
U.S. officials responded to Russia’s deadly Palm Sunday attack on Sumy with condolences for Ukraine, but no calls for increased pressure on Moscow.
Russia targeted Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy with ballistic missiles the morning of …
Amy B. Zegart

U.S. officials responded to Russia’s deadly Palm Sunday attack on Sumy with condolences for Ukraine, but no calls for increased pressure on Moscow.
Russia targeted Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy with ballistic missiles the morning of …

Key developments on April 12-13:

Russia deployed cluster munitions in its deadly Palm Sunday missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on April 13.
Russia attacked the northeastern city with ballistic missiles on the morning …

The burnt shell of a red bus lied in the center of Sumy after Russia launched two ballistic missiles hurtled at city on April 13 — not one passenger survived, Anna Shpurik, a journalist at local media Cukr told the Kyiv Independent following the …

Russia’s deadly Palm Sunday missile strike on the city of Sumy “crosses any line of decency,” U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg said on April 13 in a post condemning the attack.
Russia launched two ballistic missiles at …
In another bold move, Russian forces sent armored vehicles toward Ukrainian positions only to suffer losses yet again. Near Toretsk, Ukrainian troops turned the Russian armored column into a pile of burning wreckage.
Once more, Russia attempted a …
The Estonian Transport Department identified 40 violations on the Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker, Kiwala, leading to its detention by Estonian authorities. The vessel has been barred from continuing its journey until the deficiencies are rectified. …
There seems to be a disturbing pattern emerging: meetings between U.S. President's Special Representative Steve Witkoff and Russian authorities are followed by harsh strikes by Russia against Ukrainian civilians. Russia launched a ballistic attack on …
In a haunting escalation of the ongoing conflict, Russian forces unleashed a barrage of ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian city of Sumy early Sunday, April 13th, according to local authorities and a statement from President Volodymyr Zelensky on his …

European leaders have condemned Russia’s missile attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy that killed at least 32 people, including two children, and injured 84.
Russia on April 13 launched two ballistic missiles at the city in …

Russia’s ambassador to the U.K. did not deny Moscow is tracking British nuclear submarines in British waters but claimed it posed no threat to the U.K., the BBC reported on April 12.
BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg questioned Ambassador Andrei …

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story.
A Russian ballistic missile strike killed multiple people in the city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar reported on April 13.
There are 21 confirmed dead and at least 20 …

An explosion rocked a thermal power plant in the Russian city Orenburg, the local Emergency Services Ministry reported on April 13.
As a result, a fire broke out at a substation in the morning, leaving many local residents without power. There were no …

Russia has lost 932,670 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on April 13.
The number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …

Germany’s incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said Ukraine should not join NATO or the European Union while it remains at war with Russia. In an interview with Handelsblatt published on April 12, Merz emphasized that Ukraine’s wartime status makes …

President Donald Trump said on April 12 that negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine were “going fine,” but emphasized that a resolution must come soon.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump added that …

Ukraine is working to repair damage to the containment structure at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant following a Russian drone strike in February, Environment Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on April 12.
Speaking at the site of the decommissioned …

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending for one year the sanctions against Russia originally imposed by former President Joe Biden in April 2021 over Russia’s harmful foreign activities, according to an April 11 document from …

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russian forces struck a private residence in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, with a glide bomb on April 12, injuring four civilians and potentially trapping others beneath the rubble. …

Iran and the U.S. held indirect talks in Oman on April 12, according to Iranian media sources.
This marks the first round of negotiations between Tehran and the current U.S. Donald Trump administration, following years of heightened tensions.
The …