NATO considers long-term military presence in eastern Europe.

"We are more concerned that money is increasing more rapidly than (weapons) production. It creates some kind of inflationary pressure," EU's Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius explained.

The SBU said it detained the suspect while he was planting the explosives.

"Where we (Europeans) have a problem, which is Ukraine, we are alone," Kaja Kallas said.

"The beaches will now become minefields," Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces, told the Kyiv Independent.

"Our Ukrainian friends need to understand that repeatedly portraying the Baltic states as Russia's possible next victim... does not create or reinforce a narrative that would help Ukraine itself or others in pushing back against Russian war-driven imperialism," Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Estonian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Kyiv Independent.

"Ukraine has completed repair work on the section of the Druzhba oil pipeline that was damaged by a Russian strike," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

On April 21, the Kyiv Independent launches a new merchandise collection, "No News is Bad News," dedicated to protecting journalists covering Russia’s war against Ukraine. th

According to the Transport Ministry, the new bridge for cars and trucks will be the first of its kind linking Russia and North Korea by land.

Four draft officers were detained in Odesa after allegedly abducting a man, beating him, and demanding $30,000, as military authorities suspended two recruitment office chiefs.

"Our far-reaching sanctions... ensure that (Russia) receives the necessary response," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukraine says drones struck a key oil distribution hub in Russia's Samara Oblast overnight, sparking a fire.

Russian attacks killed six people and injured 59 others across Ukraine over the past day, local authorities reported on April 21.