Residents of Kyiv warm themselves by a grill in an area without electricity. Photo Reuters / Thomas Peter.
- Martial law and mobilization in Ukraine have been extended until May 4.
- The European Union has approved a plan that bans the import of Russian gas by 2027. This decision was made at a meeting of ministers in Brussels on Monday, with Slovakia and Hungary opposing it, and Hungary intends to appeal to the European Court.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the possibility of a new round of trilateral negotiations involving delegations from Russia, Ukraine, and the USA on Sunday.
- According to Zelensky's decree, the updated composition of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) includes the new Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov and Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, while former SBU head Vasyl Maliuk has been excluded from the NSDC.
- As a result of the Russian attack, over 80% of the Kharkiv region, including the city of Kharkiv itself, was left without electricity.
- In Kryvyi Rih, a Russian drone hit a residential building, but there were no casualties.
- In the Belgorod region, two cars were attacked by Ukrainian drones, resulting in two people being injured.
- On Monday night, Ukrainian drones attacked Sloviansk-na-Kubani in the Krasnodar region, with authorities reporting debris falling on the territory of two 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) selected 15 members for the new Platform of Russian Democratic Forces, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Oleg Orlov, Lyubov Sobol, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and other exiled opposition figures.
- Poland has transferred 130 generators to Kyiv, which were purchased with funds raised by volunteers.
- As a result of the strike on Kyiv on January 24, two facilities on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were damaged.
