Ukrainians announce 'revenge' fundraising for weapons after Russian strikes, raise $485,000 in first hour

9:35 PM

Military: Russian forces trying to encircle Chasiv Yar.

Russian troops are trying to encircle the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Nazar Voloshyn, the Khortytsia Group of Forces' spokesperson, said on national television on April 26.

9:07 PM

Kyiv evacuates children hospital due to attack threat.

Kyiv authorities urgently evacuated two hospitals on April 26 after a Belarusian official appeared to threaten them with attack in a speech.

8:24 PM

US to allocate additional $6 billion in aid to provide Ukraine with weapons.

The U.S. will allocate $6 billion in military assistance for Kyiv under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on April 26.

7:40 PM

Zelensky dismisses Armed Forces' Support Forces commander appointed in March.

Oleksandr Yakovets was appointed Support Forces commander on March 4, replacing Dmytro Hereha. Yakovets previously held an administrative position in the Support Forces.

6:42 PM

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Belarus Weekly: Belarus classifies depiction of LGBTQ+ relationships as 'pornography'

6:37 PM

Russian attack on Sumy Oblast kills 2 elderly women, injures 3.

Russian forces shelled civilian infrastructure of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on April 26, killing two women and injuring three others, Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported.

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

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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

UPDATED: Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injures 3, including 9-year-old boy.

Russian troops carried out nearly 20 attacks on the Nikopol District in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 26, injuring at least three people, regional governor Serhii Lysak reported.

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.