The United States and Ukraine are finalizing a bilateral security agreement, which is expected to be signed in a few weeks and will provide Ukraine with security guarantees for decades.
The United States will provide Ukraine with $2 billion in financial and military assistance to combat Russian aggression.
The drone attack on a fuel depot in the Rostov region of Russia was a DIU operation, the source said.
Volunteers and law enforcement officers have evacuated more than 3,100 people from the northern districts of Kharkiv region, where active hostilities are ongoing, including about 1,100 people from Vovchansk and villages located directly on the contact line.
The first official portrait of King Charles III after his coronation, an 8-foot-high oil painting depicting the monarch in the uniform of the Welsh Guards with a sword and butterfly, was presented at Buckingham Palace.
People are being evacuated from the areas of Kharkiv Oblast where the fighting is very active. As of today, the city has already received more than 5 thousand people
Seven explosions occurred in Kharkiv, injuring 18 people, including three children, with a rocket hitting a high-rise building in the city center.
President Zelenskyy signed a law that changes the procedure for reviewing cases in the High Anti-Corruption Court, allowing for a single judge to review most cases and a collegial review only for high-ranking officials at their request.
Active hostilities continue in the north of Kharkiv region, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces controlling a complex and dynamic situation, conducting defensive battles and repelling Russian attempts to gain a foothold in some localities.
The situation on the eastern front remains tense, with fighting continuing in the Kupyansk, Siversk, Lyman, Kramatorsk, Kurakhove and Pokrovsk sectors. In some areas, the enemy has partial success, while in others, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing the enemy back.
More than 80% of the networks in Kyiv are in disrepair, indicating a management crisis in the city's utilities, despite constant subsidies and plans to allocate funds for new utilities.
The city of Vovchansk is under constant enemy fire, almost destroyed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending it and preventing small groups of enemy from reaching the outskirts, and residents are being evacuated to Kharkiv.
Active hostilities continue in the vicinity of settlements on the northern border of Kharkiv region, involving special forces units of the National Guard of Ukraine "Omega" to conduct counterattacks, counteract sabotage groups, and use drones to strike at enemy armored vehicles and infantry.
The Russian government claims that its air defense forces shot down allegedly 4 Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region. However, the governor of the region says that one of the drones crashed in a parking lot, damaging 8 cars, and another one landed near a residential building without detonation.
Deputy Speaker Kornienko announced that ministerial appointments, including those currently acting, could be considered at the next parliamentary session.
The situation in the energy sector remains consistently difficult but under control: the most difficult situation is in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region, and restrictions are in place for industrial consumers in Kryvyi Rih.
In the Vovchansk sector, the Russian army is attempting to advance in the north and in the Lipetsk sector. Ukrainian defenders are holding back the enemy in these areas. About 15 enemy attacks have been repelled recently. At the same time, 30 volunteer groups are working in the relevant areas to evacuate the population.
The High Anti-Corruption Court issued an arrest warrant in absentia for the former First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, who is accused of causing $17. 44 million in damage to the state through abuse of office.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy has completed work on a bill that would ban religious organizations associated with the aggressor country, and the parliament is likely to pass it in May or June.
The enemy significantly increased the number of attacks in the Orikhivsk sector, but to no avail.
The enemy did not conduct any attacks in the Krynok area of Kherson region yesterday, possibly due to increased pressure in the Orikhivsk sector, where 19 attacks took place.
As of this morning, there are no enemy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, including a missile carrier, according to a spokesman for the Southern Defense Command.
Yasno's CEO predicts that if electricity consumption continues to grow, Ukraine may impose restrictions on household consumers to cover the shortfall. However, he says that the lack of heat is more worrisome than the lack of electricity.
Russians shelled the border areas and settlements of Sumy region 5 times, causing 24 explosions and shelling Bilopil and Krasnopil communities.
Barron Trump, the youngest son of former US President Donald Trump, refused to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention due to prior commitments, despite having been initially elected by the Florida Republican Party.
A fire broke out in the warehouse of the Institute of Mineral Resources in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region, with an area of 2,800 square meters, the cause of which is unknown.
620 children will start studying in Kharkiv's first underground school next Monday, and due to high demand, at least three more such schools are planned to be built.
The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with the largest military aid package worth 500 million pounds, including 4 million rounds of ammunition, more than 1,600 missiles and 400 vehicles, including 160 Husky armored vehicles.
The armed forces have localized the enemy in the "gray zone" in Kharkiv region, which is not expanding, and are trying to destroy it there.
The 108th TRO Brigade has successfully tested six modifications of Makhno multifunctional ground drones for mining, demining, logistics, evacuation and assault purposes, developed by the soldiers themselves with partial external funding.
