends to conclude a large number of trade deals in a short period. The introduction of duties on more than 75 countries has been postponed for this period.
NATO Secretary General says Russia is exploring the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in space, which is a violation of the Outer Space Treaty. This is a cause for concern within the Alliance.
Italian geography textbooks for the 7th grade have been found to contain maps where Crimea is marked as Russian territory. It also presents a false history of the war in Donbas.
Dell, HP and Lenovo will stop importing devices to the US for two weeks due to new Trump tariffs. Nintendo has postponed pre-orders for Switch 2.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported the death of Captain Pavlo Ivanov on an F-16 while performing a combat mission. The circumstances of the tragedy are being clarified.
No more than 5% of IT specialists are reserved in Ukraine from the total number. Most people are reserved in the energy sector and weapons production, said Mykhailo Fedorov.
Ukraine plans to launch an online service for taking driver's license exams in the "Diia" application. Artificial intelligence will track behavior during testing.
In February 2025, inflation in Russia rose to 10. 1%. Inflationary pressure is increasing the pressure on Russia's ability to maintain high defense spending.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree enacting the National Security and Defense Council's decision on sanctions against four individuals. The President announced this decision the day before.
Border area with Russia remains a zone of tension with enemy DRGs and assault groups.
Russia is using small assault groups to create a "gray zone" in the Sumy region, but Ukrainian defenders are inflicting damage on them. The enemy tries to cross the border every day.
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk scored 27 points in the game against "Oklahoma City", becoming the highest scoring player for "Utah Jazz". This is his best performance in his NBA career, although the team lost.
The Estonian Navy detained the tanker "Kivala", which was heading to Russia and is under EU sanctions. The vessel is suspected of illegal movement without a flag.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgiy Tikhyi, criticized the social network X for marking a post about Ukrainian children killed by Russia as "sensitive content," calling it a concealment of war crimes.
The Ukrainian national futsal team defeated Cyprus (11:1) and qualified for Euro 2026, as Romania lost to Germany. The European Championship will be held in Latvia and Lithuania from January 20 to February 7, 2026.
U. S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff suggested that Trump support the "transfer" of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions to Russia.
Yulia Svyrydenko presented Prince Harry with an Easter basket with paska baked from flour from demined fields of Sumy region. Pysanky for the basket were made by the mother of the deceased paramedic Iryna Tsybukh.
Bohdan Krotevych stated that his name disappeared from the decree on awarding the order. The National Guard explained this as a technical error and promised to correct it.
The Ukrainian delegation has departed for Washington for talks on a rare earth metals agreement. The talks, which will last two days, will be technical in nature.
Putin's meeting with US Special Envoy Witkoff is taking place in St. Petersburg. Peskov announced the theoretical possibility of a telephone conversation between Putin and Trump following the meeting.
The Ukrainian government will allocate UAH 540 million for electronic warfare systems to protect frontline communities. It is also planned to allocate up to UAH 10 million per community for priority protection needs.
Zelensky stated that Ukraine is ready to purchase air defense systems from partners, not just ask for them. He discussed this issue with Trump and emphasized that air defense is a priority for protecting cities.