Russian submarine hits Ukraine with missiles:

Russia used a diesel submarine in the Black Sea to strike Ukrainian military targets with Kalibr cruise missiles, the first time Moscow has announced the use of its submarine fleet to hit its former Soviet neighbour.
The Russian defence ministry released a video showing a volley of Kalibr missiles emerging from the sea and soaring off into the horizon, to what the ministry said were Ukrainian military targets.
This is the first time Russia's military has reported using submarine strikes against Ukrainian targets. Russia says it also “destroyed production buildings” at a defence factory in Kyiv. — Agencies

"Ghost Of Kyiv" Dies In Battle After Shooting Down 40 Russian Jets, Identity Revealed:

A Ukrainian fighter pilot, known as the “Ghost of Kyiv”, was killed in a battle last month after shooting down as many as 40 Russian aircraft, the Times of London reported. The publication also identified the brave pilot as Major Stepan Tarabalka, a 29-year-old father of one, as the war hero.

The UK newspaper also said that the Tarabalka, flying a MiG-29, was shot down March 13 while battling an “overwhelming” number of enemy forces.

The fighter pilot was posthumously awarded Ukraine's top medal for bravery in combat, the Order of the Golden Star, according to his family quoted by the Times. He was also given the title of the Hero of Ukraine.

His helmet and goggles are now set to be auctioned in London, according to the Times.

Putin just tested a new long-range missile. What does that mean?

Russia’s recent
test of a new long-range nuclear
missile has renewed concerns about escalation of the current war in Ukraine. Some analysts viewed the missile test as evidence of President Vladimir Putin’s
isolation as his ill-fated campaign drags on — or even as nuclear
saber rattling. Putin himself
warned that Russia’s missile would “make those, who in the heat of frantic aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country, think twice.”

Did Coca-Cola contain cocaine, as claimed by Elon Musk in his tweet?


The world's richest man and Twitter's new owner Elon Musk is on a tweeting spree following his acquisition of the microblogging site. On Thursday, April 28, Musk tweeted that he would be buying Coca-Cola next to "put cocaine back in".
While it is difficult to say how serious Musk is about buying Coca-Cola, his tweet generated curiosity among netizens on whether the soft drink company ever had cocaine in its formula.

East Ukraine under heavy fire in advance of Russian holiday:

Russia pounded a wide area of Ukraine on Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow's forces retreated weeks ago.

At least one person was killed and several were injured in the attack on Kyiv, including some who were trapped in the rubble when two buildings were hit, rescue officials said.

The bombardment came barely an hour after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a news conference with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who said Ukraine has become "an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain." A spokesperson said Guterres and his team were safe.

Meanwhile, explosions were reported across the country, in Polinne in the west, Chernihiv near the border with Belarus, and in Fastiv, a large railway hub southwest of the capital. The mayor of Odesa in southern Ukraine said rockets were intercepted by air defenses.

Biden seeks $33B for Ukraine, signaling long-term commitment:

President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for $33 billion to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia, signaling a burgeoning and long-haul American commitment as Moscow’s invasion and the international tensions it has inflamed show no signs of receding.

The package has about $20 billion in defense spending for Ukraine and U.S. allies in the region and $8.5 billion to keep Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government providing services and paying salaries. There’s $3 billion in global food and humanitarian programs, including money to help Ukrainian refugees who’ve fled to the U.S. and to prod American farmers to grow wheat and other crops to replace the vast amounts of food Ukraine normally produces.

The package, which administration officials estimated would last five months, is more than twice the size of the initial $13.6 billion aid measure that Congress enacted early last month and now is almost drained. With the bloody war dragging into its third month, the measure was designed to signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that U.S. weaponry and other streams of assistance are not going away.

Russia-Ukraine War:

Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago.

Ukrainian emergency services said 10 people were wounded when a Russian missile hit a 25-story apartment building in Kyiv on Thursday evening and set off a fire, which partially destroyed the first and second floors.

The bombardment came barely an hour after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a news conference with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who said Ukraine has become “an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain.”

A spokesperson said Guterres and his team were safe.

Meanwhile, explosions were reported across the country — in Polonne in the west, Chernihiv near the border with Belarus, and Fastiv, a large railway hub southwest of the capital.

Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine:

Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago.

Nearly a dozen people were wounded in the attack on Kyiv, including one who lost a leg and others who were trapped in the rubble when two buildings were hit, rescue officials said.

The bombardment came barely an hour after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a news conference with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who said Ukraine has become “an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain.” A spokesperson said Guterres and his team were safe.

After a rocket: ‘One second and you are left with nothing’:

The boy was at home when the rocket struck across the street and the window shattered. Stunned, he found his father and crawled under his blanket. They clung to each other and asked, “Are you still alive?”

Then the father noticed blood. Glass shards had cut the boy’s right leg to the bone.

The 11-year-old Ukrainian boy was one of at least three people wounded on Thursday morning in what emergency officials called the first strike in a residential area of the southern city of Zaporizhzhia since Russia’s invasion began. The city has been a crucial waypoint for tens of thousands of people fleeing the besieged southern port of Mariupol and is home to Europe’s largest nuclear plant.

Ukrainians Flood Village To Halt Russian Advance On Kyiv:


The invading Russian army has achieved limited success in Ukraine even after two months into the war against its smaller neighbour. While much of the pushback against Kremlin has been credited to strong resistance from Ukraine army - which has been aided by western weapons, the citizens of the country have also played a role in delaying Russian advancement to Kyiv.

One such desperate attempt to achieve "tactical victory" over Moscow includes the intentional flooding of villages leading to Kyiv. According to a report in The New York Times, the move by residents of Demydiv has thwarted a Russian tank assault on Kyiv and bought the army precious time to prepare defenses.

Even though the flooding wreaked havoc in the village, residents in Demydiv, a village north of Kyiv, proudly say the strategic benefit outweighed their hardships.