- Russia-Ukraine Daily News
- Posts
- Daily Briefing
Dear Reader, if you find this email interesting, helpful or of value, please do consider forwarding it to your friends or colleagues and encouraging them to subscribe. Thank you.
Morning Headlines
Reuters: Russian forces launched a mass overnight drone attack on residential areas of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, triggering fires and damaging many apartments, local officials said early on Tuesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine received a shipment of equipment from the IT Coalition financed by Luxembourg and Iceland, Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on April 21.
ISW: Russian state media amplified Kherson Oblast occupation head Vladimir Saldo's calls for additional territorial concessions from Ukraine in areas to which Russia has not yet laid formal claim.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian officials discussed the possibility of reviving plans for a Trump Tower in Moscow to entice U.S. President Donald Trump to reset relations, the Moscow Times reported on April 21.
More News
AP News: Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter 'ceasefire' unilaterally declared by Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, a regional official said Monday.
The Moscow Times: As Moscow prepares for possible negotiations with Washington aimed at ending its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is seeking a far more ambitious outcome than a mere ceasefire: a global reordering of spheres of influence.
AFP: A Ukrainian delegation will be in London on Wednesday for ceasefire talks, as European and US officials press for a halt to Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Bloomberg: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg are expected to meet with the foreign ministers and national security advisers from France, Germany, the UK and Ukraine (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces are intensifying efforts to push Ukrainian troops out of Kursk Oblast and capture border areas of Sumy Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a Facebook post on April 21.
United24 Media: Russian troops are gradually retreating from the western outskirts of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, according to Ukraine’s Operational-Strategic Group “Khortytsia,” on April 21.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Air Force struck a Russian drone launch site near the village of Tetkino in Russia's Kursk Oblast on April 19, Ukraine's General Staff reported on April 21.
The Insider: The Russian disinformation network Matryoshka has launched its first large-scale campaign aimed at Moldova.
The Kyiv Independent: The Defense Ministry has allocated one-third of its defense budget to production of high-tech weaponry, including drones, electronic warfare systems, and missile technologies, Hlib Kanievskyi, a procurement chief at the ministry, said on April 21.
The Moscow Times: Putin on Monday signed into law a bill expanding the criteria for designating individuals and organizations as “foreign agents,” targeting Russians connected with foreign government agencies and international organizations in which Russia is not a member.
The Kyiv Independent: Chinese nationals have been increasingly attempting to smuggle military equipment and dual-use goods out of Russia, often using international postal services, Russian state-controlled media Izvestia reported on April 21.
United24 Media: Ukrainian forces from the 66th Mechanized Brigade “Prince Mstyslav the Brave” destroyed a rare Russian engineering vehicle used to deploy temporary roadways—marking the first confirmed loss of such equipment since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian nationals in the U.S. plan to hold the Immortal Regiment March in Washington, D.C., on May 3 to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, Ukrinform reported on April 21.
worth mentioning
US recognizing Crimea as Russian would be 'much worse than Munich in 1938,' Ukrainian lawmaker says
ISW Russian Occupation Update, April 21, 2025
Russa-Ukraine Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Do you think your friend or colleague should know about this newsletter? Forward it to them, please.They can also sign up here
Please consider supporting my work