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NYT: US secretly sent Ukraine over 100 ATACMS last week
The U.S. secretly shipped over 100 long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine last week, some of which were immediately deployed and used to strike a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crime Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Italy to cooperate with UNESCO in rebuilding Odesa, cathedral damaged by Russian attacks
Italy will sign an agreement with Ukraine and the U.N.’s cultural agency UNESCO to help rebuild Odesa and its famed Transfiguration Cathedral which was damaged by Russian strikes, Italian Foreign Mini Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Russian media reports fire at oil production facility in Omsk
A fire broke out at an oil production facility in the Siberian city of Omsk on April 25, according to Russian media. The state-run media outlet TASS, citing Omsk Oblast’s Governor Vitaly Khotsenko, sa Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukraine's Mariia Sulialina wins 2024 Civil Rights Defender award
Ukraine’s human rights activist Mariia Sulialina has won the 2024 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award, the organization announced on April 25. Sulialina, who heads the Ukrainian human rights organ Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Russia vetoes UN vote on nuclear weapons in space
Russia vetoed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on April 24 aimed at preventing a nuclear arms race in outer space. The draft vote was proposed by Japan and the U.S. and calle Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Russia strikes critical infrastructure facility in Cherkasy Oblast, 6 reportedly injured
Explosions were reported in Cherkasy Oblast at 6:30 a.m. local time on April 25. The explosions followed a warning from the Air Force of the threat of a Russian missile strike in the area . Ihor Tabur Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Reuters: Next round of EU sanctions on Russia to target shadow fleet, ships transporting North Korean equipment
The next round of EU sanctions against Russia is expected to target Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers that transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap and other cargo ships carrying North Ko Source : kyivindependent. read more
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ISW: Effectiveness of new ATACMS may be blunted by delays in US aid
The months-long delay in U.S. military aid for Ukraine may have given Russian forces time to mitigate the effectiveness of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) long-range missile strikes, the Instit Source : kyivindependent. read more
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FT: UK defense chief says Ukraine to increase long-range strikes in Russia
Ukrainian troops will be able to boost the effectiveness of their long-range attacks inside Russia as an influx of Western military aid aims to help Kyiv shape the war “in much stronger ways,” the hea Source : kyivindependent. read more
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General Staff: Russia has lost 462,980 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Russia has lost 462,980 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 25. This number includes 1,040 Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Largest NATO cyber defense exercise begins in Estonia
NATO’s largest cyber defense exercise, Locked Shields, began in Tallinn, Estonia, on April 24, drawing participants from over 40 countries, including Ukraine. NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center o Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Russia arrests political opposition activists in absentia
The Syktyvkar city court in Russia issued arrests in absentia to world chess champion and Free Russia Forum co-founder Garry Kasparov, along with several other activists, on charges of creating a “ter Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Polish defense minister: Poland ready to help Ukraine get its military-aged men back
Poland will help Ukraine bring its military-aged men back following new changes to passport and consular service laws for Ukrainian men living abroad, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Zelensky: Russia planning to disrupt global peace summit in Switzerland
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 24 that Russia is preparing to disrupt a global peace summit set to take place in Switzerland in June. The Swiss government confirmed earlier this month that Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Latvian defense minister: Drone coalition raises over $535 million to buy drones for Ukraine
A drone coalition co-led by the U.K. and Latvia has collected over 500 million euros ($535 million) to purchase drones for Ukraine, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds wrote on X on April 24. The d Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Explaining Washington’s REPO Act that could kick-start the confiscation of frozen Russian assets
The U.S. on April 20 became the first nation to adopt legislation green-lighting confiscating frozen Russian assets for Ukraine. President Joe Biden signed the REPO Act alongside a $95 billion foreign Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Zelensky on US aid: 'We will do everything to compensate for the 6 months that have passed in debate and doubt'
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his April 24 evening address that Ukraine “will do everything” to compensate for the six months that passed while the country waited for the U.S. to pass further a Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Ukraine, Portugal start talks on security agreement
Ukraine and Portugal have begun negotiations on a draft bilateral security agreement, the Presidential Office reported on April 24. Over 30 countries have joined the Group of Seven (G7) Joint Declarat Source : kyivindependent. read more
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Joe Biden Signing the National Security Bill 😍 | Instagram of Joe Biden
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Ukraine war latest: Biden signs $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine; US began secretly providing ATACMS in March
Key developments on April 24: Biden signs $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine Pentagon ready to send $1 billion in weapons to Kyiv State Department confirms US began secretly providing Ukraine long-range Source : kyivindependent. read more