Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq. km (185 sq. miles) of territory in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front since late January, its army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, adding that Russia was continuing its spring offensive.

On the night of April 4, russia attacked Ukraine with drones. The air alert covered the Sumy, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia Regions.The Air Force, in particular,

The war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year. Over the past few months, Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control, mostly in the east of Ukraine, and have continued their barrage of air strikes on Kyiv and other cities.

Fire Point, maker of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, is in talks with European companies to launch a new air defense system by next year.

In late January a Russian drone damaged the Druzhba pipeline, through which Russian oil flows to Slovakia and Hungary. While after the attacks Ukraine admitted that reparations were (and still are) needed,

Russia claims full control of Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, asserting military gains amid ongoing conflict with Ukraine.