Ukraine can’t negotiate with a nation that wants to erase its people from existence ( thehill.com )
The epic battle that saved Kyiv from Russian occupation - the Battle of Antonov Airfield ( www.counteroffensive.news )
By 3 p.m. on February 24th, 2022, the first day of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian forces had been forced to pull back to the perimeter of the strategic site....
Ukraine’s Zelensky Signs Medical Marijuana Bill, A Step He Says Can Heal ‘Pain, Stress and Trauma Of War’ With Russia ( www.marijuanamoment.net )
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China deals major blow to Russia with payments ban: UnionPay cards linked to Huawei Pay service stopped working in Russia allegedly due to Western sanctions ( www.newsweek.com )
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Council of Europe unanimously votes to use seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine reconstruction, compensation ( www.euractiv.com )
EU member states on Monday (15 April) were close to a deal, with EU diplomats saying last outstanding technical issues remained to be solved, with the aim for the bloc to use the profits by June....
SpaceX Starlink terminals openly available on Russian website offered by Chinese drone maker DJI claiming to be an "official distributor" ( www.newsweek.com )
The revelation follows allegations Russian forces are deploying Starlink in their invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year. DJI says it forbids distributors from selling its products in instances of suspected combat end-use. In April 2022, the tech firm announced it was temporarily suspending business in both Russia and...
Moldova is ready to ensure supply of electricity to Ukraine ( www.pravda.com.ua )
As U.S. government remains gridlocked, Warren Buffett's son Howard has given Ukraine half a billion dollars ( fortune.com )
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has given more than half a billion dollars in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country two years ago. And while Congress is gridlocked at the moment about supplying additional aid to the country, Buffett says he’s planning to keep giving....
Poland prepares Ukrainian Legion, 'several thousand' already registered ( kyivindependent.com )
Russia lacks troops, ammunition for major offensive in Ukraine, NATO official tells Reuters ( kyivindependent.com )
Opinion: Helping Ukraine to strike inside Russia is already paying off ( www.yahoo.com )
Ukraine-Built MAGURA V5 Naval Drones Sink Russian Patrol Ship Sergey Kotov ( www.kyivpost.com )
UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package ( www.gov.uk )
Russia has lost over 400,000 soldiers in Ukraine ( news.yahoo.com )
F-16 Fighters Now En Route to Ukraine ( www.airandspaceforces.com )
US lawmakers quiz Elon Musk's SpaceX amid claims that its technology is being used by Russian forces in Ukraine ( www.bbc.com )
Mr Musk recently denied that any terminals - which are key to Ukraine's army operations - were sold to Russia....
Finland announces $170 million in new military aid for Ukraine ( kyivindependent.com )
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' ( www.bbc.com )
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald Trump...
US Secretary of State Blinken performs ‘Rockin in the Free World’ on guitar in Kyiv bar ( ca.news.yahoo.com )
Russian network that 'paid European politicians' busted, authorities claim ( www.kyivpost.com )
The future commander of the Estonian Defense Forces: The war must be able to be taken to Russian territory ( yle.fi )
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NATO Allies Offer Ukraine Five More Patriot Air Defense Systems ( archive.ph )
Ukrainian Partisans Blow Up Russian Railroad Track Used to Transport Ammo From North Korea ( www.kyivpost.com )
Ukrainian foreign minister after Navalny's death: 'It is time to end naivete' about Putin ( kyivindependent.com )
Dmytro Kuleba referenced in his post on social media the high-profile murders of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, tax advisor Sergei Magnitsky in 2009, and opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in 2015, adding that "there was outrage after each murder, but Putin eventually got away with it, and world leaders shook his hand...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began two years ago, nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia. Of those, only 388 have been returned to their families. ( globalnews.ca )
Researchers say that parents are tortured for information and forced to work in prison camps while their children are sent elsewhere — first to occupied territories like Donetsk and Luhansk, and then to Russia or Belarus....
