Withdrawing from Donbas would give Russia a free path to Kharkiv and Dnipro, Zelenskyy warns
New fortifications would take up to 18 months to build – and still couldn't match the protection of urban terrain Ukraine currently holds.
“Cultural propagandists” – Ukraine sanctions five Russian participants in the Venice Biennale
The five include a Rostec arms executive's daughter appointed pavilion commissioner and Putin's envoy who called the war "an important historical moment."
Russia’s Black Sea oil hub resumes loading amid sustained Ukrainian drone campaign
One berth active at Russia's biggest Black Sea crude hub, with full recovery timeline unclear.
Ukraine strikes two Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea, nearly 1,000 km from the front
Kyiv says the platforms supply fuel and lubricants to Russian forces, making them legitimate military targets.
Russia dismissed Ukraine’s Easter truce offer – then declared its own days later
A year ago, Russia declared the same kind of ceasefire – and violated it more than 2,000 times.
Ukraine hits oil-pumping station on route to Russia’s biggest Black Sea export port, triggering fire
The Krymskaya station pumps crude toward Novorossiysk.
“Will not be tolerated” – UK exposes Russian spy submarine operation targeting its undersea cables
A decoy Akula and two GUGI mini-sub carriers operated covertly north of Britain before the Royal Navy intervened.
“If we don’t hit them in the face, they will hit us and won’t feel what war is” – Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s energy strikes
Ukraine will keep targeting Russian energy infrastructure until Moscow stops hitting Ukraine's own, the president says.
Moldova formally exits Russia’s post-Soviet CIS as Sandu signs withdrawal decrees
President Sandu's decrees complete a break that parliament voted through on 2 April.
Promised in 2023. Grounded in Belgium. Norway’s F-16s still haven’t reached Ukraine.
A Western advisor says the jets were urgently needed this winter – and could have saved lives.
Russia’s Baltic port resumed shipments two days ago. Ukraine just struck it again.
The 7 April attack hits the Baltic port again amid a wider campaign targeting Russia's major oil export hubs.
Egypt was Russia’s biggest stolen-grain customer. Now it pledges to buy Ukrainian wheat instead.
Cairo pledged to stop accepting Russian-supplied grain from occupied Ukrainian territories after a call with Zelenskyy – just as Putin pitched Egypt as a hub for Russian commodities.
Magyar’s Birds took out a Buk-M1, wiped fuel stocks, and hit logistics in Luhansk – all in one night
A wave of coordinated Ukrainian drone strikes across three days also destroyed Orion drones in Crimea and a Buk-M3 in Luhansk Oblast.
Ukrainian troops in Libya: a launchpad for Mediterranean strikes on Russian shadow fleet – RFI
RFI investigation finds more than 200 Ukrainian officers and technical specialists based across three Libyan sites, with Tripoli's approval – and direct Mediterranean access.