Russian-controlled court jails woman for buying Ukrainian war bonds A woman living in a Russian-controlled part of southern Ukraine has been found guilty of ​treason and sentenced to 14 years in ‌prison for buying war bonds to support the Ukrainian military, the court...

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A woman living in a Russian-controlled part of southern #Ukraine has been found guilty of ​treason and sentenced to 14 years in ‌prison for buying war bonds to support the Ukrainian military, the court that convicted her said on Thursday.

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EU risks fallout with US over Trump-linked Balkans pipeline plan Exclusive: Brussels seeks to stall award of contract to firm fronted by US president’s lawyer in letter seen by Guardian

🇪🇺 🇺🇸 The EU risks a confrontation with #Trump after it sought to stall the awarding of a lucrative Balkans pipeline contract to a company fronted by his personal lawyer, documents seen by the Guardian show.

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#europe #usa

Prince Harry arrives in Kyiv in a show of support Britain's Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital ​Kyiv on Thursday in a show ‌of support for the country in its fifth year of war with Russia.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 Britain's Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital #Kyiv on Thursday in a show ‌of support for the country in its fifth year of war with Russia.

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Russia Claims It Got Invited to G20 in the US—Who Will Represent Moscow Remains a Mystery Russia says it received a Russia G20 invitation for the 2026 summit in Miami, but Deputy FM Alexander Pankin says who attends remains undecided.

🇺🇲🇷🇺 #Russia has confirmed that it received an invitation to attend the upcoming Group of 20 summit in the United States at the highest level.

However, it has not yet been decided who will represent the country.

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Zelensky to join European leaders in Cyprus as EU unblocks €90bn Ukraine loan President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with EU leaders Thursday in Cyprus as the bloc prepares to approve a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, ending a prolonged deadlock. Hungary premier Viktor...

🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU leaders will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday in #Cyprus to celebrate the release of a 90-billion-euro loan for Kyiv after a prolonged deadlock.

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Russian billionaires boost wealth by 11% over a year despite war and sanctions, Forbes says Russian billionaires increased their wealth by 11% to a record $696.5 billion over the past year despite the ​war in Ukraine and the toughest Western sanctions ‌ever imposed on a major economy, Forbes...

🇷🇺 Russian billionaires increased their wealth by 11% to a record $696.5 billion over the past year despite the ​war in Ukraine and the toughest Western sanctions ‌ever imposed on a major economy, Forbes #Russia reported.

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Druzhba oil flow to Slovakia resumed early on Thursday, Slovak ministry says Slovakia started receiving crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline ​early on Thursday, the country's Economy Ministry ‌said, confirming the end of a months-long outage after what Ukraine said was a Rus...

🇸🇰 #Slovakia started receiving crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline ​early on Thursday, the country's Economy Ministry ‌said, confirming the end of a months-long outage after what Ukraine said was a Russian strike on ​the pipeline.

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Drone attacks target oil facilities in Russia's Samara, Nizhny Novgorod oblasts Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted oil and energy infrastructure across multiple regions of Russia and occupied Ukraine overnight on April 23, according to Russian authorities and Telegram media cha...

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted oil and energy infrastructure across multiple regions of #Russia and occupied #Ukraine overnight on April 23, according to Russian authorities and Telegram media channels.

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Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich escorted several more sanctioned tankers through the English Channel and remains in the strait The frigate Admiral Grigorovich of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has escorted three sanctioned tankers through the English Channel and remains in the…

🇷🇺 🇬🇧 The frigate Admiral Grigorovich of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has escorted three sanctioned tankers through the English Channel and remains in the waters of the strait, according to a report by the maritime OSINT project Russian Forces Spotter.

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Russian drone attack on Dnipro kills 2, injures 8 Two people were killed and at least eight were injured in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro overnight on April 22–23, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported.

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Two people were killed and at least eight were injured in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro overnight on April 22–23, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported.

Among the wounded are two children, girls aged 9 and 14, who were hospitalized following the attack.

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European Union ramps up crisis testing, convinced that Trump's security priorities lie elsewhere The European Union is preparing to test rules that require member countries to assist each other during crises.

🇪🇺 The European Union is set to ramp up tests on rules that oblige the bloc’s 27 member countries to help each other in times of crisis, as the reality sinks in that Washington’s commitment to #NATO and security in #Europe under Trump is evaporating.

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A longer Iran conflict could boost risk for Ukraine securing missile defences, Zelenskiy says Ukraine could face increased risks in securing U.S. anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for an extended ​period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on ‌Wednesday.

💬 #Ukraine could face increased risks in securing U.S. anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for an extended period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on ‌Wednesday.

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Founder of Telegram messenger app Pavel Durov says he got a summons in Russia naming him as a 'suspect' Pavel Durov, the ​founder of the ‌Telegram messenger app, said on ​Wednesday he ​had received a summons ⁠in Russia ​at an old ​address naming him as a "suspect" in a ​criminal case.

💬 Pavel Durov, the ​founder of the #Telegram messenger app, said on ​Wednesday he ​had received a summons ⁠in #Russia ​at an old ​address naming him as a "suspect" in a ​criminal case.

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Turkey trying to revive Russia-Ukraine negotiations, Erdogan tells NATO chief Turkey is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and ​Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, ‌Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutt...

🤔 #Turkey is making efforts to revive negotiations between #Russia and #Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, ‌Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told #NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in a meeting in Ankara, the Turkish presidency said Wednesday

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France Reportedly Preparing Deal to Transfer Greek Mirage Jets to Ukraine France is reportedly preparing to negotiate with Greece for the transfer of more than 40 Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine.

🇫🇷🇬🇷🇺🇦 #France is reportedly preparing to negotiate with #Greece for the transfer of more than 40 Mirage fighter jets to #Ukraine

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Ukraine’s drone producers warn of Chinese dependence for components | Euractiv "Europe is not prepared for this," a drone manufacturer told the EU-Ukraine Business Summit

🇨🇳 #Europe and Ukraine’s dependence on #China for the production of drones poses a huge risk, a Ukrainian military official and drone producers warned.

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Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over criminal investigation Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine

🇬🇧 Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights, claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his human rights, according to reports.

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#Russia #Britain

'Wishful thinking' — Ukraine rubbishes Russia's latest Luhansk Oblast claim 14 settlements in Luhansk Oblast are not under Russian control, Ukraine's military told the Kyiv Independent.

💬 Oleksii Kharchenko, the head of Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, denied Russia's claim that its troops have fully taken control of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, saying 14 settlements remain unoccupied by Moscow.

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Russian police beat up double amputee war veteran after breaking into his home by mistake — Novaya Gazeta Europe Russian police officers beat a double-amputee war veteran and forcibly restrained his wife during a mistaken house raid in the Tula region last week, according to the pro-Kremlin media outlet Regnum...

🇷🇺 Russian police officers beat a double-amputee 'war veteran' and forcibly restrained his wife during a mistaken house raid in the Tula region last week.

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Is Opposition to Online Restrictions an Inflection Point for the Russian Regime? After four years of war, there is no one who can stand up to the security establishment, and President Vladimir Putin is increasingly passive.

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Putin’s main selling point was always his strength. A weak Putin is of no use to anyone—including the country’s security establishment."

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Is Opposition to Online Restrictions an Inflection Point for the Russian Regime? After four years of war, there is no one who can stand up to the security establishment, and President Vladimir Putin is increasingly passive.

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One of the difficulties of answering either of these questions with any confidence is the growing specter of an aging, distant Putin, who can neither make peace in #Ukraine nor win the war he started.

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Is Opposition to Online Restrictions an Inflection Point for the Russian Regime? After four years of war, there is no one who can stand up to the security establishment, and President Vladimir Putin is increasingly passive.

💬 "The two key questions are: Will another crackdown lead to more internal opposition? And, if it does, will the security services be able to retain control?

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Less America, more Europe in Germany’s new military strategy The strategy sets out a three-phase expansion of troops and capabilities as Germany aims to become Europe’s strongest conventional force.

🇩🇪 #Germany aims to rely less on the U.S. and more on #Europe to deter the growing Russian threat, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spelled out Wednesday when announcing the country's new military strategy.

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Zelensky tells CNN talks on Ukraine cannot wait until after the war in Iran is over | CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted the war in Iran has taken the focus away from Russia’s aggression against his country, telling CNN it was a “big risk” to think that efforts to end the ...

💬 Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from the presidential office in Kyiv, Zelensky said Wednesday that while technical talks with the United States are still happening, he doesn’t “see the opportunity to meet … until the question, the case of Iran will be closed.”

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European Commissioner Kos calls on EU countries to fully open Ukraine membership talks by June "Everything is ready… so I hope we can start very soon, even under the Cyprus presidency for cluster one," EU's Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos told the Kyiv Independent.

💬 The EU's Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos expects to open the first "cluster" of #Ukraine membership negotiations once the ongoing change of government in Hungary is complete, but also wants EU countries to go further, faster.

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EU optimistic about joining Special Tribunal to prosecute Russian aggression against Ukraine It is increasingly likely that the European Union will formally back a new court with a mandate to prosecute Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression, a senior official in the EU's diplomatic a...

🇪🇺 🇷🇺 It is increasingly likely that the European Union will formally back a new court with a mandate to prosecute Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression, according to a senior official in the EU's diplomatic arm.

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#RussianWarCrimes

Unblocked EU loan provides relief to Ukraine's strained finances European Union ambassadors unblocked on Wednesday a 90-billion-euro ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine that is critical for Kyiv's ability to keep up the fight against Russia.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union ambassadors unblocked on Wednesday a 90-billion-euro loan to #Ukraine that is critical for Kyiv's ability to keep up the fight against Russia.

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Russia to stop Kazakh oil flows to German refinery via Druzhba, Berlin says The move ​adds to Germany's fuel supply concerns as the Iran war disrupts flows from the ⁠Gulf.

🇩🇪 #Germany has been informed that #Russia will stop the supply ‌of Kazakh crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline, the economy ministry said on Wednesday, forcing one of its biggest refineries to make up for that gap from elsewhere.

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Russia's Planned VPN Traffic Charges Hit by Technical Delays – Vedomosti - The Moscow Times Russian mobile operators are not technically ready to introduce fees on VPN-related traffic from May 1, three sources familiar with the matter told the Vedomosti business daily, citing difficulties in...

🇷🇺 Russian mobile operators are not technically ready to introduce fees on VPN-related traffic from May 1, sources familiar with the matter told Vedomosti, citing difficulties in adapting billing systems to track and charge such usage in real time.

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#Russia