For today, links to eight reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others or headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 4-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.)— MCM

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Russia hammers major Ukraine city transformer station, multiple cities, ‘ceasefire’ is over, by Stefan Korshak |  Kyiv Post  Russian drones and artillery blasted transformers and electricity transformers in Kherson on Wednesday, ending a nearly month-long tacit agreement between Kyiv and Moscow not to hit each other’s power grids. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine insists on ‘immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire,’ Zelensky says, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine insists on an “immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said today amid strained peace efforts and intensifying Russian attacks. READ MORE . . .

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London talks on ending Russia-Ukraine war pared down as Russian drone attack on bus kills 9, by Illia Novikov, Aamer Madhani and Jill Lawless | AP   KYIV — A planned meeting today between top U.S., British, French and Ukrainian diplomats to push for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine was scrapped at the last minute amid little sign of progress in international efforts to end the more than three-year war. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, NPR and the Moscow Times.

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Vance tells Russia and Ukraine to accept peace terms or risk U.S. abandoning talks. From Moscow Times. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance today warned that Washington may abandon efforts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine unless Moscow and Kyiv agree to terms currently under discussion. His comments echoed those issued earlier . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian combat engineers survey 45 communities in Kursk border area for explosives. From Tass. KURSK — Russian combat engineers have surveyed 45 communities in border areas of the Kursk Region for the presence of explosives, and similar efforts are underway in 28 more settlements, acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said today. READ MORE . . .

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