Ukraine has imported a staggering 127,800 civilian drones, valued at $371.3 million, in the first quarter of 2025. An overwhelming 98% of these UAVs originate from China, benefiting from customs duty exemptions, reported Ukraine's Customs Service's. …
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Ukraine's 2025 drone imports soar with 98% arriving from China
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'Not all Hungarians are Orban,' say Ukrainians living in EU's most pro-Russian country
Every time Daryna Koryagina enters her Budapest flat rented to her by a Hungarian friend, she sees the same sticker on a wardrobe inside the entrance.
“Sorry about our prime minister,” it reads.
The 33-year-old refugee and PhD student is …
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51st GRAU arsenal of the Russian Ministry of Defense OBLITERATED in Explosions 💥 🧨
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Russia used Easter truce to regroup in Lyman sector, launched offensive after, military says
Russian forces in the Lyman sector of Donetsk Oblast violated the one-day Easter ceasefire, used it to regroup, and launched a large-scale infantry assault shortly after its end, Anastasiia Blyshchyk, spokesperson for Ukraine’s 66th Separate …
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This Ukrainian mining company is losing hope in Trump's minerals deal
Standing beside a sleepy village in Ukraine’s central Kirovohrad Oblast, the Zavalivskiy mine lies beneath layers of brown and pink earth, holding some 7.5 million metric tons of graphite ore — the second largest flake graphite mine in Europe.
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US envoy Witkoff expected to visit Moscow this week, Putin aide says
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow this week, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian state-controlled media outlet Interfax on April 22.
“We are expecting (him),” Ushakov said when asked if Witkoff …
A Ceasefire – Real and Lasting – Must Be the First Step Toward Secure and Enduring Peace – Zelenskyy
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Australia reacts to Russia’s ‘you have no cards’ warning regarding rumored military base in Indonesia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed as “propaganda” an op-ed by Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia, Sergei Tolchenov, amid concerns of Moscow increasing its military presence in the region.
In the op-ed published in The …
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"This Is Not a War – It Is Terror Against Civilians". Russia and the Collapse of the "Easter Truce"
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Crimean Tatar Mejlis rejects any international recognition of Crimea as Russian, chairman says
The Mejlis, the representative body of the Crimean Tatar people, will reject any international recognition of Russian-occupied Crimea as Russian territory, Refat Chubarov, the body’s chairman, said in a statement published on Facebook on April …
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Ukrainian Forces repel major Russian assault in Zaporizhzhia region
Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully thwarted a large-scale assault involving six columns of Russian equipment in Zaporizhzhia. Russia deployed hundreds of fighters and 40 units of armored vehicles in this massive attack, but their initial infantry …
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North Korea supplies Russia with M1991 multiple rocket launchers
New video evidence has surfaced, confirming that North Korea has provided Russia with 240-mm M1991 multiple rocket launchers. This striking development comes amid reports that North Korea has supplied Russia with approximately 120 such systems. …
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Russia intensifying hybrid attacks against Europe, Dutch intelligence says
Russia is stepping up its hybrid attacks aimed at the Netherlands and its European allies, the Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD said on April 22.
The news follows multiple reports of damaged undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, arson and …
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S. Korea’s surprising sympathy for N. Korean POWs held by Ukraine
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