Residents of Kyiv are trying to warm themselves by a grill in an area that has been left without electricity. Photo Reuters / Thomas Peter.
- Martial law and mobilization in Ukraine have been extended until May 4.
- The European Union has approved a ban on the import of Russian gas by the end of 2027, despite protests from Slovakia and Hungary, which opposed it at a meeting in Brussels. Hungary intends to appeal to the European Court.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the possibility of a new round of trilateral negotiations involving Russia and the USA this Sunday.
- According to Zelensky's decree, the updated composition of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine includes the new Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, while former SBU head Vasyl Maliuk has been excluded.
- As a result of a combined strike from Russia, more than 80% of Kharkiv region, including its administrative center, has been left without electricity.
- In Kryvyi Rih, a Russian drone hit a residential building, but there are no casualties.
- In Belgorod region, two cars were hit by Ukrainian drones, resulting in two people being injured.
- Ukrainian drones attacked Sloviansk-on-Kuban in the Krasnodar region, with authorities reporting debris from drones falling on enterprises; the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the attack on the Sloviansk Oil Refinery.
- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has formed 15 members of the new Platform of Russian Democratic Forces, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Oleg Orlov, and Lyubov Sobol.
- Poland has transferred 130 generators to Ukraine, purchased with funds raised by volunteers.
- As a result of the attack on Kyiv on January 24, two facilities in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were damaged.
