
'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.
"The European support loan for Ukraine has been unblocked — 90 billion euros over two years," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "This package will strengthen our army, make Ukraine more resilient, and enable us to fulfill our social obligations to Ukrainians, as set out in law."

EU institutions and investment banks signed agreements on loans, guarantees, and grants across a range of sectors at the EU-Ukraine Business Summit held in Brussels on April 22–23.

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.

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.