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Ukraine's electricity imports fall as crisis fades
Ukraine's imports of electricity dropped by 25% in March compared to the previous month, as the country emerges from a devastating winter brought on by Russian attacks on the energy grid.
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How Russia is using Cold War-era treaties to undermine Ukraine, Europe
As sanctions increasingly weigh on the Russian economy, businesses and tycoons linked to the Kremlin are launching billions of dollars in claims under Cold War–era treaties — opening legal fronts against Ukraine and its Western supporters beyond their own courts. The Ukrainian-born Russian financier Mikhail Fridman is behind five claims and is seeking 16 billion euros in damages over Luxembourg’s freezing of his assets, while a company he co-owns with Pyotr Aven is claiming $1 billion over Ukra
Vance visits Hungary to boost Orban in high-stakes election
The visit demonstrates a "new golden age" in U.S.-Hungarian relations, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Russian FPV drone hits bus in rush hour attack as strikes kill 8, injure 52 across Ukraine
At around 9 a.m., a Russian FPV drone, guided by a Russian operator, deliberately struck a passenger bus in central Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing three people and injuring 16 others. Three of the wounded are in critical condition. Earlier, an 11-year-old boy was killed and five people were injured in another attack in the region, , Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported.
European lawmakers push to remove Putin interpreter from Hungary election observation mission
A cross-party group of members of the European Parliament called for the removal of a former Kremlin interpreter from an OSCE mission set to monitor Hungary's April 12 election, a move that has been rebuked by the President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly.
Ukraine reportedly launches fresh strikes on Russia’s Ust-Luga port, intensifying attacks on Russian oil infrastructure
The latest attack comes just one week after Kyiv last launched a full-blown assault on oil terminals in the region, including the Ust-Luga port which was struck on at least five separate occasions between March 22 - 31.
Russia issues veiled threats to Baltic states over Ukraine airspace claims they have long denied
Russia's Foreign Ministry issued veiled threats towards the Baltic states on April 6, following Moscow’s suggestion that Kyiv’s allies are allowing the use of their airspace to strike Russian ports in the Baltic Sea — a claim that Baltic states have repeatedly labeled as disinformation.
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Ukrainian forces struck a rail convoy carrying fuel to the Russian military in occupied Luhansk on April 4, the General Staff said. The military also shared results of a recent strike on occupied Crimea.
