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 Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks at the "Ukraine and Europe" panel in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 7, 2024.

A shake-up in Ukraine’s drone buying alarms corruption watchdogs

by Kollen Post

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers discreetly dethroned the former czar of drone purchases  — Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov — as the result of a one-sided power struggle from the Head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, allege observers. A new decree shifted a key office in the drone purchasing process

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Lithuanian FM on Europe's role in ending Russia's war.

The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell sat down with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys during his visit to Kyiv on April 1 to discuss the future of Europe during U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, whether European sanctions remain an effective instrument to stop Russia’s war against Ukraine, and Lithuania's contribution to the "coalition of the willing."
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Russian Railways hit by major cyberattack.

The state-owned Russian railway operator described the incident as a "massive DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack," saying that efforts to restore operations are underway.
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