Russian forces have launched 118 attacks on Ukrainian forces’ positions since midnight, with the heaviest fighting concentrated in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk sectors.

A change in Hungary’s political leadership may lead to some improvement in relations with Ukraine, but a full reset remains unlikely for now, according to an expert.

Law enforcement officers have formally charged a 15-year-old teenager who opened fire at a school in Chop, western Ukraine.

The suspect was accused of purse-snatching and has been charged with larceny and providing false information.

Ukraine’s sustained strikes on Russia’s economic infrastructure are already causing significant damage, but have not yet undermined Moscow’s ability to finance the war.

On Friday, April 17, Russian forces launched a drone attack on warehouse facilities in Zelenivka, a suburb of Kherson, causing a fire that spread to a nearby house.

Russian troops are concentrating personnel and equipment on the southern outskirts of Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko held meetings with members of the Ukraine Caucuses in the United States Congress during her visit to the United States, focusing on Ukraine’s key defense needs and increasing pressure on Russia.

The term - kokushobi - translates to "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot", and comes after Japan’s hottest summer on record.