Zelensky: The war must end with the liberation of Crimea

12:37 AM

US judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the reinstatement of all employees and the restoration of VoA programming so that it can "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news."

11:47 PM

Rubio, Witkoff decline to attend Ukraine peace talks in London.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff were originally expected to attend, but have since pulled out, U.S. and European officials told the Financial Times.

11:11 PM

EU will never recognize Crimea as Russian, Kallas says.

"Crimea is Ukraine. It means a lot for the ones who are occupied that others don't recognize this as Russian."

7:14 PM  (Updated:  April 22, 2025 10:37 pm)

Explosions rock what could be one of Russia's largest weapons arsenals in Vladimir Oblast.

According to Ukrainian defense media outlet Militarnyi, the facility in question is Russia's 51st Arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate – one of Russia's largest weapons arsenals.

10:22 PM

Interview

Chechen scholar: Russia’s cowardly violence in Ukraine is driven by desperation

10:11 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Explosions rock what could be one of Russia's largest weapons arsenals in Vladimir Oblast

9:54 PM

Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports.

This could be the first formal indication from Russian President Vladimir Putin since the full-scale war began in 2022 that Russia may consider scaling back its territorial demands.

6:03 PM  (Updated:  April 22, 2025 9:00 pm)

US envoy Witkoff expected to visit Moscow this week, Putin aide says.

"We are expecting (him)," Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said when asked if U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff would arrive in the coming days.

8:55 PM

Zelensky rules out recognizing Crimea as Russian, warns against playing into Putin's 'game'.

"There is nothing to talk about. This violates our Constitution. This is our territory, the territory of the people of Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

8:16 PM

SBU charges 14 Russian Orthodox Church leaders for role in seizing churches in occupied Ukraine.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has formally charged 14 high-ranking metropolitans and archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for their involvement in the illegal seizure of Ukrainian churches in Russian-occupied territories, the agency announced on April 22.

6:57 PM

Hungary

'Not all Hungarians are Orban,' say Ukrainians living in EU's most pro-Russian country.

6:29 PM

Russia used Easter truce to regroup in Lyman sector, launched offensive after, military says.

"This so-called truce did more damage to us," Anastasiia Blyshchyk, spokesperson for Ukraine's 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade, said.

6:13 PM

Business

This Ukrainian mining company is losing hope in Trump's minerals deal

5:31 PM

Australia reacts to Russia’s ‘you have no cards’ warning regarding rumored military base in Indonesia.

"I have no wish to help promote Russia’s propaganda messages." Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

5:14 PM

Crimean Tatar Mejlis rejects any international recognition of Crimea as Russian, chairman says.

"Crimea is the homeland of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people and an integral part of Ukraine. Accordingly, no one can decide the fate of Crimea under any circumstances, except for the Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people," said Refat Chubarov.

4:05 PM

Russia intensifying hybrid attacks against Europe, Dutch intelligence says.

"We see that the Russian threat against Europe is increasing, including after a possible end of the war against Ukraine," MIVD director Peter Reesink said in the agency's annual report.

1:45 PM  (Updated:  April 22, 2025 3:45 pm)

Russia launches drones at Kherson, Kharkiv; casualties reported.

The attack on the southern city took place shortly before massive drone attacks against Kharkiv, which have so far injured four people.

1:03 PM  (Updated:  April 22, 2025 3:35 pm)

Russian bombs kill 1, injure 23 in Zaporizhzhia amid Kyiv's calls for civilian infrastructure truce.

Russian forces attacked the city at around 11:40 a.m. with two KAB bombs, with one hitting an infrastructure facility and another a multi-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia's residential neighborhood, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

3:31 PM

India's Russian oil purchases nearing 2-year record.

India's imports of Russian crude are likely to hit 2.15 million barrels per day in April, the highest volumes since May 2023, Bloomberg reported on April 22, citing Kpler data.

3:06 PM

Sean Penn makes his 4th visit to Ukraine during full-scale war, meets special forces.

American actor and film director Sean Penn met with the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment of the Special Operations Forces stationed in Kropyvnytskyi.

2:33 PM

Russia's Easter truce was a stunt to appease Trump, French minister says.

"The Easter truce that Putin announced, somewhat unexpectedly, was more of a PR move — a charm offensive intended to prevent President Trump from becoming impatient or upset," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.

11:10 AM  (Updated:  April 22, 2025 1:14 pm)

Zelensky plans to attend Pope Francis's funeral.

President Volodymyr Zelensky might attend Pope Francis's funeral in the Vatican, as the preparations for the ceremony are underway, European Pravda reported on April 22, citing its source.

12:50 PM

Ukraine's Naftogaz loses almost 50% of gas production in winter due to Russian attacks.

The energy situation was most critical in the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Mykolaiv, and Kherson.

12:38 PM

Japan to provide Ukraine with geospatial intelligence, media reports.

Japan's Kyushu University Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) has agreed to provide Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, Intelligence Online magazine reported on April 21.

11:45 AM

Russia, Ukraine continued in hostilities despite Easter truce, UN says.

Russia was the first to declare an Easter ceasefire starting at 6 p.m. local time on April 19 and ending at midnight on April 21. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of nearly 3,000 ceasefire breaches during that period.