Police eliminate shooter who opened fire on people in Kyiv — Interior Minister
The man who opened fire on people in Kyiv has been eliminated by police.
18 April 2026
The man who opened fire on people in Kyiv has been eliminated by police.
A shooting in Kyiv has left several people dead, with a child among the injured.
The Pentagon's top policy official, Elbridge Colby, said that future military support for Ukraine cannot depend on the United States Department of Defense alone, increasing pressure on European allies to take on a larger role.
Russian forces carried out a missile strike on the center of Kharkiv.
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Willie Walsh, has urged Europe to develop "well-coordinated plans" in case limits on aviation fuel are introduced due to the war in the Middle East.
In Kharkiv, impacts from a group of hostile combat drones have been recorded in an industrial area.
Russian troops carried out another drone strike on a fire station in the Shostka district of Sumy region on April 18.
Representatives of the U.S. Department of State held a meeting in Havana with Cuban officials to urge democratic and economic freedoms and to warn about the risks of ignoring Washington's "advice."
On the night leading into Wednesday, April 22, people in Ukraine will be able to watch the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower.
The U.S. has prolonged a temporary operating license for Serbia's oil company NIS, which is under sanctions, until mid-June.
On Saturday, Iran partially reopened its airspace for international flights crossing the eastern part of the country.
Russian forces attacked a meat processing plant in the town of Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region using a Molniya-type drone, leaving three female employees with acute stress reactions.
The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Alpha special operations unit has struck three Russian military vessels in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck four key oil industry facilities in Russia overnight on April 18, with fires reported at the sites.
Russia is losing around $100 million per day as a result of Ukrainian strikes on its oil infrastructure, according to the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces.
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.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has outlined the priority areas of work for the A1 Defense AI Center.
Three individuals broke into the Yavoriv district territorial recruitment and social support center in the Lviv region and attempted to attack members of the security unit.
The United States has issued a new license allowing the supply and sale of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products that were loaded onto vessels as of April 17.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry plans to contract 25,000 ground robotic systems in the first half of 2026, according to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko presented Ukraine's investment "wish list" in priority sectors during a meeting in Washington with Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces shelled more than 40 settlements in the Kherson Oblast using various types of weapons. Four people were injured in the attacks, which also caused destruction and damage to infrastructure.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has outlined his activities during the first day of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
An oil refinery is on fire in the Russian city of Syzran.
Over the past day, Russian forces shelled Kharkiv and 25 settlements in the region, injuring seven civilians.
Following a drone attack overnight into Saturday, a fire broke out at an oil depot in the city of Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Krai.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 190 out of 219 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Russian troops since the evening of April 17.
During the night, Russian troops attacked port and industrial infrastructure in the Odesa region using strike drones. Administrative buildings, warehouses, buses, and storage tanks were damaged, and one person was injured.
On April 17, there were 151 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops along the front line.
In the Chernihiv region, 380,000 consumers were left without electricity as a result of a Russian attack on the morning of April 18.