Soldiers from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and more are now receiving medical aid and support. Among the freed are National Guard members, border guards, and Mariupol defenders.
With the damage still under assessment, the international community faces a critical decision on how to fund the extensive repairs needed to prevent further environmental risks.
A civilian locomotive repair plant in Zaporizhzhia was struck by Russian drones overnight, with no casualties reported among staff who were in shelters.
The German Defense Minister rejected Trump’s peace plan suggesting Ukraine cede Crimea and occupied areas, emphasizing that Ukraine could have agreed to such terms a year ago.
Russia's gamble to seize Orikhiv before a potential ceasefire has backfired catastrophically, with Ukrainian forces decimating almost an entire battalion and destroying dozens of armored vehicles without surrendering any territory.
Russian authorities in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast sentence two Ukrainian women to 14-year prison terms for donating $177 to Ukrainian forces, part of 201 treason cases opened since the invasion began.
Russian forces have intensified their offensive operations across Ukraine with thousands of strikes, ending a brief 30-hour Easter truce that saw nearly 3,000 violations before the formal resumption of full-scale attacks.
Ukraine registered extensive hostile activity including hundreds of artillery strikes, direct assaults, and drone attacks, as Moscow tries to create a "general impression of ceasefire."
According to Telegram channels, Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with a long-range FPV drone, marking the first urban attack of its kind and signaling a new threat to rear-area cities.
In Kharkiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and beyond, civilian infrastructure was targeted - medical facilities, food storage, residential buildings. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 40 of 62 Shahed drones, but the destruction is widespread.
While evidence mounts of systematic Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners, European officials reveal The Hague's special tribunal cannot try Putin for war crimes in absentia while he remains in power, highlighting accountability challenges.
As Russian forces systematically intensify their southern offensive, small infantry groups are becoming the primary instrument of a calculated territorial expansion strategy in the region.