Two people were killed and six wounded in a Russian strike on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, early on April 30, regional head Oleh Synyehubov said on Telegram as an air-raid alert was announced for most of Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made a surprise visit to Kyiv on April 29 where he told Ukraine that arms and ammunition would start streaming into the country after admitting Western allies had failed to deliver on promises of military support.
Authorities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Karachai-Cherkessia said on April 29 that two police officers were killed and four were wounded overnight in an attack by several armed individuals who threw an explosive device and opened fire at a traffic police patrol.
U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on April 29 that it has captured a village in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, and is advancing westwards as depleted and outgunned Ukrainian forces retreat.