At least 19 children were killed and 78 injured in April, the highest verified monthly number of child casualties since June 2022.
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The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Three women in Kharkiv, believing the truce was in effect, were injured by a Russian drone while gardening.
Russian forces struck the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant with a drone on Feb. 14, breaking through the confinement and creating a 15-meter hole in it.
The denunciation of the convention will take effect six months after the decision is made.
Xi Jinping is one of 27 leaders expected to attend the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital on May 9.
Some 2020 medical facilities were partially damaged, while another 305 were completely destroyed, the ministry's statement read.
The number includes 1,200 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Everyone in Moscow must know that they have to reckon with us. Europe will support Ukraine," German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
When asked if he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent replied, saying, "Yes."
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"The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on May 7, according to Politico.
EU eyes new sanctions over Russian hybrid threats, chemical weapons use in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
EU ambassadors began talks this week on a 17th sanctions package that targets Russia’s military-industrial complex, Moscow’s shadow shipping fleet, and related support networks.
Latvia will hand over to Ukraine all Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems from its arsenal, the country's Defense Minister Inara Murniece said on April 21, responding to Kyiv's request for more air defense.
"We will do our best to deliver them as soon as possible," Murniece said after the 11th Ramstein summit, as cited by Latvia's public broadcaster LSM.
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, consisting of 54 countries, has met at the U.S. Ramstein air base in Germany to coordinate efforts to provide military aid to Ukraine.
"All the Stingers that we send to the front in Ukraine are not only for the freedom of Ukraine but also for the security of Latvia," added the minister.
Latvia also continues its training program for Ukraine's military, aiming to train almost 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end of the year, according to Murniece.
Since the beginning of Russia's all-out war on Feb. 24, 2022, Latvia has committed more than 1% of its GDP to Ukraine's defense assistance.
New York Times: Leaked Pentagon documents indicate Ukrainian air defenses in danger
Ukraine’s air defense network is in danger of being overwhelmed unless it is fortified by a large number of additional munitions, according to an analysis of leaked Pentagon documents and U.S. officials who spoke to the New York Times.
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