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At a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed increased military support for Ukraine from allies, including air defense, ammunition and training, but stressed the need for more and stronger assistance to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian invasion.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has ruled out deploying Western troops directly to Ukraine, calling it an undesirable situation that could be a target for Putin, and instead advocated for military aid and weapons to help Ukraine defend itself.

MHP starts spring sowing campaign.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis does not intend to withdraw his candidacy for NATO Secretary General, despite the strong support of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

This year, Ukraine expects significant progress in the confiscation of frozen Russian assets with the support of the United Kingdom, as well as coordinated steps to obtain additional air defense systems from partners.

Ukraine signed a 10-year agreement on security cooperation and long-term support with Finland, which contains powerful provisions on sanctions, compensation and bringing the aggressor to justice, and Finland announced an aid package of €188 million, bringing its total military support to almost €2 billion.

Several groups of Ukrainian pilots are being trained in different countries to fly the F-16. Two advanced groups in Denmark and the United States are already honing their skills on F-16s.

44 countries support the creation of a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and the Netherlands has offered to host it.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed J. K. Rowling, who may have violated Scotland's hate crime law by calling transgender women men. Sunak said that his party "will always defend freedom of speech" and that people should not be persecuted "for stating simple facts about biology."

A former NATO commander warns that russia may be stirring up tensions in the Balkans to distract Western attention from its invasion of Ukraine.

The Watchkeeper drones in service with the British Air Force cannot fly in adverse weather conditions and are not currently in use.

MHP implements a comprehensive reintegration program called MHP Poruch, which provides individualized support, including treatment, rehabilitation, legal and psychological assistance, social reintegration, professional adaptation and entrepreneurial initiatives for military personnel, veterans and their families.

Due to the sanctions, third countries charge a price premium of more than 60% for the export of some sanctioned goods to Russia, disrupting the supply and demand balance for Russian arms exports and complicating payment mechanisms, leading to a significant reduction in Russian arms exports.

Since the beginning of 2024, Russia has fired more than 180 missiles and drones toward Kyiv, including 5 Zircon hypersonic missiles, 11 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles, and 6 Iskander ballistic missiles.

Ukrainian sculptor Oleksiy Lidagovsky, who left for the UK after russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been awarded an honorary membership in the Royal Society of British Artists.

King Charles III made his first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer, attending an Easter service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, smiling and waving to well-wishers.

In March this year, Ukraine will receive record budgetary funding from our allies for the entire duration of the war and the entire history of independence. We are talking about more than $9 billion.

A number of important developments in the cryptocurrency world, including regulatory investigations, security breaches, network growth, and high-profile court cases, highlight the rapid development and challenges facing the industry.

France is inviting military, police and civilian personnel from 45 foreign countries to join the security of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Ukraine has received a $1. 5 billion loan from Japan and the United Kingdom through the World Bank to support key state budget priorities in the face of full-scale Russian aggression.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mark Shevchenko as Ukraine's ambassador to Moldova.

Today marks International Mermaid Day, which honors the mythical sea creatures that have captured the human imagination for centuries.

The US and UK are investigating more than $20 billion in cryptocurrency transfers to Russia through the Russian exchange Garantex using Tether, suspected of facilitating financial crimes and illegal transfers.

IAEA experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant continue to hear daily artillery explosions and small arms fire nearby, posing a constant threat to nuclear safety.

For the first time in 100 years, the British army has lifted the ban on soldiers wearing beards, allowing officers and soldiers to grow facial hair.

In 2022, households threw away more than 1 billion meals a day, while 783 million people went hungry and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. This is according to the UN Food Waste Index report for 2024.

UNESCO has approved an emergency assistance program to monitor and address the environmental damage caused by Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, mobilizing more than $66 million to restore Ukraine's cultural heritage, education and science affected by Russian aggression.

Russia has falsely accused Ukraine and the West of involvement in the terrorist attack on the Russian shopping center Crocus, using the tragedy to justify its illegal war against Ukraine, a US State Department spokesman said.

Russia is planning to create a "Dnipro River Flotilla" and a brigade of boats to protect the waterways and islands separating Russian-occupied territories from Ukrainian-controlled Kherson, but it is likely to be vulnerable to Ukrainian drones.

Britain calls on Europe to extend duty-free and quota-free imports from Ukraine for most goods to protect Ukraine from Russian invasion.