Ukraine

Lviv has received 10 new low-floor trams as part of a €200 million framework loan from the European Investment Bank to modernize urban public transport in 10 Ukrainian cities.

Ukraine held another round of talks with Spain on concluding a bilateral security agreement to implement the G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.

Another 49 residents, including 15 children and 5 people with disabilities, were evacuated from 6 settlements in Donetsk region due to the ongoing shelling.

France is overwhelmed by propaganda and disinformation campaigns ahead of the EU elections in June, creating fake media sites and social media accounts.

Ukraine is working to have a patron state to negotiate the release of civilian prisoners illegally held by Russia, which would allow diplomats from that country to have physical access to detained Ukrainians and ensure their rights.

During his visit to the IMF and World Bank spring meetings, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with U. S. Special Representative Penny Pritzker to discuss attracting American investment, financial support, confiscation of Russian assets, the situation in the energy sector, and strengthening Ukraine's air defense.

U. S. Ambassador Bridget Brink and Westinghouse CEO Patrick Fragman inspected Khmelnytsky NPP Unit 1 and discussed plans to build a new AP1000 reactor at the plant.

Russia is unwilling to negotiate the exchange of convicted Ukrainian servicemen, in particular from the Azov regiment, the 36th Marine Brigade, the 501st and 503rd battalions, who, according to Russia, have "aggravating circumstances," despite the fact that Ukraine has provided a legal mechanism for their repatriation.

Rescuers evacuated two wounded and 6 residents of the frontline village of Ocheretyne, Donetsk region, including one person with limited mobility.

The United States delivered 7 powerful transformers to Mykolaiv, which helped provide electricity to more than 400 households after the Russian attacks.

Business Ombudsman Roman Vashchuk criticized the draft law on the "white business club" initiated by Hetmantsev, saying that it would create a reservation for the elite instead of leveling the playing field for all businesses.

A woman who headed the occupation "rosposta" in Izium after the city was seized was sentenced to 11 years in prison for collaboration with confiscation of property and deprivation of rights for 15 years.

Ukraine is now a leader in the EU membership negotiations and shares its experience with the Balkan countries, Moldova and Georgia.

Currently, there is no system in Ukraine to protect the rights of Ukrainian men forcibly mobilized by Russia in the temporarily occupied territories.

During the visit, Bart Eide familiarized himself with the consequences of Russian terrorism, in particular, he saw with his own eyes a house destroyed by a Russian drone, where 12 civilians were killed.

In Chernivtsi region, a large-scale tax evasion scheme that caused UAH 290 million in losses to the state was uncovered involving a criminal organization that illegally imported goods from Turkey by falsely declaring trucks as empty or disguising goods with a lower customs value.

Ukraine expects the European Union to approve a framework for negotiations on its accession to the EU in June, paving the way for the start of the negotiation process, according to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna.

15,600 Ukrainians have received microgrants totaling UAH 3. 7 billion under the state program "Own Business" to start or develop their own business, with the latest wave of 573 winners receiving UAH 136 million.

The Oscar-winning documentary 20 Days in Mariupol by Ukrainian filmmaker Mstislav Chernov, which depicts the horrific realities of the Russian invasion and siege of Mariupol in early 2022, will be released on Netflix on April 21.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law on mobilization in Ukraine.

The deputy chairman of the Poltava regional council is suspected of misusing his business trip to the EU for personal purposes and is charged with forgery and fraud.

Russia is recruiting drug addicts from Chechnya to replenish its assault battalions for the war in Ukraine due to huge losses and lack of choice.

To eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks on Kharkiv's energy system, the region plans to decentralize all facilities and create an alternative network of gas turbine power plants and mobile boiler houses.

An X-101 air-launched cruise missile fired by Russia at Ukraine malfunctions and crashes in a field in the Volgograd region of Russia.

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said that the draft law on strengthening mobilization, which was adopted after taking into account his principled comments, is the best option to increase the number of citizens in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during heavy fighting at the front.

Polish protesters have ended the blockade of the Uhryniv-Dolhobyczów border crossing point with Ukraine, allowing normal truck traffic in both directions.

Russia is deliberately stirring up panic to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, but according to Ukrainian intelligence, the situation has not changed radically compared to recent periods.

Ukrainian writer and public figure Dmytro Kapranov died on April 16, according to the Kapranov brothers' page.

Despite his promises, Poroshenko has not given money for the Shukhevych Museum destroyed by Russia, the Lviv City Council reports.

Russia is conducting an information campaign on social media to demotivate Ukrainian society from within, as it cannot break the will to resist or defeat the Ukrainian military forces.