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21 April 2026
The main obstacle to launching a Special Tribunal on Russia’s Crime of Aggression against Ukraine remains securing funding, and one of the most obvious solutions could be the use of frozen Russian assets.
Russian troops carried out six strikes on the village of Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhzhia district, leaving seven people injured.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had approved another set of so-called “long-range sanctions” targeting Russia.
Ukraine has fulfilled all requirements to unlock €90 billion in support from the European Union.
Russia continues to use the platform of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the so-called “World Parliament,” to promote its own narratives and maintain its international legitimacy.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz have identified current priorities for cooperation both at the bilateral level and within multilateral formats with partners.
The main limiting factor in attacks using Shahed drones, besides the availability of munitions, remains the number of launch sites available to the aggressor state.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the unblocking of a EUR 90 billion support package for Ukraine with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the unblocking of €90 billion in aid and cooperation in the Drone Deal format with the President of the European Council António Costa.
In the Pokrovske community of Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian attack damaged a scheduled minibus, and three people were injured.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Chilean President José Antonio Kast Rist on areas of cooperation between the two countries.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has completed repair works on a section of the Druzhba oil pipeline that was damaged by a Russian strike, and it can now resume functioning.
As a result of a repeated Russian strike on the city of Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region, two women were injured.
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.