Ukraine
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.
A power substation in Bryansk, Russia, was damaged, cutting off power to several military and industrial facilities used by Russia in its war against Ukraine.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that Ukraine's strike on the plant in Tatarstan, more than 1,000 kilometers from the border, confirms its ability to hit targets deep inside Russia, bypass air defense and hit facilities used in warfare, demonstrating the development of long-range weapons.
Russia has put Georgian sniper Giorgi Gelashvili, who is fighting on the side of Ukraine, on the wanted list, accusing him of "inciting enmity and hatred using the media" and mercenarism.
More than 34,000 Ukrainian recruits have been trained in the UK and 12 partner countries as part of Operation Interflex, a training program for the Ukrainian military organized by the UK.
russia is spending time and effort to restore the infrastructure damaged by Ukrainian attacks, diverting its efforts from other areas, including a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
russia is not releasing illegally detained Ukrainian civilians because they may witness its atrocities in the occupied territories.
Stefanchuk discussed with the PACE President the mechanism of compensation for war damage and the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
russia and Iran are actively deepening their military cooperation. In particular, Tehran agreed to transfer ballistic missiles to russia, and Moscow purchased Iranian drone defense systems. The countries are also working together to develop new types of unmanned aerial vehicles.