Denmark allocates new aid, calls for increased Western support for Ukraine
The $313 million military aid package includes funds for maritime capacity, drones, and the production of missile components.
US House Intelligence Committee: “critical need” for Ukraine aid this week
Key House committees are backing Republican Speaker Johnson’s plan to split foreign aid, which has run into stiff far-right Republican opposition.
War in Ukraine damages “entire international order,” Scholz tells Xi Jinping
At a meeting in China, both the German and Chinese leaders agreed that threats of nuclear weapons use are inadmissible.
US not to shoot down Iranian drones in Ukraine unlike it did in Israel
John Kirby believes there is a difference in conflicts, airspace, and “threat picture” between Israel and Ukraine
Russian massive missile attack wipes out Ukrainian capital Kyiv’s main power plant
Trypilska Thermal Power Plant served as the primary electricity supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr oblasts, worsening the situation with the energy crisis in Ukraine.
Borrell to EU: supporting Ukraine cheaper than dealing with its defeat
Josep Borrell claimed that Russia would become a bigger threat to the security and freedom of the EU without support for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy calls Trump’s alleged peace plan for Ukraine “very primitive”
Zelenskyy emphasized that human lives are at stake, hence the importance of realism and substantive arguments over fantastical notions, while Trump allegedly proposed to surrender Ukrainian Crimea and the Donbas region to Russia.
US defense secretary warns Ukraine over strikes on Russian oil refineries
Lloyd Austin claims these attacks can have “a knock-on effect in terms of the global energy situation.”
WP: Russia’s strategist and troll army wages info war against US support for Ukraine, leaked documents show
Kremlin strategists aim to convince Americans that the US has higher homelessness levels than Russia and urge to redirect Ukraine aid to the homeless, implying the US is becoming a “Third World country,” per leaked documents
Ukrainian optimism is high but waning: 88% still believe in victory over Russia, down from 94% in 2023
Survey reveals that Ukrainians consider corruption among their state authorities even a bigger threat to Ukraine’s development than Russia’s military aggression.
The Telegraph: Russia uses prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine nearly daily
Ukrainian Support Forces Command recorded 371 cases of Russians using chemical weapons in March 2024 alone.
Lithuania to support Ukraine’s defense with 3,000 drones & rehabilitation program for injured soldiers
The Baltic country will support three veteran rehab centers and calls upon other countries to join
Czechia aims to deliver at least 800,000 ammunition rounds to Ukraine by June
As Ukraine grapples with a severe artillery ammunition shortage, Czechia pledges to contribute tens of millions of euros to the ammunition initiative.
ISW: Kremlin claims NATO and Russia in “direct confrontation” to deter Western support for Ukraine
The Kremlin has escalated its rhetoric, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claiming that NATO is "already involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine."