Ukraine
Architects Viktor Golubev and Dmytro Reifschneider won an architectural competition in Lviv to create a memorial complex for the war graves of the Heroes of Ukraine. The conceptual design includes a burial area, a memorial park, a museum, a monument to an unknown soldier, a chapel, and a columbarium.
The head of Energoatom criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its restrained actions to free the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from Russian control and transfer it to Ukraine.
The draft law on the "white business club" initiated by Danylo Hetmantsev contains discriminatory provisions and corruption risks, according to analysts of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs.
House Republicans are planning to consider aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan separately, rather than in one bill, which could potentially delay the process of providing aid to these countries.
Lviv pediatric neurosurgeons have successfully removed a part of the cerebral hemisphere of a 4-year-old patient from Northern Ireland to relieve her of life-threatening seizures and developmental delays.
Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at the Yagodyn and Rava-Ruska checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border, allowing only a few trucks to pass through per hour or restricting traffic altogether, leading to queues of 570 trucks on the Polish side.
Yermak held a working meeting to discuss the main elements of a future security agreement with the United States, including the strengths of existing agreements and actions to be taken after the US Congress decides to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
Ukrainian athletes have won 67 licenses for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in various sports, including boxing, wrestling, cycling, rowing, gymnastics, athletics, swimming, shooting, modern pentathlon, fencing, and football.
80% of Russian payments to China are returned to Russia, as major Chinese banks, including ICBC, have stopped accepting Chinese yuan from Russia due to US sanctions.
Against the backdrop of a massive missile attack on Chernihiv, the US Ambassador to Ukraine reiterated that American military assistance to Kyiv could save the lives of many Ukrainians.
NNEGC Energoatom and Holtec International signed an agreement to establish facilities in Ukraine for the production and manufacture of nuclear systems, structures and components for small modular reactors, storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Russian terrorists shelled the center of Chernihiv, killing at least 11 people and wounding at least 22, and called on Ukraine's partners to provide air defense capabilities to protect Ukrainian lives.
russia is preparing a disinformation campaign to accuse Ukraine of illegal arms trafficking in Africa, using fabricated photos of "trophy" American weapons allegedly seized from Ukrainian security forces.
On the Polish side, they plan to resume the blockade of cargo from April 18 to 20 in front of the Korczowa-Krakowiec checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, allowing only 1 truck per hour, but this will not affect humanitarian and military cargo, as well as passenger traffic.
Due to the deteriorating weather conditions and hostilities in Ukraine, 17 settlements were cut off from electricity, and power companies restored power supply to 51,000 consumers.
The majority of Ukrainians (68%) believe that Ukraine retains its sovereignty and is able to make its own decisions, while 25% believe that Ukraine has largely lost its sovereignty and is under Western control, according to a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit Italy to participate in the G7 ministerial meeting and hold bilateral talks aimed at obtaining additional air defense systems and weapons for Ukraine.
Kharkiv risks becoming a "second Aleppo" if the United States does not vote for new military aid to help Ukraine obtain air defense equipment to prevent long-range Russian attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
Denmark is ready to facilitate the import of Ukrainian goods and promotion of Ukrainian products on its markets, including the installation of shelves with Ukrainian products in Danish supermarkets and the facilitation by the Danish Chamber of Commerce of purchases of Ukrainian products by Danish companies.
Over the past 24 hours, russian troops attacked 107 settlements in 10 regions of Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to 118 infrastructure facilities.
At the Kryazh airfield in Samara, a Mi-8 transport helicopter worth $10-15 million, which Russia used to transport weapons and personnel in the war against Ukraine, was destroyed.
Since the opening of the land market for legal entities in Ukraine, businesses have sold more than 1283 hectares of land in just 3 months. It is noted that 342 plots were sold, and 12 companies were excluded from the land monitoring system for owning less than 100 hectares.
The Law of Ukraine on Mobilization will come into force one month after the day following its publication.
Speaker Mike Johnson promises to stay in office, despite his leadership being criticized for failing to pass long-term funding for Ukraine, Israel, and other foreign allies.
An explosion was reported in Odesa, Ukraine.
The United States understands Ukraine's desire for air defense support, but it is not going to engage in direct armed conflict with Russia, while remaining fully committed to Ukraine's defense by providing air defense systems and other military assistance.
Russia has launched "propaganda trains" painted with militaristic prints glorifying military service and weapons to agitate people in the regions to join the army amid declining numbers of people willing to serve due to the ongoing war against Ukraine.
EU Chief Diplomat Josep Borrell said that the EU is working to improve Ukraine's air defense capabilities.
On World Hemophilia Day, April 17, events are being held around the world to raise awareness of hemophilia, a rare genetic disorder that disrupts blood clotting and causes excessive bleeding.
Today, on April 17, all animal rights activists and wildlife lovers can join the event dedicated to one of the most mysterious animals on our planet - World Bat Day. Today, there are about a thousand different species of bats in the world. Most of them are on the verge of extinction.