Police officer Vitaliy Manasyan was fired from the Department of Strategic Investigations after he caused a scandal at the Goodwin restaurant in Kyiv by refusing to leave a reserved table and behaving rudely.
Ukraine's Navy confirms a strike on the russian ship "kommuna" in Crimea that disabled it.
Russian occupants launched ballistic missiles at Odesa region, killing 4 people, including 3 men and 1 woman.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz supports the decision of the US House of Representatives to approve $60 billion in defense aid to Ukraine.
The defense forces repelled four attacks near Orikhivske, three near Staromayorsk and one near Robotyno, and the enemy continues to try to force the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of their positions in the south.
The Ministry of Defense has approved unified cybersecurity rules for all its information systems based on NATO standards to strengthen protection against cyberattacks.
Russia will intensify its shelling of Ukraine to maximize the destruction of critical energy infrastructure.
A man was killed by shrapnel wounds, allegedly from a grenade explosion, near a garage cooperative in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, and police opened a criminal investigation into the incident.
Russian propagandists have invented a fake about the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov. He was allegedly captured by the occupiers.
Russian troops are intensively shelling Chasovyi Yar, using the same aerial bombardment tactics as during the offensive on Avdiivka, dropping 20-30 rounds of ammunition per day from aircraft with the aim of capturing the town by May 9.
According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash, the most vulnerable to enemy attacks are Kharkiv, Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Dnipro regions, which can be protected by more air defense systems.
The situation on the eastern front is escalating, but is controlled by the defense forces, and there is no enemy in Chasovyi Yar, despite pressure in the Bakhmut direction.
In Kyiv region, almost 17. 5 thousand of the 29 thousand objects damaged by Russian shelling have been fully or partially restored, including 202 educational institutions, 115 healthcare facilities, and 78 administrative buildings.
According to a spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, up to 10 men are detained at checkpoints every day who try to illegally cross the border with forged documents.
About 1700 trucks are waiting in lines to enter Ukraine after Polish farmers unblocked two checkpoints on the border with Ukraine.
Yesterday the enemy shelled 5 localities in Luhansk region - Stelmakhivka, Hrekivka, Kuzemenivka, Makiivka and Nevske - with artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to Russian media reports, American Russell Bentley, who fought against Ukraine on the side of Russia, was killed.
The G7 foreign ministers expressed serious concern that China is transferring dual-use materials to russia to help rebuild its military production and called on China to stop such support, which makes russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine possible.
Ukraine has the right to self-defense, including strikes against legitimate military targets outside the country, such as russian aircraft that have been firing on Ukrainian cities, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated.
Several NATO member states have made specific commitments to provide military assistance to Ukraine, including ammunition, unmanned aerial vehicles, and additional financial support to be announced in the near future.
NATO allies that do not have available air defense systems have promised to provide financial support for the purchase of air defense systems for Ukraine.
French police arrested a man who threatened to blow himself up at the Iranian consulate in Paris, carrying a grenade-like object and an explosive vest, although no explosives were found.
The G7 foreign ministers condemned Russia's systematic repression of dissidents and called on Russia to release all political prisoners.
The G7 foreign ministers will continue to impose sanctions against Russia and third-country individuals and companies that assist Russia, to counter attempts to circumvent sanctions and export restrictions, to put pressure on Russia's revenues from energy and other sectors, and to explore the possibility of using immobilized Russian assets to support Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets met with the Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine Felix Baumann to discuss further cooperation with Switzerland in the field of human rights protection, russia's violations of international humanitarian law, forced deportation of Ukrainians, including children, and mechanisms for their return.
In the occupied Luhansk region, there is an acute shortage of medical care and medicines for the civilian population, as the occupiers prefer to provide medicines to wounded soldiers rather than the local population.
Russians are forcibly conscripting and mobilizing residents of the occupied Luhansk region, including employees of local businesses, causing economic disruption.
As of April 18, 2024, the Unified Register of Persons Missing Under Special Circumstances in Ukraine contains information on 37,301 missing persons.
An oil pipeline explosion occurs in the Kharkiv region, causing a 70-meter flame column and melting asphalt within a 40-meter radius due to the intense heat.
More than 150 media outlets and associations demand the dismissal of Natalia Humeniuk, head of the communications department of the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, accusing her of obstructing media coverage of Russian war crimes and the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. The Verkhovna Rada Committee plans to consider this issue at its next meeting.
