
At least 1 killed, 26 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day
Ukraine's Air Force said it shot down 190 of 219 Russian drones overnight.

Ukraine's Air Force said it shot down 190 of 219 Russian drones overnight.
Ukraine's Air Force said it shot down 190 of 219 Russian drones overnight.

The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Ukraine continued its onslaught of attack on Russian oil infrastructure overnight on April 18, striking multiple targets in occupied Crimea and in Russia's Samara Oblast.

The effective extension of the waiver comes just two days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that the Trump administration "will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil," as well as another waiver on Iranian oil.

WASHINGTON — Ukraine secured two wins in Washington, D.C. this week, including an extension of a debt repayment freeze, as well as signals that the International Monetary Fund would be open to easing some of the tougher elements of the fund's $8.1 loan program to Kyiv. Kyiv signed a deal with international partners to suspend debt service due by Ukraine until the end of February 2030, extending a previous arrangement reached in 2023, the finance ministry said on April 17. The fund also signale

Russia is moving to develop a major manganese deposit in occupied parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian media reported on April 17.


The Sting interceptor drone was remotely controlled using Hornet Vision Ctrl technology.