You missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes will update you every evening. Here is the essential of this Sunday, April 26, 2026, the 1,522nd day of the conflict.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sunday that the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, would visit Russia, according to Russian state agencies. The date of the visit and whether he will meet Vladimir Putin was not specified. “We confirm Araghchi’s visit to Russia for talks,” the ministry announced, following the statement by the Iranian ambassador in Russia that Abbas Araghchi would meet the Russian president in Moscow on Monday to discuss the ongoing peace talks in the Middle East.
New Russian bombings in Ukraine on Sunday killed at least three people, following particularly intense strikes the previous day. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “nuclear terrorism” on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
“Three.” New Russian bombings in Ukraine on Sunday killed at least three people, following particularly intense strikes. The Ukrainian authorities announced early in the morning Russian attacks targeting infrastructure in the regions of Chyhyryn (north) and Odessa (south), with no immediate reported casualties.
In Sumy (northeast), a drone attack killed two men, aged 48 and 72, in the village of Bilopillia, five kilometers from the Russian border. In the Dnipropetrovsk region (central-east), bombings using drones and missiles killed one person and injured four others. Dnipro, the capital of this region, was subjected to waves of Russian strikes for over 20 hours on Saturday, resulting in at least eight deaths.
The Russian army chief met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Sunday, and both agreed to establish long-term military cooperation, reported the Russian news agency TASS. North Korea has sent thousands of soldiers, as well as missiles and ammunition, to support Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Our dossier on the war in Ukraine: “We agreed with the Ministry of Defense (of North Korea) that our military cooperation will be based on a long-term sustainable basis,” said the Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. “This year promises to be at least as rich in bilateral contacts in many areas,” he added.
