After the US House of Representatives approved a national security bill providing for the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a chance to “stabilize the situation and seize the initiative,” Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News.

A resident of Orsk criticized the mayor of the city, Vasily Kozupitsa, reproaching him for “sitting in clean pants” and having “a son in Dubai,” while those affected by the flood have been walking for two weeks “without money, without everything.” In a video published by the NeTV telegram channel, a resident of Orsk, addressing Kozupitsa standing in front of her, says that she did not receive any help. “Why did my husband die? Because you covered your ass here?

Swiss President Viola Amherd sent him a letter shortly after Vladimir Putin's re-election as president. The Swiss Ministry of Defense insists that it should not be perceived as congratulations on the election victory, but as a call for dialogue, writes Blick. “This letter is not a congratulation,” Swiss Defense Ministry spokesman Lorenz Frischknecht told the publication.

He took two penalties in the post -match series with Manchester City - and brought the Spanish club to the semifinals of the Champions League Chris Brunskill / Fantasista / Getty images Andrey Lunin surrounded by players of Real Madrid after the victory over Manchester City in the Penalti series, April 17, 2024 In his youth, Andrei Lunin was considered one of the most talented goalkeepers in the world: he early entrenched in the Ukrainian Dnieper and Dawn and received the prize to the best

In the Odessa region, two men were detained for opening fire on police officers who stopped their car for inspection, said the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vygovsky. According to Vygovsky, the attackers were two military men, a father and son, 52 and 26 years old, natives of the Vinnytsia region. Their names are not mentioned.

In Ukrainsk, Donetsk region, an 82-year-old woman was killed as a result of shelling by Russian troops, the regional prosecutor's office and the Selidov city administration reported . Four more people were injured in the shelling. Men aged from 21 to 53 years suffered injuries of varying severity and received medical assistance. Six apartment buildings were also damaged.

The scale of Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel corresponded to the worst-case scenarios of US intelligence, The Wall Street Journal writes , citing US officials. US intelligence reports suggested Iran could attack Israeli diplomatic or other installations outside the country. However, even at the beginning of the launch of drones and missiles from Iran, the scale of the attack plan did not immediately become clear to US intelligence, writes WSJ.

The website of the international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is blocked in Russia, Roskomsvoboda reports. Access is limited to all domains and subdomains of the site. In the register of prohibited information where the site is included, the government agency that made the decision to block is not indicated. The reason for the blocking is unknown.

(Briefly) We tell what he is accused of - and how it affects his rivalry with Bayden Maansi Srivastava / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Donald Trump in the corridor of the court building in New York after the meeting. April 19, 2024 In New York, the process begins on one of four criminal cases against Donald Trump. The former president is suspected of falsification of business reporting to conceal payments for the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels.

The former head of government of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Ruben Vardanyan, who has been under arrest in Baku since September last year, was allowed to talk to his family after he went on a hunger strike, according to a statement on his Telegram channel. Before this, Vardanyan was kept in custody for more than two weeks without the right to correspondence or communication, the family’s statement states.

Seven hundred eighty -seventh day of the war. Photos Every day since the beginning of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Medusa editors choose the main military pictures taken the day before. These photos contain scenes of cruelty, violence and death, but most of them are not placed under a special dick, which usually the editors hide similar images. In a series of these materials, we try to document the war as it is. 787th day of the war.

In the coming days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce sanctions against the Israeli Defense Forces' Netzach Yehuda battalion for human rights violations in the West Bank, Axios writes , citing three American sources. This will be the first time that the United States will impose sanctions against a unit of the Israeli army, Axios notes.

The United States is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kiev, Politico writes . According to Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the US Department of Defense has been adjusting its presence in Ukraine. “We are currently considering the possibility of sending several additional advisers to strengthen the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation,” Ryder said.

Updated. Speaker of the Ukrainian Navy Dmitry Pletenchuk said that the Black Sea Fleet ship Kommuna was damaged during the attack. “The nature of the damage is being verified. But the ship is definitely not capable of performing its tasks now,” Pletenchuk wrote. He said that “this will continue to happen” until Russia runs out of ships or “gets out” of Crimea.

Seven hundred eighty -eighth day. Online "Medus" “Medusa” since February 24, 2022 is following the Russian invasion of Ukraine live. Read the Chronicle of the events of April 20 here , see the photos of the previous day of the war here . Main news: The US Senate will consider the bill on military assistance to Ukraine on April 23. The New York Times: The first batch of weapons from the United States may arrive in Ukraine a few days after the adoption of the bill.