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As of 1 April 2026, there were 812,000 officially registered owners of firearms and special equipment in Ukraine, who collectively possessed 1,166,001 firearms. Against this backdrop, the public debate on gun rights has reignited following the shooting in Kyiv, and new data from the National Police has revealed just how much the official picture has changed in recent years.
Ukrainian director and producer Oleksiy Komarovsky has stated that leading and supporting actors in Ukrainian cinema can earn between 10,000 and 40,000 hryvnias per day of filming. He also noted that there are actors on the market whose fees can reach 2,000 dollars per shift.
The National Police, in conjunction with the Security Service of Ukraine, have announced that they have foiled a series of terrorist attacks at educational institutions in the Kirovohrad and Odesa regions. Law enforcement officers have identified two minors whom, according to their information, Russian intelligence services were attempting to use to carry out mass killings of children in schools.
The Signal account of Bundestag President Julia Klöckner has been the target of a cyberattack, which German authorities believe is linked to an ongoing phishing campaign targeting politicians and officials. According to Spiegel, international intelligence services hold Russia responsible for this wave of attacks, and the incident itself has already raised alarm among German security agencies.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, a militant from the Russian-backed “Somali” group, who fought against Ukraine and later attempted to obtain Ukrainian documents in order to flee to the European Union, has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property. The man was arrested in October 2025 in Volyn.
Fedir Venislavskyi, a Member of Parliament and member of the parliamentary committee on national security, defence and intelligence, stated that it is allegedly incorrect to speak of “hundreds of cases of busification every day”, and that the problem itself, in his view, is not “widespread at all”. He voiced this view against the backdrop of high-profile scandals surrounding the TCC, particularly following the arrest in Odesa of a group of military personnel and a police officer in a case involving the extortion of money in exchange for deferrals.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has launched a new service, “Data from the Veterans’ Register”, in the Veteran Pro section of the “Diia” app, and has also updated the electronic Veteran’s Certificate. According to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the government is developing a policy of accessible digital services for veterans to ensure that accessing these services is as simple and convenient as possible.
The Security Service of Ukraine has stated that the former management of the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant deliberately supplied the Armed Forces of Ukraine with over 233,000 unserviceable mortar rounds. According to the investigation, this involves 100,000 82-mm and nearly 133,000 120-mm shells, with the loss to the state estimated at 3.3 billion hryvnias.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada’s Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated that the Juvenile Court in Lecce, Italy, has placed a Ukrainian child with a foreign family, despite the ban on intercountry adoption currently in force in Ukraine. According to him, the child has a mother and biological sisters, and the Italian court’s decision grossly violates the child’s right to maintain family ties.
23 квітня 2026 року магнітних бур на Землі не очікується. Британська геологічна служба повідомила, що швидкість сонячного вітру ще залишається підвищеною через вплив корональної діри, але вже 23-25 квітня геомагнітна ситуація має бути загалом спокійною.
On 23 April 2026, according to the new church calendar, Orthodox Christians commemorate Saint George the Great Martyr. This day also falls on Thomas Thursday during Holy Week, when people pray for the dead, visit cemeteries, give alms and observe a number of church and folk customs.
UNICEF will allocate over US$91 million to support education in Ukraine in 2026. The funds will be channelled through the Annual Work Plan, which the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has signed with the newly appointed Head of the UNICEF Office in Ukraine, Anne-Claire Dufay.
