Economy
Sweden announced its 21st military aid package to Ukraine worth $1.42 billion
The Swedish government has presented one of the largest military aid packages for Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war. The main focus is on air defence, long-range systems and ammunition.
A fund to support Ukraine's transport sector and rebuild its infrastructure has been set up in Stockholm
Ukraine, Sweden, Lithuania and Canada have signed an agreement to establish a special fund to finance the restoration of civil transport infrastructure, which suffered billions in losses as a result of the war.
The Ukrainian defence industry has increased its capacity 50-fold and reached a level of $50 billion.
During the full-scale war, the production capacity of the Ukrainian defence industry complex has grown to $50 billion, and domestic enterprises already provide more than 50 per cent of the Defence Forces' weapons needs.
The European Commission has presented a plan to support EU border regions near Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but without new funding.
Brussels wants to revive the economies of the eastern territories of the European Union, which have suffered from the war due to a decline in investment, tourism and freight traffic, by involving financial institutions and redistributing existing regional development funds.
Israel has put its security services on high alert in anticipation of a US strike on Iran.
In Jerusalem, it is believed that Washington's decision on a large-scale operation could be made in the coming days, and Iran will respond by launching missiles at Israel even without the Israeli army's participation in the strikes.
The Trump administration is approaching a possible large-scale conflict with Iran
The US is strengthening its military presence in the Middle East amid difficult negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme, and sources do not rule out the start of hostilities in the coming weeks.
Chernihiv received 13 units of municipal equipment from Japan worth 65 million hryvnias
The city has added excavators and loaders to its vehicle fleet as part of an emergency recovery project funded by the Japanese government.
Shmyhal proposed in Paris to create an Energy Task Force to coordinate assistance to Ukraine's energy sector
During the events organised by the International Energy Agency, the Ukrainian side initiated a new architecture for cooperation with partners and invited them to Kyiv on the symbolic date of 26 April.
Slovakia follows Hungary in halting diesel exports to Ukraine and threatens to cut off electricity supplies
Bratislava declared a state of emergency in the oil industry due to the shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline, released 250,000 tonnes of oil from reserves and stopped supplying diesel fuel to Ukraine.
Zelensky: Contributions to the PURL programme in 2026 have already reached $584 million
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that since the beginning of 2026, international partners have allocated $584 million to the PURL programme. The total funding requirement for this year is $15 billion.
UNDP to allocate over $230 million for urgent energy equipment for Ukraine
The United Nations Development Programme has allocated an additional $230 million for 2026 to purchase and install critical energy equipment in Ukraine.
Talks in Geneva ended without a breakthrough: progress has been made on military issues, but political questions remain unresolved
The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva lasted about two hours and ended without agreement on key political issues. At the same time, the parties claim progress in the military sphere, particularly regarding the mechanism for monitoring a possible ceasefire.
