You missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes provides you with a summary every evening. Here’s the essential news for Saturday, April 25, 2026, the 1,522nd day of the conflict.
The headline of the day: Volodymyr Zelensky announced a strengthening of cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan in the areas of security and energy on Saturday. This is the first visit to Azerbaijan since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“We signed six documents today,” said the Ukrainian president after a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliev. “These cover various areas. Today, the main focus is security,” he added.
The Ukrainian president thanked his host for the energy assistance provided during the winter, when Ukraine was plunged into darkness and cold due to Russian strikes on its energy facilities. “We are discussing the continuation of these initiatives,” he said.
The statement: Drawing on the inevitable distancing from the United States – regardless of the American president – François Hollande argued on Saturday for the rapid construction of a tighter European defense focused on a few willing countries.
The number of the day: 6. This is the number of people killed in Russian strikes in Dnipro, in the east-central Ukraine, as announced by authorities on Saturday. This led Volodymyr Zelensky to call for new sanctions against Moscow. 47 other people, including two children, were injured.
The trend: Russia is the number one suspect in phishing attacks on Signal, according to Berlin. “The federal government assumes that the phishing campaign targeting the Signal messaging service was likely orchestrated from Russia,” learned AFP from German government circles. Several German politicians, as well as diplomats, military personnel, and journalists, have had their communications hacked since February.
According to the same source, the data leak is now contained.
Our coverage on the war in Ukraine: The hacking of Signal, known as a secure messaging service, was carried out through phishing, a technique in which the attacker pretends to be a known person or organization to trick the recipient into sharing personal data, clicking on a corrupted link, or providing their password.
