[Korrespondent] 21.49 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has expressed his willingness to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but under certain conditions. This was stated by the Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
According to him, such negotiations should be productive and take place at the stage of finalizing agreements.
18.52 Ukraine will receive 100 VAMTAC armored tactical vehicles and a batch of 155-mm artillery shells from Spain in 2026. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this on its Telegram channel, referring to the statement of the Head of the Ministry of Defense of Spain Margarita Robles during a visit to Kyiv after a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Mikhail Fedorov.
Deliveries will begin in May. The armored vehicles will be transferred to reinforce the units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
18.37 The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating 116 criminal proceedings on the facts of the executions of 306 Ukrainian prisoners of war committed by Russian military personnel from February 2022 to April 2026. This was reported by the head of the Main Investigation Department of the SBU, Andriy Shvets, in an interview with Censor.NET.
According to him, from February 2022 to April 2026, a total of 116 criminal proceedings are being investigated into the executions of 306 Ukrainian prisoners of war on the battlefield.
17.49 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Rustem Umerov held talks with representatives of India and Bahrain, and Ukraine is now working out the parameters of security cooperation with these states. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Telegram.
16.22 Since the beginning of the current day and as of 16:00, the Russian army has organized 49 attacks on eight directions of the front, which is significantly less than Tuesday's figures. There is currently a lull in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
14.55 FSB officers who tortured residents of Luhansk region after the start of a full-scale war have been reported in absentia. The SBU reported this on April 22. It is noted that the Security Service has collected evidence on collaborators Valery Kravchenko and Dmytro Kirdeyev, who are carrying out repressions against residents of the temporarily occupied Luhansk region.
13.57 At noon on April 22, Russian troops attacked the Korabelny district of Kherson with UAVs. A 55-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were hit by the enemy attack. This was reported by the Kherson OVA. Later it became known that another man was taken to the hospital, who was injured in a Russian drone strike on the Korabelny district of Kherson.
13.20 A fraudulent scheme for misappropriating charitable contributions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been dismantled in Kyiv. The dealers stole almost UAH 1.5 million that Ukrainian volunteers paid for FPV drones and ammunition for the needs of the front. The SBU reported this on April 22. It is noted that the illegal activity was organized by a capital-based entrepreneur who was engaged in online trading in components for UAVs and military equipment. To implement the deal, he created a website and an Instagram page through which benefactors could order drone systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also on these Internet platforms, the person in question promised potential customers fast and high-quality deliveries of military products. But as soon as payment was received, the attacker supplied customers with defective goods or took the money altogether and did not get in touch.
12.24 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that during the work of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, more than 2,100 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia were returned home, 150 of them since the beginning of 2026.
"I listened to the report of the representatives of the Bring Kids Back UA team, Oleksandr Bevz and Maksym Maksymov, on the results of the initiative. In total, during the initiative's work, we managed to return more than 2,100 Ukrainian children who were abducted by Russia. 150 of them - since the beginning of this year. I thank all the partners who help us with this," Zelenskyy noted.
On 12.12, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, during another working trip, met with the leadership of the offensive group, and also worked with units in the Pokrovsky direction. He reported this on Telegram.
11.56 Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles arrived in Kyiv on a visit. The Spanish Defense Ministry announced this the day before. She will hold a number of official meetings with representatives of the Ukrainian authorities and will receive the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd degree.
11.28 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said that Russia continues to actively recruit citizens of African countries for the war against Ukraine. Such cases have also become more frequent in Latin America.
"We see a dangerous trend of Russia recruiting citizens of some or many African countries into its army," he noted.
According to him, this immediately stimulated the appeal of many African countries to Ukraine to help them return their citizens.
11.11 On April 21-22, the Ukrainian military struck a number of important targets of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) and in the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
10.49 On Wednesday morning, power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to new shelling by Russian aggressors. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The situation is currently most difficult in Sumy region. A significant number of consumers there have lost power due to damage to energy facilities by the enemy.
10.36 An FSB agent was exposed and detained in Odessa, who was preparing the assassination of the commander of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The SBU reported this.
To prepare the assassination attempt, the Russians recruited a woman through the Moscow office of Viktor Medvedchuk's political project, "Drugaya Ukraina."
10.25 The State Sports Administration of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, in the section Champions of Terror of the War&Sanctions portal, publishes data on 11 Russian athletes, coaches and functionaries who, despite supporting the war against Ukraine, continue to participate in international competitions. This is reported by the State Sports Administration. These are representatives of the Central Sports Club of the Russian Army (CSKA), subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor state. This structure systematically supports the occupation troops - provides them with equipment, FPV drones, equipment, and is also involved in the military-patriotic education of children and promotes the development of international cooperation, in particular within the framework of the World War Games project.
9.48 On the front of the past day, April 21, 231 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders were recorded. More than 50 assaults were repelled in the Pokrovsky direction. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck seven areas of concentration of manpower and a Russian UAV control point.
9.17 In the Yampil community of the Sumy region, a person died on the night of April 22 as a result of a Russian drone strike on residential buildings. This was reported by the head of the Sumy regional military administration, Oleg Grigorov. According to him, at night the enemy launched a massive strike on a village in the Yampil community. Russian UAVs hit residential buildings. Fires broke out at the sites of the strikes. The body of a deceased civilian was found in one of the houses. The identity is being established.
8.35 Air defense forces neutralized 189 of the 215 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on April 22. 24 strike UAVs were hit at 13 locations, as well as falling debris at six locations.
8.10 As a result of a massive attack by Russian strike drones on the night of April 22, port facilities in the Odessa region were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Oleg Kiper. According to him, at night the enemy again massively attacked the Odessa region with strike drones. The port infrastructure was hit. Despite the active work of the air defense, damage to port facilities was recorded. There were no casualties.
7.52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed 1,140 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The total combat losses of Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022 to April 22, 2026, amount to about 1,321,450 people. The General Staff reported this on April 22.
7.23 On the night of April 22, the Russians launched strikes on the Dnieper, causing fires in the city. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha.
06.00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized the situation in which key American negotiators easily visit Moscow and hold meetings in the Kremlin, but have never visited Kyiv. As the BBC reports, Zelensky called this position of the US President's special envoy Stephen Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner "disrespectful".
05.28 Drones attacked the Russian city of Syzran on the night of Wednesday, April 22. In particular, there were explosions near an oil refinery. Eyewitnesses reported that at about three in the morning powerful explosions were heard, the number of which exceeded a dozen. In addition, bright flashes can be observed over the city. As a result of the work of Russian air defense/electronic warfare, damage to a residential building was recorded.
04.29 On the night of Wednesday, April 22, a series of explosions were heard in occupied Sevastopol. The so-called local "authorities" announced the operation of the air defense system (ADF) and announced the alleged destruction of a number of targets.
03.01 Ukraine will resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday afternoon, April 22. This was part of Kyiv's efforts to obtain a 90 billion euro loan from the EU, Reuters reports.
00.55 On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, April 22, an enemy drone hit an infrastructure facility in Kharkiv. The incident was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov, on his Telegram channel, noting that it was a Molniya drone. According to Terekhov, there were no injuries.