21 April 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• On the approach to Kyiv, air defense forces destroyed about 8 Russian drones
• Night drone attack: in Poltava Oblast, the enemy hit civilian infrastructure
• Russia's ambassador to Bulgaria violated the Vienna Convention by declaring support for a pro-Russian candidate
• The Russian Federation attacked an infrastructure facility in Vinnytsia at night: there was a hit
• British intelligence: Russian propaganda exaggerates the impact of weather on Ukraine's expected counteroffensive
• A drone fell on a residential building in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation
• The German Ministry of Defense: NATO's door is a little open for Ukraine, but it is not time to talk about joining
• The head of the German Defense Ministry considers the operations of the Armed Forces on the territory of Russia permissible
• Arms exports from the Russian Federation to India have stopped due to fears of sanctions
• Canada announced a new package of military support to Ukraine worth almost $29 million
• The European Parliament calls for an end to Hungary's constant abuse of the veto
• China says Taiwan belongs to it "historically"
• The Kremlin threatened Kyiv after terminating the lease agreement with the Russian embassy
• Hungary was outraged by the NATO Secretary General's statement about Ukraine's future in the Alliance
• Albania canceled visa-free travel for citizens of the Russian Federation
• The German tire manufacturer Continental has agreed to sell a factory in the Russian Federation
• One UOC MP priest was exchanged for 28 Ukrainian soldiers
• More than 16,000 Ukrainian soldiers have already been trained as part of the EU mission
• Uber got rid of its stake in Russian "Yandex.Taxi" for $700 million
• More and more Russian cyberattacks are recorded in Finland
• The head of the Pentagon: Putin's war is the cause of NATO expansion, not the consequence
• Defense forces repelled 30 enemy attacks, Bakhmut remains the epicenter
• German Defense Minister: Our fighter jets will not fit Ukraine
• NATO Secretary General on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces: Ukrainian troops will liberate even more territories
• Top US general: Russian troops in Ukraine suffer from poor discipline and morale
• A court in Moscow arrested the Bulgarian journalist and head of Bellingcat Hristo Grozev in absentia
• Five EU countries are asking the European Commission to ban the import of even more products from Ukraine
• Latvia has decided to transfer all the Stinger MANPADS it has to Ukraine
• The Czech Republic offered to expand the T-72 tank modernization program for Ukraine
• In Italy, the assets of the Russian Artem Uss, who fled from justice, were frozen
• Air defense destroyed 4 UAVs in the evening
• Search teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine found the bodies of almost 500 missing Ukrainian defenders
• Energoatom agreed on the construction of 20 nuclear power units in Ukraine
• Portugal promised Ukraine 5 armored vehicles
• Defense forces repelled more than 50 enemy attacks
• The Russian Federation did not allow the wounded occupiers to enter its territory, some of them died
• Almost 700 more Russians were eliminated in the war