For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Kyiv Post, and Tass; others or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 4-21-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  IRAN, 9/11 TRUTH, LEBANON and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Russian drones batter Ukraine’s Odesa as peace talks come to a crux, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa in a nighttime attack, local authorities said today, less than 24 hours after a purported Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by Moscow ended and just over a day before Ukrainian, British, French and U.S. officials are due to meet in London to discuss the war. READ MORE . . .

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Russian bombs kill 1, injure 22 in Zaporizhzhia amid Kyiv’s calls for civilian infrastructure truce, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent  Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia today, killing at least one person and injuring at least 22, including three children, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. READ MORE . . .

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Kremlin: Putin willing to discuss Zelenskiy’s call for halt to attacks on civilian infrastructure, by Dmitry Antonov | Reuters   MOSCOW — Russia is ready to consider a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a halt to attacks by both sides on each other’s civilian infrastructure, the Kremlin said today. READ MORE . . .

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‘Russia Is source of war,’ Ukraine still open to ceasefire – Zelensky. From Kyiv Post. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country remains open to the idea of a ceasefire on long-range strikes and is just awaiting a “clear response from Moscow.” READ MORE . . .

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Russian servicemen liberate Gornal monastery in Kursk Region — sources. From Tass. KURSK — Russian servicemen have liberated the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in the village of Gornal in the Kursk Region, according to security forces who said the Ukrainian military used it as a military facility. READ MORE . . .

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