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21 April 2026
The main obstacle to launching the Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression by Russia against Ukraine remains a clear understanding of the cost estimate for the next stages of work, as well as concrete budget commitments from participating countries.
Russian officials continue to spread false claims about the situation on the front, in particular regarding the alleged full occupation of Luhansk region, which is part of an information campaign supporting the continuation of the war.
Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 91 times. The enemy shows the highest activity on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that a reduction in sanctions and political pressure from Ukraine's partners on Russia has led to a partial increase in the aggressor's military ambitions, and therefore Ukraine will counter this by increasing the use of drones on the frontline.
Ukraine is ready to postpone receiving some benefits from the European Union in order to speed up its accession to the bloc.
Russian troops carried out the attack in the Donetsk region, resulting in five civilians being wounded.
Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister known by the call sign "Flash," showed his house destroyed after a Russian drone attack. He said that Russian forces launched five jet-powered drones at his family's home in an attempt to kill everyone.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, removed the head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, as well as the head of the Peresyp District Territorial Recruitment Centers (TCCs), from their duties.
Units of Ukraine's Defense Forces on April 20 and during the night of April 21 hit three ammunition depots and other logistics targets belonging to Russia in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and inside the Russian Federation.
Moscow intends to stop the transit of oil from Kazakhstan to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline starting May 1.
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.
Three women were injured as a result of a drone strike on the town of Bohodukhiv.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has denied a motion filed by the defense team of MP Yulia Tymoshenko to dismiss the charges against her.
A U.S. delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Islamabad for talks with Iran on ending the war after the country’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, ordered a return to the negotiating table at the last minute.
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.
Last night, drones of the Special Operations Center "А" of the Security Service of Ukraine caused a massive fire at the Samara line-production dispatch station in the town of Prosvet, Samara region, Russian Federation.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 1,354 attacks on the Donetsk region, damaging 30 civilian facilities.
The shooting in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district began as a result of a domestic dispute; the shooter recorded his actions on a voice recorder.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law harmonizing the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies and the technical regulation system with European Union requirements.
In the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, five police officers were injured in a grenade explosion. The suspect was heavily intoxicated and has been detained.
Yevhenii Zhukov, who until recently headed the Patrol Police Department, has now been appointed advisor to the head of the National Police of Ukraine.
On April 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law—adopted by parliament on April 7—regarding the implementation of European Union legislation and the integration of energy markets.
In the Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours, on April 20, 12 people were injured as a result of Russian strikes.
On the night of April 21, drones attacked railway infrastructure in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation near the location of a military unit.
Air Defense Forces shot down 116 of the 143 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of April 20.
In Sloviansk, Donetsk region, an educational institution was destroyed, and three people were injured as a result of Russian airstrikes.
A series of explosions was heard in Sumy, with a strike hitting a medical facility, damaging residential buildings and injuring four people.
In the Nizhyn district of Chernihiv region, 54,000 customers are without power due to damage to a power facility.
Demand for Fair and Impartial Treatment of Entrepreneurs Is Rising in Ukraine
A total of 174 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line over the past day, April 20.