Ukraine

Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi called for sanctions not only against Russia, but also against countries that support Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.

The British military will not shoot down kamikaze drones over Ukraine to avoid a direct escalation of the conflict with russia, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said.

The occupiers are looking for nuclear specialists for Zaporizhzhia NPP through social networks and Telegram due to the shortage of personnel and low professional level of employees, which creates additional threats to the operation of the nuclear power plant.

Ukraine and Norway discussed a long-term support package for Ukraine, the expansion of the Fridtjof Nansen program, and Norway's participation in helping Ukraine obtain Patriot air defense systems from other countries.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the allies must ensure the return of all russian-occupied territories to Ukraine.

Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, will lay off more than 10% of its employees worldwide due to falling car sales and an intensifying war on electric car prices.

Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange soared to a record high after the United States and the United Kingdom imposed new sanctions on Russian aluminum, nickel, and copper supplies.

After Iran's air attack on Israel was repelled by several states, Czech politicians called for a similar deployment to protect Ukraine's airspace.

The eighth training of Wagner PMC mercenaries for sabotage operations in Ukraine has been completed in Belarus.

Ukraine's defense forces hit about a third of the ships of the russian black sea fleet, disabling various types of ships.

At the extraordinary meeting, international partners promised to start supplying Ukraine with various modifications of drones, including Canada will provide 450 SkyRanger UAVs, Lithuania will allocate funds for the production of FPV drones, the Netherlands will sign contracts with Denmark and Germany for the supply of Heidrun RQ-35 drones.

The Netherlands has allocated an additional 4. 4 billion euros for military and humanitarian support to Ukraine. The Dutch government will also allocate funds to strengthen its own defense.

During his visit to China, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned China against supporting Russia in its aggressive war against Ukraine.

Zelensky dismissed Taras Grebennikov as deputy head of the State Protection Department and Oleksiy Solovyov as deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, appointing Andriy Kononenko instead.

Since the beginning of 2024, nearly 7,000 entrepreneurs have received affordable loans worth UAH 27. 3 billion, with one in five loans issued to businesses operating in high-risk areas.

The Center for Countering Disinformation has started official cooperation with the TikTok administration to reduce the influence of Russian propaganda on the platform.

The escalation in the Middle East will not affect Germany's support for Ukraine, Berlin said.

67% of schools in the diaspora do not have the history of Ukraine as an academic discipline in their curriculum, reports the head of the Ukrainian World Congress World Educational Coordinating Council.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will do "everything possible" to achieve an Olympic truce during the 2024 Olympics in Paris amid Russia's war against Ukraine, and reveals plans to move the opening ceremony to the Stade de France stadium if security threats arise.

The upcoming Ukraine-Latin America summit in 2024 should cover issues of international peace, security, countering Russian propaganda, human rights, democracy, as well as related commercial areas such as industrial technology, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States believes.

International airlines faced severe flight disruptions due to Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel, leading to the cancellation and re-routing of flights between Europe and Asia.

Satellite imagery shows that at least one building of the Luhansk Machine-Building Plant-100 in the occupied Luhansk region was heavily damaged after a Ukrainian airstrike on April 13.

A total of 178,945 devices, including laptops and tablets, have been distributed to schools. Currently, 361,560 students and 68,881 teachers need digital devices.

Denmark plans to build eco-towns in three Ukrainian cities to provide housing and psychological support for children deprived of parental care.

The State Logistics Operator takes into account the results of quality inspections of food supplied to military units when planning its activities and making purchases from suppliers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The crews of two mine countermeasures ships provided by the United Kingdom have already been trained and are on duty, and three more ships from the Netherlands and Belgium are expected to arrive, giving Ukraine at least five mine countermeasures ships in total.

Russia is using an "amoeba tactic" in Ukraine. the Russians are experimenting with small forces in different places and hope that somewhere there will be a breakthrough, says the chief of the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, urgently called on the U. S. House of Representatives to pass an aid package for Ukraine as soon as possible.

Biden urged Congress to pass the aid package for Ukraine and Israel approved by the Senate as soon as possible.

Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, spoke about recording the consequences of Russian aggression in Kyiv region.