General Staff: Russian forces conduct 19 missile strikes, airstrikes across Ukraine on Oct. 8

1:32 AM

Russia attacks 10 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces attacked ten border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast on April 28, firing 35 times and causing at least 127 explosions, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.

12:47 AM

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The Counteroffensive: Behind the scenes with a Ukrainian drone-hunting unit

11:28 PM

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian forces retreat from 3 villages as Russia gains foothold on eastern front

11:01 PM

Military intelligence: 2 locomotives destroyed in Russia.

Two diesel locomotives have been destroyed in Russia over the past few days, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on April 28.

9:03 PM

Russia detains 2 journalists on 'extremism' charges, accuses them of having worked with Navalny.

Two Russian journalists were detained on "extremism" charges in Russia on April 28 for having allegedly worked for a group founded by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

8:01 PM

Polish FM: Returning draft-aged men to Ukraine is 'ethically ambiguous.'

Returning men of draft age to Ukraine is "ethically ambiguous" and Ukraine will thus have to "take the in initiative" in the process, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with Polish channel TVN24 on April 27.

5:58 PM

DTEK: Russia has attacked Ukraine's thermal power plants nearly 180 times since the start of full-scale invasion.

Moscow has recently intensified its missile and drone strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure, launching large-scale attacks on energy facilities across the country on March 22, March 29, April 11, and April 27.

5:36 PM

Syrskyi: Ukrainian forces retreat west from 3 villages in Donetsk Oblast.

The villages are in the Pokrovsk District in the western part of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, which remains one of the hottest sectors of the front line as Russia continues its offensive.

4:05 PM

Polish FM: Trump's stance on Ukraine is 'not as black and white.'

Radoslaw Sikorski said he hoped that Donald Trump realized that opposition to helping Ukraine "is not actually popular in the U.S." and is harming his chances to be re-elected.

2:48 PM

Russian attacks in Kharkiv Oblast injure 2 civilians.

Russian troops struck the cities of Kupiansk and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast on April 28, injuring two people, local authorities reported.

2:00 PM

Border Guard: Bodies of 2 men pulled out of Tysa River.

Ukrainian border guards found the bodies of two men in the Tysa River in Zakarpattia Oblast on the evening of April 27, the State Border Guard Service reported.

1:26 PM

Prosecutor's Office: Over 2,500 gambling websites blocked in Ukraine.

More than 2,500 gambling websites that had operated without a license were blocked in Ukraine as of April 27, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

12:05 PM

Russia claims 17 drones shot down, including near Kaluga Oblast's oil depot.

Two drones were shot down over Belgorod Oblast, three over Kursk Oblast, three over Kaluga Oblast, and nine over Bryansk Oblast overnight on April 28, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed.

11:18 AM

Russian stabbed to death two Ukrainian soldiers in Germany.

The men born in 1987 and 2001 were in a medical rehabilitation in Germany.

10:06 AM

Russia attacks Ukraine with 9 drones overnight, damaging hotel in Mykolaiv.

Russia attacked Ukraine with nine drones overnight on April 28, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported. Five of them were shot down by the Ukrainian forces.

9:26 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 466,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,096 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on April 28.

6:06 AM

Tajikistan recommends its citizens refrain from traveling to Russia.

A Russian law enforcement officer patrols near the Crocus City Hall concert hall outside Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2024, after the terrorist attack that killed at least 144 people. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)

3:32 AM

Russia attacks 10 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces attacked 10 communities along the Sumy Oblast border on April 27, causing 112 explosions throughout the day, the regional military administration reported.

1:30 AM

Ombudsman: Red Cross 'playing along with Russian aggression'.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is "playing along with Russian aggression," Ukraine's Chief Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on April 27.

11:59 PM

Medvedev threatens Russia may seize private US assets if Washington seizes frozen Russian reserves.

Russia could seize assets and property of U.S. individuals held in Russia if Washington confiscates Russian sovereign assets, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, threatened on April 27.

11:28 PM

Russian media: Russia's Krasnodar Krai oil refinery 'partially suspends' operations after drone attack.

A Russian oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Krasnodar Krai partially suspended operations following a purported Ukrainian drone attack, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on April 27.

10:52 PM

Politico: Zelensky told Johnson Ukraine could only hold on until 'March or April' without US aid.

Politico wrote that when Volodymyr Zelensky met Mike Johnson in the speaker's office last December, he provided him with a deadline for how long Ukraine could hold on without Washington's backing.

9:54 PM

Naftogaz: Russia's morning attack targeted gas infrastructure.

The Naftogaz Group did not specify in what oblasts the targeted gas facilities were located, nor what the full consequences of the attack were.

9:10 PM

Russian attacks on Nikopol district injure 2 women.

Russian attacks against the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 27 injured two women aged 88 and 40, Governor Serhii Lysak said.

8:44 PM

WSJ: Putin likely did not directly order Navalny's death, US intelligence says.

The finding does not indicate that Vladimir Putin is not guilty of Alexei Navalny's death, only that he did not order it at that moment, the Wall Street Journal wrote.