Ukraine

Portugal's new government, led by Prime Minister Luiz Montenegro, supports Ukraine's accession to the European Union, having put aside previous hesitations.

President Zelenskyy signs a decree imposing sanctions against 86 legal entities and 7 individuals, including foreign nationals, for a period of 3 to 10 years.

A tosgvardia officer who tortured about 100 civilians and prisoners of war by keeping them in freezers at the Gostomel airport during the occupation in March 2022 will be tried for violating the laws and customs of war.

Ukraine proposes to ban air transit to russia and belarus to limit economic potential and increase sanctions pressure on the aggressor.

Russia claims to have found pro-Ukrainian materials on the phone of one of the suspects in the Crocus shooting, allegedly linking the attack to the war in Ukraine, despite the fact that ISIS has claimed responsibility for it.

Lithuania will allocate 15 million euros for rehabilitation programs for wounded Ukrainian soldiers and purchase 3,000 drones for Ukraine.

The prime ministers of Lithuania and Ukraine discussed further sanctions against Russia, preventing the bypassing of the Belarusian or other schemes, and confiscation of frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine.

According to Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Russia has destroyed 80% of Ukraine's thermal power plants in recent weeks due to continued energy terror and missile attacks on energy facilities.

Lithuania plans to purchase about 3,000 FPV drones worth 2 million euros for Ukraine.

Two German companies, Knauf and WKB Systems, are supplying Russians with construction materials to rebuild occupied Mariupol. Knauf Ukraine has refused to comment on the situation regarding assistance to the occupiers.

Ukraine's international reserves rose to $43. 8 billion in early April, up 18% over the month, thanks to significant inflows from international partners of over $9 billion, which exceeded debt repayments and foreign currency sales.

Three more teenagers and a 5-year-old boy were returned from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.

In Zakarpattia, the rector of the church of the Diocese of Khust of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate was detained for spreading fakes about the war in Ukraine, inciting religious hatred and justifying Russian aggression.

Microsoft warns that China is likely to use AI-generated content to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea, and India in 2024 after attempting to do so during the Taiwanese presidential election.

According to the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, Russian strikes over the past three weeks are part of preparations for a major offensive that could begin in late May or early June and target Kharkiv.

Russian authorities are stepping up information operations to push Ukraine to negotiate and make the West fear an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Guerrillas from the ATES movement discovered that Kadyrov's men had occupied a driving school in the village of Novooleksiyivka, Genichesk district, temporarily occupied Kherson region.

Due to enemy shelling of the energy infrastructure, 500,000 consumers in the Kharkiv region remain without power, and some homes had electricity for only 6 hours a day the day before.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, consumer inflation continued to decelerate in March after falling to 4. 3% yoy in February.

There is no talk of introducing blackout schedules for the whole of Ukraine, but emergency power outages were introduced in several regions due to network restrictions caused by hostile attacks on the power transmission system.

The IMF has recognized Ukraine's debt as sustainable and does not plan to restructure or write off its debts to the IMF, as the debt restructuring perimeter does not include multilateral debts.

Due to grid restrictions, emergency power outages were introduced in 6 regions of Ukraine yesterday, and they are likely to continue today, with more than 550,000 consumers affected in Kharkiv region alone, although no power shortages are expected.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, an average of 360-400 settlements in Ukraine have been without electricity due to the fighting.

According to the MP, blocking tax invoices is a serious problem for Ukrainian business, creating a "tax nightmare" that threatens the country's economic security and disrupts the operation of enterprises in wartime.

According to an opinion poll, Rustem Umerov as Defense Minister is trusted by far fewer Ukrainians than Oleksiy Reznikov.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite to discuss military-technical cooperation, Ukraine's European integration, confiscation of Russian assets, and increased restrictions on Russian goods and services.

International partners have allocated more than $700 million for humanitarian demining projects in Ukraine for 2022-2027, with the United States, Switzerland, Norway, EU countries, Japan, the Netherlands, and Germany among the key donors.

The attack by the Russian Federation from the south was organised by 13 drones, flying through residential areas of Ukrainian settlements in an attempt to reach infrastructure facilities in southern Ukraine. All of the drones were shot down, with debris damaging several private homes but causing no casualties.

New Zealand plans to strengthen cooperation with NATO, contribute to Ukraine's self-defense, and finalize a new partnership with NATO in the coming months.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down all 13 UAVs launched by russian troops during an air battle over three regions on the night of April 5.