JD Vance 'helping Russians' by supporting halt to Ukraine aid, Zelensky says

The IRC assessment estimated 15 million people in Ukraine now need psychological support, with 60% of those seeking help struggling with anxiety and one in five with depression.

"I'm not sure that it's strengthening the United States," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 206 drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

RSF attributed the improvement to Ukraine's "dynamic media sector and the investigative work carried out by Ukrainian outlets to strengthen transparency in the country's political life."

"The Russian supplier of the cargo will have to find an alternative destination to unload it," Israel's Grain Importers Association said.

"Our proposal is a long-term ceasefire, reliable and guaranteed security for people, and a lasting peace," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

"The rotation of our warriors should be planned in a timely manner, taking into account the situation, the nature of the fight, and the available forces and resources," the general said.

The victims included a 17-year-old boy, said Serhii Lysak, head of the local military administration.

The number includes 1,470 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The Pentagon has released a previously frozen $400 million military aid package for Ukraine after months of delays and mounting pressure from U.S. lawmakers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 29.

Satellite imagery indicates that at least two fuel storage tanks caught fire at an oil pumping station in Russia’s Perm Krai following a drone attack overnight on April 30, according to Russian Telegram channels and local media.

Ukrainian drones struck an explosives plant in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and explosions were heard in Novgorod Oblast overnight on April 30, social media channels reported.

"Consistent with the United States' continued leadership on issues of nuclear safety and non-proliferation, working with Congress, the United States is proactively committing 20%, or $100 million, of the G7's estimated $500 million cost to rehabilitate the NSC arch," the statement read.

"(A)s long as Russia and the Russian authorities continue to be invited, while Ukrainian people continue to be targeted, and attacked on a daily basis, I cannot be present," Commissioner Glenn Micallef said.