Russia’s Central Bank scolded live on TV—Iran war oil keeps funding the war anyway
Intelligence agencies say Moscow hides the damage; oil pays for the war.
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Moscow’s offensive has lost ground since it started — yet Russia’s top brass declared Luhansk Oblast fully seized for the fourth time
Gerasimov claimed Russia seized 1,700 km² in 2026 and controls 70% of Lyman, but ISW’s evidence shows gains of only about one fifth of that area, none of the city, and territorial losses since 1 March.
€1 bn from Madrid on the table — Spain’s defense chief opens her Kyiv visit
Spain's Defense Minister Margarita Robles opened her Kyiv visit at the Wall of Memory and will receive the Order of Princess Olha from Zelensky. Madrid plans €1 bn in 2026 military aid.
EU envoys to weigh 20th Russia sanctions package alongside 90bn euro Ukraine loan
EU ambassadors meet on 22 April to approve a 90bn euro loan for Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package against Russia, pending Hungary and Slovakia's consent.
EU drafts entry ban on former Russian combatants — Kallas sets June deadline, Sybiha endorses
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas will propose restricting former Russian combatants' entry to the bloc by June's European Council. Ukraine's Andrii Sybiha endorses the plan.
Ukraine is building a bigger deep-strike drone machine — middle- and deep-strike operations both scaling up, more units from May
The drone forces say they already run more than 100,000 combat sorties a month. Now its commander is formally expanding the tiers that reach deepest into Russian territory.
Russia just destroyed one of Ukraine’s best indoor athletics arenas
The only specialized track and field facility in Sumy Oblast was destroyed by a Russian drone strike on 21 April.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1518: EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine set for Wednesday vote
Meanwhile, Hungary prepares to lift veto on Ukraine's aid.
Swedish Intelligence: Russia’s economy is worse than its official data says
Still, it doesn't change Russia's military goals.
EU’s hybrid threats sanctions list grows to 88 names. Two Russian information networks has been added
The European Council has approved an expansion of restrictive measures and added two more entities to its sanctions…
Ukrainian actor Oleksandr Rudynskyi joins Netflix’s live-action “Gundam” adaptation with Sydney Sweeney
Netflix's biggest Mech adaptation starts filming in Australia.
Russia keeps arresting Crimeans. The count just hit 520
The number of Crimean political prisoners has more than doubled since the full-scale invasion. A welder, a human rights defender, a father of four: three faces of the political repressions.
Ukraine has delivered 92% of last year’s fiber-optic drone total to Front in under four months
Ukraine's just solved the fiber-optic cable price problem.
British Rapid Ranger is downing Shaheds in Ukraine from Spanish armored vehicles
Ukraine's air defense just gained a new super layer.
Ukraine lost 500 American battle taxis. Now it’s building a tougher one.
Ukraine's standard M-113 armored personnel carrier is speedy and roomy but lacks protection. A new Ukrainian vehicle addresses that flaw.
Weaponized energy: Russia may cut off Kazakh oil to Germany on 1 May, risking Berlin-Brandenburg fuel shock
Russia may plan to remove 17% of Germany's PCK refinery feedstock.
11 countries want Ukraine’s drone defense technology: three Gulf states already signed 10-year deals
Ukrainian interceptor drones (systems designed to shoot down Russian Shaheds and other attack UAVs) have emerged as one of the most battlefield-validated Ukrainian drone capabilities.
Ukraine’s new exoskeleton has no electronics, no power supply, and takes 2 minutes to put on
In a war defined by electronic warfare, a purely mechanical system with no power requirements is specifically suited to frontline conditions.
1.5 million more Russian soldiers would have to die to take rest of Donetsk Oblast — Ukraine’s UN ambassador
At 254 Russians killed per square kilometer, Russia needs 183 Years.
Singer Dua Lipa helped raise funds for a pickup truck for Ukrainian military medics
Ukraine's First Separate Medical Battalion received a pickup truck funded at a Service95 event backed by Dua Lipa, organised with Driving Ukraine in London.