Images on social media showed an apartment building on fire in the central Ukrainian town of Uman, and authorities said emergency services were at work.

According to Yonhap News Agency: Japan invited South Korea to participate in the G7 finance ministers meeting.

Shell: The amount of crude oil leaked from the Zydeco pipeline is limited, initially estimated at about 30 barrels.

Philippine Central Bank: We remain ready to respond appropriately to ongoing inflation risks.

Central Bank of the Philippines: It is expected that the inflation rate in April may be between 6.3% and 7.1%.

The explosion occurred in Kiev, Interfax Ukraine and a local Telegraph channel reported.

Market news: Due to the crude oil spill, Shell shut down some sections of its Zydeco oil pipeline.

The yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond fell further to 0.470%.

According to the Interfax news agency: An air strike warning was issued across Ukraine, and explosions occurred in several cities.

The yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond fell to 0.475%.

The annual rate of private business loans in Australia was 6.8% in March, compared with the previous value of 7.60%.

In the first quarter of Australia, the PPI quarterly rate was 1%, the previous value was 0.70%.