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Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast have left four people injured, including two teenagers.

Russian drone strike on Sumy hit a medical facility, damaged residential buildings and left several people injured, including a teenager.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,040 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

The European Union is moving towards final approval of a €90bn loan for Ukraine, with a key procedural step expected this week.

Russian forces carried out yet another strike on Kharkiv on the evening of 20 April. People are reported to have been injured in the city's Kholodnohirskyi district.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has been invited to a military parade in Moscow to mark Victory Day on 9 May, is now seeking to travel there via Poland after the Baltic states refused to allow his aircraft to cross their airspace.

Estonian politicians have said that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia may be preparing for an attack on the Baltic states do not correspond to their threat assessments and complicate cooperation between allies.

Hungary's incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, has said he expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to restore the flow of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline if it is technically operational, stressing that Budapest will not agree to any concessions on this issue.

Russian forces launched drone attacks on Nikopol and Kharkiv Oblast on 20 April: two women were killed in Nikopol and seven other people were injured; there were also casualties in Bohodukhiv and Kharkiv.

The agenda for a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper), scheduled for 22 April, has been expanded to include an amendment to the EU's long-term budget for 2021-2027, which would enable the European Union to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan.

The number of ship calls to the port of Tuapse, where Ukrainian drones previously attacked a marine oil terminal, has halved over the past day.

France and Germany are considering proposals to give Ukraine "symbolic" benefits during the EU accession process, without granting Kyiv access to the European Union's common budget or voting rights before full membership.

On the night of 15-16 April, a Russian strike on Kyiv killed four people, including an 11-year-old boy. Dozens were injured. Among those caught up in the attack was Viktoriia, who survived the blast in her apartment.

Ukraine's military is introducing a universal ground station for fibre-optic drones.

Russian forces have increased pressure on Hryshyne in the Pokrovsk agglomeration and are attempting to entrench themselves in the settlement's centre and north. However, Ukraine's defence forces are thwarting these attempts and striking clusters of the Russian troops.

Bulgaria’s former president’s party has secured a majority in the Bulgarian parliament, winning 44.59% of the vote.

Ukrainian ports fulfilled 98% of their transhipment target in the first quarter of 2026, handling over 21 million tonnes of cargo.

Russian troops have captured several border settlements in Sumy Oblast, but there is no threat of encirclement of Sumy, Ukraine’s Joint Forces say.

A building belonging to the Pryluky State Tax Inspectorate in Chernihiv Oblast was damaged by a blast wave in a Russian attack on the morning of 20 April.

The Lima electronic warfare system has downed 26 Kinzhal missiles in the first quarter of 2026, Ukrainian defence company Cascade Systems has said.