It has been the 1523 th day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
On 26 April, the aggressor attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 53 times. Artillery shelling of border areas continues. The settlements of Bachivsk, Budky, Korenok, Tovstodubove, Starykove, Studenok, Iskryskivshchyna, and Neskuchne in Sumy oblast came under fire.
Towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces once and carried out 25 strikes on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, two of which involved multiple launch rocket systems.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the enemy twice conducted assault operations in the vicinity of the settlements of Starytsia and Zemlianky.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times in the vicinity of the settlements of Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka, and Kucherivka.
Towards Lyman, there were five enemy assaults in the vicinity of the settlements of Dibrova and Lyman. One engagement is still ongoing.
Towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the enemy did not conduct any active operations.
Towards Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian defenders repelled six attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Sofiivka, and Kucheriv Yar. Two engagements are still ongoing.
Towards Pokrovsk, the occupiers tried 19 times to push Ukrainian soldiers from their positions in the vicinity of Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Novopidhorodne. One engagement is still ongoing.
Towards Oleksandrivka, the enemy launched three offensives in the vicinity of the settlements of Oleksandrohrad, Khoroshe, and Zlahoda. One battle continues.
Towards Huliaypole, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 11 enemy attacks in the vicinity of Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, and Charivne. Two engagements are still ongoing. The enemy launched airstrikes in the vicinity of Vozdvyzhivka, Lisne, Samiilivka, Novoselivka, Hulyaypilske, and Dolynka.
Towards Orikhiv, the enemy assaulted the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinity of Stepove. Yasna Polyana, Lystivka, Zarichne, Yulivka, and Komyshuvakha came under enemy airstrikes.
Towards Kherson, Ukrainian defenders stopped two enemy attempts to advance.
In other areas, there were no significant changes in the situation.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
There were 149 combat engagements in Kharkiv oblast. Towards Southern Sloboda, russian troops carried out eight assaults on the positions of the Defense Forces in the vicinity of Starytsia, Veterynarne, Prylipka, Synelnykove, Zemlianky, and Zybine.
Towards Kupiansk, the occupiers conducted another eight attacks in the vicinity of Petropavlivka, Radkivka, Novoosynove, Kupiansk, and Kucherivka.
During the day, 18 settlements in Kharkiv oblast came under russian strikes. Four people were injured as a result of the shelling: a 56-year-old man in Bohodukhiv, a 75-year-old woman in Kivsharivka, and a 37-year-old man and 32-year-old woman in Ruska Lozova.
To strike Kharkiv oblast, russian troops used 2 guided aerial bombs (KABs), 14 Geran-2 UAVs, 10 Molniia UAVs, 3 FPV drones, and 25 drones of an unidentified type.
In Bohodukhiv region, a civilian enterprise, private houses, a garage, power grids, cars, and a farm warehouse were damaged. In Kupiansk region, private houses in Velykyi Burluk, Kivsharivka, and Prykolotne were destroyed. In Izium region, an educational institution, an economic building, a local history museum, and power lines were damaged in Balakliia. In Kharkiv region, private houses in Rohan, Kurortne, and Yaroshivka, as well as a civilian car in Ruska Lozova, were damaged. In Chuhuiv region, a private house and power grids were damaged.
The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 175 people over the day. Since the start of its operation, 30,574 people have been registered there.
In Kharkiv oblast, about eight thousand liquidators of the Chornobyl NPP accident currently remain—this is approximately a quarter of those who lived in the region previously. Some of them now help other victims in public organizations, some were forced to evacuate due to the war, and some are serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the stories of residents of Vilcha in Kharkiv oblast were recalled, who became displaced for the second time: the first time after the Chornobyl accident, and the second time due to the russian invasion. The settlement near Vovchansk was built in the 1990s for those evacuated from the Chornobyl-area Vilcha in Kyiv oblast; however, after the occupation in 2022 and the repeated Russian offensive in May 2024, people were forced to flee again. Currently, Vilcha is almost destroyed and stands on the front line, and its residents have lost the homes they spent decades building for a second time.
Donetsk oblast
On the fronts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the russian army decreased the intensity of assaults in most areas. The highest number of attacks was recorded towards Pokrovsk — 34, and towards Kostiantynivka — 13. At the same time, more battles occurred towards Sloviansk than on the previous day. Towards Kramatorsk, russian troops conducted no assaults.
Over the past day, two people were killed and five more injured as a result of russian shelling in Donetsk oblast. On 25 April, there were 1,328 enemy strikes along the front line and the residential sector of the oblast. Eight settlements came under fire: Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Mykolaivka, Sloviansk, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Krynytsi, Starovarvarivka, and Tetianivka. 47 civilian objects were damaged, including 20 residential buildings.
russians launched three strikes on Druzhkivka, one of which involved an FPV drone hitting a civilian car. One person was killed, and three were injured. An administrative building and a vehicle were also damaged in the city.
In Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, an enemy FPV drone killed a civilian.
Kramatorsk withstood 11 attacks over the day. One person was injured, and two apartment buildings, five civilian cars, and a tractor damaged.
russian troops dropped a KAB-250 on Sloviansk. A civilian was injured. Damage was caused to five apartment buildings, a bus station, an administrative building, a postal service, a religious building, an entertainment complex, two commercial premises, a gas station, and a civilian car. During the night shelling, a church in the city center was also damaged.
In Mykolaivka, as a result of four shellings, four apartment buildings, an administrative building, an educational institution, and a community center were damaged.
In Tetianivka, four private houses were damaged, and in Krynytsi, five homes were affected.
Luhansk oblast
Towards Lyman and Sloviansk, Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 attacks by russian troops in the vicinity of eight settlements. In Luhansk oblast, the occupiers fired mortars, automatic grenade launchers, and tube artillery, and also deployed 11 UAVs and FPV drones.
In occupied Luhansk oblast, russians are compiling lists of utility debt defaulters whom they plan to mobilize into the russian army in exchange for debt cancellation. Against this backdrop, the occupation authorities have officially legalized the operation of mobile pharmacies: instead of restoring destroyed medical infrastructure, mobile pharmacy points will serve up to 50 settlements, arriving approximately once a month.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the feat of over 600,000 liquidators was recalled in Luhansk oblast, including 13,000 residents of the region. The Regional State Administration emphasized that the Chornobyl tragedy was a consequence of the Soviet system’s irresponsibility, and modern russia continues this same practice—from the occupation of the Chornobyl NPP in 2022 to a drone strike on the shelter of the fourth power unit in 2025.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
According to the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, new social housing for internally displaced persons with a capacity of over 100 people has been opened in Slavutych. The project was implemented thanks to a combination of resources from the state, regional and local budgets, as well as international aid. Another important project is also underway in the city – the renovation of a former nursery school building, where 54 flats will be created for internally displaced persons.
Petro Panteleev, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, reported that work is continuing on the restoration of TPP-4. Furthermore, with state support, preparations are underway for the new heating season.
The Department of Industry and Business Development has announced that funding for programmes supporting veterans’ businesses is being resumed in Kyiv, providing compensation of up to 99 per cent on loans for veterans and their family members to develop their own businesses. The programme enables veterans of the russian-Ukrainian war, as well as family members of fallen defenders, to turn their experience into business ventures and return to active civilian life.
A square on Yuri Shumsky Street in the Dnipro district of the capital has been named in honour of Sviatoslav Aleksapolsky, a Hero of Ukraine from Crimea. The Kyiv City Council passed the corresponding resolution. Sviatoslav served in the Azov Regiment and the Special Forces. In 2022, he helped clear the north of Kyiv oblast of occupying forces. In August 2022, he was killed in Mykolaiv oblast. The Crimean native was 33 years old.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has arrived in Kyiv, where she will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. She also plans to visit Chernobyl to mark the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
Zhytomyr oblast
According to the Regional Military Administration, the enemy attacked Zhytomyr oblast during the night of 26 April. Air defence forces destroyed several targets over the oblast. Falling debris caused a fire at one of the infrastructure facilities. Thanks to the professional efforts of the State Emergency Service rescue teams, the fire was quickly brought under control.
As part of the prisoner of war exchange that took place on 24 April, defenders from Zhytomyr oblast– Dmytro Silivonchyk and Anatolii Osadchuk – returned home.
The State Environmental Inspectorate of the Polissya District reported that this week, in the Berezivska community of the Zhytomyr district, an oak Avenue of Remembrance and Resilience was planted during a nationwide environmental campaign. The number of trees planted has symbolic significance: 27 oaks represent the regions of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol.
Sumy oblast
The General Staff reported that russian forces attacked positions of the Defence Forces three times over the past day towards North Sloboda and Kursk. The enemy shelled settlements and military positions 95 times, including three strikes using MLRS.
On 25 April, russian forces struck civilians in Bilopillia community near Solianyky village, less than 5 km from the state border with russia. As a result of the drone attack, a civilian man born in 1977 was killed. A bread delivery vehicle was also damaged.
Over the past day, from the morning of 25 April to the morning of 26 April, russian forces carried out around 40 attacks on 20 settlements across 11 territorial communities of the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used mortars, artillery, FPV drones, UAVs, and guided aerial bombs. Air raid alerts in the oblast lasted for 17 hours and 45 minutes over the day.
Civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged and destroyed:
- in Shostka community, private houses, outbuildings, and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged;
- in Seredyna-Buda community, a private residential house was destroyed;
- in Esman community, one private residential house was destroyed and another damaged;
- in Znob-Novhorodske community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in Svesa community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in Sumy community, private houses and an outbuilding were damaged;
- in Duboviazivka community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in Bilopillia community, a vehicle transporting bread was damaged;
- in Buryn community, a private house and an outbuilding were damaged;
- in Velyka Pysarivka community, private houses and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged.
Chernihiv oblast
On the morning of 26 April, Chernihiv came under attack by russian UAVs. According to the City Council, several impact sites were recorded in the northern and north-eastern parts of the city, including near Levko Lukianenko Avenue.
As a result of the attack, windows were damaged in a multi-apartment residential building and at Chernihiv Territorial Social Services Centre; the market area was damaged; and a religious building was affected. There were also strikes on civilian infrastructure facilities.
The State Emergency Service of Chernihiv oblast informed that on the evening of 25 April, russian forces struck Borzna community in Nizhyn region and Horodnia community in Chernihiv region. The attack caused a fire in a residential house in Borzna community. In Horodnia community, fires broke out in residential houses, garages, and outbuildings.
Over the course of 25 April, russian forces attacked five border communities of Chernihiv oblast: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka, Snovsk, Koriukivka, and Horodnia.
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment reported that the enemy carried out shelling using mortars (13 explosions), tube artillery (6 explosions), and MLRS (19 explosions), conducted strikes by Shahed-type UAVs (11 explosions) and FPV drones (19 explosions), and dropped explosive devices from UAVs (6 explosions). Twelve settlements came under enemy fire.
In Novyi Bilous village, near Chernihiv, a team of school students is implementing a project for a multifunctional space called PlayLoft as part of the U-Active educational programme by the savED foundation. The project honours the memory of a physical education teacher from the local lyceum, Ihor Olehovych, who was killed on 12 June 2024 while carrying out a combat mission in Bilohorivka, Luhansk oblast.
The new space is planned to host sports tournaments and events dedicated to the teacher, as well as other fallen defenders who were graduates of the institution.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Mykola Lukashuk, Head of the Regional Council, reported that a person was killed in Marhanets as a result of morning shelling. From evening until morning, russian forces attacked the region by drones and artillery, targeting the regional centre, Marhanets, Pokrovske rural, and Chervonohryhorivka communities. A fire broke out. Four private houses, a vehicle, and infrastructure were damaged.
The enemy also attacked Petropavlivka and Dubovykivka communities by UAVs. Four people were injured. A fire broke out, and three private houses, a shop, and two vehicles were damaged.
In Kryvyi Rih and Lozuvatka community, infrastructure was damaged following UAV attacks. Infrastructure was also damaged in Dnipro.
Women aged 41 and 76 were injured. The enemy continued drone and artillery attacks on Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka, and Pokrovske rural communities. Fires broke out, including in an apartment in a multi-storey building. Four private houses, an outbuilding, a vehicle, infrastructure, and a power line were damaged.
Enemy forces also struck Krynychky and Zatyshnia communities by UAVs, causing fires and damaging vehicles and infrastructure. In Dubovykivka community, a private house was damaged by a UAV strike.
Vinnytsia oblast
Serviceman Volodymyr Kropyvianskyi from Vinnytsia oblast returned to Ukraine as part of the prisoner exchange on 24 April. He had spent 19 months in captivity.
Poltava oblast
As part of the 24 April prisoner exchange, Vadym Hnatyk, a resident of Pototskivshchyna village, returned home. According to Nataliia Slipukhova, Head of Sencha community, the serviceman had been missing since February 2023 after disappearing near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk oblast.
Cherkasy oblast
In Cherkasy, a public action in support of prisoners of war and missing defenders, titled “Do not stay silent — captivity kills,” took place. Relatives, friends of servicemen, volunteers, military personnel, and concerned residents gathered at Soborna Square with flags and posters.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported that on 25 April, the occupiers carried out 788 strikes on 50 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast. russian forces conducted 20 airstrikes on Zarichne, Lisne, Tavriiske, Rizdvianka, Samiilivka, Zaporozhets, Vozdvyzhivka, Kopani, Verkhna Tersa, Charivne, Huliaipilske, Shyroke, Rivne, Hirke, and Novoselivka. 524 UAVs of various modifications (mostly FPV) attacked Zaporizhzhia, Komyshuvakha, Kushuhum, Novooleksandrivka, Novotavriiske, Yurkivka, Novoiakovlivka, Stepne, Stepnohirsk, Stepove, Pavlivka, Prymorske, Lukianivske, Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka, Olenokostiantynivka, Sviatopetrivka, Tsvitkove, Solodke, Mykilske, Pryluky, Chervona Krynytsia, and Malynivka. Seven MLRS strikes targeted Balabyne, Mahdalynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Novopavlivka, Novoselivka, Kopani, and Hirke. 237 artillery strikes hit Novoiakovlivka, Chervonodniprovka, Stepnohirsk, Stepove, Pavlivka, Prymorske, Lukianivske, Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka, Varvarivka, Staroukrainka, Huliaipilske, Sviatopetrivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Kopani, and Novoselivka. 38 reports were received about damage to housing, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities. Two people were killed and four others were injured as a result of enemy attacks in Zaporizhzhia and Polohy regions.
The General Staff reported that as of 08:00 on 26 April, 18 enemy attacks took place near Staroukrainka, Huliaipole, Zelene, Sviatopetrivka, Huliaipilske, and Charivne, Kopani, and Novoselivka towards Huliaipole.
Mykolaiv oblast
On 26 April, the head of Mykolaiv RMA reported that as a result of an enemy FPV drone attack on Halytsynove community, a 70-year-old man was injured and hospitalized. A car was also damaged.
Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported that on 25 April, the enemy attacked Ochakiv and Halytsynove communities 11 times with FPV drones. As a result of one of the attacks in the village of Lupareve, a 74-year-old woman sustained minor injuries. The roof of a private house and a car were also damaged.
According to the RMA, during the night, five Shahed-type UAVs and various types of decoy drones were shot down or suppressed in the region.
Odesa oblast
Odesa Regional Military Administration reported that during the night of 26 April, the enemy once again attacked Odesa oblast with strike drones. One person was injured. As a result of the strike, technological equipment, oil storage tanks, and cargo transport were damaged at the port. Fires broke out but were promptly extinguished by rescuers. In addition, a civilian vessel flying the flag of Palau, which was in the port under loading, was damaged. In the residential sector, windows were shattered in a five-story building, and a passenger car was damaged. An industrial infrastructure facility was also damaged.
Kherson oblast
The head of Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that an elderly woman who had sustained severe injuries the previous day as a result of a russian UAV attack in the village of Sadove died in hospital.
According to Kherson RMA, in the morning russian forces struck a car with a drone in Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. A 55-year-old man sustained blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to his leg.
Kherson Regional Military Administration also reported that today two residents of the region sought medical assistance after being injured in russian attacks the previous day. A 22-year-old woman sustained blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to her leg as a result of a drone strike on a civilian car in Dniprovskyi district on 25 April. A resident of the village of Kizomys, who came under shelling the previous day, sustained blast injuries, shrapnel wounds to her leg, and bruises to her back and limbs.
The Police of Kherson oblast reported that 11 people, including two police officers, were injured in Kherson oblast as a result of russian attacks on 25 April. Sixteen civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, including one apartment building and three private houses, six passenger cars and a truck, a gas station, a mobile communication tower, a medical facility building, and a house of culture.
The General Staff reported that as of 08:00 on 26 April, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy attacks near Bilohrudyi Island and the Antonivskyi Bridge towards Kherson.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
The RMA held a meeting with a delegation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, led by Villu Kove, who is visiting Volyn, as well as representatives of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. They discussed with partners the possibilities of further cooperation and exchange of experience.
Zakarpattia oblast
Uzhhorod City Council reported that the city received humanitarian aid (Mercedes-Benz Atego and Fumo M30A trucks, a generator, powder fire extinguishers,) from Czech partners. Also Vysochyna Region sent a car to the Center for Social and Rehabilitation Services for Children and Persons with Disabilities Road of Life.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
A symbolic installation HEART OF HOPE was installed in Nadvirna – a sign of faith in the return of the Defenders who disappeared. Next to the installation, a special memorial in photographs was unveiled – a 40-meter Banner of Hope and Heroes of Prykarpattia with dozens of faces of soldiers whose fates are still unknown.
Lviv oblast
The public volunteer initiative Vulyk sent cars to the front: 4 for repair and 2 newly purchased to the 2nd Assault Battalion of the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment, the 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade and the 15th Border Rapid Response Commandant’s Office Steel Border.
Wards of Drohobych territorial center sent another batch of thirty-two pairs of warm socks for the military. They also completed the peeling of a large batch of walnuts, which will become the basis for nutritious bars for the military.
Rivne oblast
This year, there have already been two visits of children from privileged categories to Artek. 18 children from Rivne oblast have already been cured.
Ternopil oblast
21 servicemen will receive funds in the amount of UAH 15,000 for treatment and rehabilitation. In 2025, 622 servicemen from Ternopil have already received such assistance
Khmelnytskyi oblast
A decision was made to provide housing vouchers to combatants – IDPs. This time there were 17 of them and in total there were 378. One voucher – UAH 2m.
Chernivtsi oblast
Bukovina will be connected to Romania by 2 new power transmission lines. Direct connection to the Romanian power system will allow attracting additional capacity from Europe. This should improve the situation with consumption limits in Chernivtsi oblast.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani President, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President, agreed on arms co-production during their meeting in the Azerbaijani mountain resort of Gebele . The relevant views are contained in the press statements of both leaders, which they made following the meeting.
Hanno Pevkur, Estonian Defense Minister, and Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukrainian Defense Minister, signed an agreement on cooperation in the defense industry, in particular in the production of strike drones and electronic warfare systems.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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