Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce - AP News

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce  AP News

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 5 people; nearly 20 animals die in fire

Ukraine’s Emergency Services posted images of rescue workers trying to save the animals — in one instance administering CPR to a dog — at the clinic in Chabany.

By David Stern, Kostiantyn Khudov, Natalia Abbakumova

Ukraine slows enemy advances, liberates land, drains Russia’s war chest

Ukraine achieves significant victories on the battlefield thanks to burgeoning drone production.

Ukraine develops automated artillery fire control system KRIP-A

Ukrainian company Antabos has presented the KRIP-A, an automated artillery fire control system. The solution enables the integration of reconnaissance, command and direct control of howitzers at positions into a single system.

By Illia Volynskyi

8 die in Ukraine in Russian strikes as Kyiv holds door open for Easter truce

Russian strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine on Friday, including in a “massive” missile and drone attack near the capital, local authorities reported. Ukrainian officials claim the Kremlin is changing its tactics to increase civilian suffering, shifting to daytime barrages and preparing to target more key infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelensky has signalled Kyiv’s openness to a potential Easter truce. The holiday is celebrated on April 12 in Ukraine and Russia. Zelensky...

By Associated Press

Ukraine: Kharkiv under repeated attack on 1,500th day of war

Ukrainian authorities say Russia is deploying "new tactics" as the city of Kharkiv comes under rolling aerial assaults from ballistic missiles and drones fitted with jet engines.

Baltic Sea strikes: How Ukraine aims to undermine Russia's oil profits from Iran war

Ukraine has in recent days intensified drone attacks on ports and refineries in Russia’s Leningrad region on the Baltic Sea. Yet Kyiv’s strategy of trying to stop Moscow from reaping the benefits of oil disruption in the Middle East doesn’t come without significant risk.

By Sébastian SEIBT

Suspected burglar found asleep by police in child’s bed

Officers had been called to the house at around 3.15am after reports it was being burgled and found a smashed window

By Ted Hennessey

Zelenskiy urges lawmakers to act as Ukraine funding hangs in balance - The Straits Times

Zelenskiy urges lawmakers to act as Ukraine funding hangs in balance  The Straits Times

Ukraine Says Russia Fired Hundreds Of Drones, Missiles In Daytime Attack

Russia launched almost 500 drones and missiles over Ukraine, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga.

McEntee says no trust in Hungary after Russia leak report

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said she does not trust Hungary after it emerged that the country's foreign minister had been briefing Russia about sensitive European Union negotiations over Ukraine.

Medvedev says Russia should drop its ‘tolerant attitude’ towards Ukraine’s EU drive

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s powerful Security Council, said on Friday that Moscow should drop its “tolerant attitude” towards Ukraine’s possible EU membership. “The EU is no longer just an economic union. It can transform, and rather quickly, into a full-blown military alliance, one overtly hostile to Russia, and in some ways worse than […]

Pope-Zelensky phone call, 'we hope for a just and lasting peace'

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 3 - The hope for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine was voiced in a phone call between Pope Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky on the occasion of the Easter celebrations on Good Friday, the Vatican said. Leo reportedly reiterated his "closeness to the Ukrainian people, the Holy See said. "The discussion then focused on the humanitarian situation, reiterating the urgency of ensuring the population receives the necessary aid." Reference was made to "efforts to promote ...

By ANSA

FSB Says It Defused ‘Scooter Bomb’ Parked Near Moscow Business Center

Russian authorities said Ukraine planned to detonate the bomb in an assassination plot against a high-ranking security official.

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on oil refinery in Russia's Ufa, targets in Russian-occupied Ukraine - The Kyiv Independent

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on oil refinery in Russia's Ufa, targets in Russian-occupied Ukraine  The Kyiv Independent

How a Ukrainian group goes after war criminals — and what the Philippines can learn from them 

In a Manila roundtable, Ukraine's top war crimes documenters laid out the methods they've used to chase Russian perpetrators — and why they think the same playbook can work for the Philippines.

By Cristina Chi

Russia launches relentless drone, missile strikes on Ukraine

Russia has launched a continuous aerial assault on Ukraine since Thursday evening, Ukraine’s air force said Friday, reporting a heavy influx of enemy drones in Ukrainian airspace....

Video call from Ukraine prison deepens mystery on Kenyan athlete’s fate

Kibet was captured in Ukraine while fighting for Russia.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit over 151,200 enemy targets in March

In March 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck more than 151,200 enemy targets and neutralized 35,351 Russian invaders.

Estonian Ukraine aid NGO sues former chief in Ukrainian court

NGO Slava Ukraini filed a lawsuit in Ukraine seeking damages over misused donations and reputational harm tied to former chief Johanna-Maria Lehtme and its Ukrainian partners.