[Korrespondent] 23.27 Ukraine expects the official launch of the Special Tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against the Russian Federation as early as 2027. The process of establishing the tribunal has entered the active stage of implementation, having completed the main legal preparations. Since February 2026, a working group has been operating in The Hague and Strasbourg, dealing with organizational aspects. The European Union has allocated 10 million euros for its operation. This was reported on Thursday, April 16, in the Office of the President of Ukraine.
22.56 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defenders 100 times, 26 of them in the Pokrov direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of April 16.
21.48 US President Donald Trump commented on the massive combined attack on Ukraine on the night of April 16, Clash Report reports. The head of the White House was asked about his reaction to another large-scale shelling of Ukraine. "I think it's terrible," Trump replied.
21.26 Military engineers and scientists of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine conducted laboratory studies of fragments of North Korean ballistic missiles KN-23 and KN-24, which Russia repeatedly used during massive shelling of Ukrainian cities. They were found to contain civilian components from leading brands. The Ministry of Defense reports this.
"Analysis of the fragments of the missile that fell in Kharkiv on January 2, 2024, confirmed parameters that match drawings from South Korean scientific publications. North Korean missiles have a unique geometry. The diameter of the KN-23 is 110 cm in the rear with a narrowing to 90 cm in front. The indicator of 110 cm is not found in any other country in the world except the DPRK. The diameter of the KN-24 is about 100 cm, it is still found in the world," the report says.
19.19 A man died in Zaporizhia as a result of a Russian guided bomb strike on a residential area. The National Police reported this.
As noted, one of the guided bombs hit the territory of a religious institution, where people were at the time. As a result of the enemy shelling, a man died. The police also reported two injuries.
Meanwhile, the head of the OVA, Ivan Fedorov, announced that the number of victims had increased to five people.
19.15 Russian occupiers advanced in the area of ​​the villages of Novodmytrivka and Stepok, Sumy district, east of the regional center. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState on April 16. It is noted that there is no talk of the enemy taking certain settlements. According to the project maps, Novodmytrivka is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the line of combat contact passes through Stepok. The area of ​​occupation in this area has increased by 11.42 sq. km over the past day, while the penetration zone has decreased by 4.59 sq. km. In other directions, there have been no changes over the past day.
18.34 The court changed the preventive measure for Nestor Shufrych, a member of parliament from the banned Opposition Platform – For Life party, from detention to 24-hour house arrest with the wearing of an electronic bracelet. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this.
18.03 On April 16, the Swedish government adopted two bills on the country's accession to the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression and the International Claims Commission against Ukraine. This was announced by Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Stenergard.
17.59 Ukrainian military destroyed enemy fuel trains near temporarily occupied Luhansk. The SBU reported this. High-precision strikes were carried out on the trains using FP-2 drones.
17.35 The commander of the 20th Army Corps, Major General Viktor Nikolyuk, has been appointed commander of the Operational Command (OC) East. The Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
17:30 Rescuers found the body of a 74-year-old man under the rubble of a house destroyed by the enemy in Dnipro. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha on April 16. According to him, the night Russian attack claimed the lives of 5 people - three women and two men.
17.18 An FSB agent who collected information about the security system of the Defense Forces' administrative buildings in Kyiv was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU reported this on April 16. The suspect was detained while conducting reconnaissance near one of the military units of the National Guard. According to the materials of the proceedings, the perpetrator was supposed to give the Russian special service a plan-scheme of the location of checkpoints and service parking lots along the perimeter of the defense facility. She also collected similar intelligence about the bases of the capital's shopping centers.
16.59 Since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, 41 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, which is significantly less than yesterday's figure for this time. Such data was published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational summary.
16.28 Russian forces attacked Zaporizhia with drones. A public transport stop and an adjacent building were damaged. In addition, eight high-rise buildings located nearby were damaged. A two-year-old boy was injured as a result of the Russian attack. The child is under medical supervision.
As a result of enemy attacks in Zaporizhia and Polohivs'kyi districts, one person was killed and one was injured. Thus, in Preobrazhenka, a Russian FPV drone wounded a 44-year-old man. In Bilenke, a 50-year-old woman died from a drone strike.
16.01 Ukraine will raise the issue of the UN Security Council's response to Russia's state terror at a meeting next Monday, April 20. Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga announced this on the social network X.
15.49 The Kremlin is considering several options for the development of events regarding the war with Ukraine: from continuing hostilities to freezing the conflict and hybrid aggression against NATO. This was stated by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC) of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko.
15.31 The European Commission condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine and will not respond to indirect threats from Moscow, said EC spokeswoman Anitta Gipper.
"Russia is an aggressor state with criminal behavior, and this is evident not only in Russia, where Putin has virtually destroyed all opposition, not only in Ukraine, but throughout the world. Their plans include repression, murder, threats, destruction, and that is exactly what they are trying to do now," she said.
According to her, the European Commission "will not provide any comments on this, but we will remember what we are doing: we support Ukraine, we are strengthening our own defense."
Hipper also emphasized that the first quarter of this year shows that the Russian Federation's budget deficit has almost doubled compared to the same quarter last year and exceeds the entire planned deficit for 2026. Therefore, according to the EC spokeswoman, "it is time for Russia to stop its war of terror and aggression."
15.18 The ceremony of awarding the international Four Freedoms Prize was held in Middelburg (Netherlands), the laureates of which this year were President Volodymyr Zelensky and the people of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrinform. The prize was presented to Zelensky by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Yetten. The ceremony was also attended by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his mother Princess Beatrix.
15.03 Ukrainian military took control of all logistical routes of the Russian army around temporarily occupied Donetsk. This was reported by the 1st Corps of the Azov National Guard.
The released footage shows Ukrainian drones flying over Donetsk near the Donbas Arena stadium.
14.55 The occupation "Supreme Court of the LPR" in temporarily occupied Luhansk sentenced a Polish citizen. The man was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony for "mercenary". This was announced by the Russian propaganda news agency Interfax, referring to the press service of the so-called "court".
14.34 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned systems forces destroyed 16 Russian military targets overnight, including two bases housing Iskander missile systems. This was reported by the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, on Facebook.
14.05 As a result of an attack by Russian ballistic missiles and strike UAVs in Kyiv, four people were killed, including a 12-year-old child. Another 60 Kyiv residents were injured, including four children, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, reported on Telegram.
13.52 In Dnipro, the death toll from the night attack by the Russian Federation has risen to four. A 48-year-old man who was seriously injured in the night attack by the Russians on the Dnipro died in the hospital. Doctors fought to the last, but were unable to save him.
13:35 Russian military twice attacked gas stations on the outskirts of Sumy community with drones. As a result of the first hit, a gas station employee was injured - she had an acute stress reaction. During the second strike, a person was killed and another was injured.
Another Russian drone attacked a civilian car in the Mykolaiv rural community. The driver was injured. He was hospitalized with serious injuries.
13.24 Ukraine received a tranche from the United Kingdom in the amount of 752 million pounds sterling (almost $1 billion) at the expense of frozen Russian assets. This was reported by the Ministry of Finance.
The funds are earmarked and will be directed to meeting the priority needs of the security and defense sector.
13.08 The EU will direct the first funds from the 90 billion euro defense loan for Ukraine to purchase drones, betting on the Ukrainian defense industry as a key element of supply for the army. This was stated by European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius, the EP reports.
The first funds that will be received to support the Ukrainian army within the framework of the EU loan of 90 billion euros will be spent on Ukrainian-made drones.
"For 2026, Ukraine has requested defense assistance totaling 28.3 billion euros. The first product supply plan focuses on drones from Ukraine's advanced defense industry," Kubilius noted.
12.58 The Security Service has detained two more agitators who were spreading fake Russian propaganda and justifying the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine. The perpetrators face up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
In Cherkasy region, a former seminarian of the UOC (MP) theological seminary was exposed for distributing pro-Kremlin publications on Facebook. The suspect is a member of the close circle of the Metropolitan of the Cherkasy Diocese of the UOC (MP), against whom the SBU has already issued five suspicions.
On his own page on this social network, he denied the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of the territory of our state, praised Russian armed groups, and justified their crimes, including against the civilian population of Ukraine.
In Kharkiv, the SBU, together with the State Border Guard Service, exposed a local market vendor who campaigned in support of the Kremlin regime. The figurehead spread provocative Russian content while communicating with her acquaintances on messengers and during personal meetings. She also wrote pro-Russian comments on social networks.
12.45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a visit to the Netherlands, Ukrinform reported. The program of the visit includes the Ukrainian leader's participation in the ceremony of presenting the international Four Freedoms Award.
12.29 Counterintelligence officers detained an FSB agent in Odessa who was coordinating enemy missile and drone attacks on the city. The SBU reported this. The man is a local taxi driver. The racists recruited the man at the end of 2025, when he was looking for "easy money" offers on the Internet.
12.11 The number of people killed in the shelling of the Dnipro River by Russian troops has increased to three. This was announced by the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha.
Rescuers removed the woman's body from the house damaged by the impact.
"The death toll from the Russian night attack on the Dnieper has increased to three... This Russian attack took the lives of three women," Ganzha noted.
12.02 Russian military attacked civilian cars in Kherson on the morning of April 16. At around 9:00 a.m., Russians attacked a civilian car in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. Two people were injured when a UAV hit them.
A 73-year-old man was diagnosed with a mine-blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the torso, and a 71-year-old woman suffered a mine-blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the torso, head, and extremities. Both victims were taken to hospital in serious condition.
At approximately 09:45, Russians attacked a civilian car in the Korabelny district of Kherson with a drone. As a result of the attack, a 53-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman received explosive injuries and contusions. The Kherson resident also suffered shrapnel wounds to his back. The injured were taken to the hospital.
The head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported that today the Russians are planning massive strikes on the center of Kherson using drones and artillery. He called on local residents not to go out unless absolutely necessary and to refrain from visiting the central part of the city.
11.59 The enemy attacked Merefa in the Kharkiv region with the help of a UAV on the morning of Thursday, April 16. There were deaths and injuries as a result of the attack. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov, on his Telegram channel.
11.39 The regional centers of Mykolaiv and Kherson were temporarily left without electricity. This was reported by local authorities.
And according to Ukrenergo, this morning the Russians carried out a drone attack on the energy infrastructure of southern Ukraine.
11.22 Russia is betting on war and therefore does not deserve any easing or lifting of sanctions. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Telegram, reacting to the night attack by Russian aggressors.
11.01 On April 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense published two lists of enterprises in Europe that, according to it, are connected to the production of attack drones and components for Ukraine.
The first list, titled Branches of Ukrainian Companies in Europe, mentions 11 companies in various cities, including London, Munich, Riga, Vilnius, and Prague. The second list, titled Foreign Enterprises Producing Components, lists another 10 companies, some of which are located in Madrid, Venice, and Haifa.
The Russian agency stated that it published these lists so that citizens of European countries "understand the reasons for the threats to their security" and know the addresses of enterprises that, according to the Russian version, produce drones and their components for Ukraine.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called the published list "a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces" and stated that the implementation of such strikes "will depend on further developments."
"When the strikes become a reality depends on what happens next. Sleep well, European partners," he wrote on the social network X.
10.47 Black smoke rises over Kharkivska Gora in Belgorod, Russia (historically Ukrainian name - Bilgorod) amid a drone threat in the region. The reason for this was a drone attack that hit the local substation Pivdenna on Gubkina Street. This is reported by the Belgorod Telegram channel Pepel.
In Belgorod, Russia, a drone attacked the Yuzhna substation pic.twitter.com/t9Pfn9BXpw
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10.46 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga called on the international community to take immediate action in response to the Russian attack on the night of Thursday, April 16. He wrote about this on the social network X.
All decisions necessary to increase pressure on the aggressor must be unblocked immediately, the government official emphasized.
10.39 On Thursday morning, nine regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to a massive Russian missile and drone attack and artillery shelling of energy infrastructure in frontline regions. The Ministry of Energy and Ukrenergo reported this.
10.34 In Odessa, the death toll from the nighttime Russian attack has increased to nine, with 23 people injured. Search and rescue operations and the elimination of the consequences of the attack are ongoing on the ground.
10.32 In the Odessa region, a scheme was exposed to charge almost 15 million hryvnia in wages for fictitious work at an enterprise that is eliminating the consequences of shelling.
90 people were fictitiously registered at the Odessa region's critical infrastructure utility. This is a housing and communal services company whose employees, in particular, are engaged in clearing territories and clearing rubble after shelling. In reality, the registered individuals did not work, and the funds received were transferred to the organizers.
Five officials were notified of the suspicion: the acting director, the head of the human resources department, his first deputy and deputy, as well as the chief engineer.
According to the investigation, since February 2024, they have been formally employing people without fulfilling their duties. Such individuals received seniority, social guarantees, and sometimes a deferral from mobilization. At the same time, the company's staff was artificially expanded, which created the appearance of full staffing, while the actual burden fell on real employees.
By July 2025, 90 people were registered in this way. The total amount of unfounded payments is almost 15 million hryvnias. In addition, 13 people were illegally registered as "reservations", which prevented the mobilization measures and activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10.00 On the night of April 16, Russian troops launched a massive attack on the Dnieper, killing two people and injuring another 30. Office and administrative buildings, residential buildings, a company, and cars were damaged in the city.
In the Novooleksandrivska community of Dnipro district, a private home was damaged and an extension to the house was destroyed. A 14-year-old girl was injured. She was hospitalized in moderate condition.
In Nikopol region, Russians targeted Nikopol itself, Pokrovska, Myrivska and Chervonogrygorivska communities. A private house and an unused building were on fire. A high-rise building and a car were damaged. A 37-year-old man was killed. Three were injured. Two men, both 28 years old, were hospitalized in serious condition.
09.28 As a result of the combined attack by the Russian Federation on Kyiv, the number of injured has increased to at least 54 people, including three police officers, four medics, and two foreigners. Four people died.
The Podilskyi and Obolonskyi districts of the capital were the hardest hit. 17 high-rise buildings, 10 private houses, a hotel, an office center, a car dealership, a gas station, and a shopping and entertainment center were damaged in the city.
09.22 Eight people have been confirmed dead and at least 16 injured in a nighttime attack by the Russian Federation in Odessa, according to the head of the OVA, Oleg Kiper.
According to him, the city has experienced several waves of mixed missile and drone strikes. Port, critical, and residential infrastructure facilities have been damaged.
In particular, the facade walls and glazing of at least three high-rise buildings were destroyed, a dormitory and adjacent buildings were damaged. As a result of shelling, fires broke out at certain infrastructure facilities.
8.59 Over the past 24 hours, 153 combat clashes with the occupiers were recorded at the front. The largest number of attacks was 36 in the Pokrov direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning summary published on Telegram.
8.48 Russian occupiers fired 44 missiles and 659 UAVs of various types over Ukraine in a day; air defense was able to neutralize 667 enemy targets, including 31 missiles. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.
7.28 A nighttime Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed five people and injured 21, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported on Telegram.
"Destroyed damage was recorded in Podilskyi, Obolonskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Desnyanskyi districts," the State Emergency Service noted.
8.35 The defense forces neutralized 1,100 Russian invaders over the past 24 hours. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
03.50 In Dnipro, Russians targeted residential areas, after which fires were recorded in several locations. A five-story building was damaged, a private house was partially destroyed. A person is being searched under the rubble.
03.26 Four people, including a child, were injured in a rocket attack on Kyiv on the night of Thursday, April 16. A 12-year-old child was also killed. The Obolonsky and Podilsky districts of the capital were under attack.
03.20 Five people were injured in a nighttime enemy attack in Odessa. The blast wave damaged the windows of buildings in the Primorsky district.