General Staff: Ukrainian air defense destroyed 4 Russian planes

6:02 PM

Kuleba: Latvia, Ukraine to bolster drone production.

Ukraine and Latvia are working to increase joint drone production, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on April 26 during a press conference with Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in Kyiv.

5:26 PM

US announces $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine.

The U.S. will provide Ukraine with a $1 billion military aid package, the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on April 26 before the beginning of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, also known as Ramstein format.

4:40 PM

UK man with alleged Wagner ties charged with spying for Russia.

Twenty-year-old Dylan Earl has been charged with planning an attack against London businesses connected to Ukraine after being recruited to spy for Russia.

4:36 PM

Explainer: 38 years after Chornobyl and under attack, Ukraine relies on nuclear for more than half its energy production

4:36 PM

Prosecutor's Office: Number of injured in April 25 Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast rises to 13.

The injured were hospitalized with blast injuries of varying severity.

4:20 PM

Opinion

Illia Ponomarenko: The story of wartime Kyiv

3:54 PM

Russia's Sberbank reports $4.32 billion profit, dividends to boost Kremlin war chest.

Being majority-owned by the Russian state, dividends can be used to fund the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

3:47 PM

US envoy to OSCE: Russian 'double-tap' attacks have killed at least 90 first responders since April 2022.

"In March and April (of 2024) alone, Russia’s iterative attacks hitting first responders killed nearly 30 rescue workers in Odesa, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia and wounded more than 20," said Timothy Hanway, the acting U.S. envoy to the OSCE.

3:37 PM

Estonia, Denmark transfer two naval patrol boats to Ukraine.

Ukraine requires naval vessels for tasks such as the protection of Black Sea shipping routes.

3:18 PM

Source: Ukraine destroys Russian Ka-32 helicopter at Moscow airfield.

A Russian multirole helicopter Ka-32 was destroyed at the Ostafyevo airfield in Moscow overnight on April 26, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported. An intelligence source confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that the helicopter was destroyed as a result of a HUR operation.

1:50 PM

Governor: Russian shelling of Nikopol injures 2, including 9-year-old boy.

Russian troops shelled the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, wounding two people, including a nine-year-old boy, Governor Serhii Lysak reported on April 26.

1:27 PM

Russia seeking to ban 'anti-Russian separatist movement.'

The organization is loosely described, but characterized as having the goal of trying to "destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia."

1:14 PM

Ukraine retrieves bodies of 140 fallen soldiers.

The Geneva Conventions dictate that people who lost their lives during war are entitled to a dignified burial.

1:07 PM

Zelensky reminds world of Russian nuclear threat on Chornobyl anniversary.

The Zaporizhzhia plant – the largest nuclear plant in Europe – has been under Russian occupation since March 2022. The Chornobyl plant was also occupied by Moscow's forces for 35 days at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

12:51 PM

Latvia’s new foreign minister visits Ukraine, meets FM Kuleba.

The newly appointed Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze arrived in Kyiv on the morning of April 26 and met with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, the ministry reported.

12:15 PM

El Pais: Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine.

The move is the latest from Western nations responding to calls from Kyiv for more air defenses in the face of escalating Russian missile and drone attacks on cities across the country.

11:55 AM

Russian strikes against Kharkiv Oblast city of Derhachi injures 4, including 3 children.

None of the four reported as injured so far required hospitalization, said Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

11:36 AM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 29 over past day.

Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day killed five people and wounded another 29, regional authorities reported early on April 26.

11:08 AM

Swiss parliamentary committee backs proposal to send $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine.

While the proposal must still get through more legislative steps before becoming law, it was supported by lawmakers from both center-right and center-left parties.

10:41 AM

Media: US hopes ATACMS delivery will push Germany to send Ukraine Taurus missiles.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is against sending the weapons to Ukraine because he fears the move will draw Germany into the war.

10:10 AM

US State Department: No position on Ukraine's suspension of consular services.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Dan Cisek said it is a "difficult question" but that the "government of Ukraine has the right to define its policy" on this issue.

9:48 AM

Putin confirms he will visit China in May.

The Russian president previously visited China last October to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.

9:14 AM

Agriculture minister accused of illegal acquisition of state-owned land arrested, promptly released on $1.9 million bail.

Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the arrest of Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi, suspected of illegally acquiring state-owned land, Ukrainian media outlets reported early on April 26.

8:57 AM

ISW: Russian forces looking to make 'tactical gains' west of Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar remains primary pressure point.

While it is possible that Russian forces may make some gains northwest of Avdiivka, an offensive in the area is "unlikely to develop into an operationally significant penetration, let alone cause the collapse of the Ukrainian defense west of Avdiivka," the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.

8:44 AM

Stoltenberg: 'It is not too late for Ukraine to prevail'.

Ukraine can still win the war against Russia, but allies have more to do to ensure Kyiv receives "the support we have promised," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on April 25.