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UPDATE: Russian missile attack on Chernihiv kills 18, injures 78, including children
The death toll of a Russian missile attack on the city of Chernihiv on April 17 has risen to 18, the State Emergency Service reported. In total, 78 people , including four children, were confirmed inj Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Reuters: Ukraine says Russia's use of illegal tear gas on battlefield is increasing
Russian forces have been increasing their usage of riot control gas banned on the battlefield, Colonel Serhii Pakhomov, the acting head of the Ukrainian military’s atomic, biological, and chemical def Source : kyivindependent. read more
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General Staff: Russia has lost 456,960 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Russia has lost 456,960 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on April 18. This number includes 910 ca Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Zelensky addresses European Council summit participants, emphasizes Ukraine's need for more air defense systems
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed European Council summit participants on April 17, calling for urgent assistance with air defense systems in order to counter daily Russian attacks. During a tele Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukrainian writer Dmytro Kapranov dies at 56
Ukrainian writer and public figure Dmytro Kapranov died on April 16, according to the Kapranov brothers’ official Facebook page. He was 56 years old. “Friends, we are in grief. Dmytro died suddenly th Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Targeted Ruzzian Military Airfied in Crimea | ATACMS time
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Culture Ministry removes historical status of Kyiv's Peoples' Friendship Arch, allows for dismantling
Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture removed the formerly-named Peoples' Friendship Arch from the state register of monuments of national importance due to its association with Russia’s ambitions for Soviet Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukrainian Military Update 4/16/24 - 4/17/24
General update regarding the situation in Ukraine for 4/16-4/17/24. Text: pastebin.com/RUpSuyQe Source : soundcloud.com/languagel… read more
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Russia attacks 7 communities in Sumy Oblast
Russian forces attacked Sumy Oblast 39 times in 11 separate attacks throughout the day, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on April 17. The communities of Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopi Source : kyivindependent. read more
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RFE/RL Schemes investigation reveals over 2,000 foreign-made parts used in Russian Sukhoi fighter jets
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s investigation project Schemes revealed on April 17 that over 2,000 foreign-made electronic components are allegedly contained in Russian Sukhoi (Su-type) fighter jets Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Zelensky: Russia must pay a 'painful price' as 'sole culprit of this war'
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 17 that Russia must pay a “painful price” for its war in Ukraine, and frozen Russian assets should be utilized to help Ukraine’s fight against terror. Speaki Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Dutch PM offers to buy Patriot systems from allies for Ukraine
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte offered on April 17 to buy Patriot air defense systems from more hesitant allies in order to send them to Ukraine, The Guardian reported. Russia’s intensifying aerial a Source : kyivindependent. read more
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War for Profit: Corrupt Russia Officials Hide From Jail At the Front Lines
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Zelensky confirms Ukraine struck Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea
Ukrainian forces carried out an attack early on April 17 against a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address. Zelensky thanked Source : kyivindependent. read more
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WP: Secret Kremlin document outlines plan to 'weaken' Ukraine's allies
A secret Kremlin foreign policy document calls for Russia to leverage the war in Ukraine and exploit weaknesses in “unfriendly states” in order to forge a new global order in which the U.S. no longer Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Transparency International: Court leaves ex-Defense Ministry official suspected of embezzlement without pre-trial detention
The court did not send former Defense Ministry official Oleksandr Liyev, who is suspected of embezzling funds for ammunition purchases, into pre-trial detention, Transparency International Ukraine sai Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Opinion: Why is Ukraine rejecting the Belarusian opposition?
Immediately after World War II, the Paris-exiled Polish intellectual Jerzy Giedroyc (of Lithuanian origins, born in Minsk) coined a phrase that would come to define Poland’s foreign policy toward its Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukraine to receive $1.6 billion from EU next week in second tranche of financial aid
A second tranche of EU macro-financial assistance totaling 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) will be given to Ukraine next week, a European Commission official said on April 17. The EU approved the fou Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Inside the Swedish ammunition plant at the forefront of Europe’s push to ramp up shell production
KARLSKOGA, SWEDEN – In a nondescript industrial area nestled among a forest of Swedish pine, a continent-wide effort to ramp up defense production is playing out in real time. A modest, one-story buil Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukraine war latest: Russian attack on Chernihiv kills 17, Johnson sets date on Ukraine aid vote
Key developments on April 17: Russian missile attack on Chernihiv kills at least 17, injures 60, including children Johnson says vote on Ukraine, Israel foreign aid bills to take place on April 20 Sou Source : kyivindependent. read more