KYIV, April 5 – In addition to Ramstein meetings, which are very important for the urgent receipt of weapons, ammunition, equipment, training of military personnel, and the integration of NATO standards, Ukraine also needs industrial Ramstein-type meetings, which will allow getting technology and equipment, Director General of the Ukroboronprom state concern Yuriy Husev has said.

KYIV, April 5 - War damage to Ukraine's electricity, gas and heating infrastructure exceeds $10 billion, five times more than last June, according to a comprehensive Energy Damage Assessment from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank.

KYIV, Apr 5 – The vast majority of residents of all regions of Ukraine express a negative attitude towards Russia, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.

WARSAW, April 5 - President Volodymyr Zelensky won new pledges of military and economic cooperation Wednesday on a state visit to staunch ally Poland, and he also said that Kyiv’s troops battling in the eastern city of Bakhmut could pull out if they face a threat of being encircled by Russian forces.

KYIV, April 4 – Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, to April 2, 2022 amounted to 3,455 civilians (3,342 in the report a day earlier), including 1,417 killed (1,325), the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights said on Sunday.

PRAGUE, April 5 - The Czech Republic has sent T-72 tanks and BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, a Czech defense source told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming a local media report.

BRUSSELS, April 5 - Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jensen Stolen said on Tuesday, adding that allies had time to help prepare the Ukrainian military, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 5 - President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II, The Associated Press reported.

ZAPORIZHIA, April 2 – Due to the worsening epidemic situation with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Zaporizhia, the city has declared a lockdown on April 3 to prevent collapse in the city's medical system, officials said.

KYIV, April 5 – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) continues system-wide response to curbing smuggling in Ukraine, in particular, it is using the materials of the SBU that a number of measures will be taken to suppress the activities of smuggling groups, which include both legal entities and individuals who fell under the sanctions of the Council on April 2 national security and defense, SBU Chief Ivan Bakanov said.