Ukraine's air defense shoots down a Russian fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 near Kyiv.
The fighter jet was downed in Irpin, a satellite city of Kyiv, according to Valeriy Zaluzhniy, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Ukraine.
The fighter jet was downed in Irpin, a satellite city of Kyiv, according to Valeriy Zaluzhniy, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Ukraine.





"Ukraine has completed repair work on the section of the Druzhba oil pipeline that was damaged by a Russian strike," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
On April 21, the Kyiv Independent launches a new merchandise collection, "No News is Bad News," dedicated to protecting journalists covering Russia’s war against Ukraine. th
According to the Transport Ministry, the new bridge for cars and trucks will be the first of its kind linking Russia and North Korea by land.
Four draft officers were detained in Odesa after allegedly abducting a man, beating him, and demanding $30,000, as military authorities suspended two recruitment office chiefs.
"Our far-reaching sanctions... ensure that (Russia) receives the necessary response," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukraine says drones struck a key oil distribution hub in Russia's Samara Oblast overnight, sparking a fire.
Russian attacks killed six people and injured 59 others across Ukraine over the past day, local authorities reported on April 21.
Russia’s book market finds itself under mounting strain as the government steadily expands its censorship regime.
At least six people were injured in a Russian drone attack on the city of Sumy overnight on April 21, local authorities reported.
The number includes 1,040 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Explosions were reported overnight in the Russian city of Novocherkassk in Rostov Oblast, according to Russian media and Telegram channels.
Two police officers in Kyiv have been formally notified of suspicion over their actions during the mass shooting in the city on April 18, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said.