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Police in Kyiv have arrested a 42-year-old man who was selling rifles and submachine guns and then sending them by post.
Ukraine and Norway are setting up their first joint production facility for Ukrainian drones: they plan to manufacture several thousand mid-strike drones in Norway.
On Sunday, 26 April 2026, a powerful storm swept across almost the whole of Ukraine, tearing roofs off houses and felling trees.
Iran has presented the US with a new proposal regarding the resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the war. It calls for nuclear talks to be postponed until a later stage.
By the end of 2025, the level of counterfeiting of national currency banknotes had fallen by two-thirds compared with 2024. The most commonly seized counterfeit banknotes were those in denominations of 500 and 200 hryvnias.
Most petrol stations in Ukraine have kept their prices unchanged following the weekend. At the same time, isolated price rises have been recorded within the state-run network.
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukraine signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the allocation of €30 million for the first phase of repairs to the plant’s new safe confinement (protective arch).
The agency has provided details on the number of Ukrainians who own firearms, the types of firearms involved, and the number of firearms seized from members of the public since the start of 2026.
In May 2026, the mobilisation procedure in Ukraine will remain unchanged provided that martial law is extended. Key decisions regarding conscription will continue to depend on age, military service status and the existence of grounds for deferment.
A Russian BREM-D armoured recovery and evacuation vehicle has been discovered in the Dnipropetrovsk region and will be handed over to the Ukrainian military. The vehicle was brought from the de-occupied territories.
US President Donald Trump announced the extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon for a further three weeks following talks at the White House.
A fire broke out overnight at an oil pumping station in the Nizhny Novgorod Region of the Russian Federation following a drone attack. According to preliminary reports, oil tanks have been damaged.
