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Friday, 17 April 2026, 14:53
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is preparing an operation targeting Ukraine's water supply systems in the coming months, stressing the need to strengthen protection of critical infrastructure and air defenses.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry is working on creating a new line of air defense aimed at preventing attacks on the country's western regions following a large-scale Russian assault.
Russian forces carried out a drone strike on the Mykolaivka settlement community in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region on March 25, damaging a hospital building, an apartment block, and vehicles.
Ukraine has successfully returned 2,058 deported children, with active support from 38 countries as well as the Council of Europe and the European Union.
The U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) has approved its first investment, backing Ukrainian technology company Sine Engineering.
Ukraine's external financing needs remain substantial, amounting to about $52 billion in 2026 to cover state budget requirements.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has expressed concern over a drone strike on the central part of Lviv, a UNESCO World Heritage site, but did not mention Russia in its statement.
A delegation from the Belgian city of Mechelen, which brought a convoy of humanitarian aid to Lviv, including fire trucks and police vehicles, found itself at the epicenter of a Russian strike on the city center on March 24.
The Russian army shelled a hospital in the village of Shevchenkove in the Kupianskyi district of Kharkiv region; according to preliminary reports, three people were injured.
The 16th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Donor Platform for Ukraine took place in Kyiv.
Colonel Ruslan Maryshev, commander of the 95th Polissia Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, considers it unacceptable to cede territory in the Donetsk region to Russia in exchange for a freeze on the front line.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, where the 95th Polissia Separate Airborne Assault Brigade is currently carrying out its mission, its soldiers are dictating the terms of battle to the enemy.
In the Vinnytsia region, the number of people injured in the Russian drone attack on March 24 has risen to 21, with damage reported to 84 households across three communities in the region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Serhiy Hunkovsky as head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The number of casualties from Russian strikes on Kharkiv on the afternoon of March 25 has risen to nine.
Russian forces shelled Kherson and the village of Bilozerka this morning; four people are reported to have been injured
Due to improvements in the tactical and technical characteristics of Russian ballistic missiles, interception effectiveness in Ukraine has declined, meaning the country now requires a greater number of interceptors.
Ukraine's Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, held a closed meeting with representatives of 13 assault and infantry units to discuss the situation at the front and address problematic issues, including specific approaches to service terms and financial support.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics confirmed that a Ukrainian drone fell in the Kraslava region on Wednesday, March 25, while carrying out a mission to strike targets in Russia.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that the "Novatek-Ust-Luga" plant in Russia's Leningrad region was hit.
In the settlement of Velykyi Burluk in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, Russian forces attacked State Emergency Service rescuers while they were putting out a fire in a non-residential building that had been hit by a Russian drone.
Ukraine's Defense Forces hit a Russian combat icebreaker at the Vyborg Shipyard in the Leningrad region.
The Hungarian side is gradually stopping gas supplies to Ukraine until the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline is resumed, which had previously been damaged by the Russians themselves as a result of attacks on Ukraine.
In Vinnytsia, the number of people injured as a result of a Russian drone attack on March 24 has increased to 20, and damage to 71 households has been recorded.
Russian forces attacked the Kholodnohirskyi and Novobavarskyi districts of Kharkiv with unmanned aerial vehicles, leaving people injured.
Over the past year, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has carried out dozens of unique special operations, including the most well-known one, codenamed "Spiderweb."
The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR) has called for signing an open appeal to the international community demanding Russia's expulsion from UNESCO over its systematic attacks on cultural heritage sites in Ukraine.
Russian forces carried out a massive drone attack on the Chernihiv region on March 24, damaging residential areas and critical infrastructure.
A drone that had veered off course entered Estonian airspace from Russia overnight and struck a power plant chimney in Auvere.