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The site was used to bury residents who died during the Russian siege of the city in 2022, according to Ukraine’s Center for the Study of Occupation.

The SBU said it detained the suspect while he was planting the explosives.

Key developments on April 20: * Ukraine pushing to produce home-grown ballistic defense system 'within a year,' Zelensky says * Russian preschools, schools, universities have spent over $213 million on 'educational' drones since 2022, media reports * Top Defense Ministry advisor injured in allegedly targeted Russian drone strike * Europol hackathon identifies 45 more Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia * Ukraine's long-range strikes inflicted billions of dollars in Russian oil r

Ukraine's defense ministry is testing a unified ground control station for fiber-optic drones, aiming to cut the number of incompatible systems troops carry to the front.

Even as warmer weather reduces the disruptive impact of blackouts and lowers heating demand, Ukrainian officials and utility experts warn that Russia may be shifting its focus to a new pressure point: the country’s water infrastructure. That warning is now being echoed by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, HUR, which told the Kyiv Independent that "the selection of targets by the adversary is driven, among other factors, by a decrease in electricity consumption associated with the end of t

Explosions were reported in Kazan, Tatarstan, around 7 p.m. local time on April 14, while a similar incident occurred near Samara the following day at around 1 p.m. local time.

Zelensky said Kyiv wants THAAD as part of future security guarantees, but analysts question both the system’s usefulness for Ukraine and the likelihood of it being provided.

Russian officials have suggested that such drones could be supplied to “friendly nations."

Ukraine says Russia has recruited nearly 10,000 more foreign fighters over the past four months, bringing the total to more than 27,000 from 135 countries.

Valentyna Popova, an 85-year-old retired mathematician, lives in an apartment block on Kyiv’s east bank that is only minutes away from a city-installed "Invincibility Point," an emergency winter heating hub offering warmth, a place to charge devices, and sometimes tea or hot meals. She, however, is unable to reach the hub. While her flat is on the ground floor, mobility issues keep her inside, forcing her to rely entirely on volunteers stepping in to support residents that fell through the crac

Ukraine is being rocked by the biggest corruption scandal of President Volodymyr Zelensky's term. In the halls of power in Kyiv, the mood is one of dread and uncertainty about what to expect next. "It's a huge blow, but the worst part of it is that I'm not sure that we are at the end of it, it might still be unfolding," a pro-government Ukrainian lawmaker speaking on condition of anonymity told the Kyiv Independent. "What I would recommend the president to do right now is to take serious acti