The banking system proved to be quite prepared, having endured Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in March April . However, some difficulties were observed in the operation of bank offices in the most affected settlements.

   The enemy continues to propagate fear among the residents of the Sumy region: it is spreading information about the preparation of its offensive in the Sumy region to allegedly force the Armed Forces to withdraw reserves from Kupiansk.

   During a meeting with US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed Ukraine’s needs for weapons and finance.

   During the day, Russian troops fired twice at the city of Vovchansk, a year old man was injured.

   During a conference call, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the problems of access to Ukrainian television signals and blocking Russian propaganda in border communities. Ukrainian technical developments will help counteract propaganda.

   Russian troops shelled the village of Lvove in the Kherson region. The shells damaged a local school and a private house caught fire. No one was injured.

   Ukraine has managed to increase the production of Bohdan self propelled artillery systems to per month, and the production of drones and shells is also growing.

   Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district with artillery and drones, hitting an infrastructure facility and an agricultural company.

   In the past hours, combat engagements took place on the battlefield in Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled most enemy attacks in the Bakhmut, Novopavlivka and Avdiivka sectors.

   President Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of Jewish organizations and students of a Jewish school and thanked the entire Jewish community for supporting Ukraine in its struggle for freedom.

   On the night of April , the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed four S launchers, an air defense control center, three radar stations, and an airspace surveillance equipment Fundament M in Crimea.

   The European Commission has announced the allocation of an additional billion euros to support researchers from Ukraine under the Horizon Europe program.

   President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has honored defenders of Ukraine with state awards.

   On April , Russian troops launched a missile attack on a village in the Kharkiv region, injuring a man.

   Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with French Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire to discuss the confiscation of frozen Russian assets.

   To support the Czech initiative to aid Ukraine, which the Slovak government refused to join, Slovak organizations launched a fundraising campaign called Ammunition for Ukraine, which raised nearly EUR . million in just three days.

   Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have called on the U.S. Congress to continue supporting Ukraine against the backdrop of Russian aggression.

   Ukraine needs at least billion in international aid for budget support this year in the context of Russia’s ongoing war.

   German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck is visiting Kyiv on Thursday, accompanied by a business delegation consisting of the heads of defense enterprises that produce weapons systems for Ukraine.

   Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, believes that the war will continue as long as the Putin regime remains in power in the Russian Federation.

   The Security Service of Ukraine SBU has detained an aide to Ukrainian MP Nestor Shufrych, who financed the Russian Guard in Crimea.

   The Ukrainian defense industry will produce ten Bohdana self propelled howitzers this month and even more in May and later.

   In the Novhorod Siverskyi district of the Chernihiv region, Russians attacked a car of a local bakery with drones.

   An infrastructure facility and an enterprise were damaged in the Dnipro district of the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of a Russian missile attack.

   Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov have familiarized themselves with new models of weapons and military equipment made in Ukraine.

   The Russian fleet in the Black Sea has been the least active since the beginning of the war against Ukraine after the suspension of the Black Sea Fleet commander.

   Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Dnipro district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring two people.

   In Chernihiv, people injured in a Russian missile strike are in serious condition in hospitals.

   Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba informed Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa about the missile attack on Chernihiv and discussed the development of the Special Global Partnership.

   At night, Russians shelled Kherson, damaging heating pipes.