Explosions reported in occupied Crimea, Russian proxy claims drone strike on ammunition depot

A Russian drone attack on several residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa killed two and left another 15 injured overnight on April 24, authorities reported.

There are at least seven torture chambers holding staff of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Roman Koval, head of research at the Ukrainian human rights organization Truth Hounds, said April 22.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Prince Harry "is not speaking for the U.K." after the British royal urged the United States to play a larger role in supporting Ukraine.

Ukraine has become the first country to scale the use of remotely operated interceptor drones capable of long-distance strikes, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said April 23.

"We are developing 'ePoints' as a foundation for troop motivation and the mathematics of war," Ukraine's Minister of Defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, said.

Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage Museum, is sanctioned for the museum’s role under his leadership in illegal archaelogical excavations and the destruction of protected Ukrainian heritage sites in Crimea.

Ukrainian forces used FP-2 drones manufactured by the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point and designed for medium-range strikes, with a payload of 60 to 100 kilograms.

President Zelensky said the loan will "strengthen our army, make Ukraine more resilient, and enable us to fulfill our social obligations to Ukrainians."

Russia is drawing new Russian buyers to occupied Mariupol with subsidized mortgages while thousands of Ukrainians whose homes were destroyed or seized remain without housing.

Combustion byproducts were released into the atmosphere and fell with rain on April 22, leaving a black coating on surfaces, the Krasnodar Krai Emergency Response Headquarters said.

According to investigators, Russian operatives gave teenagers step-by-step instructions on preparing attacks.

Zelensky is expected to meet Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Danish acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.