SBU releases exclusive footage of latest prisoner swap
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released exclusive footage showing the return of Ukrainian defenders freed from Russian captivity as part of a prisoner exchange on Friday, April 24.
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24 April 2026
Chornobyl employee, five National Guards still detained by Russia, plant chief says
One employee of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and five National Guard servicemen who were guarding the site remain in Russian captivity.
Zelensky: 193 defenders returning to Ukraine from Russian captivity
193 servicemen are returning to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.
Budanov opposes legalizing weapons for civilians
The head of the President's Office spoke out against the legalization of weapons, noting that it could lead to greater problems.
Lubinets calls for appeal against Italian court ruling on adoption of Ukrainian child
Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for an appeal against an Italian court’s decision to allow a foreign family to adopt a Ukrainian child and is demanding the child’s return to Ukraine.
23 April 2026
Belarus follows Russia in imposing mobile web restrictions, says CCD
In Belarus, there are clear signs of increased control over the digital space, including a cap on mobile data usage of 30 GB per month and artificial throttling of data speeds.
22 April 2026
Zelensky holds meeting on Ukraine's memory policy and honoring national heroes
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on strategic issues of Ukraine's memory policy and honoring national heroes.
PM Svyrydenko meets Klitschko to discuss Kyiv’s winter preparations
Government officials discussed the capital’s preparations for the upcoming heating season with Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and pledged continued support for measures aimed at implementing the capital’s resilience plan.
Kharkiv TRC soldiers suspected of torturing civilians
The State Bureau of Investigations has uncovered evidence of the torture of civilians involving military personnel from one of Kharkiv’s district territorial recruitment and social support centers.
Expert: 40 years after Chornobyl, world unprepared for new nuclear threats
Forty years after the accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the world once again faces the risk of a nuclear disaster—this time amid a full-scale war.
Over 2,100 abducted children returned to Ukraine since launch of Bring Kids Back UA, says Zelensky
In total, since the launch of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, more than 2,100 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been returned, 150 of them since the beginning of this year.
Digital officers already operate in several AFU units — Ministry of Defense
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already selected and deployed digital officers in a number of key units, where they will be responsible for implementing digital solutions in the military.
Over 100 generators supplied to schools and hospitals since start of year
Since the beginning of the year, 110 generators with a total value exceeding UAH 61 million have been delivered, including to hospitals and schools.
21 April 2026
Dua Lipa helps purchase vehicle for First Separate Medical Battalion
The British singer of Albanian origin, Dua Lipa, along with her media platform Service95, helped raise funds for a vehicle for the First Separate Medical Battalion.
Mass held at Vatican to mark anniversary of Pope Francis’s death
A special Mass is being held at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican to mark the first anniversary of Pope Francis's death, presided over by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Travaglino.
Zhukov appointed advisor to head of National Police
Yevhenii Zhukov, who until recently headed the Patrol Police Department, has now been appointed advisor to the head of the National Police of Ukraine.
Ukrainian-Polish expedition begins search work at sites of two former villages in Volyn region
Search operations have begun in the Volyn region at the sites of the former villages of Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska, aimed at locating the remains of local residents who were tragically killed in August 1943.
20 April 2026
Europol identifies 45 Ukrainian children taken to occupied territories, Russia, Belarus
Europol, together with the Netherlands, carried out a coordinated effort on April 16-17 to identify and trace children forcibly transferred or deported to temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as to the Russian Federation and Belarus.
Ireland preparing payments for Ukrainians who return home
The Irish government is preparing special payments for Ukrainians who return to their home country and is planning to scale back its accommodation program, Irish Migration Minister Colm Brophy has said.
Ukraine police chief: 9,000 officers fighting on front lines out of 100,000
The head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vyhivskyi, has said that more than 100,000 officers currently serve in the force, with around 9,000 fighting on the front lines.
Ukrainian polar explorers capture underwater encounter with leopard seal
Ukrainian scientists from the “Akademik Vernadsky” station have shared a video of their underwater encounter with one of Antarctica's top predators—the leopard seal.
19 April 2026
Zelensky calls for overhaul of police response protocols after Kyiv terror attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine must revise police response protocols, recruitment, and training procedures following the April 18 terrorist attack in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.
Kyiv shooter was former Ukrainian military serviceman, police reveal new details
The man behind the deadly terrorist attack in Kyiv on April 18 was a former serviceman who had served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 1992, primarily in logistics units in the Odesa region, before retiring in 2005.
Section of wall collapses at Khotyn Fortress
A section of the outer wall collapsed at the Khotyn Fortress. No one was injured.
Budanov: Russia's destruction of culture, memory, identity is another form of genocide
The systematic destruction of culture, memory, and identity is another manifestation of Moscow's policy of intolerance and genocide against Ukrainians.
18 April 2026
Ukrainians to be able to observe peak of the Lyrid meteor shower on April 22
On the night leading into Wednesday, April 22, people in Ukraine will be able to watch the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower.
Ukraine not engaged in intergovernmental efforts with Germany to return men — Uliutin
Ukraine is not conducting intergovernmental work with Germany to facilitate the return of Ukrainian men to the country, according to Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity Denys Uliutin.
Mandatory evacuation: 34 children remain in Sloviansk districts
In Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, 34 children remain in the districts of Sloviansk where the mandatory evacuation of families with children is underway.
Sea of Azov on brink of ecological disaster as Russia planning mass jellyfish harvest
The National Resistance Center has warned that the Sea of Azov is facing a potential environmental disaster, as Russian authorities are preparing a large-scale jellyfish harvest.
17 April 2026
Ukraine returns another group of children from Russian-occupied Kherson region
Another group of children has been successfully returned from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region to Ukrainian-controlled territory.