News from Ukraine, Eastern Europe

Drone software provider Swarmer, telecoms giant Kyivstar, and iron ore producer Ferrexpo were added to the Ukraine Reconstruction Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on April 29, creator of the fund HANetf said in a press release.

Russia launched 171 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

While serving as a symbolic head of state, British monarchs have regularly exercised so-called "soft power" to espouse foreign policy priorities through measured or coded language during their foreign visits.

According to Ukraine's HUR, Russia will focus its recruitment efforts on Central Asian countries, as well as developing countries in Asia and Africa.

Russia's annual May 9 Victory Day parade will not include the traditional column of military vehicles, officials said, citing the "current operational situation."

Ukraine says it shut down an arms trafficking network that funneled weapons from occupied territories and Slovakia to pro-Russian figures, including Steven Seagal and Kim Jong-un, with some distributed as "prizes."

Julie Davis, who has served as chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv for nearly a year, is expected to depart in June 2026, leaving a key diplomatic post vacant at a critical moment.

A documentary by The Kyiv Independent about Ukrainian military medics working on the front lines of Russia’s war will have its Australian premiere in Sydney on May 7, 2026.h

Lawmaker Inna Sovsun said that Ukrainians have long moved beyond "Soviet-era" concepts of patriarchal family life, which are echoed in the proposed version of the Civil Code.

From the base, Iskander missiles could reach the front lines or rear Ukrainian cities "in a matter of minutes," Special Operations Forces said.

"The chatbot will be completely reorganized in the near future," the Yellow Ribbon wrote.