
'Wishful thinking' — Ukraine rubbishes Russia's latest Luhansk Oblast claim
14 settlements in Luhansk Oblast are not under Russian control, Ukraine's military told the Kyiv Independent.

14 settlements in Luhansk Oblast are not under Russian control, Ukraine's military told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian drones operated by personnel from the Security Service of Ukraine's Special Operations Center "A" struck the "Gorky" oil pumping station in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast overnight on April 23, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.

Russia launched 155 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, reporting that Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 139.

Two people were killed and at least eight were injured in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro overnight on April 22–23, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported.
Moscow will confirm who will represent it at the event closer to the date, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told journalists at the U.N. Headquarters.

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The news comes as the EU is set to finalize the approval of the 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) loan for Kyiv and the 20th package of sanctions against Russia.

Ukrainian billionaire and oligarch Rinat Akhmetov purchased a luxury apartment in Monaco valued at $550 million in one of the most expensive residential property deals in history, Bloomberg reported April 21.